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MAY 25 1962
Vol. 75, No. 115
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, The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, May 25, 1962
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University Gets Grant
From Texaco Firm
The University has received
$12,000 grant from Texaco
Inc. to study the use of flame
cultivation on castor beans
and other cops.
The grant will be used over
a three-year period, accord
ing to Dr. Orvin C. Burnside,
assistant professor of agron
omy, and Dr. C. L. W. Swan
son, chief agronomist for the
research and technical de
partment of Texaco.
Dr. Burnside explained that
castor bean production is
new in Nebraska. If the crop
is to continue to increase in
acreage, a better method of
weed control must be devel
oped. Flame cultivation may
be one of the answers. This
involves the use of propane
gas to burn weeds.
He noted that castor beans
can withstand heat from a
flame, and that flame culti
vation fits in well with other
methods of weed control.
Weed control is important
in castor beans because it
takes the plants two to three
weeks to come up after plant
int. During this period,
weeds have a chance to get
a jump on the beans. Flame
cultivation might be used pri
or to the emergence of cas
tor beans to kill weeds. Flam-
Rag Interviews
All students who have
turned in application forms
for positions on next se
mester's Daily Nebraskan
will be Interviewed in 240
Student Union tomorrow
morning beginning at 9
a.m.
Federal Government Supports
Laboratory Work on Ag Campus
By DIANE GOSKER
Special to Daily Nebraskan
In the basement of Plant
Industry Hall on the Agricul
tural campus is a small,
two-room laboratory full of
test tubes and rabbits.
Mrs. Ellen Ball, the only
woman Ph. D. on the cam
pus working "in connection
with the Federal government
as an asistant professor and
research pathologist, is in
charge of the lab.
Mrs. Ball, 37, is a part of
the Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) afforded to
land grand colleges by the
federal Government. She
ivaney, Huge Are 6Outstandie
Huge
Ing, however, should not be
used again until the castor
bean plants are 8 inches tall.
He noted that the cost of
flame cultivation is relatively
low compared to other weed
control methods. It costs ap
proximately 60 to 80 cents
per acre for gas to flame
cultivate; chemical costs for
ban spraying or spraying di
rectly over the rows average
three to four dollars per acre.
Automobile Point System
Helps to Curtail Accidents
With the upcoming summer
vacation, homebound students
will be invading the highways
with exuberance for the ex
pected freedom. This will cre
ate a treacherous situation
for all travelers.
To help make the highways
safer, Nebraska, in 1953, de
vised the point system, a
method whereby penalty
points are assessed against
motorists for certain viola
tions. The system provides that a
person 20 years or older who
has received 12 points in 24
months will have his license
revoked. Persons 19 or under
will have theirs revoked if
they receive eight .points in
12 months or 12 points in 24
months.
Most moving violations, ex
cept for the following, carry
a two point penalty. Excep
tions include illegal turns, im
proper passing and defect ci
works under Civil Service
regulations, is a member of
the University faculty and
does some teaching, although
she has no regular classes.
Her main job is to do re
search and supervise a grad
uate student,
Under the ARS program,
Mrs, Ball is paid by the gov
ernment but makes use of
the facilities of the univer
sity. Her research, entails
the diagnosis of virus
diseases in cereal crops, par
ticularly barley.
From the blood of the rab
bits, she gets serum with
which she can detect wheth
er or not a plant is infected
Nebraskan Staff Chooses
Top Husker Personalities
Miss Mary Jean Mulvaney
and Jim Huge have been sin
gled out of 15 nominees as
recipients for this semester's
Outstanding Nebraskan
Awards.
These "outstanding" indi
viduals on the University
scene were chosen by the
staff of the Daily Nebraskan
as deserving of special rec
ognition for their contributions
to the University.
Miss Mulvaney, assistant
professor of physical educa
tion, will leave the University
this June after 12 years on
the University faculty.
Adviser to Mortar Board,
Associated Women's Students,
Student Union Board of Man
agers and Women's Athlet
ic Association, Miss Mulvaney
will "leave a place in the
hearts of students and facul
ty which her untiring serv
ice to the University have
earned her," noted the letter
of nomination.
