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AAuseum directs research
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1970
at environmental problems
By Charles Hass
The University of Nebraska
State Museum is expanding,
developing, moving and plan
ning for the future.
The moving is to transfer
the museum's collections to the
top two floors of Nebraska
Hall. Exhibits and displays,
however, will remain at the
present site, in Morrill Hall.
The collections, of about
three million specimens were
' at one time scattered in eight
buildings on campus, said Dr.
C. Bertrand Schultz. director
of the museum. "For the first
time, the museum is getting
all of its collections in one
place." he said.
According to Schultz, the
entomology and botany
herbarium divisions have
already been moved. The
anthropology division is being
moved now.
Moving t h e anthropology
division is a time-consuming
process, he continued, because
many of the specimens are old
and delicate. Extra precau
tions are taken to limit
damage to the specimens, he
said.
Since the new collection site
is not finished. some
specimens must be moved
again, once within Nebraska
hail to accommodate con
struction work. Extra staff
members have been hired to
assist in the transfer, Schultz
added.
Because moving the collec
tions is a time-consuming job.
Schultz said the museum is
also planning now for its 1971
Centennial.
He said that new displays
are being designed. "The new
exhibits will be oriented to a
changing environment of the
great plains area, as well as
of Nebraska." he said. Both
the environment of the past
and the present would be
emphasized.
Research
On another environmental
front, the museum is pro
ceeding with the development
of the Reller Natural History
Research Area. This 8(l-acre
piece of land, donated to the
University by Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Reller of Martell. will
become one of a series of
"ecological stations" which the
museum hopes to establish
throughout the state, Schultz
said. The land is located south
of Lincoln.
At these areas, research on
the animals., plant life, and
geologv of the area will take
place. "Classes will be held at
the nature centers, according
to Schultz.
Concerning the museum's
role in the future, Schultz said.
"We'd better turn much of our
research toward environmental
problems. We must do
research in problems relevant
to society itself.
"We iiope to educate the
public on the problems of the
environment, and problems
concerning human beings
themselves."
As an example of the
museum's concern for the
problems of society. Schultz
said that the health sciences
division is preparing a series
of educational displays on the
effects of drugs, alcohol, and
tobacco.
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Escape
Family affair college education
helps narrow the generation gap
By Sister Marie C'arniel Dun
ning Sons and daughters may
meet mother or dad on their
side of the desk during the
summer at the University of
Nebraska.
What happens to parents
when students' rights appear in
bifocals? When registration
becomes a game of "next step
three floors down and six
doors over" played in varia
tions for half a day? When
flesh and brain appear behind
a mask called beard?
Several mothers told their
stories and sons and daughters
added insights.
Margaret Gigax. Schuyler
high school teacher, and her
daughter Ann Louise, a senior,
have both been students here.
Mrs. Climax was a student
during tiie summer of 'Wl and
was back this summer for a
two-week workshop.
Everyone should go to a
university, she said. It is nut
a cold indifferent place, but
a collection ot small colleges
where a student can feel ac
cepted, she added.
.Mrs. I'eg Tuomisto, a n
Omaha teacher, said that
being a student here the past
two summers has sTengthened
her confidence in young peo
ple. She has found them
friendly, understanding and
non-patronising, she said. She
can sympathize with t h e
frustration from what often
seems like poor organization,
she added.
Mrs. Tuomisto said she ex
perienced a "total sense of
aloneness" (her daughter
Nancy called it "non-personal
affronts'' t when her
scholarship check was not
available and she was without
sufficient funds last spring.
Nancy, a senior, discussed
her feeling about having her
mother as a fellow student:
"Last year f was a little
worried about her being
around watching me. Now I'm
glad. She sees my point of
view."
One problem they both have,
according to Nancy, "is the
amount of study really re
quired of us. I don't think
Mother would have believed H
if she hadn't experienced it
herself."
