Dovidson
Presses
r ' -want, a
Discovery' LedBiib
By Julie Morris
Junior Staff Writer
"In this course we have no
textbooks, we have no 1 a b
manuals, we have no 1 e c -tures."
Dr. John Davidson intro
duced his Botany 1 course to
his classes this semester with
the above statement. Laugh
ter greeted the instructor's
words, but the students later
discovered that Davidson was
serious and that he was giv
ing them an accurate de- erything they
scription of the course. can about the
seed, and
Davidson, whose students they work at
affcctionally call him "Doc," their own
teaches botany with the idea pace using
that "one can learn by expert- ( any methods,
ence" and that "the plant has equipment or
the answers, the plant is materials de
right." j s i r e d . Lab
I i n s t r u c -
facts and "parrot" these
facts back on cue. He ques
tioned whether the student ac
tually learned anything or
would recall the facts 10 or 20
years later.
.
waul If v -w
maintains, "They? (textbooks)
make nice dogmatic state- ...34. 4o,. 3-7
ments that aren t always
true."
The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1965
He asked, "What's the point
! of taking something that's go
ing to last a semester or a
year?"
In lab, students are pre
sented a problem, such as to
discover ev-
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student experiences
coveries in the lab.
Davidson
A textbook Davidson de
clares, only presents the in
terpertation of the author. He
says "the plant has the an
swers." "Since we don't use text
books, I obviously can't send
my students to the library to
study," Davidson said. In
stead students have the op
p o r t u n i t y for independent
study in an open laboratory in
Bessy Hall where materials
being used in the course are
kept out for student use.
Abel Constitution . . .
Eight Presidents
Show Approval
There is no required text ; tors give no
for the course and lab manu-: preliminary information to the
als are virtually banished : students, but may agree or
from the laboratory. Empha- disagree with student state-
sis in the course is placed on ments with the added proviso, for the student
and dis-; Prove it to me.
Students don't
Students are often f r u s
This semester Davidson
has anproximately 141 stu
dents in beginning botany
courses. He stressed that the
success of his course depends
on "the reaction of the stu
dents." Davidson said the
whole program is designed"
By Steve Jordon
Junior Staff Writer
Out of nine Abel Hall floor
presidents interviewed only
one showed strong disapproval
of the constitution for the
dorm's central government.
ing to have a function later
would be askeJ to contribute
to a dorm-wide function.
'Some Errors'
"There are errors in the
cons'itution." Doerr noted.
"If Sandoz (Marie Sandoz
u
mover
Slty
Lacks
rr Jk A
would be from the legislature
or the students. Ross noted
isn't too
By Wayne Kreuscher
Senior Staff Writer
G. Robert Ross, vice chan-Mnat the University
cellor and dean of student af
fairs, said Tuesday that the
University is not in a position
;suecesstul in getting money
jfrom the legislature for new
j programs.
on today.
Seven of the nine floor pres
idents were in favor of the
constitution as a whole. Some
expressed a "pass and amend
sentiment and one was un
decided.
take hour Dan Miller, fourth floor
ovame hut havA achievement : president and a member of
Davidson never gives or
mal lectures in the meetings
of his introductory botany
classes. Class time is used
instead for the presentation of
lab reports made by the stu
dents themselves.
ments. criticisms ana
tions from the class
heated discussions are fre
quent. Davidson said, how
ever, "You don't leam from
the reports, you learn in the
lab. the work is not done in
here iin the lecture halli."
Davidson started teaching,
his beginning botany course ;
under the present format a lit
tle over 10 years ago when he
said he realized that "the av
erage student didn't care1
about the plants, but first the
proof, then the text, then the
plants."
Davidson noted that in most
college courses students learn
trated when the instructor re-: tests that are used as person-! the amendment committee of
plies to a question, "I don't '; al progress reports. Davidson the constitutional convention
know, what do you think?" said a student's grade is not that drew up the plan, showed
' determined by anv set meth- disapproval with parts of the
od. but upon the instructors . bill
evaluation of how much bot-i 'Too Much Power'
any he has learned. Miller said that the new con- changed
Davidson said he'd like to stitution gives the dorm's cen
see other courses taught by tral government too much
power and control over the
in tinQTln Q f Qmmic h l ra.
