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Nebi S'kan 50 cents Mailed tie 25 ceiifs On Campus Official Summer Session Newspaper. volume ii no. 4. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1931. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA f 4 CHANCELLOR BURNER outlines PROGRESS E THIS SEASON More" Direct Supervision Of Freshmen; Responsibil ity Given To Council. Total Registration Greater Than Previous Year; Few Faculty Changes. (Editor's Note: The following article, which appears in the June issue of The Nebraska Alumnus, is the annual report prepared for the alumni associa tion by Chancellor E. A. Bur nett. It was presented at the alumni luncheon during Round Up.) In spite of difficulties this has been a year of progress at the uni versity. A plan has been approved giving responsibility to the student council and better co-ordination to the several organizations partici pating in student affairs. Freshmen have been brought under more direct supervision of advisors, resulting in a general stimulating of freshman work. The Honors Convocation and the offer of student prizes gives additional incentive to consistent scholarship This year the average grade of all fraternity men has been higher than the average of all men regis tered in the university a very hopeful sigTi. The effectiveness of the faculty along teaching lines is commend able. There is general harmony and friendship among the teaching staff. Such co-operation exists among the faculties of the several college that few, if any, important (Continued on Page 3). June Number Contains An nual Messages; Reed Suggests Plan. Featuring annual reports by Chancellor Burnett and officers of the almni association, the June number of The Nebraska Alumnus was released yesterday afternoon. bince trie magazine is not pub lished during the vacation period, the next issue will not appear un til the opening of school next fall. A picture of the south entrance to Social Science building is shown on the cover of the June number. Round-Up activities, hon orary degrees granted at com mencement, and an article on the class of 1911 are other features. Class notes, book reviews, athletic section and campus events com plete the regular monthly sections. "I should like to propose a ten year program for the alumni to parallel the ten year program of the chancellor and the board of re gents," states Guy E. Reed, vice president of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, in his address on "These Twenty years" which was delivered at the alumni lunc heon during Rouud-Up and re printed in the Alumnus. "'A pro ( Continued on Page 2.) EXPEDITION I5EMOVES PAHT OF MASTODON ID NEBRASKA ALUMNUS FEATURES REPORTS A party of four geologists of the ' University of Nebraska, under the direction of C B. Schultz, who graduated this spring, left Mon day for Milford where the expedi tion is digging out the remains of a huge mastodon skull. Portions of the skull have already been sent in to the assembling room in Morrill hall and are in an excellent Bate of preservation. Henry Reider, an assistant in the museum, spent a day with the group, aiding them in some of the more difficult parts of the excava tion. Other members of the group are F. Crabill, E. L. Blue, Eugene VanderpooL ( Will Led u re Here V J W " r- g f HISS JOSEPHINE RICHARDS. Of Pittsburgh who will give free lectures next week in Morrill hall auditorium. NOTED EASTERNER TO Josephine Richards Comes From Pittsburgh To Lecture Here. A series of free illustrated lec tures by Miss Josephine Richards, of the department of costume eco nomics of the Margaret Morrison Carnegie college in Pittsburgh, will be one of the features of the cur rent summer school session, ac cording to Miss Grace Morton, associate professor of home eco nomics. Miss Richards has traveled ex tensively in Europe and this coun try and is a specialist in the field of home decoration and history of costume. She lectures here under the auspices of the home economics department and her talks will in elude such fascinating topics as oriental rugs, old glass, old silver, pewter, history of costume and art appreciation. She will be present all next week, lecturing at 10 a. m. each morning and 7:30 Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday evening in Morrill hall auditorium. All uni versity students and the general public is cordially invited. LUTHERANS PLAN FOK PICNIC NEXT FRIDAY Antelope park has been selected as the place for the Lutheran pic nic Friday evening, June 26, ac cording to Rev. Henry Erck, Lutheran pastor. All Lutheran students and their friends are in vited. At 5:30 o'clock that afternoon, all those wishing to attend the pic nic are asked to meet at the Temple building. As many as pos sible are requested to bring cars. Students may find the Lutheran pastor in his office at room 103 A, Temple building, from 10 to 12 o'clock every morning. Young f andals Ink Alpha Xi Dell Hall in Hed, Blue, Black A party of housebreakers, evi dently juveniles from tna type of damage done, entered the Alpha Xi Delta, sorority bouse, Tuesday evening, and did hundreds of dol lars worth of damage to the in terior without taking anything valuable away with them. The house has been closed