Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1935)
43- , i- r r- - i Daily Nebraskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV NO. 61. . LINCOLN, NEBKASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS REGENT ET UP FOUNDATION i ! XlHF JL Ji. JUL I 1 1 3 5 Hi -i r 5 if r w ii i Administrators Act on BOARD'S REACTION FAVORS PROPOSAL Reger.ts Make Move Toward Final Action on University Building; Bookstore Decision Will Be Announced at January Meeting. AWAITS COMPLETION FINANCIAL SCHEME After Two Years Agitation Representatives of Faculty, Students, and Athletics Confer With Governing Body on Suggested Projects. Proposals i'or a Student Union building, after two years agitation bv the student council, srinn Saturday when taken up of TCecents. liearincs of student committees on both Ihe union building and student bookstore Definite decision on me univer- Bity-owned student bookstore, now under the researcn or negeni oian lev D. Lone. Recent C. Y. .Thomp son and Operating Superintendent L. F, Seaton, will be given ai ine next rerents meeting, Jan. 11 Fifty-eight replies from sixty schools polled in a special survey have been compiled by Seaton. The report of the regents will largely be determined Dy me pracuuuuu Uv of a Dlan for Nebraska. Favorable reactions came from the administration and regents on both Dronositions. according to stu dents present at the meeting. The ideas received universal approval, delay helner dependent upon com pletion of practical systems for the financial and operating ends of the new institutions. Committees representing the student council, the alumni associ ation and the athletic board of control were present to present their views relative to the union building. Frank Landis, Jack Fischer, Irving Hill, Virginia Sel lcck and John Stover presented the argument for the council; John H. Agee and Ray Ramsay spoke for the alumni group and Coach D. X. Bible, John K. Sellcsk and Prof. Robert Scott represented the ath letic board. After hearing each committee, the special committee was ap pointed, composed of Regent A. C. Stokes, Regent Frank J. Taylor, John Agee, Arthur Dobson, Jack Fischer and Irving Hill. Representing the council book store committee were Virginia Sel leck, Don Shurtleff, Frank Landis and Irving Hill, whose proposals were taken up by the existing committee. "The board showed genuine interest in the bokstore plans," declared Miss Sellcck, "not onlv in attention given our argu ments, but In the research they have already made toward a plan adaptable to Nebraska." PICTURE EXPOSURES Engineering Professor Talks At Meeting of Camera Club. Prof. W. F. Weiland of the mo chunical engineering department discussed printing of photographic enlargements before members of the Lincoln Camera club. Present ing the subject from the engineer's point of view, h3 showed how to determine the printing properties of photographic papers with the use of a simple home-made in strument, calculations being simp lified for use by the layman. He explained also a simple chart whereby exposures can be read quickly without any calculations. The lecture was a nummary of research work which Professor Weiland has been conducting for several months. An article en larging upon this talk appears In the December issue of the Focal Plane, official publication of the Lincoln Camera club. Results of microscopic study of the structure of metals, contained In a treatise on metallography written by Professor Weiland has been recently published. Included In the treatise are Important curves which Hhow the relation of strength, ha.dness and machlna hility of steels to their microscop ic structure. Engineering Department Receive New Equipment Mechanical engineering depart ment of the University ha e ceivetl several pieces of new equip ment for display and Instructional purposes, according to Prof. J. W. Haney, chairman of the depart ment. The list includes cylinder heads, pistons, connecting rods, cranks, cam shafts and valves of Waukesha-Heasflman spark Igni tion Diesel engines. Comet Diesel engines, and automobile enelnes. The display is to be arraneed per manently in the halls and labora tories of the Mechanical Engineer ing building. of receiveu nrsi oiucuu cuiiwm-i- for further action by the boart were held. II Engineering Society Student Branch to Hold Meeting Wednesday Night. Prof. J. W. Haney, chairman of the mechanical engineering de partment, will give a report of the national conclave of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to members of the student A. S. M. E. branch at a meeting 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday evening, Dec 18 in the M. E. building. Prof. Hanev. council member of the na tlonal A. S. M. E., just recently returned from attending the so ciety's annual convention in New York City. The TVA project, known as the Norris Dam. will also be descrmea at the meeting by Prof. Haney and Prof. N. H. Barnard, jm. in structor. Three reels of motion pictures will be shown In illustrat ing the features of the dam. Freshman Law Student Representative for Second Year. Is Freshman law student Frank W. Crabill of Red Cloud was chosen as one of the two Nebraska Rhodes scholar candidates at the Saturday afternoon session of the examin ing board. Together with John Kilbourne Vance of Milford, who is a student at Doane college, Cra- b)ll will go to the district competi tion at Des Moines, Monday, where four men from six states will be awarded the scholarships. Crabill was a candidate last year and was elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was vice-president of Innocents society, and editor of the Cornhusker. