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VOLUME VI. NO. 1.
FIUDAY. JUNE LI, 1935.
LINCOLN, NEIL
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GUEST INSTRUCTORS
WILL TEACH
Thirteen Famous Visitors
Are Invited to Join
University Staff.
In addition to the regular teach
in? staff, the university has invit
ed thirteen nationally known in
structors to offer courses and lec
tures in specialized fields during
the summer sessions.
Dr. E. N. Anderson of the de
partment of modern European his
tory of the University of Chicago
will assist in the history depart
ment. He is both a famous student
and traveler, and the author of a
pre-war diplomatic history.
Dr. Horace B. English, profes
sor of educational psychology at
Ohio State University, will teach
here in his field this summer. A
former Nebraskan, Dr. English
was Nebraska's Rhodes scholar to
Oxford from 1911 to 1914.
Hebel, Howerton.
Elizabeth Hebel is an outstand
ing authority in the field of pri
mary reading and social studies,
and is now an instructor in the
Teachers College at St. Cloud,
Minn. She offers courses in ele
mentary education.
George R. Howerton. on the mu
sic faculty of Hiram College, Ohio.
is an authority on conducting anu
is also well prepared to present a
methods and musical materials
course for choral work.
Elsie Neota Larson, gradifate of
Nebraska, has taken her profes
sional training in the Chicago
School of Social Service and in the
Minnesota Training School for So
cial and Civic Work.
Linn, Mackintosh.
Dr. H. H. Linn is business man
ager and assistant superintendent
of schools at Muskegon, Mich. One
of the leaders in the field of school
administration. Dr. Linn is also ac
quainted with Nebraska conditions,
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SPECIAL
COURSES
SESSION
Director Moritz Greet Slmlents
Greetings to summer session students:
1 extend to you a most cordial welcome from the University
of Nebraska. All the facilities for study and research which the
university can command a:e p!accd at your disposal.
A sincere attempt has been made to offer you woik in al! the
various branches of study, both lioeral and professional, which you
desire. The entire curriculum has been planned to fit your needs as
a summer student. . .
For the univers-ity I wish to assure you that every effort will
be made to make your stay here both pleasant and prof .table. For
the summer session faculty I wish to say that it is our earnest wish
that you will find the summer valuable, and l.hat your experiences
here may bring you happiness during both the present and the
fulure.
R. D. MORITZ, Director of the Summer Session.
Dcmiiig Publishes Fourth
Edition of Chemistry Text
Dr. H. G. Deming. professor of
chemistry at the university, is pub
lishing a fourth edition of his
"General Chemistry," noting the
chemical progress of the past five
years. At the same time, a Chinese
translation is about to be issued by
Prof. Chih-Hsien Yen of Soochow
university. A photograph of the
Nebraska author carried a legend
in Chinese characters: "This book
humbly seeks to assist in the dedi
cation of a great science to the
service of a great race."
Denice Greene Receives
Art School Scholarship
Denice Greene of Elmwood
has been awarded the Riorden
M'rov scholarship for one year to
the Chicago Art Institute. Miss
Greene was graduated from the
department of fine arts last year,
and has been instructing in fine
arts since that itme. This K-holar-ship
is offered in alternate years,
and has been won previously at
the university by John SUnvall
and Harold Hart.
SUMMER RECREATIO
PROGRAM IS PL A MS ED
Private University Parties
Each Friday Feature
Fun Schedule.
Plans are being made for an in
teresting summer program of rec
reation at Nebraska, with Prof.
E. W. Lantz again in charge of ar
rangements. Private university
parties in the coliseum each Fri
day night will again feature the
program.
Opening the season's activity,
the first party will be held in the
coliseum Friday evening, June 21.
Professor Lantz indicated that
good 10-or 11-piece orchestras will
be secured for each of these week
ly parties. An admission price of
10 cents will be charged, and only
university people will attend.
Under organized supervision by
experienced directors, men's and
women's playground ball contests
will be staged during the summer.
The customary golf and horseshoe
tournaments will be arranged; and
numerous parties and steak fries
will mark the program.
