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he Neb rasfcaia Official Summer Session Newspaper. voi 1 NO. 11. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1930. LINCOLN, NI- IJRASKA. PROFESSORS GIVE DIVERSE OPINIONS ON STUDENT RULE Lantz Would Like to See Undergraduates Have Government. Conditions Not Conducive In Summer, Declares Dr. Senning. Should the University of Ne braska have student government during its summer weinn? This la the latest. question to be raised by faculty members follow Inar attempts at Interesting stu dents In various activities this summer. With the Inauguration of a sum mr newspaper and with the be ginning of a social program in the form of mixers, several professors have been wondering If It wouldn t be possible for this activity bust ness to be extended farther than it I. Thus far opinions are divided on the matter. Prof. E. VV. Lantz. chairman of the faculty committee on student entertainment during the current summer' school term, feels that there is a distinct place for a stu dent governing body to function in the summer as well as in the win ter term. Dr. J. P. Senning, chairman of the department, of political science who has taken an active interest In student governmental affairs at Nebraska the past few years, thinks the system wouldn't be so practical. "I have given this matter a good (Continued on Page 4.) EPWORTH LEAGUERS POSTPONE OUTING Conflict With All-Studen Picnic Causes Change In Date. There will be no picnic spon sored this evening by members of St. Paul Methodist Epworth lea gue in honor of all Methodist stu dents enrolled in summer school, it was announced Thursday by Gertrude Marsh, who has general charge of the affair. Due to the date conflicting with the get together which is being given tonight under the auspices of the faculty committee on stu dent entertainment to all persons enrolled in the University of Ne braska this summer, the picnic planned by the Methodist league has been postponed until some time next month, the specific date to be set later. DUSKER PROFESSOR COMMANDS ENGINEER UNIT AT FORT RILEY Dr. George Condra, director of the university survey division has been commanding officer of the three hundred and fourteenth regiment of engineer's reserve corps at Fort Riley, Kas., for the past few weeks. He is planning to return to Lincoln late this week or early next week as the camp closes Sat urday. Learn Your Oivn Toun First Is Harrison's Idea of Vacationing Believing that many people travel ' afar to see things but don't 1 know their own city. Phjlip J. Harrison, inventory clerk, University of Nebraska, plans to spend his vacation in Lincoln. He has started to convert the backyard of his home, 1952 Washington avenue, into a flower garden according to a special design. Unusual trees Russian olive and linden and a variety of flower beds, bordered with glacial drift rock picked up on the highways, have been carefully arranged. A screen of hollyhocks Mr. Harrison has twenty-seven var ieties in Ms gardenhides the. vegetable garden. Britishers Have Edge on Yankees In Early Schools In England young people are trained on an educational ladder, rolnir up and up. while in the United States the youth are being taught on an educational roadway remaining on the same plane. Thus did Charles W. Dalley headmaster of the Holt secondary school in Liverpool, England, who gave a series of lectures on the University of Nebraska campus this week, analyze the secondary educational situation of the two English speaking countries. Secondary education In England, he explained, is on a selective basis chiefly estimated by abllty of the students. Good health and sound character are assumed along wl.h ability, he said, and any youch with these three traits in that country is assured of sue cess in many ways. Speaking in a general way about the two plans, Dr. Bailey said: Here to Compare Ideas. "It is true that your system is more democratic, but our system entails the survival of the best and in the long run gets the best re sults. Both systems, however, have their strong points and their weaknesses and the best way out as I see it will be an amalgama (Continued on Page 3.) THREElflSTGO TO CHICAGO MEETING Burnett, Thompson, Upson Attend; Foster Acts As Chancellor. Three University of Nebraska men are this week attending the Institute for Administrative Offi cers of Institutions of Higher Edu cation at the University of Chi cago. They are Chancellor E. A. Bur nett, Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs, and Dr. Fred w. Upson, dean of the graduate col lege. The central theme of the tnstl tute this year, according to a pro gram received at the chancellor's office, is "The Training or uouege Teachers Including Their Prellmi nary Preparation and Inservice Improvements." Board Selects Foster. Because the problem of graduate college education in connection with training of teacners was one of the main issues of the meeting, Dean Upson, who otherwise would not have been included in the Ne braska delegation, was in attend ance at the Chicago gathering. From Chicago, Chancellor Bur nett will go to Detroit, Boston New York, and finally Quebec, Canada, where he will spend the remainder of his vacation which continues until the latter part of August. During his absence, Dean