Tuesday, June 1 1, 1940,
THE NEBRASKAN
1500 NU alumni ring roundup bell;
elect Riddell Associa Hon prexy
Over 1,500 Nebraska alumni and I able to attend the 1940 roundup.
faculty participated in the univer-i The plan for distinguished serv
ice awaras was aeveiopea Dy m. .
DuTeau, alumni secretary, in co
operation with Chancellor C. S.
Boucher, the board of regents and
the alumni association.
Returning graduates unani
mously endorsed the new zone
plan of the alumni association. An
amendment was passed to the as-
opening festivities Saturday noon sociation's constitution which ac
the annual reunion luncheon. cords with the proposal put into
Riddell chosen Drexv.
ni secretary, several months ago.
Several other proposed anied
ments which were submitted to the
group also were approved.
fiity's roundup celebration Satur
day, Sunday and Monday, with 18
past presidents and four secre
, taries of the Alumni Association
ewelling the crowd.
Alumni Secretary E. F. DuTeau
and his co-planners hauled out the
'old TJniversity hall bell to call the
alumni to the Student Union for
opening festivities Saturday noon
the annual reunion luncheon.
Riddell chosen prexy.
John L. Riddell, member of the
class of '20 and prominent York
attorney, was elected president of
the Alumni Association for next
year, it was announced at the
alumni faculty reunion luncheon.
Riddell succeeds Vincent C. Has
call of Omaha. Other officers are
Mrs. Florence S. Bates of Lincoln,
vice president; and A. E. Wenke
of Stanton, a member at large of
the executive committee.
Five new members of the board
of directors were also elected:
Grove M. Porter '17, Nebraska
City, Dr. A. E. Bennett '21, Oma
ha; John L. Cutright '14, Fre
mont; Dr. Dt-xter D. King '14,
York; and Lucy M. Clark '03,
Chadron. All will serve two year
terms.
Holdover members.
Holdovers on the board are Fred
Shirey, Beatrice; Ray Stryker of
Omaha; Marvin Schmid, Colum
bus; H. E. Cook, Grand Island;
T. T. Varney, jr., Broken Bow. Ex
ecutive committee holdovers are
El Holmquist of Oakland.
r our Biumiu were announced as
it recipients of the university's new
if distinguished service award. The
awarus were given 10 t,mory k.
Buckner, New York City; Richard
Patterson, jr., New York City;
Guy E. Reed. Chicatro: and Georere
V. Holmes, Lincoln in recognition
n vi uieir aei vice lu uie iiibliimuuii
"i.'f-and their eminence in their re-
" f spective fields.
,. Receive certificates.
rney were presented with cer
tificates at the Saturday noon pro
gram, and yesterday morning at
commencement each was given a
distinguished service medal. Due
to illness, Mr. Buckner was un
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Summer sports
tournaments set
Summer recreation will be in
charge of the Union staff, and
students may take advantage of
the following sports. A ping pong
tournament for men will begin
June 24 in the Union with regis
tration open at the checkstand
this week. Prizes will be offered,
and there will be no registration
fee. The men's tennis tournament,
singles and doubles, will also be
gin June 24, and registration will
be at the Union checkstand.
Softball.
For students wanting to play
softball, meetings will be held
every night at 6:30, Monday thru
Friday, beginning June 17, on the
north laying field of the campus.
Swimming hours for men in the
university pool will be offered free
12 to 2 and 5 to 6 daily. Students
must first have a physical exam
ination at the student health of
fice which is free. Locker and
towel service, if desired, will be
75 cents payable at the finance
office. Swimming hours for women
and mixed swims are likewise be
ing planned.
Sorcnson studies in S.C.;
receives scholarship
Dr. Frank Sorenson, supervisor
oi social studies in teachers col
lege high school left last week for
Greenville, S. C, where he will
serve on the summer workshop
start sponsored by the teacher ed
ucation committee there and the
national commission on teacher
education.
Granted a $300 scholarship from
the American Council on Educa
tion, he will attend the University
of Chicago the second part of the
summer to continue his investlga'
tion of ways of improving in-serv'
ice education -in Nebraska.
Zone plan inaugurated.
The new organization plan di
vides the country into 11 zones,
with the officers of the various
districts Berving as connecting
links between the executive office
at the university and their own
constituents. By endorsing this
amendment, alumni enlarged the
association board of directors from
ten members, formerly all chosen
from within the state, to 32 rep
resenting each zone as well as
every congressional district in Ne
braska.
Saturday evening saw three
major group reunions, including
those of alumni innocents, with
Guy E. Reed, vice president of the
Harris Trust and Savings bank of
Chicago; Palladian Literary so
ciety, and the department of phy
sical education for women. The an
nual senior-alumni dance followed
Chancellor Boucher's senior alum
ni reception in the Union.
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