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? I" Thursday, September 14, 1967 The Daily Nebraskan Page 3 rofessor Stewart Returns Snakes!" "Don't remove your boots ! " b e c a m e the rules of the road for Uni versity of Nebraska geogra phy professor Dr, Norman Stewart as he searched the Amazon basin of Ecuador for pioneer jungle colonies this summer. Stewart recently returned from Ecuador where he spent nine months seeking out and interviewing col onists who migrated from the Andean highlands to the edge of t h e Amazon jungle. MESTIZOS Although some pure blooded Indians are in volved in this migration, Stewart discovered that Sandoz Organizes Sandoz Hall has organized an AWS Pilot Court which will assume power in Oc tober. The court is a take off on the present AWS Ju dicial Court which holds the power to pass decisions on cases regarding AWS rule violations, appeals, and special cases. Susie Sitorious, vice-president in charge of judicial matters for AWS, said that this program is being tested to find a way to de-centralize the judicial power of AWS. She also said that if the Sandoz court proves ef fective, the program may be expanded. In the future, Rodeo Club Joins Association A merger of the Univer sity Rodeo Club with the National Intercollegiate Ro deo Association last spring has become effective this fall, according to Tom Cun ningham, club president. The decision by the club, which includes about 100 students is not binding to the members as individu als. Cunningham explained. NIRA membership makes it possible for Rodeo Club members to compete on a district and national basis in NIRA-sanctioned rodeos. Cunningham said. DECISION MADE The decision to join the Ohio State On Honor Intercollegiate Press Bulletin Columbus. 0. (I.P.)- 0 h i o State University should begin a centralized effort to recruit more hon ors students and to improve and expand honors pro grams under the direction of a coordinator, according to the University-wide Hon ors Committee. The committee, appoint ed in 1966 and headed by Dr. C. Gray Austin, assis tant dean of the College of Arts and Science, recom mended the plan for the 1967-68 academic year. The Austin Committee noted that it wants to de velop a five-year plan for honors programs with the possibility of an Honors College. Until the current question of reorganization of the col leges within the university is resolved, development of an extended plan would be premature, the committee said. Wide Honors Basis All colleges have come kind of honors program, but they are contained solely within each college and there is no coordination on a university-wide basis. Dean Austin said. The com mittee and Dean Austin be lieve the university - wide approach through a central office would focus more attention on honors and boost development. The coordinator would help the college by serving in part as a communicator of what is good in programs of each college at Ohio State and in other univer sities. His office also would be a source for research materials. As part of the plan to step up recruitment of top students, the committee rec ommends publication of a single brochure outlining 1 o w e r-class mestizos of Spanish-Indian descent com prised the largest group of colonists. What motivates these people to sever home ties and move to an entirely new environment? AGRICULTURE Stewart stated that it is almost impossible for the Andean highlands to ade quately meet the agri cultural needs of the rap idly expanding population. "As the population in creases in Latin America, per capita food consump tion declines," added Ste wart. The people of the Andes are now subject to inten separate courts may be held in each of the resident halls and one may function for all sorority cases. The charter of the Sandoz Hall AWS Pilot Court states that the pilot court shall serve in the capacity of the present AWS Judicial Court. It will be invested with the power to make decisions covering violations of AWS rules as outlined in the AWS Handbook. Seven women will serve on the court. The ASRA vice-president from Sandoz Hall will serve as chair man of the court. Other members will include: two NIRA, which has been un der consideration for the past five years, is expected to boost the number of en tries in the 1968 NU Rodeo, he predicted. "National member ship will allow us to enter more rodeos and thus en able more club members to participate." he said. The NIRA district which the NU Club joined also in cludes colleges and univer sities in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and all of Nebraska east of the panhandle area. Other eligible Nebraska colleges in this district Focuses Program honors programs at Ohio State. Plans For '67 The committee hopes to plans for facilitating the transfer of honors students from one college to anoth er, and to work out means for accurate reporting of proceed during 1967-68 on the demand for honors sec tions and courses within colleges. The new program would include plans for stepping up recruitment, developing a pattern of common hous ing for honors students and some type of honors desig nation concerning courses, grades and students with the registrar office. The committee wants