H. H. Foster of the college of law will be acting chancellor. The ruling of the board of re gents in this respect states that ranking dean should be acting chancellor in the absence or me official but since that position has been disposed of, the board has been given the right to appoint any person to assume tne duties. Thompson On Vacation. On account of numerous legal matters which are pending within the next few weeks in which the University of Nebraska will be in terested it was deemed best by the board to appoint the law college head. Dean i'homp3on is expected to return here next week after hav ing been absent since shortly after the close of the spring term of the university. He has been traveling through the south and has also visited Washington, D. C Assistant Dean W. C. Harper has been in charge of the duties in the student affairs: office while Dr. Thompson has been away, i Army Captain Returns from Kansas Hospital Cant- TTpnrv Lvnn la back in Lincoln from the army hospital at Leavenworth, Kas., where ha had his tonsils removed and was under observational treatment. POLITICAL SCIENCE DIVISION PLANS TO START NEW BUREAU Problems in State, County Local Government to Be Settled. Graduate Students Will Do Research at Various Nebraska Points. As a means of aiding In the so lution of problems that arise In state, county and municipal gov ernments in Nebraska, the depart ment of political science at tho University of Nebraska next year expects to inaugurate a bureau of government research. If the plans of Dr. J. P. Sen nlng, chairman of the department, materialize the bureau here will be established on the same princl pie as that which is in operation at the University of Minnesota, where Dr. Lane Lancaster, newly elected professor of political science from Wesleyan university, Middle town, Conn., is now making a special study of the organization. Will Survey Field. Following the report of Dr. Lan caster, who is scheduled to arrive here within the next few weeks, the Nebraska department of po litical science will begin to effect establishment of the idea, accord ing to Dr. Senning. "If the bureau is established here," he said, "the work will be handled by graduate students un der the direction of a group of faculty members in the political science department. "Various problems in stte, county and local government, wholly in the interests of the pio- ple of Nebraska, will be taken up and solved as adequately as pos sible bv the bureau." First hand information will be obtained by sending the students out in the field to numerous points in the state. The men will be working on the campus on scnoi arships granted by the department through the university but will re ceive additional compensation, also from the department, for expenses incurred while on the trips. To Publish Facts. No additional appropriation will be necessary from the state legis lature, Dr. Senning intimated, all of the expenses of the bureau to be borne by the department from direct aid in the university. After the facts have been gath ered by the students on their ex cursions, the professor said, they will write their findings in manu script form and will be published, if possible, under the auspices of the University of Nebraska in the political science studies bulletins. The bulletins are to be sent out to the various governmental of fices and also to the citizens upon request, it was stated. TERMINATES QUIETLY Majority of Registrants Remain to Get More Knowledge. Without blare of trumpets or tolling of bells, the first session of the 1930 University of Nebraska will close today. Members of , the instructional staff who have, be$n , teaching courses for the six-weeks term have been notified that final ex aminations "should be held not earlier than the last regular class period, Friday, July 18." The exact number of students who make their exodus from Lin coln is not known, , but it is be lieved that . very few will make their departure at this time. Students completing their four years collegiate work with the six- weeks semester will not oe awe to receive their diploma from the university until at the close of the ' longer term, the registrar announced. K SESSION Reform Inmates Shun Literature Even Primers The mental age of the average reformatory Inmate Is eleven years or equal to a fifth grade pupil. ThcNC are the reMulls which member of the class in mental measurements of the University of Nebraska teachers college found in a recent experiment con ducted at the Nebraska state re formatory. Mental tcstj were given seven ty-flve men, whose asea averaged twenty-two, by the students under supervision of Dr. cnanes or dyte, chairman of the department of educational measurements, who for the past seven years has con ducted similar tests on incoming men once every two months. According to Dr. Fordyce, the results which were obtained by the students Pre used in determtn ine whether a youth should be granted a parole. Regardless of the degree of good behavior, the mental age is always taken Into consideration by the aulnotities before paroles are granted, hi said. One of the most Interesting fac tors discovered in the test was that many of the inmates were unable to read correctly ana un derstand the contents of a first grade reader, the professor stated. Newly Chosen