Tuesday, October 12, 1082
Daily Nebraskan
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5th-graders have
a close encounter
of touching kind
By Dulcie Shoener
Accompanied by "oohs" and "ahs," wide-open eyes,
pointing fingers and a seemingly endless stream of ques
tions, 21 fifth-graders from Saratoga Grade School, 2215
S. 13th St., recently visited the Encounter Center at
Morrill Hall.
As the children filed into the center, the first reaction
of several students was to point at various exhibits,
such as the mounted birds perched around the room.
The exhibits are not called stuffed animals, they are
called "mounts" or "mounted specimens," Margot Gates,
a Junior League volunteer at the center, told the child
ren. And all the mounts were alive once, she said, ex
cept the dodo bird.
Giggles followed the pronunciation of the funny
sounding name.
The children were gathered at the back of the room
from the beginning and to the end of their visit to the
center. They asked question after question.
Gates told the children about the live exhibit of his
sing cockroaches. Several shuddered when she mentioned
picking one up.
As soon as the children were allowed to move around
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Dewey Miller, a fifth-grader at Saratoga Grade
School, touches a hissing cockroach held by class
mate DeMon Wines at the Encounter Center.
the room, Dewey Miller, 10, went straight to the cock
roaches and Gates put one in his hands. He petted it.
Eventually, the children's teacher, Sue Kirby, had to tell
him to look at something besides the cockroaches. He
did for a while, but he soon was back with them.
Dewey said he liked the cockroaches because "they
were pretty fun, and I liked the way they hissed. And
they weren't like any other but that would crawl up
your arm - they just sat."
Kirby explained that the children have a terrarium
of hissing cockroaches in their classroom but that the
students were not allowed to pick them up. The students'
cockroaches, since they are not handled, seem to hiss
more than the tamer ones in the center, she said.
The other children were moving around the room
touching, looking and petting mounts such as an Albino
Norway rat and a grizzly bear. And they asked questions
and more questions.
One of the girls, Susie Ironrope, said she liked the
weasel and the owl the best, "because they both feel
soft."
DeMon Wines said he enjoyed looking for a fossil
in the sandbox. When each child found a fossil, he iden
tified its lype'with the help of Kay Young, Encounter
Center coordinator, who gave the child a certificate to
tape his fossil on.
The smells box also kept several children fascinated.
The little canisters contained cotton balls, saturated with
such scents as cinnamon, liquid smoke and bananas. The
cloves scent gave Ironrope a headache, she said.
Soon it was time to go. After they gathered at the
back of the room for a few final questions, they filed
out of the center.
A few quiet minutes followed while Young and Gates
got ready for the next group. Young said that the child
ren, by experiencing "hands-on" encounters with the
room's contents, "develop positive attitudes toward
natural science."
The center is open during the school year from 2:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In. addition,
six to nine groups a week visit the center during hours
when the center is not open to the public.
Another group of students from Saratoga School
filed into the room. Their first question was, "Can we
touch it?"
Gates answered smiling, "Yes, that's what this room
is for."
x Police
Q Report
The following calls and complaints
were received by UNL police from 7 a.m.
Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday.
8:01 a.m. - Rear window of a car
reported smashed. The car was parked
in the metered lot north of Abel Hall.
1:14 p.m. - False report to UNL
police called in on the emergency phone
at 19th and Vine streets.
2:20 p.m. - Follow-up on previous
case resulted in recovery of some stolen
car parts.
2:44 p.m. - Follow-up investigation
resulted in recovery of a lost wallet.
3:52 p.m. - Electrical malfunction
caused alarm at Agriculture Hall to be
set off.
10:49 p.m. - Disturbance involving
fireworks reported at 1548 Vine St.,
settled by officers.
Volleyball tournament,
swing dance planned
"Homecoming activities have been
greatly extended," said J.L. Spray, pub
licity chairman of the All-University
Homecoming Committee.
A volleyball tournament and a swing
dance have been planned for today's
activities. This is the first year for both
events.
Fraternity and faculty members and
members of other organizations will
comprise the 23 volleyball teams. After
elimination games, 18 teams will com
pete on Thursday. Trophies will be a
warded for the first three places. Both
tournaments will begin at 6:30 p.m. in
the Coliseum, said Doug Netz, committee
chairman.
A swing dance will be in the East Union
at 8 p.m., with Shiloh, a country band,
performing. The free dance is sponsored
by the East University Program Council
and the Block and Bridle Club.
Netz said that he estimates that about
50 people will come to the volleyball
game and 300 will attend the dance.
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