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Official Summer Session Newspaper.
VOL 1 NO. I
Fill DAY, JUNK 20. 1930.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA.
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INCREASES; EXPECTED
TO REACH 2.700 MARK
Late Registrations Bring
Total up to 2,474;
Moritz Pleased.
New Teachers Courses
Draw 100 Students to
Vacation School.
REGISTRATION BV DAYS.
129 110
Flrat Monday 1.S2 l.tot
Tueiday 792 Ml
Wadneaday 2 101
Thursday
Friday 20 34
Saturday . 12 11
Total firat wnk 2.254 1.J11
Second Monday 74 1
Tueiday 24 31
Wednraday 10 11
Total to data 2.368 2.444
Medical college abort course 28
Grand total to date 2.474
With the 1930 summer school
enrollment approximately 100
ahead of the total at this time last
year, a registration of more than
2,700 is expected in this year's va
cation session. The above report,
issued from the office of R. D.
Mortiz, director of the summer
school session, shows how late reg
istrations this year have brought
the total so far considerably above
the 1929 figure at a corresponding
date.
The three courses in vitalized
agriculture, parent -teachers work,
and rural school administration,
which began last Monday, brought
at least 100 more summer school
attendants. Most popular is the
parent-teacher course, which has
more than fifty in the class.
Because only one of these three
courses may be taken for the one
hour credit which is offered for
each of them, a number are auflit
ing one or two of them in addition
to taking the third, thus lowering
the actual number of registrants
for each course.
Medic Reports Incomplete.
Twenty-eight medical students
are taking the short course this
summer in Omaha, according to
word received by Mr. Moritx. To
this number will be added at least
100 more who are taking the reg
ular work, if registration this year
at the college of medicine approx
imates that of 1929.
Field courses in botany, geology
and agriculture which last year
had more than seventy students
enrolled, this year have not been
reported. Thees two sources of
more summer students added to
the graduate college which is still
enrolling aooui a aozen siuueui
a day, are expected to yield a total
1930 registration somewhat larger
than last year's 2,680 students in
summer session.
DEBATEItS TO PICK
OUESTION I OK 1930
Chain Stores, Disarmament,
And State School Fund
Possible Subjects.
1. The chain store is desir
able. 2. A state school equaliza
tion iund is a desirable fiscal
policy for Nebraska.
3. The nations should dis
arm except for such forces as
are needed for police purposes.
One of these subjects will be
used by high school debaters for
state-wide argumentation the com
ing year. Just which one has not
yet been determined.
Prof. H. A. White, president of
the Nebraska high school debat
ing league, has sent a letter to all
member schools requesting in
' structors in debating to send in
their choice. All replies must be
In by June 25. Announcement of
the subject will be made when the
Vote is compiled.
In reply to a questionnaire sent
out May ?8 by Professor White,
preference for the three subjects
was quite evenly divided. Profes
sor White sent out his most recent
letter to get a greater consensus
of the teachers in the debating
league. The chain store question
will be debated next year in seven
teen states by high school forensic
students.
SUMMER
NRQLLMENT
NATIONAL LIBRARY
CONVENTION DRAWS
THREE NEBRASKANS
The University of Nebraska will
tw vill rrnresented at the annual
meeting of the American Library
association which U to le held
June 23 to 28 in Los Angeles. In
addition to Gilbert Doane. li
brarian, will be Maude WUhart,
order librarian, and Mabel Harris.
librarian of the model high school
library in teachers college.
Miss Harris will preside at a
conference of teachers college li
brarians Wednesday, June 25. The
keynote of the whole convention
la to be m holariihtp In library work
and will be first presented to the
association Monday. June 23. when
President Andrew Kocgh of Yale
university gives his address.
Geography Tour
Of State House
Popular; 150 Go
Approximately 150 summer
school students, mostly teachers,
accompanied Dr. Nels A. Bengtson
through the state capitol on the
second department of geography
excursion Tuesday afternoon. The
party walked from Teachers col
lege to the capitol where the stu
dents were met by guides who con
ducted them through the state
house.
