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MLY RASK Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. VOL. XXXIII, NO. 69 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA," SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 1939' At Regents Meeting... O n If D eb AN tit n r 1 Miss Amanda Heppner to Retire From Office Feb. I Registration Ml To Start Monday Early Enrollment Period Ends Saturday Students wil start the semi-an-Hual rush to see deans and advis ers tomorrow morning as regis tration for the second semester of 1938-39 is opened. The early regis tration period applies only to stu dents registered for University credit who must file the usual "ap plication for registration" in addi tion to the school of music regis tration. Bulletins giving the schedule of classes for the second semester and detailed instructions for en rolling are available in the office cf the registrar. In these booklets. a list of the consultation hours of all deans and advisers during the early registration period is given. Ends Saturday Noon. Between tomorrow and Saturday noon, Jan. 14. students will pec deans and professors and at the end of that time must have filed their applications in the office of the deans of their colleges. Pay ment of fees will take place be tween Jan. 20 and Jan. 26. All students who plan to ask for any particular section of any subject should register on either Monday or Tuesday, it was an nounced, because many sections will be closed before Wednesday morning and then it will be impos sible to grant the request of rtu dents who ask for special sched tiels. "Two-Fifth" Rule. Students, as usual, must comply with the "two-fifth" rule which states that all students must have tu-n-fiftha of their classes in the V afternoons. If for any reason a student cannot comply with this rule whin such classes are avail able, he will be required to secure the written approval of the chair man of the assignment committee before his registration will be ac cepted at the dean's office. One o'clock classes fill more rap idly than any others mentioned in the "two-fifths" rule and therefore, so far as possible, advisors are urged to avoid assigning students to these sections when others are available. Late Feet. A late fee will be charged all students who do not see their ad visers and whose applications are not in the offices of their re spective deans by Jan. 14 at noon, and also those who do not pay their fees by Jan. 26. A late fee for graduate students and Lincoln city teachers will be charged after Feb. 11. Changes in registration of as See REGISTRATION. Page 2. Home Ec Group To Hold Election Association to Name Officers This Week Election of officers in the Home Economics association for the sec ond semester will be held Wednes day, Jan. 11, and Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Home Economici build ing. Those nominated for the offices Include: Lois Hammond, Helen Schere, Charlotte Pickham and Mary Gilbertson for president; Jean Burr. Norma Campbell and Margaret Ohrt for secretary; Ople Hedlund, Helen Klatt and Sylvia Zachall for treasurer; and Helen Thomas, Mary Lloyd and Carol Briggs for historian. The girl with the second highest number of votes for president will automatically become vice president. The nominees will be presented ta the members of the association at the regular monthly meeting. Tuesday, Jan. 10. An "amateur hour" will be presented at this meeting by the freshmen and new faculty memberi of the organiza tion. Installation of the newlv elected officers will be held Feb. 1 at 7:30 o'clock. ONLY 6 DAYS Left to take Pictures for the CtfuiftusM mCATSE THK FRATKRKITT AND SOHOKITY MCAPLINE IS JAM ASV II. 1111 rem jvniors ANT SENIOKS IT IS JAM ARY II. ! T TO NSHMI S STI DIO If) HE! ENGLISH SOCIETIES HONOR DR. POUND . J ' Is f f " v I Lincoln Juumal. Dr. Louise Pound, international ly famous member of the English department, brought back several coveted appointments in various national societies as a result of her recent trip to attend a number of linguistic society meetings in New York City. She was re-elected president of the Dialect Society of America; was made vice president of the Linguistic Society of America, and was appointed to two national committees a committee of c pert consultants on the folk arts center, New York City, and the joint committee on folk arts of America, announced by the Wash ington, D. C, office of the WPA. Prof. Views Metal 'Prints' W. F. Weiland Explains Detection of Impurities Prof. W. F. Weiland of the me chanical engineering department, discussing the "fingerprinting" of metals yesterday stated that im purities, which may be harmful, may be readily detected by look ing at the metal through the lens of a microscope. Speaking before the interprofes sional institute meeting. Dr. Wei land went on to say that by means of a microscope, the exact posi tion and distributions of the im purities could be discovered and that the soundness of welds could be determined, which would make a more perfect welding technique. "The presence of corrosion and its progress is also often definite ly established through such stud ies. Many causes of failure in sen ice are an open book to the metallographist. By forging, heat treating and case