Summer Director
Prof. R. D. jAorilc
UNIVERSITY CONFERS
HONORARY DEGREES
Six honorary degrees, five of
them to former Nebraskans, were
conferred by the university at its
sixty-fourth annual commencement
exercises Monday. June 10. To
university students went 759 de
grees, including forty-one master's
and ten doctor of philosophy.
Those who received honorary de
grees were:
Dr. Madison Bentley. professor of
psychology, Cornell university,
Ithaca. N. Y.. doctor of laws; Dr.
Howard Hanson, director of the
Eastman school of music, Roches
tor v Y doctor of music:
Charles H. Purcell, chief engineer
of San Francisco-Oakland bay
bridge. Sacramento, Calif., doctor
neerinc: Dr. Jesse P. Rowe,
professor of geology, University of
Montana, Missouia, oocior yi
once; Dr. Robert G. Sproul presi
dent. University of California
RorkHev. doctor of laws: and Dr
Henry B. Ward, emeritus profes-
Af nrtirfvv. University of Illi
nois Urbaaa,' doctor of laws.
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Instructions for Summer School Registration
UNIVERSITY COLISEUM
Friday, June 14 from 8-12, 2-5
Saturday, June 15 from 8-12
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Former Students
Obtain credit book from registrar's office. See adviser and
pay fees in coliseum.
New Students
Present credits at coliseum, if not previously filed with regis
trar. Graduate Students
Register with Dean Upson, Chemistry Hall 202.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Students may carry a maximum of nine hours of college work
during the long session, or six hours during the short session. A
student will be permitted to select courses from both the long and
short session.
An additional fee of $3 will be charged students registering
after the regular registration days and a fee of $1 for each addi
tional week after classes have begun. Graduate students register
until June 22 without additional charge.
Students registering after June 20 may do so only with the
written permission of instructor? and of the director of the sum
mer session. After Saturday noon, June 15, all registrations must
be made in Room 305, Teachers College building.
Auditing permits will not be granted in classes in physical
education, typing, art and painting, music, penmanship, and some
courses m drawing.
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Nationally Known Teachers
On Three Day Program
At University.
The second annual all state edu
cational conference, sponsored by
the University of Nebraska, will be
held this summer during June 25,
26 and 27, according to R. D.
Moritz, director of the university
summer session. Teachers from
schools over Nebraska will hear a
distinguished group Of nationally
known educators who will appear
on the program during the three
days.
Among these leaders in educa
tion are: Dr. L. Thomas Hopkins,
professor of education and curri
culum expert of teachers college.
Columbia university; Dr. Howard
E. Wilson, professor of education
of the graduate school of education
at Harvard university; Dr. Wolf
gang Kohler. professor of psychol
ogy and director of the laboratory
of psychological research at the
University of Berlin, Germany.
Appearing on the program are
also such well known teachers as
Prof. James Ambrose Moyer, di
rector of the division of extension,
Boston, Mass.; Willis A. Sutton,
superintendent of schools at At
lanta, Ga.; Dr. Norman V. Schcide
mann, former lecturer at King's
college, London; Dr. Horace B.
English, professor of educational
psychology at Ohio State univer
sity, and Dr. H. H. Linn, business
manager and assistant superinten
dent of schools at Muskegon, Mich.
BUSH FARMS MEDAL
IS CHEMISTRY WORK
University Professor Wins
Fame From Research
and Service.
Dr. M. J. Blish of the University
of Nebraska agricultural experi
ment station has been selected to
receive the Thomas Burr Osborne
medal for distinguished service
and contributions to cereal chem
istry resulting from original re
search. The award was officially
announced at the twenty-first an
nual convention of the American
Association of Cereal Chemists in
Denver last week.
Presentation of the medal to Dr.
Blish will take place at the next
annual meeting of the association
in June. 1936 at Dallas. Texas. He
is the third famous chemist to be
honored with the medal.
Dr. Lane W. Lancaster, profes
sor of political science at the uni
versity, is the author of an article,
"The Professor's Place in Gov
ernment." which appeared in the
June issue of Nation's Business
magazine. .
