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Vol. 75, No. 24
The Nebraskan
Monday, Oct. 30, 1961
IS
The University of Nebraska graduate
has to make a decision. Should he, upon
graduation from his state university, stay
Operation Exodus
What Does State
Nebraska College Grads?
Editor's Note:
After examining the causes and steps
being taken to check Operation Exodus,
the final step is to contrast the real ad
vantages of Nebraska against those of
other states.
Today's series looks at the real and in
herent opportunities and strengths of Ne
braska. , By Tom Kotone
George Holmes, Chairman of the Board
ef the First Continental National bank,
and recipient of the Nebraska Builder's
Award, spoke fondly of Nebraska: We
have a fine and young population spread
across the state, men and women who
are vigorous physically and mentally. In
this extent we're much better off than
Illinois, New England or Pennsylvania,
parts of which are blighted by decadant
and depressed areas of mining or manu
facturing. "Many would have laughed at onyone
who said they could have brought a manu
facturing plant employing 500 people into
a tows tbe size of Cozad or Lexington or
Gothenburga. Yet it was done.
Tor tilt college graduate who is decid
ing whether he will seek his fortune in
Nebraska or elsewhere, first let that man
decide what be wants to do with his life.
Let him ask himself what type of com
munity or social environment he wants
to live in and to raise his children in. Let
him ask himself what he wants to be do
ing in 20 or 50 years from now.
Thousands of people from other states
are moving into the un crowded and re
igs in
By Sue Hovik
Pigs in the kitchen and
bedroom, two cold showers
a week, washing clothes in
the river on rocks and a
steady diet of beans and
tortillas were the featured
characteristics of Jan Jef
frey's trip to Mexico last
summer.
Miss Jeffery, a junior in
Arts and Sciences, spent
seven weeks in Mexico un
der the sponsorship of the
American Friend Service
Committee. She explained
that the purpose was an
"exchange of cultures. It
was for us to be able to
understand how people in
an entirely different situa
tion live and for them to
tee how we live."
The idea of giving the
Mexicans help in different
fields was reversed once
down there, explained Mist
Jeffery. "They taught ns
more than we taaght
them." She explained that
there was a common bond
of humanity involved. A
useful "byproduct" of the
trip was promoting better
relations between the Unit
ed States and Mexico.
There were 75 'students
from the United States and
South American countries
in all who met for a three
day training session in Mex
ico City. There they learned
the mores of the villages to
which they were going.
For instance, Miss Jef
fery said, women can't
walk down the street alone
at night, and if they walk
GRASS GREENER?
laxed communities of Nebraska each year
and are happy here. Why?
Realistic
"I think it is because," said Mr. Holmes,
"people here are ambitious and yet are
more modest and realistic than in other
parts of America. They come closer to
accomplishing their ideals and sub
sequently live richer and fuller lives.
"I am fortunate in having traveled and
done business over the state of Nebraska.
People here are close to the earth and not
afraid of hard work. I would rather take
my chances with people from McCook and
Crete than with those I meet in California
and in the older and more heavily-settled
portions of the United States."
Dr. Vance Rogers, president of Nebras
ka Wesleyaa University, pointed out the
ease of communication which exists be
tween government, agricultural, business,
professional, and working people.
"Nebraskans have translated values in
to action," Rogers said, "integrity, honor,
friendship and concern still have meaning
in this state whereas they have been dis
torted and choked out in metropolitan
areas."
Middle-Class State
"Nebraska is a middle-class state where
a man with ability is accepted by his
neighbors for his ability and not his past
and financial standing.
We are free here from the tensions of
race, religion and social groups. When
I lived in Chicago, one was always aware
of the pressure that existed between the
rich and the poor, the white and the col-
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Kitchen, Diet of
alone with a man the town
immediately wonders when
they are getting married.
They also learned the his
tory and political situations
of the Latin American coun
tries. Veracruz
Miss Jeffery and 15 other
students went to a town of
about 1,000 population in the
eastern coastal state of
Veracruz. The town was
Monte Blanco which means
white mountain. It is one of
the most backward states
in Mexico. The houses of
one to two rooms were made
of wood with palm thatched
roofs with dirt floors. The
streets were of cobblestone
and mud mostly mud, said
Miss Jeffery.
She said that they found
out after they had arrived
that the village people had
four main ideas of why the
visitors had come. They
thought that the students
were rich Americans who
didn't have anything better
to do, that they were spys
from the Pentagon, that
they were undercover
agents for capitalistic min
ing corporations, or com
munist infiltrators.
There were extremely
poor health conditions. In
testinal parasites and mal
nutrition were common.
The diet was of beans, tor
tillas, and whatever fruit
was in season. The sub
tropical climate produced
coffee, orange, and banana
trees.
The men helped build a
and serve his home state? Or should he
seek his livelihood in the big-time city?
