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VOLTXXVH, NO. 131.
DR. CORA BEST
CONVOCATION IS
FEATURE EVENT
Thundering Rapids' Is Subject
Of Illustrated Lecture
This Morning
TRAVELS ARE EXTENSIVE
Talk Designed to Carry Appeal
For Conservation or
Natural Things
Dr. Cora Best's lecture "Thunder
ing Rapids" given at convocation in
the Temple this morning at 11
o'clock, will be one of the outstand
ing features of tlio year's convoca
tion program. Dr. Best is an inter
esting explorer and author, having
hunted, climbed and traveled from
the snow covered land of the north
to the tropics.
Under the auspices of the bureau
of commercial economics at Wash
ington, D. C. the lecturer is attempt
ing to "sell America to Americans."
Her talk will be illustrated by mov
ing pictures and slides that are new
and interesting, pictures of scenes
that have never before been photo
graphed. Dr. Best spends some
months in Canada each summer
searching for beautiful arid unusual
scenic sites.
An especial appeal for conserva
tion will be made in her lecture since
she believes it necessary to create
in Americans the desire for conser
vation of things of nature, birds,
flowers, animals, and .forests. Con
vocation is not limited to students,
and the public is invited to attend.
FOOD TESTS REVEAL
STUDENT UNDERFED
Home Ec Department Girli Discover
Amounts of Food Necessary
For Human Body
Students in the University of Ne
braska are underfed, according to
basal metabolism tests taken of dif
ferent members of the foods class in
the home economics department at
the College of Agriculture.
The basalj metabolism machine
measures the amount of oxygen be
ing used by individuals when their
bodies are in a state of complete
rest, and from the results of these
tests it is possible to determine
whether or not their bodies are get
ting the proper amount of food they
require.
The girls in the department first
is
the use and the results of the ma
chine. Diseases can also be detected
in the body of a person by the use
of the basal metabolism machine.
Women Pharmacists to
Attend Ohio Convention
Banning and Coler Will Represent
Nebraska at Kappa Epsilon
National Conference
University of Nebraska delegates
of Kapfla Epsilon, pharmaceutical!
sorority, plan to leave Lincoln Tues
day, April 24, for Columbus, Ohio, to
attend their national convention. Ep
silon chanter of the University of
Ohio will act as hostess during the
session.
Students who will represent Beta
chapter of University of Nebraska
at the convention are: Jennie .Ban
ning, '28, Seward, and Millie Coler,
'30, Casper Wyoming. Miss Banning
is also a member of Zeta Tau Alpha
and Iota Sigma Phi.
Phi Chi Theta Elects
New Yearly Officers
At a meeting of Phi Chi Theta, na
tional professional commercial soror
ity, Thursday, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
president, Eleanor Paul, Lincoln;
vice-president, Hilma Anderson, St.
Paul; recording secretary, Marie
Fraser, Lincoln; corresponding sec
retary, Emma Grace O'Connor, Elsie ;
treasurer, Catherine Brown, Dead
wood, South Dakota
IVofessor Camp Talks
On Expansion Theory
Prof. C. C. Camp of the depart
ment of mathematics, gave a talk
on Strum-Liouvilla Expansion Theory
ftt the Math Seminar meeting Wed
nesday. Professor Camp will also be
one of the speakers of the mathema
t'cs section of the Mathematical As
sociation of -America which will be
held in connection with a meeting
f Nebraska Academy of Sciences at
"emont next Saturday. The pro
gram ia being arranged by William
C Brenke.
studied metabolism, WAich is the on tne engineers' inspection trip and
process by which the food after it has engjneers weei(( which was not a
been digested, is converted into blood i vailable until the latter part of the
and tissue. Now they are studying ' nth acCordine to Ralph Raikes,
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William C. Ramsey who has been
secured as the principal speaker at
the Inter-fraternity banquet, May 1.
Mr. Ramsey is president of the Ne
braska Alumni Association and a
prominent lawyer in the state.
GIRLS PREPARE
TO EDIT PAPER
Co-Ed Staff for Sunday Daily
Nebraskan Is Chosen by
Theta Sigma Phi
Sunday's issue of The Daily Ne
braskan will be sponsored by Theta
Sigma Phi, honorary and profession
al journalistic sorority. Women in
the School of Journalism will handle
all work in editorial departments of
the university publication. No
changes will be made in the work of
the business staff.
Dorothy Nott, assistant managing
editor of the Nebraskan, will act i.i
the capacity of managing editor for
the co-ed number. Duties of the
news editors will be carried on from
5 until 7 o'clock by Ruth Palmer,
assistant managing editor for last
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BLDE PRINT WILL
BE 00T APRIL 25
Difficulty in Obtaining Material on
Chicago Inspection Trip
Causes Delay
April issue of the Nebraska Blue
Print will be somewhat delayed, and
will be distributed to students about
April 25. Postponement is
due to delay in obtaining material
editor.
