Thursday, Febr. 3, 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 5
Grad College 'Least
Known, Understood
By Nancy Hcnrickson
Junior Staff Writer
Graduate education is the
peak of the student's educa
tional effort. Today at the
University of Nebraska, 1804
jtudents are enrolled in the
Graduate College.
The Graduate College is one
of the least known and the
least understood of the Uni
versity's academic programs,
Merk Hobson, dean of Grad
uate College, said. Since its
organization in 1896, and ini
tial enrollment of 68 students,
there has been a definite
jhift in the direction of more
graduate students.
Almost one-third of all de
grees earned last year were
in the graduate and profes
sional colleges. One hundred
sixty-five Ph.D. degrees, 423
Masters degrees, 76 M.D. de
grees, 29 D.D.S. degrees, 42
Juris Doctor degrees and 1744
baccalaureate degrees were
granted.
Students applying for the
Master or Doctor of Educa
tion degree are enrolled
through Teachers College. Ac
tually the total number of stu
dents doing graduate work is
2300, which includes 496 grad
uate students in Teachers
College.
Application into graduate
school is made to the grad
uate committee in the depart
ment in which the student
Cont. from Tage 4, Col. 5
But no matter what the sys
tem is, you'll still be in the
same percentage group,
whether you rank in the mid
dle or above average," Curt
Nelson, scholastic chairman
of Abel Hall said.
Freshman women on scho
lastic probation will have ear
lier hours during the week
after official grade reports
are out. Until then all second
semester freshman women
lhave 10:30 p.m. hours Mon
day through Thursday. Those
on scholastic probation will
be notified when the grades
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wishes to study. The commit
tee makes its evaluation and
decision on the basis of the
student's past record and rec
ommendations. Students from abroad are
asked to take the Gradual?
Record Exam in their own
country. American students
are recommended to take the
exam; however, the graduate
committee does not insist that
it be taken upon application.
Individual departments may
require special exams. A pro
fiency exam may be taken
at initial enrollment as a
placement device.
After being admitted into
graduate college, the student
works toward the r e q u i r e
ments for the degree in which
he is interestad. Require
ments for graduate degrees
vary in the different depart
ments. In general there are three
options a graduate can choose
to follow. These usually re
quire two semesters and one
summer school of effort.
Some designated Master de
grees require more than this.
One. option for a graduate
is to complete a minimum of
30 semester credit hours, six
of which are devoted to a
thesis. Or a student can take
a minimum of 36 semester
credit hours and complete a
minor. Over half of these
hours must be exclusively
Grades
are known and they will have
10 p.m. hours.
No other scholastic restric
tions are placed on students
living in the dorms. In order
to hold office in the dorm the
student must have a 2.0 av
erage. This is the same ruling
that applies to all student ac
tivities. Miss Mary Holmar., resi
dence director of Pound Hall,
said, "The students on scho
lastic probation are encourag
ed to have tutors and special
help from the scholastic
chairman on each floor.
Karen Hastings from Alpha
Delta Pi sorotity said, "It
looks as if grades are better
this semester, but I would
say that while the lower stu
dents seem to be getting bet
ter grades, it has been hard
er for the better students to
get the really top grades."
Lynn Overholt said, "The
grades are higher at the Pi
Beta Phi house, but they may
not look higher due to the
new grading system."
She noted that the new sys
tem had worked both ways
however. Miss Overholt said
Oregon Senator
To Talk Saturday
Senator Wayne Morse will
speak on "A Critical Look at
U.S. Foreign Policy" Satur
day at St. Paul Methodist
Church at 8 p.m.
The Democratic senator
from Oregon is a member of
the Senate Foreign Relations
committee and will discuss
our Vietnam and Dominican
Republic policies.
Honorary Plans
National Meeting
Nebraska chatper of C h i
Epsilon, national civil engi
neering honorary fraternity,
will be host to the national
conclave Feb. 17-19 The en
gineers will hold meetings
and conferences at the Ne
braska Center.
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graduate courses at the 300
level.
A third option is designed
for students who want to go
on to get the doctorate de
gree. Generally one-in-three
Masters degre graduates do
continue. There is much vari
ation among the departments.
