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he Nebraska!! Official Summer Session Newspaper. vol.. 1 NO. 111. Till: NEHRASKAN, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1930. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. ALL-STUDENT PICNIC IS LATEST THING ON AMUSEMENT CARD Faculty Committee Provides More Fun for Scholars Next Friday. Outing: Slated to Take Place At Beach; Many Stunts On Program. The picnic fever hn struck Uni versity of Nebraska summer school authorities. Following success of the all pten'i outing held lt week, the facility committee In charge of student entertainment has formu- 1 .v. . nUna . f fan all-ut 11. thrift wir- ?s...rzr:r, :r ,v -r". III. I ' I UV Ul 1U Bl V.liil tM'IH. (i. Friday of this week. As this is really the find: event of its kind to be held during the summer term at Nebraska, there is no precedent upon which to plan the affair for Friday and for thxt reason plans are a. yet in the for mative stage. That there will be wrae sort of a get-together on that day is as sured by E. W. Lantz. chairman of tbe faculty committee. "The all-men's picnic proved so enjoyable and the mixers have been "so well attended that there seems to be no reason that a com bination of the two activities should not provide an evening of good fellowship and real entettain ment." stated Mr. Lantz. According to preliminary ideas concerning the Friday picnic, an attempt will be made to get all (Continued on Page 4.) MEN STUDENTS ARE OUT A ITER PRIZES IN GOLF TOURNEY Three men students of the sum mer school have turned in their golf qualifying score cards to Prof. K. D. Mori'tz. director of the vaca tion term, it was announced Mon day. They are Superintendent A. B. Gelnick. Falls Citv: Superintendent O. L. Webb. David City, and Su perintendent G. W. Hildreth. Oak land. This is but a preliminary step to the golf tournament proper which is scheduled to begin Tuesday at Antelope park, when faculty and men students will vie for prizes which are being offered by the university athletic department. ENGINEERING CRADS VISIT ALMA MATER Two campus visitors this week were Marvin R. Haith and Gil bert H. Deason. Mr. Haith is a graduate of the mechanical en gineering department, and is at present assistant city engineer at Fairbury, Neb. Mr. Dearon. a graduate of the electrical engin eering department, is on a leave of absence from the Ceneral Elec tric company. Schenectady. N. Y. KAPPA PHIS PICNIC AT VAN DORN PARK Kappa Phi. Methodist girls sor ority, held a picnic Friday even ing at Van Dorn paik. About thirty girls attended. The time wa., -p?nt informally in discussion of plans for the coming year and in listening to reports from the delegates who attended the na tional convention at Montreat. N. C. Course in Dramatic A rt, Mo ken p' Offered Here's good news for the dramatically inclined. A practical course in the theory and technique a dra matic art h4 makeup H be ing offered under the direction of Miss Alio Howell, of the chol of fine arts. The work intended particularly for teachers who plaa to coach plays. The class i divided IMo groups, and each week a group presents a play, actually com ing into contact with the prob lems of production. Several class period are devoted to practice ia making up lac t U. LUTHERANS DEFER PLANS I OR OUTING Picnic Intended for Friday Will Be Held at Some Later Date. necau.se the faculty committee on student entertainment has planned an all-university picnic for Friday. July IS, there will be no Lutheran outing as decided upon at the List gathering, according to Ue II. Eick. Undent pastor. The last picnic, the second one hold during the summer, took place at the agricultural college campus and was attended by approximate ly fifty pel sons. The aftair was m the form of an honor event lor P.ev. and Mrs. II. Krck. the day being their twenty-fourth wedding ani.iversary. A committee was appointed by the gioup last Friday to have charge of ail future picnics of Luthctan Undents. Members of the committee are Louise Met. Seward; lionise Lucas, Lincoln: T Aitna niTiAr Qf Art i r r u i I a.ts, ...v....l(K, - v. levies iwore. uncom. T Prof. E. R. Anderson of Arizona Lauds Work Done By Local Chemists. The chemistry department of the University of Nebraska holds a high position in the educational field, according to E. II. Anderson, head of the chemistry department of the University of Arizona. He was enthusiastic in his praise of the men on the instructional staff. Mr. Anderson is teaching two courses in chemistry at Nebraska this summer. One of these is a senior course, the other is for graduates. Fourteen are enrolled in each class. The professor stated that at present he is working on a paper in conjunction with Dr. Upson of the Nebraska chemist ry depart ment. He did not divulge the nature of the paper, but said it is to be printed in a chemistry journal soon. Professor Anderson is now on leave of absence from the Univer sity of Arizona. Next fall he is going to University of Wisconsin to work on the chemistry of woods. He has been engaged in research on the chemistry of plant gum during the paot few years. "T like Tucson in the winter, but for the summer, give me Nebraska every time." the guest instructor said. ENGLISH VISITORS GIVEN OVATION AT NUMEROUS AFFAIRS Among the numerous events be ing planned in honor of Dr. Charles W. Bailey, headmaster of Holt Secondary school, Liverpool,) England, who" is here