bummer term
to offer 436
cur 1 11.(14 iu
Moritz declares sessions
to be the most complete
in history of institution
With a totnl of 436 courses sched
uled, Trof. R. D. Mortiz declared
yesterday, the 1940 summer ses
sion of the University promise"
to be one of the most complete in
Lincoln Journal.
PROF. R. D. MORITZ.
the history of the Institution.
With a teaching and guidance
staff of 196 persons, 16 of whom
come from institutions outside the
University, two sessions will again
be held. The short session will
extend from June 11 to July 19,
the long one from June 11 to
Aug. 9.
Altho the academic offerings
are complete for most of the de
partments and colleges, the num
ber of courses offered on the
giaduate level have been consid
erably increased this year, ex
plained Prof. Moritz. Sum
mer school course bulletins are
now available.
Several features have been
planned for the 1910 tchool,
among them a series of adminis
trative clinics which were inaugu
rated with marked success last
summer. Superintendents and
teachers join in these meetings
each week for informal discus
sions of current problems of in
terest to educators in this part f
the country. Subjects which will
be discussed this summer arc those
which Nebraska school people
whave referred to as or. major vital
concern.
Another feature is the practice
teaching and demonstration
school, which offers advantages
for the study of supervision and
the practical phases of problems
in secondary education. Teachers
college high school classes in com
mercial arts, English, mathemat
ics, history, the social studies and
science will furnish practice teach
ing efficiency to students who
register for Education 123.
For those interested in the nrob
(See SESSIONS, page 4)
Moritz finds . . .
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New teacher tenure law gives
added security to instructors
Commenting on Nebraska's now
achei tenure law now in effect
two years. Prof. It. D. Moritz, di
rector of the University Teacher
Placement bureau said added se
curity is shown by the fact that
only 1.428 requests for candidates
came in lat year ns compared
with a total of 1,758 the year be
fore. ' Under the new law, he declared
teachers retain their positions
without a re-election after April 1
provided t.e instructor expresses
in writing the intention to remain.
In his report. Prof. Moritz
points out that the greatest de
mand made upon the bureau in re
cent years has been during the
month of August. More registra
tions, however, take place in De
cember because University seniors
complete their registration at the
close cf the fall semefter in antici
pation of eaily spring appoint
ments. More than 50 per cent of the
bureau's registrants are seeking
high Bchool positions, anno me
constantly increasing number of
men and women taking graduate
work in the University has resulted
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Vol. 89, No. 92.
The question:
how toe ect
the PromGir
Committee mind split
on method of choosing
coed to reign at ball
To vote or not to vote, Tuesday.
That is the question.
With the Junior-Senior Prom
but a scarce nine days way, a Prom
Girl must be elected. But how.
A wrench was thrown into cam
pus tradition last Sunday when
some unnamed member of the
Prom committee announced to the
DAILY that the Prom Girl would
be chosen by voting at the door on
the night of the Prom. In previous
years the Prom Girl was chosen at
a general election held a week and
a half before the Prom.
It's all a mystery.
Monday no one seemed to know
just how the Prom Girl would be
elected. Tuesday, Co-chairman
Burney and member Mary Kline
put their heads together and de
cided that it should be an election
at the door.
Last night, Ed Segrist, publicity
manager for the Prom announced
15 minutes before the Council
meeting that the election would be
held at the door.
By the time that the Council
(See QUESTIONS, page 4)
In one simple
lesson; how to
find that book
Book lovers and those interested
in doing research work find their
task greatly simplified when they
use the Nebraska Union Catalogue
located in the capitol. Organized
a little more than a year ago, the
huge file containing more than
700,000 card entries lists the book
resources of the state's large li
braries. Stephen A. McCarthy, assistant
director of the University library,
served as director of the project.
The huge task was sponsored by
the University library, the Nebras
ka public library commission, the
state law library, and the Lincoln
city library.
Nearly a million and a half
books owned by 28 co-operating li
braries are listed. By means of the
file patrons of any local library
may obtain information as to
whereabouts of any book in the
state through their librarian.