Besides containing articles on en
gineers' week and the inspection trip,
there will be an article describing
the various departments of the Col
lege of Engineering. Each of the
chairmen of the departments has
written a few words on what his
respective department covers, and
these outlines will be united into a
single article. This will be a forty
page edition.
"Smoke Abatement," an article by
Professor J. W. Haney, has to do with
one of the greatest problems m in
dustrial centers. This article discus
ses the means of eliminating a great
engineering hazards.
"Mississippi Flood Control," pre
pared by II. D. Miller, (E. E. '24), is
a discussion of the causes and means
of overcoming Mississippi floods.
One Penny Is Price of
W.A.A. Dance; Program
Costs Guests Nothing
Any co-ed with a penny can enjoy
at least one dance at the W. A. A.
penny dance scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon, April 24. Penny dances
are annual features of the W. A A.
program, and this one is given in Hon
or the Cloggers and the Niners (base
ball veterans).
Although the dancing is costly the
entertainment is free. Box lunches
at the price of thirty-five cents will
be served. All co-eds are invited
and those who can attend are asked
to sign up on the W. A. A. bulletin
board before Monday evening.
Paul'Pence, Baritone
Will Sing Again Sunday
Paul Fence, bariton, rtudent
of Bobbins Studios, will give a
program of numbers from Franz,
SchubTt, Schumman, Brahms,
Liszi, Wolf, and Strauss in Gal
lery A, Morrill hall, at 4 o'clock,
Sunday afternoon. Miss Eudora
Mallory will accompany Mr. Pence
at the piano. This will be a rep-
tion of the program given in fie
Temple theatre last Monday evening.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
COMMITTEE FOR
GREEK BANQUET
NAMES SPEAKER
William C. Ramsey, President
Of Alumni Association,
Has Been Secured
PROGRAM IS SHORTENED
Tickets for Annual Affair Will
Be Distributed to House
Stewards by Monday
Will C. Ramsey, '07, Omaha, presi
dent of the Nebraska Alumni asso
ciation, will be the principal speaker
at the annual Inter-fraternity ban-,
quet, scheduled for Tuesday even
ing, May 1, at the Scottish Rite
Temple, according to an announce
ment made by the committee in
charge.
Mr. Ramsey needs no introduction
to Nebraska students, at present be
ing head of the alumni, and one of
the leading lawyers of the state. The
Inter-fraternity Council consider
themselves very fortunate in being
able to obtain Mr. Ramsey to de
liver an address.
An address by Chancellor Burnett
and the presentation of scholarship
awards to the fraternities by Prof.
E. F. Schramm will complete the
program. It is the plan of the com
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NIEBUHR CLOSES
LECTURE SERIES
Detroit Pastor Talks Before
Nebraska Peace Society
Thursday Afternoon
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, pastor of
the Bethel Evangelical church of De
troit, Michigan, has concluded a ser
ies of talks dealing with religion
and modern life which have been
sponsored by the Campus Inter-Religious
council.
Thursday afternoon Dr. Niebuhr
spoke under the auspices of the Ne
braska Peace society at the Grand
Hotel. He spoke on "International
Relationships" before an audience
composed of townspeople and fac
ulty, and few students.
As Dr. Niebuhr sees the situation,
the great cause of the trouble in the
countries of Europe is the feeling
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DR. B.R. BUCKINGHAM
WILL VISIT LINCOLN
Ohio Educator Will Open Sessions
On Campus With Convocation
At Temple Theatre
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Dr. B. R. Buckingham, director of
the Bureau of Educational Research
at Ohio State University, Columbus,
is to be in Lincoln, Friday, April
27, for a series of meetings.
Three meetings are being planned
at which Dr. Buckingham will speak.
The first session is a Teachers Col
lege Convocation which will be held
in the Temple Theatre at 11 o'clock
next Friday.
"Arithmetic" will be the subject of
an address for elementary teachers
at 4 o'clock.
A dinner will be given at 6 o'clock
at the Grand hotel at which the
Ohio educator will speak.
Dr. Buckingham is one of the out
standing men in the field of educa
tional research in the United States
today. He has published a number of
tests, magazine articles and books.
Research for Teachers is one of the
best known books. He is a scholar
of classics and it is said that when
he goes on a trip he takes a Greek
text along to read for pleasure. He
is acclaimed as being an excellent
example of harmony between classi
cism and professional training.
KNOW YOUR
KAMPUS
Do you know that?
There are 1607 students taking
courses in the Romance language de
partment of which Professor Clara M.
Conklin is chairman. The French
classes claim 854 of these; the Span
ish department, 704;while 11 are
studying Italian and 38 are pursuing
Slavic. These languages are taught
by 19 teachers, 7 of which are wo
men, 12 cf the instructors are men.
Many students think that the
sweetest man on the campus is Dr.
!A. L. Candy, chairman of the math
jematics department.
On clear, windy days the spray of
moisture which blows into your faces
in the vicinity of U hall and seems
ta mysteriously come from nowhere,
really is blown from the steam chim
ney on the power house.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
Chemists Read
Papers at St.
