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Tuesday, August , 1967
University of Nebraska
No. 8
Farmers Discuss
Future Clianges
A farm management sem
inar discussing such topics as
future changes in agriculture,
tax pointers and capita man
agement will be held at. the
University of Nebraska Aug.
13-16.
The seminar, which will
provide advanced instruction
in selected management
areas, is intended primarily
for professional farm man
agers with at least two years
of experience.
It is being sponsored joint
ly by the American Society of
Farm Managers and Rural
Appraisers and the NU Agri
cultural Economics Depart
ment and will include lec
turers by seminar faculty
members, speeches and round
table discussions.
Lectures ill cover such
topics as professionalism as
a farm manager, types of re
ports to owners, cost-sharing
by landlord and tenants and
highly specialized opera
tions, potential income from
livestock-share leases and
custom farming.
Faculty members for the
seminar are Kenneth R.
Jameson, Jack Alexander and
J. M. Holcomb.
Jameson is a past college
vice president of the Amer
ican Society and is current
Metronome, Drill Are Out
In New Teaching Methods
By March Tinkham
NU School of Journalism
"One-and two-and that's
an eighth note these are
quarters listen to the met
ronome and one-and tw o
and . .
Hold it! The drill and the
metronome are out.
Modern .matlv project En-,
'gush and now new methods
of . teaching music. They do
away with monotonous drills
and note learning.
Guy Duckworth, national
chairman of the Piano In
struction Committee of the
Music Educators National
Conference, explained the
methods to a group of music
teachers at a workshop on
the University of Nebraska
campus July 24-26.
Duckworth is head of the
preparatory piano department
at Northwestern University
and author of a children's
new piano series based upon
an improvisation-and-concept-development
program of
learning.
The program emphasizes
recognizing the whole shape
of a composition rather than
dissecting it into learning
steps. Breaking learning into
simple thinking steps and
drill exercises "is backward.
It is dull and unchallenging,"
he said.
Total Meaning
Recognizing the shape of a
composition is something like
reading a novel or a poem
for its total meaning rather
than trying to understand its
sentence structure or meter.
Duckworth feels this total
view of a piece of music is
Important. Correctness of in
dividual notes will come na
turally at the student under
stands the whole piece, be
said.
He frequently has beginning
students draw the shape of
the sound they hear as he did
with a group of children who
helped demonstrate the new
methods.
He dislikes beginning books
which use oversized notes be
cause the student sees only
the individual note and mis
ses the whole, he explained.
With students who "play by
ear" he says that learning
to read music may be elim
inated. Knowing the name of
the note seems unnecessary
to this student What is im
portant is recognizing the
shape of the music and know
ing bow to obtain it, be said.
However, even with be
ginning students there must
be tempo control, he stressed.
It is important that the stu
dent understand rhythm and
have different tempos to work
work with, he said.
Responses
"I absolutely never use a
metronome." Understanding
tempo is a matter of physi
cal response. When this is ac
curate, no metronome is need
ed," he said.
"A student first under
stands rhythm with his large
muscles," he said.
president of the Colorado So
ciety. He has operated his
own management and consul
tant business since 1964 and
was previously farm and
ranch management specialist'
with Colorado State Univer
sity. Alexander, an assistant
professor in agricultural ad
ministration at Iowa State
University, has served as
past regional vice president
of the American Society and
past president of the Iowa So
ciety. He is the manager of
I.S.U.'s Foundation Farms
and has been a . aral apprais
er for Banker's Life.
Holcomb is professor of
farm management and fi
nance at the University of II
exttnsion work experiences
he has had practical farm
and ranch management ex
perience. He was vice president in
charge of farm management
with Ipekasit, Inc. of Hamil
ton, Ohio and does a consid
erable amount of priyate
management.
Tuition for the seminar is
$50 with $15 payable with en
rollment application. In ad
dition enrollees are expected
to pay for their own meals
and lodging.
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Guy Duckworth
Large muscles are those in
the body's trunk, legs and
arms. Small muscles are like
those in the fingers. The prin
ciple of establishing large
muscle control before at
tempting small muscle con
trol is one recognized by
physical educators.
Duckworth once solved a
student's tempo problems by
dancing a piece with her un
til the physical response to
the rhythm was accurate.
To demonstrate this meth
od of understanding tempo,
Duckworth bad bis audience
dance the tempo of various
notes and a simple song.
On the topic of transposing
the music from one key to an
other, Duckworth stressed its
value in providing greater un
derstanding of a piece. It
causes the musician to listen
again and re-analyze what he
is interpreting, he said.
