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FIRST ALL-VARSITY
PARIY PLANNED FOR
TONIGHT
Recreational Activities Get
Started With Softball
Practices.
BY ELLEN SRB.
With Dave Haun and his 12
piece orchestra playing, the first
all university party promises an
enjoyable time for all, according
to Prof. E. W. Lantz, director of
recreational and social activities.
The party will be this evening
from 9 to 11:30 in the coliseum.
The admission price is ten cents.
Another interesting feature of
the recreational schedule is the
Softball program. Practices are
held every evening, except Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday, at 7
o'clock, the men meeting in the
field south of the teachers college,
and the women in the space east
of Social Sciences hall.
Softball Progressing.
"The Softball is going along
famously," stated Mr. Lantz.
"About 20 girls and from 15 to
20 boys have enrolled. We have
started planning for competitive
games with Lincoln teams, and
with several out of town teams
within a 20 mile radius. The girls
will play two games a week with
other teams. Those who have not
played before are not excluded
from playing. If they do not want
to play on the competitive team,
they may play just for recrea
tion." Twenty students have signed up
for tennis, either to be instructed
or for enjoyment. Many have ex
pressed their interest in the game,
and more are expected to enroll
for this sport. Plans for a tennis
tournament are under way.
Golf Attractive.
According to Mr. Lantz, golf
has been particularly attractive to
graduate students and to faculty
members. A tournament of three
or four flights, representing three
or four major greens, will be held
later in the summer. To make
these tournaments even more in
teresting, a prize of $4 is given to
the winner. Fifty dollars is spent
every summer for prizes.
Horse shoes have been quite
popular. Mr. Lantz stated that as
many pegs would be set up as
would be necessary to take care
of those who desire to play. Both
men and women have been se
cured to supervise baseball prac
tices. Two playing fields are open
for use from 6:45 to 8:30.
Students in the department of
speech will present several dra
matic productions. Returns are
placed into a scholarship fund,
which is used for needy drama
students. At the present time, the
fund contains $400.
"The biggest problem in the
recreational program is the hold
ing of dances," stated Mr. Lantz.
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AG FAlfyliERS
ATTEND DAIRY MEET
Four Professors to Read
Papers at National
Gathering.
Six members of the University's
agricultural college faculty are at
tending a meeting of the country's
daity science men, being held this
week at State College, Pa.
Professors II. P. Davis, R. F.
Morgan, M. L. Flack, and J. L.
Hathaway will speak on the pro
gram. Others attending from the
University are P. A. Downs and E.
L. Reichai t.
Papers which will be read are as
follows: Mr. Davis, "The Effect of
Sprouted Oats on the Reproduction
of Dairy Cattle;' Mr. Hathaway,
"The Vitamine A Content of A I V
Molasses and Normal Silage and
the Effect of Feeding These Sil
ages on the Vitamine A Content of
Milk;" Mr. Morgan, "Photographic
Technic as applied to th Dairy In
dustry;" Mr. Flack, "4-H Junior
Bull Rin-."
COLISEUM
DR. WASHBURNE TALKS
HERE TUESDAY NIGHT
Leader in Winnetka
School Plan Talks at
Chamber Commerce
Dr. Carlton Washburne of Chi
cago, will be the principal speak
er at the joint dinner held by Pi
Lambda Theta and Phi Delta
Kappa, educational societies, on
June 23, at 6:30 p. m., at the
Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Wash
burn, who is prominent in educa
tional circles, has been active in
the establishment of the Win
netka plan of school organization,
which has attracted much atten
tion in progressive school plans.
All summer school students are
invited to attend the dinner, spon
sored by the two fraternities.
Tickets may be purchased Monday
morning in Teachers college on the
first floor.
Program for the dinner follows:
Miss Ellen Srb will give greetings
from the two societies. Eunice
Bingham will play a violin solo.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bimson will
sing a duet and Miss Lucille Reilly
will sing a solo. Dr. Washburne's
address, "Should The Schools be
Indoctrinated,' will climax the eve
ning's entertainment. C. A. Bowers
will preside at the banquet.
E
TAKE TWO FIELD TRIPS
Carlson, Van Royen Plan
To Supervise Study
Expeditions.
Geography department of the
University will sponsor two field
trips, one Saturday, June 20 and
one Saturday June 27. Dr. F.
A. Carlson, professor at Ohio
State University and Dr. W. Van
Royen will supervise the trips.
The trip Saturday, June 20, will
be for the purpose of studying the
geographic features south and
east of Lincoln. A visit will be
made to the soil erosion project
near Syracuse and to Nebraska
City and the state park there.
The group making the trip will
return thru the apple country.
