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Monday, Sept. 23, 1963 The Daily Nebraskan Page I Mew Chcalleoioe: Shriver Br BOOER ELBERT For Collegiate Praia Service (Editor's Note: Mr. Elbert, president tf the United States Student Press Association and editor of The Dally Illlni, was one of four editors to spend me week in Washington recently to rdit the Peace Corps News a supplement to campus newspapers that appears rice yearly. This Is the first of three .art article.) Washington, D.C. (CPS) The fundamental question fac ing the Peace Corps at the start of its third year, accord ing to Director R. Sargent Shriver, can be stated sim ply: "As young Americans real ize how unglamorous and un romantic the work of develop' ing nations can be, will they be tricked into believing it is also unimportant?" This was the problem as Shriver outlined it at two major student meetings in August; the National Student Congress of the United States National Student Association, and the convention of the Na tional Federation of Catholic College Students. It is also a problem which gains increasing attention in the Peace Corps Washington offices as returning volunteers report that their greatest ad versaries in the field were boredom, loneliness, and a sense of futility. "Americans are loath to take things slowly, and Peace Corps Volunteers are no ex ception," Shriver said in a September interview with CPS. "We're all used to quick re sults, and we forget that most societies around the world are moving at a walk. It takes longer to achieve results and make them stick. This is one of the things you can't really demonstrate during the Peace Corps training periods. It has to be learned in the field." Shriver said any progress, regardless of how little, is often more than some project areas have seen previously. "Volunteers may be disap- NoI want something that's really productive . . . with all the glamour and excitement of something important. pointed, so to speak, because in two years they had sue ceeded only in moving the ball from the 50-yard line to the 49-yard line," Shriver said "Too often they forget that it may be the first time the ball has moved at all in a particul lar society. "The test of the Peace Corps," he said, "will be whether we are mature and sophisticated enough to real ize this. The Peace Corps director pointed out, however, that young, creative volunteers often have an edge on the ex perts in underdeveloped soci eties. When the Corps was being launched, he recalled, one of the most frequent ques tions was: How can volunteers Union Remodeling Confuses Students By SUSAN SMITHBERGER Senior Staff Writer Upperclassmen have looked baffled and confused as they rushed out of the Union Crib, reached for the glass doors and ran into a wooden panel. Instead of the swinging doors in the north lobby, there is no a show case. This is only one of the new faces to the Union this year. The old television room is being converted into offices for the new activities coordi nator and the program chair man. The activities coordina tor is Curt Siemers. He will be working with the campus activities and the Student Council committee to evalu ate and improve campus or ganizations. Richard Scott is the new associate program director. He replaces Bob Pat terson, who is now dean of Students at Doane. The campus activity fund office has been moved into the business office of the Union. A window will be in stalled to facilitate the collec tion of funds. In the future all checks will be cashed at this window during business hours. The table tennis room is now converted into a meeting room since meeting places are at such a premium. It is felt that more students will be able to use the room dur ing the day than are using it as a table tennis room. The bowling area will remain the same. The Student Council office has been moved to room 232. Movies will be shown every weekend in the small audi torium as in the past. Show ings will be at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Admission is twenty-five cents plus a student identi fication card. Dates and friends of University students may be admitted if accom panied by a student. Following very !