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lit) RAW The Daily N EdRA SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR THE NEBRASKAN SFpSBSQ1BE NOW FOR THE r. .-NEBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Vol. xxxyi -iso.".. LINCOLN, INKIHS ASK A. SUMUV. SKITK!IBKI" 20. 1936. PRICE 5 CENTS. SKAN F MANGLED HELD SCORELESS IN VARSITY IT Continued Offensive Play Nets First Outfit 66 Counters. In a full afternoon of scrimmage the varsity squad, playing almivxt entirely an offensive game, amassed 66 points while an un organised but game frosh squad scored no points Saturday. To the approximate 2500 Husker fRtis who were scattered around in Me morial stadium a mild conception of Nebraska's grid possibilities was available. "There was little football op portunity," stated Coach D. X. Bible as he headed for the dressing room. "We haven't divided the squad yet and therefore had a great variety of men on the field. We attempted to give all of them a chance In action and most of them did well In their positions." Frosh Coach Ed Weir ran in about six yearling teams during the non regulation game. The frosh have had only one day of practice together, but opened the tilt by giving the regulars a stub born defense. Next Saturday's frosh team will be all prepared for the varsity In their annual game. It was Indicated. Lowell English, varsity guard candidate, retired from the con test with what was believed to be a cracked rib. X-ray pictures were to be taken to determine the ex tent of the Injury. Wild Hoss Cardwell and Art Ball tied for scoring honors, each taking the ball over twice. Ron Dour las, Marv Plock, Harris An drews. Bill Andresen, Sam Francis and Bill Callihan each scored once. (Continued on Page 31. Y M SPDTOSTALKS Dean George Osborn Makes Appearance on Campus Sunday Morning. Dean George Osborn of the Wes ley Middle school at Wv:hang. China, will appear on the campus Sunday for a series of addresses under the auspices of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A.. His Sunday addresses will be delivered to the college student class of the Warren Methodist church at 9:45 a. m., at Camp Strader In Crete to the Hi-Y training conference on Sunday af ternoon, and to the Epworth league of the St. Paul Methodist church at 6:30 p. m. Monday morning at 10 a. m. he will address the student body at Wesleyan university. He will be present at the Y rooms of the Temple building from 4 to 6 p. m, that afternoon for open discus sions. Tuesday at :30 p. m. he will speak to the Lincoln Hi-Y at the Hl-Y building. Mr. Osborn Just returned from China where he was associated for several years with Lyman Hoover, representative of the Y. M. C A. among students In that region. As Mr. Osborn is a graduate of King College, Cambridge, students may expect many interesting dis cussions, according to C D. Hayes Y. M. C. A. secretary. CHILDlNTfHEATER Juvenile Visitors Cheer Reknowned Marionette Demonstration. Greeted enthusiastically by sev eral hundred juvenile spectators, the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were re-enacted Saturday morning for Lincoln Children by C Ray Smith's famous Alve,rt Street Marionettes of Cali fornia. Sponsored by the Lincoln Junior League, the program was the first of a series of five plays to be presented this season, the lemaining four to be given by the tniversity Players. Saturday morning's performance Wis one of three given yesterday, wth a matinee for older children and an evening performance for adults. A marionette circus and couinental variety chorus was an adied attraction at the final per formance. Announcement was made during the entertainment that the four coming attractions would include portrayals of "Rip Van Winkle." "Heidi," "Cinderella," and "Marv Popper." ;kogk.imikks catiiek foh must steak fhy Graduate students and members of the staff of the geography de partment held their initial picnic nnd steak fry at Roberts Park. Saturday afternoon. According to Prof. Nels A. Bengtson In charge of the depart ment, about 40 members were present Students not only from Nebraska but from Kansas, Texas. Iowa, Illinois, New York and Ok lahoma were included in group me "i sri in:T ciikekim: SKCTlOy EUHCEI) An enlarged student cheer ing section of approximately 4.100 throats will sit In the Cornhusker stadium this fall to cheer the Bibiemen onward In their quest for victory. Increases have been made in the ie of the student and card sections. Nebraska students will oc cupy sections D to K with the card sections being F, G, H, which makes an increase of one section over previous years. Innocents are in charge again this year, and new cheerleaders, selected by them, will make their initial appearance at the