Wednesday, March 18, 1964
The Daily Nebrafckan
Page 3
CORPS EXPERIENCE VARIED
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By Travis Hiner
Junior Staff Writer
Two of the returned Peace
Corps representatives who
are visiting the University
this week are or have been
associated with the Univer
sity. Robert Scheuerman who
was stationed in Ghana for
two years as a teacher is now
an assistant in the romance
language department.
Mrs. Ruthena Rusk grad
uated from the University in
1958 with a major in English
and journalism. She and her
husband, Jim Rusk, were sta
tioned in Sierra Leone in West
Africa. Both taught in a new
school at Bonthe, a small is
Students To Jake Part
In Easter Seals Drive
Over 120 University coeds
and a number of living units
have combined with the Na
tional Society for Crippled
Children and Adults this week
to campaign for contributions
to the Easter Seals drive.
The drive will be climaxed
with a variety show Saturday
at the east entrance of Gold's
Department Store. The show,
sponsored by Alpha Tau Ome
ga fraternity as part of their
"Help Week" program, will
last from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and will include a number of
acts by University students.
Anyone wishing to perform
in the program, whether in
dividually or in a group, may
contact Bob Milligan, ATO
pledge class president, before
midnight tonight. Milligan
Critical Day
Distinguished
Once More
Beware of Spring: Between
the Ides of March and St. Pat
rick's Day, there falls an es
pecially critical day. This day
marks the first look into the
coming season. On Monday
there were three engage
ments and a pinning to sup
port the truth of this state
ment. P1NNIXGS
Carol Thorpe, an Alpha Chi
Omega freshman in pre-m e d
from Shelby, to Steve Chapel,
a Sigma Phi Epsilon soph
omore in pre-law from Sioux
City, Iowa.
ENGAGEMENTS
Diane Boesiger, a soph
omore in music from Court
land, to Ron Miller, a junior
in business at Wesleyan.
Ann Childs, a Kappa Delta
freshman in Teachers Col
lege from Lincoln, to Walter
Johnson, also a freyhman
from Lincoln, in Business Ad
ministration. Bonnie Hoffman, a soph
omore in med-tech from Wil
ber, to Bob Malone, a soph
omore in Buskness Adminis
tration from Crete.
Joann Smutriy, sophomore
in Arts and Sciences from
Seward, to Maurice Hassen
plug from Seward.
Hilgard To Talk
To NU Assembly
A noted educational psy
chologist, Dr. Ernest Hilgard
of Stanford University, will
address a University Teach
ers College convocation at 10
a.m. Saturday in Love
Library auditorium.
Hilgs rd, one of the nation's
leading authorities on motiva
tion and learning, will speak
on' "Contemporary Issues in
Learning Theory."
He will also speak at the Ne
b r a s k a Motivation Sympo
sium at 9 a.m. Friday in the
Union. The assembly will in
clude psychologists from sev
eral s t a t e s and psychology
majors at the University.
He will" make still another
appearance before the select
group of Nebraska Career
Scholars over the weekend,
an organization of University
students who plan university
teaching careers.
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her husband joined the Peace
her hsuband joined the Peace
Corps because they liked its
purpose and wanted to hrod
en their experience. "T h e
people there are very friend
ly," she said, "but it took six
months before we were com
pletely accepted."
The people of Sierra Leone
have a real lapse in educa
tional background. Of the
three million people in the
country only 450 are gradu
ates, and most of these are
expatriots.
said that any types of acts
are welcome, especially com
bos. The combos could play
requests from the crowd for
donations, he said.
University girls dressed in
bunny costumes and led on
leashes by members of the
men's houses, will accept do
nations on the surrounding
streetcorners Thursday night
and Saturday.
The program for the show
includes numbers by the
Barber Shop Quartette, Tri
angle fraternity; a commedi
an act by Max Martin, Beta
Theta Pi; blues singer, Jean
Grotelueschen, Alpha C h i
Omega ; a piano solo by Roger
Lytle, Alpha Tau Omega; a
banjo solo by Curt Becker,
Alpha Tau Omega, and folk
singing by the Lantern Sing
ers, Kappa Sigma.