-ome foot ; ball game, an opek nouse will be held in the main lounge of i the Union. It is open to every , one, and students are urged to bring their parents over to become acquainted with the facilities. Throughout the year tickets will be on sale in the booth in the main lounge for Broad way Theatre League, Commu nity concerts, foreign films, and features to be presented in the Union. Twelve foreign- films have been engaged for showing dur ing the year, the first being "Bell Antonio" on October 9. It is an Italian Comedy Drama. Ticket sales open today. With student identification they may be purchased for five dollars. They are avail able to non-students for seven dollars. Film showings are Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. and at 9 p.m. in the Nebraska Theater at 12th and P street. Foreign films to be shown through the year are "Monpti,' a light drama from Gemany; "Paths of Glory," an American War Story; "Ersatz," a ten minute extra to be shown at the same time as "Paths of Glory;" "Candid," a French comedy; "A Taste of Honey," a British drama to be shown along with "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me," a short animated color csrtoon "Mr. 'Huelots Holiday," a French comedy; My Name Is Ivan," a Russian drama; "Psycissimo," an Italian com edy; "The Wrong Arm of the Law," an English comedy with an element of suspense; "Yojimbo," a Japanese west ern; "Devi," an Indian drama and "Shot the Piano Player," a French comedy. ' Peter, Paul and Mary will be presented by the Union on October 11. Tickets for this performance will go on sale today. Fraternities and other groups may reserve blocks. The group will appear in Pershing Memorial Audito rium. Jazz V Java will be held on alternate Fridays at 4 p.m. in the Union Crib. Alternat ing with Jazz V Java is Suite Beat which will appear Friday. Art selections are made to available to students every year by the Union with a one dollar deposit. They may be kept for a semester and upon their return, the deposit will be returned. There is no rental charge. Inter-Campus Bus Ticket Bus leaves Nebraska Union City Campus hourly 7:05 A.M. through 4:05 P.M. and Burr Hall Ag Campus hourly 7:35 A.M. through 4:35 P.M. Stops and times are subject to change. Bus runs Monday through Friday except on days no classes or exams are scheduled. See schedule of classes 1963-1964. ' v Bus tickets may be obtained from the Student Un ion City and Ag Campus, the Cashier main floor Adm. Bldg. City Campus and Ag Finance office. accomplish anything in areas where experts have tried and failed? "We are now f i n d i n g," Shriver said, "that in many of these areas our young, adaptable volunteers are gain ing better results than the ex pertsand for an almost ob vious reason. The experts re quire backing, support, assist ance, and equipment, and then more often than not they discover that the society simply does not respond to expert procedures. Our volun teers, on the other hand, go into an area and work with the tools at hand. They adapt to a situation. And most im portant, they work and live with the people, gaining their confidence and cooperation." Shriver and other top Peace Corps officers are confident that the initial enthusiastic response to the Peace Corps idea will not lessen as the Corps loses its first glow of romanticism. "The bloom is off the rose," Shriver said, "and there's no longer the thrill of being the first Volunteer in many areas. But the second or the tenth wave of Volunteers will find their work cut out for them, and will often find themselves in a position to achieve more meaningful results because of the groundwork of the pioneer volunteers. : "The job of a volunteer to day is, in a way, more aim cult than it was two years ago." he said. "The first vol unteers could afford to make mistakes1 now the situation is different. Yet there is a great er potential for success, and I have confidence that the achievements of the Peace Corps in the coming years will justify the sacrifices and hopes of the first two." Chrysanthemums To Be Displayed The University of Nebraska North Platte Experiment Sta tion will exhibit four new vari eties of chrysanthemums at a "Mum Day" display next Sun. day. Approximate1' 10,000 pers ons from western and central Nebraska attended "Mum Day" last year. A "Mum Day" also will be held at the northeast Nebras ka Experiment Station near Concord. Union Film Society IS HERE AGAIN BETTER THAN EVER! TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE IN THE UNION. HURRY, THE SUPPLY IS LIMITED Prices are $5.00 with University I.D. 0- FILMS FOR ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE ALL TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT Showings are at the Nebr. Theater at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Wednesday nights. Featured films this year are from Italy, France, Ger many, Japan, India, England, and Russia. Bookstores Sell Builders Calendar In less than one week, Uni versity of Nebraska students have bought over 50 per cent of the Builder's 1963-64 Cal endars, Marilyn Petersen, said. Starting today, the calendar will be sold in the bookstores instead of the Nebraska Union, Miss Petersen