In this issue ••. A NEW SERIES OF CLOSEUPS Meet the Regents on University regents will regularly occupy the left-hand columns of this came interested in the Board of Re­ page; this month's Minnesotan intro­ gents in the 'thirties when a group duces Board of Regents chairman, of legislators suggested that he allow Ray J. Quinlivan. his name to be presented as a regent MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS is one of candidate. They felt he was qualified the hardest diseases to identify be­ to explain University problems to the cause it can imitate a host of other state legislature by virtue of his five ailments. Read how U medical stu­ terms ( 1924-34) as a representative dents will be trained to spot and treat in that legislature. the disease in the University's new The Minnesota legislature elected multiple sclerosis clinic, page 6. Mr. Quinlivan to the Board of Re­ OLD STAFF, NEW STAFF: Last gents in 1935, in the midst of a June, 59 retiring staff members were spirited controversy about whether honored at a special party- pic­ University regents should be appoint· tures, story, page 12. You'll meet ed by the governor or elected by the University newcomers on page 11. legislature. Holding that the govern· OTHER FEATURES: James Ford or should do the appointing as in the Bell "treasure room" to open in U previous 50 years, Governor Floyd library October 30, page 3; Forestry Olson took the case to the Minnesota celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Supreme Court. Mr. Quinlivan was page 5; UMD cooks recall culinary Ray !. Quinlivan named defendant and asked to show adventures, page 13. cause why he should retain his ap· pointment. He based his case for ap· "My AIM as a member of the On the cover . .. Board of Regents of the Uni· pointment by the legislature on pro­ October again, and the two versity is the aim of the Board as a visions of the territorial charter of young women on our cover whole-to develop the University to 1851. In 1936, the Supreme Court embark on another school the highest standards the state can decided in favor of Mr. Quinlivan year with Northrop's Im­ afford and to offer the best possible and upheld the present method of pressive inscription forming education for the people of the state appointing regents by the state legis: a fitting caption to their within its own borders." lature. scholastic endeavors. To Ray J. Quinlivan, chairman of the At present Mr. Quinlivan is a part· them, to the newcomers, and Board of Regents, has held to this ner in the Atwood and Quinlivan law to those who have come standard since he first became a firm in St. Cloud where he has lived back-Welcome to the U. member of the Board 18 years ago. most of his life. From 1936 to 1948 he served as St. Cloud city at­ In 1950, upon the resignation of the THE MINNESOTAN late Fred B. Snyder as chairman of torney. Vol. VII No. I Mr. Quinlivan attended Carleton Published by the Department of Uni­ the Board, Regent Quinlivan was versity Relations, 213 Administration elected to take his place. College in Northfield, Minnesota, and Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ A sincerely modest man, Mr. Quin· received his law degree from the St. neapolis 14, Minnesota. Paul College of Law. He also served William L. Nunn, Director livan would rather talk of University Ellen Siegelman Editor affairs than speak of his own person· as high school principal in Morris, Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor al accomplishments. He considers ap· Minnesota, and as faculty member at Advisory Committee: Members of the St. Paul Central. University Public Information Council. pointing the president of the Univer­ The Minnesotan is published month­ sity the most important job of a re· During the past year, Regent Quin­ ly during the academic year, October gent. "If you get the right man, the livan has brought honor to the Uni­ through May. Copies are mailed free to versity as president of Governing University staff members. Subscription job is more than half done," he says. rates for non-staff members are $2 a Other duties of the regents Mr. Quin­ Boards of State Universities and Al­ year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this livan outlines are: appointing faculty lied Institutions, an organization issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial composed of regents and trustees Union Bookstore. members and administrative officers, Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ approving matters of University poli­ from schools in 44 states. ed, were taken by members of the Mr. Quinlivan is married and has University Photographic Laboratory. cy and salaries, setting up new Entered as second-class matter at the schools or departments. six children- five sons and one post office at Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Quinlivan, a lawyer, first be- daughter. The Minnesotan 2 Examining books from the ]ames Ford Bell collection in the Bell Room are li­ brary staffers (l. to r.) John Parker, curator of the collection, Virginia Doneghy, Edward B. Stan­ ford, and Harold Russell. Note such details as the curved ceiling, stained glass windows, carved oak paneling, brass chandel­ ier, and stone fireplace.

Library ~~Treasure Room" to Open Oct. 30

Elizabethan Room to House James Ford Bell Collection

..lFTER ITS official dedication on October 30, the James Ford ftBell Room, a new rare book facility, will be open for service in the University library. The "treasure room" and the Bell collection of valuable books on exploration and discovery, housed in an ad­ joining vault, will interest scholars, bibliophiles, and antique-lovers. Directly off the main lobby in the heart of the library, the room itself is a gift of Mr. Bell, founder of General Mills and regent of the University. As you enter this fitting home for the Bell collec­ tion, you seem to step backward in time to the high Renaissance, the period chronicled in the valuable books. The visitor's eye is caught immediately by the oak wall paneling, a contemporary copy of the so-called "linenfold" carved oak panel­ ing popular throughout 16th century England. Carrying out the Graduate School. two 16th century Italian inlaid wal­ Speakers: Colton Storm, assistant director, William L. Clem- nut Savonarola chairs; English wing ents Library, University of Michigan, "The chairs covered in 16th century Geno· Specialized Collection: A Challenge to Collect­ vese red silk velvet; chairs and a or and Dealer." sofa with original needlework em­ Stanley Pargellis, librarian, Newberry Library, broidery. The deceptively delicate Chicago, "Rare Books and the Scholar." chandelier is actually solid brass Louis B. Wright, director, Folger Shakespeare from 17th century Holland; electric Library, Washington, D.C., "The Book Col­ light bulbs take the place of candles. lector in America." Designer and builder of the "treas­ 6:30 p.m. Dinner, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Main ure room" is French and Company, Ballroom, Coffman Memorial Union. Tickets, $2.50. * New York. The preliminary work Presiding: Frank P. Leslie, president, Friends of the Library. was done by University physical plant crews under principal engineer Remarks: ]ames Ford Bell. Eugene Turnberg; Winston A. Close, Speaking for the University: President J. L. Morrill. U advisory architect, supervised the Main address: Edward Weeks, editor, The Atlantic, "Adven­ installation. University staff mem­ tures in the World of Books." bers are invited to view the room *Note: Reservations for either the symposium o:r the dinner may be at their convenience. made at the library office (ext. 400), before October 28. HE NEW ADDITION to the li­ T brary will excite scholars and bibliophiles as much as the room material on the expeditions in search we're extremely fortunate to have. does antiquarians. An especially sig­ of a Northwest Passage to the Pa­ It provides a wealth of resources for nificant part of the collection con­ cific Ocean. It contains accounts of students of the era of exploration." sists of ! esuit Relations-reports of the daring voyages of Cartier, Drake, The books will be housed in a Jesuit missionaries in North America Champlain, La Salle, Hennepin, et al. locked vault thermostatically con­ sent to their superiors in France and The search for a "road to Ca­ trolled for proper temperature and published there from 1632 to 1673. thay" is reported in a 1477 edition humidity. They can be used by schol­ These documents are important of Marco Polo's Travels, a book so ars "under the usual condition of a sources about North American re­ rare that only one other copy is rare book library," says Stanford. ligious life, natural resources, man­ known to exist in this country. Many items are unique, and it is ners, customs, and language of the Other examples of early Ameri­ expected that researchers will come Indians. Including 40 of the 41 "re­ cana acquired by Mr. Bell are the here from all over the country to' lations" known to have been pub­ first Latin edition of the letter writ­ consult them. Curator of the collec­ lished, the Bell collection is now ten by Columbus on returning from tion is John Parker, formerly assist­ considered the finest and most com­ his first voyage, and the first dated ant curator of manuscripts at the Wil­ plete private collection of these his­ edition of the letter describing V es­ liam L. Clements library, University toric reports, says University li­ pucci's third voyage. of Michigan. brarian E. B. Stanford. Says Mr. Stanford of the collec­ Under the terms of a trust, the The collection presents an out­ tion, "Mr. Bell is one of the most collection will be deposited at the standing record of the early history discriminating collectors I have ever University for ten years. After that, of travel and exploration in eastern known, and will buy. only that ma­ it will be reviewed, and the Univer­ and central Canada, the Red River terial which is within the sharp fo­ sity will have preference, provided it and Upper Mississippi valleys, and cus of his interest. This is a very has demonstrated continuing interest the Great Lakes region, as well as choice collection, indeed, and one in and support of the collection. 4 The Minnesotan Above, Lake Vadnais forest; left, as­ sistant professor Otis Hall shows three graduate students one of the seed­ lings grown experimentally in the greenhouse of the school of forestry.

tree varieties and plans for shelter­ belt building, University foresters have saved 40- to 50,000 acres of farm land for other profitable uses. e At the Cloquet Experimental Forest-3,500 acres of scientifically managed woodlands under Dr. Thor­ wald Schantz-Hansen and his staff­ Forestry Marks 50th Birthday foresters and forestry students ex­ periment to find better ways to grow and harvest trees and use wood more ALF A CENTURY OLD and Green, a young professor of horti­ efficiently. more active than ever-that's culture deeply interested in forestry H Out of the work at Cloquet, Univer­ the University's school of forestry and conservation. Green Hall, the sity foresters have developed a meth­ of the Institute of Agriculture. forestry building, is named for him. The fiftieth anniversary celebra­ Green taught the first forestry od for treating lumber against insects tion held on October 23-24 featured course in the college of agriculture and weathering by use of a vacuum­ a panel discussion of Minnesota for­ -the same course that is taught to­ treating unit. By drawing the air estry by state, county, and federal day under the title "Farm Forestry." out of the treating chamber, apply­ agencies and private forest-owners; It is probably the oldest forestry ing the treating material to the wood, conducted tours of the University course in the country. and then letting air back in, the air campuses and the Lake Vadnais plan­ Present head of the forestry school pressure helps carry in the treating tations; and a banquet for forestry is Frank Kaufert, who was born on material so it penetrates lumber deep­ alumni and guests. a Princeton, Minnesota, farm and er. This method is inexpensive enough Chief banquet speaker was Henry attended the U on a Caleb Dorr to be used by small lumber yards. Schmitz, who headed the school of scholarship. After graduate study As a result of this research, two pri­ forestry from 1925-47 and the Col­ here and abroad, Professor Kaufert vately owned commercial vacuum lege of Agriculture from 1947-52, did wood preservation research in treating plants have already gone after which he became president of industry and the armed forces. He into operation in Minnesota and Wis­ the University of Washington. Dr. took over the forestry post in 1947, consin, and others are being built. Schmitz was presented with the Uni­ succeeding Dr. Schmitz. e At Lake Vadnais, St. Paul's versity's "Builder of the Name" municipal reservoir, the 300-acre award, and five agriculture alumni INCE THE BEGINNING of the plantation of white, jack, Scotch, were given the "Outstanding Achieve­ Sschool, its foresters have carried and Norway pine, and other species, ment" award at the banquet. Attend­ out many valuable long range proj­ begun in 1914 by J. H. Allison, pro­ ing the celebration were forestry ects, among them, the following: fessor emeritus, has several uses: it alumni and guests, including mem­ e Beginning in 1922, 300 dem­ has reduced erosion around the lake bers of two special forestry commit­ onstration shelterbelts to shield farms, and beautified the area; it is an ex­ tees and the University committees fields, or whole communities from perimental site where forestry stu­ of the state legislature. wind and drifting snow have been dents piactice silviculture ("thin­ Minnesota's school of forestry got built over the state. From this re­ ning," removing poor trees) and tim- its start back in 1903 under Samuel search, which has shown the best continued on page 14 October 1953 5 ,------

lJ clinic trains doctors~ aids light on

SCLEROSIS

R. A. B. BAKER pulls out a folder from the files. D "In 1942," he says, "a woman of 31, mother of two children, was referred to the neurology outpatient clinic of University Hospitals because she had suddenly developed double vision. This impairment lasted one month, then gradually it cleared up. "In 1945 the patient experienced numbness and weak· ness in one leg for six weeks. "Next year the symptoms recurred in both legs. "Since 1946 she has had repeated episodes of weakness, As part of neurological exam, Dr. Charles Van Bus· loss of hearing, disturbed vision, and poor balance. By kirk, multiple sclerosis clinic head,, tests patient's reflex. May, 1953 she had lost the use of both legs and control of her bowels and bladder. At a neurology staff conference, department head Dr. A. "What was wrong with her? Multiple sclerosis!" B. Baker talks over symptoms with a patient whose case Dr. Baker, professor and director of neurology at U is being discussed. Seated, I. to r., Drs. Van Buskirk, Hospitals, goes on to explain that this terrifying and Tan Brown, D. W. Shapiro, Marilyn Wells, nurse Virginia dramatic disease usually attacks people in the prime of Brouns; Dr. W. Hofmann; and social worker Betty Foley. life-from 18 to 35. It hits without warning and generally strikes the same patient again and again. It is extremely hard to track down, he says, because it uses a series of "dis­ guises" which often make it appear to be an entirely different disease.

HE UNIVERSITY has joined the T fight against this mystery disease in a recently-opened multiple scle­ rosis clinic adjoining the neurology outpatient clinic on the third floor of University hospitals. One of about six in the country, this clinic will be a proving-ground where the grow­ ing body of research, spearheaded by the National Society for Multiple Sclerosis, can be applied to patients. Although the ·disease itself was

6 The Minnesotan named and identified back in the dents of the chance to learn more How does the new clinic work? late 1800's, its cause is still unknown, about the tricky disease. "We have already had a large says Dr. Baker. "There have been Much credit. for the new clinic is number of referrals from patients' several theories about the cause. We due the Minnesota chapter of the Na­ physicians," says Dr. Charles Van don't know whether it's an infection, tional Society for Multiple Sclerosis Buskirk, assistant professor and chief an allergy, a toxic reaction ... But and the Minnesota legislature, says clinic neurologist. "Each patient sus­ we do know that it leaves scar tissue Baker. Leaders of the state chapter pected of having multiple sclerosis in the brain and spinal cord which went to the 1951 state legislature gets a full neurological checkup (in­ cluding routine testing of reflexes and coordination) and gives us in­ formation for a detailed case history. "When necessary we take blood tests, spinal fluid tests, x-rays and sp!nograms, and air studies of the brain. This new clinic gives us an excellent start on diagnosis, and we're taking full advantage of the intensive facilities of University hospitals." Through the clinic, U neurologists will try standard general treatments: controlled exercise, vitamins, anti­ histamines, blood-vessel dilation. The biggest part of therapy, according to Baker, is getting the patient to un· derstand the disease and the limita­ tions it imposes. He is told to avoid chilling and excessive fatigue; he is reassured that the disease is seldom fatal, and that while it does require restriction of activity, it rarely pro­ duces complete invalids. "One of our major jobs is com­ batting the fear conjured up by the very words, 'multiple sclerosis'," says In the electroencephalograph room, Dr. V. R. Zarling adjusts electrodes as Baker. "In our clinic we assure pa­ a technician and Dr. Van Buskirk check readings. Because it records the tients that they can learn to live fruit­ electrical activity of the brain at the surface of the scalp, the machine ful lives and that people who really shows up cerebral lesions from infections, tumors, epilepsy, etc., and is care are attacking their problems in useful in ruling out other possibilities in suspected multiple sclerosis. research laboratories as well as in clinics such as ours. That, I think, causes hardening of the fibers, or with a request for $10,000 a year for makes this one of the most significant sclerosis. · two years to pay the salaries of a full­ clinics we have at the University." "The peculiarity of the disease," time head neurologist plus part-time Baker continues, "is its ability to imi­ and secretarial help. tate a great variety of other ailments The legislature saw the need and Darland Is UMD Provost -ranging from a brain or spinal granted the money. The University New provost of the University's cord tumor to pernicious anemia. itself is contributing hospital space Duluth Branch is Raymond Darland, Skillful, early diagnosis is essential plus countless laboratory services. who during the past year served as so the disease can be recognized and "Because the clinic has been set up UMD's academic dean. Darland re­ treated for what it is, and not for in a teaching hospital like ours, a places John E. King, who resigned something else it merely resembles." host of future Minnesota doctors can as provost in June to become presi· Until last summer only a few now learn more about how to spot dent of Kansas State Teachers Col­ multiple sclerosis patients were ad­ and treat a disease that has baffied lege at Emporia, Kansas. mitted to U Hospitals, because of seasoned neurologists. In this way Provost Darland joined the staff limited time and personnel. This, says they'll be better equipped to serve at UMD in 1948 as associate profes­ Baker, was doubly unfortunate: it the estimated 6-8,000 Minnesotans sor of science and mathematics. In limited service to patients, and it who have multiple sclerosis," Baker 1951 he became head of the depart­ also deprived U medical school stu- adds hopefully. ment and a year later academic dean. October 1953 7 The U's Northeast Agricultural Ex­ periment Station at Duluth has as puzzle. As its new superintendent Ralph Grant. classes anc.

Patients at the Health Service are greeted by pretty I Ruthetta Halbower, office supervisor, who keeps medi­ U STAFF MEMBERS j cal records in order, makes sure that patients con­ sult proper doctors. She's been at the U four years. YOU SD~

Guggenheim fellowship win­ ner Paul Fetler, instructor in music, is now studying com­ position in Europe. Fetler recently received the 1953- 54 publication award given by the Society for the Pub­ lication of American Music.

8 The Minnesotan Ausen's job can be as confusing as a Chinese head of room scheduling he must decide which offices go into which room in which building.

Mary Kelly's captivating smile and engaging personality make many friends for her among students she counsels as associate director of the student activities bureau. Her duties include ULD KNOW acting as an adviser to many of the women's groups on campus.

has been awarded to Leonard H. Unger, associate pro­ study possible uses for literary theory of certain terms Anthropology department chairman since 1939, Freud. Unger will spend the year at Princeton, N.J. Wilson Wallis specializes in cultural anthropology.

October 1953 9 Clicks shutters at 11 4 7 years Henry Morris Is Pioneer Medical Photographer

MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHER In theme d i cal Henry Morris has grown up photo lab Henry, with the University's College of who has been at Medical Science. the "U" 47 years, Henry was only 16 in 1903 and prepares to snap one of the three medical photograph­ a picture with a ers in the whole country when he de­ specimen camera. signed and laid out his first photo lab, which was located in what is now the psychology building. A couple of In 1910 when Henry was only 19 slide projects images onto a portion years later, the Medical School moved he scored one of his photographic of the wall that is painted white. to its present site and Henry "firsts"-a color photomicrograph of Several speed graphics are on hand shifted his lab to the basement of the a tuberculosis germ. For this impor­ for publication shots, and a specimen anatomy building, where it's been tant research aid he was elected a camera, x-ray reducer, and photo­ ever smce. fellow in the Royal Photographic metric timer are all part of the set-up "Our photo lab is supported by Society of Great Britain. in the studio. the Medical School, but we're a "We even have a camera on a separate department and do work for "WANT TO KNOW how I be- permanent fixture over in dermatolo­ all parts of the school. We take pic­ came a photographer?" Hen­ gy outpatient," Henry adds. "All tures of patients, specimens, new ap­ ry asks. "Back in 1908 after I had dials are set, and the patient is placed paratu~, cultures, research animals, been working at the U for about a in front of the camera on a desig­ and also do lantern slides, prints for year as a mail boy, Dean Wesbrook nated line, so if doctors want to take publication, color photography, and of the Medical School came up to me their own shots, all they have to do photomicrography (microscopic pic­ and said, 'Henry, you're going to be is click the shutter." Henry's workday is long. "During tures of cells) . a photographer,' and he meant it. "My work is never monotonous," After a year of fundamental training the construction of the Mayo Medi­ affable Henry explains, "because I at Eastman Kodak Company, three cal Center we sometimes started at never know whether I'll be taking months at Rockefeller Research Cen· 5:30 in the morning and other times worked on into the night because a picture of white mice, a kidney, ter, and three more months at the the vibration caused by the construc­ or some piece of apparatus." Mayo Clinic in Rochester, I came tion work jarred our delicate instru­ He does mostly reduction of x-rays back to Minnesota and set up my and photomicrography, while his as­ own lab. ments," Henry says. But Henry doesn't hold any grudges, sistant handles the other photographic "We still have a good deal of that because the photo lab will have its work. Henry's considerable knowl­ original apparatus in the lab today." Pointing to the microscopic camera new home in the Mayo Center. He edge of medicine, gleaned from au­ has already laid out plans and equip­ diting medical courses during his 4 7 on a Ion~~; stand, he explains, "This is a piece of equipment I bought ment for the lab. "We will have much years at the University, is a great more room for our entire layout, back in 1907. It was hand-made in help in his work. "Doctors come in more filing and processing space, and with a patient or specimen and test Germany and is worth $3,800." Other photographic equipment is of course, our location will be more me out by asking me to give a di­ convenient. All the equipment will be agnosis," he says. "Through the years set up around the studio. Floodlights stand in a corner, and cartons of stainless steel, and best of all-we I've become pretty good at telling will be in a clean, new building!" a cancer from a non-cancer lesion." flash-bulbs line one wall. A lantern The Minnesotan 10 U says ~~weleomer'' Newcomers Join University Staff

HIS FALL the University has Foundation grant aimed at strength­ in 1950. He has taught at Yale and T added to its staff a group of new ening the training of research per­ Northwestern University. faculty members who come to Min­ sonnel in the behavioral sciences. Marion I. Murphy, former resident nesota from colleges and universities After receiving his Ph.D. from Har­ lecturer in the Schoo I of Public in every part of the United States. vard University, Riecken became lec­ Health at the University of Michigan, The Minnesotan welcomes these new­ turer in social psychology, research is Minnesota's new director of Pub­ comers on behalf of their fellow staff associate in the laboratory of social lic Health Nursing. While at Michi­ members and offers this brief intro­ relations, and tutor in social relations gan she was president of the Mich­ duction. (Space permits mention only at Eliot House, Harvard University. igan State Organization of Public of those of the rank of associate pro­ Another new member of the soci­ Health Nursing, vice president of the fessor and above.) ology department is associate profes­ Collegiate Council for Public Health David K. Berninghausen has been sor John Sirjamaki. Since 1946 Sir­ Nursing, and had memberships in appointed associate professor and di­ j amaki has been assistant professor several other nursing organizations. rector of the Library School of the at Yale University, where he received Miss Murphy has a B.S. from Min­ College of SLA. Previous to his ap­ his Ph.D. in 1940. From 1940-46 Sir­ nesota and Master of Public Health pointment at Minnesota, Berninghau­ jamaki was at New York University, from the University of Michigan. sen was head librarian at Cooper University of Delaware, and Vassar. Union, N.Y.; before that, he taught A grant from the Grant Founda­ AKING OVER as head of the de­ in high schools, served as circulation tion which will be used to phn and Tpartment of poultry husbandry, librarian at Iowa State Teachers Col­ develop a training program for per­ Institute of Agriculture, is Elton L. lege, and was director of libraries at sons serving in areas pertaining to Johnson. Mr. Johnson, whose special­ Birmingham-Southern Colleges. He juvenile delinquency has brought ization is poultry nutrition, holds a holds an A.B. from Columbia Uni­ John R. Ellingston to the University B.S. from Oklahoma A. & M. College versity School of Library Service and Law School faculty. From 1940-52 and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue an M.A. from Drake University. Ellingston served as special adviser University. In 1948 Johnson joined Joining the staff of the library as on the Youth Authority Program of the staff at Iowa State College, whence assistant director for administration the American Law Institute. Previ­ he comes to Minnesota. and readers' services is Ralph Har­ ously he was a reporter on the Paris Several other new additions to the vey Hopp. Besides serving as library edition of the New York Herald Trib­ staff of the Institute of Agriculture service supervisor in all fields of une and New York Times, and assist­ pure and applied science at the Uni­ include Philip M. Raup, professor in ant to the secretary of the Smithson­ the department of agricultural eco­ versity of Nebraska, Hopp was en­ ian Institute. nomics, Ned Duane Bayley, associ­ gineering librarian there. He holds a John A. Buttrick has joined the degree in chemical engineering as ate professor, department of dairy faculty of the School of Business Ad­ husbandry, and Helen E. Coats well as an M.A. in librarianship. ministration as associate professor. The appointment of Henry W. Sherrill, associate professor in the Buttrick received his B.S. from Hav­ School of Home Economics. Riecken, Jr., to the sociology staff erford College and from Yale Uni­ was made possible in part by a Ford Jan Popken is visiting professor versity his M.A. in 1947 and Ph.D. in the Mathematics department.

Riecken Johnson Sherrill Ellingston Berninghausen

October 1953 11 U Honors 59 Staff Members at Retirement Party

OME 500 people assembled in the S Coffman Union Main Ballroom June l to pay tribute to their retir­ ing friends and colleagues who re­ ceived Certificates of Merit for ten Swapping memories over a cup of punch are Marvin!. Van Wagenen, educa­ or more years service to the Universi­ tion, Clara Brown Amy, home economics, and F. Stuart Chapin, sociology. ty. This seventh annual retirement party honored 59 staffers whose com­ bined years of service totalled 1,599, Malcolm M. Willey, academic admin­ honored with Certificates of Merit in­ and whose average stint at the Uni­ istration, acting as master of <;ere­ cluded: William H. Alderman, Jean versity was 29 years. monies. Hamilton Alexander, Carl A. Ander­ The presentation of certificates, Vice President William T. Mid­ son, Carl 0. Anderson, Marie Apelt, authorized by the Regents, was broad­ dlebrook, business administration, Clara Brown Arny, Clyde H. Bailey, cast over KUOM with Vice President added his congratulations and joined Andrew Bakalar, Hervey H. Barber. in reading the names of honored staff F. Stuart Chapin, Joseph J. Claes­ members. In a short speech of trib­ sen, Lauritz Clausen, Ralph F. Crim, ute, President Morrill expressed the Ivan Doseff, Gust A. Erickson, Chris­ University's gratitude thus: tian A. Fjelstad, Herman E. Fors, "The University-a complex, liv­ Kari G. Gulbrandson, Emily L. Han­ ing community-is better and more son, Margaret S. Harding. effective, its goals and purpose clear­ Howard Russell Hartman, Jessie er, through your energy and stead­ Hitchcock, William H. Huffman, Gust fastness. I salute today a company Johnson, Robert Taylor Jones, Roy of loyal men and women who, each Childs Jones, Eugene Kaar, Joseph in his own way, has advanced the on­ Kelley, Carl G. Larson, John William going of the University." Larson, Rae T. LaVake. Following the presentation of cer­ Harold I. Lillie, Edith A. Lind­ tificates, the retiring staff members berg, Lilly A. Lindstrom, Christian and their guests flocked to two .fes­ L. Lund, Frank Charles Mann, Stan­ tive punchbowls for punch and cook­ ley R. Maxeiner, Erik W. Mossberg, ies and the opportunity to chat with Frances J. Newman, Olaf R. Noren, their friends. Lillian L. N ye, Harry J. Ostlund, Carl J. Persson, George Charles ETIRING academic and civil Priester, Arthur Reese, Hilma Reitan, R service staff members who were Herman Schmeckert, Jalmer H. Si­ mons, Melkor Sletten, Harry LeRoy Upper left, Mark Smith. ]. Thompson of Elvin C. Stakman, George Sundby, Duluth, has five Theodore Swanson, Cora Thompson, of his 23 grand­ Mark J. Thompson, Marvin J. Van children at the Wagenen, Dorothy Willson, Nina L. party, plus Mrs. Youngs. Thompson, rear, At a later date a Certificate of at l o w e r l'!ft, Merit honoring the late William A. waiting for punch Peters, district supervisor of county are C. L. Lund, agent work, was presented to his George Sundby, widow. Mr. Peters, who died in & Olaf Noren, all May, would have retired in June of physical plant. after 35 years at the University. The Minnesotan From ore boats to lumber camps ... go back again," Mrs. Olson says em­ phatically. The UMD cafeteria meat cook, Mrs. Jennie Hellstrom, assures one Cooking Is a Challenge and all that cooking in a northwoods lumber camp can be an exciting oc­ To These UMD Veterans cupation as well as a back-breaking job. She recalls her first winter at Skibo Lumber Camp in northern Minnesota when she was only 16. An accident forced the regular cook into temporary retirement, so Mrs. Hellstrom and another 16-year-old took over the kitchen chores. For that entire winter of 1915 she and her friend prepared food for 22 hungry lumberjacks. Her chores in­ cluded chopping ice several blocks away to get water and carrying it hack to camp, baking 12 loaves of bread twice a week, as well as dough­ nuts, rolls, and other baked goods, and arising at 4 a.m. to make 120 flapjacks for breakfast.

HEIR ONLY amusement was to Tlisten to the lumberjacks' unend­ ing stream of tall tales or to walk with the "barn boss" to see the horses in the stable. And for this job her total winter's pay came to $16.00! A native of Oslo, Norway, Mrs. Hellstrom came to Duluth with her Three veteran cooks-Pearl Truscott, Sophie Olson, and Jennie Helstrom, parents when she was six. Although team up to prepare delicious meals served in the Duluth Branch cafeteria. she has spent many years at the stove, including six at UMD, she still re­ gards cooking as more fun than work. ACK IN the busy kitchen of the perior. The only woman aboard, For the past 13 years, Mrs. Pearl B Torrance Hall cafeteria on the Mrs. Olson remembers vividly the B. Truscott has been preparing sal­ Duluth campus, three veterans of three days and nights spent on the ads at UMD; she averages 300 a day the skillet, paring knife, and mixing reef, fearing that any moment might when school is in session. A chop­ bowl are continuing in the cooking bring death. Rescue finally came on per and grinder have aided her in roles they have followed a good part the fourth day when two scows and recent years, but in actual salad of their lives. Their varied and color­ three tugs released the ship from its making and arranging she is still ful experience puts a new light upon undesired mooring. holding down the job alone. what may seem a routine occupation. Mrs. Olson came to Duluth from Originally from Mazon, Ill., she There was a time when Mrs. Sophie Trondheim, Norway, in 1911 at the has lived in Duluth since 1915. With Olson, vegetable cook at UMD, was peak of the "America fever" abroad. her husband as a partner she once a waitress aboard the Great Lakes She now laughs at the sparse Eng­ owned a bake shop and did market passenger liners "American" and lish vocabulary with which she greet­ gardening for the Duluth Farmers' "Easton," as well as a number of ed the new land: "Yes," "No," and Market for a number of years. Al­ freighters that carried ore down the "Plenty money." She regards herself though still quite a gardener, Mrs. lakes to eastern steel mills. as one of the finest advertising rep­ Truscott spends considerable time at Mrs. Olson recalls a stormy night resentatives the U. S. ever had. She other hobbies, including braided in 1915 when the passenger ship has returned to Norway just once, rugs and quilts and - most fun of "Easton" ran aground on Iroquois and that was only for a period of all- her 14 grandchildren and three Reef near Thunder Bay in Lake Su- three months. "I have no desire to great-grandchildren. October 1953 13 - ·- ·------

U Songs Now Available on LP Record

The first official, comprehensive phonograph record of Minnesota songs and yells is now available to U staff members at a reduced rate. The 10-inch, 33% r.p.m., long-playing record, featuring the University of Minne­ sota Concert Band and the University Chorus, will be sold to staffers at $3.7 5 (price to the general public, $5.00) . The proceeds will go to the Minnesota Alumni Association, under whose aegis the record was made. The cover of the record, in maroon and gold, bears the title, "Echoes from Memorial Stadium," and shows a strutting drum major, against the background of Me­ morial Stadium. Offering 25 minutes of songs and cheers, this unbreakable record includes such highlights as: a group of Minnesota marches played by the Concert Band under the direction of Gerald Prescott; the Band and University Chorus performing favorite Minnesota songs like the Ski-U-Mah Fight Song, On, You Gophers, and the Minnesota Rouser; a special arrangement of Hail! Alumni Association by Recorded Publications Company Minnesota featuring associate professor Roy A. Schuess­ of Camden, N . .T., processed by RCA Victor. It may be ler as soloist, instructor Edward Berryman at the organ. ordered at the staff discount through the Minnesota Recorded in Northrop Memorial Auditorium last May, Alumni Association Office, 205 Coffman Memorial Union, the record was produced expressly for the Minnesota University extension 6135.

Forestry VFW to Raise Funds Mulford Sibley Wins continued from page 5 For U Cancer Institute Roosevelt Book Award her cruising (estimating the volume The Minnesota Veterans of For­ Mulford Q. Sibley, associate pro­ of timber in an area); it is a labora­ eign Wars are currently undertaking fessor of political science, was re­ tory that shows whether land in that a $450,000 fund-raising project to cently named co-winner of a $1,000 area and farther north of St. Paul build a Cancer Research Clinical In­ award made by the Franklin D. can be adapted to timber growing. stitute on the Minneapolis campus. Roosevelt Foundation in cooperation e How Minnesota farmers can with the American Political Science A group of VFW leaders met on best use wood from their own wood­ Association for the best book of the campus in September to see U can­ lots is also the subject of forestry year in the field of government and cer research facilities and talk with research. A fencepost research proj­ human welfare. top University cancer specialists pre­ ect engineered by John Neetzel, for­ The prize-winning book, "Con­ liminary to completing arrangements estry research associate, should bring scription of Conscience-The Ameri­ for the campaign kick-off. welcome news to Minnesota farmers, can State and the Conscientious Ob­ who yearly set about 12 to 15 million The VFW Cancer Research Clini­ jector, 1940-47," was written by Sib­ fenceposts. cal Institute will make possible a ley in collaboration with Philip Jacob Neetzel has developed a new, low­ "total approach" study of the dis­ of the University of Pennsylvania. cost fencepost driver and a new de­ ease-an intensive, uninterrupted in­ sign for corner fenceposts to help vestigation of cancer in human pa­ Arnold Named Head of them stay in the ground longer. Also tients. The proposed building will Chemistry Department developed through research at the include ll beds, five chemical labora­ Richard T. Arnold has been ap­ school is a treated fencepost, which tories, one pathology laboratory, one pointed new head of the Univer­ will outlast untreated posts by a good radio-isotope laboratory, three ani­ sity's Chemistry department succeed­ ing Lloyd H. Reyerson who is assist­ many years. Sharpened like a pencil, mal laboratories, a diet kitchen, staff ant dean of IT in charge of the school the post can be driven into the library, and conference rooms. All of chemistry. During the past year ground and need not be "dug for." aspects of body functions of cancer he has been on leave from the Uni­ These projects and others, says patients will be analyzed, allowing Kaufert, have proven their usefulness researchers to study both the effects versity, serving as scientific attache in the United States embassy in by bettering Minnesota farming, lum­ of the disease on the body and also bering, and conservation. body response to various treatments. Bonn, Germany. The Minnesotan 14 The President's Page- Report from Europe

OST OF US return to the responsibilities of the new reluctantly) are patently reshaping the academic scene. M academic year refreshed and "recharged" in some The so-called provincial or civic universities-among degree by varied vacations, travel to new places in some them Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham, which I cases, or perhaps a type of study or experience differing visited-are moving steadily in the direction of the from the daily duties we have now resumed. For myself, American state university in their responsiveness to this has been the most interesting summer (and the long­ social and community needs, in the pattern of their gov­ est absence from my desk) in all my life. Mrs. Morrill ernment and administration, in their increasing concern and I returned August 16th from nearly eight weeks for extra-curricular student welfare, in the greater flexi­ overseas. bility of their course offerings, and in their acceptance Mine was a triple mission-vacation sightseeing with of larger enrollments. other thousands of Americans abroad; participation in Subject-matter mastery at the undergraduate level in academic conferences at Durham and Cambridge in Eng­ the British and European universities seems still to sur­ land; and inspection of United States educational ex­ pass measurably that on our American campuses, but the change operations in the American embassies in Lon­ huge increase of educational exchange at the graduate don, Copenhagen, Bonn, Vienna, Rome, Madrid, and student level has demonstrated an actual superiority of Paris. American academic integrity, I was repeatedly told, in American involvement in world affairs, greater and many, if not most, areas of graduate study. more influential now than at any time in our history, More than ever I am convinced of the value on both lays upon us all the obligation of wider world-under­ sides of the Atlantic of educational exchange. More than standing and open-mindedness. The British and Euro­ ever I am aware of how much nations need to learn from peans generally are infinitely curious, likewise, about each other. While a guest in the home of the United American attitudes and purposes, at home and in the cur­ States High Commissioner in Germany at Bonn, I was rent world-scene. Any American abroad finds himself un­ impressed by Dr. James B. Conant's remark that "It is wittingly a kind of ambassador for good or ill. far easier to import than to export a culture"-that any nation's "propaganda" efforts abroad will be less persua­ THE REPRESENTATIVE of an American university sive than the testimony of foreign nationals who live .1 is fortunate in this respect because friendly fellow­ and study in the United States, for example, and who re­ ship is almost instinctive among scholars, scientists, turn to their own lands with friendly attitudes and im­ teachers, and those who live and work in the academic pressions. sphere. Learning is timeless and largely disinterested Eight weeks in foreign countries is too fleeting a time in any nationalistic sense; its outreach is universal; upon which to base very useful or valid interpretations­ its interdependence is fully and freely acknowledged. but my European sojourn has reinforced for me the Sharp divergences of outlook and opinion are accepted truth of Dr. Conant's observation. I have returned with with interest rather than with irritation, on the whole, and a new respect for the ancient Old World seats of learning without any necessary or, indeed, expected surrender of and the cultural traditions they signify; a new awareness conviction. that, as former President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard Debates at Durham and Cambridge between the vice-. once wrote from France: "Its institutions of education chancellors and faculty spokesmen of the British Com­ characterize a people as well or better than any other monwealth universities and the ten invited presidents of group of its institutions." American universities were spirited upon certain aca­ I am more than ever certain that the opportunities and demic issues and policies, but always with the clear-cut responsibilities of our own University are limitless in understanding that no complete consensus could result or helping to build in "the minds of men" at home and conceivably be coerced. Those responsible for interna­ fro~ overseas the best assurance of a more friendly and tional political cooperation have much to learn in this re­ frmtful future for all the peoples of this earth. spect, it seemed to me. In the field of educational policy, at the academic level at least, the Continental aim of a Platonic elite and the American purpose of the intellectual upgrading of the largest possible numbers are clearly miles apart. In Great Britain deep forces in the more democratic direction (still unrecognized for what they really are, or discerned October 1953 15 O(;TOBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 15, 1953 University of Minnesota Calendar of Events

THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Subscription Series Through Nov. 1-Theme Show-Animals. Sculpture, paint­ Nov. 7-0pening Concert. ings, and drawings of animals ranging from the ancient Nov. 13---0rchestral Program. Egyptian to contemporary, including Persian, Chinese, (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 African, European, and American pieces. to $4.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at Through Nov. 4--Exhibit of petroglyphs and Mimbres pot­ the Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reserva· tery. The petroglyphs are wonderfully designed American tions call University extension 6225.) t Indian rock drawings. The Mimbres pottery of an ancient southwest Indian tribe is designed with stylized animal Twilight Concert forms and comes from the collection of the University's Nov. 8---Guest pianist to be announced. Anthropology department. (Northrop Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. Tickets $.50, $.75, and (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of $1.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at the Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. All tickets re­ through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open served.) t before performances and during intermissions.) Young People's Concert UNIVERSITY THEATRE Nov. 10-St. Paul Auditorium, 1 :45 p.m. Nov. 9-15--"0n Borrowed Time," by Paul Osborn. (Admission arranged through local schools.) (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. except 4:00 p.m. the Nov. 15 matinee. Single tickets $1.20. Sales begin the Wed­ UNIVERSITY ARTISTS COURSE nesday before the week of the opening at the Theatre Box Nov. 9-- Sadler's Wells Ballet. (Tickets from $2.00 t<> Office, 18 Scott Hall.) t $5.00.) Young People's University Theatre (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Ticket sales begin the Oct. 19-31-"The Emperor's New Clothes," by Charlotte Monday before the week of the concert at the Artists Chorpenning. Course Ticket Office, 105 Northrop.) t (Scott Hall Auditorium, 1 :15 p.m. except 4:00 p.m., Oct. 25. Single tickets $.60. Public performances are Saturday CONVOCATIONS and Sunday matinees.) t Oct. 22-Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers. Oct. 29-Henry C. DeYoung, Korean educator, color film UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATES lecture, "This Is Korea" Oct.-The Makah Indians, by Elizabeth Colson. Published Nov. 5--Francis Raymond Line, color film, "Sheep, Stars, jointly with the University of Manchester. $4.75. and Solitude." Oct.-The Mammals of Minnesota, by Harvey Gunderson Nov. 12-Dr. Leo G. Rigler, professor of radiology, Uni­ and James R. Beers. $3.50. versity of Minnesota, illustrated lecture on India. Oct.-A Short History of Parliament, 1295-1642, by Faith (Northrop Auditorium, ll :30 a.m. Open to the public with­ Thompson, associate professor of history at the Uni­ out charge.) versity. $4.50. Nov.-Modern China's Foreign Policy, by Werner Levi, SPECIAL EVENING CONVOCATION professor of political science at the University. $5.50. Oct. 28-"John Brown's Body" with Anne Baxter, Tyrone SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS Power, Raymond Massey. (Northrop· Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Tickets $1.00 to $3.00. Classroom Lecture . . . Classical Traditions, a new ex­ Sale begins ten days before the performance at the Ticket periment in classical teaching supplemented by drama­ Office, 105 Northrop.) t tized excerpts from Greek and Roman writing, taught by Norman DeWitt, head of the University classics de­ partment. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY "Our Mutual Friend" . . . A serialized dramatization of Oct. 23-"Jour de Fete," (The Big Day), French comedy. the novel by Charles Dickens. BBC tape recording. Oct. 30-"The White Line," Italian film. 1952 N.Y. Film Thursday, 1 :45 p.m. Critics Award winner. "Ways of Mankind" ... The second series of fascinating Nov. 4--"0lympic Elk," Disney True Life Adventure, and explorations into the origin and development of customs "Cartoon Festival" featuring three "Mr. Magoo" cartoons. and folkways in various cultures. Tuesday, 1 :45 p.m. !Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. All foreign \KUOM, the University radio station, broadcasts at 770.) language films have English subtitles. Tickets for adults, $.60; junior admission, $.35, available at the Lobby Ticket ATHLETIC EVENTS Office, the basement of W esbrook Hall, or the Campus Football Games at Home Club.) Oct. 24-Michigan: Nicholson Hall Films Oct. 31-Pittsburgh (Dad's Day). Oct. 29-"Destination Moon,'' American color film. Nov. 7-lndiana (Homecoming). Nov. 12-"Man of Aran," Flaherty, and "Namatjira," in (Memorial Stadium, 1:30 p.m. Single tickets at $3.60 may color. be ordered from the Athletic Ticket Office, University of (Nicholson Hall Auditorium, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets Minnesota. Over-the-counter sales begin the Monday before at $.40 in Nicholson Auditorium.) each game at the Football Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.) t

t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlick Ticket Office in St. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Building in Minneapolis.

