Friday, Jan. 7, 1966
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OUTSTANDING NEBRASKAN . . . Gerald Swihart, takes
preparing lesson plans and grading tests.
Historical Society .
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By Bruce Giles
Junior Staff Writer
From an eight-foot knife
used to cut cake at an an
niversary celebration of t h e
Burlington Railroad's Pioneer
Zephyr train, to a lady's pipe
of the 1880's these are just
a few of the donations to the
Nebraska State Historical So
ciety. Donations have been made
to the archives, library and
the museum, according to
Marvin Kivett director of the
Historical Society.
"Most of the donations are
small collections of items, but
sometimes we get almost an
entire household, such as the
Pound collection," noted Rob
ert Pettit, curator of collec
tions for the society.
Kivett said that all dona
tions "represent some part of
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"The criteria for accepting
the donations is how well the
item relates to the people of
Nebraska and also how many
of the same thing we already
have," he said.
Some of the people are con
sistent donors, he said. Their
hobby is looking out for things
the museum may want.
The Historical Society also
keeps some recent items be
cause they will be of historic
al value in the future.
Some of the donations to the
library and archives are pa
pers of individuals, many
with the stipulation that they
will not be used or published
until after a certain period of
time. In addition, the His
torical Society keeps docu
ments of the various state
and literary figures in Great
Britain.
The books selected were
James C. Olson's "Red Cloud
and the Sioux Problem;" Roy
Meyer's "The Middle Western
Farm Novel in the Twentieth
Century;" Will a Cather's
"Collected Short Fiction, 1892
1912;" "The West that Was,"
by John Leakey and Nellie
Yost; Glen Shirley's "Paw
nee Bill;" and Osborne Rus
sell's "Journal of a Trapper,"
edited by Aubrey L. Haines.
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agencies which are of his
torical value.
One of the most recent ac
quisitions of the Society is a
Needham conversion rifle,
donated by Timothy J. Doyle.
It came from an arsenal in
the home of John Fitzgerald
of Lincoln and was intended
for the Irish Fenain attack
against Canada. The r i f 1 e s
were discovered in the b a s e
ment of his home when the
home burned down.
Currently, the Historical So
city is looking for good photo
graphs of historical Nebraska
to be put in a soon-to-be pub
lished pictorial history of the
state.
They are also seeking city
directories and telephone di
rectories of many back years.
"These," said Dr. Donald
Danker, history lecturer and
historian for the Society, "are
an important guide to busi
nesses and people in Nebras
ka history "
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The ideal combination
would be one or two teach
ing courses plus a con
tinuing research project, ac
cording to Outstanding Ne
braskan Professor Gerald
Swihart.
"But it just doesn't work
out that way," he said in
an interview. "There isn't
enough time during the
school year since we are
short of staff in civil engi
neering. That's why I do re
search in the summer."
Swihart has worked at the
U.S. Naval Civil Engineer
ing Laboratory in Califor
nia for six of his summers,
proposing theories on the
structural possibilities of re
inforced concrete and steel.
"I have worked almost
entirely on the theory side
of the project since flhe
practical tests take almost
five years to complete," he
said.
Time if of the essence in
Swihart's world. He teaches
two sections each in four
different courses, is chair
man of the Membership
Committee of the Southeast
Branch Lincoln YMCA and
is t!he father of three chil
dren. "By the time you paint
the house and make repairs,
there just isn't much time
left," he said. "Civil engi
neering is as short of per
sonnel as any other de
partment, but we think we
are holding our own.
"We are always revising
and reviewing our schedule
to keep up with new devel
opments," he said.
'Gives Time'
Swihart had just returned
from a conference with an
architect, and had "two
exams to prepare for to
morrow. I guess I will have
to come back and work after
dinner," he said.
"He always has a minute
or an hour to spare for his
students, whether or not the
session pertains to scholas
tic troubles, some special
engineering problem or just
a friendly conversation
about the football team,"
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the letter nominating him
for the award said.
With a daughter in her
first semester at the Uni
versity, Swihart is feeling
the pressures of the Univer
sity from all sides.
"Seventeen hours is quite
a load, especially for a
freshman," he said. "But I
guess they have to make it
tough to keep up the repu
tation they have built."
"You actually do most of
your learning while you're
on the job anyway," he
said. "The fundamentals
hardly ever change, but the
means of getting an end re
sult are always being im
proved." Computers, automation
and scientific advances are
always changing every field
of study, he said.