DUCATIONAL MEETING
WIMMERS OF AWARDS
AMMOUSCED BY DEAM
Ten University Students
Earn Scholarships for
Mexl Year.
Winners of ten cash scholarships
of from $20 to $100 for next year
were announced recently by Dean
T. J. Thompson, chairman of the
faculty committee at the univer
sity; All these scholarships - were
made available through the dona
tions of friends of the school.
The awards went to: Elmer
Dohrmann, Staplehurst, Simon
scholarship, $100; Frank W. Cra
bill, Red Cloud. Jefferson H.
Broady scholarship, $100; Glen C.
Thrasher. Meadow Grove, Dr.
George Borrowman scholarship,
$100; Alma C. Feldman, Doniphan,
Henry C. Bostwick scholarship,
$50; John H. Freed, Omaha, Henry
C. Bostwick scholarship. $50; Alice
Terril, Lincoln. Henry C. Bostwick
scholarship, $50: Kenneth S. Gif
fen, Leigh, Henry C. Bostwick
scholarship, $50; Lawrence W.
Dahl, Loomis, junior prize, $100:
Armand L. Hunter, Humboldt,
Fred Ballard scholarship. $100;
and Doretta M. Schlaphoff,
Wabash, Walter J. Nickel fresh
man prize, $20.
Univerity Chancellor
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QiANCELLOQ E.A.BlSQHETT
Chancellor Burnett Sends a Welcome
May I take this opportunity of extending greetings and best
wishes to you who have come to study with us at the Summer
Session of the University of Nebraska. I hope that your stay in
Lincoln will be both profitable and enjoyable.
Please bear in mind that the University of Nebraska is your
university and that we are anxious to serve you to the extent of
our ability.
CHANCELLOR E. A. BURNETT.
MORIT
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Students Register Today in
Coliseum; Classes to
Begin Monday.
An increase in enrollment this
summer over that of last year was
predicted by R. D. Moritz, director
of the university summer session,
as preparations were made to be
gin classes on Monday. Altho no
registration figures were available,
early student inquiries gave the di
rector reason for his belief.
'Indications are that theenroll
ment will exceed that of previous
years, particularly that of last
year," Mr. Moritz said. "Letters
from Nebraska and neighboring
states show great interest; and we
look for many registrants in the
graduate college."
Registration for the forty-first
annual summer session opens Fri
day morning at 8 o'clock in the
university ocilseum. which will be
for both the six and nine week pe
riods. Saturday noon brings the
close of registration; and classes
begin Monday morning at 1
o'ciock.
Many Courses Offered.
Work will be offered in twenty
nine departments during the long
session which ends Aug. 9; and in
twenty-one departments for th
short session closing July 26
More than 150 instructors and
professors will be cn the summer
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MUSIC OFFERED FOR
High School Boys and Girls,
Supervisors Will Begin
Courses Monday.
High school students from Ne
braska towns will meet again thi.s
summer at the University of Ne
braska for their special all-state
high school courses in band, chorus
and orchestra. Registration for
the session will be at 8 o'clock
Monday morning. June 17, and the
courses end on July 12.
For high . school music supervi
sors the summer course runs dur
ing the same time from June 17
to July 12. Special classes will
be conducted to study the teach
ing of music.
Besides thirty members of the
regular University school of music
faculty two nationally known con
ductors will return to give training
in group music activities. W. W.
Norton is president of the North
Central Music Supervisors Con
ference and is on the staff of the
National Camp at Interlochen,
Michigan. He will instruct in band
and orchestra. G. R. Howerton, di
rector of music at Hiram College,
will conduct the chorus, and in
struct in choral direction.
More to Enroll.
For the courses last summer 100
students registered, and Director
Howard Kirkpatrick of the Uni
versity of Nebraska School of Mu
sic believes the number will be in
creased this year. More than seventy-five
schools were represented
by the young people.
Membership is open to high
school students inclusive of those
who graduate in January or June
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FORECASTS
BIGGER
ENROLLMEN
IN SUMMER SESSION
SECONDARY STUDENTS