The Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 70.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1936
PRICE 5 CENTS
REGENT
SANCTION
$400,000
OFFiOiULS SUIT iliifSTiJlEc
-PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SEW
IE COLLEGES
CURRICULA SETUP
Regents Approve Proposal
Made by Engineering
College.
REQUIRED HOURS MORE
Dental, Bizad Department
Revisions Sanctioned
By Board.
Curricula changes which will
work to the best interests of
the students have been an
nounced in the engineering,
dental and business adminis
tration colleges of the University.
The board of regents Saturday ap
proved the proposed setup in the
engineering college.
All engineering students, with
the exception of civil engineers,
will be required to complete lo6
credit hours lor graduation, an in
crease of eleven hours. This will
make it necessary for the student
to carry an average of seventeen
hours per semester. In the case of
civil engineers, officials have seen
fit to add a summer session of
eight hours, making rqeuirements
in this group total 144 hours, ac
cording to Dean O. J. Ferguson.
The changes will affect freshmen
entering the university in Septem
ber of this year. A few minor
changes have been made in the
common freshman year courses of
study.
Add Shop Course.
"We have reduced the engineer
ing drawing requirements and
have brought in one course in shop
work and surveying," the dean
said. "Additional time will be
spent in the sophomore year in
drawing, while courses in engi
neer mechanics have been mate
rially strengthened. Several groups
have found it possible to in.'.ert as
a requirement a two semester
course in English literature.
"In general, there will be more
attention paid to economics, Eng
lish, accounting snd fundamental
engineering subjects. We will pro
vide an opportunity for a fair de
gree of electives, especially in agri
cultural, chemical and electrical
engineering. There is also some
freedom present in the other divi
sions." The dean pointed out that the
new setup will demand the full
time and utteution of the average
student, and that if the student
must work part time, it will be
necessary to lengthen the time of
his attendance.
Faculty Gives Approval.
Preliminary discussions of the
engineering study changes were
begun a year ago, with actual
course revision beginning this fall.
The faculty group gave its final
approval Jan. ft.
Proposed changes and a better
arrangement of the course offer
ed in the college of business ad
ministration will make it possible
for students to specialize to great
er advantage in several popular
fields of business enterprise. Ac
cording to Dean J. E. LeRossignol
of the business college the changes
are to become effective pr year.
Sociology will be Introduced as
an alternative requirement. The
new arrangement of subjects will
Indicate more clearly what profes
sional specialization a student may
elect. For example, work will be
offered to train the persons inter
ested in becoming a professional
economist, teacher, and accountant
as well as courses specializing In
Insurance, banking, finance. Invest
ment, and the secretarial field.
Two Pre-Dents I Years.
Regents approved, effective
Sept 1936. the proposal of the col
lege of dentistry faculty in re
quiring two years of pre-dental
work instead of one for entrance
Into that college where four years
of professional work Is taken. The
move is in accordance with prac
tice in other leading schools.
The catalogue of courses for the
second semester lists an honor
course carrying from one to four
hours' credit which is for art and
science candidates for the bacca
laureate derree wtih distinction or
ith high "distinction. While the
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MAKE
CHANGES IN
TUDENT
Heads Board of Regents
Earl Cline, Lincoln attorney,
was elected president of the board
of regents of the university at
their regular meeting held Satur
day morning.
Publications Board Grants.
$10, 000 for Union Building
A conditional rant of $10,000 to aid in the construction
of the Student Union buildintr was voted at a meeting of the
publications board Friday. This brings the total of pledges to
. 11,080 and adding the approval of a loan application by the
board of regents, the union campaign is gathering momentum
in its drive toward final construction.
The funds pledged by the student publications board are
those accumulated over a" long period of years with the view
of assuring acleriinte (piarters for the student publications of
miivi.puiv Tho lionrd has assumed that in the final plans
for the building, satisfactory arrangements for the publication
oliices will he nicludeii.
The largest pledge Jiiade n fitting incentive to the drive
i stinli.nl iMinncil committee, to submit to the
board of regents 1 1n financial
of the student body.
Att;iinini.iit of siilisl';ictorv
publications has long been the
therefore considered unusually appropriate mat me publication
board should contribute as substantially as its means permit
ted," according to (iayle (J. Walker, chairman of the publica
tion board.
CAMPUS HEADS SOLIDLY
BEHIND REGENTS ACTION
Student leader Enthusiastically Support Cherished
Program for Community Enterprises; No
Distention Encountered.