For example, in the psycholo
gy department all students go
on for the Ph. D. degree.
All Masters degree candi
dates must take an oral
exam. The purpose of the
oral exam is for the student
to defend his thesis if he has
written one, and to test his
general knowledge in the
area in which he has studied.
Each graduate student has
his own examining commit
tee. The committee members
are recommended by the de
partment and appointed by
the Graduate College. Dean
Hobson said the college has
tried to maintain a constant
standard of excellence during
the past years.
Ph. D. decree candidates
have their own supervisory
committee comnosed of five
faculty members. The chair
man ot the committee is a
professor in the student's ma-
jor field and under whom he
does research.
Graduate education is dis
tinguished as the highest form
of learning at the university.
very lew graduate courses
are offered at night and little
graduate work is done by ex
tension.
that more pledges this semes
ter had made the required av
erage in comparison to last
year.
The scholarship chairman
for Kappa Delta said that
though all the grades were not
in, the results looked very en
couraging so far. She also
stated that either the grades
were very good or below av
erage. Most pledges have
made the average in the
house.
Panhellenic rulings state
that in order for a girl to be
activated in a sorority, she
must earn a 2.0 grade aver
age and cannot have failed a
subject during the semester.
A sorority pledge has two
semesters to make the aver
age. If a girl has not met the
requirements after two semes
ters she is automatically de
pledged in accordance with
Panhellenic code. The girl
will again be eligible for re
pledging after an intermittent
semester if she has a 2.0 av
erage. Speclit Receives
$500 Scholarship
A University student from
Lyman has been named the
first recipient of a newly-established
scholarship.
James E. Specht, 20, was
chosen by the scholarship
committee of the College of
Agriculture and Home Eco
nomics to receive the $500
award from the American Ag
ricultural Chemical Company
(subsidiary of Continental Oil
Co.- Scholarship Fund.
According ot Dr. L. K.
Crowe, chairman of the com
mittee, the scholarship will be
awarded annually to a sopho
more, junior, or senior in the
College of Agriculture and
Home Economics.
Any regularly enrolled stu
dent with good moral charac
ter, who shows promise of
leadership and academic abil
ity and is worthy of financial
assistance, may be chosen,
Crowe said, although prefer
ence will be given to students
majoring in the area of plant
science.
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SAFETY ENGINEER SIMrSON . . . inspects everything on campus from swimming
pools to radioactive material.
Safety Maintenance Concern
Of Health Engineer Simpson
By Tone Victor
Junior Staff Writer
One man, Edward Simpson,
is responsible for all health
and safety precautions, inves-
vestigating campus accidents,
and keeping records of t h e
use of radioactive materials
for the University.
Simpson is the public health
engineer who has been re
sponsible for the maintenance
of environmental health at
the University since 1957.
As an inspector, he checks
sue varied things as fratern
ity houses, campus kitchens,
fire extinguishers, lighting
and heating systems, and
swimming pools. It is his
job to make sure that all the
facilities on campus meet the
Environmental Health Code
of the University. 1
"I check all accidents that
come thrugh Student Health,"
Simpson said. "Active stu
dents, rushing to and from
classes and those engaged in
intramural sports keep my
desk stocked with minor in
jury reports. Intramural foot
ball has the highest rate of
accidents, with basketball
running a close second."
He thought that falls caused
the most accidents in winter.
Most of these accidents do
not require investigation, but
Simpson stated that if an
accident is due to faulty
mechanism, other than a
careless reflex, he wi'J in
spect the area.
Because of the rapid accel
eration of research requiring
the use of radioactive materi
als, Simpson's working day
has changed radically in the
past nine years.
"Just a few years ago I
could make occasional checks
where such matieral was be
ing used. Today more than
30 per cent of my time is
sepnt on it," he explained.
Simpson keeps a dav-to-day
account of the time Univer
sity researchers are exposed
to radiation, and the amount
to whic'h they are exposed.
In 1957, only $4(10 per year
was budgeted for radiation
film badges which measure
the exposure, while $2,200 was
required in 1965.
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dioactive material is used in
many ways at the University,
prticularly for tracer work.
