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Nebraska!! Tt tie A Summer Student Paper Picnic Next Friday Official Summer Session Newspaper. VOL. II, NO. 13. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA I AT NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Spocial Arrangements With Officials Secure Cut Rates. Sputi. Game. Dancing Anions Feature of Program. With a frolicksome picnic pro gram being planned at Capitol Beach for next Friday evening, those summer school students who ye remaining to finish the nine weeks term may be assured of a good recreational diversion for the coming week-end. The affair is being sponsored by the Student Executive committee. Tickets entitling the bearer to free admission to the Beach and cut rates on all amusement de vices will be distributed in Teach ers college all day Thursday and Friday. These are available with out charge to all who expect to attend the picnic. Arrangements have been made for dancing in the open-air ballroom at the beach for (Continued on Page 3.) ACCEPTS NEW POSITION Vera Eigdon Will Organize Georgraphy Division in Mississippi. Miss Vera Kigdon, fellow in ge ography, has accepted a position in the State Teachers college at Cleveland, Miss. The position car ries with it the rank of professor and involves the woik of introduc ing and organizing a division of geography in the college. During the past year, Miss Rigdon has been studying toward her Ph. D. degree in geography. In connection with her geography work last sum mer, she conducted a party of young women on a ten weeks tour of Europe. Before taking up her new duties in September, Miss Rig don will spend a few weeks in na ture campus in northern Michigan and Ontario. FOKDYCE TO ADDKESS ESTES PAKK GKOUI' Dr. Charles Fordyce, chairman of hte department of educational psychology and measurements, is leaving this week for Estes Park, Colo., where he will give a series of lectures on vocational guidance at the Union summer school. PICNIC CAPITAL BEACH PLANNED Education of Parents Necessary to Welfare of Children, Says Speaker Educate the parents, says Mrs. Hugh Bradford, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the pathway for children thru life will have boon made. No home, she told the national congress, meeting in conjunction with the National Education asso ciation convention in Los Angeles, however adequate in itself, can be isolated from community influ ences, nor can any school, however well managed or prepared for for mal education, function without the support of the home and the community. Parent Responsible. The great need of parents, she said, is the understanding of the value of home attitudes. No child is born with a ready-made set of morals or with any for mof educa tion, Mrs. Bradford said in assert ing the parent was responsible for what the child becomes. "Teachers have been led to be lieve parents were indifferent," she said, "when as a matter of fact the parent was only shy. Methods vary so greatly from those of a few years ago that par ents seek understanding. It be comes a teacher's responsibility to utilize every force for good that Germany Hound .- i . i'l A. I . 'I s 71 (Courtfsiy of The Journal.) COACH H. F. SCHULTE. Who left Sunaay for New York where he will sail for Germany to make a series of speeches on track athletics in that country. SITE OF Dean W. W. Burr President Of Agricultural Society For Year. The American Society of Agron omy will hold its annual summer meeting at the University of Wis consin in 1932. This was decided by unanimous vote of its members at its recent annual meeting at La Fayette, Indiana. The new plant building of the College of Agriculture, now un der construction, will be the meet ing place for the agronomists at this convention. Scientists, promi nent in agronomy and other re lated fields from all sections of the United States will be in atten dance. According to R. A. Moore, head of the state agronomy department, an invitation will be extended to the American society of Plant Pathologists to hold their conven tion in Wisconsin at the same time. Since the work of the agro nomist and the plant pathologist are closely related the two organi zations will have much in com mon in such a joint convention. Co-operating with the agronomy department in acting as hosts during the convention will be the departments of soils. The present officers of the So ciety are W. W. Burr, dean of the Nebraska college of agriculture, Lincoln, president; and P. E. Brown, of the Iowa State College of agriculture. Ames, secretary. will stimulate and encourage the child." The home is a force needed in education, she said, and awaits the signal from the school. Unless teachers and parents are unified, the way of the child will remain hard turnout life. The old paperbacked detective tale which boys used to scan on the slv is "Sunday school reading" compared to some of the maga zines and novels of today, teach ers here for the convention were told. "Outside of school tremendous forces are at