In this issue ... Meet the Regents U STAFF MEMBERS STAR in a half-hour documentary on the lab for physiological hygiene to be released l·nion in 1902. From 1907 to 1915 over the CBS-TV network after the he served as secretary of the St. Paul first of the year. Page 3 gives you Trades and Labor assembly before he the behind-the-camera story of how took over his present labor post. the show was filmed. In James Gray's The University of THE UNIVERSITY AND THE Minnesota, Mr. Lawson tells this LEGISLATURE - that's the theme story about his appointment as re­ of a new series that will run at more gent. During a casual conversation or less regular intervals in The Min­ Governor Olson asked Mr. Lawson nesotan. This month's article deals what he knew about the University. with the House and Senate Universi­ He answered that he knew very little. ty committees--who heads them, how "Then," said Gov. Olson, "you'd bet­ they function, how the U can help ter begin learning because I'm going put its cause across. Page 4. to make you a regent." Mr. Lawson A YOUNG AND TALENTED Eng­ refused and named reasons why he lishman, who is now instructor and should not hold the post. Gov. Olson research associate in philosophy, has was unmoved. some words to say about motor cars, Seriously on guard at last, Mr. education, and world-traveling. Meet Lawson argued that he would not be Michael Scriven on page 10. able to do the things Olson wanted George L. Lawson him to do there. According to Gray, On the cover . .. Gov. Olson laughed, saying, "There's WENTY YEARS as a member of just one promise I want you to make Autumn being the "season T the Board of Regents is George me," he said,"-that you'll attend all of mists and mellow fruitful­ Lawson's record of service to the the meetings." ness," what more appropri­ University. Regent Lawson was ap· "That," Mr. Lawson has said, "was ate picture than our cover pointed by Governor Floyd Olson in the beginning and end of Gov. Ol­ shot of horticulture profes­ 1933 and has been elected continu· son's effort to influence my vote on sors Arthur Wilcox and ously since then. Besides represent· the Board of Regents." Wilfrid Brierley examining · ing the regents on the State Invest· Regent Lawson was one of the four lush Red Amber grapes at ment Board, Mr. Lawson serves as so-called "radicals" Olson appointed the U's Excelsior fruit farm. More about the farm and the second vice-president of the Board of to the board, says Gray. One of the men who run it, page 6. Regents which means taking over du­ first acts carried out by this new ties as chairman in the absence of board immediately after Mr. Lawson Ray J. Quinlivan. was appointed was to make military THE MINNESOTAN Known as "Mr. Federation" drill optional at the University. Vol. VII No. 2 During his 20 years on the board, Published by the Department of Uni­ throughout the state, Mr. Lawson has versity Relations, 213 Administration served as secretary-treasurer of the Regent Lawson has been in on the Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ Minnesota State Federation of Labor appointment of three University pres­ neapolis 14, Minnesota. idents: Ford, Coffey, and Morrill. In William L. Nunn, Director ever since 1914. In September, 77- Ellen Siegelman Editor year-old Mr. Lawson announced his fact it was Lawson who was called Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor resignation as secretary-treasurer home from an AFL meeting in New Advisory Committee: Members of the Orleans to cast the decisive vote that University Public Information Council. saying, "On January 1, 1954, when The Minnesotan is published month­ my term expires, I will have served made Ford president. ly during the academic year, October 38 years and five months and will Mr. Lawson says what he will en· through May. Copies are mailed free to joy most about retirement from University staff members. Subscription then retire." rates for non-staff members are $2 a One of the early labor leaders in his labor post is that he will be able year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this the state, Mr. Lawson was born in to go places when he wants to with­ issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial Union Bookstore. Chicago in 1876 but soon moved to out worrying about business. Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ St. Paul with his family. After high (Beginning in December two re· ed, were taken by members of the gents will be introduced on this page University Photographic Laboratory. school he began work in a shoe fac­ Entered as second-class matter at the tory and while there helped found a every month in order of length of post office at Minneapolis, Minn. local of the Boot and Shoe Workers service on the Board.) The Minnesotan 2 U Lab to Star in TV Program

"Roll 'em •. " but the director said most of them You can also watch a subject being "Q met,. p Iease . . . Spee d'". were surprisingly good. "Stars" of dunked in the lab's densitometer. "Scene lOlb, Take 3, the program are laboratory doctors, This is simply a scale attached to a Sound 174 ..." scientists, and office workers, plus canvas chair; the chair, with a vol­ "Action, Dr. Keys!" some of the human guinea pigs who unteer securely strapped in, is lower­ have volunteered for yearly testing. ed into a six-foot tank of water. HIS GAMBIT among director, For the past five years 300 Twin When the subject's underwater weight T sound-man, cameraman, and as­ Cities executives aged 45 to 55 have is compared with his ordinary weight sistant cameraman was standard op­ come to the lab once a year for a in air, it shows how much actual fat erating procedure for nine hectic complete physical and a battery of he has in proportion to bone and days last July as a CBS television mental and physiological tests. muscle. crew invaded the University's labora­ Scientists, says Dr. Keys, labora­ Dick Burlingame, a graduate stud­ tory for physiological hygiene to tory director, now know that half the ent in the school of mines, and one of make a documentary film on the lab's men in this age group will get heart the young men in the lab's control studies on cardiovascular disease. trouble in some form, but, as the group, had himself thoroughly doused Part of a series on the nation's uni­ script explains, "We don't know as the camera ground out successive versities called "The Search," the which men, or why, or when ..." takes of him going down into the half-hour film will be released over The lab's staff is trying to get some tank, staying briefly underwater, and the CBS-TV network sometime after of the answers. being raised again. the first of the year.* Says Dr. Keys of the whole experi­ During those nine July days the T HE HUMAN INTEREST appeal ence, "This sort of project is quite laboratory was transformed into a of the laboratory makes it a "nat­ new and exciting, though sometimes TV studio. Director Julian Roffman ural" for television, as do the "Rube a bit trying to us research workers confessed that the set-up posed many Goldberg" gadgets it employs. Many who avoid publicity and like to go challenges. The lab's long, meander­ of these were specially designed for on working hard and patiently. We ing underground corridors are far the lab. Among the devices you will undertook the disruption of our from a director's dream studio. The see on your TV screens is a ballisto­ schedule because we felt we could tight shooting schedule meant work­ cardiograph or "wiggle" table, which perform a useful public service to ing under pressure; ordinarily, Roff­ moves in time with the heartbeat of the University and to the TV audi­ man said, a half-hour show would the patient lying on it. You will see, ence by showing one aspect of Uni­ take at least three weeks to make. in addition, the treadmill on which versity research. We think the TV Finally, working with non-profes­ subjects walk for 50 minutes so their staff has made a sincere and com­ sional actors brought its problems, heart readings can be taken under mendable effort to explain our ac­ • Watch MINNESOTAN for date and time, the stress of exercise. tivity at the laboratory. 44A.

As TV cameras grind, lab assistant Walter Carlson ad­ Subject Fink again (he was lent by KUOM to the project justs the scale and prepares to lower subject Irving as assistant director), here having an electrocardiogram Fink, KUOM, into the densitometer tank for under­ taken. In attendance are Dr. Ernst Simonson, technologist water weighing. That's director Julius Roffman at right. Laura Werner, director Roffman looking through his viewer biophysics professor Otto Schmitt, and Walter Barry, vice: president of General Mills and a volunteer in the lab's long-range study of the causes of cardiovascular disease. The University and the Legislature - I How Do the U Committees Work?

mittees' most important job was nomi­ hearings on all these subjects, but we 4 nation of regents, a duty specified by were careful to point out that under I the state constitution. Four of the the constitution, the regents are twelve places on the Board must be charged with governing the Universi­ filled every other year when the legis­ ty. On the TV bill, for example, our lature meets. Vacancies become ef­ committee voted almost unanimously fective the first Monday in February, against reporting it out of commit­ and for weeks before that the Senate tee. Not only would it have been group meets continuously to hear unconstitutional, but it would also from individuals or groups propos­ have violated NCAA rulings." ing candidates. Neither group has a direct say in the University appropriation; this is Regents and politics determined by the Finance commit­ I J ~ 10 tee of the Senate and the Appropria­ "Only once has a regent candidate tions committee of the House. (There 1 presented his own case," Mullin said. is some overlapping of memberships, HAT is the main job of the "Usually suggestions are made by a however; in the last session seven W Minnesota Senate and House group of friends or a trade associa­ members of the Senate University University committees? What kind of tion. Rarely does a political party of­ committee and four of the House also people make them up and head them? fer a candidate-we've been very served on the respective finance com­ I Do these committees have anything to careful to keep politics out of the re­ mittees.) So that their members can I do with the University appropria­ gents nominations; and once elected, be better informed, Swanstrom's ~ tion? How can the U improve rela­ any regent who is active in politics committee sits in with the House Ap­ tionships with the legislature? promises to give up his party work." propriations group when the Univer­ The Minnesotan got the chance to Mr. Mullin polls his committee and sity presentation is being made. throw these questions at Gerald T. reports its nominations to Mr. Swan­ Mullin and Dwight A. Swanstrom, strom. The House group, meantime, Presenting the U's case chairmen, respectively, of the Senate has been holding similar hearings, and House University committees on and it, too, makes recommendations, President Morrill and other U ad­ Editors' and Legislators' Day, Octo­ with any disagreement usually being ministrators meet informally with ber 3; purpose of the coffee-hour ironed out- "very democratically," the Senate committee, which is small­ luncheon sponsored by University Swanstrom added, in joint committee er than its House counterpart and Relations was to bring the state's edi­ meetings. Mr. Mullin and Mr. Swan­ more permanent, senators being elect­ tors, broadcasters, and lawmakers to strom present the recommendations ed for four years. the campus for a better understand­ to the full legislature for final vote. "This informal presentation of ing of the University. Other business is referred to the University needs is useful in two In between saying hello to friends Senate and House University com­ ways," says Mr. Mullin. "It helps me and colleagues, Mr. Swanstrom de­ mittees in the form of resolutions pre­ when I speak on behalf of the Uni­ fined the role of both committees as sented by members of each body. The versity to the Senate finance commit­ "representing the University's inter­ last session saw the introduction of a tee. It also helps the rest of my group ests and problems in the legislature." number of resolutions, including give fuller explanations about the He continued, "The University is, of those proposing: investigation of the University to those senators who nev­ course, a separate entity, and the only University, televising football games, er get beyond the printed statement control the legislature has over its withdrawing from the Rose Bowl of University needs, and therefore operation is through the budget­ competition. need some educating." how much money it appropriates." All these resolutions were either Both Swanstrom and Mullin agreed Senator Mullin, a Minneapolis law­ defeated or failed to get reported out that President Morrill's presentations yer, thought the two University com- of committee. Says Mullin, "We held to the Finance and Appropriations 4 The Minnesotan committees have consistently been of the rural legislators used to think "magnificent." Senator Mullin added of the University as a Twin Cities University Committ;]es that others-notably Business Vice institution. Well, over the years 1953 State Legislature President W. T. Middlebrook and U they've begun to see that the U is L--- SENATE: Hospitals Director Ray Amberg-do interested in Waseca, in Grand Rap­ G. T. Mullin, chmn., Mpls., lawyer "a terrific job of information: not ids, in Crookston, in Morris, as well A. L. Almen, Balaton teacher lobbying, but supplying complete as Minneapolis and St. Paul. It takes E. L. Anderson, St. Paul businessman answers to legislators' questions." time to correct misconceptions." E. P. Anderson, Wadena businessman Mullin went on, "While the Uni­ How do these men account for G. H. Butler, Duluth engineer- versity hasn't got all it's wanted from their own interest in the University? businessman the legislature, it has made notable Swanstrom jokingly says of himself, F. G. Child, Maynard editor- strides in the building program. "I'm still a senior in the School of There's really very little anti-Univer­ Business." He left the U in his senior publisher E. L. Duemke, Mpls. publisher sity feeling, I'm convinced. Where we year to take over his father's real R. Julkowski, Mpls. lawyer-banker don't put our cause over it's due estate and insurance business in Du- 1- P. J. Palm, Litchfield printer mostly to competition with other in­ luth. · Peterson, Hibbing electrician terests the state." An alumnus of the College of St. E. Thomas and the Minnesota College of 0. Sageng, Dalton farmer Law, Senator Mullin attributes his HousE Informing the legislature concern for the University to the D. A. Swanstrom, chmn., Duluth What would these University com­ rough treatment the U was getting in real estate and insurance dealer mittee chairmen suggest to improve the legislature in the late '20's. Roy Schulz, vice-chmn., Mankato relations between the U and the legis­ "I don't like to see people or in­ farmer lature? "We need a still greater inter­ stitutions get kicked around," Mullin D. Anderson, Starbuck farmer change between the two groups," said explains. "Then in 1929 I got inter­ H. R. Anderson, North Mankato Mr. Swanstrom promptly. "That's ested in the University's ten-year contractor why this Editors' and Legislators' building plan, and in helping handle C. N. Bouton, Glyndon farmer Day is a good idea. I believe in that bill I got to know a lot of Uni­ F. A. Cina, Aurora lawyer bringing the legislators to the cam­ versity people." G. P. Daley, Lewiston farmer pus as often as possible. Let them see Both legislators agreed that most C. A. Jensen, Sleepy Eye lawyer the University in operation and they of their members have chosen to be L. A. Johnson, Mpls. engineer can't help appreciating its needs and on the University committees because L. D. Mosier, Mpls. lawyer the services it performs." of a sincere interest in the U, even G. E. Murk, Mpls. union official Senator Mullin agreed and recom­ though some may differ with the re­ V. Shipka, Calumet salesman mended a long-term program of edu­ gents and administration about the R. H. Tweten, Fosston farmer cation. "On our committee itself some best course for the University. G. H. Van de Riet, Fairmont contractor C. Yetka, Cloquet lawyer Having a s~ort po~-wow ~t the Editors' & Legislators' Day Luncheon are, l. ~o r., Bu~mess Vlce~Presldent W. T. Middlebrook, House University Com­ mlttee Chmrman Dwlght Swanstrom, President Morrill, Senate U Commit­ Robert Collins Collection tee Chairman Gerald Mullin, and U Hospitals Director Ray M. Amberg. On Exhibit in U Gallery An extensive cross-section of work by Robert Collins, assistant profes­ sor of design at the University, is now on display in the University Gallery and will be exhibited in the fourth floor gallery through Dec. 6. Covering Collins' work since 1943, the show includes paintings, caseins, drawings, textile and graphic de­ signs, and some illustrations for Ford Motor company publications. Collins came to the U in 1944 from the University of Washington. Ex­ amples of his art have been exhibited at the Minneapolis Art Institute, De­ troit Art Institute, the Henry Gal­ lery in Seattle, and elsewhere. November 1953 5 Excelsior fruit breeding farm is University's Land ~

we tell them we are experimenting 1 with apricots at the farm," Snyder remarked, "but we also work with peaches, which are even harder to grow in this climate. Apples and plums- many varieties- are the largest crops, and we also raise I Ted Weir climbs into a ripening strawberries, raspberries, gooseber­ apricot t r e e to ries, j uneberries, grapes, cherries, pears, currants, and some nuts." test the yellow fruit f o r eating. WE LEFT the apricots and made our way back past the green­ house out to an apple orchard over­ looking Tamarack Lake where a crew of men were spading around the CRES ON ACRES of neat or­ Along the way Alderman began to trees in the hot sun. Alderman ex­ A chards spreading out from each explain the farm's research program. plained that many of the crew have side of the highway told us that we "We aim to produce fruits of high been at the farm for over 20 years had reached the University's Excel­ quality that will thrive in a Minnesota and have become expert at planting sior fruit breeding farm even before and upper-midwest climate," he said. and grafting. we saw the sign in front of the cluster "You see, fruit breeding in Minne­ "It usually takes from 30 to 35 of white frame buildings. As we left sota was a child of necessity. Pioneers the car and entered the office, we were pushing west into Minnesota were greeted by three men who were to used to the lush fruit of the east and Alderman, who retired briefly in show us the farm. hungered for apples. They brought June, is lecturing for nine months at First to meet us was professor some trees with them which died, the University of Salonika in Greece. emeritus William Alderman, former and then they tried seeds that pro­ He helped develop apple he's holding. head of the Horticulture department, duced a few trees. Later some hardv who with his staff has been largely fruits were developed, and finally responsible for the 64 new varieties Peter Gideon triumphed with the of fruit that have been produced at Wealthy apple." the farm. With him were Leon Sny­ The fruit farm itself has produced der, new head of the Horticulture de­ quite a number of famous names in partment, and Ted Weir, resident fruit. The nationally known Haral­ superintendent of the farm- both son apple, which was introduced in well tanned from their outdoor work. 1923; the Red Lake currant; the (Two other horticulture staffers, asso­ Latham raspberry, which is grown all ciate professor Arthur Wilcox and through this area; the farm's newest professor Wilfrid Brierley, were busy addition, the Meteor cherry - are working with their fruit projects and only a few fruit breeding successes. couldn't join us on our tour.) The value of the annual crop of As we walked down the road to­ Latham raspberries grown in Min­ ward the apricot orchard we got an nesota is much more than the amount idea of the huge expanse of the 222- of money spent in operating the fruit acre farm. Trees of all sizes and farm during its entire existence. types covered the sloping hills sur­ When we got to the apricot or­ rounding the 15 farm buildings. Tiny chard, bright with ripening yellow Tamarack Lake even provides built­ fruit, Snyder reached up to pick us in irrigation for the orchards. some. "People are surprised when 6 The Minnesotan duce superior fruit is one of the big­ gest jobs on the farm. The experi­ menters are extremely selective, he­ cause the results of their research will be passed on to commercial fruit of Plenty growers, says Alderman. During this second test period more of the trees are discarded. Only years to come up with a new type of the verv best are repropagated for apple," Alderman mused in his easy further . tests. They reach their final manner of speaking, "and pears take test when they are sent out to co-op· even longer. This is no occupation erative fruit raisers in various parts for an impatient man! The results of of the state to see how they fare in the work that is going on at the fruit different climates and soils. An apple farm today will not be fully realized will be proclaimed a new variety only for another hundred years. if it has the following qualifications: "It's a process," he continued, "in solid red color, high quality, annual which nature takes its course -with bearing, non-clustering sturdy frame· a little help from the horticulturalist." work, and freedom from disease. A seedling apple tree must grow About one in 10,000 seedling apple up in a nursery for two or three years trees meets the high requirements for before it is large enough to be naming. Official announcement is car­ planted out in the orchard. Many ried in the Minnesota Horticulturist small trees are crowded together in and in a brochure put out by the agri­ seedling orchards for another five cultural experiment station. or more years until they bear fruit. Work on the farm isn't just a sum­ Then it's time for the first culling. mer job, Weir explained, because Most of the trees are discarded and trees need care even in winter. Ten­ Snyder checks progress of peach and only the very best are propagated for der trees with a long growing season pear trees that have been planted in planting in a second test orchard are heavily pruned and planted in tubs and put outside for the summer. where they have space to spread out. movable tubs so they can he stored Discarding trees that do not pro- m a warehouse during the winter dormant period. After their rest IS Ted Weir shows Leon Snyder a tree that has been dwarfed by inverted bark. broken, sometime after Christmas, they are brought into the greenhouse where they are forced into bloom. The crosses are made in the green­ house- this is done primarily with stone fruit trees like apricots, cher­ ries, and peaches. Hardy varieties like the apple can be left out all year long and will stand a Minnesota winter. Pruning is a chore that lasts from the time the leaves fall through the entire winter, whenever the weather permits. Another job in which the farm crew is always behind is clear­ ing out discarded seedling orchards and preparing them for new trees. In the spring strawberries and raspberries must be planted and small nursery trees go out into the or­ chards. During the busy growing season horticulture staffers and grad­ uate students move out to the farm, t spending days at a time there in ad­ dition to their work on the campus at St. Paul. •.u. Novernberl953 7 At the U for 33 years, senior librarian Margaret Trimble of the accessions division of the acquisitions department, New head of the Physics department says she wishes that she had time to read the 3,000 books is Alfred Nier, internationally known she receives and gets ready for cataloguing every month. as the first to isolate Uranium-235.

Assistant professor of English Murray Krieger has re· cently co-edited with Professor Eliseo Vivas of North· western University an anthology of readings in aesthe­ tics that has been published by Rinehart and Company.

Willa Kear, who has been secretary in the Music for two years, says her hobbies are singing, piano-playing

8 The Minnesotan As Fulbright lecturer at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, Joseph J. Kwiat, as­ sociate professor of general studies, will teach American literature and civilization. Robert A. Good, assistant professor of pediatrics, has re­ ceived a grant-in-aid of $6,825 and Richard Von Korff, research associate in pediatrics, a $5,250 award, from ·ULD KNOW the American Heart Association for research in the field.

Frank Kaufert,head of the School Theda Hagenah, with the U since 1944, has recently been promot­ of Forestry since 1947, special­ ed to two positions: assistant director of the Student Counsel­ izes in forest products research. ing Bureau and assistant professor of educational psychology.

N overnber 1953 9 His interests range from Hegel to hot-rods

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supernatural, which includes telepathy, clairvoyance, etc. (At one time during his whirlwind career, Scriven founded the Society for Psychic Research in Australia.) The Center, he explained, will examine psychological theories about human behavior, asking why one type has been more successful in predicting behavior or in treat­ ing patients than another, trying to discover the logical loopholes in prevalent theories. · "I'm all against the idea, though, that philosophers can sit down in armchairs and dictate the future of scientific theory. The ultimate work is done in the laboratories." JNTO THE STAID confines of Wesbrook's first floor, How did he happen to come to Minnesota a year ago? home of the Philosophy department, a young English "I wanted to have a look at America. I like and re­ firebrand has descended. Michael Scriven, instructor and spected the Minnesota philosophy people whose reputa­ research associate in philosophy, rather upsets the stereo­ tions I knew. And I wanted, too, to get to a large state type of the contemplative philosopher speculating on ul­ university- more diversity, you know, than in one of timate problems in remote spendor. your small private colleges. Naturally, I was delighted to His office bookshelf gives an indication of the range of be asked to come to Minnesota. his interests: Plato's Republic jostles Bridge is an Easy "It is certainly among the best state universities in the Game; a file of Philosophical Studies elbows copies of country and does a commendable job, I think, of educat­ Auto Sports and Motor Road Tests of '52 Cars. ing large numbers of students from varied backgrounds." Asked about his hobbies, the blond, intense English­ He was vastly impressed by the University's physical man grinned and answered, "Well, ask me rather what plant- "especially your airdrome, golf course, daily I'm not interested in. I don't collect stamps, though I did paper, number of auditoriums." a while back." His major absorptions include teaching He thinks the British educational system has many (he gives the University course in Science and Civiliza­ features we would do well to copy, though. "They work tion), research in the philosophy of science, collecting you much harder over there," he said. The Australian cameras, driving and tinkering with high-powered sports state universities, he continued, have worked out a fairly cars, and traveling cross-country. successful compromise between giving a general educa­ No dilettante, Scriven got his BA and MA from the tion and meeting the needs of exceptional students. Stu­ University of Melbourne in mathematics, is currently dents there can take either a pass or an honors degree. working on an Oxford doctorate in philosophy. His thesis Honors students do more advanced and intensive work at topic will be "Explanations of the Abnormal and Super­ a higher level. The teacher of honors courses doesn't natural," and he will pursue that interest this year in have to worry about the bottom students, since those who research in the University's new Center for the Philosophy aren't up to the course change to the pass degree. of Science, set up under a grant from the Hill foundation. Speaking of compromise brought Scriven at length to Working with Professors Feigl and Sellars of philos­ the subject of sports cars. "There, too, one mediates be­ ophy and Meehl of psychology, Scriven will concentrate tween extremes. How, for instance, can you reconcile his studies on parapsychology- the psychology of the parking ease with roominess, power with economy?" 10 The Minnesotan He has owned six cars in the last year, selling each Summarized statistically, the record of Scriven's pere­ after a while to buy another. He recommends the MG grinations is itself rather dazzling: In one year, he has for ease of driving, but for long stretches prefers the made five round trips to the east coast and two to Europe. more comfortable '53 Studebaker he now owns. His spring vacation last year was quite typical. He On his European trip last summer, Scriven had planned took his Studebaker to New Orleans and Durham for to buy a $7,000 Aston-Martin. It has a custom-built lectures at Tulane and Duke, and then stopped off at Vas­ motor and, because it weighs well under a ton, brakes sar College. An accident with a New York cabbie (the very efficiently and can comfortably do llS miles an hour. cabbie's fault!) resulted in sizable damage to the car, but "I don't like to be a sensationalist about speed," Scri­ Scriven went bravely on- by plane- to a thermody­ ven apologized, "however, I drive at very high speeds namics conference at Harvard, and thence back to Min­ on all possible occasions, depending on the car and road nesota. All this in 14 days. He picked up the repaired car conditions ..." (P.S. He didn't buy the car because he some two months later, driving to New York and back couldn't find the model he wanted.) in a leisurely fashion over one weekend. What about the sports car "craze" in England? Last summer took him to a philosophy conference in "Why, it really isn't a craze there, you know. It's been Dublin, a psychology meeting in Utrecht, racing meets in going on for a long time. There are more competing Germany, and the Grand Prix races in England. He even manufacturers in England, and people simply consider managed to wangle a ticket to the Paris fall showings of driving sports cars an immense lot of fun. Christian Dior, about which he says, "I was heavily out­ "I flew over to England last Christmas. It was a bitter numbered- but not oppressively so!" cold day when we landed, and the first thing I saw was Scriven foresees a full year at Minnesota, what with a man driving an MG very cheerfully- with the top teaching and research taking up most of his time. He down! In the U.S. motoring on the whole is just a means confided he would spend some hours activating the Uni­ of transportation, although sports cars are gaining quite versity Sports Car Club which he founded last year, and amazing popularity." oh, yes- he might even manage to get in some skiing!

Regents' Scholarships Go to 22 on U Staff

EGENTS' SCHOLARSHIPS for fall quarter have Donald E. Swenson, senior communications technician, Rbeen awarded to 22 civil service staff members- 20 audio-visual education; Betty Jane Williamson, senior from the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses and two clerk, admissions and records. from the Duluth Branch. Winners from the Duluth Branch are: Dianne M. Lund­ The scholarships pay tuition for full-time University strom, student personnel services, and Jacquelyn Mu­ employees to take courses related to their jobs. They honen, clerk-steno, news service. may take up to six credits and are not required to make Further details about Regents' Scholarships and appli­ up time taken from work to attend classes. Courses se­ cation blanks are available at the civil service personnel lected by the winners range from shorthand and account­ office, Room 14, Administration building, Mpls. campus. ing to histology and humanities in the modern world. The 22 winners are: Mary D. Adams, clerk-typist, student counseling bureau; Dwain J. Caldwell, drafts­ This quarter's Regents' Scholarships winners include, l. man, physical plant; Helen J. Carlson, senior account to r., front row: June Smith, Doris Herreshoff, Patricia clerk, audio-visual education service; Kathleen Ann Cor­ Maddy, Eleanor Steele, Donna Eidem; back row: Cur­ rigan, clerk-typist, electrical engineering; Richard E. Ek- tis Mattson, Don Swenson, Nancy Gehl, Donald Mcintyre. holm, junior engineer, physical plant. . Donna Eidem, clerk-steno, Graduate School office; Mar­ ion Gaffey, student technologist supervisor, hospital labo­ ratories; Nancy R. Gehl, clerk, student counseling bur­ eau; Gertrude E. Giere, senior clerk, laboratory for re­ search in social relations; Raphael W. Green, c-ommuni­ cation technician, audio-visual education service. Doris K. Herreshoff, junior librarian, library; Ronald Holtmeier, senior clerk-typist, fruit breeding farm; Pa­ tricia M. Maddy, clerk-typist, business administration· Curtis A. Mattson, engineering assistant, physical plant; Donald B. Mcintyre, lab machinist, physics: Alice M. Pazik, principal secretary, Law School. June M. Smith, lab technician, surgery; Eleanor M. Steele, psychometric assistant, student counseling bureau; November 1953 Thanks to llMB~s Ivan Nylander dersson had been sent to Minnesota by his father to see if the country Scandinavia Comes to Duluth would be a favorable place for the family to live. Andersson's lively imagination fill­ ed his letters to his father with color­ ful tales of Indian uprisings, fierce animals, and hard work. These wild _ descriptions were enough to influence the Anderssons to remain in Sweden and order their son's return. Reminded of some of the charac­ ters and places of the "Chi-mo-ka-ma" tales, the older relatives verified that they had actually existed, and Ny­ lander gained a greater insight into the writing of the Swedish author. A graduate of the University in 1928, Nylander also received a B.S. and M.A. here. He has mastered four languages and has studied abroad at the Universities of Munich, Germany, and Grenoble, France. He came to the Duluth Branch in 1934 (when it was still Duluth State Teachers Col­ lege) after completing teaching as­ Ivan Nylander coaches Nancy Brown, UMD laboratory school student, on the signments at both the University and correct Swedish pronunciation in preparation for a Scandinavian program. Macalester College.

ARLY LAST SPRING Ivan Ny­ presented next spring to include all Duluth Branch Offers E lander, head of UMD's modern the Scandinavian countries. Besides Master of Arts Degree language department, designed a pro­ the projects he has already under­ It is now possible for teachers m gram of Swedish films, songs, and taken, Nylander is organizing a Eu­ the northern part of Minnesota to folk dances to test public reaction to ropean tour beginning next June for complete selected graduate programs this sort of cultural entertainment. students, faculty, and others. for the Master of Arts degree at the Because Duluth and the surround­ University's Duluth Branch. ing Arrowhead region have many OR MANY YEARS he also has This study plan, which has been residents of Scandinavian descent, F been interested in the works of developed gradually in recent years Nylander thought this type of pro­ Dan Andersson, Swedish author of under the guidance of Graduate gram would have a wide appeal. both poetry and prose. Nylander's School Dean Theodore C. Blegen, has He was right! curiosity was further aroused when been set up to serve elementary school Overwhelmed by a "turn away" he found that Andersson had spent teachers and principals, secondary audience, Nylander and his program some time in Tamarack, Minnesota, school teachers, and rural teachers. associates were convinced that Du­ during his youth, and that one of his In the past, such teachers could com­ luthians desired more of the same. works, "Chi-mo-ka-ma," was a col­ plete part of the advanced degree re­ This first program, "Evening in Swe­ lection of stories taken from his quirements in Duluth, but had to den," presented in April prompted Tamarack experiences. take the balance of the work on the another, "Midsummer in Sweden," Nylander made a trip to Tamarack Minneapolis campus. in June. Again it attracted an audi­ to speak to some of Andersson's rela­ With the developments of staff and ence that couldn't be accommodated tives with hopes of gathering data of specialized work at the Duluth in UMD's auditorium. The overflow about the characters and places men­ Branch, the executive committee of was handled in a large classroom, tioned in the "Chi-mo-ka-ma" collec­ the Graduate School has authorized where the entertainers and projec­ tion. At first the relatives couldn't the offering of the full program lead­ tion man did double duty. remember the fourteen-year-old boy ing to the Master of Arts degree with Nylander, who was born in Vester­ who visited them for about eight majors in education or in curricu­ gotland, Sweden, is working on plans months around the turn of the cen­ lum and instruction, effective im­ for a third program which will be tury. But later they recalled that An- mediately. 12 The Minnesotan Flo renee Wellnitz~ editor ... Mary Gale, then editor, who "taught me whatever I know about the work." S THIS Minnesotan goes to press, both torn down. I remember the It was especially interesting in those A Florence Wellnitz is probably school had several full bathrooms - days because the printing department basking in the Los Angeles sun, complete with bathtubs, which was continued on next page her thoughts several thousand miles a novelty in a place of business!" away from the page proofs and typo­ An intense, blue-eyed woman, with graphical errors that concerned her a salty sense of humor and an amaz­ during the 36 years she worked at ing capacity for hard work, Florence the University print shop. said of her early days in the press­ Before her retirement last month room, "I used to feed the platen (see picture) , she took time to talk presses so fast-we didn't have cy­ about her University career: linder presses then- they'd threaten "I came to the campus in 1917- to shut 'em down for fear the rollers and I was quite young!" she grinned. would jump the presses!" "Before that I'd taught school out in Florence got into editorial work the prairies- North Dakota, but I several years later as assistant to yearned to get back to Minneapolis. "Well, the printing department was At retirement party Oct. 7 Florence a very small affair when I started in Wellnitz, r., was given a watch and the mimeograph room. It was set up handbag and was congratulated by in the old model school behind the editorial predecessor Agnes Crawford, old Electrical Engineering building, l., and present editor I ean Shearn. Two Retire from U Staff after 36 Years

... sr. tab supervisor Lilien Olesen

Miss Olesen's co-workers, Marguerite besides workmen who were putting Richardson, Merle LaBissionere, and the finishing touches on the structure. Richard H. Elliott, admire the watch Because the construction company given to her at the retirement party. hadn't turned the keys over to the University, one evening she found ment supervisor in charge of the herself locked in the new building. tabulating department in the business After frantic searching, she finally office. was able to hail a night watchman Over 175 friends and fellow work­ who located an unlocked window and ers attended a party held in her honor helped her climb out. on October 2. The two-hour festivities Under Lilien's watchful eye the climaxed with the presentation of a department has handled all account­ watch from her fellow workers. ing records, two payrolls of 10,000 Lilien spent the last 29 years in checks each month, investments, the tabulating department on the earnings records, withholding tax third floor of the Administration forms, distribution of student fees. building surrounded by all kinds of Lilien started IBM work with no IBM machines. The spacious room training but attended training ses­ HEN Lilien Olesen started work filled with 20 various types of tabu­ sions frequently to learn new meth­ W at the University in 1917, she lators, sorters, key punches is a far ods. Her department is recognized as was told that her job would be a tem­ cry from the tiny corner that Lilien one of the best in the field of educa­ porary position- for three weeks. and three machines occupied when tional tabulation, says Edwin Jack­ Last October 2, Lilien retired from she set up the department in 1924, son, assistant University comptroller. the University after 36 years at what even before construction on the Ad­ In spite of the noisy hum of the began as that "temporary position." ministration building was completed. IBM machines and pressure on the Starting out as an order clerk, she She recalls the days when she was job, Lilien has enjoyed her 36 years concluded her career with the Uni­ the only University employee work­ at the U. "Sure, I liked my job," she versity as senior tabulating equip- ing in the Administration building says. "I'd have to, to stay that long!" November 1953 13 Florence Wellnitz Philosophy Faculty Members lt~s continued from page 13 all yours ... Edit Anthology Because The Minnesotan is your Two members of the University published all the U research reports magazine, we want to know how philosophy faculty, Professor Her­ -there was no University Press you like it. We'll be glad to bert Feigl and Associate Professor then. And because the address books receive your bouquets and/or May Brodbeck, have edited a new were mere pamphlets and the budget brickbats, if you'll just send a anthology, "Readings in the Philoso­ only one-third its present thickness, card to The Minnesotan, 213 phy of Science," which was published there was time for detailed editing. Administration Building, Mpls. in October by the Appleton-Century­ What are the dullest things the campus. Crofts company. University prints? Well, the address What the editors would like The book contains a variety of books, Florence thought. She con­ even more is suggestions from selections from the most timely and fessed she had always enjoyed read­ you about how to make the mag­ fundamental writings in the logic and ing the budget, though. "Perhaps it azine more interesting. What U methodology of the sciences. In addi­ was because it always seemed very departments would you like to tion to works by Albert Einstein and pressing, with people all over the Uni­ read about? (Maybe your own Bertrand Russell, it includes articles versity wanting it in a hurry, and I if it's never been covered.) by four University faculty members worked many a night until 2 a.m. What staff members have unusu­ -Mrs. Brodbeck; Feigl; Kenneth proofreading the budget." al jobs? Who at the University MacCorquodale, associate professor Florence became editor of the deserves recognition for some­ of psychology; and Paul E. Meehl, Printing department about ten years thing worthwhile? In short, chairman of the psychology depart­ ago when Mrs. Agnes Crawford re­ what do you want in your Min­ ment. tired. "That job was my life all those nesotan? We're listening! years. I enjoy working really hard, Roland Vaile Named to and only an interesting job could've Distribution Hall of Fame 1 kept me in one place all that time. English Chemical Engineer I "All the material used in running Is Visiting IT Professor Roland S. Vaile, veteran professor the University passes through our Teaching at the University fall of economics in the School of Busi­ hands- budgets, bulletins, invita­ quarter is a distinguished English ness Administration, recently was tions, directories, programs, business chemical engineer and scholar, Pro­ named to the newly established "Hall forms. And we edit them all for style, fessor Kenneth G. Denbigh of Cam­ of Fame in Distribution." punctuation, grammar, and printing bridge University. Kenbigh comes to Vaile, author of numerous books errors. We have to keep on the ball the University through a $5,000 grant in the field of marketing and former all the time and catch other people's from Minnesota Mining and Manu­ editor of the Journal of Marketing, mistakes. This means we have to facturing Company which will make received the honor at the twenty-fifth know a great deal about the internal it possible for the University to bring annual Boston conference on distri­ running of the University." to the campus two outstanding for­ bution held Oct. 19-20. Established this year, the hall of Florence's plans for the future are eign experts for a quarter of teach­ fame is intended to give recognition "vague but delightful- I'm just ing and research. to men and women who have made going to play!" She added, though, The visiting engineer, a graduate significant contritutions to the ad­ that a heart condition precludes any of Leeds University, has advanced vancement of distribution since 1929, strenuous activity. Now living in a degrees from Leeds and Cambridge. when the Boston conference was or­ three-room apartment in the same He will give a series of advanced ganized. Vaile was cited "for distin­ building as her sister- 3245 Glen­ lectures on modern thermodynamics guished service in making distribu­ hurst Avenue, Los Angeles- she and kinetics in the department of tion a potent force in a free society." plans to spend her time driving up chemical engineering. and down the coast in her new car, Denbigh served as a research chem­ being with her family, welcoming ist and department head in Imperial Visiting Professor friends who come out west to visit, Chemical Industries, Ltd., from 1934 To Join Journalism Staff· and continuing to enjoy collecting to 1938 and from 1945 to 1948. Merritt E. Benson of the University antiques and reading. During the war he was chief chem­ of Washington journalism faculty will As to the latter, she confessed that ist at the Royal Ordnance factory, serve as a visiting professor of jour­ often in her leisure reading she used Bridgewater, England. He held the nalism during winter and spring to hunt for typographical errors - post of lecturer in physical and in­ quarters. and gloat! "But," she concluded, organic chemistry at the University Benson began his teaching career "I've decided I'm on a real vacation of Southampton from 1938 to 1941 at Minnesota as an instructor in now. I don't even intend to look for and has been a lecturer in chemical journalism in 1929 and received a them any more!" engineering at Cambridge since 1948. law degree here in 1930. 14 The Minnesotan The President~s Page

ERY OFTEN I turn back to the late President Lotus V D. Coffman's address on "The Obligation of the State University to the Social Order," delivered at New York University more than 20 years ago. . "The state universities," he said, "do not reside upon a hill. Their professors [and their students, he likewise doubtless meant] do not enjoy a cloistered life far from the marts of trade and the madding crowd." The state universities, he observed, "improve the cul­ tural life of the people by thinking about life, ~y attempt· ing to understand it, and by trying to order It. ~o as t~ serve mankind more faithfully and more propitiously. On our campus, day by day, Dr. Coffman's philosophy finds unceasing expression. Many, many documents continually cross my desk, Mingling with the many and varied programs. of wide some of them worrisome. The other day a document of general interest were numerous lectures for audiences of specialized interests. The Department of Concerts and quite another character turned up. In ~ few brie_f para­ graphs it outlined the story of the vaned and vigorous Lectures works closely with the departments of the col­ intellectual activity outside the classroom here at the leges and the Graduate School in planning those of a University. . . technical nature, at the same time cooperating with neigh­ boring institutions and our own Duluth Branch in bring­ It was a report compiled annually by VIc~ Presi~ent ing many distinguished visitors to the campus at a rela­ Willey, on the number of lectures and pubhc meeti~gs tively small expense. held on the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses durmg the academic year 1952-53 and the Summer Session for 1953. HE REPORT lists chronologically department by T department and college by college the meetings sched­ URING THE PERIOD covered by the report there uled and announced, noting the subject, the speakers, and D were 1,204 programs announced in the Minnesota the sponsors. Altogether, the 1,204 gatherings represent Daily. This rather astonishing number involved ?48 in­ a remarkable diversity of subject matter and interests, dividual lecturers or performers, of whom approximately ranging all the way from "Christianity in Modern Soci­ 30%, or 395, were from our own staff. While the number ety" to "The Effect of Nuclear Science in Medicine." The of off-campus speakers declined from the preceding year, list of University guests includes the names of many dis­ it is interesting to find that the number of programs in tinguished personages from the worlds of business, of which our own faculty members participated actually in­ government, and of education, who brought to our creased (from 385 in 1951-52). campus last year stimulating insights and thoughtful opinions. Student interest in convocations and other meetings seems to be lively and growing. Convocation attendance I realize fully that a report such as this on special lec­ appears once more to be swinging upward, probably re· tures and public meetings gives us only a hint of the vast fleeting the careful planning in which students are active· amount of intellectual activity outside our classrooms. ly participating. Nevertheless, the figures cited give us concrete evidence Student religious groups held 140 meetings announced that the University continues to function vigorously as an by the Daily, it is good to know. And, of course, there arena for the balanced appraisal of values and ideals, of was unusual political interest in the election year. The knowledge and its uses, of ideas and opinion. Republican group held 11 meetings with ll speakers; the Democratic group, including YDFL, had 22 speakers at 16 meetings; the Socialist group, 18 speakers at 12 meet­ ings. One is struck by the natural balance that seems to have been achieved, and encouraged by the evidence of alertness to public affairs among our students. November 1953 15 NOVEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 15'!l 1953 University of Minnesota Calendar of Events

THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS Nov. 20--Yehudi Menuhin, violinist. Popular Arts in America ... Discussion of the comic strip, Nov. 27--0rchestral program. detective story, jazz, advertising, paper-bound books, Dec. 4-]eanne d'Arc, dramatic oratorio by Arthur Honeg· science fiction, and movies by lecturers outstanding in ger- Soloists and University of Minnesota Chorus. these various fields who will attempt to discover the place Dec. ll-Robert Casadesus, pianist. of mass media in contemporary society. Saturday at 3:30 (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 p.m. beginning Nov. 28. to $4.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at Payne Communication Award Dramas ... An NAEB series the Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reservations designed to encourage professional and amateur writers call University extension 6225.) t to create worthwhile programs for educational radio in the areas of community action and international rela­ Twilight Concerts tions. Monday at 3:45 p.m. Nov. IS--Viennese Program. BBC World Theatre ... A series of dramas transcribed Nov. 29-Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker," complete ballet from the British Broadcasting Company including "The music with narrator. Sea Gull," "The Constant Wife," "March of the 45," and (Northrop Auditorium, 4:30p.m. General admission tickets "Dark Tower." Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at $.75 can be purchased the afternoon of the concert. Box (KUOM, the University radio station, broadcasts at 770 on office opens at 3:30 p.m.) the dial. Its complete fall schedule may be obtained by Young People's Concerts writing to the station.) Nov. 19-Northrop Auditorium, l :30 p.m. Nov. 24-St. Paul Auditorium, l :45 p.m. CONVOCATIONS Dec. 3--St. Paul Auditorium, l :45 p.m. Nov. 19-Religion in Life Week program. "Fourth Con· Dec. 8-Northrop Auditorium, 1:30 p.m. certo" by Beethoven, featuring the University Symphony Dec. 10-Northrop Auditorium, 1 :30 p.m. and David Bar-Illan, Israeli pianist. (Admission arranged through local schools.) Nov. 25- Football Convocation. Dec. 3-Konrad Wolff, pianist-lecturer. Christmas music. UNIVERSITY ARTISTS COURSE (Northrop Auditorium, ll :30 a.m. Open to the public with­ Nov. 24- George London, baritone. out charge.) (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.00 to $3.00. Sales begin the Monday before the week of the UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY concert at the Artists Course Ticket Office, 105 Northrop.) t Nov. 18- "Passion for Life," French film. Dec. 2- "Froken Julie," Swedish movie of the Strindberg SPECIAL LECTURE play, winner Grand Prix Cannes Film Festival. Nov. 25- Lady Rama Rau, India's most distinguished (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. All foreign social worker. language films have English subtitles. Tickets for adults, (Murphy Hall Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. Open to the public $.60; junior admission, $.3.5, available at the Lobby Ticket without charge.) Office, the basement of W esbrook Hall, or the Campus Cluh.) UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATE Nov. 20-Modern China's Foreign Policy, by Werner Levi, UNIVERSITY THEATRE professor of political science at the University of Minne· Nov. 30-Dec. 6- "The Twin Menaechmi," by Plautus and sola. An illuminating analysis of China's attitudes and "The Comedy of Errors," by Shakespeare. actions toward the rest of the world, with a detailed ap· (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. except Dec. 6, 4:00 p.m. praisal of developments since World War II. $5.50. All Monday evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book· Single tickets, $1.20. Sales begin the Wednesday before the stores or may be ordered through your local bookstores.) week of the opening at the Theatre Box Office, 18 Scott Hall.) t UNIVERSITY GALLE.RY EXHIBITIONS Through Dec. 6- The Work of Robert Collins. Paintings, ATHLETIC EVENTS watercolors, drawings, and design projects by Robert Football Games at Home Collins, assistant professor of design in the University art department. His more recent paintings have a relaxed, Nov. 21- Wisconsin. full color feeling and are very refreshing. (Memorial Stadium, 1 :30 p.m. Single tickets at $3.60 may Through Dec. 6 -Iranian Art. The Asia Institute of New be ordered from the Athletic Ticket Office, University of York City has generously loaned several hundred photo­ Minnesota. Over-the-counter sales begin the Monday before graphs of Iranian art and architecture to the Gallery. A each game at the Football Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.) t selection of these works that have been displayed in this Hockey Games at Home country, Europe, and the Near East will be on exhibit in the third floor corridor. Dec. 4, 5- St. Boniface of Winnipeg. (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of Dec. ll, 12-Ft. William. Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday (Williams Arena, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets at $1.7.5 go on through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open sale the Monday of the week before the game at the Ath· before performances and during intermissions.) letic Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.)

t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlie~ ~ick~t O~ce in ~t. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Bmldmg, m Mmneapohs.

