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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1965
Foremen ImsHractoir Leaves Violinist, Engineer Join
Money To Historical Society
By Ruth Hagedorn
Junior Staff Writer
On May 30, 1965, Miss Con
stance Syford, former Univer
sity English instructor, died
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at New Haven, Conn., while i bequeathed her home at 700
engaged in literary research No. 16th Street, her property,
at Yale University
In her will, which filled 14
legal sized pages, Miss Syford
and va sum of money to t h e
University, but there were
certain stipulations.
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SITTING . . . Back from the street as if determined never to move this little
yellow house at 700 No. 16th stands alone.
Off-Campus Students Find
Life Less Costly, More Free
Noting the inconvenience of
traveling to campus each
day, parking problems, finan
cial angles and the relative
freedom of being "on my
own," off-campus independ
ent students offered opinions
on the housing arrangement.
A sophomore coed gave her
view of off-campus independ
ent living by saying, "Kids
living off-campus miss out on
an awful lot of the whole point
of college." She went on to
remark that, if she lived on
campus, women's hours
would bother her and that
such a move would be finan
cially difficult in any case.
This student typifies t h e
position of many off-campus
independents, who find them
selves torn between the de
sires to become more involved
in University affairs and yet
to remain freer from restric
tions and financially indepen
dent. "Things are more readily
available" to on-campus stu
dents, sophomore Kathy Patti- j
son noted. She said she would !
move into a dormitory, "but j
I can't afford it." A fresh-1
man, John DeFrain said, "I'd
rather live on campus, I spend
too much time commuting,
that's the only reason."
Students who live at home
with their parents noted a
definite financial advantage
in such an arrangement. Mick
Lowe, freshman, commented,
"If I had a choice between j
living at home and living here
free like I do at home, I'd!
live here." Kathy Arrigo, a
sophomore said of off-campus
living, "As far as conveni
ence, it's great." She said
living with her parents pro
vided a car and was essen
tially cheaper.
Students living in apart
ments off-campus presented a
somewhat different view than
those living at home. They
generally responded that they
enjoyed living in their own
private apartments and hav
ing a good deal of freedom.
Ellen Hladky, a junior, com
mented, "The dorms are too
big, I'd rather be on my own."
"There is a family feeling in
a smaller group of the apart
ment." Junior David Stuhr
said,-"I enjoy living off-campus
and having my own apart
ment." Will Willner, a senior, said,
"I came here as a junior and
I enjoy living off-campus
more than I would enjoy liv
ing in a dorm. Willner added,
"The problem is that campus
social life is so that it is hard
for the off-campus student to
find on-campus activities. You
have to provide a lot of your
entertainment yourself."
Other off-campus students
i commented on social life on
campus noting that their lives
were orientated primarily
away from the University be
cause they lived off campus.
Stuhr said, "You are definite
ly orientated away from cam
pus, but I don't think this is
a great loss."
A junior student remarked,
"You are orientated away.
It's bad because off-campus
students aren't in too m a n y
activities." Another junior
coed, Betty Aandahl, ex
plained that she had spent
two years living on campus
at another college and that
she became so college-orientated
that, "I got so in
volved in school that I couldn't
see what was going on out
side." She added, "I'm better
off off -campus."
Another student summed up
the common plight of the off
campus student sayin, "You
are definitely orientated away
from the campus, but w h e n
you live in the same town I
can't see moving onto the
campus, it's too expensive."
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Miss Syford's home will go
to the State Historical Socie
ty along with $15,000 for 'its
upkeep and an additional $15,
000 for the restoration of the
home should the Society de
cide to do so.
However, the Society must
accept the money within one
year after the reading of the
will, which was July 26, or
it will become a part of her
residual estate.
The will also provides that
the east half of Miss Syford's
property be offered for sale to
the University's Board of Re
gents with the intent of be
coming a part of the campus.
This sale must be made at a
price not less than $50,000,
and, if made, the sale would
ue subject to the condition
that the property not be made
into a parking lot.
When paid, the $50,000
would be returned to the Uni
versity for the building of a
dormitory, graduate student
clubhouse, or some other stu
dent activities building on the
property, providing that the
Board of Regents accepts the
condition within one year of
the reading of the will.
If the University does not
accept it within this period of
time, the property will go to
the State Historical Society.
If the University does buy the
property but does not build as
provided, half of the proceeds
from the sale will go to the
Syford Memorial Fund and
half to the State Historical So
ciety. Marvin Kivett, director of
the State Historical Society,
said that although this has
been a matter of discussion
for the Society, no decision
has been reached and no
action taken.
(Forces in Experiment
Scholarship Awarded
Stewart Flent, a junior, has
been awarded a $1,000 schol
arship by the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company Fund.
