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Vol. 39, No. 156
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, June 11, 1940
Summer session regisftraifiifiEBlsgSinis today
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893 graduates get degrees
at commencement Monday
Traditional commencement ex
ercises yesterday morning saw 905
degrees conferred upon 893 per
Boiis in the largest degree presen
tation in the history of the univer
sity. Never before has the number
exceeded 900. Seventy-three cer
tificates also were presented.
Prepared by t lie baccalaureate
sermon given Sunday in the coli
seum by Dr. Albert W. Palmer,
president of Chicago Theological
seminary, who spoke of "Facing
a Stormy Dawn," degree recipi
ents, faculty and administrative
guests assembled at 9:45 yester
day morning near Pharmacy hall,
marched in solemn procession to
the coliseum to receive pigskins
Htid hear Dr. Clarence A. Dyk
tia, president of the University of
Wisconsin, deliver the commence
ment address on "This Freedom
of Ours."
669 Bachelors.
Of the 905 degrees, 609 were
Bachelor of Arts. 58 were Master
of Arts, and 14 were Doctor of
Philosophy degrees. Medicine de
grees numbered 7(5. Sixteen Doc
tor of Dental Surgery degrees
were presented, 45 LLBs and one
professional degree of Mechanical
Engineer.
In the commencement address,
Dr. Dykstra iliricussed America's
chances for saving democracy,
called for a spirit of good will as
well as faith in democratic prin
ciples. "For the moment it may appear
that democracies are on me de
fensive everywhere in the modern
world," said the university presi
dent. "Many believe that they are
on the run, and that the power
(.See COMMENCEMENT, page 2.)
Gym teachers
celebrate
Phys ed women hold
40th anniversary meet
Demonstrations, exhibits, din
tiers and roundtables featured the
40th anniversary celebration of
the department of physical edu
cation for women Friday and Sat
urday. The affair commemorated
the granting of the first degree to
a woman with a major in pnysi
cal education.
Mrs. A. M. Robinson of Seattle,
Wash., class of 1900. who was the
first woman to rrraduate from an
American college with a major in
physical education, was me ae-
partment s guest of nonor. An
other honor guest was Mrs. Fred
Williams of Lincoln, also of the
class of 1900, who was one of the
department's first majors. She
presided at the Friday noon lunch
eon and told the early history of
the department at the banquet
Saturday evening.
Two-day program.
The two-day program was ar
ranged by Miss Mabel Lee, chair
man of the department. Friday's
demonstration starred sports and
corrective gymnastics,, and the
evening program featured square
dancing and a historical skit,
"Physical Education, Yesterday
and Today," in which costumes of
the various periods of the dance
were shown.
Membership in cooled
Union open to faculty
Managing Director of the Stu
dent Union Kenneth Van Sant an
nounced yesterday the opening of
special summer session member
ship to all members of the In
structional staff.
Membership cards, carrying all
the privileges of the air-conditioned
Union's faculty dining
rooms, private dining facilities,
faculty lounge and committee
rooms, may be obtained at the
Union desk or by sending a check.
Fee for the summer short session
is $1, for the long session, ?1.50.
Leaving
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DR. J. P. GUILFORD.
Three faculty
men to leave
university
Guilford, Hunter,
Cunkle resign to take
posts in other schools
Three of Nebraska's better
known faculty men leave the uni
versity beginning next fall. Dr.
J. P. Guilford, professor of psy
chology and director of the bu
reau of instructional research; Ar
mand Hunter, instructor in speech,
and Frank Cunkle, instructor in
organ, have resigned their posts
within the last week.
Guilford will take a position as
professor of psychology at the
University of Southern California.
He has been guest professor there
(See RESIGNED, page 4.)
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Juvenile delinquency conference planned
for June 17; Latin teachers
In co-operation with the Uni
versity Graduate School of Social
Work the Nebraska Conference of
Social work, agencies of the Ne
braska State Board of Control,
member organizations of the Lin
coln Council of Social Agencies,
the United States Children's Bu
reau, the Bureau of prisons of the
Federal Department of Justice, the
National Probation association,
the Nebraska Council for Crime
Prevention and Rehabilitation of
Offenders, various courts and
other agencies a Juvenile Delin
quency Conference will be held
June 17-18 at the Student Union.
The program:
Monday, June 11,
9:00-9:30. Statement of purpoaea of con
ference and announcements. 1'rofenaor
R. D. Morltz, Director, Summer Session,
University of Nebraska, and Dr.- James
M. Kcinhardt, Professor of Sociology, Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln.
9:40-10:30. Some Difficulties In the Way
of Developing an Adequate Program for
Prevention and Treatment of Delinquency
In Nebraska. Mrs. Grace Morning, Pro
bation Officer, Juvenile Court, Lincoln,
Nebr.
10:40-11-30. Discussion led by: Pro
fessor T. Karl Sullenger, Department of
Sociology, Municipal University of Omaha.