frosh-var-sity tilt next Saturday, Sept. 26. Tickets for Saturday's game are now being sold by members of the university band and several military or ganizations. Receipts from the game will be used to pay for the new band uniforms. AT Receipts of Contest For Scarlet-White ' ROTC Uniforms. Pay New uniforms for Nebraska's one .hundred piece .ROTC .band have arrived and will be Issued to be worn for the first time at Sat urday's frosh-varsity football game, total pr.nreeds of wrilch will go to help pav for the new outfits. Although no definite report on the progress of game ticket sales will be available before Tuesday, when salesmen will meet with Major S. W. Myers who Is in charge of the drive, six thousand advance sale tickets have been printed in anticipation of a large crowd. Those failing to secure ad vance ducats will pay their quar ters directly at the gate, no tickets to be issued for such sales. Bandmen should present a strik ing appearance when massed on the field in their new uniforms which cost some thirty-five h"n dred dollars. Musicians outfits consist of white coats with scar let braid and scarlet pants with a vertical white stripe on either leg. The band captain's uniform Is a reversal of the color scheme of the musicians' with scarlet coat and white trousers with scarlet stripe. The drum major's outfit is similar to that of the band cap tain with the addition of gold epaulets and trimmings. Uniforms (Continued on Page 2). YELL lURlTS TO T Innocents Postpone Date For Selection of Cheer Leaders. Cheer leader tryouts, originally scheduled for Monday, Sept. 2i, have been postponed until Tues day afternoon, Sept. 22, Innocent Bob Shellenberg announced today. Tryouts will begin promptly at 3:30 p. m. in the stadium. Candi dates must be of sophomore stand ing and have athletic eligibility. Head Cheerleader Whitey Reed will instruct the pep leader aspir ants in the fine art of cheer rous ing. As previously arranged. In nocents Shellenberg, Sam Francis, and George Pipal will be judges. Because of the anticipated in crease in attendance at this year's football games, the number of new 1 cheer leaders will probablv be boosted from six to eight or nine, according to Shellenberg. All eligible students of cheer leader expetience and those of tumbling ability are strongly urged by Shellenberg to report for tryouts. Three of last year's pep rousers, Whitey Reed. Dave Bernstein, and Bob Eby are expected to return this year. 950 WOMEN COMPLETE REGISTRATION FOR GYM Figures Show Coeds Favor Tennis, Swimming as Pastime Sports. Over 950 university women were assigned this week to physical ed ucation classes, according to Miss Leonore Alway. faculty member of the department. Tennis registra tion is the largest with 270, swim ming follows with SO, and the re mainder are taking modern danc ing, tap, archery, or recreational sports. Miss Matilda Shelby, faculty ad visor, expects the Women's Ath letic Association activities to be gin sometime within the next two weeks. This includes the golf club, Orchesis (dancing), archerv club. outing club, Tanksterettes (swim ming!, tennis club, and the rifle club, which has the largest mem bership of 45. Many of the unaffiliated wom en signed up for the Independent teams which, with the teams of the club organizations, compete thruout the year in intramural sports. Announcements pertainine to inese activities will be posted Jin the near futur COLORFUL IT ARRAY UNI BAND FROSH CAME L M Kirkpatrick Tells Winners Of Piano, Violin Voice. Cello. Announcement of the winners of partial scholarships in the uni versity School of Music was made Saturday by Director Howard D. Kirkpatrick. Qualifying in the ap plied music test which stressed talent and need were 35 students representing three states. Partial piano scholarships were granted to 16 applicants: William Gant, Lincoln; Margaret Baker, Lincoln; Fredrick Thomas, Lin- wood; Alice Terrill, Lincoln; Jane Hopkins, Whiting, la.; Vance Lelninger, Fullerton; Vee Louise Marshall, Arlington; Ruth Bro- kaw. Mead; Janet Olson. Palmvra; Mildred Flats. David Cltv; Rvith M Frciss. Lincoln; Meiient Tatro. Odell; F.lsie Mansfield, Ong; Mrs, erda Robertson, Lincoln, and Erma Schacht, Cook. Thirteen qualified for voice scholarship including Richard Blessing, Elmwook; Llla Mae Jackson, Beatrice: Geraldine Krause, Lincoln; Helene Rasmus sen. Fremont; Martha Magee, Col umbus; Ruth Jayne Murray, Dun bar; Lillian L. Dannatt, A ins worth; Val Zetterman, Ong; Mrs. Yerda Robertson, Lincoln; Jean Spencer, Lincoln; Vernon T. Han neman, Lincoln; Warren Temple ton, Lincoln; and Harriet Harper, Edgar. Three violin students, Carolyn Kennedy, Sidney; David Fowler, Fremont and Margaret Porter, Creston, la., attained partial