Fairgoers look back
Arsenal Museum displays Nebraska history
By Chris Carroll
Staff Reporter
More than 10,000 people
stopped at the Nebraska State Ar
senal Museum last week to take a
historic look at memories from
U.S. wars and Nebraskans who
took part in them, according to Lt.
Col. Larry Lade of the National
Guard.
The crowd was lured to the
museum by its location on 17th and
: Court streets, near the entrance of
; the Nebraska State Fair. The mu
. scum was free of charge and open
to the public while the fair was in
progress.
The museum has been open
since 1980 and is an off-shoot of
the Nebraska National Guard His
torical Society, according to Lt.
Col. Leonard Krenk, Nebraska
military public relations officer.
The efforts of more than 3,500
Nebraskans of the 134th
National Guard infantry who
helped free France and other Euro
pean countries from German occu
pation is documented at the mu
seum, said Lade, the museum’s
curator.
Accomplishments by individ
ual Nebraskans, Lade said, arc
featured in the museum.
An artifact of historical signifi
cance, although not related to
Nebraskans, is the Snaphauncc
rifle. Lade said. It was a weapon
brought over by the pilgrims
around 1613 and used for protec
tion on the Plymouth Plantation, he
said.
The rifle has been authenticated
by the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington D.C., Lade said.
Lade said he offered informa
tion on many of the artifacts that
helped bring them to life, including
the knives issued to soldiers in
World War II.
Apparently, Lade said, a con
scientious objector from Geneva
was one of many who hand-made
the knives.
The museum also features two
paintings, which are on loan. One is
from the private collection of
Adolph Hitler, he said.
Other artifacts and significant
historical figures are displayed in
the museum.
Many people commented on the
artifacts, Lade said. Some of them
said they helped make the muni
tions, he said.
Groups and individuals wanting
to view the museum in the off
season, free of charge, can make an
appointment by contacting Krenk
at 473-1124.
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Minority retainment
a problem, faculty say
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cilities,” Ramsay said.
He said his research was stagnant
before he left UNL.
Since his return, “they made the
atmosphere more conducive for re
search,” Ramsay said.
Ramsay said he hopes to become
more involved in the “university
minority issues.”
Miguel Carranza was last year’s
chairman of the Chancellor’s Com
mission on the Status of Minorities.
“We hope to meet more regularly,
get down to finding out what the
(minority) issues are and making
some recommendations to the chan
cellor as to how to deal with the
issues,” Carranza said.
Carranza said he doesn’t even
know all the issues related to the
hiring and retaining of minority fac
ulty and students.
“Its such a complex system,” he
said.
Olga banchez I appc, instructor 01
multi-cultural education, agrees with
Carranza, Ramsay and Tate. She said
the university must recruit and retain
minority faculty members and stu
dents.
Tate said graduate students are
especially important to recruit and
move up through the system so even
tually they can be offered permanent
positions as UNL faculty members.
Ramsay said things are going well
since he has come back to UNL.
Ramsay said he will continue to be
involved with black students and
specifically the African People’s
Union. “I hope I can influence them in
some way,” he said.
“I guess if I’m complaining about
something, I should stay and make it
right,” Ramsay said.
Voting numbers
down on campus
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have registration booths at the down
town Centrum Plaza Oct. 11, 13, 18,
20, 25, 27 and 28 from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.; at Gateway Mall Oct. 6, 13
and 20 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Oct.
27 from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Oct.
6, 15 and 22 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
To request a registration or voting
booth, an organization must contact
the League of Women Voters, Peter
son said.
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