hardening, the properties of steels may be varied over a wide range. No other metal will respond as readily and result in as wide a range of physical properties and microscopic struc tures. The microscope is. there fore, a valuable aid as a check on these forging and heat treating operations." We Do Need As One-Tenth of Total Goes Into The university library is fast becoming a transient residence for books and magazines. Basis for this statement can be found by surveying the following facts related by C. S. Graham, head of the circulation department. I and Stephen A. McCarthy, assis tant director of libraries: 1. Practically all volumes con taining specialized subject mat ter such as referred to by pro fessors and graduate students have already been moved from the library to locked storage rooms in Social Science and Law; 2. The library moves books yearly from its own shelves to other storage space, and the most recent book emigration in cluded many volumes of general subject matter which under graduates may be obliged to re fer to for term papers; 3. Books and magazines amounting to 12,000 bound vol umes are purchased every year by the library in order to maln- tarn modern standards; i 4. The total capacity of the library Is about 120,000 bound Rokahr Firm To Build New Dorm Units Contract for $140,355; Construction to Start As Soon as Possible Ernest Rokahr & Sons, Lincoln construction firm, was awarded the general contract for construc tion of the two new dorm units to the north of Carrie Belle-Ray mond hall by the University Dorm itory corporation Saturday after noon. The contract was for $140,355. In the base bids submitted, the Rokahr firm was low with a bid of $167,900. Since this was consid erably above the university esti mate of $144,000, alternate bids had to be tabulated. The contract price was then determined by making deductions from the base bids thru changing the type of roof construction, type of finish, elim ination of elevators, etc., without impairing the value of the build ing. .Begin at Once. Construction is expected to start as soon as possible. Exca vations for the two new buildings have already been completed. Oth er bidders for the contract were A. Borchman Sons. Omaha, Gil more Co., Omaha, Kingering Con struction Co., Lincoln, Olson Con struction Co., Lincoln, and Peter Kiewit Sons, Omaha. Stanley D. Long of Grand Island was re-elected president of the dormitory corporation for the com ing year. Dr. A. C. Stokes of Omaha was elected vice president in place of Frank J. Taylor of St. Paul. Book Critic To Address Uni Convo Sterling North Speaks On Modern Authors At Temple Jan. 16 Sterling North, a leading liter ary critic of today and literary editor of the Chicago Daily News, will address an ail University con vocation in the Temple the morn ing of Jan. 16. "Books and Our Times" is the subject of his speech which will contain personal anec dotes of such characters as Alex ander Woollcott. Gertrude Stein. Carl Sandburg, H. G. Wells and other world renowned writers. Having covered every sort of assignment for the Daily News from gang slayings to golden wed dings, North is an all around news paper man. As a leg man on the News staff, one of his jobs was to meet all the trains. This gave him the opportunity of meeting many celebrities movie stars, royality. champions, and others. An Author Himself. Writing has been North's chief interest. His first book was "The Pedro Gorino." For the past five years he has been the literary editor on the staff of the Chicago paper. Today his criticisms are widely quoted thruout the coun try. From time to time whole pages from his reviews have been used in book sdvertisements In leading publications. As North is the first literary critic to speak at a convocation in some time, Dr. H. W. Stoke, chair man, expects one of the largest audiences of the year. a New Library the Annual Volume Storage Each Year volumes, which figure includes all volumes in all rooms; 5. A messenger service is ne cessarily maintained by the li brary In order to serve students, mainly 'graduate ones so far, who ask for books that are lock ed in storage rooms; books or bound magazines requested In the morning are thus made available by afternoon by the ordinary procedure of messen ger service. Volumes containing specialized subject matter have been re. moved from the library to depart mental libraries, faculty book shelves, and locked storage rooms (two rooms in Social Science base ment and two In Law) in order to keep as many volumes of teneral subject matter and single refer ence volumes in the library proper. This places graduate students, upon whose shoulders, along with those of the faculty the real In tellectual reputation of the univer aity resta, at a disadvantage in research work. One-tenth Shift Per Year. A fact even more subject to be i See NEED, Fsge 2. THE WEATHER If you haven't planned any thing else by this time, remem ber that this afternoon is a good time for a picnic, Even in January, the weather de partment is kind enough to say that the weather will be balmy clear and warm. Players Open Noel Coward Acts Jan. 10 Uni Actors Present Three One-Act Plays For January Show Three all-student casts, totaling 15 actors, have been announced by the University