Performer
Although he is a perform
ing artist who has given con
certs throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico,
Duckworth seldom plays for
his students, he said. When
he does it is not the piece
they are studying.
"Playing the piece they are
working with produces mere
imitation. Playing another'
piece with similar problems
causes them to make a mean
ingful transfer of ideas," be
said.
On the topic of practicing,
Duckworth rejected authrri
tarian direction by the each
er. It limits self -discovery, he
said.
He suggested practice pro
cedures which include prob
lem solving rather than drilL
Drill bores. Problem solving
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Post Session
Registration
I Registration for post summer sessions
i will be held on Monday, Aug. 7, from 1
! p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 200 of the Teachers
j College, according to Dr. Frank E. Soren
! son, director of Summer Sessions.
About 500 students are expected to at
j tend the three and four-week sessions dur
! ing August, Sorenson said. ?
Students already enrolled for the regB
; lar summer session are to follow this pro
: cedure for enrolling in the later courses:
Secure a drop-add form (may be ob
i tained at Room 209 Administration, or
i Dean or Adviser's office.)
Have drop-add form signed by ad
viser (if not available, signature of col
lege dean).
All business administration, gradu
ate and teachers advanced professional
students need the dean's signature.
Get class cards at Room 200 Teach
ers College, Monday, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Pay fee at Bursar's window. Room
204 Administration building.
Write name on blue admittance card
and give it to the instructor at the next
class meeting.
Students not previously enrolled for
the summer session are to follow this pro
cedure: Students will get worksheets and
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stimulates learning, he em
phasized. He also rejected the idea of
a set practice time. Instead
he advised - telling the stu
dent to practice until he feels
he understands the music and
can play it. i
He also said teachers
should not tell a student how
to interpret music when to,
be loud or soft. Rather tell
the student that "these
notes are together for a pur
pose. You discover the pur
pose," he said.
Sessions
Doubled
The University of Nebras
ka Board of Regents July 25
authorized two 5 week sum
mer sessions in 1968, replac
ing the traditional 8-week ses
sion. Chancellor Clifford M. Har
din said that the 5-week
sessions have been endorsed
by the University faculty
senate and would allow the
University to put its facilities
to greater use throughout the
year.
He noted that the change
could draw more students
into summer sessions, facili
tate more credits and per
haps reduce peak loads by
moving students through the
University more quickly since
more credits could be gained
in the sessions.
The two sessions would al
low students to pick up six
hours in each, for a total of
12, nearly a full semester
load.
Center Recruits
Research Scientist
Dr. Gordon E. Dickerson,
an internationally known ani
mal geneticist, is the first re
search scientist to be re
cruited for the staff of the
new U.S. Meat Animal Re
search Center at Clay Center.
The staff eventually will
include 67 scientists.
"If the caliber of the other
66 scientists approaches that
of Dr. Dickerson, we will
have one of the top research
staffs in the nation one that
will be worthy of our 34,000
acre facility," remarked Dr.
Keith E. Gregory, director of
the research center.
Gregory is a former student
of Dickerson.
Dickerson will hold a joint
appointment with the Univer
sity of Nebraska and will have
his office in the Animal Sci
ence Department in Lincoln
when he joins the staffs
Oct. 22.
He will train graduate stu
dents at the University and
participate in beef cattle,
sheep, and swine breeding re
search at Clay Center.
He now is with the Animal
Research Institute, Canada
Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa, Canada.
"Dr. Dickerson will add
great strength to our teaching
program at the graduate lev
el" Dean E. F. Frolik of the
College of Agriculture and
Home Economics said. "This
is just one example of the
benefits we can expect from
our nearness to the Meat
Animal Research Center."
Dr. Dickerson has had un
usually broad experience in
animal breeding research and
in resident, graduate, and ex
University of Nebraska
Regents Increase Tuition
The University of Nebraska
Board of Regents July 25 au
thorized an increase in tui
tion and fees, beginning with
the first semester of the 1967
68 academic year.
The Regents set the total
of tuition and fees for Nebras
ka resident students at $216.50
per semester, an increase of
$49.50 per semester over the
previous rate of $167.
Tuition and fees for students
who are not residents of Ne
braska was increased from
$430 to $466.50 per semester.
The increase for resident
students included an increase
from $130 to $177.50 per se
mester in tuition and from
$37 to $39 in fees.
Non-resident tuition was
raised from $393 to $427.50
and fees from $37 to $39.