said. Demand Rises; Seats Short For Students (Continued From Page 1) pleted. The stadium seats will then be assigned. "Those who have drawn the low numbers," Pittenger said, will receive stadium seats so long as the supply lasts. After we have filled the 7,550 stadi um seats, the holders of the remaining high numbers will be offered the bleacher seats." This procedure would apply they are drawing for individ ual or bloc seats. Lottery participants will be able to begin picking up their tickets in the lobby of the Coliseum beginning this Fri day, and throughout the fol lowing week. Pittenger pointed out that participation in the lottery will work to a student's ad vantage because even if the student fails to draw a stadi um seat he will still have the option of taking a full refund if he chooses. Students who register for classes after the lottery has been held may still purchase student tickets but can be served only with the $6 bleach er seats. Third Youth Conference Adopts 'Action' Projects By Marv McNeff Ag News Editor Over 150 communities rep resented at the third annual Nebraska conference on Youth adopted at least two "Action" projects as the con ference drew to an end last week. According to Susanne Plum, 1963-64 chairman of the Ne braska Council On Youth, these projects are practical plans adapted to the 1 o c a 1 community for which they were intended. The projects were adopted as a direct result of the Con ference theme, "How Youth Can Help Nebraska Grow" which emphasized education, recreation, and economic op portunities as areas in which young Nebraskans can make contributions to the state's future. Miss Plum said the actual work of each of the local projects will be coordinated with the district chairman and the state chairman of the Council on Youth. The projects which the rep resentatives from the 1 o c a 1 communities adopted during the Project Action meetings of the final conference ses sion will range from promot ing cycling trips and youth hosteling experiences to run ning a campaign to have lo cal school bond issues passed. Actual methods of Initiating nroiects at the local level were discussed, according to Miss Plum, who said the en thusiasm generated at the Conference sessions seemed to be contagious, with the delegates inspiring each oth er with ideas to adapt to their own community. "It's amazing to me that high school age kids will take such an interest in public af fairs, but," Miss Plum con tinued, "they are able to see they can help and are more than willing to do so." The conference opened Wednesday morning, Septem ber 18, with an estimated 600 high school and college age delegates, plus 100 adult spon sors. This was the largest at tendance at any of the i&ree conferences. The delegates were greeted by Governor Morrison, Miss Plum and Dr. Otto Hoiberg, chairman of the Hall of Youth. In his welcome ad dress, the Governor chal lenged Nebraska youth to strive to achieve their, and the state's maximum poten tial. The delegates were select ed by high school and college officials, who recommended students to be delegates. In addition to high school and University of Nebraska stu dent delegates, Nebras ka Wesleyan, Creighton Uni versity and Wayne State Col lege were represented. "Community service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy," Milss Plum said, re calling an anonymous quote, and this is what the Ne braska Council on Youth proi gram helps to develop, for the people in this program are volunteers, participating because they want to." Read Nebraskan Want Ads COURSES IN RELIGION FOR CREDIT ON UNIVERSITY DEGREES THE COTNER SCHOOL OF RELIGION is accepted by the University of Ne braska for offering accredited courses in Religion to University Students. No. Cr. Title of Course Hr. 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He far pro. feasor of Christian Thought in Midland Lutheran College. Rabbi Wolfgang Hamburger of South Temple Is Hesldent Lecturer on Judaism, sponsored by the Jewish Chautauqua Society. ReT. Ralph W. Bays, guest lecturer, is a university pastor representing the United Campus Christian Fellowship. Rev. Dennis W. Patterson, (uest lecturer, is a university pastor representing the United Campus Christian Fellowship. Dr. Raleigh J. Peterson, Jr. is Dean of Cotner College and professor of Biblical Studies. Dr. Alan J. Pickering, guest professor, is university pastor and director of the United Campus Christian Fellowship. Rabbi Maurice A. Pomerants of Tifereth Israel Synagogue is guest lecturer representing the Hillel Foundation. Professor Keith D. Stephenson is assistant professor of Biblical Theology In Cotner College. 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