Wednesday, December 19, 1962
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Acacia s Fund Raisin D
Has Overall Goal of
House, Land
Are Needed
Fund raising began last
week for the construction of
a new $250,000 Acacia frater
n'ty house at the University,
according to Chuck Peek,
vice-president of the organi
zation. The figure includes the cost
of the house and the purchase
of land for a new location.
The proposed location for the
new house is at 17th and Q
Streets one block south of
the present house.
"Rushees," he said, "are at
tracted to the newer facilities
which is making our rushing
program difficult. Acacia's
membership must be
enlarged if we are to com'
pete with other fraternities in
campus activities. Our pres
ent housing facilities are pre
senting a difficult barrier to
necessary growth.
McCann said that the Lin
coin Health Code has de
n.anded that all kitchen and
dining facilities within the
city must be put on the
ground level within 3 years.
Unless Acacia meets this re
quirement, it will be forced
to close the house.
Acacia will finance its new
house by donations and loans.
Hurlbut
Returns
The head of the University's
tractor testing station, Dr.
Lloyd W- Hurlbut, returned
Saturday from a Paris con
ference which he described
as "a working meeting of
machinery calibrators."
Dr. Hurlbut is the chair
man of an advisory and tech
nical committee of the Or
ganization for Economic Co
operative Development
(OECD.) It is an internation
al research group composed
of 22 nations, the common
market nations, most of the
rest of Europe, Canada, and
the U.S.
"One of the most curious
things which we studied,"
Hurlbut said, "was a request
for testing second-hand trac
tors. You can't buy "OK"
used tractors on the inter
national market as you can
"OK" used cars from the lo
cal dealer," Hurlbut ex
plained. Since the performance of
many old tractors is an un
known quantity, he said,
many buyers don't know what
the machines are worth. So
they appealed to Hurlbut's
group to advise them on how
not to buy a "pig in a poke."
Hurlbut said that most of
the session was taken up in
planning international co-operative
investigation of vari
ables in machinery testing.
In one test the U.S., France,
and Germany will cooperate
with Britain all countries us
ing the same set of tires.
First the big tractor tires will
be tested brand-new in Eng
land, then in France, back in
England again, then 'in Ger
many, England, Nebraska,
and last in England.
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QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR HOME A campaign to
raise money for a new Acacia fraternity house began
this week. The new house is scheduled to be built at 17th
and Q Streets.
Love Life Slow?
SocialChairmen Suffer
From Memory Lapse
Pinnings and engagements
are scarce this week due to
the "memory problem" which
the social chairmen -of the
organized houses seem to be
suffering.
Social chairmen are again
reminded that if they want
the pinnings or engagements
to appear in the Daily Ne
braskan they must be turned
in by 3 p.m. Tuesday.
PINNINGS
Sally Jones, Alpha Phi
sophomore in Teachers from
Lincoln, to Rob Malmsten,
Delta Tau Delta junior in
Teachers from Fremont.
ENGAGEMENTS
Lina Schademann, fresh
man in Art & Sciences from
Pender, to A. J. Gatzemeyer,
senior in Engineering from
Bancroft.
Edith Koziol, senior in
Teachers from Lincoln, to
Lane Isaacson, grad student
from Norfolk.
Kathy Schmidt, freshman
in Home Economics from
Grand Island, to Gordon Alm
quist, Beta Sigma Psi junior
Worksheets
Juniors and seniors are
reminded that their work
sheets for next semester's
registration must be in the
Registrar's office by 4 p.m.
Friday.
Ski Trip Deadline
Extended Jan. 11
The deadline for siening up
for the Union Ski Trip has
Hzukn AvfortHat until Tan 11
nppnrrlimr in Susie Pierce.
chairman of the Union Trips
and Tours committee.
The mass meeting planned
for tonight has been post
poned until January 9 at '
p.m. in 232 Union. This meet
ing is required for all those
going on the ski trip.
The extension was made
for students who want to go
but don't have the money
right now.
The Union would like an
estimate of the number going
before Friday. Those inter
ested should sign up in the
main office even though they
can't pay the $35.
January 12 is the absolute
deadline no reservations will
be made after that.
Campus
Calendar
TODAY
AG-Y Pre-Christmas Medit
tion, 7-7:30 p.m., Cotner Cha
pel on Holdrege.
SKY SHOW, Star of Won
der, 8 p.m., Mueller Planetar
ium, i
TOMORROW '
AG-Y Pre-Christmas Med
itation, 7-7:30 p.m., Cotner
Chapel on Holdrege.
GERMAN CLUB Christmas
Party, 7:30 p.m., Student
Union Party Room.