The itinerary first included the
governor's office where the gov
ernor's secretary welcomed the stu
dents and escorted them through
the governor's private office.
Guides explained the various fea
tures of construction and the sym
bolism of the sculpture, mural
paintings and mosaics. According
to their statements, the Nebraska
state capitol is ranked as one of
the four most outstanding modern
buildings in architectural design in
the world today.
Dr. Bengtson called attention to
the Bedford limestone which is
widely used in the capitol construc
tion and spoke briefly of its dura
bility and its quality of whitening
with age. He stated that the min
eral stains which now discolor
many of the blocks have given rise
to rumors of inferior stone, but
that the stains really enhance its
beauty and prove its genuineness.
The capitol tcvr was the second
of ten such excursions planned by
the department of geography for
summer students.
GRADUATE COLLEGE
REGISTRATION SAME
One Day Remains to Bring
Enrollment of 481 to
1929 Total of 520.
With all of today left to com
plete registration in the graduate
college, its enrollment for the sum
mer session this year is expected
to approximate the 1929 total. To
date 481 students have signed up
for graduate courses as compared
with 520 who registered last year.
Of the 481, 235 are working to
ward M.A. degrees, 40 toward
M.Sc. degrees, 30 toward Ph.D
degrees, and 176 toward no degree.
Graduate students are given until
4 o'clock today. June 20. to com
plete their registration without
paying a late fee. To those who
enroll today may be added a few
more whose registrations will be
late.
DR. SPEARS HONOR
GUEST AT DINNER
A dinner was given by Herb
Gish, director of athletics, at the
University club Monday night in
honor of Dr. Clarence W. Spears,
Oregon football coach teaching in
the coaching school here. Members
of the athletic department, coach
ing staff, Dean Sealock of teach
ers college, Director Moritz of the
summer session, and Prof. R- D.
Scott, representing the athletic
board, were present.
Capt. Lyon Improves
Following Operation
Captain H. Y. Lyon is recover
ing from a tonsilectomy per
formed last week at the federal
hospital at Leavenworth where he
was ordered for treatment after
the dose of the regular term of
school here. Captain Lyon Is an
Instructor In the department of
military science at the university.
STUDENTS WILL TAKE
PLATTE VALLEY T
Bus Excursion Due to Leave
Former Museum at
7 a. m. Saturday.
A full day trip by bus to some
of Nebraska's chief points of Inter
est is offered to summer school
students by the department of
geography Saturday. Dr, Nels A.
Bengtson will head an excursion,
leaving the Former Museum at 7
a. m. Saturday. June 21. through
the lower Platte valley.
The trip, according to Dr.
Bengtson, Is to be one of recrea
tion as well as education. Picnic
lunches are in order. The party
will be in Louisville during the
lunch hour. The following places
will be visited and studied.
Dnrt hlllt eaat or tJncoln
tinrcr and terfall ol th Wpln(
Watrr.
!xea plant at alanlry.
rtm.nl factory at l.iuivill.
Pottery factor at Ixmi.vutr
Stone mm ot Ah imv Urr Ce
mrnt comiany.
Iaw hiMa north of the Piatt.
tiat ti.h hatrhrry.
Crrmi divide and atrlla trrrar.
Salt crrk flood plain and terrace.
This trip is required of all ele
mentary geography classes but is
open to all students in the summer
session. Those desiring to go
should sign on the bulletin board
in Teachers college by Friday
noon. The party will meet in For
mer Museum 105 at 7 a. m. and
expects to return bv 6 p. m. Bus
fare. $2.
Columbia Educator Speaks
At First Meeting of Phi
Delta Kappa.