All was well around student ac-O
tivity centers Saturday afternoon
as student leaders expressed their
sincere appreciation for the co
operation shown by the University
board of Regents ss they gave
their official sanction to the stu
dent union and bookstore drives
staged by organized groups of the
student body for the past few
months. No word of dissention
was audible for all seemed con
vinced that the sanction was un
doubtedly the most progressive
move made by the authorities of
the university for years.
"Red Letter Day."
Upon receiving word of the ac
tion taken by the university ad
ministrators. Jack Fischer, editor
of the Daily Nebraskan, who has
continually pushed the campaign
for the last two years, stated, "I
feel that Saturday was a red letter
day in the history of Nebraska
CHEMISTRY CLUB TO
SPOSOR ASSEMBLY
Phi lAimbda Upsilon Meets
Tuesday .ight in
Client Hall.
Members of Fhl Lambda Up
silon, honorary chemistry frater
nity, will hold a meeting at 7:30
o'clock, Tuesday evening, Jan. 14,
in chera hall 102. according to Don
Sarbirh. president. Regular busi
ness of the society will be consid
ered. Phi Lambda L'psilon plans to
sponsor a lecture for student some
time later in the month, the presi
dent stated. It is expected a uni
versity professor will be secured
to discuss some topic of general
interest.
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CAMPUS CAMPAIGN
PROMPTS ACTION
Second Hand Project to Handle Textbooks Currently
In Use; Shop Will Combine With Present
Store in Administration Building.
Immediate establishment of a second hand bonk depart
ment in the regent's bookstore to handle textbooks in current
use for university students was approved by the university re
gents Saturday. It is hoped that the department will be par
tially in effect for the second semester of this school year and
will 'be in full operation by next September. The regents' move
followed student dissatisfaction with existing second hand book
prices.
With details of the second hand book field to be clarified,
it was explained that only textbooks will be repurchased from
students that are current anau
which will be in use the following
semester or following year. Obso
lete books will not be purchased.
It is expected that the present
bookstore in the basement of the
Administration building will be
combined with the new depart
ment and the entire bookstore lo
cated in some building with suffici
testimonial of the earnest efforts
workinir conditions for the
major goal of the board. It was
students. By their action, the
board of regents has made one of
our most cherished hopes a reality
and has advanced ano her well
along the way towards success.
For this I am sure that the stu
dent body, and especially those
who have worked for the union
building and bookstore, are deep
ly grateful to the regents. Satur
day's events, I am sure, have done
more than any one thing I know of
to further student interests within
the university.
Eugene Pester, business manag
er of the Cornhusker, expressed
his sentiments toward the author
ization of the drive by stating that
"the authorities of the University
of Nebraska finally realize that
four years at college is something
more than orderly classrooms and
elaborate libraries. Building of
the student union will provide fa
cilities for deeper social contact,
which will provide four years of
more complete education."
paramount Importance.
Irvln Ryan, managing editor of
the Daily Nebraskan, described the
move as "undoubtly one of the
most practical things Instituted a
yet at the Instigation of the stu
dent body. It will surely play a
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Coiigdon Re-elected Phi
Delta Kappa Treasurer
Dr. A. R. Cong don, professor of
secondary education, wa re
elected national treasurer of Phi
Delta Kappa, national professional
educational fraternity at the con
venUon held recently at St. Loula.
Dr. Congdon was first elected to
this office in 1925 and ha served
continuously ince, that time,
ON
ent space. There is not sufficient
space in the Administration build
ing store for the second-hand book
department.
"It is hoped that the new de
parture will make such books
available at considerably lower
cost than now," commented Chan
cellor E. A. Burnett.
Dr. Morton to Speak on
''Education for Culture'
Seward teachers will hear Dr.
W. H. Morton, chairman of the de
partment of secondary education
in an address Wednesday night on
the subject "Education for Cul
ture." He speaks Friday afternoon
at the Y. W. C. A. at the metting
of the Hall in the Grove club on
the topic "Modern Trends in Edu
cation."
NEBRASKA FIRS!
COUPLE PRESIDE
AT ICE CARNIVAL
Mrs. R. L Cochran to Crown
Queen of W.A.A. Affair
Wednesday.
Gov. and Mrs. Roy L. Cochran
will preside at the W. A. A. ice
carnival Wednesday night at Oak
Creek park where Mrs. Cochran
will crown the queen of the carni
val. If weather conditions, which
have become a matter of real con
cern to sports loving Nebraskans,
permit, many enthusiasts will don
their warmest clothes to partici
pate in the various events.
Included in the events, which are
to be refereed by William R. Hor
ney, are as follows: Women, 50
yard, 200 yard and 60 yard back
wards; men, 150 yard, 200 yard,
500 yard and 100 yard backwards.
