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rrnn nn nn nn lc LJL U 13 ltlJ U U lju Vol. 44, No. 97 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Friday, May 11, 1945 v Regents Authorize Union Board To Equip Ag Recreation Center The Student Union Board of Managers has received authoriza tion from Chancellor C. S. Bou cher and the University Board of Regents to furnish and equip a recreation center In the new Foods and Nutrition building on the College of Agriculture cam pus as soon as materials and con struction priorities are available. The center will be house in the basement of the building in the north wing and will act as an extension of the Student Union program already maintained on the city campus. The center will meet a long felt need for Ag students for a social center, for extra-curricular meetings, for leisure hours. Tem porary plans include a general lounge and reading room, a foun tain, an all-purpose room for meetings and for an annex to the fountain as a dance hall, a record room, two small committee rooms or organization offices, an office for a Union supervisor, and a checkstand. Board Of Managers. The center will be under the supervision of the Student Union Board of Managers which will direct the activities and opera tions of the unit. The Student Union will maintain an activity program similar in nature to its calendar on the city campus and will provide services already es tablished in its original building. Since the completion of the new Foods and Nutrition building which is not open as yet for use, various committees have been Green Heads Engineering College July 1 Roy M. Green has been ap pointed Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the UN Engineering Experiment Sta JA" ZJ Courty of IJncoln Journal ROY M. GREEN Dean of College of Engineering Hon to succeed Dean O. J. Fergu son on July 1. Dean Ferguson will continue as professor of electrical engineering and chairman of that department. A graduate of Nebraska in 1003, the dean beenme a member of jhe stuff in 1912 and in eight years wus raided to his present position. Green becomes dean after hav ing been chairman of the civil en gineering department and assis tant dean. He Is 53 years old and graduated from the university in 1914. Later he did postgraduate work at Columbia University where he received a degree of master of sciences in highway en gineering. Texas A. 8i M. From 1916-20, Green held an appointment as professor of high- (See GREEN HEADS, page 10) working on plans for the recrea tion rooms. Students from the College of Agriculture and from the Union Board of Managers and faculty from the College of Agri culture and from the city campus have studied the program all year. Miss Florence Smith, Union Board faculty member, has acted as chairman of the committee with T. H. Gooding, professor of agron omy, as her co-chairman. Other members of the committees have included: Lois Opper and David Sander, students; I. L. Hathaway, professor of dairy husbandry, E. W. Lantz, professor of secondary education, K. M. Arndt, professor of economics and Patricia Lahr, faculty. Miss Evelyn Metzger, professor of home economics, Linus Burr, professor of agricul ture and H. C. Potter, construction engineer, have acted as technical consultants to the committees and have been aided by Miss Margaret Fedde, professor of home ec, and W. W. Burr, dean of Ag college. Six Months Needed. It is estimated that as soon as construction priorities are relaxed that about six months' time will be necessary to equip the rooms for use. Working plans will be drawn immediately so that there may be no lost time. "The Student Union has long realized its obligation to the Col lege of Agriculture students," said E. W. Lantz, president of the Union Board of Managers. "We are delighted to be able to make definite plans now to meet their needs and hope that the center can be open as soon as possible." Speech Contest Finalists Vie For Cup, Gavel Competing in the finals of the Intra-mural Speaking Contest Saturday morning at 10 o'clock will be Irving Epstein, Mary Dye, Jackie Gordon, Marthella Hol comb, Betty Jean Holcomb, Mar garet Hunter, Don Kline, Betty Jo Packard, Ardith Smith and Arlis Swanson, who remained after elimination in the second round held last night. Houses leading in total points (See SPEECH, page 2) 'Cans to the Left, Cans to the Right,' War BY PHEE MORTLOCK. Is this a tin can before my eyes? Cans to the left, cans to the right, cans in front back take those tin cans off my lap! 'Tis true, however, the cans were nothing but multitudinous yesterday in the Union kitchen. It seems that, due to the old buga boos of man shortage and labor scarcity, tin cans had begun to accumulate neath kitchen table, In fact, the obnoxious objects had accumulated almost up to the ceiling and it was becoming difficult for the cooks to weed out enough pots and pans with which to work! Takes Lead Rein. So that very efficient campus organization, War Council, under Alice's able leadership, snatched the lead rein and initiated a tin can war which went into effect before you could shout "Squash that can!" Bewildered ladies slicing po tatoes, cooking asparagus and washing dishes were lightly and politely outed to make room for eager can-smashers full of pep and not a little tempted by the sight of six fat, steaming hot lemon pies resting on a nearby table. As the enormous pile dimin M 74 Council Votes E. Pumphrey Neiv Prexy Edith Pumphrey was elected president of Student Council at a meeting held in the Union Wed nesday anernoon at o:uu. one Courtesy of Lincoln Journal EDITH PUMPHREY. fills the office vacated by Harold Andersen, senior. Miss Pumphrey is a Mortar Board, vice-president of Home Ec club, a member of Student Coun cil, AUF advisory council, Coed Counselors, and Ag Executive (See COUNCIL VOTES, page 4) Awgwan Asks for Aid In Distributing Ag Issue The Awgwan desperately needs volunteers to sell Awg wans at the Student Union and the Home Ec building on Ag campus. It will not take more than an hour of your time. We are particularly interested in having volunteers for the noon hour. Please see or call Bet King at the Awgwan office in the Student Union basement. Council Steps In ished amid raucous shouts and melodious (?) ballads, the white uniformed ladies crew increas ingly grateful. "Why, it's worth this whole batch of cinnamon rolls to see those awful