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The Nebr askan 50 cents Mailed 25 cents On Campus Official Summer Session Newspaper. VOLUME II, NO. 7. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA A PREVIOUS RECORDS ARE SURPASSED AT FRIDAY NIGHT STUDENJ PARTY jlundred Attend Third Mixer of Season to Set New High. Sports Picnic Will Be Held At Agricultural College July 10. The sports picnic and dance originally announced for next Friday will not be held until a week later, July 10, on ac count of the A. A. U. games and students going home to spend the Fourth. Details of this affair will be published in later issues of The Summer Nebraskan. Legion Dance to Be At Coliseum Thursday; Students Are Invited The American Legion dance will be held in the coliseum Tuesday evening instead of on one of the downtown streets as formerly announced, according to an announcement yesterday by the Legion officials. No charge will be made for the party and all summer students are invited to attend. SCHWEGLER DISCUSSES CHARACTER ED I LOCAL SORORITY ACTS Raising their own record of a week ago and shoving all previous tabulations into comparative ob livion an unprecedented number of 600 summer session students at tended the third all-university dance held at the coliseum last Friday evening. Two weeks ago when a total approximating 500 summer school students attended the second party sponsored by the student Kxecu tive committee those in charge were highly pleased. An all time record, they said, had been set, and the attendance merited use of the colesium for another party. That all time record has now been over shadowed by another one, far more imposing. "Exceedingly gratified am I to see this continued co-operation on the part of summer students," Pro fessor Lantz has commented. "It is an indication that they are by no means as blind to the advan tages of wholesome recreation as some people might have us believe. (Continued on Page 3.) UNIVERSITY GROUP SELECTS DATES FOR PLAYS THIS SEASON Dates for the sx productons to be gven by the Unversty Players durng the 1931-32 season at the Temple theater, Unversity of Ne braska, were released today by Charles Hoff, busness manager. Due to the small attendance in the afternoons and the numerous con flicts with football games, no Sat urday matinees will be given dur ing the coming season. All plays will begin promptly at 7:30 and will close at 10:15 o'clock as in past years. Students taking part must meet the scholastic eligibility requirements governing undergraduate activities. The dates are: Oct. 19-24; Nov. 16-21; Jan. 11-16; Feb. 29-March 5; March 28-April 2. AS CONVENTION HOST Chancellor Hunter, Alumnus, Addresses Alpha Omicron Pi's in Colorado. University of Nebraska's chap ter of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority was host to other chapters of that group at a biennial convention held last week at Troutdale-ln-the-Pines. Colo. The convention ended last Friday night with a banquet and the affair in its entirety was characterized by business sessions interrupted by numerous social functions. Guest speaker of the convention was Chancellor Frederick M. Hun ter of Denver university, a gradu ate of the University of Nebraska where he was a member of Alpha Theta Chi fraternity. Mrs. Hun ter, an alumna of Alpha Omicron Pi, was also an honored guest. PICNIC AT CAMP ASHLAND The Engineering clubs of Omaha and Lincoln united for a picnic at the engineering summer camp &i Ashland last Saturday. Lehman Says Summer Students Here With Definite Purposes "I find both interested and in teresting groups enrolled in the classes this summer," state C. W. Lehman, superintendent of schools at Friend, Nebraska, who is teaching two education classes and is beginning work toward his doc tor's degree here this summer. "Everyone seems to be here with a definite purpose and is willing to strive to attain the aims of that purpose." Mr. Lehman is conducting a class in school management and another in methods in special school subjects, emphasizing lan guage, geography, history, civics, and character education. In the latter, the group project method is followed. The students work with actual devices that they are to put into effect in their own school systems. Public school administration is the field Mr.' Lehman has chosen for bis advance study. Kansas Dean Speaks at 8 And 1 1 O'clock Today in Social Sciences. "Forgotten Elements ift "".ar acter Education" is the subject of the lecture to be given by Ray mond A. Schwegler, dean of the school of education. University of Kansas, this morning at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of Social Sci ences building. He will discuss character education again at 11 o'clock this morning in the same room. Dean Schwegler is a prominent lecturer and a specialist in the field of character education. All student sare invited and special arrangements have been made in several classes so that the'' might attend the two lectures. Students Spend Too Much Time in Rooms; Janitors Can't Work Many janitors have been an noyed by not being able to enter classrooms to do their work on account of students who gather in vacant rooms to study and 'visit. Students are requested ta vacate such rooms after 3 o'clock in order that the cus todians may have an oppor tunity to complete their tasks. The libraries in each of the buildings and the general library are always available for study purposes. Co-operation on the part of students will be appre ciated ...Director Summer Session... ...R. D. MORITZ 500 ATHLETES S WARM TOWARD LINCOLN TEACHERS FROM ELEVEN STATES HEAR DR. THOMAS That teachers from eleven states attended the series of ten lectures concluded last week by Dr. Charles Swain Thomas, of the graduate school of education at Harvard university, on the teaching of Eng lish was revealed in a hasty sur vey of the attendance. The record was taken in a general way and may not include some who were not in regular attendance. The teachers from out of the state who were either regularly enrolled or auditing members and their teaching locations are as fol lows: Mrs. Ruth Mahood Owing, Tulsa, Okl.; Dorothy Colburn, Evanston, 111.; Leo M. Lang, Ra cine, Wis.; Hazel L. Dovey, Can ton, O.; Carrie H. Hulstone, Roundup, Mont.; Irene Klein, Wakefield, Mich.; Lucile E. Brock, Beardstown, 111.; Harriet Clark, Manhattan, Kas.; Lois Stevens, Denver, Colo.; and Louise Ogden, Evanston, Wyo. Among the Nebraska people at tending were: Elsie