C. Philip Ross, Kxetutlve Secretary, Ne
braska Council for Crime Prevention and
Rehabilitation of Offenders, Lincoln and
Omaha.
12:00 noon. Luncheon. The Federal Gov
ernment's Program for the Prevention and
Treatment of Delinquency.
James V. Bennett, Director, Bureau of
Prisons, Department of Justice, Washing
ton, D. C.
2:00-2:40. The Place of the School In a
Program of Delinquency Prevention. Clara
M. Slade, Psychologist, City Public Schools,
Lincoln, Nebr.
2,.W-3'!V0. Discussion led by: Charles
L. Chute, Executive Bccretary, National
Probation association, New York City.
Fred Yandcrs, Volunteer Probation Ser
vice, Lincoln, Nebr. Olenn Dorsey, Ap
prentice Supervisor, City Publio Schools,
Lincoln, Nebr.
4.00-4:40. Meant and Objectives of an
Institutional Program. Professor Harrison
C. Dobbs, Graduate School of Social Ser
vice Administration, University of Chicago.
4:50-6:00. Discussion led by: Mrs.
Blanche Clause. Sur-erlnltndent. fllrls'
Training School, Geneva, Nebr, F, R.
Regents split
departments;
pick faculty
Philosophy, psychology
separated; Lancaster
given leave of absence
Instruction in psychology and
philosophy will be given in sep
arate departments beginning Sep
tember, 1940, as the result of ac
tion by the Board of Regents
which met Saturday. The board
also approved leaves of absences,
made 12 new appointments to the
university faculty.
Dr. Arthur Freeman Jenness,
associate professor of psychology
and special adviser to freshmen,
member of the university faculty
since 1931, was placed by the re
gents in the chairmanship of the
new department of psychology, ef
fective July 1. Dr. E. L. Hinman
continues as chairman of the de
partment of philosophy.
Faculty members who will com
prise the department of psychol
ogy in September are assistant
pr ofessors W. E. Walton and D. W.
Dysinger, and instructors W. S.
Gregory and R. W. Russell. Dr.
J. P. Guilford, professor of psy
chology and director of the bureau
of instructional research, will go
to the University of Southern Cal
ifornia in July as professor of psy
chology. H. M. Cox, assistant in
the bureau, has been named di
rector in place of Dr. Guilford.
Lancaster leaves.
Dr. Lane Lancaster, professor
of political science and for the last
year chairman of the department,
was granted leave for a year. Dr.
Lancaster will become visiting
professor of political science at
Northwestern University in the
fall, after teaching in the sum
mer session there this year. Dr,
Harold W. Stoke, dean of the
graduate college, will be acting
chairman of the department.
The new faculty appointments
range from assistant instructor to
associate professor. Graduate as-
(See REGENTS, page 2.)
Dickson. Superintendent, Stale Industrial
School, Kerney, Nebr. Kenneth Foresnmn,
Department of Assistance and Child Wel
fare, State Board of Control, Lincoln.
Nebr. Juiliie Herbert Rhoades, District
Court, Fourth Judicial District, Omaha,
Nebr.
6:30. Dinner. The Nature of Delin
quency. Professor Harrison ( Dobbs,
Chicago. Discussion led by: Charles L.
Chute, New York City.
SPECIAL EVENTS
SCHEDULE
Administrative and teaching
clinics and special events
scheduled for the summer ses
sion during the month of June
will be held as follows:
June 14 Clinic: "How may
visual aids be used most effec
tively in classroom instruc
tion?" Dr. D. A. Worcester,
Union ballroom, 1:30-3:15.
June 19 C I i n i c: "What
should be the attitude of the
schools toward the European
war?" Harold W. Stoke, Union
Awgwan office, 1:30-3:15.
June 21 Layman's Confer
ence on Education, led by rep
resentatives of lay groups,
Union, 9:30 a. m.-9:00 p. m.
June 25 Clinic: "What pro
gram should public education
adopt concerning the Overall
Tax Limitation proposal?"
E. B. Schmidt, Student Union
Parlor X, 1:30-3:15. Clinic:
"What is the responsibility of
the classroom teacher for tax
revision?" Archer L. Burnham,
Student Union Parlor Y, 1:30
3:15. June 27 Institute on Profes
sional Relations, Kathryn
Heath, executive secretary, Na
tional Association of Deans of
Women; Student Union, 1:30-9:00.
Students register in coliseum
at 1; classes begin Thursday
School head
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R. D. MORITZ.
All-state high
school music
course opens
Instruction, recreation,
recitals feature 'camp'
here June 1 2 to july 3
Students in three states have
registered for the all-state high
school music course sponsored by
the university summer school
starting tomorrow and continuing
until July 3, according to Dr. A. E.
Westbrook, director pf the school
of fine arts. Registrations will be
accepted today and up to the open
ing of classes tomorrow.
