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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
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conference
June 29-30
The Director of Student Health at the
University of California in Berkeley will
discuss "mind-altering substances" dur
ing a special session in Drug Education
June 29-30 at the Nebraska Union.
Dr. Henry Bruyn, M.D., will discuss
drug abuse at a general session for
students at 1:30 p.m. June 29 in the Union
Ballroom.
Miss Patricia Hill, who Is with the
California State Department of Educa
tion, will speak on drug education at a
general session at 7:30 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom.
At 8:30 a.m. June 29 Dr. Bruyn and
Miss Hill will hold a class seminar on
''Curriculum Development in Drug
Education! The afternoon general session
will be followed by a panel discussion.
Panel members will be Lt. Wayne
Rowe, head of the Drug Division of the
Nebraska State Patrol; the Rev. Robert
MacLennan, associate minister in the
area of education, Westminster
Presbyterian Church; and Randy Reeves,
NU student.
At the evening general session June 29
Dr. Bruyn will speak on "The Role and
Responsibility of a Community in a Drug
Abuse Program." Miss Hill will discuss
"Community Resources for a Drug
Education Program."
These speakers will precede another
panel discussion with panelists Samuel
I. Fuenning, M.D., Medical Director of
the University Health Center; William
Burrows, M.D., associate director of the
Nebraska Psychiatric Institute and chair
man of the Nebraska Inter-Agency Health
Planning Council on Drug Education:
Joanna Nolle, executive staff assistant
of the Medical Services Division of the
Department of Public Institutions; Ber
nard McGinn, deputy county attorney in
Lancaster County, Jonette Beaver, NU
student; Tom Wekesser, high school
student, and Dr. Edward Roche, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of pharmaceutical
chemistry and representative of the Gov
ernor's Commission on Drug Abuse.
Tuesday June 30, at 8:30 a.m. Dr.
Bruyn and Miss Hill will hold another
class seminar on drug education in the
Union. At 1:30 p.m. an Elementary and
Secondary Education Forum will be held
at which Miss Hill -will speak on "Drug
Education Integral Part of Curricu
lum." .
Following her lecture, Dr. Bruyn and
Miss Hill will hold an informal consulta
tion with teachers.
The Session on Drug Education is
sponsored by the University Health Ser
vices, the Departments of Elementary
and Secondary Education, the Depart
ment of Preventive Medicine In the Col
legt of Medicine, the Nebraska Inter
Agency Health Planning Council, Inc.,
and the Lancaster County Association for
Mental Health.
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Student describes setting up of student
run newsletter at Malone Center . . Page
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Faculty member expresses opinions on
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AH-S'.atcrs discuss change Page 3
ETV schedule Page 4
Drug
Survey of 75 students
defines the good teacher
What makes a teacher a good
teacher?
Ability to communicate and Interest In
students and subject matter, are two the
chief traits mentioned often In Interviews
of a random sample of 75 students.
The study was conducted last
February by staff of the College of
Agriculture and Home Economics for the
purpose of obtaining suggestions for use of
making a nomination for the
Distinguished Teaching Award.
The 75 students were randomly selected
from junior, senior and graduate classes
in the College of Agriculture and Home
Economics.
This question was asked of each
student:
"During your attendance at the
University you have come Into contact
with quite a few different teachers. You
have formed opinions about their
teaching. What are the characteristics
which make a teacher a good teacher?"
The Interviewers Issued a report In
which responses were classified into
three broad areas: Subject matter,
teaching methods and personality traits.
The most common answers, according to
the report, were:
Subject Matter. The good teacher has
mastery of the subject. Is able to com
municate his mastery to the student, uses
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Electronic synthesizer, "the Moog'
purchased by NU School of Music
By Verlee North
"Instead of thinking in terms of
chords, melody and rhythm, the com
poser thinks in terms of sound and tex
. ture.
"The music progresses by periods of
time instead of beat in a conglomeration
of sounds, but you can still pick out
patterns, ideas and notes."
These were the words of Dr. Raymond
Haggh, University of Nebraska School
of Music, concerning the Moog, an elec
tronic music synthesizer named after
its producer, Robert A. Moog.
One of 250 presently used in the United
States, the Moog was recently purchased
by the University of Nebraska School
of Music for $8,000.
Resembling an old-fashioned telephone
switchboard with its connecting patch
cords and plugs, the synthesizer con
sists of many parts including
oscilliscope, keyboard, modules and
recording devices and can produce any
sound or combination of sounds, limited
only by the imagination of the composer.
"You can hear traditional sounds
played electronically, as in 'Switched-On
Bach' (produced by Walter Carlos for
Columbia Records, but as far as I'm
concerned, this isn't true electronic
music," commented Dr. Haggh. "Elec
tronic music has its own definite style."
University plans for the Instrument
Include a new course to be initiated
in the fall entitled the Theory and Prac
tice of Electronic Music and will be
taught by Dr. Haggh.
