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No. 4. Vol. 47 July 11, 1941 Music groups present 'double-header' concert . . . in Union The University Summer Chorus and Orchestra will present a double-header concert of the summer Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Union Ballroom. Under the direction of Dr. A. E. Westbrook and Mr. Emanuel Wishnow, the chorus and orchestra will close their six weeks of practice sessions. Elizabeth Farquahr, Omaha I singer, who auditioned on the Sherwin-Williams Metropolitan broadcast series this year, will be the guest soloist, and Harry Feld man who conducts the Children's Symphony Orchestra in New York City will present a commentary on the program. Volunteer chorus. The chorus, which consists of volunteers who have met in the Union twice a week for practice since summer school began, will present Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Coleridge Taylor from his opera "The Adventures of Hia watha." Miss Farquahr wiH be the guest soloist. The orchestra will present Rus sian and Ludmilla Overture by Glinka; the Surprise Symphony by Haydn; the Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck; the Tri umphal March from Peter and the Wolf by Prokofieff; Hora Stac cato by Dinicu arranged by Hei- fetz, and the Gypsy Baron, by Jo- nann Strauss. Teachers hear discussion jmnel on articulation Better articulation of Nebraska secondary schools and colleges was discussed at the fifth administra- tive clinic sponsored Tuesday by me university summer school in the union. Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, university examiner and director of admis- Journalist to tell of 'Far East TurmoiVin ballroomMonday 154 enrolled in engineering defense study Well started on their summer's study in engineering defense training courses are 154 men en rolled in the program being con ducted by the university engineer ing college. Four courses in drafting, shop practice, and materials inspection and testing have a registration of 101 on the Lincoln campus. An additional 53 students are learn ing production supervision and engineering, drafting ana shop practice in three courses at the University of Omaha supervised by the state university. The Lincoln courses began June 2 and will continue for 14 weeks through Sept. 6. Evening classes are held in materials inspection and testing and in both beginning and advanced drafting. The draft ing and shop practice course is given in the daytime. Omaha has course. In Omaha a similar daytime drafting and shop practice course is being offered from June 10 to Sept. 6, while six-weeks evening courses in production supervision and production engineering are running from June 5 to July 17. A course in soil mechanics spon sored by the University of Ne braska at the engineer's office of the wi; department in Omaha sions, acted as chairman of a panel will close July 5 after 15 weeks. which included the following Ne- Twenty-seven men who petitioned DrasKa school men and university tne university to eive such a principal of Omaha South educators: course are enrolled. The courses, which are author ized by the U. S. Office of Educa tion, are planned to augment the supply of technically trained men for national defense industries No University fees are charged, since the federal government is bearing the cost of the work. In all 311 men have been trained by wiim. iunerintendent of York the University in the program for which the government has con tributed $21,735. Prof. W. L. DeBaufre is director of the course at the University. R M Marm high m-hool. A. 1". Huriihardt, superintendent of Nor- ioik flcnuols. Dr. C. R. Oaten, nurx-rintendent of the t.mna ikihiiiI si'MooW Dr. Galen Savior, prnfcHaor of second ry ruuraimn, Univermty ot Noliraxka Ir. V. M. Morton, principal of Teachrra ooiii-k nu-n wimkm and director of teacher iraimnu at the Univemity of Netiranka K. L.. Novotny, nupei intendenl of Beat- nee arnooi. K. W , a-liM,m, T B. BoKsfrman, auncrlntcndefit of the tfoeniier ai-mmls Ir. A. L. B'irnham, rxwuHva aeerclary ifi ui .i-iirsK maie readier aaKocia lion. Gray declares 25 children poor readers From 20 to 25 percent of school children have difficulty reading the material assigned to their age group, according to Prof. W. S. Gray of the University of Chicago who addressed the reading insti tute Monday afternoon in the Student Union. This large number of poor or retarded readers is partly caused by a need for broader reading ability today than was necessary a number of years ago. Increas ing school enrollments, new stand ards of promotion which make the poor reader more conspicuous, and poor teaching methods are other factors. After deciding a poor reader's weakness, such as whether he is slow and plodding or rapid and careless, a teacher must ascertain what causes this condition, ex plained Professor Gray. It may be previous school experience of being forced to read too early or of having unsuitable material, or it may be a general slow learning ability, emotional instability, or poor physical condition. Begin at right level. In finding a remedy, teachers must begin with the child at his own reading level, securing his in terest and cooperation, stated Professor Gray. Generally reme dial methods are similar to those of the regular classroom work, al though a number of special de vices are available for individual cases. Teachers must know books themselves before they try to in terest their students in reading them, stated Miss Mary Mielenz of teachers college high school. James R. Young spends sixty days in Jap jail for flibeP James R. Young will headline the summer school program Mon day at 8 p. m. in the Union when he presents his lecture on the "Far East in Turmoil." Young was for ten years director of the INS bu reau in Tokyo and manager of the American owned Japan Advertiser, largest and most influential English language paper in the Orient. In addition, he found time to act as far eastern sales representative of the King Features syndicate and managed an advertising agency. Young landed in the Tokyo jail for sixty-one days when he re turned from a 9,000 mile trip in the heart of unoccupied China where he got the story of the Chinese viewpoint and visited Chiang Kai-Shek. The Japanese army claimed his story was libelous, convicted him in a secret court session and held him in jail until the U. S. ambassador to Japan and nine independent Japanese committees were able to bring about his release. Promotes Friendship. Young was active in the America-Japan society in Tokyo to pro mote better understanding between the two countries. He was organ izer of a special Anglo-Japanese confidential business group to study Japanese and foreign prob lems. For ten years he was one of the five foreign members of the Tokyo Rotary. He had intimate connections in the highest Jap anese military, naval, diplomatic and civilian