SPANISH CLUB Christmas
Party, 7 p.m., 234 Student
Union. Mrs. Spatswood, pro
fessional dancer, and. Clark
Metcalf will provide the en
tertainment. mmr
ill tJLxL
$250,000;
if
in Architecture from Grand
Island.
Susie Reed, Kappa Alpha
Theta senior in Arts & Sci
ences from Lincoln, to Tom
Bollinger, Sigma Chi senior
in Dentistry from Omaha.
Kathy Carney, Kappa Al
pha Theta senior in Teachers
from Omaha, to Bill Encell,
Phi Delta Theta alum from
Omaha.
Pat Bogen from Falls
Church, Va., to Gary Brobst,
Delta Sigma Phi junior in
Mechanical Engineering from
Lincoln.
Alverna Petersen from Lin
coln, to Howard Mannschreck,
Delta Sigma Phi junior in
Business Administration from
Fairbury.
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HALL OF YOUTH The Nebraska Cen- to live in boarding houses they can live
ter's Hall of Youth offers many advantages in the same building where they go to
to students attending conferences and short schoo'.
education courses. The students don't have
Nebraska Center Report Analyzes
Year's Attendance, Achievements
By BOB RAY
Ag News Editor
How has the Nebraska Cen
ter fared in its first year?
How do the people who used
the Center for conferences
like it?
The answer to the first
question is in the center's
first annual report to Vice
Chancellor Adam Brecken
ridge on Education of Adults
and Youth research. The
answer to the second is in
the letters of acclaim re
ceived by the Center's direc
tor Knute O. Broady.
Knute Broady (he pro
nounced it "Knuwt Brawdy")
has among others a letter
from the Director of Dental
Education of the W. K .Kel
log Foundation, Philip K.
Blackeby, speaking of h i s
"pleasure with the Center,"
and saying that he felt "the
programs were well handled."
Figures from the annual re
port show that nearly a dozen
dental conferences were held !
in the Center's first year and
still more are planned in com
ing years.
In fact, almost 160 different
conferences were scheduled
for the Center that the Unt
versity's Department of Con-!
ferences had never been able
to find campus room for pre
viously. Between 1948, when it was
formed, and 1961, when it
moved into the Nebraska Cen
ter, the University's Depart
ment of Conferences used the
facilities of the Student Un
ion, University Library, avail
able classrooms and down
town hotels for its pro-grams.
Six Students
Get Awards
At J-School
Five of the six University
journalism students who were
announced yesterday as re
cipients of Gold Keys for
high scholastic achievement
are females.
In presenting the Gold Key
to the only male recipient,
Joe R. Seacrest, managing
editor of the Lincoln Journal,
remarked, "It is with great
pleasure that I present this
award to you!!"
The. Gold Key awards are
given annually by the Lincoln
Journal and Lincoln Star. The
awards are given in recogni
tion of high scholarship in the
student's first year in the
School of Journalism.
The honored students, a 1 1
sophomores, are:
Jane Miller, College of Arts
and Sciences, with an 8.545
accumulative grade average
last year.
Brenda Brankenbeckler,
Teachers College, 7.625 ave
rage. Carol Jaeger, College of
Arts and Sciences, 7.069 ave
rage. Linda Kimmel, College of
Arts and Sciences, 7.069 ave
rage. Grant Peterson, College of
Arts and Sciences, 6.655 ave
rage. Susie Smithberger, College
of Agriculture, 6.613 average.
Rag Applications
Applications for the paid
staff on the Daily Nebraskan
for the second semester now
are available in the School
of Journalism office, room
319, Burnett Hall.
AH applications must be
filled and returned to the J
School office by Jan. 11. Ap
plicants will be interviewed
by the University Publica
tions Board on Jan. 19.
People who are interested
in Agriculture and business
seemed most active in center
conferences the two fields
combined scheduled 50 per
cent of the year's 197 con
ferences. Education, health, communi
cations and engineering per
sonnel also held several con
ferences each, while there
were relatively few in gov
ernment, law, and public
service.
The data may be mislead
ing said Director Broady be
cause many ag and engineer
ing conferences dealt in other
areas.
For instance, he said, the
Business College sponsored
29 conferences but there were
38 business meetings altogeth
er. And Arts and Science,
sponsoring only seven per
cent of the conferences, pro
vided 13 per cent of the facul
ty instruction.
Broady said the current con
ference length of a little less
than two and a half days 2.3
to be exact,) would increase
as-people realized how much
time they were spending just
going and coming.