"I hope we can really do something
significant in the way of composing,"
said Dr. Haggh. More than 20,000 com
positions have been arranged since the
birth of electronic music 20 years ago.
Prior to the use of the Moog, the
Mark I and Mark II were the pioneer
electronic synthesizers.
Mark I, the original RCA synthesizer,
was taken apart several years ago, and
Mark II, built by the Radio Corporation
of American in 1959, will soon follow.
"The reason Is a technical one,"
remarked Dr. Haggh. "The Mark U
current examples to illustrate theoretical
points, shows a sincere Interest In the
subject and makes good use of reference
material.
Subject matter. The good teacher
can communicate his knowledge of the
subject to students using simple terms
and plain talk, and uses a variety of ma
terial supplementary to lectures, such
as handouts, outlines and visual aids.
He shows a genuine interest In the stu
dents as they try to master the material
by devoting time to students questions
and ideas in and out of the classroom.
A good teacher, the report continued,
"presents material in a well organized
manner and resists the temptation to
digress into lengthy discussions of un
related topics." He uses "quizzes to
force the student to remain current and
provides adequate advance notice of
hour exams."
He "provides opportunity for class
participation recognizing that excess
student participation can degenerate a
lecture into a discussion of trivia."
Personality traits. "The good teas er
makes a real effort to know Individual
students and recognise them outside the
classroom, is poised, friendly and makes
a good personal appearance and makes
the student believe that the instructor
is approachable," the report said.
Dr. Haggh operates the Moog
is a much more complex instrument.
By reducing the size and complexity
through different channels, the price is
greatly reduced."
At 17 feet long and 7 feet high, the
Mark II would cost $250,000 if built today
and has been replaced by the compact,
relatively inexpensive Moog. .
Most of the Moogs operating within
the United States are owned by colleges
and universities. However, many top
recording groups have acquired Moogs.
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Will be authentic,
Designing over 120 costumes for three
different plays at once is not easy,
especially when you have to do it in a
little over a month.
Gail Crellin, a graduate student and
teaching assistant In drama from the
University of Wisconson, is doing just
that this summer. With the help of a
seamstress and some student assistants,
Miss Crellin is designing most of the
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by Jim Sandlford, of Albuquerque. N.M., who
plays Antonio in "Twclth Night."
Photo by Jim Dean
Those now working with the instru
ment include the Electric Flag, the
rea'los. ;he Beach Boys. Rolling Stones,
Flec'ric Flag and Grateful Dead. There
is even a quartet that plays and
p rforms on four Meogs at once.
"It's a whole new literature,"
rcmnikcd Haggh. "Whenever you listen
lo a new type of music, you have to
learn to make value judgements. This
will happen when people become
familiar with electric sound."
costumes to be used by the 1970 Summer
Repertory Theatre.
The Theatre's season opens July 6 and
continues through August 22 daily except
Sunday. Three plays, "Oh, What a Lovely
War." a musical review, William
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." and
Arthur Kopit's "Indians" will bt
presented.
The most difficult and elaborate cos
tumes will be those for "Twelfth Night,"
Afeiv dean of
is for experiment and evaluation
The new dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences wants to be "where the
action really is in the classes and
laboratories."
Dr. Melvin D. George, who became
the new dean on June 15, added that
the main action is not in his office
and that he would eventually like to
find time to teach at least one course
a year as well as work as an ad
ministrator. Dean George explained his new
duties: he has responsibility for the
educational programs and the budget
in the College of Arts and Sciences,
and he speaks for the college to the
administration , he said.
Basically, he said, he provides the
22 departments in the college with the
resources to do their job.
What about changes in the college?
"All of us are interested in change,"
he said. "The Arts and Sciences
Advisory Board has been Investigating
changes in curriculum and requirements
for graduation. A college as big and
complex as this one should take a look
at what it's doing and see if there
are better ways to do what they are
supposed to be doing.
"I believe in educational reform," he
continued. "Universities have perhaps
been too reluctant to take a look at
what we're doing and ask, 'is this the
right way?'
"I'm all for kwwing at new wavs
of doing things, but if we have radical
change, we have to be awfully sure
it's going to be an improvement not
just change for the sake of change.
"We need to experiment and we have
to be willing to evaluate. Carefully
evaluated improvements are
desirable."
Dean George came to Nebraska from
the I diversity of Missouri where he was
associate dean ot the Graduate College.
What made him decide to come to
Nebraska?
"The people, the faculty, the
students." he said. "The University of
Nebraska has a lot going for it in its
people. We are delighted to be here
and are looking forward to living here "
Another "intriguing" thing at 'the
colorful, dramatic
Miss Crellin said. The costumes are in
the style of the Italian Renaissance.