An Outstanding Nebraskan
i
Old Pro'
In Honor
By BOB BESOM
In an effort to recognize
outstanding Cornhusker sports
enthusiasts, the Daily Ne
braskan is initiating this year
an annual The Old Pro Award
which will be given under the
name of (as John Bently, Ne
braska Athletic 'Publicity Di
rector, put it) the "grand old
war horse of student interest,"
Bob Prokop.
Prokop, who has been an
intramural figure head for the
fast eight years, will be hon
ored at the Daily Nebraskan
luncheon today.
Prokop has helped increase
student interest in University
athletes through his "Old
Pro" column this year. "He
has not only shown unusual
interest in the University ath
lete program," said John
Bentley, "but he has partici
pated in varsity sports and
tations that are taken to
court, except for parking vio
lations, illegal registration,
overweight violations and ex
cess noise.
Other points include con
viction of a felony in which a
motor vehicle was used 12
pts., driving under the influ
ence of liquor or drugs 6
pts., third offense of drunken
driving 12 pts., failure to
stop and render aid in a per
sonal accident 12 pts.,
leaving the scene of a prop
erty accident but submitting
a written report within 12
hours 4 pts.
Also included are leaving
the scene of a property acci
dent and failing to submit a
report within 12 hours 8
pts., reckless driving 5
pts., willful reckless driving
6 pts., third offense for will
ful reckless driving 12 pts.,
careless driving 4 pts., neg
ligent driving 3 pts.
with a certain virus. Each
rabbit has previously, b e en
vaccinated against different
virus diseases.
"I enjoy raising the rab
bits," she said. "Most of
them are raised on a bottle
with cow's milk so they get
used to being handled early."
Mrs. Ball received her de
gree at the University of
Pittsburgh and has been at
the University of Nebraska
for eight years. Her husband,
Dr. Harold Ball, is associate
professor of entomology. He
teaches insect physiology and
toxicology and does research
work.
both on campus and through
out the state, Jim Huge was
selectedL. by the Nebraskan
staff for promotion of the Uni
versity across the state
through fund-raising drives
for the Extra Point Club and
speaking to adult organiza
tions as a member of Inno
cent's Society.
"Jim has captured two var
sity letters as left end of the
football squad and one on the
basketball five," noted his let
ter of nomination, "serving
now as president of the
N-Club."
This last semester Huge
was selected as Outstanding
Phi Psi Athlete for Region
Five.
As sergeant-at-arms of the
Innocent's society, Huge ex
panded the highly-successful
Cornhusker Protege Program
in its second year, earlier in
troducing the Peace Corps on
campus through speakers and
discussion as president of
Young Democrats.
Scholastically, Jim was
Award Established
of Robert Prokop
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Bob Prokop
almost every intramural pro
gram available."
As the "Old Pro," Prokop
. . . Photo by Dour McCartney
MARBLE SLABS for
facing on the new Sheldon
Art Gallery have arrived
from Italy and are now
being put on the walls.
Work is expected to be
completed on the Art
Gallery In 1963.
elected for two terms to the
All Big Eight Scholastic team,
and the Pop Warner and En
cyclopedia Americana Ail
American Scholastic Teams
for one term.
Don Ferguson, editor, will
present these awards as well
as the Outstanding Varsity
and Intramural Athlete
Awards at a special luncheon
today in the Student Union.
Miss Mulvaney and Huge
were selected from a field of
11 students and four faculty
members. Faculty nomina
tions included Dr. Henry E.
Baumgarten, professor of
chemistry; Dr. Robert For
ster, professor of history; and
Dr. William E. Hall, profes
sor of educational psycholo-
Student nominations include
Miss Sukey Tinan, Miss
Nancy Tederman, Roy Ar
nold, Jim Samples, Al Plum
mer, Miss Mary Knolle, Miss
Diane Tinan, Bruce Williams,
John Schroeder and Miss Shir
ley Gates.
has stepped out on a limb
many times to instill notes of
optimism in University stu
dents. His predictions have
put him into many vulnera
ble positions this year.
Prokop was nominated for
the Nebraskan's top intra
mural athlete of the year
honors for the third time this
year.
His intramural credentials
include a seven-year stand on
the Nebraskan All - Intra
mural basketball team.