In this issue ••• Meet the Regents AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT to its readers The Minnesotan this month devotes its cover and pages 3-6 to the FOR 22 YEARS Regent Andrew J. Institute of Child Welfare's nursery Olson of Renville has been a mem­ school and kindergarten. We com­ I ber of the Board of Regents, serving mend to your particular attention the the longest term of any present board , picture-story on pages 4 and 5, where­ member-a combination of two terms in you spend a day with the U's from 1929-37 and again from 1939 youngest "students"- the two-year­ j to the present. olds. All photos were taken by Wally 1 Mr. Olson's career has always cen­ Zambino, photo lab. tered around agriculture. After re­ 474,000 PLANT SPECIMENS are ceiving a B.S. in agriculture from the housed in the University herbarium. University in 1912, he taught school Botany prof Gerald Ownbey tells how for six years, at the same time assist­ it operates, page 7. ing in county agent work. Then he SPEAKING OF PLANTS, page ll began farming, principally in live­ gives you expert advice from U flori­ stock and grain, but has also done culturist Richard Widmer on care of work in dairy cattle feeding, hog rais­ Christmas house plants. ing, and lamb feeding. HOW HAVE THE ACADEMIC and civil service staff changed during 1949-50 and 1951-52? A pictograph E. E. Novak shows these changes, page 14, and OUNTRY DOCTOR, farmer, ed· President Morrill explains their mean­ C ucator, businessman, and public ing for the University on page 15. servant-all describe Regent Edward E. Novak. Dr. Novak who is now 80 On the eover • .. still carries on the medical practice which he started in 1895 in New Pretty Martha Murphy, Prague. He says he hopes to "wear teacher of the U nursery out" instead of "rust out." school's two-year-olds, reads Known as one of the foremost "The Night before Christ­ breeders of Red Poll cattle in this mas" to pupils David Kar­ country, Dr. Novak with his son lins and Caryn Schulz­ runs a 165-acre farm near New which moves us to wish you Prague. For the last 21 years he has all a happy holiday season. been president of the Red Poll Cat· tie Club of America. THE MINNESOTAN As a businessman Dr. Novak helped Vol. VII No. 3 Published by the Department of Uni· found the First National Bank of A. ]. Olson versity Relations, 213 Administration New Prague and was president of the Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ State Bank of New Prague. In poli· As a farmer Mr. Olson became in­ neapolis 14, Minnesota. terested in farm organizations and William L. Nunn, Director tics he served as mayor of New Ellen Siegelman . . . . . Editor Prague and was a candidate for gov­ served as president of the Minnesota Julie Henricksson . . . Ass't. Editor ernor in 1936. Farm Bureau Federation from 1928- Advisory Committee: Members of the 36. He was also on the board of di­ University Public Information Council. After his appointment as a Regent The Minnesotan is published month­ in 1937, Dr. Novak resolved "to ac­ rectors of the American Farm Bureau. ly during the academic year, October quaint myself better with the cultural The 68-year-old Renville farmer through May. Copies are mailed free to University staff members. Subscription and educational wants and needs of states his aim as a Regent of the Uni­ rates for non-staff members are $2 a our people and to assist in formulat­ versity has been "to build and sup­ year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this port a University that will be of serv­ issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial ing and supporting such policies at Union Bookstore. the University that would meet the ice to all groups." He considers one Photographs, unless otherwise credit· demands of our citizens." He also of his most important functions as a ed, were taken by members of the Regent was "being a member of the University Photographic Laboratory. feels that through the years much has Entered as second-class matter at the been accomplished by the University, committee that chose J. L. Morrill as post office at Minneapolis, Minn. especially in the field of research. President of the University." The Minnesotan 2 At U nursery school-kindergarten it's a child's world

Principal Elizabeth M. Fuller gets a shiny apple from lean Berman, two. but not together. Every period is petltwn becomes quite pronounced. short. A limited attention span means In preparing her children for the story periods can rarely last more primary grades, the kindergarten AT JUST ABOUT 8:30 every than eight minutes. The emphasis is teacher must set up continuing pro­ schoolday morning of the aca­ on the basic habits~ eating, sleep­ jects, for interest usually extends demic year, 82 well-chaperoned ing toileting, dressing." beyond one day. youngsters from two to six alight When U kindergarteners reach the from busses, cars, some even from Cooperation begins at three advanced age of five, they engage in taxis, in front of the Institute of such impressive activities as planning Child Welfare building. Three-year-olds begin to play co­ a yearly May festival- complete From then until 3:30 closing time, operatively, Mrs. Fuller explains; with costumes and May baskets, tak­ they live in a child's world~ the children wiU work together for very ing short field trips, and growing a Institute of Child Welfare's nursery short periods, and activities are plan­ garden. school and kindergarten. It is a world ned accordingly. By four leadership Prof. Fuller, who got a B.S. from of pint-sized chairs and small individ­ and organization emerge. Projects are Ohio State in secondary teaching and ual lockers, where highly trained brought to a conclusion, activity an M.A. and Ph.D. at Michigan in and sympathetic young teachers de­ spans can be lengthened, and more child psychology and early childhood vote full-time to supervising their complex activities like rhythm hands small pupils. are introduced. continued on page 6 Here they are daily "cleared" by In five-year-olds, the spirit of com- picture story, next page the nurse, are given orange juice, luncheon, and milk and cookies at appropriate intervals, get training in basic habits, take an afternoon nap, This activity of play outdoors, and engage in activi­ ties that vary with their age. the two-year-olds The nursery school is made up of might well be ti­ one class each of two-, three-, and tled "using clay four-year-olds. The fives go to kin­ in parallel play." dergarten in the Old U High School. Clockwise, begin­ (The Institute also maintains a play ning left, Craig center headed by Mrs. Ralph Upson Howell (father, in University Village, where mothers William, associ­ serve as volunteer teachers.) ate professor of What can a two-year-old do in speech); Caryn school? "You'd be surprised!" says Schulz (father, Elizabeth Fuller, principal of the U Emil, U medical nursery school and kindergarten, student); Jimmy and professor in the Institute of Child Young; f ean Ber- . Welfare. (For documentation, see man; and finally, pictures on following pages.) Gail Anderson. "At the two-year level there is not yet any feeling of community. So we give the children parallel play- do­ ing the same thing at the same time, December 1953 3 1

A Day A with the Two's ... l. William Reed (father, Sheldon, 2. "Say aaah ... " Before being ad­ head of Dight Institute) prepares for mitted for the day, Billy must pass a new day at the U nursery school. checkup by nurse Virginia Austin.

7. Craig Howell conveys dubious au­ 8. In music period, the two's listen derson make "cookies" dience reaction to David and Caryn with varying degrees of attention to of clay. Note lockers. Schulz as student-teacher reads aloud. recording, "Eentsy Beentsy Spider."

11. At 12:00 cots are set up, shades 12. Outside again. Jimmy has just an­ drawn, and the two's prepare for a nounced, "Look, I'm a cuckoo inside two-hour nap. Craig's in front cot. a clock," as Gail comes to join him.

4 The Minnesotan 5. Morning outdoor 3. David Karlins washes his hands 4. Mrs. Murphy, teacher, helps David in lavatory scaled to two-year·olds. dress while nursery supervisor Eve· play period finds Jean Emphasis here is on basic habits. lyn Helgerson helps Gordon Olmsted. Berman on the slide.

9. Lunch hour: Gail, Jean, & David 10. "Must I?" Gordy's look seems to practice with forks and spoons. Por· ask, as Jimmy Young attacks his food tions are small to encourage seconds. blithely and Mrs. Murphy looks on.

13. Three tykes watch a passing train. 14. Prof. John Olmsted, mathematics, 15. At end of school­ Weather permitting, they have two clutches Gordy in one arm, David, day Caryn, r., & friend periods of outdoor play every day. 5, in the other, at 3:30 dismissal. await mothers' arrival. December 1953 5 l I Child's World broad topics like the development of emotional, or beha\ioral disabilities personality and social behavior in (including inadequate toilet training A continued from page 3 I young children, recent studies at the or insufficient language), behavior education, has herself taught grades school have dealt with questions like: which threatens the safety and well­ from pre-school through college, and e What kind of pictures will being of other children, and needs now offers ICW graduate and under­ children paint when given no speci­ which make necessary unusual care graduate courses in childhood educa­ fic instruction? and special diets, or irregular at­ tion. A woman of impressive warmth e How do cliques develop within tendance." There is a four-week pro­ and assurance, she speaks of the Uni­ the five-year-old group? bationary period. versity's pre-school program with e Is there such a thing as "injury­ In order to get continuous research honest enthusiasm. proneness" in children? data, preference is given to brothers Since the nursery school began in e At what age and in what way do and sister of present enrollees. Chil­ 1925 (one of the oldest in the coun­ arithmetic interests and skills begin? dren are accepted for a three-year min­ try) and the kindergarten in 1928, e How does discipline at home imum, and parents must agree to sup· its enrollment has doubled. Even compare with discipline at school? ply complete information about chil­ more dramatic- the number of pre­ Although the institute does many dren and family. school teachers in training has in­ other research studies on children of creased from four in 1925 to 75 last all ages in cooperation with many "Not just a parking place.~ .. " year. outside schools and agencies, a siz­ Although it is traditionally sup­ This, says Mrs. Fuller, points up able number of its graduate theses posed that many parents "dump" the real aims of the University's pre­ and faculty research projects develop their children in nursery schools to school work: research and teacher from the nursery school and kinder­ "be rid of them for awhile," parents training. "We're in no sense a serv­ garten. ICW associate professor Mil­ of U toddlers look on the school as ice school, though we are, of course, dred Templin, for instance, working something positive, not just a "park­ concerned with the welfare of our with very young children there, is ing place," Prof. Fuller says. Only youngsters. While the primary job developing a standardized articula­ about ten percent of the mothers are of the Institute is research, it has tion test that will enable examiners working. All the parents are extreme· worked out with the U College of determine a child's specific "articu­ ly cooperative in yearly interviews, Education a program for training lation age." and many of them go out of their prospective teachers in nursery-kin­ way to make their methods at home dergarten-primary grades." Admission isn't easy more nearly like those of the school. The U school has more actual Because of its contributions to the The difficulty of getting a child into teachers and student-teachers per Institute's research, the pre-school in­ the U nursery-kindergarten has be­ child than any private nursery of the sists on keeping its group of young come almost legendary. Florence same size. Each year about 75 stu­ students as representative as possible. Goodenough, professor emeritus and dent-teachers work with the four regu­ This is rather difficult, Mrs. Fuller a famous psychologist, used to say 1 lar classroom teachers, all of whom says, since the $60 per quarter tui­ that if a couple signed up when they I have advanced work beyond the B.A. tion fee is itself a selective factor. got married and had a child two (The "regulars" this year are: Mrs. Most of the children come from pro­ years later, by the time he was six, Martha Murphy, 2; Miss Janice Han­ fessional families, about 30% from he would be eligible for the two-year­ son, 3; Miss Grace Mariette, 4; Miss homes of U faculty members, a per­ old group. Evelyn Helgerson, nursery supervi­ centage the school is trying to reduce Parents have even tried to register sor; Miss Neith Headley, 5, and kin­ in the interest of a better sample. unborn children, and in a couple of dergarten supervisor.) It is often painful to refuse parents cases were rather confounded at the who cannot pay the tuition fee, Prof. birth of twins! The application blank School does research job Fuller adds, but their needs can be now gets around such advance regis­ As one part of the Institute of met in other places. Among the llO tration by asking parents to specify Child Welfare, the nursery and kin­ nursery schools in Minnesota there the sex of the child. Right now there dergarten is primarily a research cen­ are 42 other full-day schools, many is a 500-name waiting list. ter for a wide variety of studies on of which are settlement houses operat· the development of children. Re­ ing at minimal costs. Why are parents loyal? search data are gathered by observing To be admitted to the nursery-kin­ Some of the loyalty of students and the children at work and play; by dergarten a child must have fulfilled parents for the nursery school and contnvmg experimental situations certain medical requirements ( vac­ kindergarten is explained, says Prof. and placing the children in them; by cination, Mantoux test, etc.) ; must Fuller, by the following unique ad­ using information from family rec­ be between two and five by Dec. 31 vantages the school offers: of fall quarter; and must, in addi­ ords. concluded on page 13 Aimed at learning more about tion, "be free from physical, mental, The Minnesotan 6 Cosmopolitan collection ... U Botany Herbarium Has 474,000 Specimens

Studying prickly Palestine, and Bolivia-fill two cabi­ poppy specimens, nets. Even bulky pieces of barrel botanist Ownbey cactus with vicious three inch spines works on a re­ and brilliant waxy blossoms are tied search project. into folders. Approximately 20,000 specimens IDDEN AWAY on the third floor plants like a certain cactus that was come to the herbarium every year; H of the Botany building is a bot­ discovered growing along Minnesota's most are already pressed and dried anist's paradise- one of the largest northern border lakes. Previously we -but a good number have to be university herbaria in the United had found it only on the prairies, processed: mounted, sorted by fam­ States. The University's herbarium, so this discovery extended the known ily, fumigated, and filed. The plants, a collection of dried plants housed range of distribution of the cactus, which look so fragile after they are in tall fireproof cases, now numbers helping us in our research," Ownbey pressed, are practically indestructible 474,000 specimens from all over the recalls. Once the staff received the as far as aging goes. If they're dried world. conte~ts of a grouse's crop to deter­ properly and handled carefully, they Gerald Ownbey, associate profes­ mine what the bird had been eating. will last for 500 years. That they re­ sor of botany and curator of the her­ They were even asked by grade tain a good deal of their natural barium, calls it a valuable teaching schoolers to "please send us all the color is evidenced by bright speci­ aid for botany classes- providing information on Minnesota wildflow­ mens collected as far back as 1895. ideal demonstration material. A re­ ers." These requests are taken in The new method of quick drying by search boon for specialists in plant stride and as much help as possible artificial heat helps preserve the classification and evolution, it also is given. color of plants. is a documented record of the flora After a group of specimens has of the world and its distribution in THE Minnesota herbarium, begun been dried and mounted, it is the job the recent past. back in 1890, concentrates on of John Moore, associate scientist, to "One of our most interesting jobs," plants of the upper midwest, Canada, sort the new entries, check their iden­ Ownbey relates, "is identifying plant and the Arctic regions. Recently tifications when necessary, and insert specimens sent in from all over the Ownbey has been getting plants that them in proper places in the tall state and country. It's a free serv­ were gathered in 1840 through ex­ cabinets. A floor map of the herbar­ ice to people who collect wild flow­ change with other institutions. He ex­ ium with a chart indicating plant ers as a hobby and call upon us to plains that when botanists go out to families helps visitors find specimens identify their finds. Sometimes farm­ hunt for specimens, they usually among the maze of cabinets. ers are bothered by unknown weeds gather several samples to use for ex­ Ownbey, who has gathered plants and need our help before they ask change. The herbarium is also given in about half of the states of the weed experts on the St. Paul campus plants and sometimes whole private Union, is now on a Guggenheim fel­ for a method of weed control." collections. Various specimens are lowship studying the prickly poppy The herbarium staff can do the best bought by the herbarium or collected in Southwest United States and Mex­ job of identification if fresh plants by staff members themselves. ico. Taking over the herbarium while are packed carefully in waxed paper Opening one of the tall cabinets Ownbey is gone is Thomas Morley, complete with the roots, flowers, and where the collection is housed dis­ assistant professor of botany. stem. Many plants can be recognized closes hundreds of dried plants in Ownbey says that the Minnesota by sight, but others have to be com­ different colored folders. Ownbey ex­ herbarium has the basis for a really pared with herbarium samples or plains that red folders indicate Min­ fine collection, and he would like to identified by using books in the her­ nesota plantlife; European, Asian, see it grow to a million specimens. barium's large taxonomic library. All South American plants have different "I don't want this just for the sake are examined microscopically before colored folders. Delicate pink and of having a huge herbarium, but be­ a complete report is sent out. lavender orchids from all over the cause it would greatly facilitate both "Occasionally we receive unusual world-South Africa, New Zealand, teaching and research at the U." December 1953 7 Luena Gillen has been cooking for Union Food Service since 1933. As a banquet cook, she prepares the meals for the football team's training table.

Keeping President Morrill's calendar and making his travel arrangements are part of Margaret Wip­ U STAFF MEMBERS perman's duties as secretary in the president's office. Swimming and tennis are Peg's hobbies. YOUSD Co-editors of Savings in the Modern Economy, a symposium published by the U Press, are Business School professors: l., Francis Boddy and Walter Heller, economics; Carl Nelson, business administration.

The Story of Trade and volume, traces economic to the present. It has

8 The Minnesotan Recipient of the Borden Award for outstanding Isaac Rosenfeld, assistant professor of general studies, leaves work in the field of milk chemistry is Robert for Europe in January to spend the month of February Jenness, agricultural biochemistry professor. lecturing on American literature in relation to American philosophy at the American seminar, Salzburg, Austria.

Big reaches are part of principal stores clerk Leonard Johnson's OULD KNOW job in UMD's science building where he requisitions, receives, and classifies supplies, and disburses all laboratory equipment.

'ommerce, history professor Herbert Heaton's latest nd commercial development from the earliest times published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in Canada.

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December 1953 9 Busy around the calendar . .. Coach Brain Doubles in Tennis and Photography

VER WONDER what a tennis hints to students not even enrolled to teach the boys to enjoy the game E coach does in the winter? in his classes. because it is one of the three sports Gopher coach Phil Brain is prob­ Spring quarter he has three courses that can he played until a person is ably at his busiest during that sea­ - two straight tennis classes and quite old," he believes. (The others son, but not with tennis. During fall one in combination with golf for phy· are golf and swimming.) Brain him­ and winter quarters he doubles as sical education majors only. Brain self is a remarkably youthful and official athletic department photo­ admits it is difficult to mark a student vigorous 65. grapher, taking movies of all foot­ in a tennis course, as in any sport, Brain's office mirrors his interests. hall and basketball games. because there are such varying de­ It is filled with photographic equip­ Every football game finds Brain grees of skill. "I grade mostly on en­ ment- a sink and developing pans, stationed in the center of the press thusiasm and attendance. I also try projection screen painted on the wall, box watching the game through his reel for previewing movies, and a movie camera lens as he grinds out camera always ready. On other walls the fast action. These are the films are pictures of tennis players, a rack­ which coach W es Fesler and the et in the corner, and pamphlets on team studied so closely in preparation the sport stacked on the table. for the next game and also the ones A tennis player from way hack, Fesler used on his Sunday evening Brain first learned the game from his TV show. Twice a week, once in the brother in 1906 when both boys at­ Union and again every Wednesday at tended Shattuck school in Faribault, Duluth for the Chamber of Com­ Minnesota. That year Brain prompt· merce, Brain showed the movies. The ly heat his brother out for the school films also got quite a workout during tennis title. the rest of the season when the coach­ Brain then went into amateur ten­ ing staff used them for programs nis seriously and in 1913 was seeded around the state. tenth in the nation with his doubles Besides movies Brain takes some partner. From 1917 to 1929 he won stills, including the color prints of various local titles in both singles and Gopher athletic team captains that doubles play including the North­ hang on the first floor bulletin board western championship, state and city in Cooke Hall. Coach Brain took up titles, and the Canadian hard court photography as a hobby before he championship. He came to the Uni­ came to the University and put it to versity as tennis coach in 1928 and use when the athletic department has been the only tennis coach the U photographer whom he had assisted has ever had. Until recently Brain took a sabbatical leave in 1932. spent summer months as tennis pro Brain, a rosy-cheeked man with at local country clubs, hut now he thinning white hair~ welcomes all this would rather spend the time at his activity in the winter months because North Shore cabin near Grand tennis is strictly a spring and sum­ Marais. ------mer sport around the U. Lacking Surgeon Named to Council adequate indoor tennis facilities, the Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen, chief badminton and squash courses Brain teaches in fall and winter help tennis of the University's surgery depart· team members stay in shape for the ment, has been selected to serve on the National Advisory Heart Council. short spring season. During May and June Brain prac­ As a member of the 15-man coun­ tically lives at the tennis courts, di­ cil, Dr. W angensteen will advise and viding his time between teaching and make recommendations to the Sur­ coaching. Always willing to help ama­ geon General on programs of the Na­ teurs, he spends hours giving playing tional Heart Institute. 10 The Minnesotan U horticulturist Richard Widmer tells How to Care for Your Christmas Plants

OU WON'T HAVE any trouble keeping your cui Y flowers and potted Christmas plants fresh during the entire holiday season if you give them proper care. Richard E. Widmer, floriculturist at the U, has some specific do's and don'ts on care that should be helpful in prolonging their life. For the roses, 'mums, carnations, or other cut flowers you may get for Christmas, he suggests: • Changing water daily or using chemical preserva­ tives in the water. • Keeping flowers out of drafts and away from radi­ ators. • Keeping flowers cold at night. When it comes to the potted flowering plants many fam­ ilies will receive for the holidays, remember that high room temperatures and dry soil will shorten the life of poinsettias, cyclamen, Christmas begonias, azaleas, and Christmas cherry. The wilting that results will detract from their appearance, and once these plants start wilt­ ing, the flowers die prematurely and the foliage falls. If you want your flowering greenhouse plants to last for any length of time and to continue blooming, Wid­ mer gives these tips: • Keep the plant in bright light. Plenty of sunshine or light is essential. Widmer examines a poinsettia in horticulture greenhouse. • Supply plenty of room-temperature water, but don't keep the pot standing in water. perature is maintained at 70-75 °. If the temperature is • Lower the night temperature if you want a long­ too high or light intensity is too low, buds may drop. lived plant. Minimum night temperatures for poin­ Jerusalem or Christmas cherry. Place in bright light settias should be 60°, for other flowering plants 50°. and keep the soil moist. Leaf and fruit drop may be • Avoid sudden temperature changes and drafts. caused by too dry soil or escaping gas. The plant lasts Though these simple rules apply to all flowering much longer if kept at a night temperature of 50°. plants, there is, of course, some variation in the require­ Poinsettia. Don't subject poinsettias to drafts, sudden ments of individual plants. Widmer has further sugges­ temperature changes or temperatures below 60°. Temper­ tions that apply to the more popular Christmas plants atures above 75 ° also shorten the life of the blooms. and he supplies, too, some reasons for common troubles: Keep in a sunny place during the day and water immedi­ Christmas begonia. Water when the soil seems dry, ately if the plant begins to wilt. Yellowing and dropping but don't keep it wet constantly. For maximum flower dis­ of the foliage and bracts may be caused by poor light, play, keep in full sun during the day and at a cool ( 50°) high temperature, drafts, sudden temperature changes, or temperature at night. This plant will last till March or irregular watering. Don't let the soil become bone dry. April if it has many buds when purchased and if it is Azaleas. Buy a plant with many buds and only a few properly cared for. Keeping the plant too dry greatly open flowers if you want it to last a long time. Stand shortens the life of the blooms. the plant in bright light and keep the soil moist. Flowers Cycklmen or "poor man's orchid." High night tempera­ will last longer if the plant is kept cool ( 50°) at night. tures and lack of light will cause leaves to turn yellow If you're interested in more information about potted and prevent flower buds from opening properly. Foliage plants, a new bulletin, "Care of House Plants," prepared will also turn yellow if the soil is too dry. Keep the soil by Widmer and Dr. Leon Snyder, head of the horticulture moist, but don't get water in the crown or it may rot. department, is now available, free of charge. Published Christmas cactus. Keep constantly moist. It likes sun­ b\ the University Agricultural Extension Service as Ex­ shine and forms flower buds at night temperatures of tension Bulletin 274, it may be obtained from Bulletin 55-65°. No flower buds will develop when the night tern- Room, St. Paul campus. December 1953 11 Meet Anne van Steinberg ..• For the young Minnesota girl who went to the fabulous Olympic trials at A Jones Beach, New York, in 1932, the Former Olympic Athlete parades, parties, and sight-seeing tours were both thrilling and spectac­ ular, bringing some new experience Teaches Swimming at UMD each day. "In the trials, I was not so much nervous as I was shy and bashful," AMONG THOSE tensed at the School before World War II when she remembers. "I always hated to go pool's edge waiting for the sig­ the Iron Range schools held girls' before crowds of people." nal that would start the 200-meter interscholastic swimming meets. After placing third at the interna­ women's breast stroke swimming "When I was in the eighth grade," tional races, she swam in exhibitions trials for the 1932 U.S. Olympic Mrs. van Steinberg relates, "I want­ . and benefits throughout the nation team was a 15-year-old girl from ed very much to swim on the high and attended two national meets each Chisholm, Minn. school team, but our coach refused year, indoor and outdoor. Slight Anne Govednik swam her because I was too thin. During the In 1936 at the Olympic games in heart out that day to win a berth on year the coach left Chisholm, and my Germany, at the age of 19, she again the United States team at the inter· sister Mary, who was team captain, placed in the breast stroke event in national Olympic games in Los An­ let me swim in the meets. spite of a severe ear infection. geles. "Mary determined who would Mrs. van Steinberg graduated from She came in second in the trials, swim in meets by having races among St. Cloud State Teachers College, close behind Margaret Hoffman. Both the team members. One day, I beat where she received her B.S. degree in I shattered the American record. her and another girl, both of whom physical education in 1940. During ~ That same young woman, who went had not been beaten in the breast her junior year she attended St. on to place third in the 200-meter stroke before. That was the chance Catherine's in St. Paul. In 1946 Mrs. I breast stroke event at the internation­ I had waited for. van Steinberg was physical educa­ I al games that year, has assumed du­ "Then, at a state meet in Virginia tion instructor at Chisholm High School. 1 ties as a women's swimming instruc­ where Niels Thorpe, University of Her part-time instructing at UMD tor in UMD's new intercollegiate Minnesota coach, was acting as judge affords a continuation of an interest pool in the recently constructed and timer, I swam 100 yards in 1:18. Sl,600,000 health and physical edu­ which has meant much throughout Mr. Thorpe realized that I had brok­ cation building. her life. "It is especially pleasant," The former Olympic swimmer, en the world record for that distance, Mrs. van Steinberg notes, "to teach now Mrs. Wheeler van Steinberg, and he suggested I go out for the swimming in the large and beautiful divides her interest these days among Olympic trials." new UMD pool." 1 the UMD pool, her household, and ' her family. In her UMD swimming- class former Olympic swimmer Anne van Steinberg I demonstrates breast stroke to students Gladyce Rapana, Suzanne Rosenberger. j

RS. VAN STEINBERG'S rec­ M ord is even more amazing in the light of her early swimming ca­ reer. She did not learn to swim until she was about 12 and didn't learn the breast stroke until she was nearly 14! "In the seventh grade," Mrs. van Steinberg recalls, "I almost drowned trying to swim in a pond. Although unable to swim a stroke, I had gone out in water over my head. I can re­ member going down many times be­ fore I became unconscious and was later revived. At least it proved that I had a great deal of reserve wind!" she says with a laugh. A native of Chisholm, Mrs. van Steinberg attended Chisholm High 12 The Minnesotan Child's World Two New Staffers continued from page 6 Just Phone for a Join University Faculty Free Minnesotan Two new faculty members have 1) exceptionally high training of The Minnesotan has 2.5 joined the University staff, one each teaching staff; extra copies of the Decem­ from the Institutes of Technology 2) access to highly skilled psychol­ ber issue it would like to and Agriculture. ogists and professional workers who give to friends of Minneso­ Lawrence E. Goodman, professor have great amounts of information tan readers. A copy of the in the department of mechanics and about the young pupils; magazine will be sent free materials in the Institute of Technol­ 3) ICW's parent education pro­ of charge to a designed ogy, came from the University of Illi­ gram, and the general emphasis on friend of the first 2.5 staff nois where he was associate profes­ parent understanding and observa­ members who call The Min­ sor. Goodman received his A.B., B.S., I tion; this tends to show parents nesotan, University ext. 6847. and Ph.D. from Columbia University their children's problems aren't and an M.S. from Illinois. He taught I umque; civil engineering at Columbia from 4) location on campus, which U Receives $3 Million in 1946-48. gives access to many unusual facili­ Cash Gifts During Year Richard J. Stadtherr has been ties for children like Natural History Cash gifts to the University during named extension horticulturist in the Museum, swimming pools, etc. the 1952-53 fiscal year ending June Institute of Agriculture. His work 5) the fact that school begins with 30, 1953, totalled $3,317,346, Presi­ will chiefly be in ornamental horti­ two-year-olds. Only 5 to 10 percent dent Morrill reports. The sum in­ culture, farm homestead improve­ of nursery schools have classes for cludes new grants as well as additions ment, and landscape development. these toddlers. Although many par­ to previous gifts. Stadtherr came to Minnesota from ents feel two is too young to begin The largest portion of the gifts­ the University of Massachusetts, school, Mrs. Fuller says, "In my 25 $1,946,351-was given for research. where he spent the past year as pro­ years in the field I have seen only two Money donated for miscellaneous pur­ fessor in charge of research in nurs­ or three cases where nursery school poses amounted to $668,844. Of the ery culture. He received his B.S. and has been detrimental to these young­ M.S. from Minnesota and began est children, and then only because remaining money, $207,157 was des­ work on a Ph.D. at Cornell. they were over-stimulated or too de­ ignated for scholarship funds, $52,- pendent on their parents. Our work 323 for loan funds, and $1,355 for prizes to students. The gifts came here constantly shows the amazing Werner Levi Writes Book number of things two-year-olds can from industrial and business con­ do independently." cerns, individuals, national special On Chinese Foreign Policy It's difficult to evaluate the school's interest groups, national research Political Science Professor Werner success, because intangibles like "so­ funds, government organizations, and Levi's new book, Modern China's cial adjustment" are harder to meas­ philanthropic foundations. Foreign Policy, traces the develop­ ure than skills like reading, writing, ment of China's foreign relations and arithmetic, taught in the primary Dean Spilhaus Attends from the beginning of her modern grades. Pacific Science Congress contact with Westerners to the pres­ "We do know that nursery school Dean Athelstan F. Spilhaus of the ent. The book was published by the generally prepares children much bet­ Institute of Technology is in Manila, University Press in November. ter for the primary grades," Prof. Philippine Islands, attending the The book provides a background Fuller concludes. "Parents who want Eighth Pacific Science Congress be­ for understanding current events in their children to behave like Little ing held Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Asia. Levi points out, for example, Lord Fauntleroys might take a dim The congress is an international that political conditions in South­ view of the school and its products. body which studies aspects of science east Asia at present are favorable to They're likely to find their child and international cooperation in sci­ the Chinese Communist aims. Al­ coming home with lots of new ideas, ence for the benefit of the peoples of though Red China appears to have being more outgoing, demanding to the Pacific Ocean area. a new policy, she is really expanding be a person in his own right. But to Dean Spilhaus is attending the six­ a program whose basic goals were those who share these values our pre­ weeks' meeting in a triple capacity­ begun by the Nationalists, he says. school work is amply justified; and as chairman of the congress' standing India and China are rivals for the we at the Institute of Child Welfare committee on Pacific meteorology, as leadership of Asia, Levi writes. The believe it makes additional long­ one of the ten United States delegates smaller Asian countries do not relish range contributions to research and designated by the State Department being overshadowed by these giants, teacher-training, as well as the day­ and as a delegate from the National and are, he contends, as opposed to to-day care of young children." Research Council. Asian as to Western imperialism. December 1953 13 University Staff Changes, 1949-50 & 1951-52 ( One human figure equals 500 full-time equivalent staff members; one monetary symbol equals one million dollars.)

1949-50 1951-52 % TEACHING change Student enrollment (avg.) ittf ittt ittf ittf ittf ittt itff itff itff itff itf1 end of second week, fall, 23,430 itft itff itft ittt ittt ittt itff itff 17,568 -25.0% winter, & spring quarters ttf tttt

Academic instructional staff 2,041 ~ ~ ~ ~ I i i t I 1,684 -17.5% Civil service staff in instructional depts. 1,017 1,069 +5.1% BUDGETED RESEARCH Budgeted research expendi­ tures (from special dedi­ cated state and federal funds and endowments) $3,367,130 ru. IIIII• $ 5,411,886 +60.7% Academic staff in budgeted research 1,010 1'101 Civil service staff in budgeted research 401 636 +58.6% GEN. & ADMINISTRATION IIIIIIIIUIUIIIIIIIIUI 111111111111111111111111 Total University receipts, nuiiiiUIIIIIIIIII n. ullununun11111111 all sources $46,390,599 I $48,713,901 +5.0% Civil service staff in general & administration 634 529 -16.6% UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS Total patient-days in In­ patient department 140,893 153,224 +8.8% Civil service staff in University Hospitals 598 700 +17.5% PHYSICAL PLANT Building area 2, 192,111 sq. ft. 1'1 1'1 B 2,553,946 sq. ft. +16.5% Physical plant staff 275 r. 1 309 + 12.4% SERVICE ENTERPRISES Service enterprises expen­ ditures (including ath­ 1111 UIL 1111 Ulls $8,185,949 letics) $8,151,878 j Service enterprises staff 813 t ; t 783 -3.7%

14 The Minnesotan The President's Page The Meaning of University Staff Changes

'!ICE-PRESIDENT Middlebrook's office sent down crease in research income and expenditure. In 1940- l to me the other day a report that documents the 41 our budgeted research amounted to only $485,474; marked physical and functional changes taking place in 1951-52 this had increased tenfold to $5,411,886! here and in other American universities. It bears on Of special interest to everyone at the University is the relative size of "academic" and "non-academic" the almost 17% decrease in civil service staff in admin­ staff- which nomenclature is frequently misleading. istrative and general University departments- this The statement points out that here at the University despite the fact that there has been a great increase in of Minnesota, between the years 1949-50 and 1951-52, administrative functions and responsibilities. Not only there was an overall decrease in the academic staff of did University receipts increase 5%, which is only one 8.4%- the equivalent of 263 full-time staff members. gauge of this added administrative responsibility, but At the same time the civil service staff showed a total whole new departments, divisions, and services were increase of 7.7%, or the equivalent of 357 full-time added. staff members. (Due to space limitations, these overall percentages do not appear in the graph at left.) While THE INCREASING WORK-LOAD at Universitv at first glance it is not evident why the academic staff Hospitals can be measured in patient days, as has should have decreased while the civil service staff been done in the accompanying chart, but it should be increased, on the page opposite I believe that the sit­ remembered that many types of medical research and uation is graphically explained. medical services- now on the increase- also mean A 25% drop in enrollment from the "veteran's increases in the civil service staff for the hospitals. bulge" clearly explains the considerable drop in the Our Physical Plant department, with an increase in academic instructional staff. What is not apparent in building area of 16.5/{, increased its staff by only the chart opposite is the reason for the simultaneous 12.4%, and I am certain that this relative decline in increase in "civil service staff in instructional de­ civil service employees identified with the University partments"- a total of 52 persons or 5.1%- This physical plant has not meant any deterioration in the increase is due largely to the expansion of non­ plant itself. Certainly all of us who use University teaching activities of these departments- mainly, ser­ buildings and grounds are aware of increased mech­ vices and non-budgeted research. Particularly is this anization. We see more and more mechanically operat­ true of the agricultural branch stations where the size ed equipment being used on the campus. Somewhat of the staff is governed entirely by changes in income. the same observations can be made with regard to Income increases also paid for the large civil service Service Enterprises (now known as University Serv­ staff increases related to non-budgeted research in the ices) at the University. Here, while there was a Rosemount Aeronautical Engineering Laboratories and slight increase in Servce Enterprise dollars, the Serv­ the Rosemount Research Center. ice Enterprise staff decreased by almost 4%. I'm quite sure that all members of the University of THE VERY SHARP increases in budgeted research Minnesota family will find the chart on the opposite at the University are clearly reflected in the large page just as interesting as I have found it to be. It increase of staff members employed in that area. The reveals trends in our University operation which are University's growing recognition as a major research illuminating in respect to its growth and changes of center of immense value to the state and the nation emphasis. indicates a steady expansion in both our academic and civil service staffs engaged in our hundreds of spon­ sored research programs. The significant increase in the research functions of the major American univer­ sities during World War II appears to have become a permanent fixture. Here at Minnesota, perhaps the most striking post-war development has been the in-

December 1953 15 DECEMBER 15, 1953 TO JANUARY 15, 1954 University of Minnesota Calendar of Events

THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY Subscription Series Jan. 6-"Breaking Through the Sound Barrier," British Dec. 18-Rafael Druian, violinist. film. Jan. 2-Tschaikowsky Fifth Symphony. Jan. 13-"Sadko," Russian color film. Jan. 8-Joseph Szigeti, violinist. (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. All foreign Jan· Jan. IS-Rudolf Serkin, pianist. guage films have English subtitles. Tickets for adults, $.60; (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 junior admission, $.35, available at the Lobby Ticket Office, to $4.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at the the basement of Wesbrook Hall, or the Campus Club.) Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reservations UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS call University extension 6225.) t Dec. 15-Jan. 17-Santos Religious Folk Art of New Mexi· Twilight Concert co. Crucifixes and religious figurines, expressing the naive Dec. 27-Bach-Beethoven-Brahms Program with Rafael and at times the grotesque, dominate this exhibit which Druian, violinist. shows the intermingling of Spanish and Indian influences. (Northrop Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. General admission tickets There are also tableaux, wood carving, and ceremonial at $.75 can be purchased the afternoon of the concert. Box objects. All come from the collection of the Colorado office opens at 3:30 p.m.) Springs Fine Arts Center. ' Young People's Concert Dec. 13-Jan. 24---The Third Print Invitational Exhibition. Jan. 12-St. Paul Auditorium, 1:45 p.m. Fifty of the leading printmakers of the country have each (Admission arranged through local schools.) been invited to submit a graphic print of their own UNIVERSITY ARTISTS COURSE choice-etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts. The accent Jan. 9-Walter Gieseking, pianist. is on lesser known names in the field because each artist (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Tickets from $1.00 to has invited a young unknown printmaker or student to $3.50. Ticket sales begin the Monday before the week of submit his work. These will be shown st>parately. the concert at Artists Course Ticket Office, 105 Northrop.) t (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of COMMENCEMENT Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday Dec. 17-Commencement address by J. L. Van Volkenberg, through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open president CBS-TV, "Tt>levision ... Extension School of a before performances and during intermissions.) Democracy." SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS (Northrop Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Admission by guest card Classroom Lecture . . . Classical Traditions, an experi· only.) ment in classical teaching supplemented by dramatized NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES excerpts from Greek and Roman writing, taught by Jan. 3---"Back River Canadian Arctic Report" by W. J. Norman DeWitt, head of the University classics depart· Breckenridge, director, Minnesota Museum of Natural ment. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I :30 p.m. History. Two Plays of Sophocles . . . A series of Greek plays Jan. 1(}-"Wildlife in the Valley of the Minnesota" by J. W. designed to supplement the classical traditions lectures. Wilkie, president, Continental Machines, Inc., Savage, "Electra" will be presented on Jan. 6 and "Antigone" Minn. on Jan. 13 at 3:30p.m. (Museum of Natural History, 3:00 p.m. Open to the public Asia Reports ... These half-hour reports from Radio Free without charge.) Asia deal with the culture, government, and current UNIVERSITY THEATRE problems of such countries as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Jan. ll-17-"Ring 'Round the Moon," by Christopher Fry. Thailand, Pakistan, etc. This NAEB tape network pro· (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. except Jan. 17, 4:00 p.m. gram will be heard on Tuesdays at 1 :45, beginning Monday evening performance begins at 7:30. Single tickets, January 1. $1.20. Sales begin the Wednesday before the week of the Community Calendar ... A roundup of community and opening at the Theatre Box Office, 18 Scott Hall.) t campus activities. Friday, 4:00 p.m. (KUOM, the University radio station, broadcasts at 770 CONVOCATIONS on the dial. Its complete winter schedule may be obtained Jan. 7-University Theatre, "Our Town," by Thornton by writing to the station.) Wilder. Jan. 14-Albert Dekker, noted actor of stage and screen, ATHLETIC EVENTS readings and dramatizations. Basketball Games at Home (Northrop Auditorium, 11:30 a.m. Open to the public with· Dec. 19-Colorado University. out charge.) Dec. 23-Marquette. SPECIAL LECTURE Jan. 9-Indiana. Dec. 16-"The Music Critic and His Assignment," Virgil (Williams Arena, 8:00 p.m. Single tickets at $1.75 go on Thomson music critic of tht' New York Herald Tribune. sale the Monday of the week before the game at the Ath· (Scott Halz' Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Open to the public with· lectic Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.) t out charge.) Hockey Games at Home UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATE Dec. 22-Harvard. Dec. 29--Student Counselin{!, in Japan: A Two-Nation Dec. 29-3(}-Dartmouth. Project in Higher Education, by Wesley P. Lloyd. A vol· Jan. 1, 2-Colorado College. ume in the Minnesota Library on Student Personnd Jan. 15, 16-Michigan. (Williams Arena, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets at $1.50 go on Work. $4.00. (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book· sale the Monday of the week before the game at the Ath· stores or may be ordered through your local bookstores.) letic Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.)

t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlie~ ~ick~t O~ce in ~t. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Bmldmg, m Mmneapohs.

: In this issue ... J IF lNIVERSITY STlDI£::3 are Meet the Regents accepted. a model garden citv de­ Yelopment ma) one day rise ;n the ' R £GENT RICHARD L. GRIGGS site of the Earle Brown farm, deeded 1 of Duluth is a talL distinguished to the Cniversit\ in 1949. You'll I man with snow-white hair and a learn on the foilowing pages wh\ friendly manner. He has hLen elected this tract is an .. architect's dream:· a Regent continuoush since 1939. as ) ou watch the communi tv grow A graduate of tht l' niversit\ of in stuch after stud v. J l\1innesota in 1901. 1\lr. Griggs- had YO( MAY H. AVE READ last begun his han king career seven \ears summer of the thrilling climax to an carlin as n messenger. B) 1946 he arctic expedition undertaken lH t was chairman of the board of the staff members and two Minn~sotfl Northern Minnesota National Bank. . indu~trialists. Museum of Natural next to the largest independent hank History director Walter Brecken­ in the Ninth Federal Reserve Dis­ ridge tells the full story of the ex­ trict. He retired from that position citing trip-- mosquitoes, Eskimos. in 1%0. plane crash, page 6. A leading cJtJzen of Duluth, Mr. OTHER U STAFF MEMBERS Griggs has varied interests evident YOl"LL MEET in this issue include: throughout northern Minnesota. As l1 color consultant Helen Thian: FlVID bookstore clerk and hobbyist lames Ford nell one of the founders of the Grey· hound Corporation he has served it extraordinary l:Ia Dow: and me­ a>- a director for 21 years. He i" chanic Otto -Thunder, known on his ERVICE on the Board of Regents also a director of the First National reservation as Chief Rumbling Sky. S is only one of the man) interests Ranks of Hibbing. Virginia. and Gil­ of James Ford BelL chairman emeri­ bert and of the Minnesota Power On tile covet• ••• tus of the board of General Mills. and Light Compan~. He heads the No, this isn't the north Tall, with a grizzled mustache and Lakes Broadcasting CompanL an woods: it's our own St. blunt nose, Bell became a miller NRC affiliate, and is president of thr­ Paul campus, as the lJ Farm following a famil) tradition after he '' innesota Arrowhead Association. Cafeteria sign indicates. Pho­ graduated from the University in As a Regent. Mr. Griggs was in­ tographer Wally Zambino re· 1901. He took a job with the Wash­ strumental in gaining approval of ports that any midwinter burn-Crosby Company and by 192.S the program which set up the l-ni­ ~unda, you're likely to find had advanced to the presidency. In \-crsit\ Duluth Branch, and he is now a skier or two skirting the 192l:l Bell worked out a consolida­ adi\ ch working for the expansion trees on the farm campus. tion of milling companies w·hich re­ of the Duluth campus. sulted in the founding of General Mills. Under Bell's guiding hand Richard L. Griggs THE MINNESOTAN Vol. VII No. ·1 General Mills has ![TO\\ n from soleh Published by the Department of Uni­ a flour company to a giant industn versity Relations, 213 Administration that today produces ever) thing from Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ neapolis 14, Minnesota. breakfast food to weather balloons. William L. Nunn, Director A man of mam hohhic~. 14-Year­ Ellen Siegelman Editor old Bell is an a-, id naturalist- and Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor Advisory Committee: Members of the hunter of wild ganw. The Alaska University Public Information Council. mountain sheep and Ne\1 found land The Minnesotan is published month­ caribou habitat groups in the M u· ly during the academic year, October through May. Copies are mailed free to seum of Natural Histon are results University staff members. Subscription of his interest in natural history. as rates for non-staff members are $2 a is the museum it~elf. "hich he gave year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial to the University. Union Bookstore. The [iniversJl) has greatly bene· Photographs, unless otherwise credit· fited from another of Regent Bell's ed, were taken by members of the University Photographic Laboratory. pursuits, his treasured collection of Entered as second-class matter at the rare books, now deposited in the post office at Minneapolis, Minn. Library's James Ford Bell room. The Minnesotan 2 Community ~ i in the Making

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C advisory architect Winston Close sho~.·s the study for the proposed res­ idential C;lll/Tlllllil:v to nrookl:vn Center mayor A. Pr;ulson and Earle Brown.