Agricultural scientists, for
example, use it to measure
the plant "uptake" of fer
tilizer. Chemists use it to
trace chemical reactions with
such isotopes as iodine 131,
strontium 90 and carbon 14.
Higher energy sources such
as radium 26, colbalt 60 and
137 are used at the College of
Medicine for the arresting of
cancer and for eletherapy.
"University scientists exer
cise extreme care when they
use such materials," he said.
"Periodically, however, my
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Nebraska Union Auditorium, Admission 50c each day
Humphrey Bogart Starring in:
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The Big Sleep, 3:15 p.m. Sat.
Treasure of Sierra Madre, 2:30 Sun.
To Have b Have Not, 4:15 Sun.
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measuring equipment detects
a venting hood with a back
ground count higher than we
like it, and occasionally
someone has an accident
where the material is spilled
or dropped,' he said. "In
these cases we simply decon
taminate the area."
With the advent of such
large quantities of radioac
tive materials, Simpson's
work has almost been
doubled. He said the Univer
sity plans to hire a health
physicist to take over the
radiation problems.
Simpson has a BA in chem
ical engineering from the Uni
versity of Missouri.
ACT OF PURE AGGRESSION
Average For Activities
Given; 2.0 Needed
Minimum grade averages
necessary to participate in
campus activities have been
re-evaluated as a resut of the
advent of a new grading scale
Students must now maintain a
2.0 grade average on the 4
point scale in order to active
ly aprticipate in activities.
Active participation is de
fined as taking part in an or
ganization as an officer, its
king or queen candidate, or
participation on a student
publication, according to the
activities office.
One may still be a member!
of the organization even
though he does not maintain
the minimum grade average.
Mrs. Jean Regester, student
activities adviser, stated that
checking on a member's
grades is the responsibility of
the group to which he belongs.
"The procedure for an elegi-
Men Flunk Finals,
Pass Pins, Rings
University men may have
flunked their finals, but they
sure passed their pins and
rings.
PINNINGS
Margie Hutchinson, Alpha
Xi Delta sophomore in home
economics from Lincoln, to
Larry Engelkemier, Alpha
Gamma Rho senior in agricul
ture from Murray.
Janet Christensen, Alpha
Delta Pi junior in Teachers
from Lincoln, to Mike Con
nors, Theta Xi junior in civil
engineering from Lincoln.
Joline Rieder, Chi Omega
sophomore in Teachers from
Lincoln, to Keith Sinor, Sig
ma Nu sophomore in pre-law
from Lincoln.
ENGAGEMENTS
Marilyn Carlton, Alpha Del
ta Pi junior in Teachers from
Lincoln, to Ralph Williams
from Scottsbluff.
Judy Ostiguy, Kappa Delta
senior in Teachers from Wes
tern, to Ran Griesse, 1964
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bility check can be found in
the Campus Handbook," ex
plained Mrs. Regester. "It is
for the group's own benefit
that we require the grade
checks."
If a student is declared in
eligible, he can appeal the
ruling to Dean Ross, provid
ing he believes his ineligibility
is caused by unusual circum
stances. The grade average for eligi
bility in athletics is different.
For an athlete who has earned
under sixty credit hours, the
minimum average is 1.6. For
those over sixty-one hours, the
average is 1.8. according to
the athletic department.
The minimum athletic grade
averages are set by the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic As
sociation and the Big Eight
Conference and are not sub
ject to exceptions.
graduate in agriculture from
Kearney.
Mary Lynn Schwentker, Chi
Omega s e n i o r in Teachers
from Ogallala, to Larry Cal
len from Ogallala.
Mary McBride, Chi Omega
freshman from Hastings, to
Scott Breeden from Ames, la.
Vicki Falmlen, Pound fresh
man in Arts and Sciences
from Phillips, to Eldon Purdy,
Alpha Gamma Sigma fresh
man in agricultural economics
from Phillips.
Linda Carstens, junior in
business administration from
Beatrice, to Larry Bird, jun
ior in law College from
Beatrice.
Judy Hall, sophomore in
Teachers from Coleridge, to
Steve Ottmann, sophomore in
business administration from
Omaha.
Vicky Norriss, sophomore
in Teachers from West Point,
to Bob Nebuda, sophomore in
engineering from West Point.
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