Among the houses cooperat
ing in the drive are Alpha
Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi
Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta
Delta. Delta Gamma, Gam
ma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta,
Love Memorial Hall, Pound
Hall, Zeta Tau Alpha.
Alpha Tau Omega, Delta
Upsilon, FarmHouse, P h i
Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu.
Any other houses interested
in participating in the drive
may contact Milligan at the
ATO house.
Contributions will be do
nated to the Easter Seals
drive which helps crippled
children and adults through
medical and orthopedic as
sistance as well as money for
research grants.
A house-to-house canvass in
Lincoln was completed Sun
day night, according to Gloria
Houser, state youth repre
sentative to the National So
ciety for Crippled Children
and Adults. Miss Houser is
in charge of the drive on
campus, in cooperation with
Ellis Dann, county chairman
for the organization.
The drive netted $9,050 in
contributions.
The Saturday show will be
given on a 14-foot flatb e d
truck donated by the Hertz
Rental Company. In addition
to the students and officers
of the organization, said Miss
Houser, a number of Lincoln
citizens are assisting in the
drive.
Grants Total $201,000
Research grants totalling
more than $201,000 were do
nated to the University Agri
cultural Experiment Station
by private industry last year,
reports Dr. H. H. Kramer.
Private industry has become
more interested in sponsoring
research projects, and grants
have increased greatly in the
past few years, said Dr. Kra
mer, director of the station.
Private finances are used
to test new products, he said.
The station, which has about
250 research projects under
way, received $785,000 in total
grants, excluding state funds.
NEBRASKAN
WANT ADS
FOR RENT:
Apartment for rent. One large bedroom,
lane living room, kitchenette and
bath. 65month. Call 477-3705.
Near University Municipal airport road.
Neat, new bedroom apartment. $70
and up. Furnished or unfurnished.
432-8222.
FOR SALE:
1955 Ford 2-door, V8-, 1160. 5518 Frank
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WANTED:
Male student to share two bedroom apt.
with two others. Cooking facilities.
Sttmonth. Utilities paid. 642 S. 17th.
Phone 477-2570.
Opponents for an Informal Quiz Bowl
match to be held on a coming Fri
day evening at Palladian. We'll take
on any group, graduates included. Con
tact Peter Salter 488-1450.
i Her husband is now working
in the division office of the
African program in Washing
ton. "My main occupation
now," she says, "is being a
housewife and mother.
Six foot six Tex Ford, who
must be the Peace Corps'
"long tau Texan," lust re
turned from his two years in
the Dominican Republic. Ford
graduated from East Texas
State College with a degree
in agriculture. He taught for
one year and then worked
four years in the United
States Department of Agricul
ture.
His first year in the Do
minican Republic was spent
witn tne department of ag
riculture. The second year he
asked to moved to a small
area so he could work with
the people.
"The Dominican ReDublic
, ... .
nas a acute shortage of food.
so I decided to breed rabbits
since they are non-exsistant
there," said Ford. "The Dro
ject was very successful, and
opened a new industry in the
area i was stationed."
Another one of Ford's pro
jects was the water pollution
problem in his area. He said
all the drinking water was
taken out of an irrigation canal
whose dual-purpose was a
sewer. With a 50 gallon bar
rel, charcoal and sand he
proceeded to make a purifV'
mg tank. After a while all the
villagers had a purifying
ianK
Ford said many of the pro
jects are left up to one's own
initiative and imaeination.
One gets an overall picutre of
ine problems and then de
cides which one offers the
most.
In the area of excitement,
he , went through one hurri
cane, three revolutions and
four changes in government.
Unlike other government for
eign offices the Peace Corps
works directly with the peo
ple. This enables the Peace
Corps to develop a warm and
intimate relationship with
the people without the politi
cal red-tape of government
agencies. ...