cans go!" one confided, then wished she hadn't as 60 coeds leaped into the oven, latched on to a goodie and rolled out the other hide, singed but succulent. Fight a Losing Battle. The double sinks swirled with indescribable labels and the cur tons packed with flat cans swelled, for the tin cans weie fighting a losing battle. Donna Leigh Brugh wrestled with the big can opener, accom panying her labois with a run ning commentary on her mighty smashin' powers. Little Marge Ferrell took over, struggled n bit, and was soon banging away like a veteran. Helen Shroeder and Nancy Carey washed, cleaned, de-labeled and did all the dirty work. And Les Melheny kept the sliver lids flying when she did her can open ing stint. So you see, a little effort goes a very long way in winning the thanks of a few hard-working Union employees and at the same time, lending a glow of gratifica- ! tion to the thought "I've helped a little today." CcDimifeir s Honors emiotr iradiuiatDOini Presentation of Awards Highlights Exercises Awarding of six honorary de grees and conferring of four dis tinguished service awards by Chancellor C. S. Boucher will highlight presentation of under graduate and graduate degrees at commencement exercises which will be held Monday, May 2l, at 10:30 a. m. in the coliseum. Five degrees of doctor of phil osophy will also be awarded at these exercises. Baccaulaureate services have been set for 4:30 p. m., Sunday, May 20, in the coliseum. Dr. Gerald Kennedy, pastor of St. Paul Methodist church in Lin- Legislature Appropriates Funds to UN Legislature appropriations to UN for the 1945-47 two-year pe riod total slightly less than six millions of dollars. For operating expenses, $4, 780,000 will be spent, and the re mainder, $1,058,000, is earmarked for construction of several needed buildings. Included in the sum for operations is the requisite amount to provide faculty salary increases asked for earlier this year. Three hundred thousand dol lars from the building fund is specified to be expended for a new armory to house the Navy ROTC unit which will be estab lished on the UN campus next year. A new general classroom building will also be constructed at a cost of $550,000. For the chemical engineering department, an addition to Avery Lab is planned at a cost of $200, 000. Two hay barns will be built at the North Platte Experiment Station at a cost of $8,000. Cornhusker Sets May 19 as Date For Distribution The 1945 Cornhusker will be available for all out-of-town stu dents on Saturday, May 19. They may pick their yearbooks up in the Cornhusker office in the Union basement from 1:30 to 5 p. m., according to Charlotte Hill, business manager. Students are asked to bring their receipts or if those are lost, to present their identification cards. In case students leave before that date, they are requested to leave their mailing address and pontage in the Cornhusker office so the book can bo mailed to them. Miss Hill also asked that those students who have not completed payments on their Cornhuskers pay next week between 8 and 10 a. in. or 3 and 5 p. m. Students living in Lincoln may obtain their Cornhuskers on May 23 at the Cornhusker office be tween 1:30 and 5 p. m., Miss Hill added. Coed Counselor Letters All Coed Counselors who have not turned in their letters will have a chance to do so next week. A box will be plac ed In Ellen Smith hall, and letters must be completed and turned In by Friday, May 18, according to Suzanne Pope, president. Ten Honorary coin, will deliver the baccalau reate address on Sunday, May 20. Speaking on "Vision of Great ness," Dr. Kennedy will address all candidates for degrees from the university. The chaplain for this service will be Rev. Harold Wonder, pastor of the Westmin ster Presbyterian church of Lin coln. Music for the baccalaureate service, over which Chancellor Boucher will preside, will be fur nished by Prof. Myron Roberts, organist. Discussing the question, "What Is the Private Enterprise Sys tem?" Monday morning, May 21, Dr. Leverett S. Lyon, noted Chi cago economist, will address the candidates for degrees. Dr. Lyon is the chief executive officer of the Chicago Association of Com merce. He was formerly connected with the University of Chicago and with the Washington uni versity. Later, he was executive vice president of the Brookings Institute. A member of the United States delegation to the International Congress on Business Education at Amsterdam in 1929, Dr. Lyon is widely known for his writings on economic affairs. Chaplain for commencement exercises will be Dr. Frank E. Pfoutz, pastor of the Grace Meth odist church of Lincoln. Chancel lor Boucher will also preside over these exercises. The university band, directed by Donald Lentz, will furnish the music. UnionManager Board Elects Netv Officers Mildred Engstrom was elected president of the Student Union Board of Managers for the term 1945-1946 at the Board's annual meeting this week. Miss Florence Smith, home ec instructor, was elected First Vice President, and Janice Campbell was elected Sec ond Vice President. E. F. DuTeau, alumnus member, will continue as secretary, and John K. Selleck, comptroller, will remain as treas urer. Newly appointed student mem bers to the Student Union Board are: Nancy Garey, Bill Roberts, and Elizabeth Curley. They will fill positions to be vacated by three graduating seniors. Miss Engstrom will be the second stu dent member to act as president of the Union Bard, the first hav ing been George Gostas in 1910 1941. She succeeds Mrs. E. W. Lantz. Activities. The Student Union Activities Committee announced at the meeting that beginning with fall, 1945, the dunce program of the Union will again be on a ticket admission basis. With the cessa tion of the A.S.T. program which contributed to the dance fund of the Union, the Union is forced to return to a charge system in or der to finance orchestra dances. Student admission will be 44c per ticket, the price charged before the policy of free dances was in augurated. Non-student escorts will be charged 75c apiece. Four Houses Smash Cans Letters concerning smashing tin cans were sent to all organized houses, with the result that four houses showed up at the Union basement. At present, Kappa Alpha Theta is leading with a total of 3,600 cans smashed. Delta Gamma and Sigma Kappa each handled 500, and Alpha XI Delta was in the process with no total available.