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RRING NEWS TO STUDENT UNION, ROOM 18 TIIK .1 NEBRASKA IS FREE ' Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938 ducational Conference Draws e br askan 500 THE FACULTY MEMBERS N IN RESIGNATIONS Dr. J. H. Ennis, Ray C. Dein, Dr. Merritt Webster Leave Nebraska. Three members of the university faculty have tendered their resig nations to go to other schools or do advanced work, it was learned yesterday. Dr. J. II. Ennis, as sistant professor of economics, Uaymond C. Dein, instructor in business organization and man agement, and Dr. Merritt S. Web ster, instructor in mathematics, are those who are leaving the uni versity. Dr. Ennis, who for the past two years has been on the faculty of the college of business administra tion, will join the instructional staff of his alma mater, Cornell college, Iowa, following the close of summer school where he will teach economic history. Dr. Webster resigned to accept a position on the faculty of Purdue university. He joined the University of Ne braska as instructor three years ago following his teaching services at Pennsylvania. Dr. Webster is (Continued on Page 3.) Weather Report, Program on "Farm Notes" Go on Air Daily. Two programs originate in the University radio studio and ure broadcast to farmers and towns people over the state through the facilities of station KFAB, Lincoln, every day except Sunday thruout the year. The first of these is the official weather report from the U. S. weather bureau atthe Ag campus at 10:15 a. m. and the second is a five minute program called Farm Notes which usually goes on the air at 12:15. Announcer for both programs is Mr. Theodore Diers, instructor in speech and manager of the studio which is in the School of Music building with an extension on the Ag campus. Farm Notes, one of the sustain ing programs, is prepared by Mr. K. 10. Holland, member of the Ag College extension service, and Mr. Geo. Round, extension editor. In cluded in the daily five minute pe riod are reports of farm meetings at the Ag College and outstate, timely talks on such subjects as grasshoppers and wheat rust, and interviews with visitors to the Ag campus. Planned for the future is a short broadcast "by sixth grade summer students in Teachers College on the subject of air conditioning. The date is indefinitely set for July n or 13. Student Makes Study to Determine Length of Hoots in State Soil How long do roots grow in Ne braska soil? This question will be answered, in part at least, after the completion of a study being . made now by T. K. Tavlychenko of the reasearch lalwratories of the University of Saskatchewan, Pavlychenko has been at the university all year taking work tor his Ph.D. decree under Dr, J. R. Weaver, professor of plant ecology. CAMPUS STUDIO GIVES REGULAR BROADCASTS Professor Named New A.S.A.E. Vice-President Prof. E. E. Brackett, chairman of the department of agricultural engineering at the University of Nebraska, has been elected vice president of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. He and his family left last week to at tend the annual convention of the group at Pacific Grove, Calif., June 27 to 30. MIS y 10 I Assistant Professor Wins Commission for Entry in Art Contest. Miss Kady B. Faulkner, assis tant professor of drawing and painting in the department of fine arts, has just received word from Edward Rowna, director of the painting and sculpture division of the treasury division, Washington, D. C, that she has been commis sioned to execute a mural for the new post office at Valentine, Neb. The project is to be completed within eight months. Miss Faulk ner plans to go to Valentine around the Fourth of July, in or der to inspect the building and make preliminary plana for the de sign. The commissioning of Miss Faulkner was the result of her having competed, recently, with 152 other artists, for the mural decorations for the new post office at Dallas, Tex. Winner of the com petition was Peter Hurd. well known artist from New Mexico Thirty of the original competitors were placed on a "preferred" list and Miss Faulkner has the distinc tion of being one of eight women whose name appears on this list KAD FAULKNER DESIGN VALEN 0 OFFICE 11 Traffic Survey Suggests Higher Speed Limits Here Public Opinion Shows Vari ance From Laws Enforced on Artcrials. Onlv thirtv-five nercent of driv ers traveling on Lincoln arterial streets keep within the speed limits, according to the traffic sur vey just completed by the univer sity department of psychology in cooperation with the Lincoln traf fic nolice. Another thirty nercent exceed this speed limit by less tnan nve miles per nopr, and uie remainder travel even faster. South street tested between 20th and 22nd, was the worst of the artcrials, according to this sur vey. There onlv rwentv-six per cent of the drivers kept at a sneed of less than 25 miles, while forty- four percent traveled over 30. ine Knrollment Total Kearlies 2,191; Tops a Year's by 21 1 Summer session enrollment stands at 2,124 at the present time, according to figures released through the registrar's office. This compares with an enrollment of 1,910 at the same time last year. Although registration officially closed last Thursday, the final fig ure for the summer will not be ready until enrollment figures are sent from Omaha, Including those from both the College of Medicine and the Nursing school. A few stragglers who have not yet paid their fees will also increase the final total. 11 SCHEDULES DM ON FRIDAY; OUTING, JUNE 29 Dave Haun Plays for Third Mixer; Second Draws More Than 1 ,000. Willi a third dance scheduled in the Union ballroom Friday night, a matinee dance Saturday after noon and an all-university outing at Capitol Beach next Wednesday evening, the Student Union recrea tion program moves into its fourth week offering a full line of activi ties for university summer stu dents. Playing for the dance tomorrow night will be Dave Haun and his orchestra. More than 1,000 per sons attended the second dance last Friday night, according to Miss Marian Steele, Union social director. Miss Steele states that the Union committee has been highly pleased at the attendance. However, she explains, the dances hereafter will be restricted to ad mit university students only. To this end the committee will insist that identification cards be pre sented at the door. No Movie Tonight. There will be no movie tonight Miss Steele stated. Big event of the coming