As the player-coach, he led
the Kappa Sigma football
team, player-catcher for the
softball team, was a member
of an all-fraternity champion
ship volleyball team last year,
a finalist in his flight of
horseshoes, a competitor in
badminton and participant in
most of the other minor
sports.
Lincoln Volunteers Draft
Host Family Program
Plans for the expansion of
contacts between foreign stu
dents at the University and
Lincoln families are being
drafted by the Host family
program, a volunteer group
headed by Mrs. Richard Gil
bert of Lincoln.
The program, inaugurated
several years ago, has ar
ranged contacts which now
permit approximately 100 for
eign students to visit occa
sionally in the homes of their
Lincoln host families.
Mrs. Olga Steele, assistant
director of the University's
foreign student advisory serv
ice with which the Host Fam
ily program cooperates, said
at least 60 new foreign stu
dents will be enrolling next
fall.
"We are now making plans
to serve these newcomers and
to review the Host family as
Three Plays hy Student Authors
To Be Presented as Readings
Three new plays by University of Ne
braska student authors will be presented
as dramatic readings Sunday at 7:50 p.m.
The plays, which will be read in
Howell Theatre are free to the
public. Members of the audience are
.invited to remain after" the program to
join in discussion and criticism of the
plays.
The plays are "To Z. B. with Love" by
Wilma Wolfe, "Apartment 404" by Tod
Moore, and "The Only Way Out" by Le
Roy Jones.
"To Z. B. with Love" tells the story
of a best-selling authoress, Autumn
Adair, who comes to New York to be in
terviewed and photographed for a wom
ans' magazine, "Illusion of Beauty."
Miss Adair always dedicates her novels
(to persons Identified only by their ini
tials, and her most recent novel has been
dedicated to "Z. B. with love." The play
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IFC Discusses Rush
For Summer, Fall
Summer rushing and rush
week were the main topics at
the Wednesday night IFC
meeting.
Vice President Roger My
ers passed out schedules of
the rush week activities and
announced that the IFC of
fice will be open all sum
mer. Lists will be sent to
fraternity rush chairmen of
incoming men who have in-
signments made this year,"
Mrs. Gilbert said. "We will
appreciate hearing from any
Lincoln families who are in
terested." She explained that the Pro
gram must assemble a list
of interested potential host
families now so that informa
tion can be sent out and ar
rangements made for an in
formal social meeting of stu
dents and hosts early in the
fall.
Mrs. Steele said that the
University foreign student
advisory service welcomes
the assistance of the Host
Family program.
"One of our problems," she
said, "is to find a reliable
means of affording foreign
students a continuing oppor
tunity to visit in representa
tive American homes.
Mulvaney
dicated an interest in going
through rush week.
The cost to the rushee for
going through rush week will
be $16 and the last day of
registration will be August
31.
In the other business it
was announced that the judi
ciary committee has been re
vising the constitution and
will formally submit it next
fall.
In other business, J r r y
Dickenson urged that all
houses complete their FMA
agreements and turn them in
to the IFC office.
Board to Aid
Travel Problem
Students may now solve
their financial transportation
problems conveniently
through the Ride Board, a
project of the Union person
nel committee.
This information service
was initiated last fall for Uni
versity students. Those inter
ested in either driving or rid
ing with fellow passengers
will find a map and direc
tions in the Student Union
lobby.
Markers for the indicated
location are available so that
individuals from the . same
areas may meet.
The Ride Board offers an
excellent opportunity for
those traveling long distances.
deals with attempss to find the true iden
tity of Z. B. and of the other person
to whom her books are dedicated.
"Apartment 404" tells the story of a
woman living in a desolate near-slum
apartment who has found methods of
fighting crushing boredom. It is a
portrait of this woman and of the men
she wins and loses.
"The Only Way Out" is a play about a
contemporary college student and his
j-robleme. Like many young men of his
generation, he finds that his ambitions
and his parents' wishes for him do not
agree.
The plays T-ill be presented as exam
ples of three different styles of play read
ing, ranging from "concert reading," to
staged "script-in-hand" theatrical per
formance. Readers are members of
Speech 105, the class in Oral Interpre
tation of Literature.