The increase approved by
the regents follows closely the
recommendations of Gov. Nor
bert T. Tiemann and the leg
islature but also provides for
a $2 fee increase. Income from
which will be used to develop
the University's intramural
registration forms. If these forms need to
be signed by regular advisers, they should
be taken to their offices. If advisers are
not in residence, these forms may be signed
by the instructors of the courses, (who
will be in Teachers College Room 200 from
1:00 until 3:00) and the college deans. Deans
signatures will need to be secured at the
college offices.
Students will need Permit and Fee
cards. If in residence the 2nd semester, or
the summer of 1966. or if the student has
applied, or if not, the student will need to
fill out the appropriate form and wait
to have Permit and Fee cards made.
Students will fill out the registration
form.
Students will get class and admit
tance cards, write their names on them,
and turn them in to instructors at the next
class meeting.
If possible, students from the following
classes should come at these hours:
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ing Nebraska History; Sec. Ed. 348; Home, i
Ec. Ed. 115
1:30 p.m. Ed Adm. 152, 159, 392
2:30 p.m. Mechnical Engr. 399; Geo- i
graphy 164, 199, 394, 396
3:00 p.m. Ed. Adm. 397. 398, Geology !
203, 300; Philosophy 299. 399.
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tension 'teaching of animal
genetics. His research has in
cluded selection theory and
experiments with selection,
in breeding and heterosis in
swine, poultry, dairy and beef
cattle, and mice.
His career has included
service with two universities,
with both the U.S. and Cana
dian Departments of Agricul
ture and with a large com
mercial poultry breeding or
ganization. Dickerson was graduated
with high honors from Michi
gan State University in 1933
with a B S. degree in Dairy
Husbandry and Science.
He then earned his M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees at the
University of Wisconsin. His
thesis research concerned
methods of evaluating gene
tic merit in dairy cattle.
Dickerson was an instruc
tor in genetics and dairy
husbandry at Wisconsin until
1941, when he joined the U.S.
Department of Agriculture as
geneticist and assistant to
the director of the Regional
Swine Breeding Laboratory at
Iowa State University-
Dickerson is a member of
the American Society of Ani
mal Science, Dairy Science
Association, Poultry Science
Association, Genetics Society
of America, American Gene
tics Association, Biometrics
Society, Society for Study of
Evolution, and a Fellow of
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Dr. and Mrs. Dickerson
have four sons, two of them
medical doctors, one a country
agricultural adviser, and one
a university senior in biology.
and student recreational pro
grams Chancellor Clifford M. Har
din said it is the University's
"hope and belief that the new
tuition rates need not keep
from the University any quali
fied students who made plans
to enroll before the increases
were imposed."
He pointed out that the
legislature had made $200,000
available for use during the
coming school year to assist
students whose enrollments
would be in financial jeopar
dy by the tuition increase."
This support from the legis
lature, be said, will permit
the establishment of a "Uni
cameral Special Tuition As
sistance Program" which may
provide the margin of dif
ference for an estimated 2,000
students.
The Chancellor said that
students who have fall enroll
ment plans in process with
the University and who have
no other means of meeting the
tuition increase should con
tact the University's office of
scholarships and financial
aids Immediately.
Historical Tour
Teaches Heritage
To Nehraskans
A five-day tour of historical
Nebraska sites will highlight
the second annual elemen
tary education workshop,
"New Plans for Teaching Ne
braska History," under the
direction of Dr. Max Poole,
associate professor at the
University of Nebraska.
To develop a better under
standing and appreciation for
Nebraska heritage is the pur
pose of the workshop, which
offers 40 teachers and admin
istrators the opportunity to
study in-depth Nebraska his
tory and to prepare a re
source unit for the study of
their state history, Poole
said.
Throughout the three-week
period beginning Aug. 7, par
ticipants will familiarize
themselves with the Nebras
ka history recorded in t h e
Nebraska State Historical So
ciety, the University of Ne
braska State Museum and the
Nebraska State Capitol.
Dr. Donald Danker, lectur
er in the history department
and historian for the S t a t e
Historical Society, will act as
educational consultant and
guide on the field trip.
The tour will follow the
Oregon Trail to Grand Island,
the first stop, where the group
will be guided through the
new Stuhr Museum.
Fort Kearny
That same day, Aug. 15.
participants will" also visit
Fort Kearny, the original site
of the pony express station
near Gothenburg, an old cem
etery at Fort McPherson. and
will stay in North Platte
overnight.
Scouts Rest will be the first
stop the next day where they
will visit Buffalo Bill's home
and watch a film showing the
scout's Wild West Show. Front
Street in Ogallala, a replica
of a western town; Lake Mc-
Institute
Delegates
Paired
The pairing of 50 Nebraska
delegates with delegates from
the other 49 states and Puerto
Rico to the National Agricul
tural Youth Institute has been
completed, it was announced
this week by Dr. A. D. Stoesz,
Institute director.