week will be an all-university outing at Capitol Beach on Wednesday, June 29, beginning at 5 o'clock. Games, swimming, dancing, fun houses, rides and skating will be the order of the day, with tickets for events obtained free at the Student Union desk. Miss Steele states that the outing Is one of the high spots of the summer social season, and all students are urged to turn out. Buses will call at the University (Continued on Page 4.) survey has therefore raised this question: "Since over 60 percent of the cars are violating the speed limit, should not the limit be changed, since our laws are bused on group opinion?'' Generally speaking, it is pointed out, drivers are driving at what they consider a reasonable speed. Therefore, changing the law will not alter driving speeds, but will take about 30 percent of the driv ers out of the violator class. Parking offences were not so pronounced in percentage, but were still quite serious. The number of cars checked (36 blocks in one hour parking areas) was nearly 7,000; the number of illegitimately parked cars was 817, about 12 per cent 7 percent of the cars were parked over one hour and 15 min utes. One hundred of these cars (Continued on Page 2.) Dr. Washburn Writes for (lliemieal Journal The June issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society contains an article "The Flow of Unimolecular Surface Films" by Dr. E. It. Washburn of the chem istry department and Helmut Wakeham, who is now working for his Ph.D. degree at the Uni versity of California. The recently published 1937 vol ume of the Kansas academy of science contains another article "An Interpolation Table for Re fractive Index Normality Relation ship for Solutions of Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide" by Dr. Washburn and Allen L. Olsen of Kansas State college. Caswell HillT alk Meet Wcdnes .." J ... is. V - i.jionn .Journal. DR. D. A. WORCESTER. . . . directs educators' meet. Annual Affair Marks High Point on Department's Yearly Schedule. Speaking on "The Genesis of Emotions," Dr. William Emmett Blatz of the St. George's school for child study at Toronto, Canada, will address the fifth annual Edu cational Conference banquet to night in the Student Union ball room. Approximately 300 persons are expected to attend the affair, which marks one of the high points in the year's activities for faculty and students in education. The banquet is sponsored annually by Phi Delta Kappa and PI Lambda Theta, honorary educational groups. All summer students are invited to attend. Presidimr at the dinner will be Mr. Earl T. Piatt of the university extension division. Special musical numbers will be given by Yvonne Gaylord and Duane Harmon. The dinner will begin at 6:30. Tickets may be obtained for 75 cents in the first floor hall of Teachers college or at the Student Union building today. BLATZ ADDRESSES EDUCATORS BANQUET "Wednesday Nighters" Find Speech Plays Entertaining "Henry," With John G;ioth, Miss Ncff, Proves Hit of Evening's Run. Pleasant leave from the tedium of summer school was found by a large audience attending the in itial program of the speech de partment's summer dramatic se ries last night in the Studio the ater at the Temple. Presenting four one-act plays of varying appeal, the student par ticipants in the evening's enter tainment gave almost uniformly competent performances. Nearly all cast members represent per sons who either have taught speech in schools or expect to teach next year. Probably the highlight of the evening was the last play given, "Henry," laid in two scenes. The action concerns a hen-pecked bua- 7 or Sessions Continue Today, Tomorrow in Student Union Building, Some 500 school teachers and interested persons from over the city tnd state, one of the largest audiences to attend an opening session of the annual all-state edu cational conference sponsored each summer by the university swarmed into the Union building Wednes day to hear talks by some of the nation's most distinguished school administrators. Dr. C. F. Dienst of the state department of education, presided, the general program be ing under the direction of Dr. D. A. Worcester of teachers college. A plea for united co-operation in bringing education down to eartli was made by Dr. H. L. Caswell of Columbia university, New York City, who declared "we must ac complish a reorganization of our educational program in terms of the actual problems of living, for neither culture nor the child can be considered alone. The educator must see the child in his cultural setting and view him as part of the greater whole and in his re lation with the problems of every day living." Dr. C. M. Hill of Yale university recommended a curriculum based upon biological and social needs of children organized around their interests utilizm.? first-hand ex periences enriched by related materials in cultural heritage. Harry Becker, director of the state bureau of child welfare, dis cussed the work of his organiza tion and pointed out the need for enlightened public opinion In re gard to the delinquent child. Dr. Ruth Leverton of the home (Continued on Page 4.) Swayzee, Hicks Writ New Text on Business "An Introduction to Business" to the title of a new b ok written by Professors Cleon Swayzee and Clifford Hicks of the school of business administration. The aim of the book, the professors state, fa to "give the students ont only an understanding of modern business,, but actually a candi I camera uic ture of the physiology the secretl anatomy of the billicn dollar trust, the giant corporation, and thej smaller business unit." The book is one of the first t. use photographs and moving pic tures taken in Indi'rial and busi ness offices over tl.- country. I band who after 15 years of sub mission to his wife, daughter an J mother-in-law, steels himself wiU' a couple of "quick ones" and pro ceeds to walk all over the lot f them. John Gaeth gave the ti role an amusing and convincii t rendition and Gladys Neff carried the part of the wife unusw illy well Appearing as the daugii' :t was Eloise Otto and as Mrs. PL.rkeit,, Elsie Coleman, both of whom gag competent portrayals. Clever Presentation. "Over the Teacups" was a clever piece with a surprise ending. Tt concerned a pair of elderly women who live together and who "play each other's maid v.-hen their re spective friends call. Hilda Wiebe played the role of Mary, Janetto Seeberg appeared as Mrs. Youn, Leila Maasie as Mrs. Tucker an4 , , (Continued on Page 4.)