conducting; several lectures on secondary! school education, and Mrs. Bailey, j who is accompanying him. is an open dinner ai me . v,. n. room Tuesday evening The dinner is being sponsored by the men's honorary educational fraemiiy. Phi Delta Kappa, and is open to all students. Dr. Bailey will discuss "New Lamps for Old Ed ucation" at the Tuesday evening affair Monday evening the visitors were feted at the University cluo under auspices of the faculty of the university. TUe dinner took place on the University club roof garden and was under the direc tion of Pioi. Boy E Cochian. METHODIST PICNIC ON FRIDAY PROGRAM Methodist summer session stu dents are invited to attend a pic nic supper, sponsored by the St. Paul Epworth league, which will be held at Van Dorn park, Friday evening, July 18, with lunch served at T o'clock. Entertainment will ba featured In the form of gramas aad singing. If possible, expectant picnickers ar asked to notify Miss Gertrude Marsh at B471J of their Intentions to attend. Twenty-five cents will fee charged U provide finances for securing food. CUES INSTRUCTOR PRAISES NEBRASKA ENGLISHMAN BEGINS SERIES OF LECTURES Dr. C. W. Bailey Continues Addresses Over Tuesday And Wednesday. Continuing his thrce-dny series of talks helore University of Ne braska audiences, Dr. Chailes W. llailcy. ho.tdmaster of the Holt Secondary school, Liverpool, Eng lund. will talk on "The Drama and the School" at fiik-ial Sciences auditorium, 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. This will be the second public appearance of Dr. Bailey as vpcuktr cm the Nebraska campus, the first being an address given in Social Sciences 101 at 11 o'clock Monday morning on "English Lit erature and Ktlncs. " The third lecture to be given by the English professor will be Wed nesday morning at 8 o'clock when j he will addiess another group ot summer school students in Social Sciences auditorium on "A Com parative Analysis of Secondary ' Education in England and the United States." In addition to the regular daily i talk which Dr. Bailey is giving to public audiences, he will lecture to several classes in Teachers col lege on various phases of second ary education and its problems. Dr. Bailey, who has written many books on secondary educa tion and several on ethical educa tion, is recognized as an outstand ing English educator, according to Prof. H. C. Koch, chairman ot tne committee in charge of bringing him to the university. School Teachers Are Given Facts About Publicity Publicity hounds in the making but it's not as bad as it sounds. Theie are thirty-three persons registered in the course offered at the University of Nebraska Teach ers college, where the funda mentals of correct school publicity are being taught. The class is composed of super intendents, principals and experi enced teachers and an intensive study ot the theory of school pub licity, actual exhibits of work done in the field together with practical writing and development oi tne school publicity projects, consti tutes the work of the course. "The course, although in a re cently developed field in education, is answering a need in present edu cational activities throughout the country." stated Mr. Hosman. sec retary of the Nebraska State Teachers association, who is in structor in the course. The aim of the course, according to Mr. Hosman, is to give the mem bers of the class a working know ledge of how to proceed with a proper publicity program in the schools in which they work. ADVOCATES nIIIrL- iviOI I MCVT Ul'H.K bililiU,ilir,. 1 FOR FIELD JAUNl "There are still a few seats left jn .ne roomv twenty-passenger bus which will carry geograpny siu dents through the west," remarked Professor L. R. Paine, lionday. referring to the tour which carries with it three hours of college credit. Reeisttations for the trip, which passes through Yellowstone park, Salt Lake City, and other places must be in by July 19. Professor Paine advocates it as not only a recreation but also as an educa tion. "It is a study of nature," he says, "and that is the best way to obtain knowledge in subjects of this type." Tuition for the courses is $15, registration f 1, and transportation, lodging, and meals will total ap proximately $119. Any student who desires to make the trip may get in touch with Professor Fame at his office in the former museum building. MANY ATTEND MIXER. The second all summer school mixer of tha vacation term was held in Grant Memorial hall last Friday evening, when 400 persona were in attendance. A program of games and stunts was followed, by dancing. GEOGRAPHERS SEE RAKING PROCESSES Vacation Students Inspect GoochT Mill Monday; PostolTice Next. Geography students weie given an opportunity Monday afternoon to witness the various processes used in the making of flour and the making of dough ns well as the baking of bread at Gooch's mill. One of the interesting things noted in the trip was that the process of bitad making involves no hind work all being done by machinery. Included among the modem mechanism! was a travel ing oven, which is said to be the only one of its kind in this part of the country. This was the eighth excursion to be sponsored this summer by the Univeisity of Nebraska depart ment of ccopraphv. The ninth tour, which will be taken next Sat- urd.iv morning, includes a visit to according to recent announce the Lincoln nostoffice. I nts made by him. CATALOGUES READY SEPTEMBER FIRST Registrar's