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VOLUME II NO. 5
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.
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TWO CONVOCATIONS 10
BE HELD WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY MORNINGS
Professor Thomas Will Talk
On Literature in Social
Sciences Auditorium.
Thursday Speech by Dr. Carr
In Morrill Hall on the
Vergilian Cruise.
Two university convocations will
be held this week, according: to an
announcement today by R. D. Mor
itz, director-f summer session.
Prof. Charles Swain Thomas of the
graduate school of education at
Harvard university will talk on
"Literature and Living" at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning in the
auditorium of Social Sciences
building and Dr. Wilbert L. Carr,
professor of Latin at Columbia
university, will speak on "The Ver
gilian Cruise" at 11 o'clock Thurs
day morning in Room 20 of Mor
rill hall.
Literature is a vital force in life,
in the opinion of Professor Thomas
who is conducting a series of ten
lectures at tha university on the
teaching of-English in .secondary
schools. By an analysis ot' literary
characters one develops the ability
of understanding human nature.
Literature also aids in the inter
pretation of nature and an appre
ciation of art.
Descriptions of ancient Troy,
Carthage, the island of Delos and
many other places mentioned in
the works of Vergil will be given
by Dr. Carr in his lecture Thurs
day morning. Dr. Carr was one
of the twelve leaders on the
cruise last summer. All students
are invited to attend the tw con
vocations. In case of conflict with
classes, arrangements should be
made with the instructors, accord
ing to Prof. R. D. Moritz.
Thomas With Atlantic Monthly.
During the past year, Profes
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Still Room for More
Student Baseballers
"There is still room for. more
summer session men students
in the playground ball pro
gram," declared Arthur Jones,
executive committee member in
charge. "Get in touch with me
at 609 South Seventeenth street
or call B2741."
A league is in process of or
ganization and will commence
a round robin schedule soon.
All faculty members and men
students are encouraged to
take part.
Beginning Latin Should Be Taught as
Language, Not Grammar, Says Dr. Carr
"Schools in Nebraska seem to
have accepted the new program in
Latin," is the belief of Dr. W. L.
Carr, professor of Latin at Colum
bia university, who is giving a ae
ries of ten lectures here on meth
ods of teaching high school Latin
to the class in Education 121
(Latin). This new program, of
which Dr. Carr is an enthusiastic
supporter, has done much to do
away with the old view, which was
held by many students, of regard
ing Latin as a "dead" language.
"One of the characteristic fea
tures of the new program in sec
ondary , Latin, as it is commonly
described, is an increased use of
functional in contrast with formal
method in "teaching the pupil
those various knowledges, abilities
and skills which are believed ne
cessary to the learner if he is to
attain to any degree the ability to
read and understand Latin," ex
plained the Columbia professor.
The outstanding features of the
new program are: a sharp reduc
tion in the amount of "grammar"
to be taught during the first year,
with many topics such as the sub
junctive being postponed until
later in the course; the early Intro
duction of much "easy" connected
Four R. O. T. C. Cadets
In Auto Crash at Camp
Two R. O. T. C. students at
Fort Crook were seriously in
jured and two others were bad
ly bruised when a car driven by
Paul J. Hanspeter, Archer, la.,
went into a ditch.
The injured boys include Al
Tiffany, Sioux City, and Alvin
Cooms, Ames. la. Paul J. Hans
peter, driver of the car, is from
Archer,' la., and was badly
bruised. Eli Skinner, Ruskin,
Neb., was also in the crash.
IS
RICHARDS
GIVES
ERE
Antiques, Home Decoration
Discussed at Daily Talks
in Morrill Hall.
Miss Josephine Richards of the
department of costume economics
of the Margaret Morrison Carne
gie college, Pittsburgh, is giving a
series of free illustrated lectures
this week in the auditorium of
Morrill hall. In addition to her lec
tures each morning at 10 o'clock,
Miss Richards will speak at 7:30
o'clock Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evening.
Oriental rugs, old glass, old
silver, pewter, history of costume
and art appreciation are some of
the topics discussed at these daily
lectures. Miss Richards has tra
veled extensively in Europe and
this country 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. All
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What Is a Good
Student? Lazerte
Makes Comftarisons
Do college students in America
have to be smarter in order to be
classed as a good student than do
college students in Canada?
According to Dr. M. E. Lazerte,
of Lhe University of Alberta, the
grade standards for American
"good students are sligntiy nigner,
"Fifty-six i3 a passing grade
and eighty-five puts you at the
head of the class in Canada, Dr.
Lazerte pointed out.
At the University of Nebraska
it takes a 60 for a passing grade
and an average of from 88 to 4
is necessary to put one at the head
of the class.
Dr. Lazerte is himself a gradu
ate of the University of Chicago
and he is conducting classes in the
psychology of elementary school
subjects here.