scholarships and Minor D. Plumb, Irving, Kas.; Frances Spencer, Lincoln; and Maryloulse Baker, Lincoln were awarded scholarships for study in cello. Registration for the oratorio chorus which will produce "Elijah" before the holiday season is still open for students who may wish to take part In group work. CONCERT SEASON AS SALES DRIVE BEGINS Greater Lincoln Music Course Offers Seven Musical Attractions. Drive for the sale of student tickets for the Greater Lincoln mu sic course will begin Monday, Sept. 21. This course consists of seven concerts to be given during the year, four of which are directed by Richard Crooks and feature fa mous artists. The other three will be concerts given by the Lincoln orchestra under the direction of Leo Kucinskl. Programs will be given in St. Paul church and at the Liberty theatre. Twelve adult tickets have al ready been sold at J5.00 apiece. More than 20 have been reserved for the students at one-half the price or $2.50. The seating ca pacity of the concert halls limit the sale of any more than the 200 re maining student tickets. Howard Kirkpatrick, director of the University School of Music, savs "I believe the course offered is an exceptional opportunity for the students. It is seldom that as many fine artists as will appear on this course may be heard for so small a price. Richard Crooks, who will direct the artist concerts, is the leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera company In New York City. The schedule of the course wilt be: ' Nov. 16. .. .Lincoln Symphony OrcheMr Dec. 3.,,.. Agnrlt Hnvlii. Boprnnn Jn. 18 Lincoln Symphony Orchestra .ln. 25 Touch KoWIrl, vlo'ln Fh. Kthr Johnnon. olnnl.t Mrrh IS. .. .Lincoln Symphony orchcinr.i May . . Richard Crooks, tenor .P. thrrilu emiwyp shrdlu mlwyp GIVEN WEDNESDAY First Program of Series Features Fine Arts String Quartet. First of a series of musical ron vocations will be given Wednes day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Temple theater. Program will be given by the Fine Arts string quartet and will include selections from Brahms and Shubert. The quartet is composed of Eunice Bingham, first violin; Mar jorie Smith, second violin; Mar garet Baker, viola; Marylouise Baker, cello, and Ernest Harris son, uccompanist. According to an announcement issued from the office of Prof. Howard Kirkpatrick. conservatory director, the programs will con tinue every Wednesday afternoon thruout the year. Programs the first semester will be furnished by members of the conservatory faculty and visiting artists. Students may receive ' credit for attendine these Dro grams tr they register for course. the AWARDS UbluoHb 3b SCHOLARSHIPS "I'VE SEEN YOUR LIKES IN INDIA,'' JOSHI SAYS Exchange Professor Heminds (jvili.iition Whs Thai Colonies' War BY BARBARA ROSEWATER. On returning to the university after an absence of ten years, Prof. Shamrno Joshl of the University of Bombay, confesses that the most surprising thing to him about Nebraska students is their com plete resemblance to students in India. Alike In degree of noise, study, lack of study, and general habits was the professor's sum mary of the similarity. "If there is one message that 1 would give to American students today," Prof. Joshl Rtatcd, "I would remind them that the history of civilization did not begin with the war for American independence." Prof. Joshi, who used to teach comparative religion at Nebraska as an exchange professor from the University of Bombay, is a Brah min, a high caste Hindu, born of Christian convert parents, and raised in a Moslem province. He received his education at the Uni versities of Bombay, Oxford and Columbia, and for twelve years taught at Dartmouth. His present address is International House, University of Chicago. In shor . he Is the original man-who-has-been-everywhere. A short, dark-skinned man, with black eyes, he speaks with a no- Ilepislrar Sets Drop, Add Deadline Tues. Evening Students wishing to drop and add courses must do to some time before Tuesday evening, registrar Florence McGahey announced Saturday. The as signment committee will meet in Grant Memorial hall both Monday and Tuesday to accom modate students wishing to make changes in registration. The deadline on graduate regis tration hat been set at Oct. 3. ELECTED AS HEAD OF MET Martin, Kennedy to Serve As Assistants for Ensuing Term. Bob Shellenberg, senior in Arts and Sciences, will serve as presi dent of Kosmet Klub for this com ing year. The Klub recently elect ed Ross Martin, senior in business administration, as business man ager, and Roy Kennedy, also a senior in business administration, as secretary-treasurer. All three are Innocents. Work on the 1636 Kosmet Klub fall revue, to be held sometime before