Novelty Events.
Novelty events will Include a
chair pushing contest of 150 yards
by one couple and a chariot race
of 100 yards with two men and
one woman. There will also be a
five man team race of 100 yards.
Margaret and Delmar Frappia
will present an exhibit of fancy
skating. Glen Laughlln and J. D.
Lau will also participate in exhibi
tion events.
No doubt the high spot in the
evening's entertainment will be
the presentation of the carnival
queen, a real winter sports lady,
who will be chosen from nomina
tions made by all the men's and
women' organized houses on the
campus. Who she will be and how
she will be presented are secrets
which will not be revealed until the
big night
Weather Important.
Weather predictions have be
come a matter of real concern to
campus skaters, and they cast a
wary eye on the recent demonstra
tions of a misplaced spring. But
no one doubts that winter will
come again by Wednesday, the
W. A. A. council continues, and
preparation for the festivity on
the ice.
Sarah Meyer Is in charge of the
carnival arrangements. She is be
ing assisted by Jane Barbour,
Ruth Fulton. Matilde Shelby. Mary
PriscUla Stewart, Regina Runklns.
Doris Riisness, Oeorgeanna Lehr,
Jeane Palmer, Mary Toder, Elea
nor Neale. Faith Arnold and Eliza
beta Buaaee,
APPUCAT
Leads Union Drive to
Successful Conclusion
Jack Fischer, editor of the Daily
Nebraskan, instigator of the drive
for a student union building on
the university campus which was
culminated successfully Saturday
by official sanction of the Board
of Regents.
ELLIOTT TO TALK
AT CHARTER DAY
.15
67 Anniversary of School's
' Founding Celebrated
Thruout Land.
Charter day programs com
memorating the sixty-seventh an
niversary of the founding of the
university will be held in various
parts of the country during the
month of February with hundreds
of loyal alumni and friends of the
institution in attendance. Altho
charter day is Feb. 15, the pro
gram at Lincoln will be held Feb.
14. An address by President Ed
ward C. Elliott of Purdue uni
versity will be delivered at
the coliseum that morning. Ten
tative plans also call for a
dinnpr at th University club in the
evening for alumni, students,
faculty members and friends of
the school.
The birthday of the university
Is always a signal for many tradi
tional celebrations by alumni
groups and clubs over the country
and again this year extens've
plans have been made for special
observances not only by forty
groups in the state but by J any
of the twenty other alumni organ
izations thruout tho nation, says
Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary.
Members of the university
faculty and administrative offices
will speak at the state gatherings
and it is probable that the school
will be represented by its officials
at several of the out of state pro
grams .
PROGRAM FEB
CONGDON URGES EARLY
STUDENT REGISTRATION
Choosing Second Semester Schedules lo Begin Monday,
Last Until Jan. 18; Promptness Circumvents
Difficulty of Closed Sections.
Choosing second semester classo
schedules will begin Monday. Jan.
13, continuing until Saturday noon,
Jan. 18, for those already enrolled
in the university, including school
of music students registered for
university credits. A. R. Congdon,
chairman of the assignment com
mittee, urges students to register
Monday or Tuesday, If possible, to
avoid the hazard of a closed sec
tions. In accordance with the usual
practice, a late registration fee will
be charged all students who have
not seen their advisors before Jan.
18 or whose applications are not
in the office of the respective
deans before that date.
Each student must obtain his
credit book from the registrar's
office, upon presentation of his
identification card. This book lists
each student's high school and uni
versity credits and assists the ad
visor in arranging the semester's
program.
Students who have conflicts due
to outside employment are excused
from taking two-fifths of their
hours In the afternoon. These peo
ple can obtain the privilege of en
tering certain section by regis
tering early. Special permission to
be excused from afternoon claase
may be obtained from Mr. Cong'
don In room 207, Administration
building, any day between 10 and
12 In tna marring ox between 3
GOVERNMENT NOW
TO PASS ON FINAL
FATE OF BUILDING
UNION LEADERS ATTAIN LONG-SOUGHT GOAL;
OFFICIALS MAKE PLANS TO ASK PWA
FUNDS FOR PROJECT.
Fate of the $400,000 student union binding at tin.- univer
sity which has been pushed by student organizations will now
rest with the federal government. University regents Saturday
approved making application for a 45 percent grant and a 53
percent loan from PWA for Ibis building. The formal applica
tion will be forwarded through official channels as soon as
possible.
Culminating a long campaign by student leaders and cam
pus organizations, the regents gave their general approval to
the student union building program, a building greatly needed
at the state university, and provided for the immediate start
of preliminary work.