MODEL COMMUNITY planned b) Cniversity of used by the l.niversit) ''to underline [his[ constructive A Minnesota architects rna y one day rise in a \·illage interest in agriculture." just outside Minneapolis, and all because Earle Brown Further discussion,; culminated in a Regents' action of deeded to the li his 7SO-acre farm in Brooklyn Center. F eh. 20. l ().');). recommending that proceeds of the gift It all began in 194(), when Mr. Brown, a beloved citi­ ~hould be used to construct and equip an Earle Brown zen and former Hennepin County sheriff. after extended short course building on the St. Paul campus. (This, conferences with Agricultural Short Courses Director it was later decided. would resemble the Center for Con­ ]. 0. Christianson and University Relations Director tinuation Stud) on the Minneapolis campus, hut \Hmld William L. Nunn, wrote to the Board of Regents: include livestock display space as well as dormitories. ''As I pass beyond the three score and ten years of Ill) lecture rooms, and eating facilities. I life ... I wish to think in terms of my obligation to the The Regents also authorized the School of Architecture state of Minnesota. Minnesota has been good to me. 1 to stud) possibilities for converting the farm eventualh was born here and have been actively associated with into a residential area. providing parts of the tract for the progress of the state throughout my lifetime. I want recreational and civic use. to do something for this state which I love and cherish. Last spring. then. Messrs. Nunn, Christianson. super­ "The University of Minnesota ... has done much for vising engineer Ro) V. Lund, and architecture professors the people of the state and is one of the great assets of Roy C. ]ones. Hohert T. ]ones, and Winston Close, pre­ this area ... To assist the r·ni,·ersity in its further de­ >'ented these proposals to Mr. Bro11 n and the Brooklyn velopment, I wish to convey to the Regents Jll\ farm of Center citY council. 11ho warmh applauded the projected approximately 7SO acres in Brook!) n Center. It is m\ residential development. wish to retain a life interest in this farm which will per­ Advison architect Winston Close and his assistant. mit me to spend my remaining davs where I was horn Richard Aune. 1n~re assigned to make exploratory studies. and reared." These plans for converting the farm into a model garden The Regents accepted the gift on December 21. 1949. city development were shown to Brown and the cot:ncil in a resolution commending Mr. Brown's public spirit in 1\ovemher and 11ere ,·en well received. and assuring him that after his death his gift would he contilllu.'d on next paf(e January 1954 3 Most interesting of all is the story of these plans, Solvilag traffit~ p1•oble111S themselves, how they grew and changed. Here is how architect Close tells it:

1tlapping 011t tl1e resollrces ''First of alL I and my associates studied the Brown property to determine what it had to offer. Picture a slightly rolling tract of land, l 11:! miles square. Mostly grazing land, with some acreage under cultivation, it is practically treeless. The land is separated in the north­ south direction hy a meandering stream called Shingle Creek. ''Buildings on the farm include: the ancestral Brown farmhouse, a garage, an office, a racetrack where Mr. Brown used to run his prize horses, and a barn in which until recent!) he housed his sizeable collection of an­ tique vehicles. ·'The next job was to get a simplified view of the area, filling in irregular boundaries and indicating only the

"Our major worry once we had got this far was how to make traffic coming off highway 100 fast and safe," Close continues. "This highway is a high-speed regional road. We needed to make an easy transition that would allow private automobiles, police, and fire cars to get from one side of the highway to the other without cross­ ing the paths of speeding oncoming cars. "We worked out a modified cloverleaf," (indicated in the picture above), "to permit Brooklyn Center motorists to underpass 100 without making any left turns. Then we had to develop traffic plans for the whole garden city settlement,'' Close says. Here's how it was done: Each neighborhood is marked off by its own traffic loop, a three-lane, two-way street. Connected to each neighborhood loop is the central four-lane traffic loop that forms the boundaries for the commercial center. No parking would be allowed on any of these traffic loops, and because there are no major intersections cars could proceed virtually without controls. salient resources. This picture above shows the stream on the left, and the existing huildings marked as dark solid Planning residence areas areas. The diagonal white line at right represents high­ way 100. Where do the houses fit in? They, too, would be set "We saw the triangle south of 100 as a kind of arrow· out in a loop pattern of residential streets. The two-lane, head pointing into the existing village of Brooklyn Cen· one-way streets, with parking on only one side, would ter (and, incidentally, reminding us of the necessity of permit a continuous traffic flow and facilitate deliveries. tying up the present village with this proposed residential In addition, this loop block arrangement provides an addition)," Close says. interior park area in the center of each neighborhood "The 'shaft' of the arrow including the existing build­ and a border park strip around the outside of each lobe. ings seemed an ideal site for the civic and commercial Each central neighborhood area is intended as a small center. Once this was established, it struck us that each shopping center with stores, a couple of churches, and an of the three general areas surrounding thi~ central lobe elementary schooL so that each neighborhood of 500 family units would he relatively self-contained. - would he well-suited for re~i

I thing quite unique," he says. "In no similar urban area ~ ProtJiding a hr•h in America-and the Brown property is only six blocks from the Minneapolis city limits----does there exist an mr­ ThP final (Jhoto, a section frorn completed project. in­ divided tract of thi,: sizl'. This gives a rare opportunity dicates landsca!Jing and the utilization of the central com­ for integrating a development so thoughtfully that the mercial section. Close thinks it's actually quite fortunate lives of its citizens cannot help but be easier and more that the area is now treeless since trees can be planted in pleasant." Says Close in conclusion, "If this development goes through, Earle Brown will be honored in two ways. The garden city community will, in a very real sense. be a memorial to him, as will the St. Paul campus short course center that will hear his name. This would, indeed, be a double memorial for a double contribution." Jesness Receives Service Award ~ From Farn1 Bureau Federation I 0. B. Jesness, head of the University's agricultural I economics department, has been given the distinguished service award of the American Farm Bureau Federation at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago. The award is made in recognition of outstanding ser­ vice to agriculture. Jesness has headed the agricultural economics depart­ ment since 1928 and before that was on the staff of the University of Ken tuck). He. holos a Ph.B. in agricultural economics from Minnesota as well as two earlier degrees. Jesness is a director of the Minnesota Institute of Gov­ ernmental Research and a member of the advisory com­ mittee on foreign trade pol in of the t:. S. Depa-rtment of Agriculture. January 1954 5 l •

ll st!ientists tell about their 1 Trip into the~

Tents had to he guyed the heads of the stalks. It's hard to dozen with stones at i rnagine such a desolate region.'· Back River ca.·npsite. The group set up two large wall Lents on a neck of land jutting out into a lake on the Back Ri\·er. ARCTIC !<:XPEDITIOl\! At • The an11) \1 a" eager lo do some !I\ Breckenridge sa~ s that the river, ., ft these words a small hm ('Onjurt:~ experiments with insect repellents 111 11 hich flows into the Arctic Ocean. up visions of high adventure. pnlar arctic climates. 11 as as clear and pure as a mountain Several orga11izations interested in bears, Eskimos. igloos, and frigid stream. ··we could dip into the river temperatures in the land of the mid­ thi" information sponsored the trip: for a drink without any fear of im­ night sun. the Wilkie Foundation I a philan­ purities." Breckenridge adds. To Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge. di­ thropic organization interested in rector of the Museum of Natural His­ 1 arious t\ pes of research I, the Cni­ Haylight lasted 2:J, hours ton. an arctic expedition means a versil\ of Minnesota. l' nited States At first we had a hard time get­ :-ummer spent on the unexplored bar­ Arm~ Quartermaster Corps. Wildlife ting used to the continuous da\­ ren tundra of northern Canad~l- - \1anagement I nstitutc. r nited States light." Breckenridge recalls, ''but our minus the polar bears. igloos, and Fish and Wildlife Service. and the sleeping cycle soon became about the cold temperature:-, hul with a liberal Geological Societ~ of America. same as at home. Because of the light share of high adventure. Choosing the peak of the northern we could take note;;;_ read. and do Joining Breckenridge in lasl sum­ ~ummer for their expedition. the par­ field work any time of the day or rner"s expedition were Minnesota in­ I\ left the Twin Cities June 14 and night." As for the temperature. the dustrialists James and Robert Wil­ tran·led to Churchill. Manitoba. on claily maximum ranged from 48 to kie and four (-niversit\ staff mem­ Hudson Bay to spend four weeks in 62 until August when it shot up in­ bers: John .Jarosz. rnusewn prepara­ J,iological investigation in that area to the /O's. But at night it usuall~ I tor: Harve\ Gunderson. as;;;istant sci­ preparing for thf' final leg of the went down close to the freezing 1 Pntist at the museum: Richard S. journey that \Hmld carry them .')50 mark. The explorers soon discovered Ta\ lor. teaching as;;;istant in gPolog) miles northwest to the Back Biver. that it was a slow ) ear for vegeta­ and mineralog\ : and Dr. Lawrence At Churchill the naturalists photo· tion and wildlife because there had 1 Larson. dinical instructor in sur­ graphed hirdlife and took notes on Jarosz examines white glaucous gull. gery, who acted as medical consult­ local birds. mammals. and natural All photos by Harvey Gunderson. 1 ant on the trip. histon in order to acquaint them­ The seven-man party cho~e as their st>h es- with ;o;pecies they might find research location the Back Rivn re­ further north at Back Hiver. All the gion in thP District of Keewatin in specimt;ns gathered at Churchill now the Northwest TPrritories of Canada: belong to the CniHrsil>. this area lie:~ alnwsl d:rccth north of the Twin Cities and 20 miles south of Campsite trus burrell the Arctic Circle. Hea>d in Minnesota the Winona bluffs."- Brecke:1ridge re­ .')()()() ) ears ago. lates. "There \1 ere no trees as far as • Several \1 ildlif<: agcncie~ 11 anted in­ the e1e could "ec. hut bcl\1een the forma lion u:1 11·aterflH\ l which were hills were meadows of cotton gras,·--­ thought to ne!'t in the area. mther tall grass \1 ith halls of fuzz on 6 The Minnesotan of twt,.tlng an ankle or breaking :: leg. Except for a few humps and bru;ses and a >'prained ankle. 11 c m:::naged pretty welL" Breckenridge: TUNDRA • • • ~ays. JfoS(Jilitoes llrought problem .., ""Our biggest headaches were the tremendous mosquitoes that swarmed been such an unusu:.:lh late spring. around us. If anyone thinks northern Long days were spent collecting Minnesota mosquitoes are big, the1 insect bird, mammaL fish, plant, and should see the arctic breed! I oncr geological specimens. taking stills took a swat at 1111 trouser leg and and movies, and doing general ex­ found that in one hlow I had killed ploring. The party expected to finrl 11 insects." he recalls. "And John the nesting area fur geese and to du hrosz killed 66 at one stroke!" banding for the wildlife agencies. Carn ing out the request of the but birdlife was rather scarce, prob­ Anm o!ution Arct1c char and lake trout were typi­ no geese whatsoever. on their exposed ann~. and it prm f'cl r a/ catch for explorers /., Dr. Lar­ As for mammals. a fe11 arctic to be 100 prr cent effective for three I'OTI, /Jreckenridp:e, and Robert Wilkie. foxes, arctic ground squirrels. and to five hours. lemmings were found. They saw no About. 2') mile~ from the camp~ite caribou in the rcgio~L hut were a group of '10 Eskimos lived in large camping spot. The Eskimos live on amazed to spot the place where a white carwa,_. tents instead of the cari­ the abundant supply of fish from the herd had recent!~ crossed the ri1er. bou skin shelter:' the explorer~ had river in summer and depend for win­ leaving behind a tremendous mat of expected to find. The1 did sef' one ter food upor1 caribou. The part) vi,;­ fluffy white fur like a sea of foam on caribou tent which tlw famih had ited the Eskimo village and had a the river bank. 11 eighted clown Ill a circle of rocks chance to watch the natives spear ·'Walking was alwa)S a problem. arranged along its hottom. When the and dn fish. stepping over or around boulders. Eskimos wanted to nwve. the1 nwre­ "'We di,-covered a lot of little un­ We seldom had an even footing and h slipped their tents from under the named lakes and rivers when we when we were on collecting expedi­ rocks and traveled on. lea\ ing circles were out in the field and took the tions. there was alwa1 s the chancr of stonf's as the sole remain~ of their Iibert) of naming several of the wat­ ers." Breckenridge recalls with a grin. ··On my 20th wedding anniversary An Eskimo mother and her tu:o children, /,cho live in the round tent made of last Jul~ 26 I named an arctic river caribou skin, talk to Jaros:: durinp: the parlv's visit to the Eskimo villap:e. 'The Doroth) S.' after my wife. Three small lakes are now called 'Phyllis,' 'Agnes.' and 'Bliss' after wives of the other men." The part) planned their supplies and equipment from previous ex­ perience on camping trips in north­ ern Minnesota. An oldtime canoe outfitter worked out food rations and estimated quite well. Because the Canadian Wildlife Service didn't al­ low them to hunL they had to bring in all their food except the fish they caught in great quantities. Their ex­ tra supplies were cached away for the Eskimos, who undoubtedly used them this winter. . The part~ split up after 16 days of continued on pap:e 14 January 1954 7 An authority in the field of English constitutional history, Faith Thompson, professor of history, has authored a new book, A Short History of Parliament, 129.5-1642, published recently by l'niversity Press.

Robert Abernathv, fellow in the department of medicine, is the recipient of .a research fellowship to study brucellosis U STAFF MEMBERS that has been awarded by the American College of Physicians. YOU S

As curator of the Duluth Branch Tweed Gallery, Fred J. Triplett. Principal secretary in the School of Ag­ assistant professor of art, is attracting a lot of attention to riculture, Helen Karow has spent 22 years

the baaller)· these daYS• with his tastefully arranged exhibitions. working at the C on the St. Paul campus.

The Minnesotan 8 Newly elected president of the Campus Club is Law School professor Stanley V. Kinyon.

Hans Hop£, assistant director of Coffman Union, has a big job keeping tabs on its ac­ tivities. Hans is an avid skiing enthusiast. ULD KNOW Joining the ~tali 26 years ago as first statistician at tlw l . Edwin C. Jackson is now assistant cornptrol­ kr a11d assistant secretary to the Board of Regents. track of books, magazines, newspapers for facul· 5tudents is journalism librarian Kay Richardson.

January 1954 9 Color consultant when jobs weren't available. Gradu­ ally I drifted into work with color:· Helen Thian UJiplies Since then Miss Thian has worked with interior decorating firms and for department stores m New York and the Twin Cities. Psychology by the QUART During World War II she served as a WAC first lieutenant. ·'I went in as a draftswoman," she smilingh

AINTING A CLASSROOM is 11o rooms are two stories high-ad:ling explains. '·But I never got near a Pcasual matter at the Lniversit\. to the problems," Miss Thian says. drafting board-1 worked in the film Before brush is dipped into pai,;t. The colorful solution was found in library and in personnel jobs." a sprightly woman on the top floor •·the light. warm colors of yellow Her army service over, Miss Thian of the Administration building must and orange. touched up with black:· returned to home decoration. But. select colors and plan schemes. she confesses. "I like this work at She is Helen Thian, 1930 gradu­ THJ:: COLOR CONSULTA!\T the t:niversit~ much better. In a ate of the llniversity school of archi­ works from a palette of colors home you're working with an indi­ tecture. The job as ·TniversitY color developed h) her predecessor. Joh:1• \idual and you must subdue your consultant"' which she assumed last Hopkins, l-niversity color consult­ ideas to his." FeLruary makes her responsible for ant for more than ten years prior to Miss Thian notes, however, she "thinks it only right" to avoid, inso­ the dash of psychology that goe~ his death in l%1. These colors into each can of paint. hear such made-at-Minnesota names far as possible, any color aversion,. Is there a dingy office in Folwell. as .. Folwell green.'" "Administration of the deans or professors whose a dark hall in Wesbrook? Does Mur­ red," and "Sanford green.'' offices she decorates. phy Hall need complete interior at· Miss Thian, a slender. neath· Her own small office also was colored with care. Miss Thian ex­ tcntion? dressed. graying woman, comes to The job is Miss Thian's. the C niversity through a "happy ac­ plains. Its neutral gray was selected because "I work with color all day.·· She begins her work "when ph)si­ cident." "I intended to be an in­ cal plant gives the orders." Her first terior designer," she explains. "But -By '\larilyn Kinzel, step is to stud~- the problem area. I graduated during the depression. Journalism Senior If its paint merely needs freshening, coats of the already present color Helen Thian checks wall color in neu.:ly painted Coffman Union cafeteria. will be used. "Most of m~- job i;­ in maintenance," Miss Thian sa) s. If, however, the area never ha~ been painted or if present colors are unsuitable. Miss Thian decides the psychologicallY correct shades to make a jutting wall appear to re­ cede, a cold room "warm up", or a cavernous classroom appear more livable. "These principles-paint a roo111 a 1rarm shade like yellow to warm it or blue or green to cool it-arc known to most housewives:· Mi:-:­ Thian says. But such techuiques are relatively new to the l'niversit\, where until a decade ago a janitor could say, "You can have the room painted any color-so long as if~ graY. :Vhss Thian lists as one of her more unusual l;niversity jobs the decoration of two underground cafe­ terias in Centennial Hall, men's dor­ mitorY. "There are no windows, two kinds. of lighting are used. and the The Minnesotan 10 Meet

Otto Thunder . • • U Meehanie Is

~hippewa ~hief

LTHOllGH THE EMPLOYEES A of the Universit) machine shop t know their fellow-worker simply as I Otto Thunder, lnck on the Red Lake I Indian Reservation near Bemidji h~ is called Chief Rumbling Sky and is I a spokesman for his tribe. At home Otto Thunder is Chief Rumbling Sk)·; at C he works as a mechanic. Dignified and rather soft-spoken. Otto gives the impression of a self­ opening we got our heat and light apolis, and studied typing and book­ made man. There are two organiza­ lf and did our cooking. keeping in business school. tions on the reservation, he tells you, Otto says he entered the Cross From 1917 to 1940 Otto had sev­ the general council of the old chiefs, . Lake Indian School in his territory eral jobs back home: he was a clerk and the Red Lake Tribal Business unable to speak or understand a in the general store of the Chippewa Association, an up-and-coming group word of English. Aftn five ~pars trading company, and for 27 years of the "younger element." He has he had picked up some fluency I he was a blacksmith. "All the ponies heen chairman of the latter for a now speah and writes with exem­ on the reservation had to be shod,'" long time and in this position helps plary correctness I, and he decided to he recalls. "I've shod 1800-pound keep repre5entatives in Congress post­ get further training. He and several horses in my day." Finally he worked ed on the needs of the Red Lake other Indians from Red Lake went in the Reel Lake logging camp and Indians, requesting them to draft to the Carlisle Indian School in sawmill. I By then he had taught reEolutions and look after the yearly Pennsylvania. a high school and vo­ himself arc-welding.) per capita payments the lT. S. gov­ cational school combined, where he Otto left the reservation in 1940 ernment gives each Indian on the learned to he a blacksmith. and held several jobs, finally com­ reservation. (Last year this came to ing to the University a year ago. He !1;100 apiece for the 3,000 Red Lake .\lemories of Carlisle ~tarted here as a caretaker in the Indians.) "During the three } ears I at­ 1\dministration building but was Otto tells of his earl) years this tended the Carlisle J ndian Sdwol transferred last month to the nn­ way: Jim Thorpe, the famous Indian ath­ chine shop on the basis of his spe­ "I come from the Chippewa tribe. lete, was playing great football there. cial skills. He is very enthusiastic I was born .'53 years ago, and like I saw many games. When the team about his new job and about his su­ many papooses, was wrapped in a was away from home playing east­ pen·isors. "It's good to do what you cradle until l was almost a year old. ern schools and universities. the mo­ do best." he says. I am a descendant of Chief Buffalo ment the score would he announced of the Madeline Islands, the head the whole student body would form Life on the reservation chief of all the Chippewas of Michi­ a line and march to town with the Red Lake's 500,000 acres comprise gan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 100-man Carlisle Indian Band in the onh- unallotted reservation in ''Because my parents were pooL full uniforms leading the troops. I'll Minnesota. Otto still owns a cottage we lived in a tepee; they did not never forget those \Hmderful days at Red Lake and goes back "even attempt to build a log house until f spent at Carlisle." so often," especially for tribal cele­ I was ahout ten years old. I remem­ After a stint at the Ford Motor brations like the Fourth of July fair ber this house-on one side a chim­ Compan) in Detroit where he wa" in which he and his fellow tribes­ ney was built out of poles, hay, and given varied assignments- assem­ men play the drums, sing, do In­ day. It was left open about five feet bling, heat-treating, machine work­ dian dances. and hold powwows-for from the ground, and from this he saved up $.')00, came to l\Iinne- continued on pafie 14 January 1954 11 I 1 ~ I Hobbyist Ula Dow is the

(!!(!!Craftiest~~ W o111an at liMB

ALAD DIN'S LAMP doesn't hold a candle to the crude assortment of carpenters' tools and equipment. "I've used hand-wrought silver ring with a polished Lake Su­ the circular saw thousands of times-but;' she laughs, perior agate which Ula N. Dow, senior clerk in the UMD "I still get scared when I turn it on." bookstore, ranks among her cherished possessions. And in this shop Miss Dow has constructed a variety I The ring has yielded fabulous returns in a much dif­ of cabinetwork and furniture that would turn the most l ferent way from Aladdin's magic gadget; its magic was accomplished male carpenter green with envy---cobblers' I in opening its owner's eyes to the world of handicrafts benches, coffee tables, bookcases, stools, knick-knack and the endless rewards that come from a creative in­ shelves. stinct, deft hands, and fine tools. A heavy oak dining room set that had been in her J Miss Dow fashioned the ring in a jewelry-making class family many years underwent wholesale refashioning. in Duluth Central high school. "It's a funny little thing," She squared off the ornate rounded legs of the table and she says now, "but I wouldn't part with it for anything." lowered the legs on the buffet. Much altered in shape, the So interested in jewelry-making did she become after set changed even more dramatically when she refinished ' 1 the high school course that she took it up as a major it in a rich driftwood tone. I hobby, then went to Boston to take a training course in But her work only began with the remodeled set. "I ;.,j jewelry-making at the School of Fine Arts and Crafts. decided the whole dining room had to be done over to When she returned to Duluth, she opened a craft shop match. So I papered and painted. Before my remodeling j with another adept craftswoman. For seven years during session was over, I had re-done three rooms, lowered the the depression she and her partner made and sold their mantel in the living room, and generally transformed j handiwork. the place." I She abandoned the enterprise in favor of working for J someone else, but continued her craft interests on an THER DOW HOBBIES include: the care and feed· e\'er-cxpanding seale and variety. O ing of African violets, numismatics (coin collect­ I Tn her basement shop she gradually accumulated for­ ing), making 400 Santa Claus dolls from latex molds, ~ midable power tools-a 10-inch circular saw, a band saw, silversmithing, and building boat models. lathe, sander, power drill-to enlarge an already sizeable In summer she spends as much time as she can at a ~ log cabin on Little Grand Lake near Duluth. She and Examining trays of her hand-wrought jewelry, Miss Dow her father built much of the cabin, and her woodwork j displays silver cream-and-sugar set that she also made. projects are visible throughout. Among them are trim little ship models, on which Miss Dow spent many pains­ , taking hours. So many pieces of expert and individualistic crafts­ manship are evident in her home that browsing through the Dow household is a little like shopping in some exotic i market. I A unique copper drip-method coffee maker copied ' from an heirloom her aunt obtained from a Swiss tin­ smith gives eloquent testimony to Miss Dow's skill as a fine artisan. She has made three copies of the heirloom coffee maker. Miss Dow uses "hard" solder, as con­ trasted to the easier-applied "soft" kind. She wields several sizes of blow torches deftly and has recently added a dupane torch to her tool collection. Of all her crafts and hobbies, however, Miss Dow still ranks as the most engrossing and satisfying her silver· smithing. With coping saws whose blades are hardly stouter than a human hair, carving tools, and "liver of sulphur" --the substam:e that gives wrought silver its rich shading-Miss Dow can step into a world of enchantment and creativity that Aladdin himself would have envied. 12 The Minnesotan Dogs~ Eagles Are 1.,reated In U Small Animal Clinic

fluenza). "We use products that give Staff at this clinic includes: a high degree of immunity- often Mather; Drs. Donald Clifford ami lasting for the dog's entire life- in Robert Schwartzman, instructors: and the so-called 'one-injection' method." Griselda Wolfe, research fellow. Most frequent ailment in cats is "en­ Mather insists that the main teritis," feline equivalent of distemp­ purpose and real justification for the er. The clinic has also set its share of clinic is its teaching function. It is broken bones. designed to help vet medicine stud­ "We've had a couple of eagles," ents in their last two years get an in­ Mather said, ''one from a private ternship in a first-class well-equipped owner and one from Como Park Zoo clinic. Students also rotate service in -both had broken bones. We've large animal clinic, ambulatory sec­ even had some swans, also from tion, obstetrics section, and labora­ Como Park. They needed to have a tories. In charge of all these clinics is section of their wings clipped to keep Professor John N. Campbell. them in captivity. Once we took a On the way out we spotted the N A SMALL operating room, two fishhook from the throat of a swan cages where convalescent dogs and I veterinarians were injecting the who had swallowed some hait and cats were resting. One nervous collie forepaw of a black cocker spaniel was all tangled up in the line." had a large, black rubber bib around with anaesthetic to "put him under" The clinic runs its own blood his neck- apparently to keep him for an eye operation for relief of the hank, too, for transfusions and for from tearing a bandage off a healing pressure caused by glaucoma. anemic animals. wound. Mather told us that while We watched the heavy front door some of the animals are "spooky" or of the clinic swing open. In walked N ALL ANIMALS requiring ob­ nervous for the first few days, they a girl with a Persian cat perched on Oservation the clinic performs a usually grow to like the place be­ her shoulder, and another girl car· series of routine tests, similar to cause of the good care and food. ried a golden retriever in her arms­ studies on humans; x-rays, blood As we started to leave the clinic, a hoth animals in for checkups. counts, urinalyses, bacteriological door clanged behind us, and we turn­ Meantime, a vet was saying on analyses. In addition, much work is ed to watch a young veterinarian the phone, "No, I wouldn't worry done in parasitology. For all clinic gently lay the limp black cocker about it. A heavy-coated dog always work, fees comparable to those of spaniel in a cage. The eye operation. loses a little hair in a warm house." other veterinarians are charged. he told us, had been a success. All this is typical of the daily ac­ tivity at the University's small ani­ mal clinic, a teaching unit of the Prior to an eye operation, Dr. Robert Schu:artzman injects anaesthetic in­ School of Veterinary Medicine; to pau· of a black cocker spaniel who is being held by Dr. Donald Clifford. headed by Associate Professor George i W. Mather, the clinic yearly sees r some 5,000 small animals and birds I for ailments ranging from overlong I toenails (which are trimmed) to conditions requiring x-ray examina· tion and major surgery. (A separate large animal clinic headed hy Assis­ tant Professor Dale Sorenson treats horses, cows, sheep, etc.) Both are housed in a modern two story build­ ing on the south edge of the St. Paul campus. Most common complaint in dogs, said Dr. Mather, is distemper (roughly equivalent to acute in- r------

Indian Chief TRIP TO THE TUNDRA continued from page I continued from patt,·e 1! "In spite of the loss of specimens exploration on the Back River site. the benefit of visitor>' who pa \ ::Sl.OO. our expedition was successful for our Breckenridge and Taylor continued "When I lived on the reservation." purposes," Breckenridge concludes. extensive investigation by boat up "We recorded the natural history of he says with some pride, ''we alwa~s the Back River while Jarosz and had a garden with potatoes, tomatoes. the region in a slow year. We don't Gunderson stayed at camp. squash. three kinds of S\\·eet corn. have any immediate plans to return The trip came to a story-book cli­ When I was a voung fellow. Indians to Back River, but we would like to 11·ere 1·en industrious. They usf'd max for the Wilkie brothers and Dr. go back or have another group stuch ox-teams, planted corn and potatoes. Larson who were flying back to the section in an average year to scf' and prepared for winter by drying Churchill. Just an hour out of a re­ how different conditions woulcl affect blueberries and chokecherries. and fuelling stop at Baker Lake the the life there. by freezing whitefish. plane's engine caught fire, and the "Some of our information was use· "Nowadays many of the people pilot crash landed in Lake Kaminu­ ful in a negative way: the wildlife on our reservation don't do such raik. Luckily, neither the passengers, service was interested to find they things. They don't even ha1·e gar­ the pilot, nor his wife were injured. couldn't count on that region to pro­ dens. People don't eat good, and Surrounded by frigid water, the sur­ duce much waterfowl for hunting. some drink too much. If the1 hac! vivors fashioned a raft from plane Taylor did a geological reconnais­ steady emplovment. I believ~ thPI parts and paddled a quarter of a mile sance for 18 miles along the Back wouldn't drink," Otto continues. to shore, where they made a crude River and base camp with his em­ "But opportunities are scarce. The camp and waited for rescue. phasis on the glacial history of the sawmill used to employ 200 men, region. He is writing reports for sev­ now it only takes 60. Nearly all the Specimens lost in crash eral journals, just as we are doing heavy timber has been cut. Fisheries They watched the plane loaded articles for other scientific journals. run only two months of the year. with precious specimens sink slowlY "Besides, we have a complete still You have to get out. to find work in nine feet of water. Water seeped and motion picture record of the trip in the cities like I did. This kind into all the specimens and destroyed and some specimens that go to the of life is nothing new to me. I've the entire insect and fish collec­ University's botany, entomology, and been with white folks a long time. tions, the geological specimens, ~bout zoology departments. And in addi­ I've gone to school. But manv In­ half the bird and mammal collec­ tion, Life magazine plans to use some dians can't leave the reserv~tion. tions. and part of the Wilkies' cam­ of our pictures of the tundra in their Their families are too big and thev era and sound equipment. series. "The World We Live ln.'" got no education . . . " The explorers wanted to walk out, ------. TTO PAUSES to ponder the di­ hut the bush pilot said that in the Herbert Heaton Named 0 lemma awhile. He feels that both tundra the attempt would be suicidal. History Department Head the F S. and the Indians themselves Following his advice, the group spent Newly appointed chairman of the must accept responsibility for their much of the time sleeping to con­ history department is Professor Her­ plight. But there is little bitterness serve their strength and made short bert Heaton who replaces August C. in Otto's voice as he talks about the foraging parties to gather berries Krey. Krey asked to be relieved of claims his people now have against and to stone birds for food. After the chairmanship because of ill the federal government. In 1863, he three days living on this limited diet health. says, the Red Lake Indians ceded of the tundra, the survivors heard a Heaton was born in England and 18.000.000 acres in northern Min­ plane engine. They scurried to start obtained his B.A., M.A., and Doctor nesota for a mere $510,000 in farm a signal fire and tried to attract the of Letters from Leeds Universit~ implements, ox-teams, calico, etc. For pilot's attention by reflecting the sun and Master of Commerce from Birm­ this cession the Chippewa are now from a shiny specimen box. The pilot ingham University. Specializing in asking $18,000.000 in reparations. noticed the signals and landed to economic history, Heaton taught at 'Tntil that claim is settled." Otto pick up the happy but hungry ex­ Birmingham University, the Univer­ confides, ''we would like to get a plorers. sity of Tasmania, Australia, and Cni­ S.1.000,000 loan from the U. S. gov­ Ironically, Breckenridge and the versity of Adelaide, Australia. In ernment over a 40-year period to others at Back River didn't know 192:1 he became department head at finance summer resorts. a cannerv. about the crash and loss of speci­ Queens liniversity, Kingston, On­ better farming. and to encourage mens until a week later when a tario, and joined the l;niversity of manufacturers to set up factories plane came to take them out. With­ Minnesota faculty in 1921. around the reservation. This would out time to gather new specimens He is generally regarded as one of let the Indians do useful work and they brought home only those the1 the outstanding American scholars in still live on their own land." had collected during the last week. the field of economic history. 14 The Minnesotan The President's Page

• Some Reflections on the New Year

FEW OF. US, I suppose,. escape the mood of re~e~~ion as ~he ?,ld Year yields to the New. Somet1mes our reflectiOn emanates New Year:;; resolutwns ... more often, probably, just the simple hope and aim to make our lives and work count for something more and better from now on. Donald Culross Peattie\ Almanac for Moderns is a little book I like to look back into, from time to time. Writing in 1933 or 1934, on December 31, he observed that:

''Each little year that passes is one more grain of sand slipped through the nar· rows of the hour glass of our universe. Physicists suppose that matter and en· ergy in the universe are finite: I cannot imagine time in a cosmos that reached ultimate inertia and dissipation: the supply of time. too. then, mav well he finite-particularly terrestrial time. ·'What did mankind do with the sand grain that is even now falling? ... He discovered several new method>' of destroying his brothers with the utmost cruelty. He reestablished in some countries tyrann), torture, and religious intol­ erance; in others he toiled on. Uilencouraged but not discouraged. with the age· old problems like poverty. disease. prostitution, and crime. ·The best that we can say is that some of humanity shouldered the old loads: some hindered, hung Lack, even attacked the burden bearers. Most of us did nothing, neglected to raise a cheer for the struggling. passively permitted thf' wolves to go on devouring their hideous banquet of men and women. wolves of war and greed. Yice and drugs .... ·'Yet now and then. as the years pass, comes a Noguchi. Pasteur. Beethoven. Lincoln. Asoka. Marcus Aurelius. or Plato. Thev are humanit\ as it might be."

For one, I am reminded by these words that science and scholarship are vastly more than their discoverable and learnable material~. They are the summons to humane ideas and values and ideals. The University is their ~eedbed. Our sense of commitment is the climate for their thriving. It is good to he and work in this place, with men and women possessed of this sense of mission. The New Year, yours and mine, will he a happy one largely in the degree that our better aims are realized. Warmly I wish for all our University a Happy New Year.

January l. 1954 University of" Minnesota Calendar of" Events

THE 'UNNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATES Subscription Series Jan. IS-Highlights in the Historr oi the American Press: Jan. 22-Leopold Stokow,;ki, I""'"' conductor. A Book of Readings, edited by, Etiwin H. Fonl anti Ed­ .I an. 29-~0rclu·,tral program. win EmerY. hoth members of the Univer,itv :o;cJwol of (i\orthrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 Journa]i,;n;. A collection of articles about tl;e dominant to $·tOD. ~ales begin the Mondav lwfore each concert at men and PH'nls in the development of tlw American the Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For rPsPrva· nt>wspaper. Trade edition, $6.50; text edition, S5.00. tions call Univer,ity t'XIPnsion 622.3.) t Ft·h. l-The Tangled Fire oj William Faulkner, by William \'an O'Connor. A critical study that draws a highly Young People's Concert original view of the writer's achievement. The author is Jan. 28--Northrop Auditorium, l :::10 p.m. an a.•sociate professor of English at the University. I Admis>'ion arranged through local schook) Trade edition, $4.00, text edition, $3.00. Ft'b. 15-Epicurus and His Philosophy, hy Norman W. De­ UNIVERSITY ARTISTS COURSE Witt. A biographical account that relates existing data Jan. 18-Leon Fh·islwr, pianist. on the life of Epicurus to the development of his doc· (!Vorthrop Au-litorium, 8:30 p.m. Tickets $1.00 to $3.00. trine. By a professor emeritus of Victoria College, Uni· Sales lwgin tlw Monday lwfort' tlw wt't'k of tht· conr:ert at versity of Toronto. $6.00. tlw Artists Cour,-p Ticket OfficP. lOS Northrop.) i~ I Boob are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book­ 'tc>l ,., or may be ordPred through your local bookstore.) SPECIAL CONCERT SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS .Jan. 16-Paradt· of Quartets. S)mphony Preview ... Donald Ferguson, chairman of ( N.1rthrop Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Tickets from $I. SO to the music department at Macalester College, previews $3.00 on sale at the ticket office, 10.~ Northrop.) l Friday's 1\iinnt'apolis Symphony concPrts. ThurStlay. 3:45. Fc>h. 10, ll-Dt> Mille Dance Theatre. Cilbert Highet Talks on Books ... The British commen· (Northrop Aaditorium, 8:30 p.m. Tickets from $1.0:) to Ialor offPrs his sprightly analysis of various books includ $3.50 on salt> at the ticket offict', 105 Northrop. tPn clays ing historical fiction, fablPs, the Faust legend. Monday, lwfore the performancP.) t :3:45 p.m. Book Chat> ... AudrPy June Booth intt'rviews promirlf'nt MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONCERTS authors and publisluers. Monday, 4:00 p.m. .Jan. 19-Edward B<"rryman. in>tructor in mw;ic, organist. Ht·rald Tribune Forum ... With the topic "New Patterns Fd>. 2-Ancit>nt music for bra"' ir»,trunH'nt>; In studf'nt for Mid-century Living," the forum will feature Dag players. Hammarskjold, John Fostt>r Dulles, Herbert BrownP!I, Feb. 9-Patricia Laliberte, pianist. Grandma Most''• Eddie Gilmore, and other>'. Begins in (Scott Hall Auditorium, 11:30 a.m. Program,- open to the February. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. public without charge.) (KUOlVI, the UnivPrsity radio station, hroadcasts at 770 on the dial. Its complete wintt'r schedule may bt' obtained CONVOCATIONS by writing to the station.) Jan. 21- ~William LaurPnc•·. scit·nce reporter for the New UNIVERSITY GALLERY York Times, ""The Truth About the HydrogPn Bomb." Jan. 2tt. Mar. 1--The Paintings of Wallace Mitchell. Mr. Jan. 28-Kt·n Kripperw, film ],•eture. '"On tlw Trail of the :\fitchcll's casein paintings an' primarily abstract pat· Lost lncas." ternings with exquisite spatial and color counterplay. Ft>b. 4-Charlt·,- Laughton, rPadings. I Performance' at :-.!early all tht'se paintings are owned hy private collectors. 11:.30 and 12:30. Tiekd,; $./.) in advance. $1.00 at the Jan. 2.5. F(•h. IS-Finnish Arts and Crafts. A sampling of door.) this Scandinavian country's handiwork production is Ff'h. 11-~Clei'Piand, mentalist Pntertairwr, ''The PowPr of displayf'd in this large collection of modern Finni>'h the Mind." crafts, including weaving, ceramics, and glas,;wart>. (Northrop Auditorium, 11:30 a.m. unlt·ss designated. Open Feb. 1. Mar. 6-Swiss Architt'cture. An extensive display to the pulolic without charge unlt'ss designated. I of maps, plans, photographs, and modt>ls make up this exhibition of current Swi,-s architecture. UNIVERSITY THEATRE (The University Gallery, on the thirrl ami fourth floors of Northrop Auditorium, is opt'n to the public 8-5, Mon· Feb. 8-14--"'The Doctor in Spilt' of Himst"lf," and "Tht• rlay through Friday. Concprtgoers will find the GallPry Ridiculous ~Young Ladie,-." by Molii>ne. opPn hPfore performancPs and during intPrmission,-,) (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. !'xccpt Feh. 14, 4:00 p.m. Mont lay evt>ning pPrformance begin;; at 7:30 p.m. ATHLETIC EVENTS Single tickets. :<;1.20. Sales begin the WednP:'day lwforp tlw Basketball Games at Home wn•k of tlw opening at the Theatre Box· Officf'. lll Scott Jan. 25--Punlue. HaJJ.) j- Jan ..)0-~Michigan State. fp!J. 13-lowa. UNIVERSITY FIUI SOCIETY (Williams Arena, 8:00 p.m. Single tickPt>' at Sl./:; go on ,;alt· tht' Monday of the week before tlw ganw at tlw Ath· .lan. 20-··Linwlight," Charles Chaplin film. letic Ticket Office, 103 Cooke HaJJ.) i Jan. 27--··RuJP, of thf' CamP." French film. Ft>h. .~--··Birth of a Nation." first American hox-offict' JJ;t. Hockey Games at Home (Northrop Auditorium, .3:30 and 8:00 p.m. -~ll forf'ign Jan. 22. 2:3-Miehigan Stalt'. languagP films have English subtitle><. Tickt't>' for Hdult,;. Feh. S, 6-North Dakota. $.60: junior admi>';;ion, $.3.'1. availab!t· at tlw Lohhy (Williams Arena, 8:30 p.m. Single ticket• at $]..)0 go on Ticket Office. th<' basPmf'nl of Weshrook Hall. or tlw salt> thf' Monday of tllf' week befor<' tlw garne at th~ Ath· Campti' Club.) letic Tickt't Office, 103 Cook<> HaJJ.)

t Tickets for these !'vent• an· also availablP a! tlw FiPLI Schlick Ticket Office in St. Paul and the Downtown Tick<'! Office, 188 :\'orthwe-tern Bank Building in '\Iinneapoli,-.

In this issue ... Meet the Regents IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED what University balloons were doing in Texas or upstate New York, you'll MR. HERMAN F. SKYBERG, a find the answer, plus details on the Red River Valley potato farmer, U's cosmic ray research, page 3. was elected to the Board of Regents CONTINUING OUR SERIES on in 1949. the University and the legislature, Born in Fisher, Minnesota, Mr. The Minnesotan on page 6 introduces Skyberg moved when he was a boy the all-important Senate Finance and to the Polk county farm wqere he House Appropriations committees now raises potatoes and small grains. and their chairmen and tells how Regent Skyberg first became ac­ the U appropriation is determined. quainted with the University and its OTHER FEATURES ON: what's many functions when he attended the inside the newly dedicated Lyon Northwest School of Agriculture at Laboratories, page 7; history pro­ Crookston, graduating in 1916. fessor John Wolf's portrait painting Mr. Skyberg, a representative of hobby, page 10; UMD staffers in agriculture on the Board, has been the build-it-yourself boom, page 12; active in Minnesota farm circles for President Morrill writes about the partnership of the press and educa­ tion in democratic progress, page 15. Daniel C. Gainey PICTURE CREDITS: Pp. 3, 4, balloon pho­ t?s, Gen~ral Mills, Inc.; page 6, Henry Sul­ hvan, Mmneapolis-Tribune; Claude Allen, St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press; pa~e 8 Helen EGENT DANIEL C. GAINEY Clapesattle~ Minneapolis Star. ' Rdivides his time between his Owa­ tonna, Minnesota, home and his huge On the eover . .. Arizona ranch where he grazes 20J We think this scene really head of registered Hereford cattle. catches the feel of a cold In Owatonna Mr. Gainey is presi­ February evening on the dent and chairman of the board of campus with its sharply pat­ the Josten Manufacturing Company, terned darks and brights, nationally famous class jewelry man­ the somewhat giddy foot­ ufacturer. prints covering Northrop's After graduation from Hamline snowy steps. Photo by Alan University in 1921, Mr. Gainey spent Ominsky. a year as athletic coach at Hancock, Minnesota, and then joined Josten's. By 1933 Mr. Gainey had moved from THE MINNESOTAN Herman F. Skyberg Vol. VII No. 5 sales manager to general manager to Published by the Department of Uni­ his present post. versity Relations, 213 Administration Besides his business, Regent Gain­ many years. Long a director of the Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ neapolis 14, Minnesota. ey carries on a long list of outside ac­ Farmers Co-operative Marketing As­ William L. Nunn, Director tivities: he is a director of the Na­ sociation, he served as president of Ellen Siegelman . . . . . Editor tional Association of Manufacturers, the organization for several years. Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor Advisory Committee: Members of the j He was also one of the founders and Minnesota State Employers Associa­ University Public Information Council. president for two years of the Red tion, Educational Jewelry Manufac­ The Minnesotan is published month­ I turers Association, and has been River Valley Potato Improvement As­ ly during the academic year, October sociation. Mr. Skyberg is married and through May. Copies are mailed free to Regent of the University since 1939. University staff members. Subscription In 1939 Mr. Gainey became in­ has three sons and a daughter. rates for non-staff members are $2 a terested in raising Arabian horses About his objectives as a Regent, year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this Mr. Skyberg says, "Naturally I'm issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial and today has developed one of the Union Bookstore. half dozen finest herds in the world. interested in the farm campus, but Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ He serves as a governing member, most of all I'm interested in the ed, were taken by members of the whole University. I want to represent University Photographic Laboratory. director, and vice-president of the Entered as second-class matter at the Arabian Horse Club Registry of all the people who want to attend post office at Minneapolis, Minn. America. the University, not just one group." The Minnesotan 2 UOSMIURAYS

lJ physicists study their make-up~ source~ and energy

!S YOU SIT READING THIS, a the earth around you is being bombarded by countless tiny atomic missiles hurtling from interstellar space. What are these projectiles? Scientists call them "cosmic rays." And, thanks to the studies of Min­ nesota and University of Rochester physicists, they are now known to be the nuclei of atoms of many elements (mostly hydrogen) traveling at very high energies. This "rain of matter," says Ed­ ward Ney, associate professor of physics, is nothing to get upset about. At the latitude of Minnesota only 6,000 assorted nuclei per square cen­ This dramatic shot shows two men about to launch a General Mills balloon timeter are striking the top of the in a University cosmic ray flight made at twilight in Montevideo, Minn. atmosphere every hour. And this in­ creases the mass -0f the earth at a trifling "one hundredth of a millionth Victor Hess, ascended high into the With physics professors Ney, John of a millionth of one per cent in a atmosphere in a free balloon carrying Winckler, and C. L. Critchfield, proj­ billion years." a device for detecting charged radia­ ect supervisor; research associates With your worries on this score tions. He rose to about 15,000 feet John Lindley, Phyllis Freier, and settled, you may ask why, then, are and found that the mysterious radia­ John Naugle; and a number of grad­ scientists at the University and else­ tion, as he had suspected, steadily in­ uate assistants and technical aides, where concerned about these parti­ creased in strength as one traveled the Minnesota group has flown more cles? higher and higher into the thinning equipment in the upper altitudes Let's go back to the beginning. atmosphere. This meant, he conclud­ than similar cosmic ray projects at It has been known, says Ney, for ed, the radiation was coming from the Universities of Chicago, Iowa, more than 100 years that the air interplanetary space. Some years la­ Princeton, and Rochester. around us is an electrical conductor, ter physicist Robert Millikan named Why study cosmic rays? because of charged or ionized parti­ the phenomenon "cosmic radiation." Ney gives several reasons: First, cles found near the earth's surface. Beginning in 1947, under grants they're of interest in themselves as a For decades this conductivity was from the Office of Naval Research puzzling phenomenon that needs ex­ thought to result from naturally ra­ and the Atomic Energy Commission, plaining. The theory is that these dioactive rocks. cosmic ray research has proceeded bare nuclei had all their electrons But in 1911 a Viennese physicist, apace at the University of Minnesota. continued on next page February 1954 3 rubbed off as they were accelerated must first be made. This is done by height it will reach can be completely and shot into space. But why, asks sending balloons containing record· determined in advance, because that the theoretical physicist, do they ac­ ing equipment high into the atmos­ depends on its size and construction. celerate? And where do they come phere. Ney says it is difficult to make a bal­ from to begin with? It is no longer loon large enough and light enough believed that the sun is their only BEFORE A BALLOON is launch- to go higher than 110,000 feet. source, since they are found in ed, says Ney, the gear it will hold The General Mills and Winzen Re­ equal abundance by day and by is assembled. This gear - sometimes search balloons used by the Univer­ night. weighing as much as 160 pounds­ sity group have been made of poly­ Professor Winckler adds that these records not the rays themselves, ethylene plastic- a solid acre of it! rays are interesting "because you can which are invisible, but the tracks -only 1/1,000 of an inch thick, but actually do nuclear physics with these rays leave as they streak remarkably tough. them. These are tremendously high through a Wilson cloud chamber or At launching, Ney reports, the energy particles bombarding other a photographic emulsion. What is balloon looks rather like a teardrop, particles in the atmosphere, much like photographed is a series of fog drop­ but at its full height it becomes al­ the protons blasting a target in an lets that condense on the atoms most spherical, expanding to some 75 atom smasher. But these have up to charged by the cosmic ray on its feet in diameter and 90 feet in height. a million times the energy of the lightning journey through the cham­ They say it is a lovely sight. One most powerful atom-smasher today. ber or emulsion. graduate student reports, "We sent Physicists still have much to learn Nuclei of different elements leave one up in Texas last year that we about what holds the atom together, tracks of varying thickness. When followed all day with a car. You can and one way of discovering this is to the gear is finally brought back to see it with the naked eye even at see what happens when particles of the laboratory in the Physics building 90,000 feet- and that's nearly 20 very high energy strike matter." scientists and technicians can ex­ miles up! Cosmic ray research does have its amine these photographs and other "During the day it looks like a more immediate applications, Ney records of altitude and pressure and planet- a little like Venus, which admits, for high flights and even for determine the speed and energy of is sometimes visible by day. But at interplanetary travel. Scientists will the recorded cosmic rays and their twilight, when the sun is setting on have to find out if airplanes can physical nature. the earth, it is still illuminating the balloon which then looks like a star safely fly at 100,000 feet where cos­ The balloon also contains a device mic radiation gets mighty intense. that regulates the length of time it -a little brighter, maybe." And, certainly, questions about man's is afloat. It may have transmitting The balloon stays at its altitude for tolerance for cosmic radiation and equipment indicating height and at­ a specified time (usually about eight his defense against it will have to be mospheric pressure in the balloon hours) until the timing mechanism answered before anyone takes off on by means of a radio signal that can releases a chute connected to the a rocket to the moon- or anywhere be picked up by observers on the valuable gear, which plummets earth­ ward. Ney says the Minnesota group else. ground. To analyze cosmic rays theoreti­ There is no way to control how has rescued the gear in all but four cally, measurements and observations far a balloon will travel. Only the flights. This photograph was taken in 1948, during one of the first flights made by the University group. Of the men here shown assembling gear containing a Wilson cloud chamber prior to placing it in the balloon, only Professor Ed­ ward Ney (bending over, second from left) is still on the staff. The man crouching at right is E. /. Lofgren, who started the Minnesota project and is currently in charge of the Bevatron project at Berkeley, California. j

1 . ~ Eventually the-balloon floats down, too. Balloons have ended up as far away as New York state and have brought their share of flying saucer panics. Ney tells several stories about bizarre endings to flights: Once a descending balloon landed on a park­ ed car at night. The couple in it later reported they thought it was "the end of the world." Another time .a chute broke and the load of equipment crashed to the ground, knocking a hole in a farm fence. There followed a series of events straight out of a tall tale- but true, Ney swears: The farmer's cattle squirmed through the hole. They got into a field of green alfalfa on the other side. Result: the farmer's prize steer ate the alfalfa and died of the This cosmic ray track in a photographic emulsion is what rese&rch associate bloat. "We have an insurance policv Phyllis Freier, l., and lab technologist Dawn Copeland see in microscope. to cover just such contingencies," Ney says with a sigh. The highest balloon flights made equator it offers there the greatest by the University have been at resistance to incoming rays. To pene· 100,000 feet, where the radiation is trate the earth's field at the equator, 100 times as great as at the earth's says Ney, a cosmic ray nucleus surface. This, Ney explains, is be­ must have an energy of· 20 bil­ cause at that altitude and above there lion volts, far beyond any energy now available to man on the earth. Profs. Ney and project supervisor C. (The electrons striking the <;Creen L. Critchfield hear graduate student in a television receiver have ahout Nahmin Horowitz explain a piece of 8,000 volts). Conversely, these rays recording equipment he's designed. are most concentrated at the earth's poles where they virtually run down along the magnetic lines of fore~ there going perpendicular to the earth's surface. The University group has no spe· cial plans, except to keep on working; a University contingent is currently making flights in Texas; and the Prof. fohn Winckler, project member microscopic analysis of photographic emulsion records, the building of is almost no "secondary radiation" new gear and better recording de­ due to collisions of the nuclei with vices, the brainwork that goes on in other particles. In fact, in interstellar the offices of Professors Critchfield, space, with no other objects to bump Ney, and Winckler will continue at against, these nuclei can zoom along the University. at fabulous speeds for millions of "Now that we know what cosmic years without appreciable loss of rays are we are trying to find out energy. how we can break them down and Members of the University group further identify them. You can't tell have flown balloons as far south as where this theoretical curiosity will the Galapagos Islands, and have made lead," Ney avers. "The atomic bomb, several flights in Texas. The theory you know, was developed in almost is that because the earth's magnetic complete ignorance of the nature of field runs parallel to the earth at the nuclear forces!" February 1954 5 The University and the Legislature - II

How Does the Legislature Determine U Appropriation?