"Then there is the amount
of running demanded of a stu
dent just to get where she
needs to be. And the frustra
tion! Take registration for ex
ample. After three years 1 still
get angry each time 1 go
ihrough it. I know it's just,
part of I he system, but f still
get angry and fuss about it.
Mother understands. We agree
something needs revision, but
neither of us has the answer.
We just console each other."
A family educational plan
appears in the Raul Rosell
home where father, mother,
and son are students at the
University the year around.
Paul Rosell, Sr.. instructor
in the School of Languages,
is studying for his doctorate.
His wife Hortense. a former
high school teacher in Cuba,
is working on her masters
degree. Raul. Jr., 21, a student
in business administration, has
spent three and one-half years
sharing college life with his
parents.
He said. "It just seems
natural." He also recommends
it because "it tends to make
us have a deeper bond of
understanding."
Professor
to Poland
A University of Nebraska
professor of pharmacy and
pharmaceutical chemistry has
been selected for a one-month
visit in Poland within a pro
gram of exchanges of scien
tists supported by the United
States National Academy of
Sciences and the Polish
Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Witold Saski will leave
here in mid-August for a
speaking tour which will take
him to seven medic a I
academies in Poland. The
schools are in the Polish cities
of Cdansk, Lodz. Warsaw,
Lublin, Cracow. Posnan, and
Wroclaw.
Saski will present a paper at
the triennial scientific conven
tion of the Polish
Pharmaceutical Society and
will participate in the ded
ication of the newly-constructed
complex of buildings
housing the School of
Pharmacy of the Medical
Academy there.
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Several museum divisions
plan to participate in a "dig"
in Nebraska in search of early
man. Such a dig is valuable,
Schultz said, "because it en
cou rages inter-discipline
research."
He explained that in an
arclieological expedition,
paleontologists, an
thropologists, chemists, and
other specialists work together
to unravel the mysteries of
man's past.
The funding of the research
program and exhibits comes
from private contributions and
national foundations, he said.
Dwarf mammoth
One of the newest acquisi
tions of the museum is the
skeleton of a dwarf mammoth.
This animal, said Schultz, was
an ancestor of the elephant,
and pleasured only 42 inches
high. The mammoth, found on
the island of Sicily, is an adult,
and is the first of its kind
to be brought to the United
States. It will go on display
in Elephant Hall shortly,
Schultz said.
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City Hall, 1902
Lincoln's City Hall is historical site
destruction faces opposition
by SISTER CAROL SARRAILLON
Demolition of Lincoln's old City Hall
faces opposition on the national, state
and local levels. Its placement on the
National Register of Historic Places late
in 1969 makes the possibility of destruc
tion improbable.
Mr. John Q. Magie, curator of History
at the Nebraska State Historical Society,
nominated the old City Hall to be placed
on the National Register. Why?
"Built from 1874-79, City Hall is a
fine example of High Victorian Gothic
architecture, and its importance is
enhanced by the rarity of such examples
on the Preat Plains. One of
downtown Lincoln's oldest buildings, City
Hall is perhaps Lincoln's finest re
maining example of nineteenth century
architecture," he said.
"City Hall's distinction also derives
from the fact that two of the most
influential American architects of the
late nineteenth century supervised its
design: Alfred B. Mullett (1843-1890) and
William Appleton Potter ( 1842-11)09)
Acceptance of the nomination on the
National Register means "it has im
portance other than just local," says
Mr. Marvin F. Kivett. director of the
Nebraska State Historical Society.
Mr. James Biddle, president of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
wrote a letter to Mr. Lawrence A.
Enersou, chairman of the mayor's Co
ommittee on City Hall Uses. Biddle's
national organization thinks that
"demolition of this distinguished struc
ture would be an unrepairable loss to
both the city and state."
Mr. Wodohouse, professor of Architec
tural History at Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, N.Y., made a similar state
ment in the Historic Preservation,
publication of the National Trust for
Historical Preservation.