to establish guidelines for new honors programs to height en the likelihood of a single, strong-university-wide ap proach. These would include plans for the operation, con tinuing evaluation, and rec ommendations for the modi fication of such programs. Teaching Applications Available Applications for persons who intend to enroll for student teaching second semester are now available and must be returned by Oct. 1. Students, who will teach on the secondary level, can pick up their applications in Room 216 in University High. Elementary education majors, who will be student teaching second semester, may obtain applications in room 202 Teachers College, according to Dr. Russell W. McCreight, professor of ele mentary student teachers. The applications must be returued to these respec tive offices. sive population pressures coupled with a deterioration in agricultural production, he said. SLUMS As a result, people mi grate to cities, where their economic plight forces them to become slum-dwellers. Stewart said that the indus trial revolution has not oc curred fast enough to pro vide jobs for the incoming population. Consequently, some of the people from the Andean highlands of Ecuador have chosed to start new lives as agricultural pioneers in the Amazon basin, he said. COLONISTS On his own for most of Court residents elected in the spring ASRA election; one floor vice-president and one Sandoz Hall AWS repre- sentative elected by the Vice-Presidents' Council and AWS Representatives' Council respectively. One student assistant ap- pointed by the resident director and one member of the AWS Judicial Court ap pointed by the AWS execu tive board will also partici pate. Either a graduate assis tant or the resident director will serve as advisor to the group. She will not have voting privileges. would include Hiram Scott and Scottsbluff Junior Col lege. OPPORTUNITY GROWS "This new affiliation will give us a greater opportun ity for national recogni tion." Cunningham said. The club membership in volves $30 in yearly dues to NIRA. Individual mem bers are required to pay $26 per year in dues and insurance, Cunningham said. Club members who do not wish to join NIRA may participate in the "home" rodeo sponsored each April in Lincoln for a $5 entry fee, in addition to the us ual $15 entry fee for men's events and $10 for most girls events, he continued. STOCK APPROVED Under NIRA regulations, one more event is added to rodeo competition, Boys Ribbon Roping. The association must also approve the stock contractor used at all NIRA rodeos. It is anticipated, however, that approval would be granted for Art Fritcher, Iowa contractor who has furnished stock for the NU rodeo for several years, to continue in the fu ture, Cunningham said. Thai Radio Now Gives U.S. Line Sakhol Nakorn, Thailand (UPD It used to be that the only radio stations you could hear in this part of the coun try came from Hanoi and Pe ing, but the United States has fixed that. A 50,000-watt transmitter has been installed here at Sakhol Nakorn. It was turned over to the Thai national se curity command by Norman B. Hannah, the deputy chief of the U.S. Mission, last month. Another transmitter 20 timet at powerful me mil lion watts is going np far ther south, near Bangkok. In an area where the num ber of radio receivers hag roughly doubled since 1964, this could be an important step forward in efforts to reach the peasants in this 300 air miles northeast of Bangkok. Whether it will work out (hat way depends on the ex tent to which American ad visers are able to encourage the Thais to make effective use of this new propaganda tool. The new station, dubbed simply "909" (for King BhumiboL ninth in the Chakri dynasty, and Buddhist y e a r 2509), is as big and powerful as clear channel American ! stations. , . The station is being run by the Security Command with the advice and counsel of Lou Steed, 47, of Honolulu, a U.S. Information Service broadcaster. v: f Vv illlllf III f IllJIf lllllllf f f tllilf lllllllf IIIIIIIlltlVliaillllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIlIllltlltBlltlMIMIITIIMIIIIIlltllf Blf tlll ASUN Plans Tax Structure) For Budget I I 1 Future funding of ASUN "will move into a tax-like structure," President Dick Schulze told the Senate meeting Wednesday in pre senting this year's proposed budget. He said the Senate will discuss the budget item-by-item next week. The budget utilizes a new fund-raising approach in expanding pro posed appropriations from $3,600 to $9,600. In past years ASUN has "solely budgeted by pro gram," Schulze explained. Appropriations for each pro gram had to be approved by a faculty committee and assessed as a part of stu dent fees. FEES EARMARKED This year 30 cents from each student's fees will be earmarked for ASUN pro grams. "Thus our revenue procurement is very simil ar to a tax." Schulze said. "If ASUN feels it needs more revenue it can adjust this 30 cents per student al lotment in the future," he added. - Schulze said if such al terations in the "tax" are needed in coming years, they should be approved by Program Program Cost Model United Nations ....$1,800.00 Special Project 350.00 Faculty Evaluation '68 .... 1,000.00 Leadership Conference ... 