since the finish of the regular school session and will not be reopened until fall. Entrance was made thru the basement dining room windows at the back of the bouses. Damage on the first floor consisted in tear ing of covers from love-seat cushions over the radiators. On the second floor the rooms were ransacked and red, blue and black ink was splattered over the wails of the hall and on a new jet of wicker furniture. Walls and fur niture will have to be redecorated. TALK IN MORRILL HALL EDUCATIONAL FILMS AT TEMPLE MONDAY Students May Obtain Excuse From Classes to Attend Talking Pictures. In case of conflict with classes, students may see the films de picting subjects in which they are particularly interested in making arrangements with their instruc tors, stated R. D. Moritz, director of summer session, yesterday aft ernoon, referring to the eight hour program of educational talking motion pictures which will be shown at the Temple theater, Mon day, June 22. The program, which is being given under the direction of the university through the courtesy of Electrical Research Products, Inc., of New York City, will be con tinuous from 8 until 5 o'clock ex cept during the noon hour. No charge will be made and the public is invited to attend. "These programs will be of ex ceptional value to teachers, stu dents, parents, and the public gen erally," stated Mr. Moritz. "The subject matter is authentic and has been prepared under the direction of leading educators of the coun try. Here one may see types of classroom technique demonstrated, difficulties of pupils diagnosed and studies made of infant behavior. Educational philosophy and voca tional guidance will be discussed by the ablest scholars in those fields " Among the leading educators who appear m the educational talking pictures are Dr. V. H. Kil patrick. Dr. David Eugene Smith. Dr. Arthur I. Gates, Mrs. Ina Craig Sartorious and Dr. Harry D. Kit son, all of Columbia university; Dr. B. H. Bode. Ohio State; Dr. Guy Thomas Buswell, University of Chicago; Dr. Arnold Gesell, Yale; Dr. Charlotte Euhler, Psychology Institute of Vienna; Dr. Richard D. Allen, Harvard; Hughes Mearns, New York university, and Dr. George Clyde Fisher, curator of university, college and adult educa tion at the American Museum of Natural History. STUDENT CROUP IS FIRST CHOSEN DURING SUMMER For the first time in the history of summer session work, students at the University of Nebraska have been given authority to out line a program of recreational and extracurricular activities. All plans will be made by an executive com mittee composed of eight students appointed Tuesday afternoon by faculty members. A series of parties, baseball games, horseshoe and golf tourna ments are being planned by the student committee. Their summer program opens with a party at the coliseum Friday evening. The eight members of the com mittee are: Arthur Jones, superin tendent of schools at Elk Creek, baseball chairman; Wendell Dodd, superintendent of schools at Bel grade, entertainment; Verne Jones, Phoenix, An., horseshoe tourna ment; W. R. Colson, principal. Al liance, golf tournament; George Dunn, Omaha, publicity; Sara Up ton. Union, women's athletics; Gladys Zutter, Lincoln, women's activities other than athletics, and Margaret Huston, Osceola, recep tion. Prof. E. W. Lantz will act as faculty adviser. STUDENT PICNIC IS PLANNED SATUKDAY A picnic for all Methodist sum mer session students and their friends is to be held at the Ante lope band stand, Saturday, Jure 20, at 5:30 in the afternoon. Students will meet at St. Paul's church, Twelfth and M, and transportation will be provided. The Epworth league, which is sponsoring the af fair, announces a program of ball games, jokes and ghost stories. Twenty-five cents is charged for the lunch. , Ball Players Asked To Report to Jones All men who are interested in playing playground ball should get in touch with Arthur Jones, 609 South Seventeenth street. The telephone number is B2741. A league is being organized and will commence playing a round robin schedule soon. Both students and faculty members are invited to take part. VOCATIONAL AG GROUP Meet Continues Tomorrow; Today's Events For Future Farmers. About sixty instructors of vo cational agriculture in Nebraska high schools opened their annual state conference at the agricul tural college Wednesday after noon. The program, which will last until Saturday evening, consists of talks from state and nationally known educational men. Charles W. Taylor, state super intendent of schools, opened the Thursday morning program and was followed by Allen Cook, who gave a report of the national con vention of the organization. C. A. Fulmer, in charge of vocational education in Nebraska, discussed non-technical obligations. Orris Hatch of Falls City reported for district No. 1. Mr. Hulbert of the farm board told what the farm board is and what it has dona-, in his discussion yesterday afternoon. V. J. Morford of Seward and H. A. Millen of Ne ligh reported for districts Nos. 2 and 4. P. A. Downs and I. L. Hathaway gave the instructors some pointers on coaching dairy products judging teams and train ing boys for Eabcock testing con tests. Dairy and Poultry Discussed. Wednesday afternoon's program was devoted to dairy and poultry topics under the direction of the faculty of the dairy and poultry and animal pathology depart ments. H. P. Davis opened the pro gram with a discussion of new rl.