Abel Residence Association Hall the neighboring wo-:dio station, but he indicated
i.n.AK vmra m ue vmcu , men s aorm now nearing com- tw c nthor M.Q r (i,anr..
Pieuoni comes in. parts will ing tne station might be work
have to be changed." ed out by the students.
"But it's ridiculous to pen- Ross, who was meeting
alize the whole dorm bv not with Sen. Gary Larsen and
naving a central government,"
he said.
Daniel Murray, eleventh
floor president, said, that
"every day we don't have a
several members of Student
Action for Government Affec
tiveness (SAGE), said the
He said that presently the
University would need all fu
ture money and student fees
for old programs.
Upon questioning from Lar
sen. who is chairman of thp
ASUN cultural affairs com
mittee which has been work
ing on the FM project, and
biggest problem students will 1 UlcK German, a member ot
hai-P in trvinf to start an pri- SAGE, Ross agreed that stu-
In making such replies, the
lab instructors follow David
son's statement, "I don't see
anv Tinint in tollino nonnlo
Reports are subject to com-jthin about j fe fh t ft
can find out for themselves."
and t ,. : u
iciiua cue uatru ill l if e
course only as "handles" and
are given to structures only
after the students have found
the structures. Xo attempt is
made to commit elaborate def
initions to memory.
Davidson asks his students
not to ose a textbook when
his method, but that instruc
tors usually take the view,
"I works for you, but it won't
for me."
He said of his method, "This
could be carried to a point of
a student grading himself."
Explaining this statement,
Davidson said it was the stu
dent who made the final
central government, we are
hurting ourselves."
"We can't do anything as a
whole," Murray said. "There
are some minor things I don"t
agree with, but these can be
by amendments or
bv-lavvs
Voting will take place from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at tables
budget. near the entrance to the dining
hall. Kail eovernments have
On the other hand, Roger; been holding special meetings
Doerr, a student assistant and j to acquaint residents with the
cnairman oi we constitutional constitution.
convention, explained that a
strong central government is
needed in the dorm and that
it is necessary for the central
government to have control
over the dorm's budget.
ucational FM station on cam
pus will be finding funds to
support it.
Rer? Sympathizes
He said that he is in sym
pathy with the students who
want to start the campus sta-
tion, but ''it is clear that the
University isn't presently in a
position or has the funds to
finance it."
He explained that the only
place the University c o a 1 d
i eventually get such funds
Dentistry Building
Groundbreaking
Scheduled Today
if h I n ZT nts for Educational Deve-
will be held at 2 p.m. today . - , ,t
f,.r h rw.rciH, ff,n, 1 'pment. a special commit-l
.7 ti C. ir.. c-. iee of Builders, now called
of Dentistry building on East ..cr-c-r
evaluation about what he had
they first start the course. He j actually learned in the course.
"I can't see the advantages
of having a strong central gov-!
lernment like RAM's," Miller
said. "The government is notj
really representative. It wills
take a lot of effort to make
sure everybody knows what's
going to happen."
Miller said he p?reerl u-ifh
By Bruce Giles by Hiner was "SEE," or about 75 per cent of the pro-
ouniur .-nan nriicr piuueius cnuowmeni ior ca- posed
From a little SEED, a ?reat ucation. The ludges. using ' th other K n,.r nt nt: ante
University will grow. this name came up w i t b the whole thing."
..Or at least that is what is j SEED. i "-ru,, nart, a!ran-t
Judges included Dr. Rob- not be easily changed," Miller
ert Xarveson, professor of I said. j
English; Joyce Ayres, presi
Builders Contest
Sprouts 'SEED'
Red 'Fever' Grips
Cornhusker Fans
dents might be able to find
some other way to support the
proposed project.
Discuss Support
The students discussed with
Ross other means of financial
support such as the Nebraska
Foundation. Ross pointed out
that for the Nebraska Foun
dation to finance the project
; the students would probably
' have to find their own donor
to contribute money specific
ally for a campus FM educa
tional station.