The third Peace Corps rep
resentative visiting the cam
pus is Burt Swanson. He grad
uated from the University of
Illinois, and his field is agri
culture. Swanson spent his
two years in Cyprus working
on agriculture projects.
During the summer he
taught swimming to 125 boys
and worked part time in a
leper coiony. in nis spare
time he organized a baseball
team with the boys of the
area.
The people there see their
needs, but need help and a
push in the right direction, ac
cording to Swanson.
Swanson is now applying
for a Peace Corps staff posi
tion in Washington. He would
like to continue his work in
this area. Approximately 50
Miller Named Head
Dean Charles Miller of the
University College of Busi
ness Administration has been
named vice chairman of the
Council on Economic Educa
tion, according to .Randall
Klemme, chairman of the
Council.
The Council is a newly
formed organization and the
first major project will be a
summer workshop on eco
nomic education for second
ary school teachers, June 14
July 3 at the University.
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A retort job in Switzerland.
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Unlimited travel grants and
European jobs such as life
giiarding, office, shipboard,
resort, etc. (wages to $400
iao.) are available to all col
lege students through the
American Student Informa
tion Service, 22 Ave. de la
Llberte, Luxembourg City,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Send $1 for a complete pros
pectus, travel grant and ob
applications, and an air-mall
reply.
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With NU
of the 400 returning Peace
Corps representatives will
continue working for the or
ganization. These representatives all
agree that the greatest bene
fit received from the Peace
Corps was not only the won
derful feeling they have for
helping someone else in an
other country, but experience
and broadening of personality
they themselves received.
Skirting Other Campuses
Students Fast For Civil
University of California stu
dents are "fasting for free
dom" this week. Money not
spent for meals will go to a
food fund for unemployed
Southern Negroues who at
tempted to vote.
The "fast" will be conducted
in fraternities, sororities, co
ops and university-approved
houses. The need to recognize
oppressive conditions in the
South is apparently campus-
wide; the University's Aca
Colorado Blasts
American Legion
Boulder, Colo. (CPS The
Associated Students of the
University of Colorado (AS
UC) has asked the House Un
American Activities Commit
tee (HUAC) to investigate
the American Legion.
The request for a HUAC in
vestigation c a m e as an
amendment to a resolution cri
ticizing a recent charge by
the Legion that the U.S. Na
tional Student Association
(USNSA) reflects "a high de
gree of left-wing and pro-
Communist infiltration."
The Legion also charged
that the establishment of
USNSA chapters at tax-sup
ported institutions "would
leave the door ajar for the
dissemination of Communist
propaganda, which is all the
communists desire.
The ASUC resolution said
"no ground or substance can
be found to justify the ser
ious charges leveled at the
USNSA by the American Le
gion." It added that the
ASCU "expresses its dismay
Sig Eps Establish
Chapter At Kearney
The Caledonia Society at
Kearney State College has of
ficially petitioned for mem
bership in Sigma Phi Epsilon
national fraternity.
The Society, a local organi
zation, was established at
Kearney in 1920 and has a
membership of 65 men. They
were all officially pledged
Thursday and upon comple
tion of pledge training will be
officially activated.
Establishment of the Kear
ney chapter makes the third
Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter in
the state, the others being at
Omaha University and here.
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TODAY
"HAMLET," University
Theatre Production, Howell
Theatre, 8 p.m.
STUDENT COUNCIL at 4:30
p.m. in Pan American room.
UNION public relations
committee, 4:30 p.m. in the
Union.
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB of
University will meet at 7:30
p.m. in 205 Military and Naval
Science building.
QUIZ BOWL will be held at
7 p.m. in Union small auditorium.
demic Senate is establishing
a scholarship program for tal
ented young people from dis
advantaged racial, occupation
al and economic groups.
A Civil Rights Co-ordinating
Committee (CRCC) has been
formed at the University of
Kansas to direct the civil
rights demonstrations during
spring rush and Greek Week
at the Lawrence campus.
at the American Legion's mis
representation of USNSA pol
icies and progress programs."
The request for a HUAC in
vestigation of the Legion
came in an amendment "on
the ground that the basic ten
et of democracy is freedom."
