TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1969
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Geologist Treves to
go south to Anarctica
The chairman of the
University of Nebraska geology
department is going south for
the winter to Antarctica.
Dr. Samuel Treves will leave
California December 28 on his
fifth trip to the Antarctic for a
two-month study of Mt. Erebus,
an active volcano on the An
tarctic continent. The history
and composition of Mt. Erebus
will be the object of Treves'
study. He plans to bring
samples back to the University
where tests will be run on them
to determine their history.
After the project is completed,
he will write a report outlining
the evolutionary history of the
region.
Helicopters will be used to
land Treves on the summit of
the volcano. In addition to
gathering samples of the rock,
he wil make geological maps
of the site and study its activi
ty. Treves is one of a team of
scientists participating in the
U.S. Antarctic Research Pro
gram financed by the National
Science Foundation. The team
will live at the permanent
American base at Ross Island
but will sometimes sleep in
tents on the field.
Treves said that geological
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work in Antarctica is much like
that anywhere else only col
der. He explained that the
temperature will always be
around 32 degrees where he
will be working. "Though it will
be summer there will be very
little snow melting," Treves
added.
All of the clothing and
equipment to be used is
specially designed for polar
weather, and most of the food
that the scientists will eat on
the field is frozen or
dehydrated. It is good and quite
easy to prepare, according to
the researcher.
"Since it is summer In the
Arctic Circle, daylight will last
24 hours, he continued. "This
makes long working days
possible." -
Dr. Treves explained that
expeditions to determine the
history of the Antarctic are the
first step to future studies.
"Once we understand the origin
of the region, we can start to
relate geological phenomena in
the Antarctic," he said.
The department head men
tioned that his interest in An
tarctic studies began in the late
fifties while he was a graduate
student at Ohio State Universi
ty. Ohio State was a data -reduction
center for samples
brought back from the An
tarctic during the International
Geophysical Year, giving
Treves the opportunity to
develop an interest in Antarctica.
Wednesday, Dee. 10
Nebraska Union
2:30 p.m.
Union-Music Committee
3:30 p.m.
Jr. Panhellenic
Red Cross-Villa Marie
Builders-College Days & Tours
4 p.m.
ASUN
4:30 p.m.
AWS Workers Coun il
Union-Hospitality
Union-Contemporary Arts
5:30 p.m.
Engineering Toastmasters
AWS Congress
I p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa
6: IS p.m.
Red Cross
6:30 p.m.
Kosmet Klub Workers
7 p.m.
Alpha Kappa Psi
NU Meds
NU Wildlife Club
Builders
NU Marketing Club
IFC
7:30 p.m.
Math Counselors
8 p.m.
YMCA-Student Involvement
9 p.m.
Nebr. Arab Assn.
Kappa Alpha Psi
9:30 p.m.
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes
tudent efficiency is
Object of NU study
by BUI Smlthennan
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Do you feel that you study
and work better at certain
times of the day? You probably
do, according to Dr. Kenneth
D. Rose of the University
Health Center.
Dr. Rose and his colleagues
have just completed studies
that show the relation of
biological or circadian rhythms
to how a person functions in
tellectually. Using a test group of nine
students and facilities in the
student health center, Dr. Rose
attempted to discover a dif
ference between the biological
functions of a "day person"
and a "night person."
He explained that the test
subjects were housed in a wing
of the health center. They were
allowed to come and go as they
pleased, were fed three
balanced meals a day, and
allowed to eat anything they
wished between meals.
"In short, conditions were
much like those the students
had been in before beginning
the experiment," Dr. Rose
said.
During the two-week test
period, the subjects gave urine
specimens every six hours and
also took batteries of
psychometric tests at the same
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intervals. The tests measured
the level of mental alertness,
while the urine samples were
used to determine the level of
two adrenal gland secretions in
the body.
Before the test began, sub
jects were asked to fill out
trineodic charts on themselves
at regular Intervals, Dr. Rose
said. These charts are
graphical means of
determining when a person
considers himself most and
least efficient.
On the basis of these charts,
the test group was chosen to
include three "day people,"
those who function best in the
day; three "night people,"
those who function best at
night, and three who fit in
neither group.
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countless demonsti ations on
university campusss in the last
three years, has stopped mak
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Company spokesmen said the
American government awarded
the contract for the jellied
gasoline several veeks ago to
another company American
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The University of Nebraska
Spanish Club, Circulo Espanol,
will show the film "The Young
and The Damned" ("Los
olvidados") Thursday at 7
p.m. in Live Library.
"Los olvidados" is a drama
of juvenile delinquency filmed
in Mexico. The film was
directed by Luis Bunuel whose
early surrealist films include
"Un chien andalou" and
"L'age d'or."