official circles. "Behind the Rising Sun" is the title of his new book on the Orient. His reporter's trained eye caught the true story of Japan in this book as no other contemporary writer has done. His lecture at 8 p. m. in the Un ion ballroom will be an interpre tation of Japan's military and eco nomic activity in Manchuria and China and in the southward ad vance, with interesting compari sons of the Japanese and Chinese extremes and conflicts of ideologies. Orficld studies crime procedure This panel and visiting educators participating in the clinic dis cussed three major proposals: 1, a high school honors convocation; z, an all-state high school confer ence of teachers, administrators and supervisors; 3, standards of accreditment and admissions quiromcnU. Cettmaiui puhliflies book Prof. Royal A. Gettmann of the English department is the author of a new book, "Turgenev in Eng land and America," published last re- week by the University of Illinois Press, In-service teachers training discussed at education clinic Continued in-service training of teachers after they have actively entered their profession was dis cussed Tuesday afternoon by tho administrative clinic in the Stu dent Union. Approximately 80 persons heard a panel discussion of the subject by Superintendent H. R. Partridge of Alliance, Superintendent R. B. Carey of Goring, and Dean F. E. Henzlik of Teachers college. Dean Henzlik explained that the in-service training program con sists of many correlated services and has its beginning in the prc servicc program of teacher train ing, Other services include Ne braska educational field centers, traveling psychological clinica, ttchool surveys, a curriculum lab oratory, supervised correspondence work, workshops, administrative clinics, consultant services, in service ads for teachers and ad ministrators, and regular classes, Growing demands. Superintendent Carey cited the growing demands for the services of all departments in Teachers col lege as the best criterion of their usefulness. More room and better facilities for the present summer workshop were suggested in the discussion led by Superintendent Partridge. Some felt that students should be permitted to register for as many as nine hours' credit in the workshop in place of the pres ent maximum of three. Lack of training thru voluntary leadership in various local groups was cited as a former major weak ness in the teacher training pro gram, but Dean Henzlik stated that biis is now included in the preparation of all teachers. JAMES YOUNG Paleontologists summer to hold session at uni She suggested that instructors discover the individual student's particular interest in reading and try to work from that in develop ing a broader interest. Books must be made available and eas ily accessible to students, she de clared, and described the English workroom which has been set up m room 213 of Teachers College. Satisfy drives. Miss Merle M. Beattie of the Lincoln public schools discussed the necessity of satisfying cer tain emotional drives in children if they are to become good read ers. The very desire for success is one of these drivers, she pointed out, since failure will react in a bad way on the child's personality. She advised against pushing children to read too soon, and told of various methods of treatment of children who have had bad starts. For the nervous child she cautioned against trying to de velop speed in reading, while the timid child should be trained to read with groups of his own ability. R. B. Carey of Gering public schools presided at the morning meeting which concluded with a visit to a demonstration reading clinic at Bancroft school. The afternoon was given over to round-table conferences and discussions. The national society of verte brate paleontology will hold a summer session at the university from Aug. 31 through Sept. 3, ac cording to Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz, director of the university museum. In the first meeting of the group ever held outside of the east, members will convene Aug. 31 at Bridgeport, official headquarters of museum summer field parties for the last ten years. Following a tour of current fossil digging projects, the paleontologists will arrive in Lincoln Sept. 3 for in formal meetings and a tour of the Morrill museum. The society arranged the Ne braska session in honor of the 50 years of service of Dr. Erwin H. Barbour, director emeritus of the university museum. at Minnesota Prof. Lester B. Orficld of the College of Law is spending the summer in research on federal criminal procedure at the Univer sity of Minesota law school. He will go later to Washington, D. C, to meet with other members of the U. S. supreme court advisory com mittee on criminal procedure to consider the first full draft of rules being drawn up by the group. This summer Dr. Orficld, an authority on criminal appeals, is reading every decision of the U. S. supreme court on criminal law from 1789 to the present, there being more than a thousand such cases. Professor Orficld is also doing research in recent reforms of criminal procedure with respect to motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, sentence, and appeal. Mullock reports Bizad graduates have little trouble in finding positions Graduate tttiiuYnls invited to Coffee IIoiu Craduate students and instruc tors are invited to a Student Union sponsored Coffee hour Tuesday, July 15, from 5 to 6 p. m. in the Union Faculty Lounge. Refresh ments will be served, and the re laxing session will feature cards and music for those interested. Unusually good placement of 1941 graduates of the college of business administration is reported by Prof. T. T. Bullock, chairman of the committee on placements. Figures are not available he pointed out, since many students do not accept offers at once while others do not wish to be placed or plan lo go into business with their parents. However, more than 60 organizations carrying on large scale business activities have in terviewed seniors and graduates of the college and other students with some training in business ad ministration. Government interested. In addition an uncounted num ber of small firms, including an increasing number within tfce state, have been in touch with the graduating seniors. Some increase in interest regarding graduates is being shown by governmental agencies, Professor Bullock re ports, altho not enough to mark a definite trend. The committee co-operates in every way with business firms in placing students. Information blanks filled out by students are kept on file in Professor Bullock's office, and those of outstanding seniors often are sent along with letters to firms that it is felt would be interested. Regular corre spondence is maintained with sev eral companies and during the year many group meetings and personal interviews are arranged between students and firm rcpre , sentativea.