Latin reading material; a consider
able reduction in the amount of
classical Latin to be read, especi
ally in the second year; a reduc
tion in the amount of Latin to pe
written during the first three
years and the omission of Latin
writing in the fourth year; the ex
tensive use of supplementary read
ing in English relating to life, his
tory, traditions and institutions of
the Romans, and their influence
on Western civilization; the rela
tion of Latin to the English vo
cabulary, and considerable use of
the oral-objective method.
In the series of lectures which
Dr. Carr will complete next Fri
day, be has been placing special
emphasis on the place of Latin in
the secondary school curriculum
and upon the evaluation of class
room activities directed to the at
tainment of those ultimate and
immediate objectivea commonly
regarded as valid in tlie teaching
of secondary Latin. In these dis
cissions he has made much use of
the results of scientific studies
which were made in connection
with the Classical Investigation.
This investigation, which was
conducted from 1021 to 1924 re
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LECTURE
SERIES
H
FRIDAY'S PARTY SETS
AN ALL-TIME RECORD
Over 500 Attend Colesium
Fete; Will Be Used
Again Friday.
An all-time record for student
parties at University of Nebraska
summer sessions was set last Fri
day night wnen over 500 turned
out for the second mixer of the
season held at the coliseum. So
cool and so successful was the af
fair that the same building has
been immediately engaged by the
Student Executive committee for
another party next Friday night.
"The large crowd which attend
ed Friday's party in the coliseum
and the dancing comfort which its
ventilation system insures, merits
the engagement of that building
for another party this coming Fri
day," Professor Lantu reported.
Although Grand Memorial hall
was originally engaged for every
Friday night it will not be used as
long as summer session students
show their present spirit of en
thusiasm for the recreation pro
gram by giving their attendant
support.
Featuring entertainment for the
evening, Irving Cooklin, summer
session student, gave a series of
tap dance numbers. Other divers
ities of amusement included mixer
dances, tag dances, and a giant
circle dance which extended
around the entire coliseum floor.
Entertainment specialties were
also given at intermittent periods
by the orchestra which has been
engaged for the entire season fol
lowing the favorable reception
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STUDENTS ENJOY
BEING EDUCATED
BY NEW TALKIES
An eight hour program of ed
ucational talking motion pictures
was presented before a large au
dience of students yesterday at the
Temple theater. The program,
which began at 8 o'clock in the
morning and continued until 5
o'clock, consisted of one and two
reel features portraying some
phase of educational work.
Satisfaction with the authentic
detail and vivid method of presen
tation of the many experiments
was expressed by numerous stu
dents and teahers who came to the
theater at various hours during
the showing.
The first hour was devoted to
pictures of plant and animal life
while the 9 o'clock period took up
the subject of dynamic learning
and the creative approach to ed
ucation. The remainder of the
morning program was devoted to
a study of acoustic priniples, vo
cational discussions and studies of
infant behavior.
Guidance in the public schools
was an opening feature of the aft
ernoon program. Studies in arith
metic and geometry and the test
ing of child intelligence were
other topics shown toward the
conclusion of the pictures.
Y. M. C. A. ARRANGES
FREE RADIO COURSES
A series of classes for radio
study are being offered each Tues
day evening and Wednesday morn
ing at the Y. M. C. A. in co-operation
with the Cornbuaker Ama
teur Radio association. The Tues
day meeting, which opens this
evening at 7:30 o'clock, is ar
ranged especially for science and
physics teachers, or those con
nected, with any form of radio in
struction. .
Laboratory periods for beginners
who wish to learn something about
radio are . held from 10:30 to 12
o'clock every Wednesday morning.
A laboratory for advanced stu
dents is also held at the same
time.
No charge is bing made for this
work and all university, students
who are interested in radio are in
vited to take part. The course is
being given by C. O. Morrison, an
instructor in electricity at Lincoln
high school and a student in the
summer session. He is assisted by
W. J. Bamer, an electrical engi
neering student at the university,
and B. H. Kimberly, a recent
graduate of the university.
P. E. Merkel Killed
In Auto Crash Friday
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Courtesy of the Journal.
Mr. Merkel, graduate summer
school student, was fatally injured
Friday night when his parked car
was hit by another while he was
trying to repair the lights. He was
a graduate of Union college and
was working toward his master's
degree at the university. His home
was at Glenham, S. D., and he had
been teaching in the Nlllings,
Mont., high school.
Special Courses Expected to
Send Total Over 1930
Enrollment.
An increase of nineteen over the
enrollment in the same period of
time last year was announced by
the registrar's office Saturday at
the close of the second week of
summer work. A total of 2,596
students had registered up to Sat
urday noon as compared with 2,
577 last summer.