The scholarship includes an
additional $375 unrestricted
gr t-in-aid to the University
By Julie Morris
Junior Staff Writer
Discovering what makes a
violin tick-or rather-not tick,
has been the joint research
project of two University fac
ulty members for the past
year.
Dr. Louis Trzcinski and
Prof. Waldo Minford, specia
lists from two different fields,
have been collaborating on
experiments to determine
what goes on mechanically
when a violin is played and
what conditions can cause a
change in tone as it is played.
Trzcinski is an associate
professor of stringed instru
ments. Minford, assistant pro
fessor of electrical engineer
ing, has been doing special
ized study in acoustics.
The two men met and first
began to talk of doing exper
iments with the violin when
Tzcinski spokei n the engi
neering department three
years ago.-Trzcinski said of
the meeting, "It was more
or less a communication of
souls." ;
Tzrcinski called the exper
iment "an outgrowth" of his
own experiments in motion
study that has become, "an
important item in itself."
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The motion study experi
ments involve the photograph
ing of a violin performance
by multiple flash cameras
that produce "frozen" images.
The pictures produced are
then used to instruct students
in the correct posture, hand
attitude and motor skills
needed in playing a violin to
the fullest advantage.
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Tzrcinski explained his pro- j
ject with Minford saying that i
the violin was "such a sen-!
sitive instrument that is is of-!
ten called God's perfect ere-;
ation." He said that a violin!
would not play properly or !
that it would be out of tune if j
it was affected by a number!
of factors including atmos-l
phere in the room, the physi- i
que of the performer, the!
wood and even the glue used
in the construction of the in-'
strument.
"In the men's operational!
pattern, Trzcinski notes irreg- noted, upset the nearly per
ularities in the violin's per- feet conditions under which
formance and relates these to : he needs to conduct the ex
Minford who subjects the in-' periments.
struments to a battery of
electrical tests. The men ob
tain the violins used in the
tests from different sources.
Some of them have been dis
mantled for testing purposes.
Minford is attacking the
problem with the idea that a
violin is merely a somewhat
inefficient machine that
changes linear, mechanical
energy into sound waves. He
has devised a means of "ex
citing the strings electronical
ly so that there is no actual
physical contact. We can sus
tain a given tone for any per
iod of time," he said. ;
Minford will soon be mov
ing into a new laboratory
where conditions for the del
icate experiments will be
more suitable. The laboratory
a former X-ray lab in the
basement of Ferguson Hall,,
has lead-lined walls.
Minford said the lab is iso
lated and "less prone to in
herit vibrations in the build
ing like people walking in the
halls. Such vibrations, he
Equipment for the experi
ments, electronic and magne
tic measuring devices, oscil
loscopes and stroboscopic
cameras, is quite expensive,
Trzcinski noted. The men
have no financial backing at
present, with the exceptions
of what Trzcinski called,
"some limited funds of my
own" which he obtains from
the University Research
Council.
Trzcinski said that the
team hopes to present a re
quest for funds within the next
few weeks to the Council for.
help on their project.
Trzcinski described the suc
cess of the project when he
said, "We haven't made great
strides, but we've found out
a little.
We seem to push a little
farther each semester."
Minford said he plans to
intensify his work next se
mester and that the men hope
to publish the results of the
experiments at that time or
by the middle of the summer.
Coeds "Engaged"
But Not Engaged
Parents must have kept Uni
versity coeds "engaged" in
Parents Day activities this
weekend, in view of the
scarcity of pinnings and en
gagements. PINNINGS
Beth Leach, Alpha C h i
Omega junior in Medical
Technology from Lincoln, to
Ron Letheby, Delta Sigma
Pi senior in Business Admini
stration fro mLincoln.
Sue Ellen Thompson, Gam
ma Phi Beta junior in history
from Lincoln, to Milan Wall,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon junior in
English from North Platte.
Linda Kowrack, sophomore
in Teachers from Lincoln, to
Chuck Brummand, Beta Sig
ma Psi senior in Business Ad
ministration from Walthill.
Ellen Ludwig, Pi Beta Phi
junior in Arts and Sciences
from Cable, Wis., to Dick
Newton, Phi Delta Theta
junior in Pre-Med from Pon
ca. ENGAGEMENTS
Cuz Guenzel, Kappa Kappa
Gamma senior in Teachers
from Lincoln to Kile Johnson,
Beta Theta Pi senior in pre
law from Lincoln.
Lana Anderson, Alpha XI
Delta junior in Business
Teachers Education from
Paxton, to Gaylord Flaming,
senior in Business Adminis
tration at Tabor College, Hills
boro, Kan, from Paxton.
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