Christmas, will get under way a week from Tuesday, when the first meeting will be held. Workers for membership into the club will also apply that week. Outgoing officers, who served last year, are Bob Pierce, presi dent; Bill Garlow, business man ager, and Dick Schmidt, secretary treasurer. Clayton Schwenk held the presidency the first semester but resigned to allow more time for school work. Shellenberg urged that fraterni ties and sororities begin plans for their skits. Winners last year were Chi Phi fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority. Baud Receives rs.trsf-: Mix rtl- X'k v ; ( si Krom the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. Cornhusker band leaders appearing in their snappy new uni forms are Charles Minnich, band captain, George Bacon, drum mat or, and Lyman Spurlock. a member. The bandsmen, wearing white coats trimmed in scarlet and red britches with white stripes down ;the side, will make their first appearance at the Frosh-Varsity grid (battle next Saturday. Students of Hehellioii. From the Lincoln Journal. Prof. Shramras Joshl. ticeable accent. He proudly exhib its picture of his wife, his daugh ter, who teiaduated from Vassar, and his son, who Is teaching on (Continued on Page 2). GETS COLLEGIATE DIGEST SERVICE Funk Gets Final Approval On Application for Membership. Definite word was received Sat urday informing staff members of the Daily Nebraskan that their application for membership In the Collegiate Digest association had been granted and that the first copy would be sent immediately. This addition to the regular ma terlal of the campus publication will enlarge the Sunday edition to approximately 16 pages, business manager Bob Funk, estimated, on receiving word of the grant. The Collegiate Digest consists of eight pages of rotogravure copy circulated weekly among each member of the association. The material pertains solely to colleges and universities thruout the country and scquently should be of great interest to Nebraskan read crs, he stated. The first publication of the new material will be received for the Sunday edition, Sept. 25. INNOCENTS SHIFT DATE FOR PEPKING TRYOUTS Candidates to Be Coached At Practice Sessions Before Decision. Tryouts for cheerleader will be held next Tuesday, at 3:30 o'clock rather than Monday, according to Bob Shellenberg, chairman of the Innocent yell king committee. Sev eral sessions will be held during whfch instruction will be given with the final decision probably to come at the end of this week New Uniforms it1 vx V American Not Begun T" -::.m MS DAILY NEBRASKAN FIRST BARB MASS MEETING SET FOR Addresses, Introduction of Officers to Feature Program. All unaffiliated men on the cam pus are requested to attend the barb mass meeting to be held In Social Sciences auditorium Tues day night, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p. m., according to Wilbur Beczley, presi dent of the barb interclub council. Principal speakers of the eve ning will be Prof. E. W. Lantz, and Harold Petz. Professor Lantz will give a brief talk of the history and purpose of the interclub council, while Mr. Petz will outline the ath letic activities for the coming year and also explain the function of the new point system which is to be inaugurated this year. In addition to these addresses the organization of the interclub council and of individual clubs will be explained by various speakers. Following these brief talks, this year's officers will be introduced to those attending the meeting and each will give a very brief talk on matters with which he is most concerned. A short "Magic Show" will be given by Athletic Chairman Lee "Houdini" Nims, which promises to provide a good deal of enter tainment, according to Beezley. The meeting will be In charge of Wilbur Beezley. Officers of the council for this year are: Presi dent, Wilbur Beezley; vice presi dent, Byrle Shuck; secretary, Aus tin Moritz; treasurer. Bob Sim mons; athletic chairman, Lee Nlms; social chairman, Tom Pe terson; organization chairman, Dean Worcestor. NEWLY UNIFORMED 10 PRILL TUESDAY Instrumentation Finished In Junior Division, Quick States. Instrumentation in the Junior band, Nebraska's new military musical unit on the campus this year, has been almost completed according to reports from senior band director, W. T. Quick ana marching instructor and director of the Junior band, Charles Ld- with. The first drill of both bands initiating work for what is ex pected by band leaders to be the biggest year in Nebraska band his' tory, will be held at 5 p. m. Tues day at the southeast corner of the stadium. At this drill which will be held in civilian clothes music will be passed out In both bands, positions in ranks assigned subject to