Indications point to an increase
over the 1930 grand total of 2,
665 students. Registration for the
six week period has been com
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Official Bulletin
June 24 Wednesday: Convoca
tion, 10 o'clock, Social Sciences
auditorium. Prof. Charles Swain
will speak on "Literature and Liv
ing." June 25, Thursday: Convoca
tion, 11 o'clock, Room 20, Morrill
hall. Dr. W. l Carr will talk on
"The Vergilian Cruise."
June 26, Friday, University
party, Coliseum.
Open art display: Galleries A
and B, Morrill hall, until July 10.
Open textbook exhibit: Crant
Memorial hall, unt'l June 27.
SCHOOL NEVER RISES
IN SCHOOL, STATES
"Every teacher is an English
teacher," declared Prof. Charles
Swain Thomas of the graduate
school of education. Harvard uni
versity, yesterday while discussing
the series of ten lectures on the
teaching of English in secondary
schools which be is giving at me
university in Education 121.
"The school never rises above
the English of the school," he con
tinued, "and you can't expect good
English unless all the teachers co
operate." The English teacher
should take subject matter from
the other classes, Professor
Thomas suggests. In this way
pupils may have an opportunity to
study certain words at the same
time that they are using them in
other subjects.
Make English more than just a
classroom study, he urges. Spell
ing contests may be organized be
tween schools. The giving of plays
should be encouraged and, if pos
sible, such entertainments should
be exchanged with neighboring
schools.
"Many students are afraid to
use their best language," the Har
vard professor pointed out, speak
ing of the language commonly
SUMNER
M
IRK
AUTO WRECK CLAIMS
STUDENT'S LIFE; HIT
.E
P. E. Merkel Is First Victim
From Student Body in
New University Year.
Miss MarybeUe Huffman,
Coed, Receives Skull
Injury in Crash.
One summer session student,
P. E. Merkel, twenty-seven, Glen
ham, S. D., was killed, and an
other. Miss Marybelle Huffman,
Iola, Kas., was injured last Friday
night when the car of R. A. Rich
ardson. 2323 South Twentieth, ran
into Merkel's car which was
parked ten miles west on O street
while the owner was fixing his
lights. The student's death is the
first of the current university year
which began June 1.
Mr. Merkel, who stayed at South
hall. Union college dormitory, was
a Union college graduate and was
working on his master's degree at
the University of Nebraska. The
crash occurred at 10 o'clock Fri
day night and his skull was so
badly fractured that he died a few
hours later at 12:24 a. m. Satur
day. According to Mr. Richardson,
the mishap occurred when he at
tempted to pass another machine
and crashed into the parked car
of Mr. Merkel. Miss Huffman was.
thrown out of the car and knocked
unconscious. She said that the
lights had failed and that Mr. Mer
kel was behind the machine with
his flashlight trying to remedy the
trouble at the time of the crash.
Miss Huffman Hurt On Skull.
Miss Huffman, who is taking
summer school work at the uni
versity, stays at the home of Max
Christianson, 1437 Q street She
was taken into town by a passing
motorist where she was attended
by Dr. George E. Lewis, city phy
sician, who said she suffered a
slight concussion.
Two passengers, Mrs. J. D.
Shaw, Columbus, and her son,
George Shaw, seven, who were rid
ing with Mr. Richardson were also
injured. Mrs. Shaw received minor
cuts and bruises but her young
son, George, received a severe cut
on his right eyeball and, according
to Dr. J. W. Thomas, eye special
ist who examined him, he is in
danger of losing his sight in that
eye. Mrs. Shaw and her son were
brought to St. Elizabeth hospital.
Merkel, who was graduated
from Union in 1927, had been
teaching the past year at Billings,
Mont., high school. He had at
tended the University of Nebraska
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ABOVE THE ENGLISH
PROFESSOR THOMAS
m
REPAIRING
A
used by high school pupils. "De
velop a daring quality among your
pupils so that they will strive to
express themselves with words
most suitable to the idea which
they wish to convey. Develop a
recognition of the best in language
and an appreciation of the impor
tance of voice tones."
Professor Thomas will complete
his lectures at the university Fri
day. In his discussions this week
he is placing emphasis on the im- '
portance of literature in the cul
tural development of the teacher.
Every teacher, he believes, should
have a background of culture. f -
In addition to his daily lectures.
Prof. Charles Swain Thomas will
speak at a university convocation
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
in the auditorium of Social
Sciences building. Literature plays
an important part in living, in the
opinion of the Harvard professor.
It aids in an interpretation of na
ture and an appreciation of the
arts. By a study of literary char
acters one may better understand
human nature. Not only in an
analysis of other persons but also
in lhe development of one'J own
character does literature makes an
important contribution.