Dr. Paul Mort, director of the
school of education of the teachers
college of Columbia university and
summer professor here, spoke on
"Room for Genius and the Field
for Educational Leadership" at the
first summer meeting of Phi Delta
Kappa, honorary educational fra
ternity, Thursday evening at the
Y. M. C. A. Approximately 100
men attended.
Dr. Mort described the vast op
portunities open to the well trained
college man. Education, he pointed
out, has become such a complex
thing that leaders stand in need of
creative character. It was this cre
ative ability that gave Horace
Mann the vision of a state school
system, that gave Michel Angeio
the genius to paint without models
and plans, he declared.
Dr. Mort has made a detailed
study of the public school systems
of Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska
in the middle west. His plan of a
public school system is now in op
eration in New York and Alabama.
Dinner meetings of Phi Delta
Kappa are not limited to members
of the fraternity but are open to
all men students in the summer
session, particularly those inter
ested in teaching.
Ailing Students
Are Treated by
Health Service
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
Pharmacy Hall, Second Floor
Men students, 8-10 a. m., Dr.
Charles Harms.
Men students, 10-12 a. m., Dr.
Earl Deppen.
Women students, 1-3 p. m., Dr.
Ines. Philbrick.
Bad colds, sore throats, corns,
cuts, acute burns any illness and
any injury are cared for by Stu
dent Health service physicians in
Pharmacy hall. The SI medical fee
paid by all students at registration
covers the cost of this professional
service.
"There are as many students
who receive medical service in the
summer in proportion to the num
ber registered as there are in the
winter," Dr. Inez Philbrick said.
So far the health service has
been busy examining girls who de
sired to take swimming courses.
Out of nearly 100, only four were
physically unfit for the courses, ac
cording to Dr. Philbrick.
LEADERS
NEEDED
LS
SAYS MORI
MESCIIMIDT ONLY
FEDERAL DELEGATE
TO SOIL CONGRESS
K. A. Nleschmldt of the state de
partment of soil survey left Lin
coln Monday to attend the Inter
national Soil Congress at Lenin
grad and Moscow, Russia, as sole
representative of the United States
government.
Because the federal government
carries on no diplomatic relations
with soviet Russia, no other dele
gates to the congress were sent.
Mr. Nleschmidt, who will be
gone all summer, also represents
the Nebraska state department of
soil survey. He la a soil expeit
having graduated from the Imper
ial school of forestry in Germany
and from the University of Heldel
burg. Pershing Rifles
Make Carl Hahn
Major General
Carl J. Hahn. University of Ne
braska senior and for the past year
national adjutant of Pershing
Rifles, has been elected major gen
eral of Pershing Rifles for the
coming year. William Comstock, a
junior, is the new national adju
tanL Hahn succeeds Ray E. Sabata
as major general.
Organization of Pershing Rifles,
a national military organization in
colleges and universities which
have R. O. T. C. units, provides
that the major general and na
tional adjutant be elected from the
mother chapter at the University
of Nebraska. These two officers of
the national organization are
chosen by the three bridgades into
which Pershing Rifles is divided.
Hahn will meet officers of both
the first and second brigades in
Chicago the first week in August
and discuss plans for expansion of
Pershing Rifles. There are now
fourteen active chapters but more
than a score of applications for
membership from other R. O. T. C.
units are on file.
Hahn's university activities in
clude president of Kosmet Klub,
vice president of the Interfrater
nity council and junior member on
the Student Publication board last
year. He is an Innocent and a
member of Sigma Nu. Comstock,
affiliated with Phi Delta Theta. is
the new junior member of the Stu
dent Publication board and last
semester was president of the
sophomore class.
SENIOR INVITATION
REPORT IS ISSUED
4,700 Announcements, 2,700
Invitations Yield Profit
of $100.
A total of 4,700 announcements
and 2,700 invitations were pur
chased by members of the class of
1930, according to an official re
port issued today by Long's Book
store, which handled the distribu
tion of the invitations and an
nouncements. Profit of $100.59 realized
through the sale of the announce
ments, however, does not go to the
book store but to the university.