University requests to the committees of requests for all state and semi­ of the legislature that control the state activities." purse-strings. These are the Senate A subcommittee of five is general­ Finance and House Appropriations ly appointed to study the University committees, considered, along with request further and submit a detail­ the Rules and Tax committees, the ed report. During the last session major groups in both houses. Senators Mullin, Elmer Anderson, Chairman of the Senate Finance Baughman, Duemke, and Grottum group is Henry H. Sullivan, a solid spent a good many evenings doing and friendly St. Cloud lawyer. "Our their University maintenance requests committee," he says, "recommends "homework," Senator Sullivan re­ to the entire Senate what appropria· ports, and then took a couple of full tions should be for various state de­ committee sessions to explain their partments, and in the main our rec­ findings. The chairman adds that ommendations are adopted. "Senator Mullin deserves all kinds "We spend a lot of time listening of credit for the way he handles anrl to University spokesmen, and get a explains the University request." full outlining by the President, his Meantime, the House committee aides from the business office, the does likewise. Its chairman, Claude heads of various schools and the Re­ H. Allen, agrees with Sullivan that CROWDED committee room, gents. Since it is always one of the the practice of holding separate hear­ A slowly filling with smoke. About largest items, the University request ings on the University request is a 30 state legislators sit at long tables gets at least four sessions of our sound one. Mr. Sullivan points out - all in the center of the room. A committee's time." that joint committee hearings with corps of newsmen scribble notes. On nearly 60 members present would be the side a small group of University Henry H. Sullivan too unwieldy and would prohibit representatives wait to speak, holding the rapid and sometimes peppery reports and occasionally conferring give-and-take that characterizes the in whispers. One or two observers continued on page 13 have managed to crowd in. There is no room left. The committee chairman raps for Claude H. Allen order, and a distinguished man in a blue suit, hair iron-gray, takes a seat at the legislative table. The commit­ tee members listen as he speaks with earnest conviction about the finan­ cial needs of the state university. Several hours go by. Then the legis­ lators begin firing questions. All of them he answers carefully, sometimes calling on aides for documentation. There is the utmost courtesy on all sides. His committee's initial delibera­ This is the scene that takes place tions, Sullivan explains, are guided in the state capitol every two years by the recommendations of the GoY­ when President Morrill, followed by ernor, a long thick booklet on pro­ other U representatives, presents the posed biennial budgets "plumb full The Minnesotan 6 Lyon Labs Will Advance Heart~ Cancer Research

THE ELIAS P. LYON Labora· Lyon Laborato­ tories, new addition to the Uni­ ries connect An­ versity's College of Medical Science atomy and Mil­ research facilities, is one of the few lard Hall, offer buildings on the University campus a passageway to whose construction involved no state med quadrangle. taxpayers' money. Dedicated February 11, the labor­ atories, named for Elias Potter Lyon, dean of the Medical School from 1913 to 1936, house the special divisions in which Dean Lyon had bility, in particular inherited prop­ most direct interests. Besides being The newest in research equipment erties of the pituitary and adrenal :nedical school dean he was head of is available in the laboratories and glands and the gonads, which have the combined physiological chem­ modern fluorescent lighting gives the been shown to be related to the pro­ istry and physiology departments, rooms a light, airy appearance. duction of some types of cancer. The and appropriately the new building Minnesota Division of the American includes laboratories devoted to his­ THE FIRST FLOOR of the build- Cancer Society gave funds for the tochemistry, cancer biology and bio­ ing houses facilities for research cancer biology labs. physics. in histochemistry, the study of the The new lab, which connects the chemical nature and functions of the The biophysics laboratory covers Anatomy building and Millard Hall, cell and parts of the cell. Dr. David the fourth floor of the building. Dr. is a brick structure, fronted by banks Glick, professor of physiological Maurice Visscher, head of the phys­ of windows. The four-story. build­ chemistry, calls his laboratory one iology department, directs the lab's ing is supported at the base by huge of the few in the world devoted to work in circulation, respiration, and pillars which leave an open passage­ quantitative histochemistry. metabolism. Two of the largest proj­ way into the quadrangle of medical "Besides being a research center, ects in biophysics lab, Dr. Visscher science buildings. our lab is a training center," Dr. reports are: physics of the blood The inside walls are exposed build­ Glick says, "because it brings to­ flow through small vessels-arteries, ing block painted in various colors. gether in one physical location im­ capillaries, veins-which is very im­ portant equipment for many tech­ portant in understanding the prob­ niques employed in the study of cell lems of heart failure; the use of In Lyon Labs Drs. Glick, Bittner, and chemistry which up to · now were radioactive isotopes in water move­ Visscher examine a spectrophotome­ found individually in scattered labs ment in and out of the cells of the ter used in chemical analysis of cells. all over the world." Glick's staff is body. Mnney for the biophysics lab developing and applying new micro came from the National Cancer In­ methods of chemical analysis of stitute of the United States Public cells. One of their major projects Health Service. is a study of the mechanism of the Dr. Visscher points out that al­ adrenal glands. The National Heart most all the research going on in the Institute of the United States Public various labs is supported by outside Health Service donated funds for the grants-in-aid from state and national histochemistry labs. foundations and federal agencies. The second and third floors are Pleased about the new labs, Vis­ devoted to laboratories headed by scher says, "As the first major, sig­ Dr. John Bittner, director of cancer nificant addition to the facilities for biology. Major problems under in­ research in the basic science depart­ vestigation in the cancer biolog) ment in the last 25 years, the Lyon labs have to do with the inheritance Laboratories are a welcome enlarge­ of factors related to cancer suscepti- ment of our research program." 7 New director of the University of Minnesota Press is Helen Clapesattle, who has won world­ wide acclaim for her book, The Doctors Mayo.

International Relations Center secretary Marian Hopkins U STAFF MEMBERS says her job consists of library work, public relations, and secretarial duties. Marian, who joined the U staff in 1951, does ballet and modern dance in her spare time. YOU SD

Admissions officer Ellsworth Gerritz takes care of Political science professor William undergraduate admissions problems and directs other Anderson has been appointed to a f;taff members who work with students entering the U. commission on intergovernmental re­ lations which studies the problem of the federal government's expansion.

8 The Minnesotan Departmental requests and calls for mainte­ nance and repairs to University buildings are St. Paul campus students presented Lois Olsen, senior clerk cleared through maintenance supervisor Jerry in admissions and records, with a corsage and citation for Tauer's department in storehouse and shops. ''helping them out" with their admissions problems. Check­ Jerry, who started at the U 15 years ago as ing seniors for graduation is Lois' job in the department. a clerk-typist, likes to bowl, fish, and golf.

The University Press has recently published Highlights in the History of the American Press: A Book of Readings edited ULD KNOW by journalism faculty members Edwin Ford and Edwin Emery.

At UMD pretty Barbara Jensen doubles as secretary and receptionist in the social studies division. Dramatics, curling, skating are among her hobbies.

February 1954 9 Portraits for pleasure ...

Historian John Wolf Has :ij for Relaxing

N THE WALLS of history professor John B. Wolf's Opaneled study there are several portraits, one of them a fine likeness of Graduate School dean Theodore Blegen. Next to it is a drawing of Wolf's wife. Seated in a comfortable chair near the window, Wolf leafs through a portfolio of his drawings and picks out a picture of a handsome young man. "This is the son of Professor Kenneth Davis of the Law School," he says. "The boy is a good friend of my son, and I persuaded him to pose for me." The historian flips by a few more History professor John Wolf displays his oil crayon por­ pictures in the folio explaining that they are all friends traits of Dean T. C. Blegen, John Wolf, and John Wolf. who dropped in at the Wolf summer cabin in Wisconsin and had their portraits drawn. idly began to sketch. I made one drawing with disastrous Wolf says that his portrait hobby developed out of :1 results, tore it up, and started again. After that I really need for relaxation from the sometimes frustrating job got interested and asked a faculty member in the art de­ of an historian. "Occasionally when I am writing or partment about drawing. He told me to get rid of my doing research, I cannot give form to my ideas, or I be­ pencil and use charcoal, which I did. The next step was come fatigued and even bored. Then I turn to painting, to buy a drawing book, then a dozen lessons at the Art which for me is just as soothing as a Turkish bath. It Institute spread over a couple of winters." involves an entirely different set of muscles from those Wolf continued to work with charcoal until he went used in study and is a fine method of relaxation." to France on a Fulbright in 1951 and found some oil Wolf is quick to call his drawing "merely a hobby," crayons in Paris which he has been using ever since. A because he is primarily an historian. At Minnesota since few oil paintings, results of early experiments, hang in 1943, he teaches three history courses; one a history of the study also- one is of his summer cottage, two others civilization on a freshman level with an enrollment of over of Louis XIV and Peter the Great testify to his interest 500 students; a new course this year, Continental Europe, in the latter 17th century. which deals with the Reformation, religious wars, emer­ gence of the states, and the Enlightenment; and a third ORKING sometimes on white paper, sometimes on course in 17th century French history. Wpaper of a light orange color, Wolf turns out a por­ Wolf's teaching philosophy is a sound one. "I am not trait in about 1% hours. Drawings on the orange stock trying to make all of my students into historians, al­ are dominated by blues, yellows, and whites while those though some will become historians," he says. "I am try­ on white are mostly in subdued browns or blacks. ing to get students in journalism, business, education "One of my worst problems is trying to get my models who take my courses to think 'in depth.' Too many people to sit sill- particularly the men!" he says. "Take Dean are concerned only with happenings within their life Blegen, for instance. I had a hard time keeping him down span and ignore history before that. As Goethe once re­ until he took a look at what I was doing. When he saw marked, 'He who does not know what happened before the picture actually did look something like him, he sud­ he was born, forever remains a child.' Without the per­ denly became very patient about posing." spective of history one never can understand the prob­ Sometimes when Wolf has no model, he draws pictures lems of our day." of himself, using a mirror. Two self portraits he shows . Wolf, who has turned out four books about various give him a somewhat Jekyll and Hyde appearance-one phases of European history and always has another work he says looks a bit like Mephistopheles, the other his wife in progress, has a real need for his hobby. calls a handsome, romanticized portrait. He started drawing only seven years ago and attributes "I stick to portraits rather than landscapes or still life," his moderate success to persistence. How did this artistic Wolf says, "because I think people are the most interest­ avocation begin? ing subjects. Through my hobby I have gathered together "When my son was taking piano lessons," Wolf relates, a collection of hundreds of pictures of people, sort of an "'he didn't like to practice in a room alone and begged informal record of the year-to-year changes in my me to watch him. As I watched, I picked up a pencil and friends." 10 The Minnesotan One week each year it's Back to School for Farmers and Homemakers

VERY YEAR several thousand men and women fill This year leisure-time hobbies, such as stenciling, E classrooms on the St. Paul campus, getting a re­ block printing, and needlework were featured in several fresher course that will help them do a better job of talks and demonstrations. Varied subjects were planned farming and homemaking. to appeal to all age groups and interests, from the bride Many of these men and women have been coming seeking information on selection of equipment or the "back to school" for well over a decade, according to \oung mother looking for help in discipline problems ]. 0. Christianson, director of agricultural short courses. to the older woman wanting tips on weight control. As a matter of fact, one homemaker, Mrs. J. B. Graham A full day's program on freezing foods brought men ~ I of Duluth, has returned each yea~ for 31 years. and women up to date on new packaging materials and The event is Farm and Home Week, biggest of all methods of freezing meat, eggs, cooked and baked foods. • agricultural short cour~es and an institution on the St. These sessions were. under the chairmanship of J. D. I Paul campus for more than 50 years. Winter, who is in charge of the U's frozen foods labora­ A program for "Farmers' and Homemakers' Week" in tory, in cooperation with the School of Home Economics. l January, 1916, declares that the farmer "who wishes to Farm and Home Week has its cultural as well as its get the most out of his farm" and the homemaker "who practical side. That interest in art is not limited to city wishes to make her home better" cannot afford to miss folks was demonstrated by the popularity of this year's the yearly event. As a further inducement, rooms were available on the St. Paul campus to visitors that year at I 25 cents a night, and board could be secured in the din­ I ing hall on the campus at 25 cents a meal! "" Conducting classes during Farm and Home Week and other short cour;;;es is a part of the public service activity of resident staff members of the Institute of Agriculture. It gives them ·an opportunity to discuss with farmers and homemakers the problems facing Minnesota people in the home as well as in the field.

HIS YEAR from January 12 through 15, animal and T poultry husbandry staff members held several ses­ sions on livestock judging and production of beef, sheep, swine, and geese; the entomology department conducted classes in beekeeping, home grounds pests, and farm pests and cooperated with other departments on a pro­ gram in seed production of forage legumes. Esther Knight, home economics instructor, demonstrates Agronomy, soils, plant pathology, agricultural en­ special speed methods in sewing at homemakers' session. gineering, agricultural economics, dairy husbandry, and forestry departments all had sessions pinpointing prob­ Rural Art Show, which for the third year was a high­ lems in their particular fields and presenting results of light of Farm and Home Week. According to Harald research. In horticulture classes University horticultur­ Ostvold, librarian of the agriculture library and chair­ ists told how to landscape home grounds, plan home man of the art show, 250 paintings were entered in the vegetable and fruit gardens and flower beds. exhibit by 70 country and small-town artists from all The homemakers' program, one of the special features parts of Minnesota. Well over 1,500 people viewed the of Farm and Home Week, draws hundreds of Minne­ show, attended gallery tours and the program of lectures sota women from both metropolitan and rural areas to and demonstrations on painting and sculpture. the St. Paul campus. Mrs. Graham says the ideas she "All in all," says Dr. Christianson, "the annual Farm has carried to her home in Duluth from the program and Home Week is of tremendous significance and value each year since 1922 have made her a better homemaker. not only to the people of Minnesota but also to all of us Because the School of Home Economics aims to give at the Institute of Agriculture. It is good for us to have women a refresher course in all areas of homemaking, folks visit here and to give us their interest and en­ staff members from all sections-food and nutrition, thusiastic support in our ongoing program. We are al­ clothing and textiles, related art, home management, and ready starting plans for the 1955 Farm and Home Week family life-give talks and set up exhibits. and will welcome suggestions." February 1954 11 UMD Says Build It YOURSELF ..

terfully transforming the living-room and dining-room. They are now in the midst of the kitchen project which will result in gleaming white wood cabinets and counters, indirect fluorescent lighting over work areas, a two-level ceiling, tile wainscoting, new tile floor. Working in their newly remodeled kitchen, Thomas Chamberlin, head of UMD Arthur E. Smith, associate profes­ geography department, and daughter Susan team up to Cllt some wainscoting. sor and head of the art department, has house-improving ambitions of the same heroic proportions. He has just F A Weekend Carpenters, Plumb­ semble selections, set himself a simi­ finished a 12 by 30 foot addition to I ers, Electricians, and Decorators lar task about two years ago but not the Smith living-room, making it an Association of America is ever or­ with as much personal responsibility L-shaped room roughly 30 by 32 ganized, any one of a number of Du­ in craftmanship. He drew all the feet with a 19 by 6 foot picture win­ luth Branch faculty members would plans for his seven-room, two-level dow. In the new basement under the be logical candidates for the presi­ modern home, then served as his own addition, he has made himself the dency. contractor for the major construction neatest workshop a handyman could From the complete home builder to work- excavation, basement con­ want with plenty of space for his col­ the single room renovator and refur­ '~truction, general carpentry. lection of power and hand tools. nisher, many species of handyman At the moment, he is busy at one can be found in abundance on the of many finishing jobs-installing 14- P AT the Emmett Davidsons, the Duluth campus. inch square walnut plywood panels U sound of biting saw and rapid­ Consider the project recently com­ in several of the rooms. The panels fire hammer has diminished some­ pleted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heller, are actually cutouts from television what after an extensive project that 1 ' geologist and architect respectively, cabinet fronts obtained from a Su­ included building a two-story exten­ whose combined talents with drawing perior, Wis., furniture factory. The sion on the house, closing in and board, electric drill, power saw, and installation involves trimming the constructing a fireplace in the porch assorted hand tools have brought pieces square and using a system of and other work of comparable pro­ forth a functional and beautiful adhesive and finishing nails to fasten portions. modern home. (See Minnesotan, them in place. Davidson, associate professor of April 1952). Over at the Thomas W. Chamber­ political science, disdaining power The Hellers were probably the first lin home, things are progressing tools, fashions fine peeled log furni­ UMDers to produce a complete house, apace on a thorough renovation of ture, handsome chests of drawers, and from several tons of cement blocks the ground floor, including complete other pieces that win unceasing ad­ toted to the building site and mor­ kitchen remodeling. Chamberlin is miration. tared into place to the fine wood professor and head of the UMD These UMDers who have joined paneling that enriches the living geography department. millions of other Americans in the room. The Chamberlins have ripped out do-it-yourself boom have made com­ R. Dale Miller, chairman of the walls, old-fashioned pantry units, fortable, modern homes at a mim­ division of humanities and a com­ fireplace mantels, and inadequate mum of expense and with a maxi­ poser of many orchestral and en- cabinets and have succeeded in mas- mum of satisfaction. 12 The Minnesotan Legislature good part of the increase is due to College of Law. His two children are · continued from page 6 rising living costs. alumni of the University. smaller meetings. Mr. Allen adds that Both legislators felt the Univer­ Allen specializes in corporation, in a bicameral legislature each house sity's presentation is first-rate. Says tax, and probate law. An impos­ makes its own recommendations and Sullivan, "I don't see how anyone ing man, with a sober sense of re­ .. should hold its own hearings . could do a better job before the kgis­ sponsibility, he says that although The House group also appoints a lature than President Morrill docs. he is increasingly reluctant to take subcommittee (last session, Repre­ Our committee thinks he's just about off three months from his law prac­ sentatives Beanblossom, Duxbury, tops." Allen believes "the University tive every two years, he feels he Kinzer, Iverson, and Popovich) which administration is headed by very cannot refuse "this obligation of gov­ gives a full report to the parent fine gentlemen who have the confi­ ernment." First elected to the House group. The House committee recom­ dence of the people and of the legis· in 1937, he has been Appropriations • mendations finally are brought to the lature." He goes on, "The University committee chairman since 1939. House floor where the whole body is supported by the ordinary man throughout the state. In allocating Minnesota Legislature debates, amends, and passes them. 1953 Session Discrepancies in the House and Stcn­ funds to the University as to all state ate recommendation are ironed out departments we are faced by the Senate Finance Committee: in a conference committee, composed same problem: we have only a limit­ H. H. Sullivan, St. Cloud, chair­ ' ed amount to work with and we must man; A. L. Almen, Balaton; E. L. ~ of five members from each house. The chairmen give interesting, if divide it as fairly as we can among Andersen, St. Paul; E. P. Anderson, varied, justifications for their groups' all entitled to our bounty." Wadena; C. G. Baughman, Waseca; treatment of the University's request. Despite occasional talk he hears W. Burdick, Rochester; H. M. Carr, "The Senate has always been more that the University is growing too Proctor; W. E. Dahlquist, Thief generous with the University - in f&st, Sullivan says the predominant River Falls; E. L. Duemke, Minnea· fact, with education bills in general," sentiment in the legislature is that polis; B. E. Grottum, Jackson. says Sullivan. He is hard put to ac­ "the University has been fair in its V. lmm, Mankato; A. R. Johanson, count for it, because the House mem­ askings and that it has needed in­ Wheaton; W. L. Ledin, Bethel; M. C. bers are certainly as proud of their creased funds to keep its teaching Lightner, St. Paul; G. Mullin, Min­ University, but he guesses it may be standards high." neapolis; G. O'Brien, Grand Rapids; because the Senators are generally E. Peterson, Hibbing; C. W. Root, older men who have had more y!:'ars OW TO improve relations with Minneapolis; 0. 0. Sageng, Dalton; to develop friendships with repre· H the legislature? Allen thinks D. Sinclair, Stephen; J. M. Zwach, sentatives of the University and Ut•· "very fine relations" already exist. He Walnut Grove. derstanding of its needs. said that any attempt to have legisla­ House Appropriations Mr. Allen explains the House':; tors spend time on the campus seem­ Committee: traditionally lower appropriations ed to him little more than "waste C. H. Allen, St. Paul, chairman; this way: "We're closer to the people, motion," and added, "The scattered H. Ottinger, Chaska, first vice-chair­ because we have to run for re-elec­ knowledge legislators can pick up in man; L. Duxbury, Caledonia, second tion every two years instead of every this way can't compare with the de­ vice-chairman; H. Appledorn, Pipe· four. And since 75% of our com­ tailed understanding of administra­ stone; S. L. Beanblossom, St. Paul; r mittee has been re-elected at least tive officials who daily deal with U 0. E. Clark, Osakis. I three times, their constituents must problems." W. J. Croswell, Lake Crystal; 0. C. be satisfied. Sullivan went to the U himself for Dahle, Waseca; W. E. Day, Bagley; "This attitude of economy toward four years. Since 1912 he has been L. B. Erdahl, Frost; G. Forbes, all departments of government- not a lawyer in general practice in St. Worthington; E. Friberg, Roseau; just the University- doesn't mean Cloud. Like his father who was a St. J. F. Howard, St. Paul Park; C. M. we're out of sympathy. I think the Cloud lawyer' from 1885-1933, Mr. Iverson, Ashby; L. A. 1ohnson, Min­ legislature has kept pace with the U Sullivan has spent 20 years in the neapolis; F. C. Kaplan, Aitkin; J. J. and that we tend to be generous, all Minnesota Senate. Only one term Kinzer, Cold Spring. things considered. In the biennium elapsed between the father's and son's H. J. Kording, Minneapolis; F. 1939-41, when I took over as chair­ Senate career. He is not certain LaBrosse, Duluth; 0. E. S. Langen, man of the Appropriations committee, about running in '55, but confesses Kennedy; C. G. Langley, Red Wing; we voted $9,500,000 as the total that along about this time he begins J. P. Lorentz, Wadena; P. Popovich, University appropriation (including to think wistfully about being in the St. Paul; D. Reed, St. Cloud; D. special requests like University Hos­ State House again. Swanstrom, Duluth; R. E. Tweten, pitals) ; last year the total had quad· Mr. Allen, head of the St. Paul Fosston; G. J. Van De Riet, Fair­ rupled with only 3,000 more student~ firm of Allen, Courtney, and Keyes, mont; E. ]. Volstad, Minneapolis; at the U." Mr. Allen admits that a was graduated from the St. Paul R. L. Voxland, Kenyon. February 1954 13 KUOM Produces TV Regents' Scholarships Send Series on United Nations To Be Shown on KSTP 21 Staff Members to U Classes pita! laboratory service; Doris K. A series of television programs, TWENTY-ONE civil service staff Herreshoff, junior librarian, library; "The UN Is Your Business," is being members are taking University Mary L. Hofer, clerk-draftsman, presented weekly at ll :30 a.m. courses this quarter under Regents' rlrawing and descriptive geometry. Thursdays as part of the Bee Baxter Scholarships. Courses selected by scholarship recipients range from Ronald E. Holtmeier, senior clerk­ show on KSTP-TV. The Islamic Culture Sphere to Fluid typist, fruit breeding farm; Mary L. The series is produced by KUOM, Mechanics. Leopard, junior student personnel University radio station, in coopera­ The scholarships pay tmtwn for worker, student counseling bureau: tion with the Minnesota l'nited Na­ full-time University employees to take Joyce E. Ludwig, artist, zoology; • tions Association. It is designed to courses related to their jobs. Winners Rose L. Luttmann, laboratory techni­ give TV viewers better insight into may take up to six credits and are cian, dentistry. activities and problems of the vari­ not required to make up time taken Patricia M. Maddy, secretary, ous agencies of the UN. Individual from work to attend classes. business administration; Curtis A. programs will demonstrate how the The winners are: Mary D. Adams, Mattson, enginering assistant, physi­ problems of American communities clerk-typist, student counseling bur­ cal plant; Eileen F. Pahl, principal parallel those of other nations and reau; Carol J. Anderson, accountant, secretary, dairy husbandry; Louise how individuals and civic organiza­ comptroller's office; Henry A. Bates, G. Parker, clerk, admissions and tions can contribute to the establish­ Jr., laboratory technologist, veteri­ records; Alice M. Pazik, principal ment of peace in their eommunities nary bacteriology; Dwain J. Cald­ secretary, Law School; Mary M. and in the world. well, draftsman, physical plant; Schmidt, junior librarian, art library; York Langton, chairman of the Helen J. Carlson, senior account Catherine Streiff, senior clerk, student Minnesota United Nations Associa­ clerk, audio-visual education service. counseling bureau. tion, spoke on the first program, "In· Ludmilla Emerson, staff nurse, Further details about Regents' troduction to the UN," on February University Hospitals; Kathryn M. Scholarships and application blanks 4. The subject of the second KSTP­ Fiemeyer, senior clerk-typist, Uni­ are available at the civil service per­ TV program of the series shown on versity Press; Marion H. Gaffey, sonnel office, Room 14, Administra­ February ll was "Keeping the medical technologist supervisor, hos- tion building, Minneapolis campus. Peace." Dr. Charles Turck, president of Professor Emeritus Joins U of Minnesota Week Macalester College, will be the nar­ rator on the three following programs Southern California Staff To Be Held Feb. 21-27 in the series, and Percy T. Hoff­ Dr. Andrew T. Rasmussen, pro­ University of Minnesota Week will strom, St. Paul columnist and lec­ fessor emeritus of anatomy, has be observed February 21-27, mark­ turer, will provide illustrative ear· joined the faculty of the University ing the U's 103rd anniversary. toons and drawings. of Southern California to teach a Highlighting the festivities on cam­ course in neuroanatomy. Dr. Ras· pus will be the annual Charter Day Dr. Leo Rigler Awarded mussen retired from the University convocation pageant held in Nor­ in 1952 after teaching for 36 years. throp Auditorium on February 25 at Radiological Society Medal ll :30 a.m. Throughout the state dur­ Physics Professor Wins Dr. Leo G. Rigler, head of the Uni­ ing the months of January, February, versity's radiology department, was National Teaching Award and March U faculty members will awarded the gold medal of the Radi­ Clifford N. Wall, professor of speak to alumni groups and civic ological Society of North America physics, traveled to New York in Jan­ organizations about University and at the society's annual meeting in De­ uary to receive the Oersted Medal, state cooperation. cember. The medal, presented to one presented annually by the American Twin Cities stores will also JOIIl person each year, was given to Dr. Physical Association and the Ameri­ the festivities by displaying in their Rigler "for distinguished achieve· can Association of Physics Teachers windows 25 to 30 exhibits prepared ment in radiology." to the nation's outstanding physics by various University departments. Dr. Rigler spent part of last year teacher. The displays will dramatize the Uni­ in India helping develop the teach­ This is the second time Wall has versity's work in scientific research, ing of radiology in Indian medical been honored for outstanding teach­ agriculture, nursing, forestry, etc. schools, as a member of a World ing of physics. In 1947 he was award­ The Minnesota Junior Chamber of Health Organization team of special­ ed a $1,000 prize by the Research Commerce and the U Alumni Asso­ ists. Corporation for his teaching. sociation will co-sponsor the week. 14 The Minnesotan The President.,s Page

Partners in Freedom: The Press and Education

Editor's Note: The excerpt below is taken from And of course that is where we both come in- the some remarks made by President Morrill to a press and education. We are partners in the indispensable gToup of 100 journalists, librarians, historians, processes of democratic communication and inspiration. and others at a luncheon held last month hy the The newspapers, and now radio and television, are the University of Minnesota Press in honor of short-range daily textbooks· of the people. And the uni­ journalism professors Edwin H. Ford and Ed­ versities are the longer-range workshops of understand­ win Emery for their recently published book of ing and creative intelligence - the intelligence that can readings, Highlights in the History of the Ameri­ be creative only as it is unfettered and uncoerced. I had can Press. a chance to see in Europe last summer- certainly in Madrid, in Vienna, and in Paris- how coerced and censored and "officially" prejudiced newspapers fail to WHAT IS "'man's best friend" in this "divided world'' serve the people; and from experience in totalitarian of today? I think it is the hard-pressed principle lands we know how universities can be cowed and con­ of human freedom! trolled. I was thrilled by the sense of hope and strength in We of the press and the universities are just working Chief Justice Warren's address last week at the Co­ different sides of the same street, but it is a street that lumbia University Bicentennial Celebration on the can become dead-ended, except as education and the theme: "Nlan's R1ght to Knowledge and the Free Use press are partners in the principle of democratic prog­ Thereof." I was thrilled by his courage and confidence gress, and as they are minded to support and defend each in this time of frightened negativism, of the seemingly other every day. shattered confidence of so many in the American tradi­ tion, in the capacity of the American people to resist the WRITING RECENTLY in the New York Times on blandishments of Communism. the Columbia theme, "Man's Right to Knowledge As Chief 1ustice Warren said: "Liberty- not Com­ and the Free Use Thereof," President Grayson Kirk ob­ munism- is the most contagious force in the world. It served: "Today- in the mid-point of the twentieth cen­ will permeate the Iron Curtain. It will eventually abide tury -political circumstances have created a situation everywhere. For no people of any race will long remain which, a few years ago, enlightened men would have slaves. Our strength is in our diversity. Our power is in thought fantastic and impossible." Every one of us knows, our freedom of thought and of research." or should know, what he meant. My own concern about any possible infiltration of If Dr. Kirk is anxious, and if you and I are anxious. education by Communism is not that it will produce it is because, like Will Rogers, "All we know is what we subversive saboteurs who will give away atomic secrets, read in the newspapers." But it is a reassuring thina but rather that it could erode the ethics and integrity that we can still find in our newspapers, our broadcast: of intellectual freedom and independence. It is for this and telecasts, the events and interpretations of events that reason that I subscribe to, and helped to draft, the state­ do make ~s anxious. To be able to recognize a problem, ment of the American Association of Universities. to the to know It for what it is, is a good start toward its effect that the doctrinaire discipline of the Co~munist solution. Party and intellectual freedom are antithetical, a contra­ And it is a reassuring thing that we can write and diction in terms. publish books- books that document the story of free­ Surely a people who would govern themsleves must dom to know, to understand, to decide - the doctrine know the score. As citizens of a democracy, they've got of democracy. the job, as Norman Angell said, of "managing civiliza­ tion in their spare time." They must be taught and helped somehow to master "that science of gauging peo­ ple and events by their relative importance"- that sci­ ence which Henry Adams declared "defies study most insolently." February 1954 15 FEBRUARY 15~ TO MARCH 15~ 1954 University of Minnesota Calendar of" Events

THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY THEATRE Subscription Series Mar. 1-7~"Marco Millions," by Eugene O'Neill. Mar. 5~Myra Hess, pianist. (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. except Mar. 7, 4:00 Mar. 12~1saac Stern, violinist. p.m. Monday evening performance 7:30 p.m. Single tickets, $1.20. Sales begin the Wednesday before the week of the (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 opening at the Theatre Box Office, 18 Scott Hall.) t to $4.00. Sales begin a week before each concert at the Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reservations call University extension 6225.) t UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATE Feb. 15~Epicurus and His Philosophy by Norman W. Twilight Concert De Witt. A study which challenges traditional theories Mar. 7~Brahms' "Requiem" with University of Minne- and interpretations of Epicurean philosophy. The author sota Chorus and Soloists. is professor emeritus of Victoria College, University of (Northrop Auditorium, 4:30p.m. General Admission tickets Toronto. $6.00. at $.75 can be purchased the afternoon of the concert. (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book­ Box office opens at 3:30 p.m.) stores or may he order through your local bookstore.) Young People's Concert UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Mar. 4--Northrop Auditorium, 1 :30 p.m. Through Mar. 1~The Paintings of Wallace Mitchell. Mr. (Admission arranged through local schools.) Mitchell's casein paintings are primarily abstract pat· ternings with exquisite spatial and color counterplay. UNIVERSITY ARTISTS COURSE Nearly all these paintings are owned by private col- _lectors. Feb. 20-----Boston Pops Orchestra. (Tickets from $1.00 to Through Mar. 6~Swiss Architecture. An extensive display $3.50.) of maps, plans, photographs, and models make up this Feb. 24--Jascha Heifetz, violinist. (Tickets from $1.00 to exhibition of current Swiss architecture. $3.00.) Feb. 19-Mar. 21~Ancient Musical Instruments. This col­ Mar. 9~Artur Rubinstein, pianist. (Tickets from $1.00 to lection from the Cincinnati Museum of Art consists of $3.00.) some 60 musical instruments from several hundred years (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Ticket sales begin the ago gathered from many countries and continents. Monday before the week of the concert at the Artists (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of Course Ticket Office, 105 Northrop.) t Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open before performances and during intermissions.) CONVOCATIONS Feb. 18~Dr. William C. Menninger, psychiatrist, "Love SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS and Hate-Man's Greatest Prohlems." The American Language ... From the University of Chi­ Feb. 25-Charter Day pageant. cago Mitford Mathews, editor of the Dictionary of Mar. 4--Gerald Wendt, interpreter of science, "What Sci­ Americanisms, tells about the origin of words. Tuesday, ence Is Doing to Us." 3:45 p.m. (Northrop Auditorium, 11:30 a.m. Open to the public with­ BBC World Theatre . . . A series of dramas transcribed out charge.) from the British Broadcasting Company ineluding "For Dear Life," "Jane Cleeg," "The Wages of Fear," and NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES "Electra." Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. Art in Society ... Prof. Irwin Edman of Columbia Uni­ Feb. 2l~"The Duck and Drainage Question," color sound versity talks about art today. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Begins film. March 6. Feb. 28---"Spring on the Prairies," color sound film. (KUOM, the University radio station, broadcasts at 770 Mar. 7~"Deserts and their Wildlife," by W. P. Taylor, on the dial. Its complete winter schedule may be obtained retired from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. by writing to the station.) Mar. 14--"A Geologist in the Canadian Arctic," R. Spence Taylor, teaching assistant, University geology depart· ATHLETIC EVENTS ment. Basketball Games at Home (Museum of Natural History Auditorium, 3:00 p.m. Open FPh. 22~Michigan. to the public without charge.) Feb. 27~Northwestern. Mar. 6~Wisconsin. UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY (Williams Arena, 8:00 p.m. Single tickets at $1.75 go on sale the Monday of the week before the game at the Ath· Feb. 17~"The Little World of Don Camillo," Italian film letic Tickt>t Office, 103 Cooke Hall.) t with English subtitles. Feb. 26--"The Last Holiday," British comedy. Hockey Games at Home (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tickets for Feb. 19, 20~Michigan Tech. adults, $.60; junior admission, $.35, available at the Lobby or illiams Arena, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets at $1.50 go on Ticket Office, the basement of W esbrook Hall, or the Cam­ sale the Monday of the week before the game at the pus Club.) Athletic Ticket Office, 103 Cooke Hall.)

t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlick Ticket Office in St. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Building in Minneapolis.

In this issue ... Meet the. ~Regents THE MINNESOTAN GOES back­ stage with Prof. Frank Whiting to a road show opening of the U's The­ OUNGEST MEMBER of the atre-on-Tour, a group that traveled Y Board of Regents, 40-year-old 15,000 miles to play 50 communities Lester Malkerson, was appointed in this year in the upper midwest. Pho­ 1951 to replace the late Fred Snyder tos of cast, pp. 3-5, by George Resch. and in 1953 was elected to another WHEN IS A COLLEGE not a six-year term. college? When it's an "arrangement." Regent Malkerson owns the Mal­ That's how some have described Uni­ kerson Sales Company, an Oldsmo­ versity College, which has no cata­ bile automobile agency in Minne­ logue, no specific requirements, no apolis, and as a sideline has a 1,000 staff of its own. Its chairman, Dean acre ranch near Chaska, Minnesota, J. W. Buchta, tells how it helps where he raises 3,000 sheep and 300 students combine diverse interests, cattle. page 6. Mr. Malkerson got his background IF YOU'VE TRIED HOPEFUL­ in agriculture at the University from LY to predict the coming of spring which he graduated in agricultural you'll be interested in entomology engineering in 1935. Even though professor A. C. Hodson's "How Go he worked his way through the U, the Seasons" chart, page 10. Charles W. Mayo Regent Malkerson found time to play WHAT'S THE PURPOSE of the hockey and became an "M" man. all-University self-survey now under HEN DR. CHARLES W. Through the generosity of Regent way? What questions will deans and MAYO became a Regent of the W Malkerson last year the University departments be asked? How will re­ University in 1951, he continued a was able to gather together detailed sults be used? Page 14 outlines the 40-year tradition of having a repre­ reports of the many direct services survey; page 15 offers President Mor­ sentative of the Rochester Mayo which the University provides for rill's comments on its significance. Clinic on the board. the people of the state. The Malker­ "Chuck" Mayo, as he is called by son Report has proved valuable in his friends, is . a surgeon and head On the cover . .• explaining University services to the of the surgical section of the famous state. The March wind will get you clinic. Following in his family's foot­ Mr. Malkerson owns a summer if you don't watch out! At steps Dr. Mayo joined the clinic home, Malkerson Island, on Bay least it seems to have caught staff after receiving an M.A. in sur­ Lake near Brainerd where the Re­ up with these two young men gery from the University of Minne· gent, his wife, and five children like walking toward Folwell Hall. sota. He earned his M.D. at the to spend their summers. University of Pennsylvania. These days Dr. Mayo finds he Lester A. Malkerson THE MINNESOTAN can't spend as much time in surgery Vol. VII No.6 Published by the Department of Uni­ as he would like because of his many versity Relations, 213 Administration important administrative activities. Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ Besides being a Regent of the Uni­ neapolis 14, Minnesota. William L. Nunn, Director versity and a governor of the Mayo Ellen Siegelman Editor Clinic, Dr. Mayo is a trustee of Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor Carleton College and recently was Advisory Committee: Members of the University Public Information Council. appointed an alternate delegate to The Minnesotan is published month· the eighth session of the United Na· ly during the academic year, October tions General Assembly. He has been through May. Copies are mailed free to University staff members. Subscription in the news for his speech to the UN rates for non-staff members are $2 a refuting Communist germ warfare year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial charges. Union Bookstore. Dr. Mayo and his family live on Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ a 3,500-acre dairy farm, Mayowood, ed, were taken by members of the University Photographic Laboratory. four miles south of Rochester. His Entered as second-class matter at the family includes his wife, six children, post office at Minneapolis, Minn. and two nephews. 2 The Minnesotan The Minnesotan goes backstage with Frank Whiting and the UTheatre-on-Tour

Mustache, pow­ the plays, A. M. Grossman, Jr., busi­ der, grease paint ness manager of the University are part of Don Theatre, and William Davidson, au­ Wolfer's makeup thor of "Cinderella Cottage." In the as Father in play. midst of the rush backstage, Whiting called the cast together for some last minute instructions. After good luck wishes and a scramble for the wings, one of the players turned up the POSTER on the door of the old scenery, and costumes for the one­ phonograph while another pulled the A opera house which serves as Stout night stand. By 6:00 the stage had curtain, and the play began. Institute's theater announced "Uni­ been set and now the players were continued on next page versity of Minnesota- The Touring out enjoying a nervous dinner. I Company of the University Theatre At a few minutes past 7:00 the I "The route of the touring players is a presents 'Cinderella Cottage,' Friday, cast returned, four girls and five meandering one," Harold Alford, Jan. 8, 1954." . boys, all young actors who were get­ ~ Concert and Lecture supervisor, ex­ It was still early, only 7:00, when ting their first real taste of acting on we opened the door and walked down the road. Immediately they were plains, tracing troupe's travels on map. • the aisle, past the rows of empty busy straightening props, testing the r wooden seats to the front of the dark­ curtains and lights, and getting them­ ened opera house. With us was Frank selves into costumes and makeup. Whiting, director of the Univen;ity Three of the players who entered Theatre, who carried a bulky script the dressing rooms as youngsters f under his arm, ready to watch the came out with graying hair and r first road appearance of the 1954 wrinkles, ready to play the parts of season. the older folks in the play. Another i Everything was quiet, and only a girl carefully braided her hair, don­ dim light backstage was burning. On ned a sweat shirt and jeans to por­ l stage a table, a davenport, couch, tray a 12-year-old. Wearing a pair chairs, and scattered newspapers of loud pajamas, an actor paced back were surrounded by cardboard back­ and forth taking a last minute look drops to resemble a large apartment. at the script. The girl with braids The set was ready for the evening's held a battered toy skunk, artfully performance, down to the candy in moving the animal so it almost looked the bowl on the table and the pictures alive. Another boy tested the phono­ on the walls. graphs, while a girl peeked out from The University players had arrived the curtains to see how the theater at Stout Institute in Menomonie, Wis­ was filling. consin, at 4:00 in the afternoon and Watching the play from the au­ had immediately unloaded their bus dience were Harold Alford, Concert which carried all props, lights, and Lecture supervisor who books March 1954 s ,.., I I flat fee of $300 which includes all ~ publicity material and programs. Tours are entirely self-supporting, al­ though the University did buy a bus , l for transportation." 1 Alford explains that the players I must travel on a schedule that has no rhyme or reason. The group can never seem to play all towns in one area during the same week because there are always conflicts, whether a basketball game, carnival, or local group using the only available audi­ torium. The troupe may have an oc­ casional free week, but during the

After hauling sections of wall from the bus, cast members assemble pieces.