change, and drill regulations given to the junior band only. The senior band, which has been cut down from 170 pieces to 100 pieces to attain a snappy marching unit for football games, wm start work on formations to be used be tween halves of varsity games on Wednesday of this week. In the new and unexperienced organization according to its direc tor, Ledwith, there is need of the following instruments in order to complete and balance the instru mentation: 2 oboes, 3 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 piccolos, several bases, and one or two alto saxophones. E TO ENTERTAIN AT TEA Miss Buxman Invites New Ag Students to Attend Affair. All Invitation is extended all new home economics students to at tend the home economics associa tion tea this Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock in the home economics parlors on the ag cam pus. Faculty members in the de partment have been extended spe cial invitations to be present. Miss Elsie Buxman, committee member in charge of the tea, urges attendance at the tea so that new students may become acquainted with supperclassmen. with upperclassmen. dents may enter on the ag campus are explained in booklets to be distributed at the tea. Marjorie Tye, chairman, Althea Barada, Elinor McFadden and Elsie Buxman compose the com mittee in charge of the entertain ment. Decorations and table appoint ments for the tea will be carried out with pastel colors and flowers Wliitsoii Takes Fellowship With Connecticut College Stanley Whitson left Sunday for Storrs Connecticut to accept a fel lowship in dairy production at the agricultural college there. He will receive his Masters Degree there in a year. He graduated from the Agricultural college last spring as a dairy major. He is a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, agriculture honor society. TUESDAY ENING 1500 Freshmen Take Entrance Vows Thursday Upwards of loOO froshmon will be formally initiated into the university on next Thursday, Sept. 24, at 11 a. m., official iinnounei'iiicnt from the office of the dean of student affairs stated yesterday. Freshmen classes will be dismissed at 11 o'clock in order that the entire class of 1940 may attend the Oceremonies in the coliseum. FRESHMAN LECTURE Freshman lecture students mutt present seat assign ment tickets at first meeting of class, Monday, 5:00 p. m. or Tuesday, 8:00 a. m. Any one not already supplied may obtain the necessary assign ment ticket at Freshman Lecture office, Former Muse um, Room 103, on Monday at 11:00 a. m. or from 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. Nelt A. Bengtson. TASSELS EXTEND PLAYERS TICKET SALES CAMPAIGN Pep Society Expects to Hang Up Record as Drive Continues. The Tassel drive to sell Uni versity Players tickets will be continued until five o'clock Tues day afternoon, Sept. 22, according to an announcement made by Margaret Phlllippe, president of Tassels, at a meeting of the group Saturday. The drive, previously scheduled to end Saturday, Sept, 19, has so far been the most successful in the history of the Tassel organization. The record for University Play ers ticket sales was made in 1929, when Tassels sold 1578 season tickets. This year's drive has reached a total of 1279 and the goal set by Margaret Phillippe for the campaign is 1800 tickets. The group is organized into six teams, each with 'a captain. The record for total sales to date is held by team six, headed by Muriel Krane. Other team cap tains are Louise Magee, Martha Morrow, Jane Walcott, Eloise Ben jamin, and Betty Magee. Ruth Anna Russell held the rec ord for individual sales on Satur day. Betty Magee sold the largest number of tickets Friday, and Jane Walcott made the most sales the first day of the drive. "I have every confidence that the Tassels will surpass all previ ous records," Margaret Phillippe stated at the Saturday meeting. "The spirit and enthusiasm for this year's ticket drive have been remarkable. The University Play ers is an activity that should be wholly supported by the student body." It appears the Tas3els will set a new all-time record, declared Armand Hunter, business manager oi me university Flayers. 