Monday Nov. 11, 1963
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
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tlfi7f Ac Hybrid Study
Hybrid wheat research
at the University of
Nebraska will get an impor
tant boost with the construc-
1 1 o n of a plastic covered
greenhouse for year-
round study of wheat plants.
Designed to accommodate
thousands of individual
plants, the new greenhouse
will be built on the campus of
the College of Agriculture and
Home Economics at a cost of
$7,500. The funds were made
available by the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben of Omaha to the
University of Nebraska Foun
dation for this purpose.
Announcement of the grant
was made at the Nebraska
Wheat Show at Ogallala on
Oct 31. The funds will speed
up a Unversity research pro
gram that is aimed at making
hybrid wheat a reality on Ne
braska farms. The Nebraska
Crop Improvement Associa
tion plans to raise a total of
$125,000 including the Ak-Sar-Ben
grant to support
the University's program.
Construction of the green
house will permit early ac
celeration of the research.
Hybrid wheat en a commer
cial scale became a possibili
ty with the discovery of cy
toplasmic male sterility in
wheat and genes for fertility
restoration. The male-sterile
principle is used in producing
seed stocks for hybrid sor
ghum and present-day hybrid
corn.
Plant scientists at the Col
lege of Agriculture and Home
Economics department of Ag
ronomy played a final part in
solving problems leading to
the discovery of individual
male sterile wheat plants !
which carry the fertility re-j
storer factor in their genetic;
make-up.
Several factors will deter-'
mine how soon hybrid wheat
will be widely grown on
farms, according to Dr. E. F.
Frolik, Agricultural College
dean. Included in these will
be the development of seed
production techniques for
large scale crop production.
Seed costs must be compared
with possible benefits.
"The new greenhouse will
provide facilities that can be
used to answer questions in
v o 1 v e d in putting hybrid
wheat on the farm," accord
ing to Dean Frolik. 'The
g r a n t f or construction is a
further reflection of Ak-Sar-Ben
's continued interest
in the development of Ne
braska's agricultural indus
try," be said.
Scientists at the College of
Agriculture say that the
greenhouse will be used for
the transfer of the male re
storer genes into varieties and
lines of wheat that can be
grown on a commercial scale.
It will also make possible a
systematic search for fertili
ty restoring genes that may
be present in previusly un
tested varieties.
Plant materials now on
hand for screening at the Uni
versity include varieties from
Italy, Japan, Africa, Korea
and several South American
countries. Varieties grown in
other parts of the United
States will also be studied.
Dean Frolik predicts that
hybrid wheat will add con
siderable flexibility in solv
ing problems connected with
wheat production on Nebras
ka farms, and will make for
greater production stability.
For example, o n c e a num
ber of male sterile and male
fertile strains having particu
lar characteristics have been
developed, it will be possible
to produce hybrids to meet a
changing disease sitaation, to
fit specific environmental con
ditions, or to meet particular
market requirements.
Development of the new hy
brid wheats could lead to
greatly increased yields for
Nebraska farmers, together
with wheats having better
quality, processing and bak
ing qualities, according to Dr
Donald Hanway, chairman of
the Department of Agronomy.
Employment Service Offers
Work For Undergraduates
The University eirmlovment
Service, designed to help
students find part time jobs,
is available to any undergrad
uate student desiring to help
finance his education through
working part time.
Larry Salmon, financial
aids advisor of the employ
ment division, said, "With the
increase in the cost of a col
lege education it becomes in
creasingly necessary for stu
dents to turn to part-time
work to cover exDenses. How
ever, the University Employ
ment Service is not only for
students who want to pain
experience working on a job
that is related to the field that
they intend to make a ca
reer."
"I would be happy to have
all University students come
in and fill out an employment
registration card whether
they really need a part time
job or not," he said. "We try
to place students in jobs that
we think will fit them in
terms of major fields of inter
est." The most common mistake
made by students is that thev
fail to look for jobs that win
give them experience in their
own field. Students do not
look ahead and view jobs in
light of their future career,
he added.
To find jobs for students.
the employment service has
developed a close working re
lation with the campus, the
Lincoln business community
and the state employment
service. Over GO per cent of
all students placed are placed
in off campus jobs.
Last month the service in
terviewed 729 students and
found jobs for 254. The cards
of those who were not placed
in a job are kept on file so
that they will be available to
fill future job openings.
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Fact
or Fiction?
Con't. from P. 2
Evidently with the Republi
can nominatin, Barry is as
sured of victory at the na
tion's polls. ,
The last point concerns
the voting habits of the
South. But, before we can
delve into this q a e s 1 1 o n,
there first has to be a defini
tion of "the South." Gallup
defines the South as com
prising the states of Okla
homa, Texas, Missouri.