Players for "To night at 8:30," program of three one-act plays by Noel Coward, which opens in the Temple Tues day. The plays are "Ways and Means," "The Astonished Heart" and "Fumed Oak." Taking leading roles in "Ways and Means" as Stella and Toby Cartwright, a pair of perennial guests, are Doris Poellet and Don Meier. Other characters are Olive Llovd-Ransome, plaved by Grace E. Hill: Murdock, by John Wil liams, and Stevens, by LaRue Sor- rell. Other Leads. The feminine spotlight in "The Astonished Heart" is divided be tween Claudine Burt and Mar jorie Bannister as Lenora Vail, se ductive grass widow, and Bar bara Faber, understanding wife, respectively. Leading man is Ray Brown as Chris Faber, wayward psychiatrist. Remaining roles are filled by Libby Blazkovec as Su san Birch. Jon Pruden as Tim Ver ney and Irwin Roeser as Ernest. In "Fumed Oak," Virginia Nolte characterizes a nagging wife in the part of Doris Gow while John Gaeth is Henry, the long suffering husband. Mrs. Rocket is the too typical mothcr-in-law, played by Lillian Blazkovec. and Rilla Mae Nevin takes the part of Elsie. Regents Plan Scholarships N.U. Heads Offer High Schools 250 Awards Two hundred fifty Regents' scholarships may be awarded to 1939 high school graduates on the basis of scores made in the annual Regents' Scholarship contest. Uni versity of Nebraska regents an nounced Saturday. Each of the graduates who makes the highest score among the contestants of his school, may be awarded one of these scholarships. A 1 1 e r n a tes for scholarship awards may be designated among the contestants who have not been declared scholarship winners, in case the winner cannot make use of it. However, no contestant can be designated as an alternate if his score is lower than that of the lowest winner, and in any one high school alternates may not be de signated in greater number rela tive to the number in the graduat ing class of the school than is indi cated si follows: fnim t 1 tl ffra4ual. 1 llfat fnwn 21 ?6 rm4iml, I allrnulM Iron It la I Ml iraiuln, I allrrMIra frn I SI ! 2M cra4aat-, 4 allrmalra frwm ?M 1 4i aradvatra, I all-rata frum f tit aratlNafa, allrmalra frurn A2 t tu. gradual., 1 allemat-a frwaa "tl aii4 a armauatra, I all-rmalra In the place of each winner of a scholstship who may indicate that he doea not wish, or is unable, to use the scholarship awarded him, the award will be made to an al ternate. No award of a scholar ship msy be made after the first day of August. Each scholarship awarded must be used by the winner in the aca demic year beginning in Septem ber, immediately following his I graduation from high school. j If a recipient is unable to enter the university or does not wish to make entrance for the first semes ter, but is able to enter for the second semester of the school year following graduations from high school, he msy use the scholarship for the second semester only. Awgwan Contest Ends Tomorrow Humor Editor Calls In Competition Entries The closing date of the Awgwan literature contest hai been moved up from January 13 to Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock because of the need for time to Judge the en tries. A great amount of hidden talent in the university has been driven out of cover at the contest and a great deal of Interest shown. Both the quality and the quan tity of the material already en tered in the contest has been grstl fying to the staff of the magazine and should do much to add inter est to the humor monthly, says Editor Virjlnla Gcister. Women's Dean Leaves Uni Staff Nebraska Graduate Gives Up Deanship After Long Illness Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women at the university since 1918, will retire from office Feb. 1, it was announced yesterday fol lowing the meting of the board of regents. Miss Heppner, who leaves the university due to ill health, has been conected with the school since her graduation. The retiring dean of women received her A. B. de gree from here in 1894 with a major in Sanskrirand a minor In modern languages. Studied Abroad. Immediately folowing her grad uation she began teaching Ger man in the department of Ger manic languages and literature under Prof. Fossler. She started work on her master's degree at See RESIGNATION, Page 3. Union Brings Melodrama Old Melodies Revived At Thriller Today Bonnie Parsons, Lincoln song bird, accompanied by the famed barber shop quartet, will revive a few of the more tender tho an cient melodies of a generation ago when the Union sponsored melo drama is presented on the screen this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Plenty of hair raising excite mi nt is promised to those who view 'Westbound Limited." a gen uine five reel thriller of the dusky j past. Fans are urged to vent their , emotions when the villain almost i but not quite captures the fair maiden and suddenly the hero a Romeo appears to foil blackheart plans again. Comedy Dancing. Two Nebraska students, Irving Kuklin and Tommy Kronk, former professional dancers, will exhibit a few of the intricate steps that were the rage of 30 years ago. Kronk, who danced to national fame, does s comedy dance which he originated last year while per forming in a Los Angeles night club. This is the first sttempt to pre sent such novel