Ross encouraged the stu
dents to submit to him anoth
er, more complete report on
exactly how much the sta
tion would cost over a five
; year period, how the students
i think they can get these funds
By Ruth Hagdeorn
Junior Staff Writer
With a thunder of feet, a
clnnd of dust, and a heartv
"Go Big Red." Husker fansjS3id- "Well, it's quite simple.
thrnn in thp snnnnrt nf thpirtWe just bought lots Of red
Comments made by most
store personnel contacted
agreed
Halter
tpsm mi mnnort it thev do ,'ior Dom men ana women)
tne pro--., . 'and sold lnf of red "
constitution but that "u U,1I-V U1IUUS" 5d,I,c "uu-,
Wave Dolls
Support does not seem to
report stop at clothing. Manv stores
stry
campus. j
Vice chancellor A. C. Ereck
enridge will preside at the1
ceremonies. State senators, J
members of the Board of Re-;
ents and Dr. Ralph Ireland,;
dean of the College of Dentis-'
try, will participate in the;
ceremony. j
The to-s t o r y, 100.000-:
fquare-foot-masonry building
i scheduled for completion in
1967. '
The Eoard of Regent $
awarded construction con-!
tracts to the M. W. Anderson ;
Co.. Ray ?.lart;n Co.. and the
ARC Electric Co., all of Lin-;
coin. It was designed by Hen-'
n.'ngson, Durham and Rich
ardson of Omaha. ;
Vkhen completed, the build-1 torn was defeated Saturday
ing will make it possible to bv a team from the Univer
increase total enrollment in 6;ty ef Kentucky in regional
dentistry, including xm- moot court competition at Lex
dergraduales. graduates and : inglon. Ky.
Tiie Kentucky team won the
SEED.
This was the name sub
mitted by Travis Hiner and.
picked by judges in a name-tbe-builders-committee
con
test. The one little word won
Hiner a date with Candy '
M a j, 1?G5 Homecoming '
Queen, to the Kosmet Klub
show.
Jon Kerkhoff, committee
chairman, said that there
were about 69 entries in the
contest.
The original entry submitted ,
Kentucky Defeats
Moot Court Team
but also through their;
colorful attire.
Lincoln merchants
that they have sold at least stock such thinss as Nebraska
12.000 red Nebraska h a t s ' pennants, troll dolls, and
Kuarteifroisions jponent who zealously yelled, ; fan" can ako wave such items
The budget section of the ; "I'd rather be dead than red enthusiastically- in the air.
document provides that "ail on the head" undoubtedly did
funds allocated to fARA) by not realize the multitude of
Madson. vice president of ! Ine division of Student Affairs ; fans to whom he was refer-
Innocents; Shirley Voii, snali e organized into budget ring.
dent of Arret and Associ
ates Advertising Company;
Albert Book, assistant pro
fessor of journalism; Buzz
Marilyn Hoegcmeyer
w 1 1 h mat of t a r i j0 vafch Launching
of Ben Simons who .
.Marilyn Hoegemeyer, editor
of the Daily Nebraskan. has
been invited to be present at
the launching of the Gemini
7 spacecraft Dec. 4 as a guest
of Life magazine.
Miss Hoegemeyer is one of
20 college newspaper editors
chosen to attend the launch.
The students will tour Cape
Kennedy and Merritt Island
a n d be given a pre-launch
briefing. All expenses for the
tri,i will be paid by Life magazine.
Miss Hoegemeyer said she
Most of the Lincoln clothing
stores plan to . restock red
items with the Oranse Bovi
president of Mortar Board,
and Kerkhoff.
form by the Cabinet subject
to the approval of the Execu-
1 " i . I . .
One student, obviouslv with council ana me Han
football on his mind, 'turned Residence Directors."
in the name ' Big Ned" or MiIJer Has one of ,he
,SS!t Et..C,ft" W f " amendment
which would give the floor
for Nebraska Education
Another was thinking of the
many corps currently in
vogue, named the committee
'The Student Builders for Ne
braska Stragegy Corps."
U.N.C.L.E. was the name 'There can be more and
submitted by another stu- j better functions on the halt
dent. It stood for "University level." Mnw u Vurh h-i
The University moot court ?f Nebraska Contributors for; could decide on its own when
governments 70 per cent of the
money allotted the dorm, with
30 per cent going to the cen
, tral government.
destal fcyg;ents. from the
yreyivX 176 itudects la "Mi
students.
right to participate in nation
al moot court competition in
New York City in mid-Decem-
Students To Sponsor ber.
p,u, Unr TJm The Nebraska team, con-
Prayer Hour Today sj b DonaW s
An hour oi prayer and meJ-iphea jmnt and Vernon Dun
;tat,on :or toose t:gmng a Seated St. Luif
University in semifinals. The
team is coached by Professor
John Bradobl.