Swihart attended seminars
last summer at Lehigh Uni
versity and the National
Engineering Confer
ence, American Institute of
Steel Construction in Mem
phis, Tenn.
He is a member of Sig
ma Tau engineering and
architecture honorary, Ohi
Epsilon, civil engineer
ing honorary and Sigma Xi,
science honorary.
"There is quite a bit of
competition going on be
tween steel and concrete in
building materials," he
said. "Steel is the more
predictable of the two and
is more expandable, but
concrete is more compres
sible." By March or April Swd
hart will know if he will be
working at the Naval Civil
Engineering Laboratory this
summer.
"It depends on funds,
projects and programs
they will be working on," he
said.
Personal Research
What about personal re
search projects?
"There are a number of
things a guy could work
on," he said. "I suppose it
would be something to help
understand better what goes
on in both steel and rein
forced concrete structures.
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encouragement
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"There is a need for more
study as to what amounts
of steel or concrete are
strongest, tbe proportions of
both in combined materials
all these things are to a
degree as yet unpredicta
ble," Swihart said.
Besides his reports for the
Naval laboratory and pro
fessional journals, Swihart
is a co-author of Principles
of Structural Equilibrium.
"Writing a text is a very
difficult job," he said. "The
publishers wanted to have
every little detail in the
book, while we just want an
outline for the professor to
fill in the details while he
is teaching.
"So we gave up on the
company and had the Uni
versity Press print the
book," he said.
An upperclass adviser,
part time consultant for ar
chitectural and engineering
firms in Nebraska and past
member of the Engineering
Photo by Tom Kubm
SWIHART
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Assigned to our steering and controls section, he helped develop a revolu
tionary steering system thut will facilitate driving in future Ford-built cars.
Currently a design engineer working on suspension design and analysis.
Dove has been impressed by the extent to which management encourage
personul initiative among recent graduates like himself. Here, management
looks immediately to young engineers, like Dave, for fresh concepts that
reflect their academic truining and sjwcial abilities. Moreover, when the
idea is accepted for development, the initiator is frequently given the
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he visits your campus.
hing SchcdySc
Executing Board, Swihart
has worked for tbe Nebras
ka Department of Roads
and Irrigation and is a reg
istered Engineer in Nebras
ka, Iowa and Indiana.
"Civil engineering was
originally a term used to
separate civilian from mili
tary engineers," he said.
"In time, branches such as
architecture, electrical en
gineering and chemical en
gineering broke off on their
own.
"Civil engineering still
takes in sanitation, hydrau
lics, roads, structure, water
supply and many other spe
cialties which may or may
not break off in the fu
ture," he said.
Yale Graduate
He decided to specialize
in structural engineering be
cause "Yale is a very strong
school in it.
"It just seemed like the
natural thing to do," Swi
hart said. "I now teach
not just a student counselor
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Opportunity comes early at Ford Motor Company.
Graduates who join us are often nurpriiied at how
quickly they receive peroonal asHignmenta involv
ing major responsibilities. This chancse to dem
onstrate individual skills contrasts sliarply with
the experience of many young people entering the
business world for the first time. At Ford Motor
Company, for example, a graduate may initiate a
project and carry it through to its final develop
ment. One who knows is David Tenniswood, of
our research staff.
Dave joined Ford Motor Company in July, 1961.
courses in structural steel,
reinforced concrete and in
determinite structures, such
as bridges and some build
ing frames.
"The civil engineer has to
work very closely with ar
chitects," be said. "We
have to make sure that the
structures they plan will
stand up."
Engineers usually allow
for twice the strenth
needed to support the
"load" to be placed on a
structure.
"There could be circum
stances when tbe planned
load is exceeded, or when
tbe building is being used
for something other than it
was planned for," he said.
"We try to make sure it
will bold up."
Even though he is pressed
for time, Swihart finds time
for a graduate student-instructor
basketball game
every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday in the Coliseum.
"I'm interested in all
sports," he said. "My fam
ily and I go to all the footr
hall and basketball games."
In his YMCA work. Swi
hart has been an "Indian
guide" in father-son proj
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idea of a complete man it
would he Prof. Swihart,"
reads the nominating letter.
"He has, while living here
in Lincoln, instructing,
working and counseling, not
only established himself as
a truly Outstanding Nebras
kan, but also become some
what of an idol to each of
the students that have come
in contact with him'
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