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"We here . I hope Friday, -May 29, 1964 The Daily Nebraskan Page -5 mm mom: SMn.eir- m A V - ! Tiftt tr ! : ! f ;,;, ..,;,, ' , ,; ? " t - "",' ' " " ,r, f . II ....... jLrUri: j...iji - i M j s zim m ' i - i"i ir kin iJin.m.riMf in mi rinjn iiimm iirnnnrirwiiiiiiiiiiiatrnmiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiitil "Shidenls ino applv here He qnoted Jamts Madison I 41 jT , 1 111 - - V Srl said "I must study war and W4 11 I ' VS iy., .V . - Li? ZiJr-i.mmm'm" .... u MmmeoTi1I"ynrQ Ve got a thing going . . a momentum tiat will keep going. I am TO WM ACADEMY AWAI0 WIKKDt loltier tine Meld L-- LUC; f trying in my last year to make sure tiat momentum is an integral part of this de partment."" Outstanding Nebraskan Lin us Burr Smith was talking about his nationally recog nized department of architec ture. Sitting in his second fioor office in Architectural Hall, Smith could talk cf nothing but the "esprit de corps'" of architecture facul ty and students alike. '-It has brea cue crises aft er another fr thirty years.": Smitk said after serving as the first and only chairmaa f the Department f Arthi I lecture. Despite lacking sufficient HiamileSIETI SPECIAL L WEEKEND Ow RATE Call Hertz today to raat a ew Gbevrotat nedaa from Friday auwoocai niffia fmoe mil 'dock M aadav nucanoang at ws low rate. let HERTZ put you in the driver's seat! 432-1037 1017 Que St. "-i t ATTEMTTIOM (Les please remove year hats.) iflrllrrbramutrr Bryonia be fwld 730 - lM.:30 Tlmniny & Friday, May 2$ & 29) at Jliiat oymtal palaoe cif tfse asidrnwH; Tf IE IJ.CX1A HOTEL. lot ilW iuSXiat mmmmer " ew Iwd, tor nt kr tbr Bepcr tnrf Cjampaan - i m talk cam met rn( iAmhv MaM W4nrr. w it SC0M9 CLOKIOQS SUSCM St. Pcsl aUetlsodist 12 & M Clip M STUDENTS ALWAYS WELC01 Dr. Oorenct forsberj Preodiinfl Services at 930 crniJ 11 -00 seen so much of win contin ue." Smith said. We cannot get money na tionally, from foundations. We are really a cultural ac tivity and these days cultural activities and the humanities find it hard to get money," Smith said. He quoted James Madison as hitting the point when be said "I must study war and engineering sn my descend ants might study architecture and music.'" . Smith said man might be I portrayed as having a right i hand of humanities and a left hand of science. If the two don't get together be said, ""we are in trouble." '"Man must progress euql ly in - the humanities and sciences there shouldn't bfrv such an imbalance." Smith ' said. Tare large letters. Smith's initials, are emblazoned abore lie department office in Ar chitecture HaJL One "rega lar" second floor said they YonldnT be soon forgotten there or by the University. Across toe ha! from Pro fessor Sraith's office a plaque presented by Ms students bangs in his bomor. Its tribute deserves repetition. To Linus Burr Smith: 'A disciple of excellence, an inspiring teacher, a crea tive artist an incisive sctool- - .. -tjl n ! ar. ami an unmsoauy guiea raraBf draw most t mis sm-j miMtarstamtar of his fellow dents away. uaa fap nnlods and dignity !!be has served so well for 39 "We expect to plow some:! Tear. ae University f Ne knoniedge back into Xebras-j brasta." ka. en tbongb s t a 4 e n t s : j leave," Smith said. Tbe De- j . partroent of Architecture now Home tC AfGO elects pro bl ens for sta dents in Nebraska and they go out in eonunwnities. He said these projects rail attention to stale needs and feel to solve local problems. funds and staff, his depart ment has achieved national and international acclaim from those meager beginnings in 1334. Smith attributes this success to an instilling of con Gdence in architecture stu dents, both in their ability and instruction. "Students who apply here1 must be willing to be up; against the best a gainst world competition. In fact,! world competition is the basis for. student . competition," Smith said. University