The party will leave Former
Museum at 7 o'clock and return
about 6 p. m. Any student wish
ing to take the trip may pur
chase tickets this afternoon at the
central office of the geography
department on the second floor of
Former Museum.
The second trip will be a one
day trip also and will be taken
June 27. The party will go to
Weeping Water, Louisville, the
Ashgrove and the Gretna State
fish hatcheries. They will make
a study of various projects in
which the department is particu
larly interested.
GEOGRAPHY STUD
NTS
GRADUATES FAVOR WRITING OF THESES
Do graduate students benefit
from writing theses? Is the value
to be gained from effort spent in
this way sufficient to justify the
compulsory writing of such theses
in order to obtain higher degrees?
Many graduate students attending
the university summer session, as
they begin work on their papers
are asking themselves such ques
tions as these and attempting to
answer them for their own satis
faction. The answers differ with differ
ent individuals and opinions of
graduate students on the univer
sity campus show that a great
number favor the continuation ot
the practice of writing theses for
higher degiees.
Now Vital Question.
A vital question at the present
time among all educators, the is
sue is one which graduate stu
dents themselves are in a position
to answer, because they can tell
just how much they themselves
have benefited from the writing
of a thesis.
Students in the university, or at
lenst a majority of them, must
feel that they have benefited from
the composition of a long paper,
REALISM
DISPLAYED
PRESENTATION OF
PASSION PLAY HERE
More Than 1,000 Persons
View the Production at
Pioneers Park.
All the pathos and realism of
the ancient tragedy was repro
duced for over 1,000 persons who
viewed the first presentation of
the Passion Play in Lincoln Wed
nesday evening. The production
will be repeated Friday and Satur
day evenings in the beautiful na
tural theater at Pioneer Park.
With it3 powerful reproduction
of the last week of Christ, the
gigantic pageant-drama is, in the
words of Dwight Bedell, president
of the junior chamber of com
merce, which is sponsoring the
play, "an education in itself."
Lighting Effective.
A profusion of strong light,
furnished from 12 flood lights of
35 watt capacity was used in
bringing out the full effect of the
cast of approximately 1,000 char
acters, the details of their fea
tures and costumes. Four spot
lights were used to furnish added
lighting to bring out particular
scenes.
Realistic lightening effects also
added to the realism of the entire
setting. These affects were pro
duced by the use of a large neon
tube located on the hill in back of
the theater. With the use of deto
nation caps, a flash and charge is
produced, carrying out the realistic
idea, that Director David Johnson
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THETA SIG'S TO MEET
FOR CONVENTION
Miss Chain Abends
As Representative
From This School
Members of Theta Sigma Phi,
honorary and professional journal
ism sorority, are meeting for the
group's national convention in
Austin, Texas June 18, 19, and
20. Before proceeding to Austin,
about three hundred members
from all over the country were
guests at the Centennial celebra
tion in Dallas on Theta Sigma
Phi day, June 13.
From the local chapter of
Theta Sigma Phi at the Univer
sity, Virginia Chain is attending
the convention as Nebraska's
delegate. She is president of this
chapter.
Guest speaker at the three-day
meeting will be J. Frank Dobie,
author of southwest stories. He
will talk at the "Texas Writer s
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according to their belief that the
practice should be continued.
"Such writing gives one good
practice in organizing thought."
This is the value of thesis writing
in the opinion of Richard Misner,
instructor in science and assistant
coach in the high school at Crete,
"Not only does it teach one how
to organize material and to draw
conclusion, but it also teaches the
writer. For one really has to
know the material and have
studied it a great deal in order to
pass the examinations that are
given." Mr. Misner is of the
opinion that writing a thesis is a
valuable experience and that the
writer actually accomplishes some
thing if he does not back down but
tackles the thing in a conscientious
manner.
Misner Defends Practice.
Mr. Misner is taking graduate
work at the university this sum
mer, as is Mason Bridges, who also
defends the now existing practice
of thesis writing by graduate stu
dents. Mr. Bridges thinks the
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value cf thesis writing lies prin-
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cipally In the value of the subject
selected,
Ag Instructors Here
For Three-Day State
Vocational Meeting
A. V. A. SECRETARY
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Courtesv of Th Lincoln lournal.
V. J. MORFORD.
93 REGISTERED FOR
SUMMER HIGH WORK
Teachers College School
. Completes First Week
Of Classes.
With 93 students registered the
Teachers college high school sum
mer session has completed its
first week of class work. This
high school is held in conjunction
with the University of Nebraska
summer school.
Instructors in the summer
school are members of the Teach
ers college faculty and experi
enced teachers noted for their
success as classroom instructors.