The regents authorized the $1 per semester fee collected
to pay for the swimming pool to be transferred toward the
union building.
A contribution of $10,000 was promised the student union
fund by the student publication board at a Friday meeting.
This sum, built up by student publications, is the largest singb.
sum yet pledged to the new building fund. Several campus or
ganizations have pledged smaller amounts.
All details of the building will have to be worked out
within the near future, explained Chancellor E. A. Burnett.
The regents requested the student union committee to make
estimates and recommendations on the cost of furnishing the
building on the basis of present costs.
The campus committee in charge of the orderly develop
ment of the city campus was authorized to recommend a loca
tion for the building.
Chancellor Burnett himself favors some location on the
present campus near 14th and R sts.
Davis & Wilson, Lincoln architects, were approved by ihe
regents as architects for the building. They were authorized
to outline the plans and sketches.
Board Opens Filings
For Staff Positions
Applications for the appoint
ment for the following posi
tions on the student publica
tion will be received by the
student publication board un
til noon, Saturday, Jan. 18.
THE DAIL NEBRASKAN.
Editor-in-chief.
Two managing editors.
Five newt editors.
Business manager.
Three assistant business
managers.
THE AWGWAN.
Editor.
Business mansger.
Two assistant business man
agers, unpaid.
Two managing editors, un
paid. Application blanks may be
obtained at the office of the
school of journalism, Univer
sity hall 104. Material already
on file need not be duplicated.
JOHN K. SELLECK,
Secretary Student Publications
said 4 in the afternoon.
Students must complete regis
tration by paying their fees in
Memorial hall at the following
times: Friday, Jan. 24, 9 a. m. to
4 p. m.; Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a. m.
to 12 noon: Monday, Jan. 27. to
Thursday, Jan. 30, 9 a. m. to 4
p. m., including the noon hour.
New students and former stu
dents not enrolled in school at the
time of early registration will reg
ister Friday. Jan. 31. Fees will be
paid the same day.
Gaiety Prevails at
Tri-K Club Novelty
Fund Raising Party
Whistles and serpentine added
gaiety to the novelty dance staged
by the Tri-K club, organization of
Agronomy students, Saturday
night The dance, held at the Stu
dent Activities building on the Ag
college campus, was well attended,
according to Bob Cushlng, Tri K
president.
Mel Pester and hi eleven piece
orchestra furnished music for the
dancers, and novelty numbers were
featured on the program. Dr. and
Mrs. F. D. Keim and Mr. and Mrs.
A. U Frolik acted as chaperons.
In charge of the arrange rner.ts
were Dan-ell Baudar, Dais SouUi
and. Dayton Kliagmaa.
ION
ANNOUNCES
GROUP SEVEN
OFFICE SEEKERS
Committee Nominates Jane
Keefer, Rowena Swenson
For Presidency.
Announcing seven candidates for
Y. W. C. A. offices, the nominating
committee, composed of four sen
ior women, name Jean Keefer and
Rowena Swenson as presidential
nominees. This election, one of
the largest in women's activities,
is scheduled to be held Wednesday,
Jan. 15, in Ellen Smith hall. Only
members of the Y. W. are allowed
to vote, but membership cards may
be taken out as late as Tuesday,
Jan. 14.
Candidates for president are
Jane Keefer, and Rowena Swenson.
Running for vice president ar
Caroline Kile and Frances Scud
der. The race for secretary will
be between Maxine Durand and
Winifred Nelson. Alice Soukup
and Ruth Schobert are nominee
for Ag president.
Announce List Tuesday.
All girls running for office will
be anounced Tuesday, at the
weekly 5 o'clock Vesper service in
Ellen Smith hall and at the Home
Ec building at 12:20. Polls will be
open from 9 to 5 Wednesday both
at Ellen Smith hall and the Home
Economics building. Attendant
at the polls will have lists of Y.
W. members and names will be
checked as ballots are cast to in
sure against students voting twice.
Girls will not be allowed to vote
unless they present their identifi
cation cards.
The process of Joining the Y. W.
C. A. has two phases: signing the
membership card and payment of
the $2.00 fee.
Nine Points.
The selection of the nominating
committee wa based on these nine
points: Vision, executive ability,
convictions, mature religious ap
preciation, high ideals for service,
a sincere friendly, and democratic
attitude, knowledge of the Y. W.
C A. and the Student Christian
movement and intelligent leader
ship. According to the by-law of the
Y. W. constitution, each candidate
must have at leaat a unrrcrmtr
scholastic avers je of e'f'ity. tiat
Vzey shall have a'vy j-it.r:-pated
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