According to Dr. Otto Iloi-
berg of the Center's Hall of
Youth, the Center's first year
was one of learning es
pecially for his department.
One two-weekend conference
of church youth had an at
tendance in the hundreds
lloiberg said, and was led by
church youth leaders.
The forerunner of this
year's short courses (Midwest
Institute of Young Adults)
was the Nebraska Institute
for Community Living, made
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Pana
manian
Takes On Deep Religious Meaning
By SUSAN SMITHBERGER
Nebraska Staff Writer
Santa Claus and his sleigh
will not land on the rooftops
of Panamanian children, be
cause after traveling over
3,000 miles to Panama,
Christmas loses much of its
commercial meaning and
takes on a deeper religious
meaning.
Instead of Santa, the Christ
child will visit homes while
everyone, is at Christmas
Mass and leave gifts around
a manger. Younger children
do not attend mass, so gifts
are left at the foot of their
beds.
Rooster Mass
"On Christmas eve, every
one but the very young chil
dren go to the Mass of the
possible by a 1955 grant ot
$10,000 from the Woods Charit
able Fund.
The grant provided a four
week term during the winter
of Ifl56 and another in 1957.
Enrollment was limited to
young men and women of Ne
braska small towns, and
stressed humanities and lead
ership training.
The current program still
emphasizes "learn to live"
courses, but also includes four
weeks of intensive training in
"learn to earn" courses in
Business and Ag.
One of the Hall of Youth's
big advantages over th pre
vious program, lloiberg said,
is that students don't have to
live in rooming houses they
can live in the same building
where they go to school.
After the adult and youth
conferences are over and the
students go home, the Center's
Research and Evaluation De
partment takes over. The Cen
ter is doing a baseline study
of adult participation in Ne
braska and has data from
1,500 representatives of the
state's 21-69 age group.
The Center is also co-operating
with six other universities
on a study of variables that
influence achievement and
adult education classes.
These two reports will be
submitted to the Vice Chan
cellor next fall.
If
Santa on Rooftops
Lnristmas LeleDration
Rooster, so named because
of the earliness of the hour
12 midnight," said Pedro
Barragan, Panamanian s t u
dent at the University.
After mass, many of the
congregation kiss the Christ
child, which is presented by
the priest. Children then
march in a procession up to
the manger in front of the
church to present an offer
ing to the newly-born Mes
siah. Many different songs are
sung but the initial carol is
PTP Forms
Due to Deans
Students interested in t h e
People - to - People European
employment exchange pro
gram, must have their appli
cations filled out before they
leave for Christmas vacation.
They must also pay $1 for
national PTP membership in
order to qualify for special
low rates on transportation,
said Tom Kotouc, employment
chairman for PTP.
Students in business may
get forms from the Dean of
the College of Business Ad
ministration, Engineering stu
dents may get their forms
from the secretary of the de
partment of electrical en
gineering. Over vacation, students
must find jobs for their Euro
pean counterparts and report
on PTP forms regarding the
job they found and return it
to their respective office the
first day after vacation.
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New officers of Kappa Sig
ma: Grand Master, John Zeil
inger; Grand Procurator, Jim
Lemons; Grand Master of
Ceremonies, Tom Schwenke;
Grand Treasurer, C h a r le s
Hellcrick; Grand Scribe, Bob
Thorpe and Guards, Vaughn
W i e b u s c h .and Dennis
Strauss.
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always "Venid Pastorllas,"
which translated means
"Come Shepherds," said Bar
ragan. "After mass, children find
their gifts and open them,
said Julette Garrington, an
other Panamanian student.
"Family gifts are exchanged
and a big dinner of tamales
and roast pig is served in
many homes."
Pinata Broken
Often the families go to
friends' homes on Christmas
day and have a children's
party. A pinata, in the form
of an animal, Santa Claus,
or other popular character,
is broken by the children.
Nuts, candy and small toys
fall from the pinata, and are
immediately grabbed up by
eager young hands, said Miss
Carringtcn.
"New Year celebrations are
gala affairs, and include a
very tasty dish called "san
cocho," a chicken soup with
many other foods mixed in,
which is served to the gath
ered family and friends,"
said Barragan.
There is a tradition of
grape eating, and making a
wish on each of twelve
grapes, said Barragan. Miss
Carrington added that the
number of seeds in grapes
eaten during the evening is
noted and that number be
comes the lucky number for
the coming year.
The government sponsors a
lottery every Sunday through
the year in which $1,000 is
given for a 50c ticket. The
number of seeds found in the
grapes is often the number
used by the participants in
purchasing their tickets.
All University
Carol Sing
Wed. at 7
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