500.00 Executive Salaries 1.300.00 Secretarial Salary 1.700.00 Expense Account 1,600.00 Office Expenses 1.000.00 Debt Retirement 500.00 Dues 250.00 General Fund 400.00 Election 1.000.00 TOTAL .. Supplement Appropriation for '66-'67 Dr. Schmehl Appointed To Head Grad Research Several new administra tive heads have been ap pointed to University posi tions this semester accord ing to Ken Keller, assistant director of public relations. Dr. Francis L. Schmehl became the University's first director of research sen-ices in the Graduate College July 1. Keller explained that Dr. Schmehl will be in charge of seeking maximum sup port from federal and pri vate sources for research. FULL TIME JOB This job was previously the responsibility of the dean of the Graduate Col lege, who was also a "re search administrator", he said. "A full time staff po sition has been set up for some time, but it was not Have You Furnished Your Apartment in "Modern Poverty?" Have You Had It Up To Here With "Furnished Apartments?" V RENT: One Bedroom decorator-coordinated Furniture for $25.50 monthly plus tax. LEASE: One Bedroom decorator-coordinated Furni ture for $21.50 monthly plus tax. See All the Choices Available at . . . INTERIORS DIVERSIFIED 1230 South St Open 10-6 10-4 From Amazonian Researc the trek, Stewart occasion ally met a colonist who would offer to guide him to a settlemnet. Home base for supplies was Puyo, a community in northcentral Ecuador. Because roads were scarce, and travel by horseback over the hilly, muddy terrain was consid ered extremely dangerous, Stewart covered many miles on foot. DISTRUST He revealed that one half of the colonists he inter viewed were illiterate. The professor found their gen eral attitude towards him in the beginning was one of distrust. He said the a general referendum vote of the student body. SECRETARY NEW Among the major in creases proposed for this year's budget are appropri ations for a secretarial sal ary, executive salaries, elections and new pro grams. The executive salaries are an innovation approved by last year's Senate. Un der the new arrangement the president will receive $500 annually and each of the vice presidents will be paid $400. Schulze also proposed that $1,000 be spent to compu terize this year's ASUN and Homecoming Elections. ACCOUNTS NEW Allocations for a full-time secretary were necessitated by the conversion of ASUN to an "expense account" op eration. The secretary will receive a salary of "$1,700 annually. Several proposed proj ects, including the Model United Nations session slated for December, ac counted for $850 of the pro posed expenditures. The Senate must also pay over $1,000 in debts incurred in recent years, Schulze noted. ASUN Other Budget Revenue Appropri Sources ations $1,300.00 $ 500.00 350.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 1,300.00 1,700.00 1,600.00 1,000.00 500.00 250.00 400.00 1.000.00 $9,600.00 $ 591.00 filled until last July," he added. Before joining the Uni versity staff, Schmehl was chief of a branch of the Division of Research Facil ities and Resources of the National Institute of Health. He conducted cancer chemotherapy research for the ftational Cancer Insti tute at Bethesda. Maryland from 1955 to 1956. He has published widely and was assistant editor of the Jour nal of Organic Chemistry from 1948 to 1956. Keller announced that Roberto Esquenazi - Mayo has been appointed direc tor of the new Institute of Lating American Studies. The Institute will be housed in Seaton Hall. Ftione 432-8851 Mon--Fri. Sat greater part of his time was spent in attempting to gain their confidence. Crude thatched huts pro vide shelter for the colo nists. Stewart explained the. tropical climate does not require elaborate hous ing, but he questioned the success of the settlements when he met colonists who had been living in the huts for fifteen years. The problem, according to the professor, is a need for the colonists to work out their difficulties ration ally. Farming and cattle rais ing provide the basis of survival for the colonists. The sociology and philos ophy . departments will be housed in Seaton Hall, a wing of Selleck Quadrangle, this year due to overcrowd ing in their former office buildings, according to Al an Bates, chairman of the sociology department. Bates said that Seaton Hall has proved to be much quieter and more private. The hall was vacated to serve the two departments for only a year, Robert IFC Discusses Wildcat Rush Fraternity rush programs were the main topic of dis cussion at the first Inter fraternity Council meeting Wednesday evening. IFC reported that 593 men pledged during rush week this year. That figure in cludes 176 who were taken during the summer in the newly initiated wildcat rush program. Jerry Olson, IFC treasur er, noted that the number of men who went through rush week and did not pledge constituted the smallest percentage of par ticipants in the last five years. PERCENTAGE UP "T h e percentage of pledges is 10 more than last year," Gene Hohensee, president of IFC, added. Hohensee said in an inter view after the meeting that he felt the improvement was due to several factors. "I think it's a combina tion of wildcat rush, IFC's summer orientation pro gram, which was carried out in conjunction with the University summer orienta tion program, and the changing environment of fraternities," he said. Hohensee said he felt that fraternities rushed more vigorously last summer be cause of wildcat rush. 