A zany family comedy revolving theatre got started at the U. "This around the antics of a 12-year-old tour is part of the University's at­ and her menagerie of wornout pets tempt to keep the theater alive and unfolded onstage as we watched from to stimulate local theater groups in the wings. Backstage, actors waiting the upper midwest," Whiting says. to go on stepped gingerly over the "Our players make a three month tour squeaky boards and one boy who of the area, averaging 50 perform­ was munching on a candy bar, moan­ ances during January, February, and ed that he had already eaten two bars March. We like to think that the in the first act and in the next scene touring group is taking the Univer­ had to eat a piece of pie. sity out into Minnesota, Wisconsin, As the play progressed, Whiting the Dakotas, and even Montana." sat noting dropped lines and other The Minnesota group is one of the signs of first-night nervousness. The two really successful university tour­ lighthearted laughter of the audience ing companies in the nation (the told the players that the crowd en­ other is Catholic University) and has joyed the play's comic situations; been in business since 1946 when the parrot chewing up the winning "Blithe Spirit" went on summer tour. ticket for the Cinderella Cottage, the Then came "Arms and the Man," inventor father breaking his unbreak­ "Night Must Fall," "But Not Good­ "Stage manager" Carole Gallick able egg crate, and the 12-year-old bye," "Ah, Wilderness!" "She Stoops gives directions to crew, from left, forcing the bricklayer to date her to Conquer," "Papa Is All," and John Kanel, Bill Hillard, and Dale older sister. But the happy ending "Harvey." In 1948 the tours were Dunham as they set up the walls. came in the last act when the 12-year­ put on this regular winter quarter old finally got her Cinderella Cottage schedule, and the program really got ~ and the bricklayer and the older sis­ on its feet financially when the De­ next seven days they may have a per­ ter fell in love. As the players came partment of Concerts and Lectures formance booked every night, per­ off after the performance Whiting took over publicity and booking. haps one in Montana, one in North 1 Dakota, another in Wisconsin or greeted them, smiling, and said, "You "Besides booking," Alford says, ' need a bit more practice." The cast "Concerts and Lectures suggests plays Minnesota. With all this driving back agreed. that will appeal to the upper midwest and forth the players easily rack up audience, this year giving sponsoring 15,000 miles a season. ! FTER the curtain calls Harold groups the choice of "Our Town" The cast travels in their large ma­ ft Alford came down from his bal­ and "Cinderella Cottage." Local col­ roon bus which bears the legend, cony seat and joined Whiting back­ leges, high schools, fraternal organi­ "The University of Minnesota Thea­ stage. They both sat down, relaxed a zations, men's and women's clubs tre on Tour," lettered in gold on the moment, and told us how the touring sponsor the plays and are charged a side. The rear seats of the bus have 4 The Minnesotan - --~------

been removed to make room for istic" temperament in the bunch. This season the players are Connie scenery, props (some of which are Whiting says, and the players agree, Isaacson, graduate student; John collapsible) , lights, makeup, cos­ "There's no place for a prima donna Kane], adult special, Peggy Wright, tumes, and other essentials. The play­ in these traveling casts because every­ graduate student; Don Wolfer, grad­ ers sit in the front seats shouting one must be willing to work hard and uate student; Liz Trisko, Arts junior, lines above the roar of the motor as long. He must be reliable and even Bob Sporre, unclassified; Carole Gal­ they travel from town to town. One tempered, and above all emotionally lick, Arts senior; Dale Dunham, of the boys with a newly acquired mature." Because the group now graduate student; Bill Hillard, Arts chauffeur's license does all the driving. travels without a manager, each cast senior. Because the players are never sure member must carry his own share "Since the University offers no just how much equipment an audi­ of individual responsibility in the scholarships for theater majors," torium will contain, they carry every­ production of the play. Whiting says, "the touring theatre thing of their own. Theaters vary Besides the strenuous daily routine takes the place of these awards. Most locally from the fine old opera house of driving sev~ral hundred miles, of our players are graduate students at Stout Institute to high school au­ setting up the stage, giving a per­ who consider the tour a reward after ditoriums with collapsible chairs. If formance, and then taking down the working four years at school. The the stage is small, the production set, the players spend many months members of the cast are paid a nomi­ must be adapted to the size of the preparing for the tour. The week nal salary and get invaluable experi­ stage. Cast members handle all the before the play went on the road, the ence in all types of theater procedures jobs of a stage crew so it is not un­ cast rehearsed until midnight every during their three months of one­ usual to find the leading lady doubl­ evening. After the opening of "Our night stands. For some, the rigorous ing as light expert, curtain puller, or Town" at University convocation routine may prove that the theater sound effects man. January 7, they again rehearsed isn't the life for them, but for others All members of the cast get along "Cinderella Cottage" all night to be the tour may point the way to the splendidly because there isn't an "art- ready for their Menomonie opening. beginning of a satisfying career."

.,_A study in concentration, Connie Isaacson, wearing makeup and costume, drills on a forgotten line as she waits for the curtain. Calling the cast together before the performance, Frank Whiting gives some last-minute instructions to Bob Sporre and Don Wolfer.

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March 1954 5 ----j 1 Music and animal husbandry ... 1 Tailor-Made Programs for Its Students Is Aim of Unorthodox U College

HERE IS one college at the Uni­ matters. (General College was another • A young man wants to be a mis­ Tversity which has no faculty of of its suggestions.) Besides heading sionary teacher in Africa. He there­ its own, no bulletin, no set curricu­ the U College committee, Buchta is fore wants some education courses, lum, virtually no rules, and no desires also associate dean of SLA and was but has no need at all for a Minne­ for increased enrollment. former chairman of the physics de­ sota teachers' certificate. Especially In fact, it has been characterized partment. (He doesn't see any explicit useful to him will be courses in the as an "arrangement," rather than a connection between physics and col­ geography and history of the area, college, by which students can get lege administration, except that he plus the philosophy of religion, degrees outside the orthodox curric­ likes to think of physics as "the anthropology, psychology. Because ula. queen of sciences.") his program crosses college lines, he You can stop wondering about this "Ideally," Buchta says, "every comes to University College. anomaly right now. It is University student at the University should • Sometimes a disparity between College, and Dean J. W. Buchta, have a tailor-made program. But this parents' wishes and their son's or chairman of the U College committee, is obviously impossible. For most daughter's ambitions leads a student explains its purpose this way: "In students the counseling facilities and into U College. One boy's father owns an institution as large as this, there's the myriad course offerings of our a large hardware store and has al­ always a small fraction of students many colleges are adequate. Uni­ ways expected his son will some day whose educational objectives are not versity College helps the small group come into the business. The son, satisfied by the regular curricula, but whose unusual needs or peculiar however, wants to be a writer. Re­ for whom worthwhile programs combinations of interests and voca­ sult: he is preparing for both con­ should and can be planned." tional aspirations prompt them to tingencies by combining extensive The idea of University College take courses in several different col­ work in the School of Business with arose from the deliberations of a so­ leges." humanities, advanced composition, called "committee of seven" who ad­ How has U College helped? Here literature, and journalism. vised President Coffman on academic are some examples from the files: • A pretty, redheaded freshman from a large and prosperous Iowa farm entered U College because of a similar conflict: Her father wanted her to take over his farming interests some day, but she insisted on a liberal arts education. A U college Nancy Hite, l., a program enabled her to take courses U College senior, in agriculture and in liberal arts as gets advice on her well. program combin­ "Guess who finally won out?" ing psychology & Buchta smiles in his engaging, boy­ business courses ish way. "The daughter finally from Dean ]. W. switched to SLA, and when last Buchta. Looking heard from was working for the on is the Dean's state historical society." secretary, Shirley Many girls combine secretarial Richardson, her­ training with elementary law courses self a University or liberal arts subjects in the hope College graduate. of being more efficient secretaries. • Buchta's prize file concerns a young man who sought to combine music with-animal husbandry. After the initial shock (Buchta confesses he had visions of the young man continued on page 13 The Minnesotan 6 The board Harold Ludke ~s wiring directs the operations of the tabulator.

Admissions and Records staff spends time l{eeping TABS on the U

ulating works closely with the tally ator punches out on the card the section in compiling student infor­ student's name, file number, post mation. office box; his home address and The basement room, S-1, has its county if in Minnesota, his birthdate, own peculiar brand of clicking, whir­ college, year of expected graduation, ring, jabbing sound effects produced sex, and veteran status. by a host of business machines-key In addition each student is given punches, sorters, interpreters, a col­ an alphabetical number of six digits • How many students are attend­ lator, and a tabulator. These can which is also punched on the card. ing the University from Kandiyohi handle from 60 to 650 IBM cards a (This simplifies sorting into six oper­ county? minute, which, during the course of ations, in contrast to the many more • How many got "A" in Sociology a working day, is more cards than sortings necessary to alphabetize last l fall quarter? we'd care to figure. names by letters.) • What high school is most heav­ Among the tasks of this office: pre­ Let's follow a project through the ily represented at the U? paring registration permits for every tab room. Suppose a class list is • How many veterans were en­ student at the U, making out course needed for Dairy Husbandry 103. rolled in the Law School by the sec­ cards for the students enrolled in From room scheduling, the tabulating ond week of winter quarter? every course, preparing the official office learns the maximum number of class lists, final grade sheets, and in­ students the classroom can hold-say THE ANSWERS to all these ques- dividual grade reports, official second 51. Thereupon a master course card tions can be supplied, almost week enrollment statistics by college, is punched out with the course name literally, by the flick of a switch in credit analyses, and departmental and number, the amount of credit it the tabulating room of admissions instruction load studies. carries, the capacity of the class­ and records. Housed in the window­ The registration permit is a sort of room. less basement of the Administration master card for each student. By typ­ Then the master card is fed into Building, Minneapolis campus, tab- ing letters on a key punch, an oper- continued on page 13

Below, William Cahill removes one of 13 piles of cards just divided by the sorter. Right, Marilyn Brandhagen checks to see that the tabulator is printing correctly.

March 1954 7 Librarian Maxine Clapp takes care of the library's archives room where U papers and publications, pic­ tures, blueprints, motion pictures, personal papers form a rich storehouse of information about the U. Since Lester Hanson joined the University staff in 1950 as professor of animal husbandry, he has carried on outstanding projects in swine feeding. U STAFF MEMBERS

Secretary to the director of Concerts and Lectures, YOU S Agnes Selgeby takes care of details of convocations, and special lectures; sends out publicity on events. Dr. Irvine McQuarrie, pediatrics de­ partment head, was among ten doc­ tors on the 1954 honor roll of medi­ cine of Modern Medicine magazine.

8 The Minnesotan Variety is the essence of Eleanor Salisbury's job as assistant to Dean Julius Nolte of the Extension division; she does student counseling, public rela­ tions, editing, surveys, general administrative work. Pharmacist Sam Levin fills prescnpt10ns for faculty and students in his basement lab of the health service. OULD KNOW

Buying books, art prints, stationery, fountain duties of receptionist and secretary in the office of UMD Pro- _ pens, and gifts for the Union bookstore is part land are Lois H. Hansen, principal secretary, and Eleanor Elm- of the job of store manager Margaret Firnstahl. . Lois has been at UMD five years, Eleanor, two years.

March 1954 9 G!Hil!AllliAW ' ·'i 0 j ~0 SlflW rolf~ III'IM AX. :.0 • 'al o: :. I' o: •1941 •1946 fROiflHiflii!:HEI X D ' • ~ A: D 194Z •1947 l.lm!DIBli)IJol .. : lx ~ • el943 01948 ElDIR8£RRY BUOIIII'IN .. I xo .:o 0 1944 A 1949 ~ ' l(ffMIPll~lli)IJol ~ ~ ~X 0 &1945 X 1950 IIIW!ICK BUDS GR!IN ~ 10 YEAR AVERAGE ....; .: ·' 11 D 0 •.1 • I ElMDifWIIli)IJol 1OA ~ 11.* ' ' • "! liLAC BUOI!ml«i a'~ lo 1 • a. ' '1 X~ WEAIIHY II'Pl! GRfiM IW STAG! A~ X ' ~ lUC flOW!i BUOilii?WIIIG ' D! ~ A ·~o X : BIIRII OAK lEAl liPS IIIJWJNG .. *l ~ t i' •: ~ x: ' !llll!IIBUOIIIII!IKIIGIII'IM ' :o :· ' * ~ 0 ! :x GII!EH ISH BUOIIII'INING ' : :o ~ ' X ' * ' ' l.lml BUOIIII'IHING ' * : 0: a ~ ' X: RD!RIIIII1YIN 8li)IJol ' ~ 1· ~ ~ 'I!Ulll!YIIt'\IPI«MIIIG! ' l a: * ~ • :x ' Blll\\1XD BUOIIII'IMING ' lj 0. fi AX ' 1 ~ I ' llJ( ~~~liNG 10 Bli)IJol .6. .o t ; ':x ' ~! ..o IOIYilOlf IIBli)IJol ' • ~ • lUCIIfW8li)IJol ;a ~ • ~1 .. • lit. 1..8 'I!Ulll!YIIt'\IPIIAlfAll * ,D ... • BIIIDAlWII!IfliiiBli)IJol ·: ·: A~ I 0 PIONIII~IIliNGIOIIli)IJol Professor Hodson's ten-year average chart, showing the sequence of spring and summer events in the St. Paul area. u entomologist asks: HOW GO THE SEASONS?

T STARTED OUT as a noontime our plants into spring and summer Hodson determines that time by I hobby, but has grown into a com­ bloom and the accumulating total of checking when the apple blossoms be­ prehensive project that is proving heat units determines how our spring gin to bloom and become pink and both intriguing and useful. comes on-rapidly or slowly. elm buds appear- that's when the We're talking about A. C. Hodson's Among those who find Hodson's canker worm begins to hatch. About "how go the seasons" calendar. The chart useful is the staff of St. Paul's 10 days later is the best time to spray. New England-born and -educated Uni­ parks department. Each year, a super­ Northern forest entomologists also versity entomologist began about 15 visor checks with Hodson to deter­ check with Hodson to determine years ago noting the dates certain mine when he should send out crews when to spray for the forest tent spring and summer signs turned up. to spray elms to kill the canker worm. caterpillar. Almost invariably- al­ It was largely as a hobby- some­ most invariably- Hodson can pre­ A. C. Hodson thing to do on his free half hour after dict when the forest tent caterpillar lunch when he wanted to get out of will be out in large enough numbers his basement office in cavernous Cof­ to make spraying profitable. fey hall on the St. Paul campus. Usually, he explains, the aspen One section of his 12-month graph buds begin to open 200 to 300 miles - the one we are most interested in north about a week later than in the right now- is shown above. You'll Twin Cities area. And up north, as­ find the dates of appearance of cer­ pen buds open about the time the tain natural events for the ten years caterpillars begin to go to work. But, from 1940 to 1950. Each year has a sometimes freak weather conditions throw the variation out of kilter and different symbol. Note the wide range of "springing" the far north has as warm tempera­ tures as the Twin Cities. So, predict­ for certain events. For example, lilac ing is always "qualified" and must be flower buds have appeared as early carefully done, Hodson says. as March 30 in 1945 and as late as One thing seems certain from Hod­ May 13 in 1950. son's observations: that it's almost Hodson explains that it takes a cer­ continued on next page tain number of "heat units" to bring 10 The Minnesotan Meet UMD~s Robert Pieree ... Teaching, Training, Therapy Keep Speech Prof Busy

N THE UMD laboratory school, • I Robert Pierce conducts one of the Duluth Branch's most extensive re­ gional service projects- the UMD speech and hearing clinic. Pierce, an ,.I assistant professor of speech, says his job combines teaching, training, and therapy. As a member of the speech de­ partment staff headed by Mason Hicks, Pierce has a considerable teaching assignment, specializing in diagnosis and treatment of speech and hearing problems. He also con­ ducts regular speech classes. In his training role he has develop­ ed a number of speech and hearing clinicians who have subsequently taken over diagnostic and therapeu­ Robert Pierce, head of the UMD speech and hearing clinic and assistant pro­ tic work in their own schools, com- fessor of speech, uses a mirror to help a youngster with a speech problem.

munities, or districts. One girl ma­ consin, when doing graduate work How Go The Seasons? joring in speech with emphasis on at the University of Wisconsin. continued speech and hearing problems, after "We just have a hair-letting-down impossible to say, on the basis of graduating from UMD in 1952 im­ session every Tuesday night," says early-appearing natural events, wheth­ mediately accepted appointment as Pierce. "Each stutterer goes through er we are going to have a late or speech correctionist in south St. Louis his paces, deliberately tackling words early spring. An oncoming spring county, Proctor, and Hermantown that especially bother him. There are that seems early or late at the be­ schools. The clinicians he has trained many reasons for stuttering, and at ginning may shift as summer ap­ are finding, as Pierce himself has dis­ our informal meetings we try to get proaches and become just the oppo­ covered over the years, that they al­ at the bottom of the trouble in each site of what it started out to be. ways have more work to do than case." Dozens of stutterers have bene­ In 1952, for example, spring broke time to do it in. fited from his approach. suddenly in May after a cool April, Pierce never fails to remind peo­ In spring, Pierce holds "auditions" and a number of events normally ple that five per cent of all Ameri­ for children in the northern Minne­ several days apart came on the same cans have speech difficulties of one sota area who might be chosen for day or within a couple of days. kind or another which handicap the annual summer speech camp at Many wonder if our springs have them in ways ranging from person­ Camp Kiwanis on the St. Croix River, been getting later or earlier. The an­ ality adjustment to job competence. sponsored by the Minnesota Society swer, according to Hodson's charts, is "And we're just beginning to scratch for Crippled Children and Adults, "neither." The average date for cer­ the surface," he adds. "There is so Inc. tain natural events recorded each much to do to help those with speech In addition he conducts his own year during the past 50 years falls and hearing handicaps, and so few yearly summer speech and hearing within one day of the 10-year aver­ of us to do it. But the rewards in clinic at UMD, one of the unique age shown in the chart on the op­ helping these children and adults summer session activities at the Du­ posite page. are so real and so gratifying, we of­ luth Branch. Last summer 25 area His data for 1951, 1952, and 1953 ten forget the clock." children received help during the will be included in a 1950-1960 Besides his crowded daily schedule, eight-week clinic session. chart which will enable him to sub­ Pierce puts in many evening and "If we had personnel and facili­ stantiate his findings. He adds that weekend hours. He attends weekly ties, we would be glad to take double foliage-watching is a wonderfully in­ evening meetings of the Duluth or triple that number," says Pierce. teresting hobby almost anyone can Stutterers' Club, a counterpart of the "As it is now, we can only help follow right in his own backyard. club he organized at Madison, Wis- those with the severest problems." March 1954 II I ! • l works with all club members who 6,000 Busy Volunteer Leaders give demonstrations, whether in food preparation, clothing, safety, health, or livestock production. Since every Help U Staff in 4-H Cluhwork club member gives a demonstration at some time or other, it means Mrs. Tews must spend a great deal of 1 time at members' homes counseling ROBABLY MANY PEOPLE are sota? One answer is that many are on what to demonstrate, planning P unaware that the 4-H clubs in this parents of 4-H boys and girls. Others how to do it, giving suggestions on state have any connection with the derive a deep satisfaction from giv­ script writing for the demonstra­ University of Minnesota. Yet 4-H ing their time and experience to tion, and helping perfect techniques. club work is a part of the national young people. Before the county Achievement Day system of cooperative extension work Many Minnesota leaders have long and the county fair, she devotes day in agriculture and homemaking, in records of service to their local clubs. after day to practice with the mem­ which the United States Department They remain not merely because they bers. In addition Mrs. Tews attends of Agriculture, the state land-grant enjoy the work, hut because the club regular monthly meetings, having colleges (in Minnesota, the U niver­ missed only one in 13 years. members continue to elect them. I sity), and the counties participate. Home agent Marion Larson and ~ Four-H clubs are organized groups agricultural agent Vernon Hoy.oler of ECAUSE each club has both men of young people engaged in farming, McLeod county say that Mrs. H. L. B and women leaders, husband and homemaking, and community activi­ Tews, leader of the 40-member wife teams are often selected. Men ties under the guidance of county Acoma Acorns 4-H club since 1940, work with the boys on their livestock agricultural, home, and 4-H club is typical of the successful volunteer. and agricultural projects, and women agents, who have status as faculty She began her 4-H work when her assist the girls with their home eco­ members on the University staff, and two daughters were active in the nomics projects. Both help members local volunteer leaders trained by club. Though both of them have with records and program planning the agents. long since graduated from 4-H work for the next year. Through 4-H Institutes conducted and married, Mrs. Tews has never The Jim Bairds, leaders of the each year by state 4-H staff mem­ lost her enthusiasm and love of work­ Winsted Jolly Juniors, are such a bers, adult leaders receive special ing with young people. husband and wife team. Mrs. Baird j training in all phases of 4-H work. Under Mrs. Tews' leadership the has been a leader for five years, a Other training is provided in the in­ Acoma Acorns have been named "4-H year longer than her husband. Two 4 dividual counties by the agents. Club of the Year" from McLeod ' of their children are active mem­ Why do 6,000 busy farmers and county eight different times since bers of their club. homemakers take time out to serve 1940. Again this year they won the as "voluntary staff members," teach­ coveted title in the county and re­ Mr. Baird summarized the func­ ing better practices in farming and ceived blue ribbons in the state con­ tion of leaders this way: "Our club homemaking to the young members test. belongs to the kids; the leaders are of the 2,084 4-H clubs in Minne- Like other leaders, Mrs. Tews only advisors." Then he added, "I don't think there is an adult leader who hasn't learned right along with the members." Acoma 4-H club member Lu Ann For many adult leaders, associa­ Brieve, l., cuts a tion with the 4-H movement means piece of her des­ not only an investment in youth and sert sponge cake the future, but an opportunity for for the visiting personal growth. McLeod county Reviewing the work of the 4-H home agent Mar­ leaders, Leonard Harkness, associa­ ion Larson and ate professor in agricultural exten­ volunteer leader sion and state 4-H club leader, says, Mrs. Tews. (Lu "National 4-H Club Week, March Ann won a blue 6-14, gives an appropriate opportun­ ribbon for her ity to salute these voluntary teachers demonstration at for their fine contribution to Minne­ the state fair.} !"ota youth." 12 The Minnesotan U College Keeping Tabs on the U continued from page 6 continued from page 7 teaching donkeys to bray euphoni­ a reproducing machine which is rate of 650 cards a minute. ously), Buchta learned that the boy appropriately wired and obligingly But the real smarty among all came from a stock farm in Minne­ produces 51 duplicate course cards these machines is the tabulator, which sota and happened to love singing. numbered consecutively. can add and subtract figures and But despite the fact that it was im­ This information is "translated" print lists as well. By prop(,)rly wiring mensely satisfying, he felt he would into print on each card by an inter­ an electric board inserted in the probably choose the more practical preting machine, so the card can be machine, an operator ca:1 direct it, path of farming. He didn't see, easily read. for example, to print a complete class though, why he should sacrifice one Then, as each student registers for list from a bunch of course cards. A interest to the other. U College en­ Dairy Husbandry 103, the informa­ relative slowpoke, the tabulator prints abled him to pursue both. tion punched on his master permit is 80 lines a minute. Far from being a lark, or an easy transferred to the course card, giving Supervisor of all this mechanical way out for students who want to a full record of each student. If these activity is Harold Ludke. Under him avoid Econ. 80, U College means cards should get mixed up, a collating are tabulating equipment operators hard work. Its students must take 190 machine will realphabetize them in a William Cahill and Marilyn Brand­ credits for a B.A., in comparison wink. Or if it is necessary to sort the hagen and key punch operators with the 180 credits required for cards, a special machine can divide Geneva Senter and Sylvia Prokopo­ their SLA confreres. them into 13 separate piles at the vitch. To get into U College in the first place, the student must have: l) a University Employees Get New clear, sound reason for applying; 2) Hospitalization Plan March 16 a complete plan of study; 3) the as­ The Board of Regents has ap­ surance that he cannot get this pro­ plan. The plan will cost $25.20 a proved a new group hospitalization gram within any single college year for individual membership and plan which goes into effect March 16. (Buchta points out that a number of $61.20 for the family contract. The Ray F. Archer, director of the group students have been diverted from U former plan cost $19.44 and $45.36, hospitalization committee, announced College since SLA has permitted respectively. the new plan after faculty and civil interdepartmental rna j ors.) Dean Archer said the hospitalization plan service staff members had been Buchta himself looks over the pro­ was revamped because: members polled on four possible health plans. gram of each U College student and found the $9 per day room benefit The new plan includes: board and then refers it for approval to other inadequate in meeting room charges room of $12 a day, with other serv­ U College committee members.* in local hospitals, hospital charges of ices paid in full; X-ray charges up to "A measure of our success is the miscellaneous items had increased $15; up to 70 days of hospitalization degree to which we can keep our sharply, and more members were for each individual a year; 30 days numbers down and get other col­ using their hospitalization contracts. of hospitalization each year for leges to accept our students. The tuberculosis and nervous and mental Chamberlin Named present enrollment is only 75. diseases; maternity benefits of $9 a There is no exact gauge of the UMD Academic Dean day plus one-half other benefits; an success of University College, except New academic dean of the Duluth $800 maximum amount on any single that people enter it voluntarily and Branch is Thomas W. Chamberlin, claim; full benefits on outpatient care with a clear idea of their goals; they since 1947 head of the UMD geogra­ for accidents and minor surgery; and can leave whenever they wish for any phy department. (See picture p. 12, coverage in any hospital in the world. other college at the U. Therefore, February, 1954, Minnesotan.) Husbands of female staff members it stands to reason, says Dean Born in Gays, Illinois, Chamberlin are now eligible for coverage as de­ Buchta, that these students are get­ received his bachelor of education pendents. ting out of college what they want from Eastern Illinois State Teachers and need. The old plan provided only $9 a College. He later received his M.A. day for room and board, 60 days a and Ph.D. in geography from Clark 0 B~sides Dean Buchta, chairman, the com­ year of hospitalization for each in­ mittc:;e i~cludes ~rofs.: W. D. Armstrong, University, Worcester, Mass. physwlogical chemistry; T. F. Barnhart, jour­ dividual, a maximum claim of $600, Before joining the UMD staff nalism; T. C. Blegen, Graduate School dean; A. M. Borak, business administration; W. W. $7 a day plus one-half benefits on Chamberlin taught at Eastern Ten­ Cook, College of Education dean; Bryce Craw­ ford, Jr., physiological chemistry; R. K. Gaum­ maternity cases, and coverage m nessee State Teachers College, Ball nitz, School of Business assistant dean; J. J. Jenkins, psychology; R. Jordan, mechanical hospitals in the United States or State Teachers College in Indiana, Pn~ineering; Helen Ludwig, home economics; Canada only. Ke1th McFarland, College of Agriculture; M. E. and Northern Illinois State Teachers Pirsig, Law School dean; R. E. Summers, Ad­ The new $12 plan received 37% missjons and Records dean; Dmitri Tselos. art; College. Chamberlin is married and A. L. Vaughan, General College assistant dean. more votes than the second place has two children. March 1954 13 What Is the University Self-Survey? HAT ADDITIONAL space and staff will we need Most of the questions are designed to cover several Wfor improved or expanded activities during the next aspects of each department's program. For example, in­ two years? The next ten years? How does our depart­ structions for question l state: "Each separate proposal ment compare with others throughout the country? Are should be numbered and should include a clear state· there ways in which we could make better use of the ment on the following points: the goals of the proposed support we now receive? Are there activities we might activity; demonstrated need or demand for it; personnel reduce, or even abandon, or wisely shift to other de­ and equipment required; how these requirements were partments or agencies? estimated; and whether the activity will be temporary Questions like these are getting some serious thought or permanent. If additional space in University buildings in departments all over the University these days. There will be required, the question calls for estimates of has been talk of a University survey for some time. A square feet of floor space in terms of the specific uses letter to all deans, directors, and department heads, sent anticipated in each case (classroom, lecture hall, office, out by President Morrill early in March, introduced such laboratory, shop, storage, etc.) . Proposals should be a University-wide "self-survey" to be carried on within described as involving instruction, research, internal the next few months-department by department, college service, or public service, or as involving a specific com­ by college-aimed at examining fiscal procedures, physi­ bination of these." cal needs, and the educational goals underlying the activi­ ONG-RANGE GOALS and emphases are explored in ties of each unit. L question 4, where among other things, department Instructional and non-instructional departments alike heads are instructed to discuss: new activities or services; have been asked to indicate not only their estimated improvement of existing activities; expansion and curtail­ budgetary needs for the next biennium, but to go beyond ment of staff; changes in the inter-relationships of public these traditional forecasts and to draft recommenda­ service; changing relationships with outside agencies and tions for the next ten years. among the University's campuses, etc. By April 30, each department head, in close collabo­ In connection with their long-range programs, each de­ ration with his entire staff, is expected to have completed partment is asked to make as detailed and comprehensive his section of the questionnaire. Here, in summary, are a forecast as knowledge of the situation permits, taking the questions each department must answer: into account not only its local situation but also its rela­ During the biennium 1955-57: tionship to the larger educational and professional fields 1. What new activities, to be supported by the General Univer­ sity Fund, which your department is not now maintaining do in which it operates. you regard as essential for the next biennium? The write-up on organizational changes in the depart­ 2. What improvements in the existing activities of your depart· ment during the next decade (question 5) should cover: ment, now supported by the General University Fund, do you regard as essential for the next biennium? changes in existing distribution of rank, salaries, and 3. Which of the existing activities of your department, now sup· position; changes in the balance of civil service and aca­ ported by the General University Fund, might be reduced, abandoned, or transferred to other departments within the demic personnel; reassignment of duties and responsibili­ next biennium, without prejudice to the department's primary ties; improvements in administrative structure; new functions? channels of communication; improvement of liaison with During the decade 1955-65: 4. What trends and changes do you anticipate in the pattern other departments and organizations, etc. and the volume of your department's program of (1) in­ Question 9, which asks department heads to rate their struction; ( 2) research ; ( 3) services? own department in comparison with those of other uni­ 5. What changes in the organization of your department will be necessary or desirable? versities on several counts, includes space to indicate how 6. What is your best estimate of the annual amount of addition­ the ratings were arrived at (e.g., conference, voting, al budget support which would be necessary to put the pro· judgment of the department head, official ranking by a gram outlined in your answers to questions 4 and 5 mto effect? professional society) . 7. What is your best estimate of the additional physical facilities which would be required in connection with the program HIS FORM for departments will be completed in trip­ outlined in your answers to questions 4 and 5 above? T licate: one copy for the appropriate dean or director, 8. What reductions, expansions, reorganizations, or program one for the office of the President, and the third for the changes in other departments of the University do you re· gard as necessary or desirable to increase the effectiveness of department's own files. The head of each college or ad­ your department's activities? ministrative department will then fill out a summarizing 9. How does your department compare with corresponding de­ form by June 30, combining the needs of individual de­ partments in other major unive~sities !n the United Sta~es_ in terms of (a) quality and quantity of Its work; (b) bmldmg partments into a coherent program for the college as a and equipment facilities; (c) salaries and other conditions whole. Deans and directors will be asked specifically to of employment? (A scale provides for rating items a, b, c, under the headings: among the first five, superior, average, evaluate every request for new resources and to set a below average, sub-standard.) priority on every item. 10. What available methods and procedures are being or have Any interested staff member may get a copy of the been used in your department for the periodic evaluation of activities and goals? questionnaire by calling extension 4 72. 14 The Minnesotan The President's Page Surveying Ourselves­ WHY and HOW

ERE IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY a University H self-survey has been proposed and talked about since the last legislative session. The aims and procedures of such a survey have been clarified in earnest, probing dis­ cussion with the Administrative Committee of the Senate, the Faculty Consultative Committee, and many individual University staff members. The first questionnaires are now in the hands of all department heads. Why, some may ask, do we undertake this survey now? It seemed to a great many of us that this was the logical Let me say as strongly as I can that this approach to moment to carry on a systematic and thoroughgoing self­ the University's long-range problems needs more than scrutiny; for we find ourselves on a kind of plateau be­ the cooperation of deans and department heads. Its tween two peaks-the peak of veteran enrollment during success demands the active participation of all of us, the late 'forties, which so over-taxed our facilities, and whether we are engaged in teaching, research, adminis­ the peak of an even greater anticipated enrollment as the tration, or other service. It is designed to cover all depart­ "war babies" reach college age toward the end of this ments included in the regular University budget-aca­ decade. This new increase is expected to be permanent. demic and non-academic alike. The present breathing-space, therefore, gives us a chance The survey will succeed only to the extent that the de­ to think about what direction our growth should take, and partments are able to look at their own activities objec­ how we can better integrate our existing resources. tively and to criticize them democratically. Details of the survey are sketched on the opposite page. After all departments have completed their surveys, the Every staff member, I think, will see that we are con­ respective deans will be asked to assign a definite priority cerned not with "piling up data"-although a good deal to every request for new resources. This difficult job can of detailed information is asked for-but rather with be done only by using to the fullest whatever machinery evaluation, with redefining goals and appraising stand­ exists for sounding out staff opinion. In some cases new ards of effectiveness. advisory groups will have to be created to formulate the The reasons for the study are threefold: collective judgment of the college. • to carry on the tradition of institutional self-criti­ This big project can provide an immensely useful blue­ cism that has contributed so much to Minnesota's print for the next biennium and the next ten years. It re­ role in pioneering new educational methods and quires the thoughtful, best judgment of us all. philosophies. • to help us bring to the legislature a clear picture of the instruction, research, and public services with which the University proposes to meet the develop­ ing needs of the state. • to evolve for our own guidance a set of unified, ex­ plicit goals for the next decade. The material gathered will help us prepare a carefully documented budget for the next two years; a guide for the University's development in the next ten years; and an outline of the major University problems that will require further study by faculty, administrators, and Re­ gents. March 1954 15 MAR~D 15~ TO APRIL 15~ 1954 University of Minnesota Calendar of Events

THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY Subscription Series Mar. 31-"Cry, the Beloved Country," British film made Mar. 19--Pierre Monteux, guest conductor. in Africa. Mar. 26-Monique de Ia Bruchollerie, pianist. Apr. 14---"Leonardo da Vinci," the story of his inventions as well as his paintings. Color film made in Florence Apr. 9-0rchestral program. and Rome; English commentary. Also "Ai-ye," a short (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 experimental film on the growth and development of to $4.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at mankind. thf' Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reservations (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tickets for call University extension 6225.) t adults, $.60; junior admission, $.35, available at the Lobby Twilight Concerts Ticket Office, the basement of W esbrook Hall, or the Cam­ pus Club.) Mar. 21-St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, Olaf C. Christiansen, director. Apr. 11-Puccini's opera "Suor Angelica" in concert form UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATES with Laurel Hurley, soprano; Lucretia West, contralto; and Cecelian Singers. Mar. 29-Theory and Method in the Social Sciences by (Northrop Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. General admission tickets Arnold M. Rose, professor of sociology, University of at $.75 can be purchased the afternoon of the concert. Minnesota. A volume of essays on some previously ne­ Box office opens at 3:30 p.m.) glected aspects of theory and research in the social sci­ ences. $4.00. Young People's Concert Apr. 16-The Braggart in Renaissance Comedy; A Study Mar. 23---Northrop Auditorium, 1 :30 p.m. in Comparative Drama /rom Aristophanes to Shake­ (Admission arranged through local schools.) speare by Daniel C. Boughner, professor of English, Evansville College, Evansville, Indiana. A history of the comic stage character in the Greek, Italian, French, CONVOCATIONS Spanish, and English theaters. $5.00. Apr. !-William Laurence, science reporter of the New April-The Sociology of Work by Theodore Caplow, asso­ York Times, ''The Truth About the Hydrogen Bomb"; ciate professor of sociology, University of Minnesota. The and Bismarck, North Dakota, High School Choir. first full-length treatise on the new and developing field Apr. 8-Chanticleers, male quartet. of occupational sociology. $5.00. Apr. IS-Chamber Singers, directed by James Aliferis in (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book­ Heinrich Schutz's "Passion of St. Matthew." stores or may be ordered through your local bookstore.) (Northrop Auditorium, 11 :30 a.m. Open to the public with· out charge.) UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS COMMENCEMENT Mar. 9-28-Symphony Art Project. Children in public, pri­ Mar. 18-Dr. Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia Uni· vate, and parochial elementary and secondary schools of versity, Commencement speaker. the Twin Cities have attempted to present on paper in­ (Northrop Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Admission by guest card dividual reactions to music. only.) Mar. 28-Apr. 25-Ancient Glass. These pieces from ancient Egypt to the 15th century are of beautifully designed YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY THEATRE glass worked as a translucent, opaque, or sometimes iri­ descent substance. Mar. 29-Apr. 9-"Alice in Wonderland," by Moulton and Mar. 14- Apr. 23---0pen Metal Sculpture. The accent in Ware. this exhibit is on spatial or implied volume rather than (Scott Hall Auditorium, 1:15 p.m., except Apr. 4, 4:00 solid classical form. Welding and brazing play most im· p.m. Single tickets $.60. Public performances are Satur­ portant roles in this recent vital surge of open metal day and Sunday.) sculpture by such artists as Calder, Moore, Smith, and Harl. NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday Mar. 21-"Mountains and Mammals," color sound film. through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open Mar. 28-"Mountain Moods," Dr. Clayton Rudd, Minne­ before performances and during intermissions.) apolis dentist. Apr. 4---"Snake, Turtle, Toad, and Frog Facts," Walter ]. Breckenridge, director, Minnesota Museum of Natural ATHLETIC EVENTS History. Apr. 11-"Waterbirds," Walt Disney color sound film. Mar. 25, 26, 27-State High School Basketball Tournament. (.Museum of Natural History Auditorium, 3:00 p.m. Open (Williams Arena, afternoon and evening games, Mar. 25 to the public without charge.) and 26. Games at 6:00, 7:25, 9:00 p.m. on Mar. 27.) t

t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlick Ticket Office in St. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Building, in Minneapolis.

in this issue ••• 800 PINTS OF BLOOD- that's Meet the Regents what the U Hospitals uses each month. Dr. Newell Ziegler, head of EGENT KARL G. NEUMEIER the Hospitals blood bank, tells how R came to the Board of Regents the bank supplies this blood, how it after a 15-year stint in the state legis­ is processed and used, page 10. lature. A Stillwater lawyer, Mr. Neu­ A DREAM IS IN PROCESS of meier served as state senator from coming true on the St. Paul campus. 1935 to 1950 gaining a reputation The ag Union should begin going up as a tax expert while chairman of the next year if the balance of the build­ tax committee, committee on com­ ing fund is raised. Page 12 tells you mittees, and member of the legisla­ about the new Union, the fund drive. tive advisory committee. THE 1956 OLYMPICS may seem When Mr. Neumeier became a far away but not to U track coach Regent, he promised to see that mon­ Jim Kelly who, as chairman of the ey given the University by the legis­ U.S. Olympic track and field com­ lature would be judiciously and ef­ mittee, is already busy arranging fectively spent. for trials, coaches, managers, and funds. Page 13.

Marjorie Howard on the cover ... Martha Cutkomp 1s a full­ EWEST ADDITION and only time wife and mother, a N female member on the Board part-time potter. Here, with of Regents is Mrs. Marjorie Howard children Kent, 5, and Terry, of Excelsior who was elected by the 7, she 1s cutting clay with 1953 legislature. Mrs. Howard, a a fine wire to smoothe it for housewife with a long record of pub­ molding. Mrs. Cutkomp, wife lic service, is the fourth woman to of entomology professor Lau­ serve on the Board in its 103-year rence Cutkomp, introduces history. our feature on University A mother of two, Mrs. Howard de­ wives, beginning on page 3. cided she wanted to do something All photos for the article besides keep house after her second and the cover by Walter child started school, so she became Zambino, photo laboratory. active in the League of Women Voters. Her volunteer work branched Karl G. Neumeier out into an Excelsior youth center THE MINNESOTAN Vol. VII No. 7 and the Red Cross Motor Corps. Published by the Department of Uni­ Mrs. Howard is no stranger to the Born in Stillwater, 65-year-old Mr. versity Relations, 213 Administration University. She received her B.A. Neumeier received his B.A. from the Building, University of Minnesota, Min­ University in 1911 and graduated neapolis 14, Minnesota. from Minnesota in 1924 and then William L. Nunn, Director worked for another year at the U from the St. Paul College of Law in Ellen Siegelman Editor library. She sees her role on the 1914. After a time with the West Julie Henricksson . Ass't. Editor Publishing Company he began law Advisory Committee: Members of the Board as that of an interested citi­ University Public Information Council. ] practice in Stillwater. He still main­ zen who should have something to The Minnesotan is published month· say about tax-supported institutions tains his law office there. ly during the academic year, October such as the University. Regent Neumeier has a summer through May. Copies are mailed free to J University staff members. Subscription I Republican party politics gained home on the St. Croix River along rates for non-staff members are $2 a her interest in 1946 and within the with a farm where he raises some year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this cattle, pigs, chickens, and pheasants. issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial next few years she became state Union Bookstore. Republican chairwoman. During the A sports enthusiast, he is a most Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ next four years she gave hundreds avid basketball fan; hunting, fishing, ed, were taken by members of the skiing, and skating follow close be­ University Photographic Laboratory. of talks, including a speech nominat­ Entered as second-class matter at the ing Harold Stassen for president at hind. Regent Neumeier has three post office at Minneapolis, Minn. the 1952 Republican convention. children. The Minnesotan 2 What is a University wife? Being a magazine addressed to the families of staff members, The Minnesotan asked itself this question and proceeded to do some research. The conclusion: there are as many kinds of University wives as there are women. Some of them are devoting University full-time to young families. Some have full-time careers. Others manage to combine homemaking with profes­ sions, hobbies, or social service. Herewith we offer a selection; though differing widely in their pursuits, WIVES these five women share a sense of belonging to the Uni­ versity community and a feeling that what they're doing has meaning for themselves and their families. dark' hair and blazing dark eyes, Mrs. Tovish looks Spanish, but says "I have all kinds of nationalities in Marianna Tovish ... me." She studied at several universities from her studio~ a living art -Bennington, University of Califor­ nia, and Columbia. It was there she "A living art should be where people Marianna Pineda-a name suggested met her husband who was also study­ are living," says Marianna Tovish by some Spanish friends, after a ing sculpture. They've been married firmly. "People really ought to have play of that title by the Spanish eight years. small sculpture in their homes -it's poet, Garcia Lorca. With her long continued on next page no more expensive than painting3 or prints. As for large sculpture, both my husband and I feel it belongs out of doors and on buildings rather than in museums. Originally these works of sculpture had a function and a home in churches, bridges, public squares." Mrs. Tovish (husband, Harold To­ vish, is assistant professor of art and a well-known sculptor himself) combines youthful exuberance with sober decisiveness. She's been doing sculpture "ever since I was old enough to be serious about any­ thing." Although 7-year-old Margo and 5-year-old Aaron keep her pretty busy, Mrs. Tovish generally man­ ages to get in four or five hours a day in the basement workshop of their Raymond Ave. home. Her dream: to get a full-size studio and sculpt full-time. What about competition between husband and wife? "There's very little of it. We rarely criticize each other's work unless one of us spe­ cifically asks for it," she grinned­ "we've learned that from experience. It's very stimulating, both of us being in the same field." Mrs. Tovish sculpts under the name April 1954 3 How does she work? Mrs. Tovish This becomes the hollow mold into is a very lively town for the arts. usually starts out with a sketch, has which plaster is poured to make the "And," Mrs. Tovish adds, "a good a good idea what she will do before final statue. Because this is physi­ deal of this spirit is due to the ex­ she begins, and chooses her material cally exhausting, it's surprising that citement generated right here in the for the purpose. Much of her work, sculpture attracts as many women University art department." she says, depicts the life of women as it does." and children. Asked if she is a femi­ Generally when working at home, nist, she wrinkles her nose and says, Mrs. Tovish prefers direct carving "Sure- why not? If women aren't, or modeling directly in wax. These who will be?" But she adds laugh­ take less steps than large-scale plas· ingly, "Fortunately, women are pret­ ter or metal sculpture, and then, says ty lucky these days. We don't have Mrs. Tovish, introducing a house­ to be as rampant and crusading as wifely consideration-"lt's so much we did 40 years ago." · less messy!" Currently she is finish­ Speaking again of her work, she ing a small sculpture of a woman in says, "Aesthetic problems are present a hammock, conforming to the na­ in every piece. That's why sculpture tural shape of the ivory tusk from is so absorbing. But often there are which it is carved. complicated technical problems too. A big batch of her sculpture has I think the most difficult is casting a been traveling to exhibits in Colo­ big piece in plaster. First you must rado Springs, Lincoln, Mass., and make an armature-a metal 'skeleton' Hanover, N.H. The Tovishes fre· around which the clay is built. Then quently enter group shows in New you surround the clay with plaster. York. They both think Minneapolis