Magazines, sheets c music, pic
tures, and maps are also included.
in greater numbers applying for
college and administrative posi
tions. Arts honorary displays
exhibit scries in Union
Book Nook this week
Delta Phi Delta, fine arts hon
orary, is exhibiting a series of ex
hibitions this week in the Book
Nook of the Union. The exhibits
are being changed every few days
in order that the work of all mem
bers can be shown. After February
24 the display will go to Boulder,
Colorado to be shown with the
work of Colorado students.
The exhibit contains examples of
drawing, perspective, illustration
oil painting, and photography.
Starting April 1 both Nebraska
and Colorado shows are to be
hung in the galleries of Morrill
hall.
Members whose work is now on
display are Elizabeth Callaway,
Amy Gray, Jean Holtz, Blanche
Larson, Tom McClure, Mary Ann
Schnase, Jean Swanson, Marvin
Randolph, Lynn Trank, Murray
Turnbuli and Richard Van Horn,
Official Newspaper 0 More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska
Council vote favors
model rally proposal
Convocation committee reports Judge Florence
Allen to speak at annual Honors Day meeting
Torchlight parade and egg-throwing rallies became past history
yesterday when the Student Council voted to adopt the model rally
plan drawn up by the political rallies committee for the spring election.
The council convocations committee reported that Judge Florence
Allen, only woman barrister on the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
French film
shows today
Plot is woman's search
for yesteryears lovers
"Carnet De Bal," French film
to be shown in the Union ball
room today, as directed by Julien
Duvivier, the director of such
great films as "Gologtha," "Marie
Chapdelaine" and "The Great
Waltz." This film won the most
coveted prize in the world for mo
tion pictures v hen it was awarded
the gold cup by the Venice Expo
sition of Films of all nations.
The film Is composed of six
distinct episodes telescoped into
one. The dominating idea is the
search of a woman for yesterday's
lovers: MaHe Bell plays the part
of the widow in search of her
former swains. Louis Jouvet takes
the role of a night club proprietor
who is facing a term in jail. Others
in the cast are Harry Baur as the
distinguished magician who ha3
become a boy's choir master,
Rairnu as the ambitious politician
who has become the mayor of his
small town, Picre Blanchar as a
broken-down doctor, and Fernan
eivl playing the role of the unpre
tentious hair dresser and invest
ing his part with gay humor and
charm.
Phantom players
broadcast Tales
from the Bards'
Phantom players of the speech
department of the University will
be on KFOR air-lanes in two new
radio series "Tales from the
Bards," a combination of poetry
and drama, every Monday after
noon and "Sketches from Life," a
dramatic expose of lifes of famous
poets, every Wednesday afternoon
at 4:45 for the remainder of the
semester, it was announced by
Theodore Diers today. Previous to
this, the players were on the air
only on Wednesday afternoons.
Monday, the phantom players
presented the dramatic poem
"Dora" by Sir Alfred Tennyson, in
"Tales from the Bards."
Engineers elect
three committees
In preparation for the annual
Engineers' Night to be held dur
ing Engineers' Week, set tenta
tively for the week of April 29,
the various departments of Engi
neers have been electing repre
sentatives to serve on the com
mittee in charge.
Following have been elect oil:
by the electrical engineers, Frank
Scott and Leo Wachter; by the
mechanical engineers, Robert
Schluckebier and Martin Hems
worth; by the civil engineers,
Roger Evans and Ivan Bauer. The
chemical engineers have not as
yet selected their representatives.
As soon as the chemical engi
neers hold their election, the ex
ecutive board of the engineers' de
partment will select a chairman
and a vice-chairman from this
group.
Deadline for From Girl
filings tomorrow
Filings tor Prom Girl must be in
the office of J. K. Selleck by 5
p. m. tomorrow. Coeds vieing for
the honor must be either juniors
or seniors and meet the general
eligibility requirement of 27 hours
the two preceding semesters
Kffl
Thursday, February 22, 1940
will be the speaker at the annual
Honors convocation, which each
spring recognizes students with
high averages. The judiciary com
mittee reported favorably on the
plan of the YMCA and the Re
ligious Welfare Council to raise
money for relief of far eastern
students.
Michael heads rally board.