'TIME SHORT' Wildcat rush was dis cussed during most of the meeting. IFC Rush Chair man John Pershing said that some fraternity rush chairmen felt that there was not enough time in the sum mer to conduct wildcat rush. "They had to rush for wild cat pledging and after that they had to start all over and rush for rush week." Charles Langhoff added that wildcat rush cost the houses more money. He al so felt that wild cat was un fair to the rushee. 'RUSH UNFAIR' A representative of Kap- You're Enief 25 tzt yea drive lls mi expert. Why should yon have to pay extra for four car iascrsnce? Sentry says you may not have to. A simple questionnaire could save you up to $50 or more. Call the Sentry man for fast facts. GENE L. CEDERDAHL 423-8497 SENTRY fr INSURANCE Stewart said the beef indus try is not presently well organized in Ecuador. However, he believes the cattle inJustry could provide an excellent means of economic growth for the colonies. RIGORS Coming from a mountain environment with an alti tude of nine thousand feet, he said, the colonists have adapted themselves quite well to the rigors of the humid Amazon basin. Stewart noted a spirit of cooperation among the col onists. Whenever a settle ment needs help with a building project., the lead ers call a "minga", or town Seaton To House Section Heads Dewey chairman of the philosophy depart ment said. CONDITIONS CROWDED "Our department is scheduled to move into the new office and classroom building under construction between Burnett and Bes sey Halls," Dewey said. Crowded conditions in Burnett Hall made it nec essary for the philosophy department to be relocated. "If we had stayed in pa Sigma fraternity said he thought wildcat rush was unfair to the small town rushee who knows very lit tle about fraternities and might be rushed exclusive ly by one house before pledging in wildcat rush. Joe Carroway, IFC vice president disagreed that wildcat rush was unfair to the rushee citing the fact that only one wildcat pledge had depledged. He added that he thought it was ben eficial to fraternities since it reduced the pressure to pledge a large number of men during rush week. Charles Baxter added that it is too early to judge the effectiveness of wildcat rush. HOUSES APPROVE Hohensee called for a straw vote to determine how Pledges (Rash Week and Wildcat Pledges per bouse as of September 13. fimires released by the Interfraternity Coun cil.) Rl'sn WEEK PLEDGES 13 IS 7 IB 40 .10 2J 14 14 18 17 12 21 10 20 I 2S 20 21 21 6 11 II 14 11 I WILDCAT FRATERNITY PLEDGES Acacia 3 Alpha Gamma Rho 7 Alpha Gamma Sigma 10 Alpha Tau Omega . . I Beta Sigma Psi . ... Beta Theta Pi 4 Chi Phi 10 Delta Sigma Phi ... S Delta Tau Delta .... I Delta Upsilon I Farmhouse 10 Kappa Sigma Phi Delta Theta .... 4 Phi Gamma Delta .10 Phi Kappa Psi . . . 10 Pi Kappa Phi 1 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1 Sigma Chi 4 Sigma Nu 3 Sigma Phi Epsilon 4 Tau Kappa Epsilon 10 Theta CM 6 Theta XI 10 Triangle ...9 Zeta Beta Tau 6 Sigma Alpha Mu ..10 17 THE BCCK S70&2 IS KOW rZATUX.G THE ONE EOOK YOU'LL USE FOR ALL COURSES! Save yourself from crippling errors in reports and theme writing. Save time and avoid die tedium of correcting mistakes. Equip yourself now with a permanent lifesaver by buying the one desk dictionary that won't let you down. It's Webster's Seventh New Collegiate re quired or recommended by your English department. 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Burnett this year, we would have had to put as many as four persons in one of fice," Dewey said. OFFICES PROVIDED Seaton Hall provides about 24 offices and two classrooms in the base ment. Four rooms on the third floor serve as an office for Roberto Esquenazi - Mayo, chairman of the Institute for Latin American and In ternational Studies. many houses approved of wildcat rush and a majori ty voted in favor of it. IFC granted permission to Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity to pledge sit men on a waiv er and to imitate one man on a waiver. Zeta Beta Tau was also granted permis sion to pledge nine men on waivers. Hohensee also announced that the IFC report on de ferred rush will be com pleted and distributed by next week. University Debaters Recruiting The University debate squad recruitment and or ganizational meeting will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday Rm. 103c Temple Building. The meeting is open to all undergraduate students interested in joining the squad, according to Don Olson, debate coach. Ol son said any student who wants to join the squad can regardless of past ex perience in debate. The national college de bate question for the year, Olson said, is "Resolved that the federal govern ment should guarantee a minimum annual cash in come to all citizens." Olson said the University squad is scheduled for 17 meets during the year. I 2 V 5 k 1 . V if.' 1 1' If 1 ,5 yv, i.:,'l ST . I h -J1 - . i::V- a . '-.-rj. s. 2 : AT h t I. ,1 . if! ?