Student tickets are available
for $ 50 from Miss Virginia
Shea in room 323-324 of Burnett
Hall.
Registration date
is extended
The registration date for the
Nebraska Union recreation
tournament is being extended
to Friday. All students in
terested in competing in pool,
bowling, ping pong and chess
may sign up in room. 128 of the
Nebraska Union.
Dr. Rose explained that the
idea for the experiment came
from Patrick Horsbrugh, a
former University of Nebraska
architecture instructor.
Horsbrugh became interested
in student efficiency when
some of his advanced design
students were not doing as well
as he thought they should.
When Horsbrugh left his
design lab open 24-hours a day
and allowed students to work at
any time, he found that their
efficiency improved. The
biological rhythm experiment
was an attempt to find out why.
Dr. Rose added that the two
adrenal secretions studied are
known to have a daily cycle.
They are sometimes high and
' sometimes low.
"In the experiment, we found
that the highs coincide with
greatest intellectual efficiency
and the lows with least effi
ciency, he said. "In day people
and night people, these cycles
seem to be almost exactly out
of phase."
He continued that on the
basis of the data, people who
think they work best at night
probably do. The same is true
for day people, he said.
"Through this and later
research, we hope to emphasize
that people not only vary in
height, weight, and hair color,"
Dr. Rose added, "but also in
their biological rhythms."
"If we try to make everyone
fit in a nine to five mold, some
people will be at a disad
vantage," he continued.
Dr. Rose said that this data
could be put to practical use by
students. People that work best
in the evening should not sign
up for morning classes and day
people should not take night
classes.
Ag student tvins
livestock judging
John Jarchow of Daykin, an
animal science major, placed
first among 180 individuals
representing 36 colleges and
universities in a livestock judg
ing contest held in conjuction
with the International Live
stock Show in Chicago, 111.
The NU team, composed r
Jarchow, Larry Kubicek of
Wilber; T. J. Peters of Elk
Creek; and Larry Greenwood
of Craig; placed eighth in over,
all team standing. The Uni
versity of Kentucky was first
with 4,599 points, followed by
the University of Missouri
with 4,593 and Kansas State
University with 4,581. The NU
team, coached by Prof. R. B.
Warren, had 4,543.
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He predicted that in the
future the principle of
biological rhythms will be used
in planning society. "The day
will come when planners,
academic and otherwise, will
have to consider a 24-hour day
rather than an 8-hour one."
"There will need to be much
more research into this con,
cept," Dr. Rose said.
"Horsbrugh has been at the
University recently for the
purpose of planning a research
program expansion."
The project just completed
was financed by the Steinhart
Fund through the University of
Nebraska Foundation.
Crompton
receives
PBK award
Dr. Louis Crompton, pro
fessor of English at tha
University of Nebraska, haj
won the 1969 Phi Heta Kapp
Christian Gauss Piize for his
book "Shaw the Dramatist."
The Christian Gauss Prize of
$2,500 is awarded r.nnually for
an outstanding book in the field
of literary scmlarship or
criticism. The 1969 presentation
was made to Dr. Crompton at
the Phi Beta Kappa awardj
banquet in Washington, D.C.,
this weekend.
"Shaw t h e Dramatist,"
published April 13 by the NU
Press, offers the most detailed
analysis to date of 11 major
plays in the light of Shaw's
ideas and intellectual milieu.
The book was the subject of
an essay review ir the June 21
issue of Saturday Review In
which John Barnes praised its
"new and lively insights into
Shaw's career as a
dramatist."
Frederick P. W. McDowell,
writing in The Shnw Review for
September, called the book
."rewarding and challenging,
the most important critical
work on Shaw to have appeared
since Arthur Nethercot's 'M:n
and Supermen st.d Martin
Meisel's 'Shaw and the Nine,
teenth Century Theater.
Cultivated readers and
specialized scholars alike ar
in Mr. Crompton's debt, lis
writes tersely and
gracefully."
A native of Port Colborne,
Ontario, Dr. Crompton earned
his bachelor of arts and a
master of arts degrees in
mathematics from tha
University of Toronto He holds
a master of arts degree In
English and a doctor of
philosophy degree from tha
University of Chicago.
Holiday tale
'appealing to all'
The fairv tale musical en
titled "The" Rose and the Ring"
will be presented today through
iDec. 13 and Dec. 17-20 at
Howell Theater at 8 p.m,
Matinees will be at 2 p.m. to
day and Dec. 13.
The play directed by Andy
Backer is being produced Joint
ly by Howell Theatre and the
Lincoln Recreation Depart
ment. Children from City Rec
reation will take part in the
production which claims to
have appeal at every audience,
level.
The joking, dancing and fool
ing take place in the fantasy
worlds of Pallagonia and Drim
Tartary.
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