The amendment passed by
one vote.
The author of the amend
ment, Richard Carpenter said
"the policy of the Legion to
brand every opinion disagree
ing with their own (as pro
communist) is detrimental to
our society . . . There are
other forms of un-American-ism
than Communism."
WAA Sets Interviews
Vomen's Athletic Associa
m (WAA) interviews will be
held this Friday starting at
1:30 p.m. for head positions
in different sports.
Those interested may pick
up an application blank at the
WAA office and sign up for an
interview time.
SHOP MONDAY
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For Workshop
A summer workshop in eco
nomic education for secondary
school teachers of economics,
social studies and business
education will be held at the
University June 14 to July 3.
Dr. E. S. Wallace, director
of the University's Bureau of
Business Research, will be in
charge of the workshop. Dr.
Gordon Culver, head of t h e
department of business teach-
Rights
Demonstrations by CRCC
are aimed at alleged de facto
segregation in Kansas fratern
ity and sorority houses. Ac
cording to the Daily Kansan's
editorial voice the group's
picketing should not be inter
preted as a protest against
fraternities.
Only final approval by the
Champaign City Council is
necessary for the construction
of a "luxury dorm" at the
University of Illinois. A pri
vately financed operation will
build the 14 story structure
and has the blessing of the
Illinois administration.
The new dorm would appeal
to only a segment of the body
because of the higher costs in
volved. University dorms now
charge $800 per year per stu
dent for a double room while
the proposed Lowell Hall
would charge $1,300 to 1,500
for the same accomodations.
Robert Levine, president of
Lowell Hail of Illinois, Inc.,
said that good housing facil
ities "should be co-educational
in character and should pro
vide the student with part of
his recreational and educa
tional experience."
Later women's hours at the
University of Missouri will be
come effective today after As
sociated Women's Students
(AWS) recent action.
Closing hours for upperclass
men are now 11:30 p.m. in
stead of 10:30 p.m. on Mon
days, Tuesday and Thursdays
and 1:00 p.m. on Fridays and
Satudays. The move, resulting
from a petition signed by al
most 2,000 women students, is
the first change in closing
hours in 13 years.
AND THURSDAY, 9:30 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M.
OTHER DAYS TO 5:30
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er education and William Gil
lies, Council field director,
will serve as associate di
rectors of the workshop.
A special feature of the
workshop will be a demons
tration high school class in
economics at University High
School, Wallace said. A mas
ter teacher will present and
direct the program and work
shop participants will have
an opportunity to observe the
course as it is developed,
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Workshop registration la
limited to 40 persons who will
receive fellowships to cover
room, board, tuition and ma
terials. In addition, each
participant who completes the
three-week workshop will re
ceive a cash stipend of $100.
Applicants must possess a
bachelor's degree and must
be currently engaged in class
room teaching in Nebraska.
Three hours of graduate cred
it in secondary education
will be awarded to those who
complete the workshop and
have been admitted to an ap
propriate graduate program.
Application forms can be
obtained by writing: William
Gilles, Social Science.
Panhellenic
Installs
New Board
Jean Probasco was in
stalled Monday at the Panhel
lenic meeting as president for
the 1963-64 term. Miss Probas
co is a member of Alpha XI
Delta sorority.
Other officers installed
were Diane Michel, Gamma
Phi Beta, vice president and
Sally Morrow, Kappa Alpha
Theta, secretary.
Burt Swanson, a National
Peace Corps representative,
spoke at the meeting in con
junction with Peace C o r p I
Week.
Swanson has been in Cyprus
as a member of the Peace
Corps for the past 18 months.
There, he worked with the
Greek farmers and taught
swimming and baseball.
He explained the training
program and told of the bene
fits and opportunities avail
able to members of the Peace
Corps.
, DAY AFTER DAY
Golds
Toss them in
the dryer, and
in a few min
utes, t h e y'r e
ready for action.
No ironing at
all. So easy to
care for. TRUE
wash 'n wear.