- ( Continued on Page 2.) Official Bulletin June 19, Friday: Party, Coli seum. June 22, Monday: Registration for course in Operation and Care of School Plants. Open Art Display: Galleries A and B, Morrill Hall; until July 10. Open Textbook Exhibit: Grant Memorial hall; until June 27. HOLDS PROGRAM TODAY MOTION PICTUIiE PKOGKAM An eight-hour program of educational talking motion pictures will be shown at the Tempi theater ou Monday, June 22, under the Cireclhm of the university and through the courtesy of Electrical Research Products. Inc.. of New York City. It will consist of one and two reel feature. pje pared in an authetiic maimer by leading educators over the -ountry. The program : 8:U0 "Plant Growth." a complete life history of the pea showing by mean of stop-motion photography every stage in the actual growth oi the pea, from seed to maturity. "Fungus Plants," picturing and describing the actual growth of many forms of lungi such as the mushroom arid toadstool. "The Dodder," showing and describing in talking motion pictures bow parasites live and grow on other plants. "The Prog." the life and characteristics of the frog, showing eveiy stage of development from the egg to maturity. 9:00 "Dynamic learning," in which Dr. W. H. Kilpatrick of Columbia presents the philosophy underlying creative activity methods. "The Creative Approach to Education," by Hughes Meatus, profesor of education at New York university. JU:(R "Acoustic Principled," two reels demonstrating the underlying principles in recording and reproduction of speech and music by lr. Har vey Fletcher of the Hell 7'elephone laboratories. "The Elementary Teacher as a Guide," by Dr. B. ii. Bode, professor of education at Ohio State university. 11:00 "Finding the Right Vocation," fn which Dr. Harry D- Kitsou of Columbia university develops methods which the pupil can use in choos ing a vocation. "The Study of Infant. Behavior," by Dr. Arnold Gesell, dire Ur of Yale Peyeho-Oiaih;. 1 ' ' Afternoon Features. 1:00 "The Builders," a picture aiming to give to the junior high school pupil a comprehensive outlook on building as one ol the broad occupational groups. "Guidance in Public Schools." by Dr. Richard D. Allen, assistant superintendent of schools. Providence, R. I., and lecturer at Brown end Harvard universities, who demonstrates and explains the working of a comprehensive system of guidance in the public jschools. 2:00 "The Play of Imagination in Geometry," by I)r. Eugene Smith, professor emeritus of mathematics. Columbia university. "Classroom Demount rat ions." for class from the first to the sixth grie. 3:00 "Individual Differences in Arithmetic," by Dr. Guy Thomas Bus well of the University f Chicago. "Teaching of Beading." by Dr. Arthur I. Gates of Columbia university. t:00 "The Testing of Child Intelligence." as demonstrated by Mr. Ina Craig Sartortus, assistant principal of tie Horace Maun elementary school. "Acctioipliiilim'.'nl Tests for Babies," by Dr. Charlotte Buhler of the Psychology Ins.i'jie of Vienna. SECOND PARTY PLANS ARE COMPLETED EOR FRIDAYJIGHT'S FETE Coliseum Is Scene Of Fun Program For Coming Week End. Committee Assures Students Of Cool Breezes Thru Ventilation. With the coliseum floor for a ballroom summer school students are assured of a roomy, cool eve ning of dancing for the second all student party, Friday night, ac cording to members of the new Student Executive committee. The coliseum ventilating system, which keeps the temperature of the building at a comfortable level for all university fetes which are held there during the regular year insures relief against the hot weather. In order to give adequate pub licity to the party, posters have been placed in the Library. Uni versity and Andrews halls. Teach ers college. Social Sciences, Me chanic Arts and the Temple. These posters wil be kept up to date as to when the next parties and other affairs will be held. In the future, arrangements will be made far enough ahead of time so that The Summer Nebraskan will be able to publish the date and plans a week in advance as is the case dur ing the current week. Features Planned. New features of entertainment are to be introduced at each party, giving students somsthing novel to look forward to at each event, members of the committee have announced. Anything in the line of suggestions will be appreciated as they wish to arrange the summer's social affairs in accordance with the wishes of summer session stu dents in general. Any such sugges tions may be given to Prof. Laiitz who will in turn submit them to the Student Executive committee for consideration. Present recreational plans in clude at least one party or picnic each week. Later in the summer, if satisfactory arrangements can be made, contests in various summer sports will be held. The same orchestra which played last week will again be used for Friday night's party due to popular satisfaction expressed by a number of summer school stu dents over its music. Admission to the affair remains at ten cents per person. i 1 I V, s ' f :