It's A Woman's World
Faculty Wife Plays a Part
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A University faculty wife
has helped construct the Uni
versity's new Sheldon Memo
rial Art Gallery or at least
she has played a part in the
project.
Mrs. Giovanna Bowsky,
wife of Dr. William Bowsky,
history professor, hasn't lift
ed any heavy equipment or
pourea any concrete for the
new building, but she has in
directly helped lay the honey-
coiorea maroie walls of the
new gallery by speaking her
native itauan tongue.
Translator
Mrs. Bowsky has acted as
translator for Bruno Brescia
m, 51, an Italian craftsman
who was sent to Lincoln as
facotry representative for an
Italian marble company.
cresciani coma speak no
English and the workmen
could speak no Italian, said
Maurice M. Halstead, engi
neer for the construction pro!
ect. Mrs. Bowsky's help was
needed to translate Brescia
ni's advice and corrections to
the workmen.
With translated instructions,
tne workmen were able to ar
range the prefitied marble
slabs into individual walls.
Soon Bresciani was able to
communicate with the other
workmen through drawings
and sign language. "Southern
Europeans are very good at
sign language," Mrs. Bowsky
said.
Menu Reading
Although adjusted on t h e
Job, Bresciani, still needed
Mrs. Bowsky's help in some
areas like reading American
menus. He didn't need much
help in f i n d i n g . his way
through Lincoln streets,
however. Lincoln streets are
laid out very simply com
pared to the tangled mazes
in Italian cities, Mrs. Bowsky
explained.
Petite, dark-haired Mrs.
Bowsky was born in Florence,
Italy. While attending univer
sity here she met her future
husband who was doing re
search on a book.
A few years after their Ital
ian marriage the Bowskys
came back to the United
States and to Nebraska. Once
in Lincoln, Dr. Bowsky as
sumed his duties as a medie
val and renaissance history
instructor at the University.
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ART EXHIBIT A spectator views artwork done by high school All-Staters during their
first nine days of the All-State art program. The work is on display this week in the
Nebraska Union Art Gallery.
All-Staters Begin Final Week
Concert Ends
What is believed to be the
largest group in the 27-year
history of the All-State pro
gram will conclude activities
Saturday, after three weeks
of study on the Nebraska Uni
versity campus.
The 411 high school All-Staters,
whose homes range from
La Rochelle, New York to
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, have
been participating in art,
journalism, music and speech
programs under NU instruc
tors since June 12.
The All-State program, said
John P. Moran, general di
rector of the program, is a
service to the state and the
Ind'-duaL giving the stu
denra the opportunity to work
-with NU staff members, to
learn and to take back to
their communities "better
'skills and inspirations."
Heading the program that
"makes you sit down and
work but have fun while
you're working," in the words
of a music student, are Bruce
Kendall, speech; John Moran,
music; James Morrison, jour
nalism; and Gail Butt, art.
While on campus the All
Staters have been staying at
various sorority houses and
men's dormitories, dining in
the Student Union and using
such NU recreation facilities
as the swimming pool, ten
uis courts, ping pong tables
and bowling alleys.
The dormitory life is excit
ing, said a speech student
hurrying to play rehearsal.
"You learn there are people
Just like you, and you learn
to get along," he said.
Letting the student study in
his one field from four to
six hours a day "is a better
system for teaching than the
regular University system,"
Mrs. Bowsky has also been
a University instructor. She
taught Italian for a year.
English Forbidden
For 44 Teachers At
English is almost a forbid
den language on Burnett
Hall's third floor this sum
mer. In fact, speaking Eng
lish is grounds for dismissal
for the 44 high school lan
guage teachers attending the
NDEA Language Institute,
according to Dr. Charles Col
man, director.
The teachers are studying
various aspects of teaching
French and Spanish at the
eight-week institute, which
comes under the National De
fense Education Act passed in
1958 to help take care of
some of the deficiencies in ed
ucation in the U.S., Dr. Col
man said.