Savant Serves As Official Delegate From Nebraska. As official representative of the University of Nebraska depart ment of political science, Dr. Lane Lancaster, former professor at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., and recently elected faculty member here, is attending the an nual confeience on governmental relationship being held at the uni versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, this week. Although Dr. Lancaster's term at Nebraska does not officially be gin until Sept. 1. he was asked by Dr. J. P. Senning. chairman of the local political science department, to represent him at the conven tion. The new professor was en route to Lincoln from Middletown when Dr. Senning notified him to stop at Minneapolis and serve in his place on the program. Dr. Lancaster was on the Tues day program, when he discussed governmental relationships in law finance, and on Thursday, when be participated in a discussion on public finance, which, according to the Nebraska departmental chairman, is one of Dr. Lanacster's specialties. Several areas of public admin istration are being taken up at the Minneapolis conclave attended by professors as well as repre sentatives of the various govern mental agencies throughout the country. Among these subjects are law enforcement, utilities, finance and health of national, state and local scope. Asiae from the formal lec tures, numerous round table dis cussions are included in the pro gram. TWO INSPECTION TRIPS ARE PLANNED FOR CURRENT WEEK On July 19, summer school stu dents are invited on another in spection tour, this time through the city postoffice where they wilj observe the labor-saving ma chines used in the distribution of mail. Professor Van Royen, in charge of the tour, urges all in terested to met in front of teach ers college at 9:00 sharp. The final tour of the season will take place on July 23, when Miller & Paine's department store will be visited. This trip will be In charge of a guide provided by the store, and the party will leave Heachers college at 3:00 p. m. Students who wish to take either of the tours are asked to sign on the teachers college bulletin board. LANCASTER ATTENDS MINNESOTA CONCLAVE PICNICKERS GATHER TODAY AT 5:30 AT TEACHERS COLLEGE Students Will Be Provided Transportation Out To Beach. Faculty Advises Attendants To Mako Arrangements For Lunches. All students not desiring to prepare their own lunches are requested by Prof. E. W. Lantz, chairman of the faculty commit tee on student entertainment, to leave their names and 25 cents with him or his assistants on duty on third floor of Teachers College building any time Fri day morning. Box lunches from local dealers will be ordered and sent out to Capitol Beach in time for the picnic, he said. Final arrangements have been effected and the stage is all set for something new and different In the way of student entertain ment at Nebraska. At 5:30 p. m., today all students of the 1930 summer session are asked to assemble at Teachers College building where automobiles will be waiting to transport them to Capitol Beach, where the first real all-student picnic in the his tory of the University of Nebraska will be held. The students needn't bother about preparing their own lunches there will be no law against it, however as arrangements have been made with a local box lunch company to have a number of the "made up packages" delivered at the beach by 6:15 p. m., in time for the get-together meal .which is one of the Integral parts of the program. Only those who order either through Prof. E. W. Lantz or one (Continued on Page 3.) YOUNGSTERS ARE REAL TRAVELERS JUST FOR A DAY First grade children from the kindergarten-primary department of teachers college Tuesday morn ing staged a parade around the university campus, displaying a miniature bus station modeled after the new union bus depot at Thirteenth and M streets. Early in the summer about eighteen youngsters, under the di rection of Nina Mcintosh, made a visit to the bus station, carrying baby dolls and small suit cases. The children were for the time being actual tourists, and at the bus depot checked their "bag gage," "nursed their children," ate lunch, and finally bought tickets for he journay they im agined themselves about to make. So much enthusiasm was mani fest in the visit to the station that the children wanted to make a small bus station all their own modeled after the one in down town Lincoln. Dean llcppuer Returns From Eastern Points Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women, has returned from the convention of Altruisians at White Sulphur Springs, W. V. She also visited friends in Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. Dean Boast About Success of Their Disciples in Tests Of all the students of the Unversity of Nebraska colleges of pharmacy and dentistry who took the state board examina tions at the capitol immedi ately following graduation from the university this spring, not one failed to pass them success fully. That's what Dean R. A. '.y man of the pharmacy college and Dean G. A. Grubb of the dental college will tell you about their proteges. As a result, there are just eight more registered pharm acists and sixteen more li censed dentists in the state of Nebraska, as far as the uni versity is concerned.