It was announced that Lin
coln would host the regional
moot court competition next
year.
Other competitors at the
University of Kentucky in
cluded Kansas, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Missouri. I
'M Nam will be held tofev
al 4:- pm. at Ite VCCF
tha;el. T:..s melitation will
cMsem ti-e safety of tie sol
diers a '( as Hie carrying
out of U.S. poLcy in Viet
Nam.
The hour, sponsored by a
rroup students who wish to
im-ain anonymous, is ojn lo
Anyone.
Lasting Excellence.
Still another student, ob
viously with "FT'ND" in
mind, named tbe commit
tee "Foundation for Under
graduates Not Departed"
or "Foundation for Under
graduates Needing a De
gree." Two other entries, stressing
the money idea, named t b e I Roger Doerr p o i n t e d out
committee "The Student Foun- that under tbe nrooocerf
Arm frti.$ rtf "Ttrt1 frtw iAAnt . . .
U'U til-CdJlt 0JJU 1UI ' 'UULfr Ci.ll'lJ, ill pfT CCni OI
Scholars Society." the money could go to the
Another student named the different floors if the budgH
committee BASIS or "Euild- committee and the Kvecuthe
ers for Annual Student Inter- Committee want It to.
I j i . i . .
wuum re me west lime lor a
social event, ard they wouldn't
cost as much."
The ARA. under Miller's
proposal, can be given money
through a vote of the Exe.-u-
jtive Council, made up of 12
jhouse presidents and nine
elected officers.
Support Team
Fans are urged by the
Lincoln stores to support the
Husker team by wearing red
clothing. These stores all sell
red-skirts, sweaters, suits,
coats, scarves, and hats for
the women; blazers, shirts,
sweaters, hats, socks, ties,
and parkas for the men-with
the University football games
. in mind.
And it sells! Gold's depart
ment store ordered much red,
and on finding themselves
short, got all it could from
Brandeis in Omaha. A spokes
man said, "We try to have
enough red in the store since
it sells so wel. during game
time the mass of red in the
stadium makes such a big impression."
; and the Christmas holidays in , expects ' to be there three
'mind. Additional Nebraska ' or four days." She said. "I'm
hats will also be made avail-' excited about going and I'm
able for those fans traveling anxious to find out who the
, to Miami. other student editors are.
and the policies the students
would use in regulation of such
a station.
"I personally feel that if
you can solve the financial
problems in terms of students
trying to start a new program,
it will be looked on with great
favor," he said. .
Notes Problems
Ross noted that the proposed
FM station brings up other
questions such as where the
mechanics of the station would
fit into the present frame
work of the University and if
the station would be in com
petition with private enter
prise He said that if such a sta
tion is licensed as a Univer
sity educational station then
it must be placed somewhere
in the school's structure. He
said that first the University
would have to consider con
necting such a project with
academic departments and
then possibly they could con
sider some type of new struc
ture for the station.
Ross said that the question
had already been raised
about such a station compet
ing with private enterprise.
He said that Herbert Burton
of KFMQ had discussed the
proposed FM station with
him.
Need Approval
If the University would
seek an FM license, if Uni
versity funds were used in
some way or if the station's
operation would involve a new
curriculum program, the
Board of Regents would have
to rule on the station, he said.
Larsen indicated after tbe
meeting that both his com
mittee and SAGE would com
pile a detailed report on the
; proposed project for R o s s.
He said that they would also
talk to KFMQ and the Ne
braska Foundation.
Larsen explained that peo
ple interested in the station
should contact him or SAGE
so that some type f organiza
tion to continue working on
jthe project can be arranged.
Dog Patch To feature Go-Go Girls
est and Support."
Vet another student a
male at that and quite
possibly with tbe 6nU with
Candy May on bis mind
named the committee
"SHE" or "Students far
Higher Education."
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, ,,. 1 ,1 ZssiltmMXZU
1 1
"The will of the majority
will win out," Doerr said.