Frances Upson ... Frances Upson , ' at 58~ a new career from the College of Education in At 53 Frances Upson began college. settling down, and then, too, I nursery-kindergarten-primary teach­ At 57 she had a B.A. from the Uni­ thought if I prepared myself for our ing. versity's Arts College-magna cum retirement I might some day start "It never occurred to me I'd be laude and Phi Beta Kappa. A year a nursery school of my own." offered a job," she says. But two later she got another degree-a Bach­ Mrs. Upson had a few weeks of col­ years ago the Institute of Child Wel­ elor of Education from the Univer· lege back in 1912, but had had to fare asked her to become supervisor sity's Institute of Child Welfare. quit because of illness. Shortly there­ at the Village Nursery School, run by Thereupon she embarked on a whole after she married Prof. Upson and the Institute. It's a part-time job, new career-supervisor of the Uni­ devoted full time to raising her planning the activities of 50 chil­ versity Village nursery school. family. She had always enjoyed being dren (about 30 a day) ranging in Mrs. Upson, a slight brisk worn· with people, had done volunteer pub­ age from 2 to 5. Each afternoon they an with a trace of Kentucky in her lic health work snd social work for get two and a half hours of super­ speech, takes all this quite casually. the Red Cross. vised play and training. "It seemed simply the best thing Both the Upsons love children: "The Institute thinks of the Vil­ to do." The Upsons (he is pro· Mr. Upson had advised scout groups, lage nursery primarily as a facility ~ fessor of aeronautical engineering) started the staff family gym sessions for parent education," says Mrs. Up­ 1 came to the University in 1946, after at the U (see Minnesotan, April, son. It is a cooperative venture, to I Mr. Upson had done teaching and 1953). which each mother pledges a speci­ i consulting at Wayne University and Hence the B.A. from the Arts Col­ fied number of afternoons per quar· the University of Michigan. lege, where Mrs. Upson was an in­ ter. Mothers also have regular bi­ "Well," says Mrs. Upson, "by then terdepartmental major concentrating weekly meetings at which outside all my children had grown up and on social sciences, German courses. speakers, frequently from the Uni­ left home. I have four children, two She enjoyed going to school im· versity, talk about children's music, of them married, with four grand­ mensely, she says. "The students ac­ children's books, the fears of young children. For the first time in my cepted me. I never felt I was an old children, etc. "We have a very rich group to life I found myself with time on my lady off into a corner." hands. I didn't like the idea of just A year later Mrs. Upson got a B.S. draw from," she says, "since many 4 The Minnesotan of the mothers have had professional ing' is done, I do. When the children tive, easily understood material in experience working with children, get restless, I may read to them, or the field of public health for pro­ and all are extremely interested and improvise a story or some finger fessional people and the general cooperative." play. public. Thus, last year, in coopera­ Six adults-two student teachers "I love my work, because I love tion with the nutritionist, she wrote and four mothers-come under Mrs. children. And I'm inexpressibly a leaflet on "Milk-Not Strictly for Upson's supervision every day. She grateful to the University for this Babies," to show the importance of herself does a little of everything. opportunity. We enjoy University milk-drinking for people of all ages. Her main job is to see that the life more than any other we've ever She also puts out information for schedule runs smoothly. known. It keeps you alert and in professional p eo p 1e, like Mental "I keep my eye out for lonely touch with fresh ideas." Health Progress, a monthly report children and try to draw them subtly And-we might add-it keeps you for workers in mental health. (Her into the group. Whatever 'disciplin- young! toughest job for this publication: condensing U neurophysiology pro­ fessor Ernst Gellhorn's tight, techni­ Marie Ford ... cal, 556-page book, Physiological through public health, a chance to serve Foundations of Neurology and Psy­ chiatry, into a page and a half!) "Yes, I married my professor," Marie show locally; and bicycled through "I soon realized that when you Ford laughs throatily. Sitting at her England and Scotland. (Of the latter work with professional people such desk in the State Board of Health she says, she had blithely agreed to as doctors, nurses, nutritionists, building on the campus, putting a the trip but couldn't bring herself to you've got to speak their language," cigarette in a holder, she explains, explain to Mr. Ford she'd never been says Mrs. Ford with conviction. "So "That was 22 years ago. I was an on a bike before. He found this out right after I started this job I also English major at the University, during their first practice-session, began work on an M.A. in public minoring in journalism. I used to say shortly before they were scheduled health and health education. It took that out of one journalism course I to leave!) three years, and one quarter I car­ got both an 'A' and a husband." The Mrs. Ford is a woman who doesn't ried 21 credits, but it was worth it!" professor-Edwin Ford (see picture, waste an idea. During the seven years To fulfill the three-month field­ Minnesotan, January '54). she was owner, editor, advertising training required for her Master's In the course of a busy career, chief, circulation head, and layout degree, Mrs. Ford spent one month Mrs. Ford has: edited and published "man" for her radio magazine, she with the World Health Organization a radio trade magazine; done free­ was also doing free-lance articles for in Geneva, and two months in Eng­ lance writing; worked on a novel ( un­ bakers', brewers', real estate trade land with the Central Council of published) during the depression; papers, showing how others in their Health Education. She was extremely conducted her own radio interview fields were using radio advertising. impressed during her month at their A series of radio scripts she headquarters with the dedication and wrote for a St. Paul department store sincerity of the WHO staff. proved so successful she marketed "I enjoy working very, very much, them to stations all over the country. and intend to continue," she says in They were 15-minute Christmas pro­ her deep, charming voice. "This kind grams called "Chats with Mrs. Santa of job gives you a chance to do a Claus." The store daily awarded a real service." toy and a telephone call, presumably Although she works for the state, direct from Mrs. Santa Claus at the Mrs. Ford feels very much a part of North Pole, to the four youngsters the University. "It was here I got writing the best Christmas letters. my education and here I met my Mrs. Ford recalls that some of these husband. Our friends are primarily young prize-winners were so keyed University people. Every day I get up they couldn't be persuaded to prouder of our School of Public leave the phone for a minute on the Health, which is tops in the country. day they were expecting their mo­ And in my work I have learned that mentous call. many new concepts in public health Currently Mrs. Ford is health edu­ have first been set forth by doctors cation consultant for the State Board and scientists here at the U." of Health. Her job is writing aUrae- continued on next page

April 1954 5 orthodox mystery, which was inter­ Ruth Wallis ... rupted by a long siege in the hospi­ after mrtrder mysteries, anthropology tal. When I came out, I learned that the first book had not only found a Washing skeletons, digging in the Pyrenees, changed her plans, got publisher but had won the Dodd Pyrenees, writing murder mysteries, some extra money from the fellow­ Mead mystery story prize! and interviewing Indians - these ship donor. She hired a digger and "Well, then I finished the book have been just a few of the compo­ went to work outside the small town that's more like everyone else's-No nents of Ruth Wallis's busy life. of Montardit (Ariege), having lo­ Bones about It-and then proceeded Small and pert, with a quick, sure cated a limestone cave that looked to write: [she feigned a leer as she way of speaking and a mischievous promising. listed the slightly gory titles] Blood gaiety, Mrs. Wallis came to the Uni­ from a Stone, which involves an ar­ After weeks of excavation, the dig­ cheological expedition in the Pyre­ versity on a visit in 1929 when she ger one day held aloft a couple of was still Ruth Sawtell. She was con­ nees; Cold Bed in the Clay; and bones; Mrs. Wallis clambered into Forget My Fate." The five mysteries sulting Dr. Scammon, later dean of the pit and soon turned up two skele­ the U Medical School, for an anthro­ were written under her own name­ " tons of the period between the paleo­ Ruth Sawtell Wallis. pological study on growth and met lithic and neolithic. The first such Prof. Wallis (chairman of the an­ And now, says Mrs. W., she's find in France up to that time, the abandoned mystery-writing to do thropology department) at a dinner. skeletons were deposited in the Natu­ They were married two years later. some "anthropological research-the ral History Museum in Paris. Some­ most fun of all!" "There were no jobs in anthro­ what less spectacular, but equally im­ pology in the region," Mrs. Wallis The current ambitious project portant were her studies with Prof. stems from extensive field research recounts mock-plaintively, "and the Franz Boas at Columbia, where she nepotism rule meant I couldn't teach Prof. Wallis had done from 1911 to got her Ph.D. Trained as a physical 1914 with two Canadian Indian at the University. So I got a job anthropologist, she did much of her teaching sociology at Hamline, tribes. During the past four summers research in New York and later in he has had grants from the Uni­ though I'd never had a sociology Iowa on human growth. course myself. Then for a year I versity to go back and bring his find­ nearly went mad measuring 10,000 HOW did the murder mysteries fit ings up to date. So the Wallises have Minneapolis school children in a in? She'd been reading them for spent two summers with the Micmac clothing study for the Bureau of some time, and, like most people, Indians in the Maritime Provinces Home Economics of the Department decided she could write better ones. and two in southern Manitoba with of Agriculture. Then I wrote one "The only difference," she smiles, "is the Dakota Indians, descendants of a and a half murder mystery novels­ that I did write one-Too Many group that fled over the border from the first about a murder in a small Bones. My agent said it was too un­ Minnesota in the Sioux uprising. museum where a museum assistant conventional to be published. Some­ "Mr. Wallis is studying social has the job of washing skeletons; I what discouraged, I started a more change in the tribes over 40 years- had done that myself at Harvard." We got Mrs. Wallis to backtrack Ruth Wallis sufficiently to explain some of the events of her life before 1931, al­ though she insisted this was "ancient history." Well, there was a B.A. at Radcliffe in English; then a part-time job under Ernest A. Hooton, head of anthropology at Harvard-doing edi­ torial work on a series of African studies and washing the clay-caked skeletons brought in from the field. Because anthropology seemed such an uncertain enterprise for women, she almost gave it up. But then a fel­ lowship came through and took her to France for field research. From a friend at a dinner party she got the idea of digging in a cave in the

6 The Minnesotan including what they remember about versity this June after 31 years. The their own pa~t," says Mrs. Wallis. U has loomed large in the Wallises' "In 1911 the Micmac wanted to be lives: "My husband's life- hence left alone, to live in the past; now mine-has been here; the Universi­ it turns out they have forgotten al· ty has provided funds for his re­ most all their traditions and are will· search; and what those people will ing to consume any culture that's of­ do for you at the University library fered them. This Micmac material is simply magnificent!" will be published this year by the Plans for the future? The W allises University Press. My job was simply have bought a small house in Con­ editing the material and adding some necticut, formerly the coachman's data on women and children." cottage on an estate. They'll be only But that isn't all! Mrs. Wallis is 20 miles from the University of Con­ also doing her own study on "the necticut, 50 from Harvard, 80-odd Dakota woman as she is today and as from Yale. With so many universi­ she has been formed by her tribal ties nearby Mrs. Wallis might try past," including the ritual and myth­ manuscript reading or writing up ology surrounding adolescence, mar­ other anthropologists' field data. riage, child-birth, child-training. "I might," she grins, "even write Prof. Wallis retires from the Uni- another mystery!"

Martha Cutl~omp ... from a potter~s wheel~ things of beauty

Some people have only to touch ceramics. Her interest in pott.ery­ Martha Cutkomp things to make them beautiful. That's making continued, "in a mild way." how it is with Martha Cutkomp (hus­ But it wasn't until 1949, when the glazing and firing. Mrs. Cutkomp band Laurence Cutkomp, associate Cutkomps had been in Minnesota mixes ochres and metal oxides into professor of entomology and eco­ two years, that Mrs. C. took it up in the glazes she makes in order to pro­ nomic zoology on the St. Paul cam­ earnest in courses with the MacKen­ duce subtle earth colors-rich deep pus). You enter the Cutkomps' zies, nationally known potters. She's browns, sand color, greenish grays. Bourne Avenue home and find all been making pottery happily since. At one time or another she has around you handsome, useful ob­ "It just got in my blood, I guess. made a complete set of dishes for her jects. A huge vase contains a shock Everyone has a desire to become family, as well as countless mugs, of grey, furry-balled aspen branches. really proficient at something, don't pitchers, vases, bowls, and tiles-use­ An intoxicating smell leads you to you think? Pottery is a wonderful ful and ornamental objects that she the kitchen where four shiny loaves medium of expression and anyone sells to friends at open houses sever­ of homemade bread are cooling. Mrs. who is willing to work hard at it al times a year. "Faculty people have Cutkomp, slender and girlish, invites can master the technique-although been very interested in my things," you to have some bread and drink there's a big difference between mere she says, "probably because all of some coffee from earthenware mugs technical skill and real artistic them can be used in the oven as well she has made. achievement," she says. as on the shelf or table." Keeping an eye out for her four A dedicated craftsman, Mrs. Cut­ When does she get time for ce­ young children-Kay, 9; Terry, 7; komp even digs her own clay-a ramics? She shrugs, ruffling her Kent, 5; and Lee, lO months-she sticky, reddish clay from an open short hair, and admits that with a tells you that University life is noth­ ravine, formerly a lake-bed, north of ten-month-old baby and three other ing new to her. She grew up on the St. Paul. To keep it from cracking lively youngsters, she has very little campus of Iowa Wesleyan College she mixes in brick clay from a local time indeed. where her father taught entomology. brickyard, plus sand. "Last year I "But just knowing that my work­ A young man named Laurence Cut­ must have loaded a thousand pounds shop is there, that I can save an hour komp was one of his students. The of clay into gunny sacks," she says. for doing something I really enjoy, Cutkomps have been married 15 The basement of the Cutkomp gives me more energy for the routine years. home contains her workshop, includ­ tasks of housework. And then, who Mrs. Cutkomp studied applied art ing a potter's wheel. Row on row of knows-when the children grow up at Iowa State, took several courses in pinkish, newly thrown pieces await this might turn into a real career." April 1954 7 Blake: Prophet Against Empire, by David V. Erdman, assistant professor of English, was published in late March by Princeton University Press.

Millie Haik took a few minutes from her job as clerk-typist in the animal husbandry de­ partment to pose with a little spring lamb. staff members

Mitchell W. Spellman, assistant professor of surgery and research fellow, and Gilbert S. Campbell, resident in sur­ gery, have been awarded $30,000 Markle Foundation grants to aid their careers in academic medicine for five years. Irene Kessler, secretary to business manager of athlet Marsh Ryman, takes care of details in supervising, plannir and coordinating all of the many University athletic even

8 The Minnesotan •f UMD's biology department is Professor Theron 0. :ing the 1952-53 academic year was at Ohio State parasitology research on a Muellhaupt fellowship.

Chemistry professors Robert C. Brasted, M. Cannon Sneed, and J. Lewis Maynard are co-authors of Comprehensive In­ organic Chemistry, an ll-volume treatise. The first volume was published in September by D. Van Nostrand of New OULD KNOW York, and the second volume is already at the printers.

As senior secretary in the political science depart­ Acting assistant dean of the semor ment, Huldah Ledin has served under four chair­ college of SLA during the leave of men and has had offices in four different places

[Y absence of Dean J. W. Buchta is Ray­ since starting at the U. Her hobbies: music, reading. "'s. mond W. Brink, professor & chair­ man of the mathematics department.

April 1954 9 IJr. Newell Ziegler tells there have been none of the severe transfusion reactions from blood giv­ en at the University Hospitals in the last 14 months. The Life-and-Death Story The blood bank employs several • safeguards against mistakes. Tech­ nologists, in addition to careful blood of the U Blood Bani~ grouping and typing, cross-match the patient's blood with blood of the same group from the bank to be HREE YOUNG MEN were lying if we are to have blood in the sure the two will be mutually com­ T on the donor beds in the Uni­ amounts and types needed. A single patible when they are in the pa­ versity Hospitals blood bank. One, emergency case may take as many tient's body. Cross-matching is done his arm connected to a blood bottle as 50 pints of blood, so we try to by separating the liquid part of the by plastic tubing, was giving blood keep a supply of 200 pints on hand two bloods from the cells and then while the other two waited their in addition to 180 units of plasma. placing the cells of the donor with turns. All three were members of Because patients in the University the liquid part of the patient's blood, a blood donor club which contributes Hospitals who receive blood transfu­ and vice versa. After time, tem­ blood for patients of the Variety Club sions must either replace or pay for perature, and spinning in a centri­ Heart Hospital. the blood, many donors are friends fuge have had their effect on the A medical technologist was busy or relatives of patients who have mixtures, the tests are examined with placing a newly drawn pint of blood been asked to replace blood. the unaided eye as well as the micro­ in one of the large storage refrigera­ scope to make sure they mix cor­ tors in the adjacent laboratory. In R. ZIEGLER goes into the third rectly. a third small room occupied by the D small room which serves for Student medical technologists do blood bank proper an intern was blood storage and records and opens part . of the blood grouping and taking the first four of ten pints of one of the filing cabinets filled with labeling in such a way as to check blood from a storage refrigerator and donor cards. "This active donor list possible errors. Dr. Ziegler has re­ was checking them out in preparation is divided into blood groups and cently instituted a system of colored for a heart operation. Helping the Rh types," he explains. "Group 0 labels acceptable to the National In- intern was Dr. Newell R. Ziegler, Rh positive includes the greatest continued on next page associate professor of bacteriology number because it is the most com­ and immunology, who is director of mon blood type. When we are run­ the blood bank as well as hospital ning short of one group, we call Dr. Newell Ziegler, right, helps Dr. bacteriologist. donors who deposit as soon as pos­ Winston Leigh check out a bottle of Dr. Ziegler, who is thoroughly sible." blood to be used for a transfusion. aware of the seriousness of his work, Dr. Ziegler recalls that as a result took a few minutes from his crowded of this system, the bank hasn't had to schedule to explain just how the broadcast requests for blood donors blood bank functions in supplying since February, 1952. Keeping these the blood and plasma needs of the elaborate files up to date, correcting hospital. He says the tremendous telephone numbers and addresses, amount of activity this afternoon is separating recent from old donor typical of the work his small staff cards, maintaining accurate records must perform daily to keep up with of blood used by patients, and making the steady demand for blood. (Work­ appointments take much valuable ing with Dr. Ziegler are student time of the medical technologists. technologist supervisors Marilyn Pas­ Because of the life-and-death na­ tier and Virginia Burris, part-time ture of the work at the bank, any medical technologist Violet Guy, and simple error may cause a patient to clerk-typist Joyce Mundahl.) get the wrong blood type, resulting "The U Hospitals is the top user in a transfusion reaction. (Such re­ of blood in the Twin Cities, and, in actions, caused by incompatibility of fact, consumes more blood than the the transfused blood with the pa­ next four hospitals combined," Dr. tient's blood, are accompanied by Ziegler says. "We use an average of chills and fever and in the most se­ more than 800 pints a month and vere form may prove fatal.) Dr. Zieg­ must supply much of this ourselves ler says, with his fingers crossed, that 10 The Minnesotan Meet Jim Matteson ..• fice manager, stockroom clerk, vari­ r type and electric typewriter opera­ , tor, and billing clerk. llMn~s Jack­ The over-the-summer transition from art studtmt to graphic arts of-all­ troubleshooter was no easy one, es­ pecially when a backlog of jobs Graphic Arts awaited production. He quickly mas­ tered the keyboards of the electric FORMER UMD grid ace now typewriter and varityper and set up job order and bookkeeping systems. A spends his daily hours at the To learn the idiosyncrasies of the Duluth Branch far differently from offset machine he haunted other off­ the way he spent his student days. set operations and spent hours being He is James E. Matteson, who is briefed on the virtues of various probably as close to being a one­ f"' kinds of paper stock. I man graphic arts department as can The flood of orders that surged be found within the University. into Room l, Main~his bailiwick It was Jim's artistic ability, not ~indicated that Matteson's services his vigorous athletic intereo,ts (he is were urgently needed. Additional a passionate skier and holds offices help and equipment have been pro­ in several Duluth skiing groups) that vided to ease the load, but Jim con­ got him his present job at UMD. As tinues to perform a host of func­ a student he had done window decor­ tions. ating and display for a Duluth de­ Much of Jim's offset production partment store, and in 1952 he small offset machine and a rejuve­ requires drawing, lettering, text com­ graduated from UMD as an art ma­ nated lever-action paper cutter~Jim position, layout, and photography. jor. applied for and got the job. Once he gets an offset negative, he When an opening occurred in Presently he found he was offset makes what is known in the trade {!MD's new duplicating department press operator, commercial artist, as an offset plate, a sheet of metal ~which then consisted mainly of a layout man, darkroom attendant, of- from which the offset impressions are made. He puts this plate on his press~an innocent-looking gad­ get which is actually a touchy little Life-and-Death Story of U Blood Bank continued from page 10 monster replete with knobs, levers, and complicated working parts. stitutes of Health. The stamp at­ vent mixups outside the bank. Between sessions with the press, tached to the blood bottle label must Dr. Ziegler considers the blood Jim plies his pencils and brushes match, in color as well as printed bank's donor insurance plan a good on special art work for such projects group designation, the corresponding idea for any U staff member. Under as UMD summer session advertising, stamp on the report of cross-match­ the plan a staff member can donate drama, music, and art programs, in­ ing of patient's blood. blood which will be credited to his formation booklets for students and Blood and plasma are taken from "account" for a year's time. If dur­ faculty, mailing pieces for various the bank only on prescription of a ing the year the staffer or any mem­ departments. physician. When a doctor prescribes ber of his family needs blood, it will Among his many drawing hoard a transfusion for an emergency or be supplied him from the bank. It contributions to UMD color and tra­ in advance of an operation, he sub­ will be provided either by transfer dition is a cartoon of a bulldog mits a carefully labeled specimen of of credit to another hospital or by which seems headed for immortality his patient's blood to the bank and being shipped within the state. as UMD's athletic symbol. t requests that it be cross-matched. Dr. Ziegler gives these qualifica­ Probably his most difficult assign­ t After the doctor gets the com­ tions for donors: they must be be­ ment since taking over the duplicat­ pleted cross-matching report, he se­ tween 18 and 60 years of age and ing department was printing ticket lects and gives a receipt for the have parents' written permission if information for the 1952 football appropriately numbered bottles he under 21; must weigh a minimum ~ season. Associates vow they over­ has taken from the blood bank re­ of lOS pounds; must have normal heard him say between each printing frigerator. Except for operations, blood pressure; must not have had impression, "If only I could play only the amount of blood needed for I jaundice or malaria and be other­ one more season. If only I could I~· immediate use is removed, to pre- wise healthy. play one more season " April 1954 11 ing is designed to be "homelike and cozy, not like a hotel." The plan provides for eventually locating a new building near the Union to house a cafeteria when funds permit. What will all this cost? About $650,000, according to U President Emeritus Walter C. Coffey. A spry 78, Dr. Coffey, former dean of the Department (now the Institute) of Agriculture, is heading the fund drive as a "labor of love." Over the years Ag students have amassed $350,000 of the necessary money from Union dues and fund­ ~~A more perfect lin ion ••• ~~ raising projects. The balance is being sought from the Institute of Agri­ Fund Drive Planned for New culture's 10,000 alumni, from pri­ vate citizens, and from many branch­ St. Paul Campus Union Building es of industry--including those which benefit from ag campus research in OPES are high that construc­ a scenically ideal site at the very milling, dairy, food processing. H tion teams and khaki-clad en­ center of student traffic, says Larson. University staff members will be gineers can begin work next year The new Union is designed for seven­ asked to contribute during the first on the long-dreamed-of St. Paul cam­ day-a-week day and evening opera­ week in May when solicitors under pus Union building. The blueprints tion, with a minimal staff. All facili­ Dean Emeritus C. H. Bailey will are drawn. The fund drive has got ties will be accessible to a central cover each college and department. well under way. And, during the control point. Dr. Coffey urges everyone at the first week in May, staff members of Present plans, subject to Regents' University to give generously, point­ both the St. Paul and Minneapolis revision, call for a building to be ing out that back in the late '30's the campus and the branch agriculture constructed in two stages. The first St. Paul campus gave the largest per stations will be asked to contribute would contain a bookstore, small capita contribution of any unit for to the building fund. ballroom, lounge, grill, game area, the Coffman Memorial Union fund Leading argument for a new Un­ conference rooms, and offices. drive. "Of all the causes I've worked ' ion building, according to the 2,000 The second stage would provide for," says Dr. Coffey, "this certainly J students and 400 staff members on a large ballroom, additional lounge is one of the most urgent and im­ the St. Paul campus, is the present and conference space, banquet facili­ portant. Here is an opportunity to Union-Old Dairy Hall. Built in ties, and an outdoor terrace with a contribute directly to the enrichment 1 1888, outgrown by Dairy 40 years barbecue pit! Larson says the build- of University life." ago, the building has been remod­ eled and reinforced several times. According to Union manager Paul Talking over the Larson, it- never was constructed to fund drive for the take such constant use from so many new Union are, l. people. The ceilings are sagging, Lar­ to r., Paul Lar­ son says, and floors-except the son, manager of ground floor--have been condemned the St. Paul cam­ for dancing. In addition, the build­ pus Union; Dean ing: lacks an elevator; requires split­ Emeritus C. H. ting up of food preparation areas; Bailey; Stanley is tremendously overcrowded; has Sahlstrom, agri­ inadequate garbage disposal facili­ cultural educa­ ties. It is marked for early demoli­ tion instructor tion, Larson adds. and assistant to The projected new Union will seem fund drive chair­ like a paradise in contrast. It will be man Coffey; and situated at the foot of the tree­ Gordon L. Starr, covered slope north of Coffey Hall- Union's director. 12 The Minnesotan r Besides training lJ teams Tracl~ Coach l{elly Faces Olympian Job , ' RACK COACH Jim Kelly sits behind a desk covered T with papers. A big man with a full head of snow­ white hair, Kelly gives you a booming welcome and ex­ • plains that he is in the midst of separating his Olympics correspondence from the rest of the letters piled high in

I front of him. " "As chairman of the 1956 Olympic track and field committee, my work has barely started," he comments, "but next year I will really be busy." Kelly's Olympics job is a big one. He and his 14-member committee must first set up trials, pick the team members from results of these trials, choose the coaching staff and managers, and, of course, raise funds to send the team to Melbourne, Australia, where the games will be held. Track Coach lim Kelly relaxes a few minutes along the "We may have some trouble getting college competi­ track railing in the fieldhouse where fine indoor fa­ tors out of school because the games will be in November cilities make it possible to hold meets during winter. r or December instead of the summer months," Kelly notes. "We also have to decide if we should delay our ~ ate teams when you take on the discus, high jump, pole I' trials or hold them in June as usual. If we have them in June, it means six months between the trials and games, vault, distance running, hurdles, etc.," Kelly says. and many things can happen to a contestant in half a Coach Kelly points out that many boys compete in year's time." track who might not other wise participate in college The coach explains that there are really three trials athletics because of their academic schedules. "Track for the Olympic track team. Six men are chosen from team members don't have to practice en masse like foot­ the National Collegiate Athletic Association meet, six ball and basketball teams," he offers. "I have boys others from the Amateur Athletic Union meet, and one working out early in the morning, and there are others from the Armed Services meet. who stay until 6:00 at night. Right now I have four boys in IT and one in pre-dentistry who would find it Olympic track is nothing new to Kelly. He coached very hard to participate in football with its rigid prac­ the United States team in the 1951 Pan American games I tice schedules." which were instituted among the 27 American countries during the war when there were no Olympics. Kelly admits he has a hard time recruiting a consist­ ~ ently topnotch team in Minnesota because of the lack of I Kelly is the only man in the nation to serve on the interest in track in many of the state high schools. Most rules committees of the NCAA and AAU as well as the i schools lack indoor facilities, and the outdoor season is so Olympic track committee. short in the northern part of the state it isn't worth while. The University track season is continuous throughout 7 ELL Y'S Minnesota track teams have been in the top the year with cross-country meets in the fall, a full 1:'\.. half of the conference for ten of his 17 years at the schedule of indoor meets during winter quarter, and out­ University, capturing the NCAA title in 1948 and the door competition in the spring. With its huge running conference title in 1949. Kelly came to the U as track track and large areas for weight and jumping events, the coach and assistant football coach from De Paul Univer­ field house is an ideal place for winter and fall track sity of Chicago where he was athletic director. In addi­ practice and meets. tion to his coaching duties he teaches theory courses and Although the 1954 winter season wasn't too successful, fundamentals of track. Kelly brightens when he thinks about next year. "We The variety of his coaching job pleases Kelly. "Of the have some fine freshmen coming up and when a few of 13 track events, eight of them differ so greatly they are our boys get out of the service we'll really have a great actually individual sports. It's like coaching eight separ- team." April 1954 13 .------~--~~ --

President of National Editorial Association Regents' Scholarships Pays Tribute to U Faculty in Recent Speech Go to 20 Staff Members Staff members of the University "The record is far from fully writ­ Twenty staff members will attend will be interested in a recent tribute ten ... in fact the story has only University classes spring quarter. on to the faculty made in a speech by been started. Yet expenditures com­ Regents' Scholarships, the civil serv­ Alan Mcintosh, president of the Na­ mitted so far to the iron range area ice committee has announced. tional Editorial Association and edi­ for taconite plants already total over The scholarships pay tuition for tor of the Rock County Star Herald, a half billion dollars. It is the guar­ full-time University employees to Luverne, Minnesota. Mr. Mcintosh antee of more than our state's eco­ take courses related to their jobs. addressed members of the Minne­ nomic salvation-it is the blessed as­ Winners may take up to six credits sota Editorial Association and legis­ surance that this nation will never and are not required to make up lators at the MEA banquet, Feb. 19. be dependent on foreign sources for time taken from work to attend Said Mr. Mcintosh: uon ore. classes. "I propose a monument to Dr. Ed­ "Speaking of the University as our The winners are: Carol J. Ander­ ward W. Davis ... I say again ... great resource for the future . . . son, accountant, comptroller's office; How can you put a price tag on a we now hear a lot of talk by little Helen J. Carlson, senior account professor ... the man in his labora­ minds about a big slump. Now, if clerk, audio-visual education service; tory is the man who may save your that should ever occur, heaven for­ Ludmilla Emerson, operating room wife from the deadly cancer ... or bid, there is one fool thing that we staff nurse, University Hospitals; can do. We can take a big slash at your child from crippling polio." Marion H. Gaffey, medical technolo­ the University's appropriation . . . AI gist supervisor, hospital laboratory ' and once again we'll lose our best Civil Service Staff to Get service. brains to the east and to private Cost-of-Living Pay Boost Dorris K. Herreshoff, junior li­ industry. All civil service employees at the brarian, library; Ronald Holtmeier, "How do you evaluate a univer­ senior clerk-typist, fruit breeding sity's worth . . . how can· you put University will get a one-step cost of living increase as of July 1, ac­ farm; Gladys L. Johnson, junior li­ a price tag on the value of a pro­ brarian, catalog library; Robert H. fessor? Can you put a price tag on cording to civil service personnel director Hedwin C. Anderson. Lane, personnel assistant, civil serv­ freedom of the mind? ice personnel; Joyce E. Ludwig, ar­ Reason for the increase: the Min­ "The professors that influenced me tist and teaching assistant, zoology. neapolis cost of living index rose he­ the most at Nebraska University were yond 116 on January 15, 1954. (It Rose Leone Luttmann, laboratory the ones who taught 'Ibsen' and was 116.6 on that date.) technician, dentistry; Patricia M. 'Evolution and Genetics' . . . not Mr. Anderson points out that a Maddy, secretary, vice-president's of­ because of the subject matter, which fice, business administration; Robert I have completely forgotten, but be­ siight change has been made in com­ puting the index and the number of C. McLeester, junior scientist, bot­ 1 cause of the inspiration they in­ any; Roberta J. Nelson, reference jected into my life. points it must rise for a salary in­ crease to be given to state and Uni­ supervisor, industrial relations; Ber­ •1 "While we're on the subject, why versity employees. The base of 100 nard W. Parker, laboratory animal attendant, surgery; Alice M. Pazik, don't we newspapers do something had formerly been calculated accord­ principal secretary, law. about paying a living tribute to at ing to prices prevailing during 1935- 1 least one professor? 39. Because the cost of living has Elaine Darm Persson, senior clerk­ "About ten years ago he appeared nearly doubled since then, the Bu­ typist, Powell Hall; Janet Rhame, 1 on one of our convention programs reau of Labor Statistics decided to librarian, library-reserve division; as the luncheon speaker. He spoke use the period 1947-49 for its index Catherine Streiff, senior clerk, stu­ during those dark days when Grove base of 100. dent counseling bureau; Donald Wills was glooming about the fact Formerly, according to state legis­ E. Swenson, senior communications that the iron range was to be a iative action, it took a 6.5-point rise technician, audio-visual education; ghost country after our great iron in the cost index to warrant a one­ Ruth V. Zimmerman, assistant ad­ ore reserves finally were exhausted. step salary increase. This figure has ministrative nursing supervisor, n_urs­ ing service. "But this quiet university re­ now been adjusted so that 4 points searcher with his laboratory dreams increase under the new base equals Further details about Regents' and his missionary zeal, preached a 6.5 under the old standard. Although Scholarships and application blanks gospel that we could save this state's the method of computing has been are available at the civil service per­ future through taconite . . . and changed, the same cost of living bene­ sonnel office, Room 14, Administra­ what did it lead to? fits are provided. tion building, Minneapolis campus. 14 The Minnesotan r The President's Page If HIS MONTH'S President's Page is meant to be a bouquet-somewhat belated but nonetheless T sincere-for all those who helped make our recent "University of Minnesota Week" run smoothly and successfully. Celebrated this year from February 21-28, the week was co-sponsored by the Uni­ versity Alumni Association and the Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce. University staff people not only had a hand in planning the week, but many of them personally participated. They spoke at alumni groups and professional club meetings in cities and towns through­ out Minnesota. Whether they talked about the University itself or about the area of their own spe­ cial competence- be it international relations or astronomy- they served to give large and en­ thusiastic audiences an understanding of the University's intellectual resources and its continuing interest in service to the state. University departments as well as individuals worked hard to plan, prepare, and assemble the effective displays that were exhibited in the windows of 20 Twin Cities and Duluth firms, identified by the maroon-and-gold posters heralding University of Minnesota Week. In grateful acknowledgment of their valuable contributions, I should like to use the remainder of this page to say a warm "Thank you" to each of the individuals and groups- both inside and out­ side of the University- who participated in University of Minnesota Week, 1954.

University of Minnesota Week Joint Committee Rogers, director, World Affairs Ce~ter, Y's Men's Club; Prof. Representing the Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce: G. M. Schwartz, geology and mineralogy, Minneapolis Exchange Dr. R. W. Lowry, Jr., Jaycee state chairman of University Week; Club; P1·of. Ben B. Sutton, business administration, Minneapolis Donald Alsop, Frank Chase, and Enoch Peterson. St. Paul; Businessmen's A'isociation; Prof. E. W. Ziebarth, chairman, Wayne Field and Dr. Arvin Langum, Minneapolis. Representing speech and theater arts, Minnesota Baptist Ministerial Council. the University: Edwin Haislet and Ray Chisholm. Alumni Associ· St. Paul: Prof. John R. Borchert, geography, American Inter­ ation; William Connell, William T. Harris, and William L. Nunn, professional Institute; Dean Walter W. Cook, College of Educa· University Relations; Harold Swanson. Agricultural Information tion, St. Paul Lions Club; F. Lloyd Hansen, director of cor­ Service; Clarence Anderson, UMD Information Service. I·espondence study, American lnterprofessional Institute; Wil· liam C. Rogers, director, World Affairs Center, 3-R Master Club; University Week Meetings Prof. Lloyd M. Short, chairman, political science, St. Paul Office· men's Association. Prof. Tracy F. Tyler, education, St. Paul The Alumni Association booked speakers for 20 meetings spon· Husim·ss and Professional Men's Association; Prof. E. W. Zie· sored by U alumni chapters throughout Minnesota, as follows: barth, chairman, :;peech and theater arts, Midway Civic Club. Prof. John D. Akerman, head of aeronautical engineering, •poke Other: Prof. ] ames A. Hamilton, public health, Stillwater at meetings in Brainerd, Albert Lea, Mankato, and Detroit Lakes; Lions Club; Miss Jeanne Sinnen, editor, U Press, Turtle Lake Prof. W. J. Breckenridge, director, Museum of Natural History, Improvement Association; UMD Provost Raymond W. Darland at Cloquet; Val Bjornson, Minnesota state treasurer, at Fargo­ and U Regent Richard L. Griggs spoke at a joint meeting of the Moorhead; Prof. Asher Christensen, political science, at Marshall; Duluth Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Alumni Provost Raymond W. Darland, UMD, at Ely; Associate Dean Club of Duluth. John G. Darley, Graduate School, at Rochester. Prof. Harold C. Deutsch, history, talked at the Mountain Lake meeting; Prof. Werner Levi, political science, at Redwood Falls; Exhibits and Exhibitors Prof. Clarence C. Ludwig, political science, at Pipestone; Prof. All displays were prepared by departments or colleges at the Alfred 0. C. Nier, chairman, physics, at Chisholm; Prof. Carl F. University. Nordly, physical education, at Virginia; Prof. William E. Minneapolis: The J. C. Penney Co. displayed an exhibit from Petersen, dairy husbandry, at Baudette; Prof. Milo ]. Peterson, Admissions and Records; Donaldson's featured the University I agricultural education, at Grand Rapids; William C. Rogers, art department; Twin City Federal, Museum of Natural History; director, World Affairs Center, at Thief River Falls and Alex· Northwestern National Bank, School of Nursing; Rothschild­ ' andria; Prof. Henry H. Wade, acting director, Mines Experiment Quinlan, Navy ROTC; Northwest Airlines, Air ROTC; Power's, Station, at Two Harbors and Wadena. School of Architt"cture; Sears Farm Store, Agricultural Exten­ Speakers at other civic and professional groups, largely in the sion; Northern States Power, electrical engineering; Weld & Twin Cities area, included: Sons, the University Artists Course. Minneapolis: Dr. C. Knight Aldrich. psychiatry, at the Sales­ St. Paul: First National Bank displayed an exhibit from the men's Club; Prof. Asher Christensen, political science, Minne­ College of Education; The Emporium saluted the University Li· apolis Professional Men's Club; Dean Walter W. Cook, College brary; Field-Schlick, the School of Nursing; and Kennedy of Education, Minneapolis Business Forum; Assistant Dean Brothers Arms, the Army ROTC. Richard K. Gaumnitz, School of Business, Minneapolis Grafil The botany department and the World Affairs Center prepared Club; Dean Richard Kozelka. School of Business, Minneapolis exhibits which were not displayed. Usadians. Duluth: First and American National Bank, department of Prof. Willem ]. Luyten, astronomy, The Engineers' Club; Dean speech; Oreck's, biology; Wahl's, music; Floan's, chemistry; Min­ E. W. McDiarmid, SLA, Minneapolis Grafil Club; Assistant Dean nesota Power and Light Co., art; Friemuth's, home economics; Lloyd H. Reyerson, chemistry, Minneapolis Gyro Club; William C. Glass Block, elementary education; Norshore Theater, geology. April 1954 15 APRIL 15 TO MAY 15, 1954 University of Minnesota Calendar of" Events

MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SPECIAL CONCERT Apr. 16-Mahler Choral Symphony (No. 2), with Laurel Apr. 30-Edith Schmitt, head of the organ department, Hurley, soprano; Lucretia West, contralto; and Univer­ Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. sity of Minnesota Chorus. (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Open to the public with­ (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Single tickets from $1.75 out charge.) to $4.00. Sales begin the Monday before each concert at UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY the Symphony Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. For reserva· Apr. 23-"The Big Carnival," American film with Kirk tions call University extension 6225.) t Douglas. METROPOLITAN OPERA Apr. 28-"A Queen Is Crowned," British technicolor re­ port of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, narrated May 14---La Forza Del Destino, 8:00 p.m. by Sir Laurence Olivier. May 15---Lucia di Lammermoor, 2:00 p.m. May 5-"Baker's Wife," classic French comedy with May 15---Marriage of Figaro, 8:00 p.m. French dialogue and English subtitles. May 16-Faust, 2:00 p.m. May 12-"The Importance of Being Earnest," British (Northrop Auditorium. Tickets from $3.00 to $7.50 go on technicolor film of the Oscar Wilde play. sale May 3 at the Opera Ticket Office, 106 Northrop. Mail (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tickets for orders accepted now at the Opera Ticket Office.) t adults, $.60; junior admission, $.35, available at the CONVOCATIONS Lobby Ticket Office, the basement of W esbrook Hall, or Apr. 22-Mary Hutchinson in dramatic sketches in mono­ the Campus Club.) logue. Nicholson Hall Film Series Apr. 26-David Hardy, "The World We Live In," illus- Apr. 29-"Father's Dilemma," new Italian comedy with trated lecture with color motion pictures. Aldo Fabrizi. Sponsored by the Film Society and Italian (Northrop Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Open to the public with­ Club. Italian dialogue with English subtitles. out charge. Special evening convocation.) May 6-"Julius Caesar," made by David Bradley and a Apr. 29-Education Day. Senator J. William Fulbright, group of non-professional movie-makers. "The United States in World Affairs." (Nicholson Hall Auditorium, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Admis­ May 6-Boris Goldovsky, Metropolitan Opera broadcast sion at door, $.50.) commentator, producer, and concert pianist in opera- UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITION logues. • Through May 2-Art Makes Contact. A famous instruc­ May 13-Cap and Gown Day. Thomas A. H. Teeter, dean tional series, this huge collection of panels dramatizes of the summer session, speaker. the basic steps of what a painting is, how it is made, (Northrop Auditorium, ll :30 a.m. Open to the public and how it can be evaluated. The display is from the without charge.) San Francisco Museum of Art. SPECIAL LECTURES (The University Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Monday Apr. 21-Bill Black, "Our Restless Earth," an earth sci- through Friday. Concertgoers will find the Gallery open ence lecture demonstration. before performances and during intermissions.) (Pillsbury Hall, Room 2, 12:30 p.m. Open to the public without charge.) SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS Apr. 22-Annual Hodson Lecture. John S. Morgan, pro­ American Language . . . Talks about language in the fessor of social work, University of Toronto, Toronto, upper midwt"st by Harold B. Allen, director of the com­ Canada. "Social Welfare Needs of a Changing Society; munication program at the University of Minnesota. The New Canada." Mondays at 3:45 (Museum oj Natural History Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Open American Adventure ... A study of man in the New to the public without charge.) World: his values and characteristics, who he is, what May 5---John Crowe Ransom, editor of Kenyon Review, he believes, and what he lives by. An NAEB tape re­ "Poetry Pillaged and Inviolate." cording. Tuesdays at 1 :45 p.m. and Saturdays at 5:30 (Museum of Natural History Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Open p.m. to the public without charge.) A Measure of Freedom ... A st>ries of ten documentaries presenting the problem and mPssage of parole through UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATES the use of field recordings at reformatories and inter­ April-After High School- What? by Ralph F. Berdie. views with parolees and parole administrators. Thursdays A study of the factors that determine whether or not at 1:4.5 p.m. high school graduates enter college. The author is di­ (KUOM, the University radio station, broadcasts at 770 on rector of the Student Counseling Bureau at the Univer­ the dial. Its complete spring schedule may be obtained by sity. $4.25. writing to the station.) May-A University Looks at Its Program: The Report of ATHLETIC EVENTS Minnesota Bureau of Institutional Research, 1942-52, Baseball Games at Home edited by Ruth E.- Eckert and Robert J. Keller, pro­ Apr. 30-May 1-Iowa University. (Game Apr. 30 at 3:30 fessors of education at the University of Minnesota. A p.m. Doubleheader May 1 at 1 :00 p.m.) volume in the Minnesota Studies in Higher Education. May ?-University of Michigan, 3:30 p.m. $4.00. May 8--Michigan State Collegt>, doubleheader, 1 :00 p.m. (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book­ (Delta Field. Ticket prices to be announced.) stores or may be ordered through your local bookstore.) Track Meet at Home UNIVERSITY THEATRE May 8-Big Ten Relays. Apr. 26-May 2-"The General," by Coxe and Chapman. (Memorial Stadium, 1:30 p.m. Ticket prices to be an­ (Scott Hall Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. except May 2, 4:00 nounced.) p.m. Monday evening performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tennis Matches at Home Single tickets, $1.20. Sales begin the Wednesday before the May 10--Wisconsin, 1:00 p.m. week of the opening at the Theatre Box Office, 18 Scott May 15-lndiana, 2:00 p.m. Hall.) (University Tennis Courts.) t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlie~ ~ick~t O~ce in ~t. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Bmldmg m Mmneapohs.

in this issue ... Meet the Regents RADIUM IS JUST ONE WEAPON in the University's radioactive arsenal pitted against cancer. For the story of the men and methods in U radia­ tion therapy, see page 3. THIS MIGHT WELL BE CALLED "the Nelson issue" of The Minne­ sotan. It seems we have three Nel­ sons this month: ]o conducts the popular Monday through Friday quarter-hour radio program, Hi­ lights in Homemaking. (See page 7.) Carl Nelson, U concessions man­ ager, has the staggering job of guess­ ing how much hungry U fans will eat, and ordering it. Page 6. Our third Nelson is Oscar, who retired last month as truck driver after 41 years. One of the best known Pictured in the Regents' room in the Administration Building are from figures on the St. Paul campus, Oscar left to right: Regents Gainey, Malkerson, Skyberg, Neumeier, Vice Presi­ relives his early years on page 11. dents Middlebrook and Willey, President Morrill, Regents Quinlivan, Law­ Photo of Wm. Howell, p. 9, by Wallace Hanson. son, Bell, Olson, Mayo, Novak, Griggs. Regent Howard is not pictured. In the last seven issues of The Minnesotan we have introduced individual on the cover ... members of the Board of Regents. We wind up our series with an explana­ The shadows lengthen. This tion of the scope of the job that these 12 Regents do in governing the U. shot of a lone student braced against Northrop's pillars HERE DOES the Board of Re­ A glance at James Gray's The preparing for finals gives us gents get its power? An act University of Minnesota, 1851-1951 W that clutch in the throat we approved on February 25, 1851, in­ gives some insight into the powers always get at a time of fare­ corporating the University of Min­ of the Board. "Board of Regents cuts , wells and au revoirs. The nesota at the Falls of St. Anthony, Maria Sanford's salary, selects Nor­ Minnesotan wishes all its states, "The government of the Uni­ throp as president, establishes medical 1 readers a pleasant summer. versity shall be vested in a board of school, makes military drill optional, We'll see you again next fall! 12 regents who shall be elected by establishes power to erect dorms, ne­ I the legislature . . . " gotiates for removal of tracks from ~ Board members are elected by a campus." Although the University is THE MINNESOTAN joint session of the state legislature dependent upon the legislature for Vol. VII No. 8 for terms of six years which are appropriations, all the executive and Published by the Department of Uni­ legislative power over U affairs is put versity Relations, 213 Administration staggered so elections occur each bi­ Building, University of Minnesota Min- ennium. By custom, one member is in the Regents' hands. neapolis 14, Minnesota. ' chosen from each of the state's nine How is the Board governed? Uni­ William L. Nunn, Director versity President J. L. Morrill is the Ellen Siegelman . . . . . Editor legislativ~ districts, and the other Julie Henricksson . . . Ass't. Editor three are elected at large. Regents ex-officio president of the Board, and Advisory Committee: Members of the receive no pay but are given travel in addition there are a first vice­ University Public Information Council. president (Ray J. Quinlivan who is The Minnesotan is published month­ allowances to and from meetings. ly during the academic year, October What are the duties of the Board also chairman of the Board) and a through May. Copies are mailed free to of Regents? Among those enumer­ second vice-president (George Law­ University staff members. Subscription son). Since neither the secretary, as­ rates for non-staff members are $2 a ated in the act establishing the Uni­ year, 25 cents a copy. Copies of this versity are: to enact laws for govern­ sistant secretary, nor treasurer need issue are on sale at Coffman Memorial be members of the Board, these posts Union Bookstore. ment of the University, to elect a Photographs, unless otherwise credit­ chancellor, to appoint professors and are held by U Vice-President Wil­ ed, were taken by members of the set their salaries, to remove Univer­ liam T. Middlebrook, Assistant Comp­ University Photographic Laboratory. Entered as second-class matter at the sity officers when necesary, to report troller Edwin C. Jackson, and Comp­ post office at Minneapolis, Minn. annually to the legislature. troller -L. R. Lunden, respectively. 2 The Minnesotan Caution ... radioactive materials!

