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I am very pleased to have this opportunity through
The Summer Nebraskan, to extend a sincere welcome to
Summer Session students.
More and more we are coming to think of our Sum
mer Sessions as a continuation of the regular school
year rather than something separate and apart from the
mahveffort of the institution. The result is a deeper,
broader program of instruction.
At the same time we recognize that summer study,
because it is concentrated, requires more than an ordi-
nary effort on the part of the student. This is not to im
ply that your summer work need be a grind. We have
made a special effort to include special events that you
will enjoy and to provide time for relaxation and fun.
- I am especially pleased that we have the facilities of
the Selleck Quadrangle available to summer students. I
am sure that men students and married couples will find
the living accommodations there most pleasant.
Many of you, I know, are familiar with the campus.
Some of you, however, are here for the first time. Please
make yourselves at home. This is your University and
we want the time you spend here to be both profitable and
enjoyable.-
Sincerely,
Clifford M. Hardin
Chancellor
Joe lS-Reglstrattoa Hr lgtt,
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The University of Nebraska has been planning for
the 1955 Summer Sessions over a period of several
months. Throughout this planning period one idea has
been paramount; namely, that of meeting the needs of
the students who will probably attend these sessions.
Everything possible has been done to provide an ade
quate number of courses and well prepared instructors
to carry out the teaching program. In addition, a very
large number of special conferences, clinics, and work
shops have been planned to bring enrichment to the reg
ular instructional setting. The University is proud to be
able to present such national and world leaders as Miss
Waurine Walker, President, National Education Associa
tion, the Honorable Val Peterson, Administrator of the
national defense program, and Sir Percy Spender, Ambas
sador from Australia to the United States and to the
United Nations.
The University is better prepared than ever to pro
vide housing and food services for its 1955 guests.
The Summer Sessions office will welcome comments
from its student body. Any suggestion made will receive
very careful consideration; together we can make the
Summer Sessions of 1955 the finest in Nebraska's history.
Frank E. Sorenson
Director, Summer Sessions
VOL 55, NO. 89.
SUMMER NEBRASKAN
JUNE 15, 1955
The lone Black Line
Comet tJacote Stag
Members of the JJ5S graduat
ing class cf GS approach the
Coliseum .to receive their diplo
mas at the University's 84th an
nual commencement exercises.
Dr. Edward Elliot, returning 0
years after his own graduation,
delivered the commencement ad
dress. CStwry at right.)
860 Receive Diplomas, AS .Commencement
, Yam have now rescind a Junc
tion point from which branch nu
merous roads, Dr. Edward C.
Elliott, president roeritcs of Pur
doe University, told a graduating
class of 69 Monday at the Uni
versity's triih annual commence
ment exercises in the Coliseum.
Speaking on "Between Our
selves: Old Notes' and New Counter-Notes,
Dr. EEiott, an 1225
graduate of the University, as
sured the graduates that, despite
the difficulty of the road to gradu
ation the road ahead will be even
more difficult. "Whichever one you
take, he said, "the going is cer
tain to be difficult.
Recognizing that "from your Ne- f
bra&ka doing and your Nebraska)
dreaming, you should have .Je1
eloped, and probably have, a
plan and a pbiosopby for the guid
ance of life, Dr. Elliott charged
the graduating class to bring their
plans and philosophies of life "to
realization by determination, indus
try, insight and a readiness to
accept chances. For," he remind-"
ed the class, "No great deed is
done by falierers who ask for cer
tainty. If you should fail. Dr. Elliott
admonished the class, society will
wonder "Why the university?"
Modern university graduates, he
said, have a serious responsibility
to prove to society by their words
and deeds that rise university is
worth the money it takes to sup
port it.
The technological and cultural
advances of modern civilization,
be said, have inevitably influenced
the character of the modern univer
sity. And, Dr. Elliott continued,
the university has in turn affected'
"the new scientific and economic
age."
War has ia addition also con
tributed to "the moulding of the
civic attitude and developing the
production skills of at least an en
tire generation of American youth,
TrrES3c& said.
Dr. Enictt charged the class of
195? to enroll in "the College of
Alumni" the better to continue to
"educate the educated, to give
whcle-bearted support to Chancel
lor Hardin and to continue to feara
by individual effort.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin pre
sided over the ceremonies and con
ferred bachelors and advanced de
grees upon some 1000 candidates.
He presented a diploma to Mur
iel Pickett, senior class representa
tive, from the Student Council, as
a symbol cf his wish to be able to
present diplomas to graduates in
dividually. Miss Pickett introduced the com
mencement speaker.
The University Symphonic Band,
condicted by Donald Lentz, play 2d
for the exercises. The Rev. James
Chubb, minister of Trinity Metho
dist Church of Grand Island, gave
the invocation and benediction.
Tuesday Luncheon
Sorenson
To Address NU Convocation
Waurine Walker, president of
the National Education Associa
tion, will address s. convocation
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Love Library
Auditorium. Kiss Walker will pre
sent "Asfwers to School Critics.
Tuesday noon, .she win be hon
ored at a Itochcoa sponsored by
Pi Lambda Theta and Phi Delta
Kappa, education honor aries.
' Miss Walker is the first of three
nationally and internationally
known persons who will deliver
speeches at the 'University this,
summer. j
Kiss Walker, who is' director of '
Teacher Relations and Certifica- j
tion for the Texas Education
Agency, is a wezber & several
national, stale and local profes
sional and civic organizations.
"She is a member and officer of
professional educators' organiza
tions, serving in positions which
deal with professional problems
and standards of teachers.
Miss Walker is a member of
several professional organizations
in Texas and has served them in
several capacities.
Miss Vt&lker was granted as
AM. degree in 1830 by Baylor
University. She is a member of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women, Delta Kappa
Gamma, Youth Welfare Council,!
Pi Gamma Mu and Kappa Delia!
Pi.
Over- 2800 Students
acted For Session
Exp
fgr$S WALKES
An enrollment of 2390 to 2330 stu
dents is expected for the 1355 Sum
mer Session at the University ac
cording to Dr. Frank Sorenson. Di
rector of Summer Sessions.
Registration is scheduled to take
place Wednesday in the Coliseum
and classes will begin Thursday.
Speeches by nationally and in
ternationally noted persons and
professional conventions will take
place throughout the summer.
UJ5. Civil Defense Administrator
Val Peterson will speak June 27
at a National Affairs Preview. The
former Nebraska governor topic
viU be "Nebraska's Hole in the
Nation's Program of Civil De
fense. '
Sir Percy Spender, Australian
ambassador to the U.S., will ad
dress a World Affairs Preview ;
Jul XL He will explain "Austral- i
ia's Role in the United Nations."
Waurine Walker, president of the
National Education Association,
will give "Answers to School Cri
tics" June 21 in Love Library Au
ditorium. Miss Walker will also
speak at a luncheon of the Text
bock and Audio-Visual Aids Con
ference. The World Affairs and National
Affairs Previews are presented so
that summer sessions students may
hear and meet international and
national leaders.
Professional gatherings during
the summer will include a Clinic
on Church School Relationships,
June 23; World Trouble Spot For
ums, July 7 and 21; All-Teachers
College Conference, July 13 and 14,
and Clinic on Home-Social Rela
tionships, July 25.
Cogunenceroeri, win be Aug. &,