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Saga of a day care
Kari
by CHARLES IIARPSTER
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The battered cardboard box
had just enough room for Kari,
Luma and perhaps another 3-year-old
child.
Hearing Kari giggle inside
the box, no one could tell that
she had never played with
other children before coming to
the University Day Care Center
less than two weeks ago.
The box came to the center
filled with cats to be played
with by the children before
morning and afternoon naps.
Now it has become ; the most
used toy in the center, which is
located in the basement of the
United Ministries in Higher
Education (UMIIE).
Kari had little contact with
other children on the farm
where she lived, according to
Virginia Schuerman, director
of the center.
"After a few days, she really
began to blossom, and now
plays like she's been around
children all her life,"
Schuerman said.
Any child between 3 and 5
whose parents , are both
university students, or whose
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free nursery while the parent is
in class. If the father is a stu
dent and the mother is work
ing, the child may be eligible if
the parents meet financial re
quirements, according to John
Ritchie, assistant director of
the Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aids.
Kari's mother, Karen Payne,
said Kari is much happier after
being around other children at
the center.
"Karl doesn't tell us
everything she does during the
day," she said, but we know
she's a lot happier now."
Only about six children were
at the center Wednesday, but
there is room for 25,
Schuerman said.
"Since this is all so new, no
one knows about it yet," she
. said.
Although the parents must
pick up their children when
class is over, the children can
eat lunch at the center if the
parents provide food, Schuer
man said.
While at the center the
children fingerpaint, make
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fabric and magazine picture
collages, and work with
modeling dough made at the
Center, she said. If weather
permits, the children are taken
outside. Trips to the Sheldon
Art Gallery Christmas display,
the Historical Society and
Broyhill Fountain are planned
in the future, she added.
The idea for the day care
center originated with ASUN,
which then began working with
the office of financial aids,
Ritchie said. Jle hired
Schuerman, a graduate stu
dent, to work witl the ASUN to
find a location.
The UMHE donated part of
their basement at 333 N. 14th
St., and provided money for
fire equipment necessary to
meet city regulations, he
said.
Part of the support of the
center comes from the ASUN
and part is from the financial
aids budget, Ritchie added. The
center was started to help
University students who could
not afford to leave their
children in nurseries near the
campus. The Financial Aids
Department also helps pay for
the education of student
teachers at the center through
the work-study program, he
said.
Any donations of toys, clothes
and educational materials are
welcome, Mrs. Schuerman
concluded.
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840-hr. lab teaches
home management
byPATMcTEE
Nebraskan Staff Writer
One University of Nebraska
lab meets 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
The lab, in home manage
ment in the College of Home
Economics, lasts five weeks.
During this time six women
live together and do all their
cooking, cleaning, and house
keeping. Home management labs have
existed at the University since
the 1920's, according to Peggy
Wahn, home economics in
structor. The original labs were in
converted residences near the
city campus, she said. They
were intended to give students
a chance to practice what they
had learned in class.
Emphasis in the early labs
was on the absolute right or
wrong of situations and pro
cedures, she said. These labs
included the care of young
children, but this portion of the
lab has been dropped.
Today the labs are held in
two specially built units on
East Campus. Special attention
has been given to incorporating
as many modern conveniences
as possible.
Participants in one lab are
required to live in the lab
building for the five-week
period. The other lab is non
resident but includes all the
projects and activities of the
live-in lab.
"Today the emphasis is on
practicing the theory of home
management," Wahn said.
'Instead of teaching the
strictly right or wrong way to
do something, we try to teach
what is right or wrong in the
context of the situation."
Grading of the lab comes
from papers and projects and
on how nearly the students
perform to criteria set up
before the lab begins.
Two entertainment projects,
a formal party and an informal
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participants.
The formal projects have
ranged from afternoon teas to
evening dinner parties, ac
cording to Lynn Batie, a
participant in one of the labs.
"For our informal project
this semester we are having a
Christmas tree decorating
party," said Batie.
One house improvement
project must be carried out
also, she said. These projects
have included making curtains,
painting, making wall hangings
and buying needed items for
the lab.
After the labs moved to their
new facilities several years
ago, a program was established
for married students. These
students are allowed to
substitute their own home
management for actual lab
practice.
The lab is required for all
home economics majors,
family economics and
management majors, and in
terior design majors, said
Wahn. State law requires all
vocational home economists to
take the lab before certification.
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If you care
enough, maybe
you can meet
the Paulist
challenge...
It isn't easy, being a Paulisi.
Bridging gaps between young
and old, black and white,
past and future. But it is a
challenge.
The Paulist mission is to
people , . . individually
and in all the societies in
which they live
... to discover Christ
wherever he is acting
... to be attuned to the needs
of the present, yet to form
a vision of tomorrow's world.
If you are interested in
finding out more about the
Paulist priestly challenge,
write to:
R. Donald C. Campbell, C J.P.
Vocatloa Director
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Room 111
415 West 59th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1970
THE NEBRASKAN
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