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page 6 daily nebraskan thursday, may 4, 1978 i Students shift class priorities (( i yon (ifnT ITU Thursday, ( 4th It has been said; 'That 80 of your education comes from outside the classroom.' If you are getting ready to settle down for finals, why not have that one last fling here with us at Sam's. 25 Drinks Ail Night Long! 25th & "0" By Brenda Moskovits Contemporary student concerns at UNL include the high cost of education, getting a job after graduation and finding buddies to party with on weekends. But 50 years ago, "the concern was to do well and get good grades," according to Ruth Leverton, a former UNL student and professor for whom the new Food and Nu trition Building on east campus will be named. Leverton, 70, attended UNL from 1925 1928 and returned to the campus in 1954 as a professor. She is now retired and living in Washington, D.C., but still gives private consultations and works for a church. "That was the nicest thing that ever happened to me," Leverton said, receiving her masters degree at the University of Ari zona and her doctorate at the University of Chicago. In the 1930s, the main concern was "getting advanced education. There weren't any jobs," she said. "There was a strong orientation toward being able to make your living as soon as you got your degree," she said. "It was very much drilled in by our parents to get a job and be self-supporting." Unlike today, few students extended their education over many years. Leverton said there were two kinds of students in the late 1920s - those who came from professional families and those "sent by parents anxious that they do bet ter than the parents had done." Leverton said she did not remember any great campus controversies and remember ed things as "generally pleasant." "The students were pretty self-centered on their own problems, and at that time, you didn't reach out to the rest of the world," Leverton said. Most areas were male-dominated when she was getting her degree, she said. In Food and Nutrition, having a doctorate by age 30 posed some problems, she said. Most women in the field were coming back after age 40, she said, and considered her "immature." In retrospect, Leverton said'I honestly have to say there are things I could have done better," but added she would not have changed the course of her life. Advertisement f i Keep Senator n wmf workinq for you " 1 Ihu ' Paid by Maxey for legitlature, Rev. T. O. William, Chmn, Margaret Butler. Tret IPScdk nil IPDp nfi9 Everybody is a winner during Jason's balloon bananza. You can save from 10 to 100 (free) on every thing in Jason's downtown store. Select what you want from anything in our DOWNTOWN store. Then pick a balloon and pop it to see what you'll get off. Everybody wins I Jason's balloon bananza Thursday through Saturday. (May 4 - 6) DOWNTOWN 1346 'P' St. 432-7070