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Official Summer Session Newspaper.
VOL. II, NO. 13.
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
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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
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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
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(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."
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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.
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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
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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
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AS R.O.T.C. I
HONORED
ENCAMPMENT
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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!
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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.
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