work to destroy char acter of youth," said Milo H. Stuart, assistant superintendent of the Indianapolis schools. "Card games are played to ex cess and for money. dance3 held at hours which used to be relegated to sleep for all honest people, flaunting digjfgard of all laws, suggestive motion picture shows and vile theaters, newspapers which feature details of scandal and crime, and books dress up old sexual sins in new clothing. "If we were hunting an alibi it would be easy to show it is en tirely impossible for the public schools to build character as fast as these forces can tear it down. But we are net. interested in why we cannot build character, but how we can." J h1 vf X WISCONSIN AGRONOMY MEETINGS AT LAST WEEK'S FETE Special Entertainment Acts Enliven Fifth Party of Summer. Continued interest in the sum mer recreational program was manifested by students last Friday evening when mote than 500 of them attended the fifth week-end dance at the coliseum. Features of the evening were the song and dance numbers by the Whitney Sisters and the Miller Brothers from a downtown dancing studio. At intermission the program consisted of two song numbers by the Whitney Sisters along with a special "flirtation number" by "Mommy" Whitney. Two tap dance numbers by the Miller Brothers further served to provide mid-evening entertainment. Mixer-type dances as well as various dance specialties were used thruout the evening a a means of getting students ac quainted. These were sponsored by members of the Student Execu tive committee. By using the entire floor, ample dancing space was provided for everyone. Ventilation was fur nished through the use of force fans. This along with the opening of north and south coliseum doors kept the floor cool and made dancing comfortable, those who at tended said. Mrs. E. W. Lantz and Miss Ruth Jackson aided the Student Execu tive committee throughout the en tire evening, selling tickets at the door among other things. STUDENTS AID COMMITTEE Lantz Receives Assistance At Showing of 'Ladies Of the Jury.' Among those who assisted at the University players production, 'Ladies of the Jury," last Wednes day night were: Alice Myers, De vone Scobie, Florence Johnson, Ra raona Heins, Lydia Hansen. Stella Jaspperson, Dorothy Winchester, Dorothy Hac and Betty Hac who ushered under the direction of Gladys Zutter, Margaret and Helen Huston. Mr. Patten took tickets on the balcony while Arthur Jones and George Dunn had charge of the main floor door. M. R. Colson as sisted them. Harry Becker sold tickets under the direction of Prof. E. W. Lantz who was general chairman of the entire affair. John Dunman was stage manager. SCHOOL CLASS ADDRESSED Curtis and Lawrence Speak To Members Publicity Course. John Curtis, former member of the state railway commission, and James E. Lawrence, managing editor of the Lincoln Star, ad dressed Mr. E. M. Hoaman's school publicity course class last week. Mr. Curtis spoke on "Problems of Public Relations" and Mr. Law rence "Interpreted the Philosophy of Modern Journalism." During the next two weeks, Mr. Hosman says, the thirty-five mem bers of his class will work out a project which takes the form of a publicity manual for school admin istration of the state. 1 1 ED I (ON GKOUP MEETS FOR PICNIC REUNION Several former students and faculty members of Hebron junior college held a picnic reunion last Thursday evening at Pioneers park. Those present were Mr. and Mr3. William Roselius and son, Roland; Mr. M. Paysen and Paul and Ruth Paysen; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hieronymus, daughters Vir ginia. Ruth and Miriam; Lenore Middendorf; Emma Scherin; Lydia Hansen; Alma Holbein; Irene Gru enhage; Marion Allsman and Ed gar Struve. 00 PRESENT Phi Delta Kapm to Meet Thursday Discussing "Investigation n Problem Solving in Arithmetic" Dr. 'M. E. Lazerto, professor ot educational psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada, will talk at an open meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, professional educational fraternity at 6 o'clock, Thursday evening, July 24, at the Grand hotel. The meeting is open to all men at tending the summer session. COMMITTEE OFFERS LOSS AS TERM Women Student Executives Leave Campus at Close Of Six Weeks. Miss Sara Upton, the represent ative of the Women's Physical edu cation department on the student executive committee, left Sunday for her home at Union, having completed her work at the conclu sion of the six weeks course. She assisted Miss Estabrook with the swimming classes at Capitol Beach. Another member of the commit tee. Miss Margaret Huston and her sister Helen who assisted her ably with her work, are leaving Satur day for their home at Polk. After a short visit there they are plan ning a motor tour of the east in cluding stops at Chicago, Indian apolis, Cleveland and Columbus, O., Washington, Baltimore and At lantic City. Margaret, who has been social chairman of all parties, will return to take up her studies in the university and Helen will (Continued on Page 3.) University Presented ith Andrews I'ielure A picture of former Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, taken at about the time he was chancellor of the University of Nebraska, has been presented to the univeisity by Mrs. J. A. Leavitt, 2141 South Forty-eighth street, widow of the late Dr. J. A. Leavitt. Dr. Leavitt was a student under Mr. Andrews and a friend for many years. Mrs. Leavitt believes that the picture was taken in 1899 at the time of Dr. Leavitt's graduation from an eastern college. On find ing that the university did not have an appropriate picture of the former chancellor, Mrs. Leavitt offered the picture in her posses sion and requested that it be hung in Andrews hall. Chancellor Bur nett accepted the picture in behalf of the school. Nebraska Has Four Presidents of Ag Four of the twenty-five presi dents of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers are gradu ates of the University of Nebraska, according to a leading article in the June number of "Agricultural Engineering," official journal of the organization, which is a his torical issue commorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the society. They are Jay Brownlee David son, '04, head of the department of agricultural engineering, Iowa State college, who was elected by the other charter members to be the first president in 1908; Leon Wilson Chase, '04, president and general manager of the Chase Plow company, Lincoln; Frederick Alfred Wirt, '13, advertising man ager of the J. I. Case company, Racine, Wis., and Oscar Warner Sjogren, chairman of the depart ment of agricultural engineering, University of Nebraska. Of the fifty brief articles in the magazine, seven are by Nebraska graduates. They are O. "V. P. Stout, agent, division of agricul tural engineering, bureau of public roads- United States department of agriculture; E. E. Brackett, pro fessor of agricultural engineering, University of Nebraska; George W. Kable, director of research, ENDS UNIVERSITY A AS R.O.T.C. I HONORED ENCAMPMENT El D Win Two Main Trophies One for Marksmanship; ;i One in Compete. w Deklotx, Lincoln. Named Best Soldier; Pel, Nelson, Cited. Th two principal trophy cups awarded at ceremonies marking the end of the reserve officers' training corps encampment at Fort Crook Friday were won by students of the University of Ne braska over students from three other schools. The intercollegiate rifle marks-i manship cup, given by the Omaha chamber of commerce, was awarded to the university stu dents by Col. O. E. Engler of Omaha. The First platoon, com prised of Nebraska students, wonf, the cup in the intercollegiate mili tary competition. .Tosenh F. DeKlotz of Lincoln. a Nebraska student, received the' most coveted medal award to an individual. He was adjudged tha hoct aril i'l ipr and aa an additional reward he was made battalion' commander. Albeit Echardt, Muscatine, la., a student in the University of Iowa, received a gold medal for being the best rifle snot. ' In the track and field meet,! Harold Petz of Nelson, Neb.' scored well. Ho received two gold;" medals, firsts in the 100 yard andj 220 yard dashes. Ralph Rodgers.j Lincoln, also received two firsts,! in the 440 yard run and in the J; broad jump. ' The schools in competition, be-i sides Nebraska and Iowa, were. Creighton university and the! University of South Dakota. ). A dress parade before military, and civic dignitaries, including1' representatives of the chamber ofj commerce, was canceled becausei of the rain. The program, how ever, was held on the parade! grounds. ' Addresses were made by Maj. H. C. Sweeney and Col. L. L.. Gregg, both of the Seventeenth, infantry. Colonel Gregg later pre sented commissions and led the students in pronouncing the oath of office. r The Second platoon, comprised of students from both the Univer-T sity of Nebraska and the Univer-j sity of Iowa, won a citation as the' best all-around platoon and a! (Continued on Page 6.) of Twenty-Five Engineering Group committee on the relation of elec-p tricity to agriculture; Collegt; t Park, Md.; J. P. Fairbank, exten-; sion specialist in agricultural en'r gineering, University of California:'', J. B. Davidson; F. A. Wirt and O -, W. Sjogren. j. ? Decrease in Number Of Illiterates is Noiv Noted Over Nation WASHINGTON 1 11 i i eracy i.j decreasing in the United States ai the rate of about 1.7 percent everjj ten years. J The census bureau announces Wednesday that 1930 figures showed 4.3 percent of the populal tion ten years of age and over td be illiterate. In 1920 it was 6 perl cent; 1910, 7.7 percent; 1900, lO.'i percent; 1890, 13.3 percent; 1880! 17 percent, and 1870, 20 percent. I Illiterates over ten years old were reported to ' the bureau td number 4,283,749 in 1930, a dej crease of 648,156 during the lasa ten years. The percentage of il4 literacy in the various states ranged from a minimum of eight tenths of 1 percent in Iowa to 14.tr percent in South Carolin. Ther4 was a decrease m illiteracy per centages in every state. y