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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1939)
r w rim a i ft i s s r i fSml I! -JT. MM M MM MM MM If J M J I 1 M J r M.J 1 J"" If : v The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Stttlientf 1 1 VOL. XXXVII, NO. 132 Z 408 TUESDAY, APKIL 25, 1939 Anas."!. iixsJ Ljncoin Journal. John Neihardt . . . fiiloritz releases NU summer schedule Administration clinic, visiting instructors may bring term enrollment to 2,500 Anticipating an enrollment o 2500. Professor K. 1). Moritz, announces the opening of summer school on June 8 with a staff of instructors drawn from universities in all parts of the coun try. Registration for both long and 1 Bhort sessions will take place in the university coliseum June 6-7. Featuring for the first time this year an administrative clinic, wherein weekly discussions will cover national aducational admin istrative problems, this years schedule includes several extra curriculand discussions and con ferences. Scheduled for June 15, 16, and 17 will be the sixth annual all state Educational conference, to which all students are invited. Addresses and discussion include "The Improvement of Reading," and "Building Better School Li braries" by Dr. Marion Monroe, supervisor of Elementary Edu cation in the Pittsburgh public schools. Dr. Douglas Waples, Pro fessor of Researches in Reading in the University pf Chicago, and Mr. right . 1'orter, principal of Omaha Tech high school. In collaboration with the speeches will be practical demon strations and displays of tests aiming at the improvement of reading ability. Clinic topics. Topics to be discussed by the administrative clinics are being submitted by superintendents over the state. Plans for the opening See SUMMER, Page 2. A I E E to select year's best papers Staab to read 'Public Relations in Industry' Members of the Univrsity of Nebraska branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will select the best and second best Btudent paper presented be fore that organization this year, when they meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in room 204 of Mechanical Engineering. Speakers at tomorrow's meeting will be Milton Staab, who will read a paper on "Public Relations In Industry." Last announcements in connection with the open house exhibit will also, be mado at tomorrow's meeting. Cooperative meet set for tonight Group continues work begun six weeks ago A group of students interested in studying cooperatives will meet Wednesdny evening at 7 o'clock in room 307 of the Union to discuss possibilities for organizing room ing and boarding coops on the campus this fall. A nucleus group lead by John Steinhaus, Clement Emerson and Beula Brigham have boon meeting with C. D. Hayes during the past six weeks to study coops. The successful operation of the Cornhusker coop which was launched this year, the stimulus received from Religion and Life week, and the efforts of YM and YW secretaries and interested students have brought coops to students attention. Faculty sup port for the projects la being so il cited. lectures this -morain " Field unit banquet set Cornhusker company dines tomorrow at 6:30 Cornhusker field company, bat tle training unit, will hold its an nual banauet Wednesday evening at 6:30 in parlors ABC of the Union. Speakers will be col. Will iam Oury, retiring head of the military denartmenL and Mai. John U. Ayotte, company sponsor, Officers of the unit are aiso en deavoring to obtain cartoonist Oz Black for the entertainment. All ..iciiibers of the company are eligible to attend. ROTC of ficers are also invited, but will be charged the full rate of $1.00, ac cording to Kermit K. Hansen, unit commander. Company mem bers will be admitted for 25 cents. In charge of arrangements are Hansen, Martin Oelrich, second in command: Ritchie Clarke. Robert Bereuter, George Meier, Thomas Hicks, platoon leaderes; uwignt Bonham, and Thomas Luhe, as sistant leaders. Hemsworth head of Pi Tau Sigma Engineering honorary elects; initiates seven Martin Hemsworth, engineering junior, was elected president of Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engi neering honorary, in the first reg ular election held since the found ing of the Nebraska chapter. Others elected to office at the rreeting, Monday, are: Robert fechluskcbier, vice president; El wood Housel, recording secretary; Don MeixeL corresponding secre tary; Paul Owen, treasurer; Dan Semlak, historian. Present at the election were members newly Initiated Friday, April 21. The new initiates are: J. E. Ludwlckson, instructor in mechanical engineering; E. Charles Zeorian, graduate stu dent; Caius Cad well, Richard Hitchcock, Francis Paradise, Wal ter Sinton and Houston Jones, all mechanical engineering juniors. Speaker at the initiation ban quet at the Student Union was Prof. Giles W. Haney, chairman of the mechanical engineering de partment, who spoke on "Engi neering Ethics." Ivy Day poem filings to close Friday at 5 Ivy Day poems must be sub mitted to Mrs. Westover's office in Ellen Smith Hall by Filday at 12 o'clock to be eligible for the $5 prize offered by Mortar Board. The poems can be of op tional length but must deal with Ivy Day tradition. Persons submitting poems must not put their name on the manuscript, but In an attached envelope. The Judging commit tee will be made up of Miss Marguerite McPhee, Prof. S. B. Gass, and Dr. U C. Wlmberly, members of th English department. NU students lose hopes of ballet in chem labs Nebraska chemistry professors j have shattered the hopes of stu dents who recently read of a new method of chemistry teaching. Newspapers, in an article of seem ing sincerity, gave visions of new classes in chemistry instruction in which chorus girls and scantily clad dancers played the parts of antoms and molecules and demon strated the characteristics of chemical elements. Dr. H. G. Deming of the de partment explained that this was not a new way to teach chemis try, but that it was just a form of entertainment provided for chemists attending a chemical convention in Baltimore. He added that chemists enjoy a little fun as well as anyone else. The article was not intended to be taken with any more seriousness than was the "chemical ballet." Would popularize chem lab. A North American Newspaper alliance article predicted that chemistry classes in the future may become over crowded and the chem lab the most popular place on the campus, at least for the bys. This was to be the re sult of chorus girls actine tue parts of elements and demon strating the characteristics of chemicals. 