English, Lin coln high school; Ethel Booth and May Hopper, Wesleyan university; Sarah Vore Taylor, Central high school, Omaha; Miss Faulhaber, Peru normal; and Mr. Jacobson. superintendent at York. NEW N. S. T. A. HOME OPENED TO VISITORS Teachers attending the current summer session are invited to visit the headquarters of the Nebraska State Teachers association which are located at 605 South Four teenth street, directly west across the street from the state capitoL The location is a new one and has been occupied only since May 1. Furniture for the visitors rooms is not yet installed but is being pur chased this summer and will be ar ranged by fall. N. S. T. A. CONVENTION SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED District Presidents Report Programs Are N earing Completion. Preliminary announcements of a partial lecture list for the meet ings of the Nebraska State Teach ers association in the six districts of the state on Oct. 28, 29, 30, have been released through the state offices. A large number of prominent speakers has already been secured and in the words of the slate sec retary "it is one of the best lists of convention speakers which the association has ever presented to it3 members. Although there are still one or two lecture posts vacant in one of the districts it will be filled before (Continued on Page 3.) A.A.U. CHAMPIONSHIPS San Francisco Olympic Club Arrives in Lincoln This Morning. Crowd Will Cooperate in Making Latest Joe Brown Feature. MISS RICHARDS ENDS TALKS Pittsburgh Lecturer Has Large Audiences Through Entire Week. With her appearances marked on every occasion by large audi ences, mostly women. Miss Joseph ine Ricnards, of the department of costume economics, Margaret Mor rison Carnegie college of Pitts burgh, gave her closing illustrated lecture, "Oriental Rugs," in Mor rill hall auditorium last Friday morning. Her lecture series was sponsored by the University of Ne braska home economics department. Each day last week. Monday ex cepted. Miss Richards gave three talks, covering a variety of sub jects including old glass, old silver, history of costume, art apprecia tion, and history of furniture de velopment. She has traveled ex tensively, both in Europe and this country, and is a specialist in the field of home decoration and his- j tory of costume. i Memorial stadium is a beehive of activity this week as athletes are putting the finishing touches on their training activities for ths national A. A. "U. track and field championships to be held Friday and Saturday. More than 500 entries for the meet have been received and over 100 athletes are already on the campus and drilling at the stadium. The Los Angeles Athletic club team which includes such interna tional figures as Wykoff, Brix, De Mers, Hinkel, Barnes, Sturdy, Maxwell, Pomeroy and Mortensen is due in Lincoln early Wednesday morning and will stay at a fra ternity house near the campus. The Olympic club of San Fran cisco arrived today and will stage its first workout at the stadium this afternoon. Headliners on the Frisco aggregation include Cy Le land. former Texas Christian sprinter; Walter Marty, junior high jump champion; Kenneth Church ill. University of California athlete who won the I. C. 4-A and N. C. A. C. javelin throw with casts of better than 220 feet. Harry Carter, crack steeple chaser, and George Martin, broad jumper, are other leading members o gthe San Francisco outfit. Joe Brown, noted movie come dian, and a cast of Hollywood stars will arrive in Lincoln Thursday. They will be here throughout the A. A. U. meet as Brown is using the Memorial stadium and the A. A. U. crowd as the background for his latest Warner Bros, release, "Local Boy Makes Good." Fans attending the A. A. U. (Continued on Page 3. White Honored Again By Delta Sigma Rho Prof. H. A. White of the depart ment of English, University of Ne braska, was re-elected vice presi dent of Delta Sigma Rho, natkma". forensic society, and editor of the official publication, the Gavel, at the convention of the society held Tuesday at Evanston, 111., accord ing to word received yesterday at the university. Carl J. Marold. Saguache, Colo., junior in the college of law, was the Nebraska delegate. Conven tions of Delta Sigma Rho, which has chapters in sixty universities and colleges, are held every five years. PLAN RECREATIONAL PROGRAM FOR SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT fw - -. . jmmmm $ " . -''-'J V' Grar PMa MargMC These eight students hare bee (elected to the student executive I committee at the University' of Nebraska to plan and supervise a recreational program during the summer session. They have al ready given three parties and re cently announced a series of base ball games and golf and horseshoe tournaments. This is the first time students have been given con trol over social activities at the -university during the summer set- Oer Dim ' YcrM i ion. ' -.1 1 Prof eisor Lantz, department of secondary education, in faculty ad viser. He introduced the idea last summer. Professor Lantz is also faculty adviser of the student counkil during the regular sessions of the university. Miss Huston, Osceola, is recep tion chairman at the social activi ties. She taught in a rural school in Polk county last year and plans to attend the university this falLj ' K. K. (Mm AHhar Iomi Cvurtey Ihe JimrnHl. 'Mr. Dunn, Omaha, senior In the school of jouraallsra, has charge of publicity. He has been active in campus publications and is associ ate editor of "Footlights." national magazine for the Wesley players club. Mr. Jones, chairman of the horse show tournament, is in charge of the recreation at the city schools in Phoenix, Ariz. He is a graduate student Mr. Dodd, entertainment chair man, is superintendent of schools at Belgrade. He is also taking graduate work. Mr. Colson is principal of the high school at Alliance and as sisted in recreational work at the university last summer. He is su pervising the golf tournament. Mr. Jones, superintendent of schools at Elk Creek, has charge of baseball games. He graduated from the university in 1927 and Is taking work towards his master's degree this summer. Miss Upton, Ualon bus charge of women's athletics. She is a graduate student. Miss Zi'.ter, 1236 H, Lincoln, has attended the university two years and one summer session. She is active in T. W. C. A. work and the Methodist student council. During the summer she will have charge of all women's activities other than athletics.