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VOL. XXXV NO. 61.
. LINCOLN, NEBKASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1935
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UNIVERSITY UNION
GIVES 'ELIJAH' IN
COLISEUM TODAY
Mendelssohn's Oratorio
Replace Singing of
'Messiah.'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