The roll of instructors for the
session this year includes: W. H.
Morton, principal; Letta Clark,
Eliza Gamble, Vera Garrison, W.
B. Johns, Minnie Schlichting and
J. H. Straka.
Students enrolled in the high
school summer session are those
who desire to complete the four
year high school course in less
than four years, those who need
one or two credits for gradua
tion from either junior high school
or senior high school.
No student is permitted to car
ry more than two courses. Reci
tations are of double length. A
student upon the completion of
the work in two courses will re
ceive two high school credits.
"The topic chosen should be one
that will benefit others," he de
clared. I believe that real re
search should be conducted, and
that the writer should try to dis
cover and not to prove. If the
writer does constructive thinking,
I cannot see why such writing
would not be beneficial to him."
Barton L. Cline, superintendent
of schools at Bridgeport, believes
that the existing requirement for
graduate students is a "good idea."
He adds, however, that it is the
attitude that counts, and that the
chief benefit should come to the
individual writer.
Also taking graduate work this
summer is Charles rarriou, prin
Qlilllll IV. A AO W f -
cipal at Arapahoe, who sees in
thoeta writimr an onnortunitv to
show initiative in writing. He be-
lieves that the practice is worth -
wnue.
Disadvantages Noted.
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appeared a trifle dubious as to its desiring to learn to play, and ad
real value. The evil of the idea, vanrpii niavcm wishing to et
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Mr- Hoibcin as3erte, la that many
I timPH th tinner I written for the
t,me the PaPr written for the
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i?Officia!s Plan Full Day of
Activity for Teachers
On Friday.
With a three day session in full
suMn. About a hundred vocational
agriculture instructors here for the
annual state conference win par
ticipate in a full day of activity
FYidflv. The dav's nroerram will be
gin with a breakfast at 7 Friday
morning at the college of agricul
ture cafeteria and will close with
a banquet Friday evening.
Conference sessions open at 9:10
today with R. ,M. Kildee of West
Point leading a discussion on "Ex
perience With Part Time Classes,"
and H. W. Deems of Pawnee City,
and Wayne Girardot of Albion,
discussing "Methods of Teaching
Part Time Classes."
At the same time Sivert Nelson,
of Ponca, and Donald R. Sandy, of
North Loup will lead the discus
sion: "How I Introduce and Carry
Out the Supervised Practice Re
quirements." Gould to Speak.
H. M. Gould, assistant state di
rector of Agricultural Extension
service, will speak on "Conserv
ing Nebraska Soils" at 10:10. C. C.
Minteer, of the department of vo
cational education at the univer
sity, will have as his subject "Or
ganizing Teaching Materials" at
the session at 11:10 Friday morn
ing. R. T. Prescott, agricultural co
lege editor, will discuss "Bullettt
Service to Schools" at 11:35, whidl
will close the morning program.
Pearson Opens Program.
On Friday afternoon J. M. Pea
son, regional agent for agricultural
education, Washington, D. C, will
open the program at 1:15 with ft
discussion of "Progress in tha
North Central Region.' At 2:15
the Nebraska Vocational Agricul
ture association will hold i busi
ness meeting. H. W. Deems, presi
dent, and V. J. Morford, secretary,
will report on the 1936 A. V. A.
convention held at Chicago. Fol
lowing the report, the organiza
tion will hold its election of offi
cers. On Friday evening, at 6:30, a
banquet for vocational agriculture
instructors and their wives will be
held at the city Y. W. C. A. The
committee in charge of the ban
quet consists of Dr. H. E. Bradford,
chairman, C. C. Minteer, and L. D.
Clements. Tickets for the banquet
may be obtained for 50 cents.
On Saturday morning the con
ference will meet in room 108, Ag
ricultural Engineering building, at
9, to hear C. W. Smith, professor
of agricultural engineering, speak
on "The How and Why of Tractor
Testing." A demonstration, with
Carleton Zink, Tractor Testing En
gineer in charge, will be hrld al
the Testing field. Returning again
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TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS
HOLD MEETING TODAY
Harrison Asks Interested
Students to Meet With
Him at 5.
A meeting of those interested in
free tennis lessons will be held
Friday, June 19th in room 201 in
teachers college at 5 o'clock.
According to reports from Prof.
E.
W. Lantz's office, aooui zu
rwvmle have alreadv sifrned ud for
I r t - F -
the lessons which are to be given
bv Bob Harrison, the no. 1 player
on the Nebraska tennis team last
1 year,
Those who have not vet enrolled
are urged to do so either in Mr.
Friday, The lessons are open to
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some good practice this summer.
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