Offer
new school which would
have six grades compared
to the former three grades.
They laid water pipes,
taught swimming classes,
started a baseball team
and taught English and
Spanish classes at night.
Vaccinated
The girls did "every
thing" said Miss Jeffery.
They vaccinated for small
pox from house to house,
campaigned to rid the town
of intestinal parasites, held
sewing groups, taught
swimming, visited with peo
ple, and had recreation
groups in the schools every
day. She explained that at
first the games didn't suc
ceed because there was no
spirit of competition. The
students had never played
before, they had just
worked.
Miss Jeffery related an
experience in her sewing
class with a little girl who
was slow in getting her
dress done. She finally
learned that the girl didn't
want to finish soon because
she wanted to keep coming
back.
The students conducted a
children's library. When
they left they also started a
scholarship fond. Through
out so many of their ac
tivies Miss Jeffery said
that they had to start learn
ing to do things their way
not ours.
Miss Jeffery also said that
you can't admire anything
down there because they
will give it to you and they
can't afford it They give
Use of Library as Study Hall
Handicaps Reference Work
By Tom Kotouc
Use of the University li-
braries for a "study hall"
threatens to crowd out stu
dents who must use the fa
cilities for reference work.
Frank Lundy, director of the
University libraries said last
week.
Although we encourage
Council
Examines
Study Hall
Residences Have
Quiet Centers?
The Student Council direct
ed library committee chair
man George Peterson to
study the feasibility of estab
lishing study halls or centers
in all residence areas..
These study centers would
be ' quiet areas,' which
have dictionaries, encylopedi
as and other reference books
available, for the student
j wanting to escape the noise
of the rest of his residence
area but not wanting to go to
the library.
"Due to University's budg
et, expansion of library fa
cilities for 'study hall' pur
poses is not possible," Peter
son said.
"If we begin now to equip conducted by AUF, the Uni
dormitories, fraternities andjversity of Nebraska Speech
soronues wim siuuy centers
with basic reference materi
als, we will help absorb the
increased load on all library
facilities, especially when the
University population dou
bles within the next ten
years," Peterson said.
The Council study will ini
tially take the form of ques
tionaires to other Universities
to determine their experience
with "study centers."
Questions to be asked will
be ways of financing such a
center and the number and
list of books available for ref
erence work at the center.
Degree Applications
AD students who expect
to receive bachelors or ad
vanced degrees or teaching
certificates at the end of
this semester should apply
for them by Nov. 1.
The applications should
be made at the Registrar's
office, 208 Administration
building.
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SUNNY (?) MEXICO
Jan Jeffery, who spent seven weeks in sunny Mex
ico this summer, found conditions there very different
than the way tourist posters picture them. Here she
reminisces with some of the mementos she brought back
as souvenirs.
students to use the library
and would like to see it full,"
Lundy said, "when students
who need to do reference
work can't find space because
too many students use the li
brary to study, we question
whether study space in resi
dence areas is being efficient
ly used."
"Modern libraries seat
about 30 per cent of the total
student body," Lundy said,
"but all of the University li
braries can seat only 18 per
cent of the total student body.
And this would mean that no
faculty members are using
the space."
"Our greatest problem is
when 15 or 20 students come
to the library and request a
room to study in for the eve
ning, asking sometimes to
use the room at the same
time every week.
"When we ask these stu
dents, who are usually from
a dorm or fraternity, why
they are unable to study in
Part of AVF Funds Aid
VI Charity Organizations
Forty per cent of the funds the campus poll was to
raised in the All University
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campaign Nov,
campus-wide
8-22, will di
rectly benefit University of
Nebraska charitable organiz
ations. Following a poll of students
and Hearing cumc was se
lected to receive 20 per cent
of the money raised in the
AUF campus campaign, and
the 20 per cent allotted to the
Nebraska Heart Assn. has
been earmarked for heart re-1
j search at the University Col
lege of Medicine.
World University Service,
an organization with 40 na
tional committees which pro
vides textbooks, health clin
ics, cooperative student hous
ing and emergency relief
agencies throughout the
world, will also receive 20
per cent of the donations.
The Nebraska Orthopedic
Hospital, a clinic in Lincoln
which helps underprivileged
children who are handicapped
meniaiiy or pnysicauy, anaifca Division of the American
Larc School (Lancaster Assn
for Retarded Children), also
located in Lincoln, will each
receive 15 per cent of the
funds raised.
The aim of All University
Fund in selecting the original
10 charities to be listed on
their residence area, we find
that a couple of "fun lovers"
have made study conditions
difficult.
"If it is true that the li
brary is the only quiet place
on campus to study in the
afternoon and evening, it is
time for a wing of the dorm
or floor of the fraternity or
sorority to band together and
maintain study conditions.