Eighteen well-known Nebraska
musicians are numbered on tho
1940 staff, five of whom are guest
instructors. The summer camp is
being offered to Nebraska high
school students after an interim
of two years. A complete instruc.
(See MUSIC CAMP, page 2.)
meet to follow
Tursdujr, June ig,
8:00-9:00. National Trends In the De
velopment of the Juvenile Cou "s p.,,7,!
nounced7.:,0DrAr,U(H,bJt ,0
Kional ConsulUn,"01,,'80"-
Avali;M.ebk"re" fhnd -":"ltle,
nd Trea ment o? n ?,f ,he tPrevention
SSIl BTCrtrorUn?o!
7nr 7 . V.- Baer. Associute Profes
sor of Kducntlonal Psvcholoirv nH m..
urements. University of Nebraska
Jec2:?o Sr"n L"nChJeon- Addret-. fSub
J. 0 """ounced.) Dr. Harold h
Hanson, St. Paul, Minn ""old B.
sSp:-y-ioi
"-PhOm,haar.rSNebrinC,
Meyers, Detective, Lincoln piI H'
Lincoln. Nebr. Wallace Webster. D E IS
NUrntet'.uProbatlon Service. Lincoln
Nebr. Father S. Pekalski, St. Thomas Or!
Phanage: Chaplain, State Penal and Cor"
rectlonal Institutions. Lincoln. NeSr
.1:40-5:45. Case Analysis. Dr. D W
Hancock. Pediatrician. Consultant In Ped
Dr'CRobe,rt,9!1,f0ari ' Cntr0"
Dr Robert Stein. Psychiatrist; Consultant
?,I.P,Sye,h-.'at!7 f.0r CUy Publ10 Schools; Ic
nniu uradU.atL, Sch,,l of Social Work,
n?Hpr8i"?; Nebraska. TJncoln, Nebr
n1d,SHJhTn, LPolk,' Di8tnct Court. Third
District, Lincoln. Nebr. Professor D W
Dysinger, Department of Psychology, Unil
IFu X Ne,raslt. Professor Eda Hou
wink, Graduate School of Social Work,
University of Nebraska. Milton Wlltman
coi" Nrt?.er' Soclal Weltare Socle,y- L":
Starting Monday, June 18, the
department of the classics will
hold an Institution for Latin
Teachers. Under the auspices of
the Summer Session the institute
will run Tuesday and Wednesday.
Chief speaker and leader of dis-
(See CONFERENCE, page 4.)
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Registration for the university's
1940 summer session begins today
at 1 p. m. in the coliseum, for both
the short session, lasting until
July 19, and the long session,
which closes August 9.
Students may register until 5
today, and tomorrow from 8 to 12
and 2 to 5. An additional fee of $3
will be charged students register
ing after the regular registration
days and a fee of $1 for each ad
ditional week after classes begin
Thursday.
Graduate students may register
until June 15 without additional
charge. No registrations will be
accepted after June 20.
Moritz directs.
Under the direction of R. D.
Moritz, the 1910 summer session
brings 16 visiting professors and
instructors to the campus, includ
ing Kenneth Bjork, professor of
history at St. Olaf college in Min
nesota and R. Taylor Cole, po
litical scientist from Duke univer
sity. Students will be permitted to
select courses from both long and
short session. The maximum num
ber of hours for which one may
register is 18 recitation hours per
week, three hours of laboratory
being equivalent to one recitation
hour. Exceptions will be made
only by permission of Director of
the Summer Session Moritz.
Plan summer
music groups
Wishnow, Westbrook
lead orchestra, chorus
Summer session students this
year for the first time will have
the opportunity of playing and
singing in a new summer school
orchestra and chorus.
Emanuel Wishnow of the music
faculty will conduct both the or
chestra for adult summer students
and the all-state high school en
semble, and Director A. E. West
brook of the school of fine arts
will be in charge of choral groups
for both sessions.
Students interested in playing in
the adult summer orchestra may
receive one hour credit if they
choose. Rehearsals will be held
Monday thru Friday in the Tem
ple. Any student, whether or not
registered in music, is invited to
participate in both the chorus ani
orchestra.
Westbrook plans a choral pre
sentation of Haydn's "Creation,"
which, as well as the orchestra
concerts under Violinist Wishnow,
will be open to the public.
Students interested in the chorus
and orchestra are required to see
Miss Elizabeth Tierney, music ad
viser, during registration in the
coliseum today and tomorrow.
First rehearsal of the chorus will
be held Thursday at 5 p. m. in
Room 315 of the Union.
Advisers notice!
The attention of advisers Is
called to the following changes
in the summer session bulletin:
Economics 3 is open to all
students, not restricted to
freshmen.
English 227 is not prerequi
site to 228.
Lab schedule for Botany 1
will be Monday, Wednesday 2-5.
Education 52 will be taught
by Bryan and Darlington in
place of Buckhardt.
The Weather.
Predictions for today indicate a
fair sky and rising temperature,