"Most of the delegates to the
convention felt that a 70-.'
restriction is impractical."
Doerr said that situation
could arise, under MilJer's
amendment, wherein both a
"r wai nas hjm-m ail its J college from
money and a floor that w sav- i united States.
Senior Debaters ;
Fall In Oklahoma
A University senior debate
team, participating in a tour-'
namc-nt at Central State Col-;
kge in Edmond. Okla.. was
defeated in the quarter-finals
by Southwest Missouri State, j
In preliminaries, the team,
consisting of ilan Larson and 1
Terry Hall, won five and lost
one.
A team consisting of John
Drodow and Bryon Iee won
three and lost three at the!
tournament, which drew 52
all over the
Go-go girls are coming to
Dog Patch for the 1964
Sadie Hawkins dance at the
East Union this Friday.
Illustrating the theme
"Sadie's Discotheque," the
go-go girls will dance in
cages set on bales of straw.
"We're tying the night
club in with Sadie Hawk
ins." Curt Bromm, recrea
tion chairman, said.
Rafters w ill add to t h e
barn-like atmosphere. Kick
me's straight from the Al
Capp cartoon strip will
scatter among the benches
made from baits oi hay.
Two combos. Trie Mods
h n f ST.
and The Spiders, will pro
vide music from 8:30 until
12 p.m. Girls take the ini
tiative in real Dog Patch
style. 'It's a girl drag guy
type of dance." Gporgia
Stevens, committee chair
man, said.
Admission is $1 for indi
viduals and $1.50 for cou
ples. Miss Sadie Hawkins and
Li'l Ahner are chosen by
popular election at the
dance. All candidates ap
pear in full costume. Sev
eral of the girls will illus
traie their talents through
a skit to be presented dur
ing t.ie dance. '
The candidates must es
pecially possess tradition
al Dog Patch abilities such
as hog calling, former can
didates said.
Students attending t h e
dance are encouraged to
dress in Dog Patch style.
"It's a lot of fun to wear
hillbilly clothes," Erom ra
said, "and some always
do."
An added attraction, (bat
don't tell the Administra
tion.) will be the refresh
ments coming from a "still"
in one comer of the dance
floor.
Committee Offers
Culture Calendar
PICK A KEY, ANV KEV ... at the
Ixrt and Found department tn Nebraska
Hall. Keys are just one item that con.es
Into the department. Lost clothing, bill
folds, jewelry, books, umbrellas, hair roll
ers and cosmetic bags all Had tbetr way,
to Lost and Found. Students can claim
lot items from I to i p.m. Monday through
Friday by describing tbe article lott.
A group of junior debaters,
meanwhile, were participate
ing in a touma merit at Ver-
million, S.D. at the University
of South Dakota. Vernon Je-;
Hie first calendar of all Uni- undefeated in tournament
versity cultural events a n d p!ay. Jovce McMain and Ber-1
many cultural activities in nice Myers won one and lost
hncoln for a month's period three
has been distributed to living ; The senior debaters will
unit on campus by the ASUN ; compete this weekend at
cultural afairs committee. Bra'My University in Peoria.'
udry irson, cna;rrnan ex- in. The iunior debaters will
5 rt mt.'
ft'''-,' t. J$
Vj'
compete at the University of
Wichita in Wichita. Kan.
plained that the University!!
has never before had a regu-j
lar calendar of all milt
events on both the city and Union To Plav Host
East campus before. ! . , , , .
The first calendar, which' Married Students
coven the period between
Nov. 15 and Dec. 15, includes
everything from scheduled
performances of the Lincoln
Symphony to weekend films
in the Nebraska Union and the
7ladrigal Christmas Concert.
Married students will bej
provided free babysitting I
frfim 7 in 5-"ifl nm nn1av !
by the Union Hospitality Com
mittee, All recreational facil
ities of the Union will be Irte
to the students, and "Char-
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1
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Larsn said that a complete: ade," starring Cs y Grarit
calendar would be distributed and Audrey Hepburn, will bej
every month arid a half. shown. I
it. a in I'm it ifi.n
IN Till E SADIE HAWKINS STYLE . .
date to the Sadie
. Georgia Stevens tags Ken YYeichel for a
Hawkins dance.