entertainment st Nebraska, though many shows of thii kind have been enjoyed by students on the Wisconsin campus. Cathedral Choir Resumes Vespers Creighton Student to Speak ot Service In keeping with its considera tion of the world's most beautiful cathedrals as this year's theme, the Lincoln Cathedral choir will feature the Cathedral of SL Peter at Rome at its regular weekly ves per service today at 5:30 o'clock in the Cornhusker ballroom. Rob ert Mullen, prominent student at Creighton university In Omaha, will be guest speaker. Another feature of the program will be a solo by Kermit Hansen, senior in the university, who will sing "If With All Your Hearts." by Mendelssohn. Houghton Furr, junior In the un'versity, will be guest organist, and will play the Bach "G Minor t -gue." The choir will slug Tschaik w sky i "O Praise Ye." In additior to several chants and responses. The newly redecorated ballroom will add to the attractiveness of the service, the new coloring and lighting effects giving the room an atmosphere conducive to the nrnrram. Slat ions KDII. and program KFOR will broadcast the aervice. , ' ;? A General Shakeup Comes To Several (Instructional, Administrative Divisions AWS Backs Prof-Student Discussions Informal 'Get-Togethers' To Be HcldJEach Week University professors will hob nob with students at weekly "cof fees," to be held on Wednesday afternoons in the Union, accord ing to plans announced yesterday by the Associated Women Stu dents board. First of these affairs will be held this Wednesday from i 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock in Parlors A. B and C at the Union with all university students and professors being invited. j The "coffees," sponsored jointly by the A. W. S. board and the Union, will be given in the hopes of stimulating closer faculty-stu-1 dent relationship on the campus, j Altho this will mark the first time the plan has been tried on this campus, it has met with outstand ing success at the Universities of Wisconsin and Washington. Janet Lau and Irene Sellers of the A. W. S. board, will be in charge of arrangements. Kenneth Van Sant. Union director, com mented, "It sounds like a great idea to me and I hope that the students will take advantage of this opportunity to meet with the faculty informally." New Musical Series Begins Union, Sinfonia Sponsor Harmony Hour Program Starting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock with a concert, which combines best known and liked works of both modern and older composers, a series of musical concerts of the "everybody's mu sic" tvpe will begin, under the joint sponsorship of the Student j Union and Sinfonia, men's honor- j ary in music. i The program, called "Harmony ! Hour" by its sponsors, will be 1 presented each Monday ar.d Thursday in Lnion parlors AZ. lfrom WOunls or other causes dur the same program being presented j jnp the pcn,j Df the World war on both days of each week, so that I h.tW(.en April 6, 1917. the date of students who miss Monday may tnp declaration of war. and July 2. attend on Thursday. y, the legal termination thereof. This week s program will be as follows. Overture to Ricnzi. . .Wagner Rhapsody in Blue. . .Gershwin Valse Triste Sibelius Wine, Women and Song. . . . Strauss Second Hungarian Rhap sody Liszt The selections will be played on the Unions capohart. with the best recordings vailable. states Mrs. Vera Yinger. Union social director. Each week will feature a special nd'type of nationality of music, 'he . I first six weeks of the series taking B ! 1tf in llrOfawir,n C?wtl CnQnii;i uK v.-.v.. .vv.., a qujf,j ior resilience in uie uam-i' i'. i. o iuc amuim (laLnuioy Germanic, Italian, Russian find 'lty u, pool standing. building. Her subject will be "Re- American music. The second six Applications should be made to ' rent Research in Human Nutri weeks will have programs devoted . v. c. Harper, assistant uean of j tion." She will discuss recent ad See HARMONY. Page 2. College Is the Spice of Life As Dr. Werkmeisrer Ascertains on Perusing Intelligence Test Results Who is the honorary colonel? : started from," was the optimistic Who is the vice president of the report of Dr. W. H. Werkmeister United States? How is F. Donald ! as he totaled the results of a gen Coster related to Philip Musica ? eral infor mation test which he What is the Awgwan? What is the ! gave to freshmen, sophomores, : I juniors, seniors, and graduate stu- J Llncx. In Journal. PROF. W, H. WERKMEISTER. . . . for him, disilluiionment. food of baby whales? Who ia ti husband of the author of "Listen! The Wind?" These question and 44 similar ones baffled many uni versity students this week. "At least a college education Vk person back to where he REGENTS ELECT SHAW PRESIDENT OF BOARD I , I f it v V.:. . y V f KJ Marion A. Shaw, David City at torney, was elected president of the Board of Regents of the Uni versity of Nebraska for the com ing year at the regular meeting held at the university Saturday. C. Y. Thompson of West Point was elected vice president. Frank M. Johnson of Lexington, elected r e gent from the Sixth district at the general election, took his place on the board. He replaces Frank J. Taylor of St. Paul. War Orphans Get Tuition . Regents Announce New Scholarships World war orpuuns