architec ture graduates leave with the top jobs and scholarships, ac- cording to Smith. His archi tect are stndents have left their mark are&nd tbe world and just this year they are going to Colombia, Minsesota and Michigan with rich schol arships. Smith said. "Anywhere fee goes, a Una-; versify architecture student thinks he is as good as any-! one there and I think he is," Smith said of the average architecture graduate. Smith emphasized me did not encourage Univesily stu dents to leave toe stale after'! graduation. Their "'personal confidence" and interests should be there .guides, ac cording to Smith, and tbe pop ulated areas where architec tural interests are high, uat- Hininmn lTyi F"" mm"ma '''1r'f t ' LJW " - Wi J U .nw o - - A I ' T I IP Smith, wh.0 will! cootinue to teach after stepping down as department head next year, cited two paarpsases of toe Uni versity and his department to "We have a doty to raise!' toe general cultural level of; toe state year by year and al-i so to educate ht sons aad, daughters to live tfrmitful! lives anywhere, Smith said, j Smith expressed rrlnctance, in leaving his post after three decades and aired a concern far the department's- fmtare.! At present. SI stndents can be instructed at Architectar al HaH and already this year an overflow of freshmaa have applied. More and more every year, the departou-si has (o torn away ajpplkasis feecsmse of Insufficient fariiiiiei and instrnclon. . Als, I hope toe peroaial confidence and pride I have Will Open Soon The University's School off Home Eoomoimics has an nounced that a new Home, Eksomomics Teaching Area n the city campus w331 be completed fa time to ffer courses there, beginning with this suammer session. "TMs on-la'btoratiOiry facil ntty will make it passible fr students from other disd pliines as weE as from Home Economics to gain an under standing of toe need for Im proved homes and better liv ing," says Dr. Virginia Trotter, director of toe School f Home Ecsroomiics and as-i satiate dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. The Area imclmides two classroms. Owt is equipped tor demonstraJion-llecltiiiire type classes: toe other for discus sion groups and Hectare class es. Courses offered during toe summer session wnu use is toe area of food and nutrition. human development and toe family and borne ecoomics educa&a. T r "ft, 'Y f ar iMilmiii Aa Mil IogoIm or oM mGhttojroi to Pfiji o partieolor oiHMrfaon, owtocb THE DAVIS SCHOOL SERVICE Sll Stoart twSnSSnf Lincoln, Kenrcskn PhvnK 4224fSI ----- i OAJtY NEBRASKAN Photographs by Dennis Defroin JLLV OF MANY FACETS Living with a versatile professor can be f or so Mr. Sm'rih can testify. From racing down tbe street on a bkycle-biiOt-for-two (upper rigM) to relaxing at home in his favorite chair fnpper left). Smith b always bvty. He finds his desk never empty as be attempts to finish op all administrative 4s!ie before Ms retirement as chairman of tbe department of architecture. Smith is always ataUablt fr individual help for a student, and Joe Johnson takes advantage of his cocosenag service. Home again, walk fhrongh the garden with his wife (lower right) may end the day. Undergrads Fellow Trend To Summer Session Ch er half f toe Ujaiversilty summer session ewlltaent this year will be composed of undergraduates, a reflec tkioi of a recent continuing trend which is dhaaging toe oomplexion of "simmer sdbooL" Dr. Frank E. Soren soa said last night. SoretLson. director of tbe Unhwoty'f fuxomer ses sions, said recent years bave brought a steady increase in toe proportion of enrollment accounted for by imdergrad uates who continue their college studies without sum- Imer mlerraptum and by new freshmen, fmJi from rprfcf school comnieacenert. "Last sammer," be Mid, "we had just about 109 sts dents who began their coSejt study immediately after high school graduatko. This year, apparently, we will have at least twice that Barber."