Deadly Rays Become Healers in University's War on Cancer HAZARD.

·wALK INTO the radiology de- In these rooms one patient may be spread to his cheek. partment of U Hospitals and getting a small wart removed while The doctor flicks on a light inside you enter a world of elaborate pre­ another is being treated for a deep­ the 250,000-volt machine which il­ cautions-lead shields, concrete walls seated cancer. luminates the area the x-rays will several feet thick, switches that auto­ A grizzled old man lies on a table strike. Stenstrom explains that x-rays matically break circuits to prevent in one of these rooms, his slippered are given off when electron bullets hit radiation exposure. feet thin and veinous. You notice a a target inside the machine. As he X-ray machines ranging from discolored lump on his cheek. Dr. puts a lead shield over the old man's superficial ( 40,000 volts) to deep Karl W. Stenstrom, professor and larynx to protect the vocal cords, - (400,000 volts) occupy rooms 213 head of radiation therapy, tells you Dr. Stenstrom says this patient will and 215 in the hospital's east wing. the man has a tongue cancer that has come back five times a week for three or four weeks; the cancer will be at­ tacked from all sides and from be­ Dr. Karl W. Stenstrom, professor and head of radiation therapy, positions hind, about ten minutes each visit. the U's very powerful cobalt beam therapy unit used to treat deep cancer. The door closes, and a nurse switches on the current. The patient, of course, feels nothing as the thera­ peutic x-rays are directed against the growth. Lying on the table, he is visible through a lead glass window. (Ordinary glass allows radiation to seep through; this special glass is one-half lead by weight.) The oper­ ator adjusts the controls to make sure that the current is steady, that rays which might harm superficial tissues are being filtered out, and that the patient isn't moving and thus changing the area irradiated. When anyone walks into the room where the x-ray machine is running, a switch on the door automatically breaks the circuit. While patients often get 1,500 Roentgens a week, the safe weekly dose for anyone else is only 3/10 of a Roentgen overall exposure. Hence radiologists must take extreme precautions. The amount of radiation prescribed depends on what the tumor requires and what the tumor bed-the normal tissue around it--can stand. "Some cancers," Stenstrom says, "are especially amenable to radia­ tion treatment--especially superficial continued on next page May 1954 3 Even glass-blowing is part of a radiologist's job! Dr. fames Marvin, in radiology's "bottling works," blows a tiny glass bulb within which is sealed a small amount of radon, the precious gas given off by the U's radium.

Med technologist Carolyn Johnson uses a remote con­ trol pipette to suck up some "hot" solution in the isotope lab. That wrist badge contains sensitive film' which registers the total radiation absorbed.

cancers of the skin and face. We can name radiology staff members have pounds. But this is a mere feather­ cure about 90% of these tumors. given to these underground quarters. weight compared to the two-story Other types--stomach cancer, for in­ "That area there," Mosser quips with structure an equally potent x-ray ma­ stance--are treatable only by sur­ a nod, "is reserved for full pro­ chine would require. gery. Breast cancers and several other fessors!" How was the cobalt made radioac­ kinds are usually attacked by a com­ At first glance these basement tive? "Cobalt regularly has 59 parti­ bination of surgery and radiation." rooms seem remarkably pleasant, cles in its atomic nucleus and is not Dr. Stenstrom says the fact that painted in shades of dark and light radioactive," Mosser explains. "But these machines are busy all day long green with pale oak doors. But soon when it is blasted by neutrons in an is encouraging. "We still don't get you notice the warning signals: the atomic pile, as our cobalt was bom­ enough of these patients as early as concrete walls are two to four feet barded in Canada's Chalk River nu­ we should, but progress in early can­ thick, and signs announce soberly­ clear reactor, it captures another cer detection over the last 20 years "Caution, radioactive materials." particle. It thus becomes cobalt 60, has been quite astounding. And re­ Prize specimen in this underground which is unstable and radioactive. member, radiology is one of the wing is the cobalt beam therapy unit, It's as though the cobalt had got youngest specialties in medicine!" newest addition to the hospital's drunk in the atomic pile; thereafter, radiation resources. The powerful every time it 'hiccoughs' it gives off Therapy goes underground machine is housed behind concrete, energy." The sanctum sanctorum is an un­ and patients being treated by it must After being activated the cobalt derground cellar off the east wing of be observed from the next room emits gamma rays which, like those the hospitals. No other rooms stand through a periscope arrangement of from radium itself, behave much like above it; it is covered only by earth. mirrors. x-rays. No one knows, according to Here in the bowels of the hospital Dr. The cobalt in this machine is only Stenstrom, exactly what happens in a Donn Mosser, instructor in radiology, as big as a stack of five quarters, yet cell bombarded by x-rays or gamma explains the problems of radiation it delivers rays as powerful as those rays. But scientists do know that protection: from a 2,500,000-volt ordinary x-ray the rapidly growing cancer cells are "It's best to have nothing on any machine, Mosser says. Thanks to the more sensitive to such attack than side, above, or below. We felt it cobalt beam unit, some patients with ordinary cells. Dr. Halvor V ermund, would be cheaper and safer to start early cancers have been "cured," and assistant professor of radiology, is from scratch, building a new setup others who are incurable have re­ currently running experiments in the like this than to reinforce and pro­ ceived considerable relief. The cobalt Lyon laboratories to learn more tect existing structures." is housed in a lead barrel two feet in about these chemical changes that "The bomb shelter" is the nick- diameter and weighing some 4,000 cause the cells to disintegrate. 4 The Minnesotan Cobalt was used in the powerful Dr. James Marvin, assistant pro­ them is exhausted after two weeks. therapy unit for two reasons: First, fessor of radiology, takes you into Again in the isotope lab you no­ it's less harmful to surface tissues the radioisotope lab in the basement. tice the familiar "caution" sign. Mar­ than ordinary x-rays. Second, it's He shows you some clumps of brown­ vin points out a whole stack of lead relatively cheap. The cobalt in this ish-red dental wax and explains that containers which have come from unit cost $16,000. You would have needles containing tiny amounts of Oak Ridge carrying such substances to pay $30,000,000 for an equally radium are pressed in the wax which as radioactive iodine and radioactive powerful chunk of radium. But $30,- is then placed in the mouths of pa­ phosphorus. Radioactive iodine is 000,000 couldn't buy it, because tients with tongue or cheek cancer. used in diagnosing thyroid disor­ there simply isn't that much radium Glass capsules and tubes can be filled ders; the doctor can tell how much in the world! with the precious element and insert­ of a given dose a patient's thyroid Radium's big advantage is its long ed into other body openings. has absorbed by holding a Geiger lifespan. Doctors talk of the "half­ counter over it. This iodine is also life" of radioactive substances, after Radium's gas is captured used in the hospitals' radioisotope which it becomes advisable to re­ The rest of the University's radium clinic to treat thyroid difficulties. activate them. The half-life of radium is kept in solution in the U's own As you finish your "radioactive" is a respectable 1,600 years, while "bottling works." As this radium tour, you notice a huge empty room cobalt's is only 5.3. To make up for breaks down it produces a gas called in this basement. "Here," Stenstrom its lost energy the University's year­ radon, which travels through a com­ explains, "we are really looking to old cobalt will have to be reactivated plex array of glass tubes and beakers the future. This room is surrounded in about four years. and is finally sealed up in minuscule by four feet of concrete. It's ni'JW The University actually owns a tubes of gold. used as a conference room, but we minute quantity of radium. We have Gold is used for those little tubes hope one day to install here a beta­ about 8/10 gram of the costly ($20,- or "seeds" because it is an inert metal tron or linear accelerator that will 000 per gram) stuff. Somewhat less having no chemical effect on tissues. give off x-rays in the multimillion­ than half of it is housed in a lead The seeds are injected by needle di­ volt range. So you see, these dan­ safe in the hospital. It is used in vari­ rectly into the tissues of the tongue gerous materials and nuclear forces ous devices that are inserted m can­ and cheek or into lymph nodes any­ so capable of destruction can be used cer tissue. where in the body. The radon in to halt disease and preserve life."

Chemical changes that occur in irradiated cancer cells is the subject of research by Dr. Halvor Ver­ mund. Here he shows two mice with induced can­ cers; the one at right has been treated by x-ray.

In diagnosing a suspected thyroid disorder, Dr. Donn Mosser, instructor, uses .a Geiger tube to learn how much of a previously administered dose of radioactive iodine that a patient's thyroid gland has absorbed. May 1954 5 Concessions manager Curl Nelson spends his time

Feeding the Fans

Carl, Nelson gets Checking in supplies is another one of the Wil­ part of the concessions manager's liams Arena con­ job. Non-perishable items can be or­ cessions booths dered somewhat ahead of time, but ready for a busy wieners and buns must wait until the night during the last minute. Carl grins when he high school bas­ thinks of the thousands of pop bottles ketball tourney. that nearly crowded him out of his Williams Arena storeroom-office in preparation for the state tournament. He says it took three men and a truck four days, hauling eight hours a day, to get the 50,000 bottles of 48,600 bottles of pop merely by comparing orders of the pop unloaded and stashed away in · 16,200 boxes of popcorn previous year and making allowances the booths and storerooms. Carl com­ for increased or decreased attend­ plains only about the offensive odor 16,100 hot dogs ance. that permeated his office from the 18,000 Eskimo pies Checking with the weather man is 15,000 bags of peanuts he was forced 15,100 bags of peanuts a must before Carl buys his perish­ to store there before the tournament. 11,100 cups of coffee able foods-wieners and buns. Two years ago when a blizzard descend­ FROM LATE SEPTEMBER till 8,200 candy bars ed upon the state during the high March, Carl and his part-time school basketball tournament, Carl concessions force work at a back­ WHEN UNIVERSITY concessions had nightmares of 10,000 spoiled hot breaking pace-hitting their peak .in manager Carl Nelson does his dogs. But loyal high school fans March when 20 basketball and hock­ shopping, it's always on this grand trudged miles through snow and wind ey games are played in Williams scale. Carl explains that this king· to watch their teams battle, and Arena. At the University 22 years, sized list is only the amount of food 13,000 hungry fans showed up to de­ Carl started working in the store­ consumed by 85,000 fans during the vour his hot dogs! house and did his concessions job as three-day state high school basket­ Besides ordering all food Carl overtime work. The large increase in ball tournament held in Williams hires the help to man the conces­ hockey and basketball attendance has Arena 1 during March. sions stands. This means a troupe of made concessions a full-time job, Carl admits this is his largest 150 for each football game, 20 to 60 judging from the 400 hours Carl put single shopping list of the year, but for basketball, and 15 for hockey in during March. he orders many times this amount of games. These part-time workers, most And after March what does Carl food for the combined thousands of of whom are students, take over the do? "I always take a week off after University football, basketball, and concessions booths and checking sta­ the high school basketball tourna­ hockey fans. tions. ment just to relax and recuperate," The only full-time employee in Carl's men necessarily work fast to he sighs. "Then on April 10 we are the concessions department, Carl does feed the thousands during quarter­ in business again. We open the con­ all the estimating for food orders, and half-time. "Sometimes they work cessions stands at the University golf which are made through the pur­ too rapidly and hand out hot dog course and short course and get chasing department. He says it's easy buns minus the wieners," Carl laughs. ready for a rather quiet summer sea- to order the correct amount of food "But they never get away with it!" son. " 6 The Minnesotan will be the June 15 topic for exten­ Most popular are programs de­ Meet sion horticulturist R. J. Stadtherr. Be­ voted to food and nutrition. But, to "Mrs. Homemaking'' cause gardening is so popular with prove that women can't live by bread women, one day a week throughout alone, Hi-Lights in Homemaking has the gardening season is devoted to offered to an appreciative audience horticultural information. series on education for the handi­ Jo Nelson runs Wednesday, some values of the past capped, the work of the United Na­ radio show year's school lunch program and tions, and art galleries in the Twin for women community responsibility for plan­ Cities, as well as individual programs ning such a program will be exam­ on spring wild flowers, safety,. recrea­ ined by Hedda Kafka of the home tion, and handicrafts. economics education staff. Each Originally a six-minute weekly Wednesday the program draws on spot on the University Farm Hour "I enjoy your most informative pro­ the research and teaching facilities of back in 1940, Hi-Lights in Homemak­ gram very much and tune in every the School of Home Economics. ing was soon boosted by audience re­ morning. As busy as I am with Mrs. Eleanor Loomis, extension sponse to 15 minutes of its own each babies, new furnishings, gardening, consumer marketing agent and well­ weekday. Four different people have etc., I know I don't waste time if/ known radio and TV personality, conducted the program-including a sit down for your 15 minutes and will use the Thursday spot to give man, for a short period-but since just listen." tips on good food buys. Her regular 1944 it has been Jo's "baby," and a This comment is typical of the re­ Thursday talks always bring enthusi­ thriving one, at that. action of listeners to Hi-Lights in astic listener response. Jo, who holds a Master's degree in Homemaking, the radio program Jo's guest for Friday, June 18, will English, has taught in schools from sponsored by the University's agri­ be Shirley Trantanella, reporting Alaska to Texas. She took over the cultural extension service and broad­ from the U's frozen foods lab on radio program in '44, two years after cast over KUOM from 10:45 to 11 freezing strawberries and peas. joining the St. Paul campus informa­ a.m. Monday through Friday from That's a lot of variety and infor­ tion service. Those pre-broadcast but­ its studios in the ag information serv­ mation to pack into five days, but Jo terflies in the stomach have long Ice. says a good many ideas have come since disappeared, she says. Now her The writer, producer, director, and from the listeners themselves. They program is just part of the job, emcee of this program is petite, have written in to request programs which also includes writing news on imaginative Jo Nelson. Mrs. Nelson on more efficient room arrangements homemaking, gardening, and 4-H ac­ has come by her versatility natural­ and housecleaning methods, wardrobe tivities. In all these ways Jo Nelson ly over the 10 years she's been broad­ planning, characteristics of the new is helping a lot of Minnesota women casting Hi-Lights in Homemaking. "man·made" synthetic fabrics. do a better job of homemaking. Each day means a new and different message to get across to her audi­ Transcribing ,a broadcast for later use, !o Nelson (right) discusses good ence, and her subjects vary from food buys with guest Eleanor Loomis, extension consumer marketing agent. preparing school lunches to making a will, from attracting winter birds to planting tomatoes, from planning re­ ducing diets to buying hosiery. Let's take a typical week of these programs to see what lures homemak· ers from pressing household tasks: On Monday, June 14, for instance (programs are planned three months in advance) , J o will interview Athe­ lene Scheid, extension clothing spe­ cialist, on "Laundry Problems with Man-Made Fabrics." Monday pro­ gram guests regularly come from the extension home economics staff to discuss food ~nd nutrition, home management, clothing, and home furnishings. Care of roses in the home garden May 1954 7 Edgar L. Piret, chemical engineering p,rofessor, is now on a European lec­ ture tour which is sponsored by the This m, Royal Institute of Dutch engineers North I and Institute of Swedish engineers. ids, hal Hazel Garfield is pictured against a background of enlarged photos in the U photography labor­ atory on St. Paul campus where she takes care of books, payments, appointments, and mailing. staff members YOU SD Guests of honor at a tea given by University Press were authors of two of its recently published books. Arnold M. Rose, professor of sociology, wrote Theory and Method Marjorie Buckner, Owre Hall elevator operator, says in the Social Sciences; Theodore Caplow, associate pro­ her passengers always keep her busy, especially be, fessor of sociology and administrative consultant to tween classes. She has been with the U since 1946. President J. L. Morrill, wrote The Sociology of Work.

The Minnesotan , ~ Harold Stuneck, principal account clerk at the School and Experiment Station at Grand Rap­ completed 25 years of service at the University. William Howell, associate professor of speech and theater arts and University debate coach, will take over as chairman of his de­ partment in July. In his spare time Howell studies Russia's English language broadcasts to the U.S., listening with a com­ OULD KNOW plicated set-up of special equipment that he has at his home. Grace Aschenbach, principal secretary to Dean Crawford of the School of Dentistry, served in the WACS during the war and then received a Chet Grygar, principal accountant, is now having degree in office management from the University. his busiest season. He receives the budget forms that come to the President's office from all de­ partments, compiles them, checks all appointments and budgets to make sure there are enough funds and that the requests are accurately computed.

May 1954 9 ---· ---~------

eertilieates lor service . . . Retiring University Staff Members to he Honored at Party June 2

A PARTY to honor 67 retiring Other retiring staff members in­ Gummeson, caretaker, 26 years; staff members will be held June clude the following, listed in order Clara M. Oberg, 4-H club agent, 25 2 at Coffman Memorial Union. Re­ of years of service: Francis B. Bar­ years; Hilma Berglund, assistant pro­ tiring staffers who have been with ton, professor and chairman, romance fessor of art, 24 years; Edward A. the University ten years or more will languages, 39 years; Kate Bedard, Boyden, professor and head, anato­ be given certificates of merit com­ principal account clerk, 38 years; my, 23 years. mending them on their service to the Gertrude R. Hull, associate professor Harriet Sauerbrunn, senior clerk­ University. of music, 38 years; Walter Ray typist, 20 years; John C. Sletten, This year three retiring staffers Smith, assistant professor of physical stone and brick mason, 18 years; from the St. Paul campus share top education, 38 years; Arnold M. Fo­ Luther P. Weaver, instructor, exten­ honors for length of service at the ker, assistant professor and superin­ sion, 18 years; Albert Bjork, carpen­ U-Wilfrid G. Brierley, professor of tendent of buildings and grounds, ter, 17 years; Alfred H. Thorberg, horticulture, Clayton 0. Rost, pro­ Northwest School and Experiment compositor, 15 years; Mathias Bau­ fessor and head of the soils division, Station, Crookston, 37 years. er, custodial worker, 13 years; Wil­ and Oscar E. Nelson, truck driver Alvin H. Larson, assistant professor liam P. Funk, utility man, 12 years; (see page ll), all have been with the of plant pathology, 37 years; Lilien Rena M. Rochat, principal food serv­ University 41 years. - M. Olesen, senior tabulating super­ ice supervisor, 12 years. During his long University career, visor, 36 years; M. Cannon Sneed, Arthur J. Curran, senior labora­ Brierley has carried on extensive professor of inorganic chemistry, 36 tory animal attendant, ll years; fruit breeding research at the Excel­ years; Alice A. Carlson, senior cash­ Henry G. Matthews, experimental sior experimental fruit farm, special­ ier, 35 years; Torsten Lindseen, me­ plot supervisor, ll years; Albin A. izing in raspberries and grapes. He chanic, 35 years; Karl Scheurer, in­ Nelson, laborer, ll years; Nell M. also served a term as president of the structor of music, 35 years; Homer Paulsen, cook, ll years; Mattie P. American Society of Horticultural J. Smith, professor and head, trade Westgate, seni:or clerk, ll years; Science. and industrial education, 35 years;. William S. Bren, building caretaker, 10 years; Helen C. Krefft, custodial Brierley came to the U as assistant Florence Wellnitz, editorial proof­ professor of horticulture in 1913 and reader, 35 years; Simon H. Berg, worker, lO years; Erick Wallin, car­ in 1936 became a full professor. He brick mason, 34 years; Verna M. penter, 10 years (died September 28, received his B.S.A. from Cornell Uni­ Lundberg, statistical clerk, 34 years. 1953). versity, M.S. from Washington State Retiring stafl; members who have College, and Ph.D. from Michigan OHN BERNTSEN, building care­ been at the University less than ten State Agricultural College. J taker, 33 years; Inez Hobart, as­ years are: Theodore Bjelland, 9; Clayton Rost earned his Ph.D. at sistant professor agricultural exten­ John E. Akervik, 8; Max F. Frenzel, the University of Minnesota while sion and extension nutritionist, 32 8; Ida Wenck, 8; Elena Combes, 7; teaching here as an instructor. He years; Thomas A. H. Teeter, dean of John C. Cothran, 7; Ole J. Flack, 6; previously received both B.S. and summer session, 32 years (see page Ernest W. Franklin, 6; Grace P. A.M. from the University of Nebras­ 13); Stadie R. Swanson, cashier, 31 Trench, 6; Sophia Lovstad, 6; Ethel ka. In 1935 he was appointed pro­ years; Wilson D. Wallis, chairman B. Murphy, 4. fessor of soils and in 1942 took over and professor, anthropology, 31 Fred W. Baruth, 3; Roy Ben dell, as chi.ef of the soils division. years. 3; George Hale, 3; August G. Smo­ Besides his busy academic sched­ Charles Boardman, professor of lik, 3 ; Olof Larsell, 2 ; Edgar C. ule, Rost has found time to serve as general education; 30 years; Charles Fritze, 1; G. Theodore Peterson, 1; consulting editor of Soil Science Edward Hunsto,~;k, building caretak­ Arthur Putzrath, l. and as a member of both the Soil er, 30 years; Katherine Pickett, prin­ A late addition to the retirement Research Committee, North Central cipal stores clerk, 30 years; Mary list is Marie 0. Mollins, instructor Region, and the Regional Technical L. Ober, senior librarian, Duluth and dining hall matron, North Cen­ Research Committee, Missouri Basin Branch, 28 years; May Dudas, hospi­ tral School and Experiment Station, Development Plan. tal laundry worker, 26 years; Folke Grand Rapids, 35 years. 10 The Minnesotan ~~He knem his job a lost art nowadays. We don't have Mrs. Nelson now works in the home anybody can use a scythe now." economics building. ••• and did it mell ~~ Oscar worked only a few months After taking a course in auto that year, beginning in earnest in mechanics in 1920, Oscar took over 1912, when he drove a team of horses his present job. All these years he Oscar Nelson through the agriculture plots for has driven the University truck on seeding and planting corn and grain. the St. Paul campus that operates out Recalls Old Days "The first winter here," Oscar re­ of the Coffey Hall post office. called with a smile, "I hauled dirt "I haul everything there is to be with two horses and a dump wagon hauled- mail, packages, everything on the site of the old Home Ec build­ that comes into the downtown Rail­ ing. I bla~ted and dragged the frozen way Express for the St. Paul cam­ SCAR NELSON, truck driver on dirt away from there to fill in a big pus." 0 the St. Paul campus, retired last ditch in the rear of Ag Engineering." "And you know what?" Swenson month with this year's record for Bent on self-improvement, Oscar interposed. "He hasn't had a single length of University service-41% took a course on tractors in ag en­ accident in all those 34 years!" years. Along with Otto Swenson, gineering. "In 1917 or '18," he says, "Wait a minute!" Oscar rejoined. farm and grounds superintendent, we "I drove the first two-wheel tractor "This afternoon isn't over yet!" went to talk to Oscar on his last day we ever had; it was a very hardy How did he feel about his last day of work. He told us he was 17 when rig, too. I worked mostly at plowing of work? A solid, self-contained man, 0 he started h~re, just newly arrived and road-grading." Oscar deliberated a while, and said, from Norway. He recalls sitting near During these early days he and "Well, it'll seem kinda funny to leave. the bank of the old Northern Pacific other bachelor farm workers lived to­ We grew up together, me and the St. railroad that then cut through the gether on the campus in a farmhouse, Paul campus. It's always been like a Minneapolis campus and watching since then torn down. "We got board family-a small one back when I construction on the brand new chem­ and room for $12 a month, with big started, a big one now." istry building. plates of meat and potatoes on the On May 26 Oscar sails for a three­ That was hack in 1911, when he table-as much as you could eat­ month trip to Norway. He hasn't worked for a few months on the and pitchers full of fresh milk." Os­ been back since he came to the U.S. farm campus grounds, wielding a car's interest in the food was more as a 17-year-old in 1911. One sister scythe for the horticulture depart­ than incidental: he subsequently and eight of Oscar's brothers are ment. Commented Swenson, "That's married the cook, Louise Furnes. living in Norway-one is in Parlia­ ment, another is the editor of the Oscar Nelson (center} says goodbye to Otto Swenson and Theodore Fenske. daily paper in Narvik. Oscar anticipates this summer will be a real vacation-"Up there iu Narvik is really the Land of the Midnight Sun. And what fishing! I'm going to go ocean, lake, and river fishing all summer ... " What else does Oscar do in his spare time? He's too busy to have any real hobbies. "I'm a Christian, and I read the Bible a lot," he added simply. He expects he'll be lonesome for his friends on the campus. But he promised to come back for visits­ with plenty of Norwegian fish stories. Said Mr. Swenson about Oscar, "He's about as widely known as any staff member over here. He's made a lot of friends and has always been a faithful and conscientious worker. Yes, Oscar Nelson knew his job and did it well." May 1954 11 11MB geographer shops and homes, however. Those Lyda Belthuis writes are the butter on the bread. "When I kept house for myself at my hostess' house at Griffith I learned that no milk is sold in bo;tles A Report from "Down Under"'"' here. One must buy it in a cafe and bring his own container. They did loan me a lemonade bottle on a de­ posit. "I MUST CHANGE the ribbon on cept the noon hour I can get in seven "One day we were motoring over this machine, as I have prac­ hours of work-that is, if people disked land on a 1,200-acre irrigated tically gone through both sides of don't come in to talk. Everyone is farm as my host was showing me this one. I hope another is on the most helpful, but even then I feel as some of the irrigation ditches. A way from home." if I am crawling along." dozen kangaroo and four emu hove If ever a plea for a new typewriter into view. We raced them and I t'ook ribbon was justified, this one from IN SPITE of the tremendous pace two pictures of the latter. We were Lyda Belthuis, associate professor of she has set for herself, she finds traveling at 30 miles per hour to gc;ography at UMD on sabbatical time to send richly detailed letters. stay near them, rather bumpy for leave in Australia, certainly was. In Among her observations: photography. frigid hotels, on rolling sheep ranches, "Another time I ~as walking and in lonely rooming houses Miss through weeds on a farm near Grif­ Belthuis has tossed off her fact­ fith to get pictures of a woodlot. jammed missives to Duluth Branch Just as I got to a fence, I was aware friends with regularity while main­ of movement. Then I saw my first taining a research pace that has like­ brown snake-about 15 feet in length ly set more than one Australian and Il/2 inches in diameter. Like agape. She manages to crowd more every Australian snake, it is deadly geographical, cultural, meteorolog­ poisonous. Fortunately, I moved the ical, governmental, and personal ob­ other way." servation in the one-sheet self-sealing Miss Belthuis is now winding up Australian airmail stationery than her "down under" researches. She most people can get on a dozen. plans several weeks' travel in Japan Miss Belthuis is in the countries and India during the end of May and "down under" on her second re­ June. Then she will fly to London for search mission-to learn as much as a brief stay in the British Isles. In possible about Aussie irrigation August she will return to her home projects aimed at putting great areas in Parkersburg, Ia., to rest and write of arid land into productivity. before resuming her UMD duties. The Australian irrigation plan in­ volves diverting the flow of some of the country's rivers, like the great Two U Staffers Edit Snowy and the Swan, to irrigate des­ New Psychology Journal ert lands. Upon her return to the Two faculty members hold edi­ United States, Miss Belthuis plans to UMD's Lyda Belthuis poses with large torial positions on a new quarterly write extensively of her research. sheep at a Tabbita, Australia, ranch. publication dealing with counseling Her devotion to research is sug­ problems, the Journal of Counseling gested in one of her letters: "I have "Everything in this country, and Psychology. spent what would be according to especially in the rural areas, is so C. Gilbert Wr~nn, professor of Australian standards a very produc­ very plain. Perhaps I can explain by educational psychology, edits the tive week. To my way of thinking, it using a comparison with foods. Aus­ journal and E. G. Williamson, dean tralia is like eating plain bread with is hardly more than half a one. I did of students, is one of the consulting butter now and then compared to a on Monday go to the horticultural editors. farm on which I'm getting data to full meal attractively served at home. Ralph F. Berdie, director of the obtain pictures and other informa­ The churches here are plain wooden student counseling bureau, contribut­ tion, and from the Water Conserva­ halls without floor runners or finish, ed an article to the first edition, tion and Irrigation Conservation with simple woodtn seats. The homes titled "Method of Evaluating Coun­ Commission I got a lot of data on are mostly of cement sheeting with· prices. By working every minute ex- out paint. I have seen some attractive seling." 12 The Minnesotan Summer Session Dean Thomas Teeter Retires After 32 Years at the U

tiona! Park. Teeter, his wife, and Teeter's hope is to see the summer their two young children lived in session put on the same basis as regu­ cement-floored tents overlooking a lar school. "We pay our own way waterfall. from tuition almost entirely, so our Considerably less rugged were budget is limited. But I believe our Dean Teeter's duties here. He began top people should be able to get the as associate professor of engineering, same proportional salaries in sum­ in charge of engineering and math mer as they do the rest of the year." instruction in the Extension division. Dean Teeter returned to engineer· After acting as head of Extension ing briefly when, in addition to his while its dean took a sabbatical in summer session post, he served as 1929, Teeter was asked by President acting dean of IT before Dean Spil­ Coffman to take over the summer haus was appointed. He recalls with session. "We sometimes need engi­ a chuckle how, as dean of the Sum­ neers in education," Coffman told mer Session, he would often write let­ him then. ters to all the other deans, including In 1930 summer attendance was Thomas A. H. Teeter-dean of IT! less than 2,500; it now runs between "I never did get to talk to myself on 10- and 11,000, having passed a war­ the phone, though!" he says. EAN THbMAS TEETER retires time peak of 27,000 students for both How will he spend his time after D as head of the summer session sessions. Only Columbia and Cali­ June 30? Dean Teeter has no clear this June. Having taken his training fornia have larger summer schools. idea, but his plans include some va­ in engineering, he taught it in col­ Since then, faculty summer ses­ cation at his Gull Lake summer home. leges and universities all over the sion salaries have risen from a $400 He may find time to finish a history country before coming to the U in maximum for one session to the pres­ of the summer session he's been work­ 1922. His most exciting previous as­ ent maximum of $900. (When the ing on. signment: supervising for the U.S. summer session began in the early And to Professor Ziebarth, chair­ park service the building of a ten­ '80's, the staff had worked for almost man of speech and theater arts, who mile section of road dug right out of no salary and students paid no tui­ will take over his job, Dean Teeter the mountain through Rainier Na- tion.) wishes-"the best of everything."

Summer Session Offers 1~100 Courses

TUDENTS in the University's two • Summer Travel Course in Euro­ duction techniques and critical stand­ S summer sessions will have a pean Art. Prof. Lorenz Eitner will ards to be applied to the film as a choice this year of some 1,100 conduct this 5-credit course, Art 49, creative medium. Featuring lectures, courses, according to Summer Ses­ which runs from June 15 to July 27. clinics, workshops, and premieres of sion Dean Thomas A. H. Teeter. The Students will survey the main epochs outstanding fiction and documentary first five-week term will run from of Western art-history through visits films, the course will run from June June 14-July 17; the second, from to the principal museums, cathedrals, 21 to June 26 at the Center. July 19-August 21. and galleries in France, Italy, Ger­ The art department courses in pho­ Some of the more unusual offerings many, and Austria. tography will he coordinated with this year include: • American Film Festival. This this film festival during the first sum­ • European Music Festivals Tour. short course was planned by George mer term. This trip through music festival cen­ Amberg, associate professor of gener­ • Institute on Minnesota Govern­ ers in Wales, England, Austria, al studies, and is co-sponsored by the ment and Politics. To be held during France, etc., will be led by a mem­ Center for Continuation Study, art the first two weeks of the second term, ber of the music department staff and department, and audio-visual ·educa­ this institute is designed primarily will include sight-seeing trips in tion service. It will enable teachers, for school teachers in the social sci· countries visited. The class is limited artists, designers, museum staff, film ences, school administrators, and to 20 students who may earn from 3 makers, and serious laymen to get civic leaders. It can be taken for to 12 credits. a concentrated six-day look at pro- continued on next page May 1954 13 Summer Session Offers 1,100 Courses continued from preceding page three credits or audited as a short mentary grades through sophomore nalism-Communications Media An­ course. Under the chairmanship of college level. Teachers will exchange alysis, Public Opinion and Propa­ University of Minnesota professors, ideas on methods and techniques of ganda {a graduate seminar), and ten morning sessions will feature language teaching, motivation, lan­ Communication Systems of the Free panels of state government officials guage and culture analysis, audio­ World-will emphasize communica­ tions in the democratic world and re­ discussing such topics as the need visual aids, civic role of the foreign for a new constitution, Minnesota's search problems in this field. language teacher. Directors are Profs. judicial system, reapportionment, and Other special features include Emma Birkmaier, Eugene Falk, and citizen participation in state govern­ courses in driver education, efficient ment. The institute has been planned Margaret Forbes. reading, intensive intermediate Rus­ by George Warp, associate professor • Itasca Institutes for High School sian, beginning Italian, language arts, of political science. and College Teachers of Biology. American studies, Scandinavian area • Foreign Language Auxilium. Be­ Grants of $300 per person from the studies, industrial education work­ sides the traditional modern lan­ Fund for the Advancement of Edu­ shops and special courses, and nurs­ guage residence houses in French, cation, and the National Science ing education workshop. Spanish, and German, something new Foundation will permit 20 high At the Duluth campus students has been added-a Foreign Language school and ten college biology teach­ can take advantage of built-in breezes Auxilium. {Professor DeWitt, classics, ers to meet with their colleagues and by choosing from a varied list of explains that "auxilium," Latin for graduate students to study biological courses. A popular tradition will help, was chosen to replace the much problems and do field research in continue this year-the workshop in overworked "workshop.") Through their own teaching interests at the painting held at the Lakeshore studio, a grant from the Fund for the Ad­ University's biological and forestry a UMD facility over1ooking Lake vancement of Education, the Auxili­ station in Itasca State Park. Superior. Artist-in-residence for 1954 um will offer 80 scholarships of $200 • Mass Communications Courses. is Fletcher Martin, who is a leading each to language teachers from ele- Three courses in the School of Jour- contemporary American painter.

Audio-Visual Education Chemical Engineering Head ideas~ angoneP Offers Film Strip Service Wins Fulbright Award With this May issue, the last of Audio-Visual is now offering to Neal R. Amundson, head of chem­ the school year, comes a time for faculty members a new film strip ical engineering, will study during taking stock of The Minnesotan. production service at a reasonable the next academic year in the de­ We've a whole summer ahead to cost. partments of chemical engineering plan our next year's Minnesotans, and These 35 mm. single-frame film and mathematics of Cambridge Uni­ we'd like your help. strips are of great value for class­ versity, England, as a Fulbright • Are you planning an exciting room lectures, according to Don scholar. summer that would interest others at Cain, production manager at Audio­ Amundson received his Bachelor's, the University? Visual. Such film strips prevent dam­ Master's, and Doctor of Philosophy • In its coverage of various U of­ age to valuable source material. degrees at Minnesota. fices has The Minnesotan skipped Cain says strips can be made from your department? either colored or black and white • Do you or any staffers you know slides; best results in black and white Anatomy Building Gets have unusual or interesting jobs? are obtained from 8x10 glossy prints. New N arne-Jackson Hall • Are there any U services or fa­ The Museum of Natural History The University structure which has cilities you would like to learnmore has used many film strips to publicize been called the Anatomy building about? the museum throughout the state. since it was constructed 42 years • Is there some U staff member Other University departments have ago has recently been renamed Jack­ you would like The Minnesotan to also used this compact method to son Hall by the Board of Regents. recognize for some worthwhile proj­ reach widespread audiences. The hall was named for the late ect he has undertaken? Any comment is welcome, whether Audio-Visual will make strips spe­ Dr. Clarence M. Jackson who became gripes, praise, or suggestions. Just cially or will assemble them from al­ head of the division of anatomy in drop a card 'to The Minnesotan, Uni­ ready prepared material. For further 1913 and lifted that department to a versity Relations, 213 Administration information concerning this service position of preeminence in the field Building, Minneapolis campus. call extension 7070. of medical science. 14 The Minnesotan in Minnesota will secure his or her position with the as­ The President's Page sistance of our Bureau- and that the combined salaries of University graduates placed last year in Minnesota and outside the state approximated $4,000,000. Editor's note: The following is excerpted from a speech Wise planning for physical plant development in the delivered by President Morrill to an audience of public schools of our state is a perennial problem. It is only school administrators on April 13, at the opening ses­ since 1948 that the University has been able, through sion of Schoolmen's Week and Short Course. its reorganized Bureau of Field Studies and Surveys to service these public schools more widely and usefully. DUCATION, I deeply believe, is indivisible. The In that period 45 major school surveys have been com­ E eggs of education are in one basket. The children in pleted. In the communities where such surveys have your schools today are the students on our campus to­ been made, more than $33,000,000 has been spent or is morrow, and the campuses of the other colleges of the now being spent for school buildings. state. We are in the same boat, philosophically, and we The College of Education is also a center for research share the same aims, the same dedication to democracy and specialized training. Its psycho-educational clinic and to the best education of all American children and deals with the special problems of the gifted and the youth. handicapped. Here the University seeks to recruit and The practical indivisibility of public education in train teachers for the 800-odd Special Education posi­ Minnesota is dramatized, I think, by these facts about tions in the public and residential schools of the state, our College of Education: as well as educational psychologists and remedial spe­ Our first and fundamental job, of course, is the train­ cialists. ing of teachers and school administrators. During the In this clinic, as in our elementary and high school, calendar year (which includes the Summer Session, so the University must provide its own laboratory for class­ important to school people) , some 3,200 undergraduates room test and trial, for practical exploration and demon­ and 1, 700 graduate students are enrolled in the College stration of teaching methods which can be observed of Education. Nearly 1,000 students go from our campus and applied in the public schools of the state. into the schools each year- elementary, secondary, and In the practice-training placements of our College of higher. Education students we again see the two-way street of Add to this the various in-service training activities of reciprocity between the schools and the University. Each the University and it can be reported that approximately year more than 600 student teachers are given assign­ 6,000 present and prospective teachers in Minnesota are ments in aproximately 125 different schools of the state. students, or participate in conferences, at the University at some time every year. This Schoolmen's Week and Short Course is one ex­ THROUGH ALL these shared responsibilities we car- ample. There are many other subject-matter conferences ry forward our commitment as educators. But al­ and workshops - from English and language arts to dis­ ways we are confronted by an enormous dilemma: the tributive education and visual aids, along with work­ dilemma of what the American people will be willing shops, conferences, and seminars for school administra­ to pay- and for what? It is our hard task to help our tors. people to see beyond the instant. Moreover, the College of Education reaches approxi­ For the thread of the future is in our loom. The po­ mately 1,000 teachers a year through its annual average tentials of knowledge as power, of productivity in the of 33 courses sponsored by our Extension Division. time to come, the reliance upon that vision without which the people perish- all these are in our trust be­ cause the human materials of them are committed to our APPROXIMATELY 60 per cent of the 405 superin- care and instruction. tendents in the state have received their Masters' It is a staggering assignment when you think of it degrees in educational administration with our Dr. Neale. that way. And the fact that public education is so much Seventy-five per cent of the senior high school principals taken for granted and so strongly supported must only in Minnesota have earned their Masters' degrees under deepen our sense of shared responsibility, depriving us D~. Charles W. Boardman, whose retirement this year, of any complacency. With that of Professor Homer ]. Smith in Industrial Edu­ Better than our critics we realize our shortcomings. cation, we must accept with deep regret. More clearly than the laymen who believe in our work Through our Bureau of Recommendations, the College and who encourage it, we discern the summons in these of Education keeps its finger on the pulse of teacher de­ days to an educational statesmanship which recognizes mand and supply and salary trends by continuing sur­ the indivisibility of teaching and learning, and their in­ veys. We know that one out of every five teachers placed calculable significance for the future! May 1954 15 MAY 15 TO JUNE 15, 1954 University of Minnesota Calendar of Events

METROPOLITAN OPERA UNIVERSITY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS May IS-Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, 2:00 p.m. Through June 15- 20th Century Master Movements­ May IS--Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, 8:00 p.m. Cubism. From the extensive collection of the Museum May I6-Gounod's Faust, 2:00 p.m of ~odern Art in New York these paintings, collages, (Northrop Auditorium. Tickets from $3.00 to $7.50 on sale drawmgs, and sculpture by the great names in cubism at the Opera Ticket Office, I06 Northrop.) t are carefully supplemented by explanatory material. Among the works are originals by Piccasso, Braque, BACCALAUREATE and Gris. Through June IS--African Sculpture. This is a large pri­ June 6-Dr. Theodore Wedel, The College of Preachers, vate collection of African sculpture, masks, gold weights, Washington Cathedral, Washington, D. C., "God and the etc., from Northwestern University. American Dream." Through June IS-Student Work-Architecture, Art Edu­ (Northrop Auditorium, 3:00 p.m. Open to the public with· cation, Home Economics, and General College. Though out charge.) not the work of the art department, this showing gives a clear idea of the projects of related groups. Architecture COMMENCEMENT presents maps, plans, and finely designed models. Home June I2-President James Lewis Morrill, speaker. Economics displays cloth, wood, and metal pieces done (Memorial Stadium, 8:00 p.m. Open to the public without with pleasing skill, and Art Education and General Col­ charge.) lege contribute art work of related importance. (The Universit_y Gallery, on the third and fourth floors of UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATION DATES Northrop Auditorium, is open to the public 8-5, Mon­ day through Friday.) May-Minnesota's Rocks and Waters: A Geological Story, by George M. Schwartz and George A. Thiel. Mr. MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONCERTS Schwartz is a University professor of geology and miner­ May 19-Varsity Band Concert, Gale Sperry, director. alogy and director of the Minnesota Geological Survey (St. Paul Campus Union, I2:30 p.m. Open to the public and Mr. Thiel is professor and chairman of the depart­ without charge.) ment of geology and mineralogy. The book is an account May 2I-Annual Concert with University Chamber Sing­ for the non-specialist of the geological processes and ers, James Aliferis, director, in a program of contem­ features of the state. $4.00. porary choral music. May 28-M ethod and Perspective in Anthropology: Papers (Museum of Natural History Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Open in Honor of Wilson D. Wallis. Edited by Robert F. Spen­ to the public without charge.) cer, associate professor of anthropology, this collection May 25-Senior Commencement Recital. University Sym- contains I3 papers by outstanding scholars in cultural phony Orchestra and graduating seniors as soloists. anthropology, ethnology, and related fields. Presented (Northrop Auditorium, 8:30p.m. Open to the public with­ as a tribute to Professor Wilson Wallis, retiring chair­ out charge.) man of the University anthropology department. $4.50. June 9-Normal Piano Course Recital, Blanche Kendall, (Books are available at Minneapolis and St. Paul book­ director. stores or may be ordered through your local bookstore.) (Scott Hall Auditorium, 4:00 p.m. Open to the public without charge.) UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY May 2I-Festival of Short Films, including "Song of the ATHLETIC EVENTS Prairie," Czech color film; "Prowlers of the Everglades," Baseball Games at Home Walt Disney True-Life Adventure; "The Emperor's New May 18-Augsburg. Clothes," "The Unicorn in the Garden," and "Mr. Magoo (Nicollet Park, 8 :00 p.m. Ticket prices to be announced.) Slept Here," UPA cartoons; "Phantasy," experimental May 2I-Northwestern University. · color film by Norman McLaren; "The Charm of Life," (Delta Field, 3:30 p.m. Tickets $.60.) satire on French Academy painters; "Sunday by the May 22-Wisconsin. Sea," British short film. (Delta Field, I :00 p.m. Tickets $.60.) (Northrop Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tickets for May 25-St. Thomas. adults, $.60; junior admission, $.35, available at the Lobby (Lexington Park, 8:00 p.m. Ticket prices to be announced.) Ticket Office, the basement of Wesbrook Hall, or the Cam­ Spring Football Game pus Club.) May 22--Spring Football Game. (Memorial Stadium, 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices to be an­ SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY BROADCASTS nounced.) Saturday at the Opera . . . A series of operas which can Track Meet at Home be heard each week during the summer. June 5, "The May 22--Wisconsin. Barber of Seville," and June I2, "A Masked Ball," Sat­ (Memorial Stadium, I :00 p.m. Tickets $.60.) urdays at 3:30 p.m. Tennis Matches at Home Everest I953 ... On June 2 Colonel Sir John Hunt and May I5--Indiana, 2 :00 p.m. members of his team tell the story of the expedition May 22--N orthwestern, 9 :00 a.m. sponsored by th~ Royal Geographic~] Society an~ t~e (University Tennis Courts. Open to the public without Alpine Club whiCh conquered the h1ghest mountam m charge.) the world. Part of the BBC World Theatre Series heard Golf Matches at Home on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. May 17-St. Thomas. (KUOM the University radio station, broadcasts at 770 May 22-Wisconsin and Iowa. on th€ dial. Its complete spring schedule may be obtained (Universit_y Golf Course. Open to the public without by writing to the station.) charge.) t Tickets for these events are also available at the Field Schlick Ticket Office in St. Paul and the Downtown Ticket Office, 188 Northwestern Bank Building in Minneapolis.