Office Works On Compilation of Publications. University catalogs for the com ing year, a student roster, and printed announcements of oral ex aminations of candidates for higher degrees are in various stages of compilation under the supervision of the registrar's of fice. Complete catalogs, containing information about the ten col leges of the university, will be ready for distribution abouti Sept' 1. I Smaller catalogs, issued by the ! separate colleges, come off the , jress at various times during the : spring and summer, and these form a basis of information con-1 tained in the large catalog. About 7,000 catalogs are printed. Making architectural engineer ing a separate department instead of a branch of the applied me chanics and architectural engin eering department constitutes the biggest change in curriculum in the new catalog. Harry F. Cun ningham, who was in charge of the work on the new state cap itoL will be chairman of this de partment. Distributed at Counter. Catalogs are distributed at the counter in the registrar's of fice or mailed by request' to indi viduals and schools. Some are sent regularly to schools on a perma nent exchange list. The official roster, a compila tion of students of the 1929 sum mer school and the 1929-1930 school year, is in preparation. A record made at the close of the school year, it contains a list of the faculty, students' names, home addresses, year in school, ana coi- j - ml lege. Supplementary folders, contain ing the public announcement of oral examinations for candidates for hieher degrees, are being pre pared. These are sent to the grad uate colleee faculty, examiners, and candidates. About sixty masters' degrees are to be granted this summer. The June bulletin of examinations con tains almost 100 names. Printed folders announcing the oral examinations of five candi dates for doctors' degrees this summer will soon be off the press, it was indicated. I ERR ASK AN EDITOR CONFINED TO BED Confined to the university in firmary because of serious throat trouble, Gene Robb, editor of the Summer Nebraskan, has been un able to attend to his duties this week. His condition, however, is improved, according to health of ficials, and he is expected to be back; again within a lew days. During Robb's illness, editorial work on The Nebraskan has been handled 'try Cliff F. Sandahl, for mer editor of The Daily Nebraa kan, and Elmer iSkov, former sports editor at present associated with the Lincoln Star, and Jack Erickson, member of The Daily TJebraskan staff. i STUDENTS MUST PAY REGISTRATION PEES BEFORE SEPTEMBER 3 Those Failing to Comply Will Be Charged Extra. Gunderson Mentions New Plan for Quarterly Payments. Students who were in resiaetue at the University of Nebraska last year will pay their fees for the first semester, 1930-31. to L, E. Gunderson. finance secretary of ine university, not later man epr. as ill lur ix inic ivuiia- tion fee will be assessed those who fail to pay their fees before that date. The money may be paid either in person or by mail, he said. Statements will be mailed out Aug. 15. Mr. Gunderson indicated. Those who do not receive a state ment by Aug. 20 should notif the finance secretary's office at once, as failure to receive a notification of the fees will not exempt any one from payment of the late reg istration amount All students who registered last spring for next semester should pay their fees this summer, ac cording to the registrar's office, regardless of any changes in cur ricula or otherwise that' may seem imperative. "If students in residence last year wish to change classes or make any other change in their programs, they should make their payments according to the dates (Continued on Page 4. INTENSE HEAT HITS COED IN CLASSROOM FRIDAY AFTERNOON One heat prostration was re ported on the campus last week during the reign of hot weather. Miss Florence Dailey, 1437 S street a freshman in summer school, was Friday's only heat victim in Lin coln. She collapsed in a class room and was taken to her home. Her condition, at present, accord ing to reports, is not serious. DR. BENGTSON FETES INSTRUCTORS, AIDES Instructors and assistants of the geography department with their families, motored to the Auto club Wednesday, July 2, where they participated in a picnic sup per given by Dr. Nels A. Bengt son, chairman of tbe department They engaged in games of tennis and baseball during the course of the afternoon. BKENKE BUILDS CURVE MACHINE The mathematics department is now constructing a Regge curve tracing machine for drawing many intricate curves, patterned after the machine originated by a Creighton university professor. The work is being done in the physics laboratory under the direc tion of Dr. W. C. Brenke. Soldier Hoys lleinHtn Hot Hike, Cool llain While the majority of the populace of this state baked in the solar fury of last Friday's sun, R. O. T. C. students were forced to stand in a drenching rain at Plattsmouth after tramping down from Fort Crook at Omaha with a load of forty-five pounds. According to LeRoy Jack, university student at camp, who was in Lincoln over the week end, the long hitie and damp foltowup were anything but delightful experiences. A field north of Plattsmouth has been prepared for the ca dets who will receive instruc tion in target designating, rifle .marksmanship, trench mortar, and machine gun shooting. They wilL be stationed at this pot for a week's encampment. i