To see U.S. methods
Japan sends farmers
There's no place like Nebras
ka for studying agriculture.
Seventy-six Japanese
students are attending an
animal science short course on
East Campus.
Selected by the Japanese
Government, the young men
arrived in the United States in
July, 1968, to begin a two-year,
work-study program in beef,
dairy and swine production.
Clinton Hoover, director of
the youth wing at the Kellogg
Center where the students are
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staying, said the program is to
acquaint the trainees with the
latest agricultural methods
and techniques.
The Japanese also learn the
American way of life, and in
turn Americans learn
something of the Oriental
culture.
The trainees hosted Burr and
Fedde Hall residents to a
chopstick dinner Feb. 17. The
Japanese students cooked the
oriental meal themselves and
provided entertainment for the
325 guests.' Ikuo Kabashima,
one of the students said they
"enjoyed meeting the students
from campus and would like to
meet more."
Yuje Oda, a black belt judo
expert who appeared during
the half time of a Nebraska
basketball game, commented
that "Nebraska is a very
friendly and beautiful land."
According to Hoover, the first
month for all of the trainees
was an orientation to their life
in the United States. They
received intensive instruction
in English, along with a brief
introduction to American
culture, history and
agriculture.
For the next three months,
the trainees got general
agricultural training on host
farms.
Currently the students are
studying English and t a k i n g
an introductory course in
American agriculture. Topics
covered are farm management,
agriculture Indeveloping
economies, livestock and
poultry management, soil and
crop management, and farm
machinery.
The trainees will return to
their original host farms upon
completion of their NU training
on April 11.
Hoover said the host farms
are selected for their
specialization in the trainees'
interests: beef, swine, poultry,
fruit, vegetable and rice pro
duction, or ornamental
horticulture.
The host farmers pay the
minimum wage in their area
for the appropriate skills, as
approved by the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor. With this
money, the Japanese students
pay for all of their training
costs, Hoover commented.
Not all of the students will be
farmers when they return to
Japan. . Ikuo Kabashima is
planning to go into the
Japanese equivalent of the
Peace Corps. Other students
will go on to school in Japan.
Alpha Tau Alpha
elects officers
Alpha Tau Alpha (ATA) the
University of Nebraska Na
tional Agricultural Education
Professional Honorary
Fraternity has elected new of
ficers for the 1970-1971
academic year.
New officers are: President
Rich Chalupa, Vice President
Duane A. Lienemann,
Secretary John Greer,
Treasurer Gary Drake,
Reporter Charles Runty,
Sargeant at Arms Craig
Anthony, Agriculture Executive
representative Arnold Oltmans.
ATA will hold their annual
banquet on Feb. 22, at 6:30 at
the Knolls. Regular meetings of
ATA are every third Tuesday
night at 7:00 p.m. in the East
Campus Union Lobby.
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About 80 of the 1970-71 Regent Scholars listened Saturday
to Chancellor Durward B. Varner tell them that the University
of Nebraska both wants and needs them to make NU a
good University.
"What makes a University a quality educational experience
is the interaction which takes place between the faculty and
administration and the students," Varner said.
The student and his parents should choose a University
that has as its aim the development of the student both
in the classroom and out of it.
They have the right, Varner said, to expect a quality
education, that guarantees the free flow of ideas, an education
that guarantees the student the opportunity to make his own
decisions.
Varner said that the University expects enthusiasm from
the student. "The University provides you with the opportunity,
and you must make the best of it"
The University strives to teach the student to learn to
identify problems, find the resources available to solve these
problems, and learn to communicate the results of his studies.
"I would hope that you leave the University with the
desire to improve society and improve the lot of your fellow
man," the new Chancellor said.
Senior Joe Voboril spoke to the Regent scholars as a
representative of the NU student body.
Voboril told of changes that have come over the University.
"They are more thas just physical," he said.
He complimented the administration and the regents for
responding to the students before issues errupt.
Directing himself to the parents, Voboril explained that
college allows students to experiment in searching for
themselves. They experiment with long hair and extravagant
dress.
Students should welcome the exposure to radical views,
he said. "We live in a world of change and we have to
learn to respond to it."
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1970