36 REPORTERS SIGN UP Prospective Journalists to Receive Instruction in News Writing. Thirty-six prospective journal ists signed up for freshman re portorial berths on the Daily Ne braskan at a news writing class held Saturday morning. Members of the staff gave elementary in struction in the structure and style of the news story as well as to explain the functions and depart ments of the student daily. Classes are scheduled to be held each Saturday morning at 10 o'clock for a few weeks to give reporters additional coaching in news writing, after which beats will be assigned. Positions will be given on the basis of reliability and accuracy which is shown dur ing the first few weeks. FROSH BUY 1,100 COPIES OF CAMPUS HANDY BOOK Average Number of Sales Higher Than Former Years Hayes. Approximately 1,100 copies of the N book were sold by noon Sat urday stated C. D. Hayes, secre tary of the University Y. M. C. A. The greater portion of the sales were made to the freshmen at the Temple and at Ellen Smith hall. About 150 copies were sold at ag campus, where they are on sale in room 302b, Ag hall. It is estimated that the average sales for the past several years has been about 1,500 copies. To date the rate averages higher than during last fall. Mr. Hayes urged all freshmen and new students to get their copies as soon as possible since there are about 400 copies left and the registration indicates that there will be over 1,500 new students on the campus. inis annual conclave at which the neophytes coming to the uni versity for the first time officially become full-fledged collegians is conducted by Innocents, men'a senior honorary. Part of the pro gram is also provided and di rected by Mortar Boards, wom en's honorary. Arrangements Incomplete. According to Truman Obern dorf, Innocent heading the con vocation committee, only skeleton arrangements have as yet been made for the big freshmen assem bly, campus satelites who have already been contacted concern ing the affair are Chancellor E. A. Burnett, T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs, and Amanda weppner, dean of women. The chancellor will rive the ad dress of welcome to the 1,500 guests of the university on next Thursday. Master of ceremonies will be William Marsh, president of Innocents. Speaking on the imnortance of this convocation for the freshmen. Innocent President Marsh pleaded. com lor the well being of the university and the eood of the freshmen, themselves, this convo cation is held annually. It is as necessary to the university as it is to the incoming students that the latter be versed in Nebraska song and tradition and feel an honest devotion and loyalty for the institution which they at tend." Condra to be Missed. In the absence of Dr. Ccr.Cr'i?'' long time guardian of Nebraska tradition, it has not been decided who will administer the oath of allegiance to the university, Oberndorff announced. Following the administration of the oath which take place early in the pro gram, the then legalized freshmen will be familiarized with several (Continued on Page 2). E 35 Organizations Sponsor Sunday Receptions, September 27. About thirty - five Lincoln churches will give their official welcome to university students next weekend, with the sponsor ing of All-University church Sun day on Sept 27, and a number of student receptions sponsored by the various young people's groups of each denomination. Friday evening, Sept. 25, has been set aside for the receptions, according to Rev. Robert E. Drew, student pastor of the " Wesley Foundation, and during the com ing week most of the student body will receive invitations to these parties from one of the groups of their denominational preference. According to the student pastors, the Friday evening programs will be informal and arranged so that students attending the affairs may have an opportunity to make new acquaintances. "On All-University church Sun day, which is especially scheduled for students, large numbers of out state youth enrolled at the uni versity are expected to swell at tendance at church services, Sun day school sessions, and young people's evening programs," Rev. t Drew stated. TEMPEL CALLS INITIAL GLEE CLUB REHEARSAL New Director 'Impressed By Quality of Early Try-Outs. First rehearsal of the university glee club under the direction of W. G. Tempel will be held Monday at 5 o'clock in room 219 Morrill hall. William Gant was named accom panist of the group. Try-outs will continue all week either by appointment or by com ing to a regular rehearsal on Mon day, Wednesday or Friday. Fifty five have applied. This number does not include 15 who were mem bers last year. "Try-outs thus far have shown new interest in glee club this year," Mr. Tempel commented. "I have been impressed by the qual ity of the try-outs." Prof. Worcester Attends Convention at Dartmouth During his absence from the uni versity campus this summer, Prof. D. A. Worcester of the- teachers college attended a convention of the American Psychological Asso ciation at Dartmouth. Professor Worcester presided over the round table discussion. In connection with Warren Bai ler, he also presented a paper on "A Study of the Present Social Status of a Group of Adults Who When They Were In Elementary ' Schools Were Classified as Mea l tally Deficient"