Saturday, August 1, 1942
SUMMER RAG.
Mecca for Students Is Union Building
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Classes Taboo;
Dances, Food,
Fun in Saddle
Mecca and second home for
Cornhusker students the school
year around is the Student Union,
now in its fifth year of existence
.n the Nebraska campus. It is
unique, the only building on the
campus where curricular classes
are taboo and where smoking is
allowed. It's traffic ticker counts
an average of 60.000 times each
month that it is used by univer
sity students, and everything is
priced to them at the lowest pos
sible fee.
The Studtnt Union offers many
conveniences to the student be
ginning with its spacious lounge
where betwc-en-classes hours pass
swiftly. Free checking service is
available at the checkstand as well
as eanie equipment in cards and
table tennis to be played in spe
cial game rooms.
At the office students may buy
tickets to all university events,
send telegrams, or make reserva
tions for any of the meeting rooms
or for parties or dinners. Constructive-minded
students may
prefer to spend their leisure time
in the Union book nook where
there are available current maga
zines, metropolitan newspapers,
and popular best-sellers in fiction
and' non-fiction. Or they may
hoose the music room, the cool
restful record room, where are
some 800 recordings carefully
cataloged of classical music.
When Food Is the Mood.
When food is the mood of the
moment, there are fcll types of at
mosphere to choose from at the
Union. Hub of the building and
Yoke-spot' is the Corn Crib, the
giill and fountain, individualized
by the murals of student life. For
inexpensive and well-balanced
"like home cooking" menus, stu
dents cater to the Pan American
room, managed in cafeteria style.
For quiet individual service and
serenity the main dining room is
patronized. Students who bring
their lunches to school may use
the Commuters club for a restau
rant Beverages and desserts and
coups are priced there at cut
rates. The Student Union also
maintains a private catering serv
ice and can serve any type of
banquet or party up to .")00 people.
Activities, -Too.
In return for the three-dollar a
M-mester fee whih students pay
for maintenance of the Union an
activities committee contrives to
add a well-balanced program in
cxtri-c urric ular amusements.
Iiancir.g r.:tes A-l in interest at
the university, and the Union pro-
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DEAN BOYLES.
Mrs. Verna H. Boyles, dean of
j women, co-operates with the en
i tire university personnel in guid
j ance programs and has particular
I responsibility for women students
in personal counseling, housing.
and extra-curricular
organiza-
tiens.
The dean of women's office
maintains a housing bureau where
women students may make reser
vations in University dormitories
or receive guidance in choosing
quarters elsewhere. To insure
freshmen women a most favorable
start in their university career,
the board of regents has ruled
that they shall live in the Uni
versity Residence Halls Julia L.
Love, and Northeast halls.
The regulation does not apply
to those living at home, and other
necessary exceptions are granted
by the office of the dean. A bu
reau of employment for girls who
wish to work part time while at
tending university is also located
in the office of the dean of
women.
At the beginning of the fall
session the dean of women is
hostess at a tea for all univer
sity women at which time she has
an opportunity to become person
ally acquainted with them.
vides dancing in all forms. On
Friday evenings the Union ball
room is opened with a local or
chestra furnishing the swing, and
university students are charged
only 15 cents each to attend. Dur-
I ing the week an hour-long mati
! nee dar.ee with "canned music" s
j held on Wednesday afternoons,
j Novices at ballroom danc ing can
U-arn or smooth up at free social
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DEAN THOMPSON.
Theos J. Thompson, dean of
student affairs, has general over
sight over all student activities,
student organizations, and their
relation to the university and to
the public. He is responsible (or
the discipline of all male under-I
i graduates and for the enforce- j
nance of scholastic standing, un-
less otherwise provided for by the
faculties of the several colleges,
the university senate, or the
board.
dancing lessons. Square dancing
fans meet once a week at the Un
ion for a session in the ballroom
with as many as 25 squares going
simultaneously.
Mass entertainment is also pop
ular, and the Union maintains a
regular program of shows, con
certs, and lectures. Variety shows
once a month provide vaudeville
entertainment and recent movies
while Flicker Shows feature old
time movies with accompaniment
of piano and " butcher boys" sell
ing peanuts and popcorn. The
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school of fine arts presents its
concerts at the Union, and a con
vocation committee brings well
known peopMe to lecture to the
students. All these attractions
are without charge to students
presenting their identification
cards.
Quizzes and Forums.
In other lines of interest the
Union committee sponsors quizzes,
coffee hours, forums, documentary
films, tournaments in bridge and
table tennis, and exhibits of stu
dent talent. For hobby enthusi
asts a workshop in crafts is
opened for scheduled periods with
free instruction and equipment.
The Union building is managed
by a board of managers consisting
of students, faculty, and alumni
which sets the policy of the build
ing and which directs the opera
tion. Already the Union has es
tablished several, traditions such
as the Christmas carols concert,
the Christmas party, the Union
birthday ball, and co-operation
with the university and the Alum
ni association in Freshman Week
and Alumni Roundup. The Union
employs student help in as many
branches of work as possible. One
hundred students fill out the nor
mal payroll as cashiers, check
stand help, waiters, cooks and
kitchen assistants. Students may
work for meals and cash.
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Law of Trusts
"Nebraska Annotations to the
Restatement of the Law of
Trusts", prepared by Dean Henry
H. Foster of the University of
Nebraska college of law and a
group of assistants, has just been
published by the American Law
Institute.
The Nebraska Annotations will
be used by Nebraska lawyers as
a supplement to "Restatement of
the Law of Trusts." a huge volume
published by the Institute in an
effort to present an ordeily state
ment of the general common law
on the subject.
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ing Showing You
A Swell Time!
A. There's Dances,
Square Dancing, and
Shows plus Concerts
and Lectures . . Also
Movies.
We have Lounges,
Books, Records,
Game Rooms, and
Tournaments
and
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There's Always
Something Doing
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Union
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