350 scientists to meet at Nebraska on 50th anniversary of campus psychological lab Midwestern association will convene May 5, 6 The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the university psychol ogical laboratory will be com memorated on the University of Nebraska campus May 5 and 6 by some 350 scientists meeting at the 14th annual convention of the Mid western psychological association. The Midwestern association, which is the largest regional divi sion of the national body, has a membership representing twenty nine states, the District of Colum bia and Canada. Dr. J. P. Guilford, director of the psychological lab oratory here, is secretary-treas Officers to select best basic student Board will meet May 3 to consider Legion prize A board of officers, consisting of Maj. John Horan, Maj. Jesse P. Green, Maj. William R. Philp and CapL Chester Hough, have been appointed to meet on Wed nesday, May 3, to select the best basic R. O. T. C. student com pleting the course during the school year 1938-1939. The se lected student will receive a prize awarded by the American Legion Auxiliary of Nebraska. The board will select three stu dents, In order of their merit, from the two students per com pany selected by sophomore in structors. Another board, made up of Maj. Russel Barkalow, Maj. Paul Hud son and Copt. Ralph Cruse, will meet at some later date to de termine the best advanced course student This student will be awarded a prize by the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. The American Chemical society suggested this manner of teach ing in order to get at the romance and beauty of matter, which teachers have failed to do. A preview of a chemistry class in the future was given at a recent chemical convention in Baltimore. In an announcement, the so ciety explained that it was old fashioned to teach chemistry as they did when they still believed atoms were cold and hard. We know, today, that atoms are very much alive and are capable of making any dancer jealous. N. U. prof, denies floor show. Time magazine gave the same story but with an explanation. " some Maryland chemists (the Maryland section of the Am. Chem. society) stuck their collec tive neck out. To entertain fel low chemists, meeting in Balti more, they staged a show the like of which no chemist has ever seen a 'chemical ballet.' " Dr. C. S. Hamilton, of Nebraska university, who attended the con vention, also denied that the teach ing of chemistry had been revolu tionized and turned into magnifi cent floor show. He, too, explained ttiat i colorful ballet was pre sented for the benefit of the visit ing chemists. urer of the association and a mem ber of the executive council. Lab fifth oldest in U. S. The anniversary is one of the reasons the association is meeting in Lincoln this spring. The labora tory here, founded by Dr. Harry Kirke Wolfe, is the fifth oldest in the United States. Nebraska was the first institution of higher learning to offer courses in experi mental psychology to undergrad uates. Many graduates of the depart ment, a number of whom came either directly or indirectly under the influence of Dr. Wolfe, have distinguished themselves highly. Nebraska has provided three pres idents of the American psycholog ical association. Only one other in- Writes article . . . A V S k.v.:,.u. Lincoln Journal. Dr. W. H. Werkmeister, assis tant professor of philosophy, has an article entitled "The Natural Languages as Cultural Indices" published In the current Issue of Philosophy of Science. He also has two book reviews In Ethici. Poet laureate to address 5 convoatll Famed writer to read from epic cycle of west; son to provide music Reading poetry from his epic cycle of the west, John G. Nie hardt, Nebraska's poet laureate, will appear before a university convocation this morning at 11 o'clock in the Temple. Appearing on the same program with him will be his son, Sigurd, a pianist, who will provide a mus ical background for several of the readings. Neihardt, who's fame as Ne braska's foremost poet is wide spread, wrote the "Song of Three Friends" which was judged the most notable volume of poetry published in 1919. He was then appointed poet laureate of Nebras ka by an act of the legislature in 1921; became professor of poetry on the university faculty in 1923, and earlier had been awarded a doctor of literature degree. Traveling in open boat. To familiarise himself with the territory which was to form the background of his epic, he traveled thru the country in an open boat, See NEIHARDT, Page 2. Dr. Wolfe founded NU department, fifth oldest stitution has furnished more than this number. Development of the university laboratory and its program of re search will be recalled at the as sociation's annual dinner program Friday evening, May 5, in the Stu dent Union. Dr. A. G. Bills of the University of Cincinnati will be toastmaster and will introduce Dean J. E. LcRossignol of the col lege of business administration, who will welcome the delegates. Dean LeRossignol was a student under the famous Dr. Wilhelm Wundt of the University of Lcip- See BALLET, Page 2. Church director to visit ccrnpus Presbyterian college leader comes Thursday Max Adams, national director of university work in the Presby terian church, will be in Lincoln Thursday evening for a dinner open to all Presbyterian students at 6 o'clock in Union parlors X and Y. Adams will meet with the uni versity pastors and Y. M. C. A, and Y. W. C. A. secretaries Thurs day afternoon. Reservations for the dinner may be made until Wednesday with R. R. Henry, Presbyterian student pastor. Worcester plans trip As regional representat ive of the American Association of Univer sity Professors, Dr. A. D. Wor cester, secretary of the Nebraska chapter, will visit the chapters at Wayne State Teachers college, the University of South Dakota and a regional meeting at the North ern Normal and Industrial School at Abredeen, S. D., May 11 to 13.