"Ana nf iha larks "VnfMSS
felt was most serious at that
time was that our people
weren't learning to speak
foreign languages. Even it
they studied languages in
school, they could just read
and write them, and were
unable to understand the spo
ken languages,'' he said.
The National Defense Edu
cation Act provided for a
number of special insti
tutes supported by federal
funds' to re-train high school
teachers. Congress became
aware of the need for a new
approach "to language study
during World War It, Dr. Col
man said.
'When the armed services
and government services
needed language specialists tc
serve as interpreters and
translators, they couldn't find
them," he said. "They didn't
need readers and writers, but
people who could take care
of ordinary transactions in
foreign countries."
Crash Programs
"The situation became
acute right after we got into
the war, so the armed serv
ice forces set up crash pro
grams to train people. Under
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WATERCOLOR This watercolor still-life by All-Stater
Mary Greer is one of the many paintings and drawings
now on display in the Union.
said Mr. Butt, who also point
ed out that such a teaching
system would not be applic
able to students taking a va
riety of courses.
Speech department activity
heads the list of remaining
events with three plays to be
presented in Howell Theater.
The speech All-Staters will
present the Miracle Worker
hursdav. June 28 at 7:30
p.m.; The Children's Hour
Lincoln, Nebraska
the Army Specialized Train
ing Program, all sorts of
skills were taught," Dr. Col
man said; "and the language
branch was one of the main
ones."
During the nine-month in
tensive language schools set
up in various parts of the
country, enlisted men and a
few officers did nothing but
study language and the cul
tures of the people in the
countries, Dr. Colman said.
"I taught one of the lan
guage schools in French my
self," he added. "We kept
those men busy from early
morning 'til they went to bed
at night, and we trained peo
ple who could get along in
other countries in practical
situations."
Saved Lives
"After the war, some of the
fellows came back and told
us how much they appreciat
ed this," -Dr. Colman said.
One man's life and the lives
of his comrades were saved
because of the language train
ing. They were captured by
the French, who thought they
were German soldiers. Be
cause he could speak French, I
Earning While Learning
Science Teachers
Sharpen Knowledge
Some minds may associate science wim tne space
race, but to 71 teacher-students attending the eight-week
Science Institute, science is very much down-to-earth.
They are eafning while learning paid to be in school.
Each receives a $600 stipend in return for sharpen
ing his science knowledge and teaching skills, said Dr.
Wendell L. Gauger, director of the Institute. The money is
part of a $91,000 grant made to the University by the
National Science Foundation to provide the Institute.
Students
Friday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m.;
and The Adding Machiine Sat
urday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to assuming the
roles in the plays, the speech
department members have
also made the costumes, props
and settings.
Concluding the 1962 All-State
program will be the Final Con
cert Saturday, June 30 at 7:30
p.m. on the Stadium steps.
Language
Institute
the man was able to explain
that they were American sol
diers, and thus save their
lives, Dr. Colman said.
A part of the wartime pro
gram was a scientific study
of how people learn lan
guages and what are the most
effective methods of teaching.
"Out of this it was learned
that if you are going to teach
people to understand and
speak a language you should
begin with these skills first
and not give any instruction
in writing and reading until
people are familiar with the
sound Tatterns of the 1 a u -
guage," Dr. Colman said,
"the reasons for this," he
continued, "are that you are
dealing with people who speak
and read English, and they
will autbmatically try to pro
nounce in the English pat
tern. They should hear the
language first, ana tnen go
from ear to eye," ne saia.
Understanding first
So, one provision of the Na
tional Defense uaucauonai
Act was the re-traimng oi
high school teachers to in
struct languages in the audio
lingual method, which em-
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This grant enables the Uni
versity to provide science
courses not usually available
during the Summer Session,
Dr. Gauger said. Faculty sal
aries and costs of operation,
plus the stipends, are covered
by the federal funds. The Uni
versity of Nebraska is one of
the few across the nation
chosen to offer such a re
fresher for high school science
instructors, he said.