"When I attended univer
sity at Stanford," Lundy said,
"we would take the 'fun lov
er' who did his studying from
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in hand ev
ery now and then and ask
him to go down town to make
noise.
"Students apparently have
enough available study facil
ities and space m then resi
dence areas," Lundy added.
"but are at a loss as to how
they can create the neces
sary study 'conditions.' "
"There has been consider
able thinking among faculty
and students on establishing
; choose those where contribu
tions coma ao ine most good,
preferably local charities, or
those benefitting college stu
dents. All housing units at the
University were polled, and
a polling booth for off-campus
students was maintained in
the Student Union for three
days.
The voting percentage of
off-campus students at the
booth, however, was very
low.
A Lincoln drive for contri
butions will be conducted as
apart of the fund campaign
sponsored by ALF.
Fund drives will be heM in
the housing units, and con
tribution containers will be
located at various points on
the campus.
A pancake feed in the Stu
dent Union Sunday, Nov. 12,
will highlight the fund cam
paign. Charities slated on the AUF i
poll which were not selected
, to receive funds inclnri Tnm
j Dooley's Medico, the Nebras-
Cancer Society, and the Na
tional Assn. for Retarded
Children.
Others are the Cedars Home
for Children, the Near East
Foundation, and the Nebraska
Foundation for Foreign Students.
of Mexico Trip
it to you because it's the
polite thing to do.
Mexican People
The Mexican people tried
to teach the students how
to carry water on their
heads, make tortillas, and
ride burros. She said that
some of her cooking at
tempts were "marvelous
flops."
The students sometimes
took picnics and went
climbing in a canyon that
was nearby. They went to
a resort for one weekend
and Miss Jeffery reported
that they spent most of
their time either "in the
ocean or the hot showers
mostly in the hot show
ers." She said that one of the
most interesting things to
do was to bargain for
goods. She called it "big
fun." You had the chance
to meet and learn so much
about the other people.
One of their problems
which they never solved
was whether or not to
change these people by
teaching them a different
way of life. She said they
seemed so happy they
were always singing, very
friendly, and everybody was
really himself.
They felt it was terrible
to impose a materialistic
society on them. But with
their bad health, and life
of work, the visitors felt
they should do something.
They tried to compromise
by improving their health
through better education.
She said that one of her
'study halls' with a diction
ary and encyclopedia and a
few other reference books in
dormatories, fraternities and
sororities and in new Univer
sity buildings," Lundy said.
"Why should the student
have to tear over to the li
brary when he wants to use
one page of an encyclopedia
or other basic reference
text," Lundy questioned.
Campaign
Rumors
Corrected
The rumor that houses will
not be allowed to campaign
for their Homecoming candi
dates has been clarified by
Karlene Senf, vice president
of Panhellenic.
She explained that the idea
grew out of the presidents'
workshops where they had
decided to conduct no house
campaigning unless one of
of the houses decided to.
One of the Greek houses
began campaigning so all of
the houses with candidates
will campaign to whatever
extent they want without vi
olating the rules set up by
Tassels.
The campaign rules have
been set up by Tassels, ex
olained Mary Burbridge,
homecoming chairman for
Tassels. Houses may have
posters but they may not
have pictures on them. How
ever, they may have pictures
on printed flyers if they wish.
Signs will be allowed outside
the houses and houses may
also put on skits.
Election day for voting on
the Homecoming candidates
will be Wednesday from
8-5:30 on both city and ag
campus.
The students will each vote
for one girl. They must
present their identification
cards before they will be al
lowed to vote.
The three "final finalists"
will be presented at the rally
Friday night. The Homecom
ing Queen will be revealed
at the game Saturday.
Film on Nigeria
"Nigeria-New Nation", a
documentary film, will be
shown Thursday in the Stu
dent Union small auditori
um at 4:30 and 7:00 p.m.
There may also be a Ni
gerian student to speak. Ad
mission is free.
best friends, was 23 years
ols, had six children, three
of whom had died. This
was normal life for them.
Miss Jeffery said that the
students coined a word for
describing their reactions
to coming back to the Unit
ed States. They called it
"culture shock." It was be
cause the change from one
culture to another was so
great. She said that life
here s e e m s "completely
shallow."
These trips really change
a person, she said. You
don't see the United States
through the rose-colored
glasses you did before. She
found out that people don't
see the United States as we
see ourselves.
Miss Jeffery summed up
her trip by saying that she
was "real lucky to go."
Miss Jeffery explained
that the qualifications were
to be able to speak Span
ish, accept people as they
are, have ideas on world
peace and human relations,
and not be disturbed at
having rats running over
head and hogs sleeping un
der the wash stand.
She added that if other
students are interested in a
trip of the same sort next
summer, they should talk to
Warren Witte, regional
chairman for the American
Friend Service Committee.
He will be on campus on
Nov. 27 for interviews and
to answer questions.