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ansil B. Crabill. HIGH SCHOOLERS TO GKEET SANTA CLAUS Following a custom of several years students in teachers college high school at the university will devote most of the closing day Fri day to Chri.t,?ias festivities. At 8:30 In the morning groups will sing carols in the corridors of the building and at 2 p. m. will be the annual Christmas program, with a party for former students that evening at 8 in the study room. Santa Clans will be present and there will be games, dancing and singing. I s t v! Q UNIVERSITY UNION GIVES 'ELIJAH' IN COLISEUM TODAY Mendelssohn's Oratorio Replace Singing of 'Messiah.' to JENCKS IN TITLE ROLE Three Lincoln Artists Appear On Program; Miss Hult Sings Soprano Solo. Climaxing weeks of practice, the university choral union and assisting groups will present Mendelssohn's "Elijah"' Sun day afternoon at Ii o'clock in the coliseum. Indications of a large crowd assure the cast of a successful performance of the ora- FREDERIC JENCKS. torio which replaces the tradition al Christmas presentation of Han del's, Messiah. Howard Kirkpatrick. director of the university school of music will again be in charge and will direct the ensemble of 300 voices (Continued on Page 2). EVERYONE CANT BE Walton Shows Psychology Helps But Is Not Infallible. Dr. W. W. Walton, assistant professor of psychology at the uni versity, told state delegates at tending the conference of the United Insurance Co. being held Saturday at the Cornhusker that an erroneous notion nas arisen that psychologists are able to make a good salesman out of any one. "The main functions of the psy chology oi the salesman are two fold," he says. "The first function is to enable the successful sales man to understand the theoretical basis of his success and second, to give the student, who has the necessary pnysical and mental abilities to make a good salesman, training in the psychological ap plications in this field. The ad vantage of this training Is to help him avoid many of the mistakes of the beginner." He discussed methods of attract ing attention, arousing interest and desire, Inducing belief and conviction and finally the effect of various follow-up practices. - ' oV I "V t 1 I 1 y I ttJ m Yi, Ti -mil ir -Hiii , i Him iwn frT-irH-fTT 'l V mJi Candid Cameraman at Mortar Board Ball . Student Union DEAN FERGUSON TO ENGINEERS MEETING College Head Participates In Research Council Conclave. Dean O. J. Ferguson of the en gineering college left Thursday evening for Boulder, Colo., to at tend the regional meeting of the division of engineering and indus trial research of the national re search council. Delegates will dis cuss the purpose of study and re search facilities in the engineer ing schools of the country. Dean H. S. Evans of the en gineering college at Boulder uni versity, who will preside, received his bachelor's degree from Ne braska university in 1898, his elec trical engineering degree in 1901 and an honorary doctor of engi neering degree here in 1928. 10 POET THURSDAY AI Latin Professor Discusses 'Horace and Modern Culture.' "Horace and the Culture of To day" will be the subject of Dr. Gordon J. Laing's address at the third university public convocation at the Temple Thursday at 11 a. m. Dr. Laing, who is professor of Latin at the University of Chi cago and general editor of the Chicago University Press, will speak here as a part of a world wide celebration commemorating the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Roman poet Horace. The Chicago man has given this lecture at the University of Iowa, Chicago, Mount Holyoke college, Connecticut college, Smith college, Brown university, Wheaton col lege, Williams college and Dart mouth. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and the University of Toronto and has been a lecturer at Bryn Mawr college, annual pro fessor In the American Academy at Rome, associated with the Uni versity of California, and dean of the division of the humanities in the University of Chicago from 1923 to 1935. Dr. Laing, as presi dent of the American Institute of archaeology, has also taken an ac tive part in the work of that or ganization. Among all Latin authors, Horace has the distinction among classic ists of making the strongest pop ular appeal. Proof of this popu larity is the fact that more manu scripts of Horace's works have been handed down than of any other Latin writer. The sugges tion to celebrate the Roman's bi millenary was first made by Prof. Roy Fhckinger of the University of Iowa, shortly after the close of the Vergil celebration of 1930. ORIGIN ATOR OF FINGER PAINTING GIVES TALK Miss Ruth Faison Shatc to Speak at Morrill Hall Monday Afternoon. Miss Ruth Faison Shaw, origina tor of finger painting, will give a talk and demonstration Monday at 1 o'colck in gallery B of Morrill hall. While primarily Interested in the introduction of finger painting as a method of self expression in art in the education of children, Miss Shaw's work has been of in terest to psychologists and psy chiatric workers, who have made use of the medium evolved by her in clinical diagnoses. She has con ducted schools in Rome and Paris, but is now in charge of the Shaw studio in New York. . 4 AN HONOR CONVOCATION I r 1 REGENTS GRANT PARTIAL RETURN OF Five Percent Restoration of Faculty Base Wages Cut In 1932 Made. EFFECTIVE AT ONCE Only Staff Members Taking 1933 Reduction Benefit Under New Ruling. Five percent restoration of the university faculty base sal aries, cut in 19H2, was approved hy the board of regents Satur day. The raise becomes effec tive at once. Practically all mem bers of the university faculty and administrative staff will be effect ed, but there still remains a cut of from 12 to 15 percent from base salaries, last paid in 1931. Revenues Increase. Increased revenues from federal sources and from student fees due to increased enrollment made the return possible, explained school authorities. Only those present members of the faculty and staff who took the 22 percent cut In 1933 benefit by the new ruling. Last year a small adjustment was made when a 2 percent return was made to faculty and staff mem bers receivnig an annual salary of $1,500 or more and a 5 percent re turn made to those receiving less than that amount. Salaries Cut In 1932. In 1932 due to a shrinkage in cash receipts and receipts which included student fees, explained Chancellor E. A. Burnett, the board of regents cut the salaries of fac ulty and employes 10 percent with $1,000 exemption. In 1933, with a legislative reduction of 20 percent and a further reduction in cash re ceipts and an anticipated 25 per cent reduction in federal funds, all salaries were cut 22 percent. In 1931 there was a slight increase in cash funds and federal allot ments were not reduced so that it was possible to return from 2 to 5 percent of the previous salary cut. During 1935, he addtd, there (Continued on Page 2). ' 0FA.C.S. New Yorker to Lecture on History, Early Work, Characteristics. W. J. D. Walker, representative of the Corning New York Glass Korks, will give a demonstration and talk on the making of glass at the monthly meeting of the American Chemical Society, at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, Dec. 16 in Chemistry hall. The public is invited to attend the lecture, it was announced by Dr. A. H. Pagel. secretary of the society. A short talk on the history of glass, early glass making equip ment, and a discussion on the characteristics of glass will be given by the speaker. He will al so present a demonstration on blowing glass. Motion pictures and slides will be used to illustrate the lecture, Doctor Pagel stated. "Mr. Walker's talk will be of general interest to students and others interested," the chemistry instructor said. "The meeting is open to the public and no admis sion is charged." ''A SALARY GUIS OFFICIALS ENDOWMENT PLAflS Idea Provides for Non-Profit Corporation to Receive Gifts from Private Sources; Alumni Society, University Heads Administer Fund. SYSTEM IS NECESSARY FOR APPROPRIATIONS Student Union, Chapel, Open Air Theater Could Be Promoted by Organization, Declares Chancellor Burnett. XebrasUa University Foundation, a non-profit corporation to receive gifts from private sources and Administer them in accordance with the donor's wishes, received official approval for its inception from the board of regents .Saturday. Administration of the new foundation will lie closely inter- Olocked with the regents and ad AG STUDENTS TO VOTE El Mass Meeting Called for Tuesday to Consider Executive Setup. Mass meeting of all Ag students will be held in room 307 Ag hall Tuesday. Dec. 17, at 5 o'clock in order that the students may vote on the inauguration of a new con stitution of the Agricultural Exec utive board. Paramount changes provided by the new constitution are: that the membership be increased from ten to twelve members; that one mem ber of the senior Farmer's Fair board and one member of the Col-Agri-Fun committee be repre sented on the board; that advisors of the board be appointed by the Dean of Ag college and not elected by the board as has been done heretofore. The Ag Executive board is a student activity which performs functions on Ag campus