To supplement several
courses in fundamental knowl
edge and theory, each student
is participating in his choice
of a bacteriology, biology,
chemistry or physics work
shop, or a cell ziology semi
nar, Dr. Gauger said. Those
enrolled in chemistry are
building atomic and molecular
models to scale from styro
foam spheres for use as class
room teaching aids.
Dr, Gauger invites all Sum
mer Session students to share
in the Science Institute. All
are welcome to be in Room
114. Burnett Hall from 4:00 to
5:50 on Wednesday afternoons
to hear Dr. Glen Driscoll dis
cuss History of Science, he
said. Dr. Driscoll flies from
Vermillion where he is a pro
fessor of history at the Uni
versity of South Dakota.
Arriving next week from
England to observe the oper
ation of the Institute will be
Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Broad.
Broad is a physicist and head
master of one of the distin
guished grammar schools in
Great Britain, the Cedars
School at LeiRhiim Buzzard,
England, Dr. Gauger said.
Dr. Gauger invites all Sum
mer Session students to join
the Science Institute person
nel to hear Broad's lectures
next week. Hour and location
will be announced, he said.
Power Cut
For Some
NU Buildings
The University of Nebraska
was without power in some
buildings yesterday after
noon when a power blackout
hit southeastern Nebraska.
Lincoln was without elec
tricity for about 26 minutes
when power failed at both
Consumers Public Power and
City Light and Power.
The University was not
without electricity in all
buildings because it has its
own plant, and obtains only
part of the service from Con
sumers. Power was cut off
in some areas to conserve it
for other areas needing it
more.
Activity continued in most
buildings, however - with
window blinds up.
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Department representatives,
Chester Bowles:
Things Are
There have been successes
in U.S. foreign policy and
"basically things are improv
ing for us," but the threat of
nuclear war, caused by some
"hideous accident" cannot be
minimized, Chester Bowles
told a Nebraska audience last
Thursday.
Bowles, President K e n-
nedy's special representative
and adviser on African, As
ian ana Latin American af
fairs, headed a State Depart
ment foreign policy team
which presented a briefing on
the University campus.
Other members of the team
were Frank M. Coffin, deputy
administrator of the Agency
for International Develop
ment, and Robert E. Matte
son, member of the Disarma
ment Advisory Committee
and the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.
In an address at the Ne
braska Center, Bowles said
that military, economic and
cultural frontiers lie between
the United States and com
munist interests and that the
U.S. must maintain a policy
of maximum maneuverability
in relationships in these
areas with the communist
world.
He said there is little room
to maneuver on the military
frontier, but that the U.S. is
strong "West Berlin still
stands as a shining example"
of the determination to pre
serve freedom."
Economic Competition
Western powers need not
fear an increasing exchange
of cultural ideas with the
communist world, he said,
but there is competition on
the economic frontier, as.
there should be. The West
has an advantage in the eco
nomic competition through
the European Common Mar
ket, he said.
The U.S. must support in
economic trade some un
aligned nations of Africa,
Asia and Latin America
whose leaders do not think
as we do, he said.
At an afternoon open ses
sion at the Nebraska Union,
Bowles told an audience of
over 800 that there is hope
for an eventual peaceful
vorld, where hope overcomes
fear.
Fear and hope are opposing
each other in the world to
day, he said. "The grim, dir-
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Morrison welcomes Chester Bowles and Frank Coffin, State
at a reception at the Governor's Mansion.
ty, horrible struggle going on
in 11 parts of the world"
shows the fear in the world,
but the "remarkable degree
of cooperation in thtj United
Nations" expresses hope, he
said.
Bowles said that the United
Nations "is important be
cause it provides a forum
where we can discuss our
problems" even though "there
are plenty of things wrong"
with it. He added that many
things have been settled
there which would have pro
duced wars in earlier years.