"My main source for the costume
designs was the Italian painter Carpac
cla," she said. "I use his basic costume
forms, and, since the play is a comedy,
the costumes will be simplified and in
brightened colors."
"There are two basic classes in the
play the nobility, as portrayed by Orsino
and Olivia, who will wear graceful
pastels, and a lower class. Sir Toby and
his group, who are knights. They will
wear earth tone colors, browns and
yellows, because they are merry and
sodden."
Pieces of clothing in the Italian
Renaissance were tied together, Miss
Crellin said. The costumes for the play
will be sewn, but will appear to be tied,
as the real costumes were.
"It would be much too difficult for the
actors to really tie themselves together,"
she commented.
"Oh, What a Lovely War, the musical
review, will take 18 basic costumes. The
scenes in the review must move very
fast, Miss CHlin said, so that the cos
tumes must be basic with extra pieces
that c a n be added quickly to change
their appearance.
"It takes lots of coordination," she
said.
Miss Crellin said she had designed
costumes for "Twelfth Night." once
before, but would not be using any of her
old designs, because they were in the
Elizabethan Period rather than the
Italian Renasslance.
"Oh Whut a Lovely War" was
originally a pcrot show in which all the
characters are all clowns, she explained,
but. since perot shows are relatively
unknown In the midwest, they decided to
switch to what she called a "Boardwalk
exposition," in which the master of
ceremonies is a carnival barker who will
be dressed in a striped blazer and bow
tie.
The men's costumes she described as
"quasi lion-tamer," three shades of blue
trimmed with red and gold. Hats,
helmets, capes, packs and guns, will be
added to the basic costume for different
parts.
The women's costumes are a
modification of the 1914-1918 line, and
are. appropriately, mldi length. They are
made in several layers so that parts can
be taken off or added for different parts
in the play.
Other special costumes will be made
for the allegorical Parade of Nations, la
the play, she added
"Indians," is a large show with many
characters, she said. Besides Buffalo Bill
and his rough ridersi Annie Oakley, Sit
ting Bull and Billy the Kid, there is a
large group of Indians. .
"These Indians are not a chorus," she
stressed. Each Indian is an individual
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Dr. Melvin George
University of Nebraska, Dean George
said, is the Centennial College. It is
an example of a new program where
constant evaluation takes place, and this
is very important, he said.
"I hope as they discover what is most
beneficial in this program, it will diffuse
to the rest of the university," he added.
Dean George became a member of
the mathematics faculty at the universi
ty of Missouri in 1960. In 1967 he was
named associate dean of the Graduate
School and was appointed director of
Research Park, an area near the
Columbus. Mo., campus, where a num
ber of research organizations work.
Dr. George also taught at the
University of Maryland. He recieved his
B.A. at Northwestern University in 16
and his PhD. from Princeton University
in 1959. His professional affiliations in
clude the American Mathematical So
ciety and the Mathematical Association
of America. He has also had several pa
pers published in mathematics publica
tions. He is a native of Washington, D.C.
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and will be costumed as an individual.
Each costume will be different.
"Our biggest problem with this play is
authenticity," she said. "We are doing all
we can to be as authentic as possible and
to make the costumes stage-worthy and
dramatic as well as authentic."
What are the main steps in designing
costumees for a play?
"The first thing I do is read the play
several times," Miss Crellin explained.
"Then I talk to the directors and set
designers. Then I do research, so that I
can make the costumes authentic. I have
never done research for three shows at a
time before."
After research is completed, she does
preliminary sketch'ng of the costumes. Tt
took her two days to sketch the costumes
for "Twelfth Night," longer for the
others.
When sketching is done, she works on
the patterns.
"I try to get all the actors in the first or
second day of rehearsals, and get a
muslin form of each actor. Then 1 can
build the costumes from the basic forms
and I dont have to have the actors in so
often for measurements.
"After that there are several days of
intensive cutting, and then the actual
construction begins."
Miss Creltlin attended college at
Hanover College in Indiana where she
was a "theatre major doing ever
rything." During her senior year she ran
the costume shop there.
She is now a teaching assistant at the
University of Wisconsin, where she has
just finished the second year of a three
year master of arts program in costume
design.
She has also designed costumes fur the
plays, "the Crucible." "The Knack."
"Birthday Party," and "My Fair LadyV
but this is the first time she had designed,
costumes for three plays at once, she sa .''
Tickets for the plays are on sale at t!;a
Howell Theatre ticket office in Temple
Building, from 1-5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, phone 472-2072. Indivldu i
tickets are $2.00, season tickets for an.'
three performances are $4.50.
Latin America
is topic of talk
Clno German!, professor of sociology
at Harvard University, will speak at
10:30 a m. Wednesday in Love Llbrcry.
His subject will be "Social Stratification
in Latin America."
Dr. German!, an Argentine, is an ex
pert on social stratification. His visit
is sponsored by the Latin Amvricair
Lecture Series.
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