Wodohouse agrees with Magie, since
Mullett's and other builders from the
Grant era are rapidly disappearing.
"Even if one does not personally like
the designs of this so-called 'Gingerbread
Age.' this heritage must be preserved
for future generations." says Wodohouse.
The federal government passed the
National Historical Preservation Act in
llHiS. It states that properties should
he preserved "that are significant in
American history, architecture,
archeology and culture . . ," and that
with the "ever-increasing extensiims of
urban centers . . . historic preservation
programs and activities are inadequate
to insure future generations a genuine
opportunity to appreciate and enjoy the
rich heritage of our nation ..."
General Services Administration
iGSA), landlord and property manager
of all federal property has 'guaranteed
the city of Lincoln "every possible con
sideration" if its seeks to make the
old City Hall an historic monument.
A. Sampson, GSA public building
service commissioner, added that the
title could be conveyed to the city
"without monetary considerations."
However, nothing can be decided about
the fate of old City Hall until there
is a clear statement of title, according
to the chairman Enerson. Instead of
accepting the GSA offer, Lincoln will
continue to seek a special act of
Congress that will give the city clear
title.
Meanwhile the city operates a couple
minor offices in the old City Hal! to
fulfill the terms of the 1906 dee4 Tha
federal government will repossess th
building when it is not used by the
city.
Enerson said he doesn't believ
Congress will soon pass the act, which
Representative Robert V. Denney has
introduced. The Nebraska State
Historical Society, city planners and
private investors will have to wait
beyond the summer before one of their
groups will be given the green light
to perserve. to remodel or to demolish
old City Hall.
Classroom for anthro students
mil be 71 states, 4,500 miles
A University of Nebraska anthropology
class will go on the road from July
22 to Aug. 5. visiting archaeological sites
where artifacts are being uncovered and
museums where these are being pro
cessed, catalogued and displayed.
The class, being conducted during the
second summer session by Dr. Dale R.
Helming, will travel about 4,500 miles
and will visit sites in It states.
Thirteen students, all of them major
ing in anthropoligy, have registered for
the course. They will be full-time
students and will receive six hours of
academic credit. In addition to tuition,
each student will pay his travel ex
penses. Carl R. Falk, an instructor in an
thropology and a Ph.D. degree candidate
at the University of Missouri, will act
as assistant director of the trip.
"What we intend to do is to see in
the field things that we have been stu
dying in class. It will be a strenuous
trip but should provide a vital educa
tional experience for the students
enrolled," said Henning.
Some of the high points will include:
A visit to the Big Horn National
Recreation Area in Montana, where a
number of sites are being excavated
by Dr. Larry Lowendorf; to Weatherill
Mesa, near Mesa Verde National Park
in southwestern Colorado, where Dr.
David Breteruitz is studying cliff dweller
remains, and to Taos, N.M., where the
students will see contemporary Indian
peublos, still in use after hundreds of
years.
Moving east from New Mexico, the
Nebraskans will visit the University of
Missouri Field School near Marshall and
will tour excavations of ancient Indian
mounds and village sites in Missouri,
IMLLINOIS, Iowa and Wisconsin. On
the return to Lincoln, they will see some
Central Plains villages and historic sites
in eastern Nebraska.
In addition to examining field work
in progress, the students will visit
museums in Missouri, Illinois and
Wisconsin.
"We expect to see some experimental
research in progress, too, "said Dr.
Henning. "At Kampsville, 111., for in
stance. Dr. Stuart Struever o f
Northwestern University is experimen
ting with new techniques for recovering
data at an Indian site believed to be
four to five thousand years old. Others
are using similar techniques with
modifications, so we will be in a good
position to evaluate the techniques for
our own use.
"It will be a very grueling schedule
and I believe a very educational ex
perience for students, reinforcing many
of the principles they have studied in
class by seeing them put to use," Dr.
Henning concluded.
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