U.S. Approach
The foreign policy approach
of the U.S. "rejects the con
cept of nuclear brinkmanship
in the nairie of 'liberation '
It thinks of power not only in
terms of miliary weapons
and industrial capacity, but in
terms of people and the ideas
that move them."
Bowles cUfcd that the U.S.
approach "also refuses to
write off the millions who live
in Eastern Europe as 'com
munists' simply because they
have been forced to live un
der communist rule."
"It seeks const jntly to as
sure them that they are neith
er deserted nor forgotten,
that their future is not hope
less, that the forces of free
dom and dignity are still on
their side and growing strong
er year by year."
Their Own "Way
Bowles said that the govern
ments of developing nations
must develop in their own
way just as the American
government did. "The devel
nnine nations of the world
have learned that you can't
turn on prosperity with a tau-
cet. It's a long, painful proc
ess and at least 90 per cent
of the effort is going to have
to come from within them
selves."
In a news conference, Bow
les also stressed the import
ance of involving people in
their own development. "They
must have a sense of belong
ing and participation," he
said.
There are three factors in
giving aid to underdeveloped
countries the amount of
aid, the method by which il
is given, and, perhaps most
important, the effect it has
on the development of the
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GENETICS AND INHERITANCE Do you know that reced
ing hairlines and straight, white teeth are inherited traits?
Do your feet resemble those of your parents or grandpar
ents? Do you know that rotifers have virgin births? For
further information see the story about an 84-year old re
tired zoology department chairman on . ,
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MORE SUMMER SCHOOL College and high school stu
dents aren't the only ones attending classes this summer.
Over 400 elementary school children are, too. For a report
of what's going on at Bancroft and Pershing elementary
schools, see ...
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ETV FOR NEBRASKA Educational television lias Teen
discussed in legislative sessions of both our state and fed
eral governments. A report of how their decisions can af
fect Nebraska and the progress of educational television
appears on . . .
Page 2
FOR RELAXATION The staff of Love Memorial Library
again, prepares a list of books for summertime reading
enjoyment. This week's books are discussed on . . .
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Tuesday, June 26, 1962
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country itself, he said. ""The
money is important, but so is
the attitude on our part."
"The image of Americans
in Africa, Asia and the Far
East has improved. The
American image has im
proved in many ways because
our cars are smaller, more
American people speak the
languages where they go, and
more wives are working in
charity work in these coun
tries, Bowles said.
In other comments, Bowles
said that no one can say how
long Cuba's Castro will last,
but "he has problems and I
believe things are going to
get worse for him.1' He has
six million people on a small
island with few resources, he
said.
Bowles also had praise for
President Kennedy's Peace
Corps program. "It's improved
a great deal and will contmue
to improve. Everywhere 1
went 1 heard praise. I w a s
leery of it at first, but it's
been handled very well and
very effectively."
The State Department brief
ing was the first such pro
gram to be brought to the
University of Nebraska cam
pus. All-Staters
Elect Ideal
Girl and Boy
The more than 400 Nebras
ka high school All-State stu
dents cast their votes for the
Ideal All-State Girl and Boy
last weekend from among
eight candidates.
The election is one of the
traditional highlights of the
three-week course.
The girl candidates are An
tonia Poulos, Grand Island;
Sharon Warboys, Lincoln;
Jane Miller, Davenport;
Jeanette C o u f a 1, Seward;
Kathy Armstrong, Minden;
and Ann Kotouc, Humboldt.
The boy candidates are Don
Bellows, Grant; and John Ko
touc, Humboldt.
In addition to the can
didates, elected from each of
the eight houses, four escorts
were chosen by popular vote
and Include Jerry Lee, Kear
ney; Gary Lamb, Alliance;
Dick Packwood, Sterling; and
Paul Coble, Mullen.