Mississippi, Georgia. Ala
bama, Florida, North and
South Carolina, Virginia,
West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Louisiana;
while the National Draft
Goldwater committee de
fines "the South" as all the
above named states exclud
ing Oklahoma, Missouri,
Kentucky, and West Virgin
ia. There seems to be a
slight ambiquity in the
term-to-be-defined, bat nev
er the less we shall proceed.
The South has been solidly
Democratic in its voting
habits for the last 12S years.
Now, all of a sudden, a
wavy-haired savior arrives
from the confederate state
of Arizona, and 125 years of
tradition, custom, and polit
ical attitudes are reversed.
Seem a little silly? Not at
all!
Listen to this clear-cut
stand on Civil Rights Mr.
Goldwater . . ."It so hap
ens that I am in agree
ment with the objectives of
the Supreme Court . . .1
am not prepared, however,
to impose that judgement of
mine on the people of Mis
ississippi or South Carolina,
or to tell them what meth
ods should be adopted and
what pace should be kept in
striving toward mat goal
ft
In other words, "I am for
intergration, but would not
say so in regard to the
South which should decide
for itself."? Oh well, it is
still plainly evident that
Goldwater will win all 128
electoral votes of the am
biguious comidity, ''the
South". Why? Because an
unbiased pamphlet, "How
Goldwater Will Win the
Presidency", said so!
Campus
Calendar
; Tomorrow
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE hos
pitality committee meeting at
4 p.m. in Union South Party
room.
ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY
meeting at 7 p.m. Lt. Col.
Johnson of the Air National
Guard will speak and show
films.
PRE-VET CLUB will meet
at the Veternairy Science
building at 7:30 p.m. Election
of officers will be held.
Woods Grant Will Provide
Money For Student Loans
Music Group Pledges
Nine New Members
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, pro
fessional music fraternity,
has pledged nine new mem
bers, according to Sinfonia
President Don Thomson
The new pledges are: Mike
Karel, Charles Hoffman. Mike
Dobbins, Steve Lawrence,
Gene Bcdient, William Spra
gue, Henry Hultquist, Frank
Wasko, Lynn Gunlicks.
Dennis Cox is pledge
trainer.
A $5,000 grant from the
Woods Charitable Fund, Inc.,
to the University of Nebras
ka Foundation may do the
work of $125,000. according to
Harry R. Haynie. Foundation
president.
The grant, received this
week, will support the Univer
sity's student loan program
through the United Student
Aid Funds, Inc. (USA) of New
York, a non-profit corpora
tion which will underwrite, on
the basis of this deposit, $62,
500 in bank loans to Nebras
ka students.
""Haynie said the University
has been told that there is &
possibility that the USA will
match the University's depos
it, providing another $62,500
in guaranteed loans.
Eldon E. Teten, director of
the University's Scholarships
and Financial Aids, said the
Woods' grant will fill a great
need for University students.
He said his office had re
quests totaling more than
$50,000 for loans from stu
dents, "but until the Woods
grant we had no funds on de
posit to support these loan
requests."
In September, the Univer
sity deposited $2,000 with the
USA. and these funds permit
ted 38 students to obtain a
total of $25,000 in loans from
their hometown banks, Teten
said. Last year, 51 students
were served in this manner.
As our enrollment increases,
Teten said, the demand be
comes greater each year.
Ak-Sar-Ben Presents
Scholarship To Frosh
For the second year in a
row, a University student
from Seward County has been
awarded a $300 scholarship
by the Ak-Sar-Ben Section of
the Institute of Food Technol
ogists. Mary Russnogle, the win
ner, was presented the schol
arship check by William Zeitz
of Lincoln, president of the
Ak-Sar-Ben section.
A freshman at the Univer
sity, Miss Russnogle Is ma
joring in food science vand
technology-
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Assignment: match the performance of our finest
automatic drive in a lighter, less expensive version!
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Result: A new Ford-built 3-speed
torque converter ideal
"traveling companion" for our new,
hotter, medium-displacement V-8 engines
A completely new Ford Motor Company 3-speed
automatic drive tor 1964 delivers improved
passng performance . .'. smoother acceleration
. . . better start-ups up to 35 higfter torque
muiliplicatidn in Low) . . . more flexible down
hill braking . quieter operation in Neutral.
With the introduction ot tfiis lighter, highly
durable and efficient transmission in 1964
Comet, Fairlane and Ford models, our engi
neers have taken still another step toward
putting extrapep per pound into Ford-built cars.
Simplified gear case design and a one-piece
aluminum casting result in a lighter, more
compact transmission one that has fe.er
components and is extremely easy to maintain.
Built to precision tolerances akin to those in
missile production, the new automatic trans
mission is truly a product of the space age.
and is typical ot technical progress at Ford.
Another assignment completed; another case
of engineering leadership at Ford prodding
fresh ideas for the American Road.
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