The National Agricultural
Youth Institute, scheduled on
the University of Nebraska
East Campus Aug. 14-25, is de
signed to acquaint outstand
ing young men from all over
the nation with opportunities
in agriculture.
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville Freeman, who will speak
on "World Agriculture" Aug.
14, heads the list of digni
taries who will participate in
the Institute's program.
Other prominent speakers
include Gov. Norbert Tie
mann; Dr. Dale Bohmont,
dean of the College of Agri
culture at the University of
Nevada; Paul Cornelsen,
president of International Ral
ston Purina Co.; Richard
Hough, vice president of In
ternational Harvester Com
pany; Lane Palmer, manag
ing editor of the Farm Jour
nal; K. R. Fitzsimmons. gen
eral manager of Shell Chemi
cal Co. and D. M. Anderson,
general manager of Sunkist
growers.
During the Institute, one
delegate from each state se
lected by the state's gover
nor, and their Nebraska coun
terparts, who were selected
from their counties, will par
ticipate in a five-day seminar
which includes workshop dis
cussons with prominent gov
ernment, scientific and agri
cultural leaders.
Following the seminar each
out-of-state delegate will
spend a weekend with a host
Nebraska delegate whose
family is engaged la farm
ing, ranching or an agri-business.
All the delegates will then
spend three days at the Ne
braska State 4-H Camp at
Halsey.
All travel expenses, food
and housing costs of the out-of-state
delegates are being
financed by the Nebraska
Centennial Commission, the
Institute sponsor.
Conaughy; a climb up Wind
less Hill at Ash Hollow; and
Chimney Rock are other
points of interest the group
will visit.
Former University Profes
sor Robert Manley will sing
and lecture to the group at
their resting point in Scotts
bluff. The Scottsbluff Monument,
a tour of Fort Laramie, Wyo
ming, and a steak fry at Fort
Robinson are the features in
cluded on the third day of the
field trip.
An old cowboy who rode
with the cavalry will guide
the workshop participants
around Fort Robinson and
then the group will drive up
to Toadstool Park in Chadron
and on to Gordon that night.
Mari Sandoz's sister will
take the group on a tour of
the "Old Jules" ranch and to
Miss Sandoz's grave. They
will then go on to take a tour
jeep and arrive in Lincoln on
the evening of Aug. 19.
Many Resources
"We hope to introduce par
ticipants to the kinds of re
sources and historical sites
found near any community
and show them how to utilize
these resources in teaching."
Dr. Poole explained.
Human resources will also
be stressed in the workshop
and the group will be intro
duced to such persons as
White Cloud Smfih. a 1897
graduate of the University
who performed in Buffalo
Bill s Wild West Show, he
said.
"We will try to show these
teachers and administrators
how to study Nebraska
through art. literature, music
and the Nebraska Education
al Television Network," he
mentioned. Last year Dr.
Poole worked as a consultant
on the original committee de
veloping the ETV program
"Nebraska Heritage."
There is a close tie be
tween that program and this
workshop. Teachers, through
this course, learn to utilize
the program and other simi
lar ones in the classroom, he
said.
Demand for this workshop
is rising as teachers hear
about it, Dr. Poole com
mented. If demand necessi
tates expansion the course
may be offered more than
once each year and perhaps
during the regular sessions.
There are still a few vacan
cies in the course and any in
terested person may sign up
for the workshop Monday,
Aug. 7, at 9 a.m. in Room 200
Teachers College. For more
information contact Dr. Max
Poole, Room 206A Teachers
College.
Specialist
Appointed
W. Neal Baxter, former
County Extension Agent, will
assume duties Aug. 21 as an
area information specialist
at the University of Nebras
ka's North Platte Station, Dr.
John L. Adams, director of
the NU Agricultural Exten
sion Service, announced this
week.
Baxter was granted leave
by the NU Board of Regents
to work on a Masters Degree
in agricultural communica
tions at the University of Wis
consin, with the aid of a Na
tional Defense Educational
scholarship.
Dr. Smith
To Teach
A new professor will bo
joining the Department of Hu
man Development and the
Family in the fall.
Dr. Helen Elizabeth Smith
will teach two sections of Hu
man Development and the
Family 91 and two sections of
Marriage and Family Rela
tions 191 at the University of
Nebraska College of Agricul
ture and Home Economics.
She received her Bachelor's
degree In 1939 from the Kan
sas State College, Master's
degree la 1950 from the Uni
versity of Nebraska and a
Doctor of Education degree
from Columbia University la
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