The new rally plan was drawn
up by a committee headed by Low
ell Michael, and is designed to re
place the faction friction of the
old rally system by fair organized
presentation of candidates. The
plan provides for a mass rally to
be held in a centrally located
building at which the attendance
of all candidates will be compul
sory. The rally will be conducted
by the chairman of the rally com
mittee. Candidates will be pre
sented in groups, and there will
be about 150 prospective office
holders. A faculty member will
give a short speech at the rally,
(See RALLY, page 4)
Pictures of beauty
queen candidates
go on exhibition
Pictures of girls competing for
beauty queen are to be shown in
downtown department store win
dows next week, Orville Hager,
editor of the Cornhusker an
nounced. Judges this year are the editors
of the various yearbooks of schools
in the Big Six conference. They
are Richard MacCann of Kansas
university, Jack Williams of Iowa
State. Charles Roberts, University
of Oklahoma, Russell Harris. Uni
versity of Missouri and Al Makins
of Kansas State.
The pictures will be sent to
these men in approximately two
weeks for final selection.
Rural clubs elect
Brown to board
Don Brown, ag college fresh
man, has been elected an associate
member of the Nebraska Farm
Bureau Federation's board of
directors.
President of the Nebraska Rural
Youth Organization, Brown was
chosen to represent his group in
accordance with the policy re
cently adopted by the State Farm
Bureau to give representation to
young Nebraskans. He will at
tend all board of directors' meet
ings and take part in the discus
sion, but will have no vote.
Brown, who had an outstanding
4-H record before coming to col
lege, has be'cn actively associated
with the rural youth movement
in Nebraska since its inception.
Debate team
to meet Iowa
Intercollegiate debate teams
arguing the question of U. S. isola
tion will meet Iowa college teams
today and Friday of this week.
Members of the affirmative team
making the trip are Howard Bes
sire and Otto Wocrncr. The nega
tive team is composed of Jack
Stewart and Harold Turkel.
Both teams will debate on
Thursday at Iowa State College.
The affirmative team will debate
Friday at Drake university and the
negative team at Simpson college.
Another debate at Simpson Is
pending arrangements.
Union orders
$1,000 stage
equipmen
Regents approve money
for curtains, lights
in student ballom
Placement of an order for one
thousand dollars worth of stage
equipment for the Union ballroom
was announced yesterday by Ken
neth Van Sant, Union director.
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Lincoln Journal.
KENNETH VAN SANT.
New curtains will consume the
larger part of the appropriation
recently approved by the board of
regents while the remainder will
be used for lights.
Encircling the back and sides
of the stage will be a large cyclor
amic curtain of beige color and
matching the skirt curtain which
hangs in front of the platform.
Eeige color was chosen, Van Sant
explained, because it is a natural
color and will respond very well
to different colored lights which,
may be spotted upon the stage.
This color also matches the walla
of the room.
Curtain on tracks..
The front curtain opening and
closing on tracks, is of the same
color as the drapes around the
windows, which it is believed will
accent the beige background of
the stage proper. The balances at
the top and the borders and in
the tormentor wings make use of
this same shade and are used on
the sides of the stage making it
impossible to see backstage from
the extreme sides of the room.
The remaining money is to be
used for the lighting. Spot lights
of different colois i. well as ceil
ing lights are to lie installed.
To furnish music room.
The interior decorator is draw
ing prospective plans for the nri
sic room which is to be furnished
in the near future. This room will
house the Carnegie music set.
The room Is to be furnished
carefully .so that the furniture will
blend into the plan of tin room.
It is to be furnished to accomo
date small groups comfortably and
I yet be flexible enoueh that it may
; be converted into a room for
, larger numbers.
Economics board
sponsors contest
Dr. H. C. Filley, chairman of tha
board of rural economics, an
nounced recently an essay contest
on the subject of "Agricultural
Benefits from the Food Stamp
Plan." First to fourth prizes of
$10, $5, 53. and $1 will be awarded
to students submiling the best
papers of 1000 to 2000 words on
the subject. The contest closes
March 15.
Judges are Dr. Filley. Dr. M. S.
Peterson, professor of Knglish, and
Margaret Connell, associate in
structor of Knglish.
Another contest sponsored in the
home economics department, eills
for a series of menus for a family
of four using surplus commodity
goods. Prizes of the same amount
will be awarded in this second con
test. The weather
Old Man Winter won't give up
his icy throne for the weather man
says it's going to be a bit nippy
in these parts for the next day or
so.
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