It -will be credited to the class of
1930.
Number of announcements
sought this year exceeded that of
years past and necessitated hav
ing 1.000 of them printed by a
Lincoln firm. The Elliott company,
(Continued on Page 3.)
WOLCOTT AND WADE
GO TO PUGET SOUND
Dr. R. H. Wolcott, chairman of
the department of zoology, and
Dr. Otis Wade, instructor in zoo
logy, are spending the summer at
the Puget Sound Biological station
on Puget Sound, Wash. Dr. Wol
cott left by train and Dr. Wade by
motor early in the week. Dr. Wol
cott will teach at the station while
Dr. Wade will do research work.
Jorgensen Secures
Position at Harvard
Theodore Jorgensen, who re
ceived his Master's degree in
physics here this year has been
appointed assistant instructor in
physics at Harvard university
where he will begin work on his
Doctor's degree next fail. He is
working at the research labora
tory of the Eastman Kodak Co.
this summer.
1ST SUMMER
MIXER
HELD AT GRANT HALL;
MORE MAY BE GIVEN
Games and Stunts Make up
Program; Plan Dance
For Next Affair.
Future of Entertainments
Depends on Interest
. Among Students.
To attend the first summer
mixer ever planned for the enter
tainment of all university summer
session registrants, a large num
ber of students came to the free
recreational program given at
Grcnt Memorial hall last night
under the sponsorship of the de
partment of physical education for
women.
The mixer which lasted from S
to 9:30 o'clock, was directed by
Miss Frances H. Ash. instructor in
women's athletics, with the aid of
a committee composed of the
members of her class in conduct
and management of social recrea
tion. An introduction stunt at the be
ginning of the evening's program
brought the students together in
an informal manner and served as
a get-acquainted event. The in
truductory mixer was concluded
by a grand march, after which
the crowd was divided into several
groups which spent the remainder
of the evening playing active and
quiet games.
The majority of those attending
the mixer were women students,
although some men were also pres
ent. Plan Other Programs.
Tentative plans for similar en
tertainments during the remainder
of the nine weeks session depend
for fruition on the success of last
night's program Two hours of
dancing following the recreation
hour will be an addition to future
programs, if the department of
phj'sical education feels that
enough enthusiasm for the mixers
was aroused by the first one last
night. In this case the mixers
will be given on week end nights.
Students on the committee in
charge of the games were: Alice
Baars. Cynthia Boswell. Florence
Buol. Katherlne Gibbons, Alfreda
Radbruck, Emma Selk and Bertha
Watson.
Miss Ash is assistant director of
recreation in Lincoln and super
visor of elementary physical edu
cation in the Lincoln schools dur
ing the regular school term. She
has been teaching theory and
practice of playground activities
in the university's two weeks
course which ends today.
EXTENSION DIVISION
ENROLLMENT GROWS
541 Students Take Courses
By MailThis Summer;
Increase of 60.
Enrollment in the university ex
tension division this summer is
considerabty more than last sum
mer, according to Dr. A. A. Reed,
director. Last year during the
months of June, July and August
there were 481 students, 259 of
which registered in June.
Thus far this season 541 students
have enrolled. Of this number 350
enrolled before June 1 and 191
since that time.
The favorite subject, according
to enrollment numbers, is English
with fifty-one registrants. English
21 leads with eighteen students.
History claims a total of thirty
five, scattered over nine different
courses. Education, always a favor
ite topic for extension work, comes
third with an enrollment of thirty
one in eleven courses.
In the languages, German leads
with a registration of twenty.
Latin, Spanish, French and Swe
dish are also live subjects with
varying enrollment figures.
Up to date, but one student had
registered for each of the courses
offered in political science, physics,
and applied mechanics. The school
of fine arts claims a total of eight
een thus far. Special courses are
being offered this summer in dram
atics and juvenile arts.