aie eligibU to receive a scholarship not to ex ceed S.Ij in tuition fees each se mester, the university board ol regents decided at their meeting Saturdnv. The term "war orphan" includes children, boys and girls, whose fa- tjlers were kjllcd in a(.tlon 0r died ,j,.rjed the regents. It applies to rhildien whose mothers are ntli alive as well as to those who have lost both parents. Must Be Nebraskan. To be eligible for a scholarship a war orphan must have had his or her domicile in the state of Ne braska for two years preceding the date of application, and must be nnt nver Tl vears of ace. The fa- ,l u.:.. Kn a resident of the K,a,e of Nebraska at the time he enlisted in the service Applicants must meet university ; a(imI)iMn requirements and must . mamtfijn academic standards re - . r .1 ....... . student affairs. I dents in his philosophy classes. Startling were the answers re- vealed to many of the 50 questions which pertained to anything from foreign affairs to campus social ites. But the amazing and amus ing revelation was that the seniors and freshmen had usually the same grade, while the sophomores and juniors took a decided slump. Who Edits the Rag? Only 25 percent of the freshmen. 33 percent of the sophomores, 30 percent of the juniors, and 50 per cent of the seniors knew the name of the editor of the Daily Ne- i braskan. However, others were un der the illusion that the university daily was headed by Patricia Lahr. Morris Kaplan. Peg paseoe, Helen Pascoe. and Marjorie. Freshmen stood high on the question of what recently hap pened st Lima. Peru, when 45 percent knew about the Pan American congress. Seniors trailed the group at 25 percent. Question missed most often w-as what star is closest itt the earth, with not one sophomore or Junior knowing the right answer: ques tions which were most easily an- ! swered by sll of the students were I See DISILLUSIONMENT, Tage 2 Publicity Department, Research Bureau Are Set Up by Ruling Board Eft'cctini: a general shakeup and reorganization of several university instructional and ad ministrative departments, the hoard of regents approved a nunv her of drastic changes, some cf' feetive Feb. I and others July 1, at their regular session Saturday. The regents: 1. Established a school of fine arts in the college of arts and sciences, effective July 1, 1939, to include the present school of music, the department of fine arts, and some parts of the pro gram of the department of speech and dramatic art to be designated specifically at a later meeting. 2. Appointed Arthur E. West now, dean of the school of music at Illinois Wesleyan, to be direc tor of the school of fine arts effective July 1, 1939. Director Howard Kirkpatrick, because of ill health, will be relieved of his administrative duties. 3. Discontinued the depart ment of public relations and es tablished the editorial and pub licity department, effective Feb. 1, 1939. Carroll Chouinard was appointed university editor and director of publicity. R. P. Craw ford will continue as a professor in the school of journalism. R. L. Mossholder will continue to give full time, and L. L. Pike, instructor in journalism, part time to the editorial and pub licity department. The university editor will be chairman and the executive of ficer of an editorial board which will be a policy framing board for all university publications. 4. Established a bureau of in structional research, effective Feb. 1, in accordance with rec ommendations of the adminis trative council and the univer sity senate. Dr. J. P. Guilford, professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska, was named director of the bureau. Dr. Guilford will de vote half of his time to teaching and the other half to directing the new buieau which will assist any part of the institution to conduct a job analysis and discover ways and means to attain better educa tional results. H. M. Cox, who has been assistant examiner for the university system of Georgia, was appointed assistant examiner in the bureau, with the rank of as sistant professor. Miss Norma Gillett, assistant professor of elementary education, See SHAKEUP, Page 2. Honorary to Hear Talk on Vitamins Dr. Leverton Speaks To Sigma Xi's Jan. 9 Dr. Kuth Leverton, assistant , professor of home economics, will ' address the January meting of ! Sigma Xi tomorrow night at 7:30 ! r, ... in Ua : ..I . 1 vances in the knowledge of vitamin chemistry and her studies in this field. A report of the recent con vention of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Sci ence, held at Richmond. Va., dur ing the holidays, will also be given at the meeting. Boucher to Attend Colleges' Convention Chancellor C. S. Boucher will at tend the anual meting of the Asso ciation of American Colleges at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 12 and 13. Chancellor Boucher will be one of the college executives who will ap pear on the Friday morning pro gram In a consideration of cultured faculties in various types of col leges and universities. He will discuss the state university. WtRt XMWjHil wt Kt COfthHUSKfcR OfPICl sTUPtHT IMIOM IIM q PLACE YOUR t ORDER NOW No order, Ml b taken for 113 CO ft N HUB K Fit after February It, 1939. rtmrr )w mrt attkj Stall wtrmiHI m ! M laniiaikir aiiw, ''j era . ).