similar to those of the Student council on the campus as a whole. A. I. E. E. Committee Presents Names For Society's Approval At Next Meeting. Nominations for next year's of ficers of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers were an nounced this week by the society's nominating .committee, composed of W. O. Oeltjen, T. W. Schroeder, and E. F. Paroulek. Nominees for chairman are Kenneth Kratchvil and Robert Haynse; for vice-chairman, J. Weldon McCormick and Marion Thomas, and for secretary-treasurer, Leslie Tjaden and Richard Manion. The election will be held the sec ond and third meeting in January. Additional nominations may be made at the meeting of the socie ty, it was pointed out by the no minating committee. PROF. VOID'S SON GETS PH. D. DEGREE Chemistry Student Does Research Work at California. Robert D. Void, son of Prof. Lawrence Void of the law faculty, has recently been awarded his doc tor's degree by the University of California. His research work was done in the field of physical chem istry and according to that in stitution's officials. Void's research work is one of the best ever ac complished in that department. He will visit his parents here during the holidays and will then leave for Cincinnati to take his position as research chemst on the staff of Proctor and Gamble Co. t ul il ( S APPROV ministrative officials, with the alumni society receiving a strong representation in its councils. An active secretary will direct its pro motional Interests, according to Chancellor E. A. Burnett, and branch organizations may be established if found desirable. Organization Needed. Necessity for such an organiza tion, which was first conceived several years ago and recom mended by the chancellor In a speech in Washington last month, was due to limited legislative ap propriations that required expen ditures be limited to strictly utili tarian purposes. The foundation will be Incorporated under state laws to receive and administer gifts, for any donors who may wish to establish a memorial build ing fund, or endowment. "Among the things which could be promoted by such a foundation in Nebraska," the chancellor de clared, "are a student union, uni versity chapel, an open air the ater surrounded by the majestic granite columns, a gift of the Bur lington railroad, now lying unused in our material yards. Gifts which would endow our school of music, gifts to archaeology for the study of the civilizations which precede"! our Indian culture in the great plains, endowments in medical re search, graduate student scholar ships encouraging young men and women to become productive scholars all these appeal to ono who desires to contribute some thing from his own success to benefit society." Distinction from Gifts. Distinction to the university has already come thru the few eif's I it has received in the past, the cnanceuor pointed out. The C. H. Morrill museum fund has mado "Elephant Hall" nationally known, and the Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Hall art collection has added much to the reputation of the school. "Universities are measured in the public mind not so much by the excellence of their routine work as by the peculiar distinction given to them because they are unique in special fields," Burnett asserted. "A world known teacher who puts the touch of genius upon his work, a campus made beautiful by its architecture, its vistas, its galleries of art, its museums that reveal the march of time thru the centuries, or discoveries in science which contributed to human wel fare bring renown to a school. Such things are not impossible in the absence of private funds, but assistance thru foundations have contributed much to the distinc tive feature of many universities." "Two things are needed," he concluded. "Men with vision and imagination who can touch new keys to human progress, and the resources with which to explore new fields of human interest. All great universities are known for the things they have done better than anyone else. Most of theso achievements have been accom plished under grants from founda tions and from private sources." Former Nebraskan Business Manager Returns from Six Month Trip. Bernard Jennings, former Ne braska business manager and mora recently a globe trotter, returne 1 to Lincoln Friday evening after six months of "hitch hiking arounj the world." At his home at 192S S St.. he de clared that he waa glad to hear the English language again, and disclosed that his only definite plans were to "stay home until at least after Christmas." Jennings, who graduated from the college of business administra tion in 1933. headed westward to San Froncisco last May. took a cattle boat across to Japan, and toured the country. He then crossed the Yellow sea to China, explored the Malay states, and worked for a short time on a British newspaper in Singapore. He crossed India, went to Europe by way of the Suez canal, and spent some time in several Euro pean countries.