Louis Meeting,
Ten representatives of the Univer
sity of Nebraska were present at the
seventy-fifth meeting of the Ameri
can Chemical Society, which was held
at the Chase hotd in St. Louis, Mo.,
April 16-19. Dr. Samuel Avery,
Chancellor Emeritus of the Universi
ty, presented a paper on "The Ac
tion of Sodium Benzyl Cyanide with
Cinnamic Ester."
Dean Thompson, in an interview
yesterday afternoon, told of the
meeting. "Dr. Avery's paper," he
said, "was one of the clearest of the
fifteen or twtenty presented. It
dealt with research work carried on
by himself since the beginning of
school last semester. It is the con
tinuation of work laid down by Dr.
Avery some twenty years ago when
he took over the chancellorship of
the University. This is the first pa
per Dr. Avery has presented to the
American Chemical Society in twen
ty years.
Display Industry
"Dr. Avery is entering into his work
with unusual zeal, arriving at 8 o'
clock in the morning and often stay
ing until 6 o'clock. In this he is
setting an example of industry to
the younger men in the department.
I consider1, Dr. Avery's return to
chemistry almost phenomenal, and it
is due mainly to his sound philosophy
of life," Dean Thompson continued.
Dr. Avery was introduced as be
ing the leader of a great university
for two decades, but who has now
returned to his first love, chemistry.
To' this he replied ?n his usual
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AG COLLEGE CHORDS
HOLDS CONVOCATION
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Program Thursday Morning Is Given
Over to Musical Cantata
And Group Numbers
College of Agriculture chorus of
mixed voices entertained at the con
vocation held at the Student Activi
ties building at 11 o'clock Thurs
day, April 10. All tlassca in tha Col
lege of Agriculture were excused,
and a good representation of the
student body was present.
For the first time half of the pro
gram the chorus under the direction
of Mrs. Altinas Tullis gave the can
tata, 'The Man Without a Country.'
Miss Elizabeth McPherson and Mrs.
Tullis sang parts of the cantata. The
entire chorus sang 'Good Night Be
loved.' The contraltos and tenors
gave 'Dear Alice, Where Art Thou.'
The program ended with the chorus
singing 'Pale in the Amber West.'
The chorus was organized on the
College of Agriculture campus last
fall. The members meet each Mon
day and Wednesday evening under
the direction of Mrs. Tullis. About
thirty-five of the student men and
women have availed themselves of
this opportunity each semester this
year. One hour credit is given for a
semester of work.
Work of Art Club Is
Placed on Exhibition
In Morrill Hall Gallery
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Work done by members of the Art
club during the last year was placed
on exhibition in Gallery A, Morrill
hall, Wednesday. This is the annual
exhibit by the club and will remain
on display until April 30.
The exhibition consists of pictor
ial compositions, charcoal drawings,
etchings, carttoons, and designs. Two
etchings by Albert Benson and some
designs for stage settings by Dwight
Kirsch are included. Ted Becker has
several cartoons in the exhibit, and
practically every member of the club
has at least one item on display.
Co-Eds Will Entertain
At Early Morning Hike
Sophomores and freshmen physical
education majors will entertain the
staff of the department of physical
education for women at a breaki
fast hike and afternoon picnic, Sun
day.
Five-thirty is the hour set for the
breakfast hike at which the sopho
more majors will be hostesses. The
group will hike to Epworth Park
where the bfeakfast will be served.
In the afternoon the freshmen ma
jors will have a picnic for the fac
ulty members.
Company B Flalvon Wins
Wednesday Evtning Drill
Second platoon of B company
was judged the best in the Wed
nesday evening parade by the re
viewing officers. Second in hon
ors were given to the first pla
toon of L company and third to
the first platoon of F company.
The next parade will bo held next
Wednesday at 6 o'clock.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928.
HUSKER CINDER
TEAM DEPARTS
FOR LAWRENCE
Coach Schulte, Captain Wyatt,
Janulewicz, and Potts
Leave Thursday
26 MEN WILL MAKE TRIP
Nebraska Leader Declares No
Intention of Entering
Decathlon Event
Coach Henry F. Schulte, Captain
Perly Wyatt, Janulewicz, and Potts,
the vanguard of the Cornhusker
track team that will compete in the
Kansas Relays at Lawrence today
and Saturday, left Lincoln Thursday
afternoon. The remainder of the
twenty-six men who' will participate
in the Kansas events, along with
Robert Dubois, student manager, and
Husker track followers will drive to
Lawrence by automobile today.
The complete Nebraska entry list
for the Kansas Relays as announced
by Coach "Indian" Schulte are as
follows :
Half-mile relay Capt. P. Wyatt
Davenport, Tomson, Easter.
Mile relay Davenport, Campbell,
E. Wyatt, Capt. Wyatt.
Two-mile relay Janule.wicz
Sprague, Cummings, Etherton.
120-yard high hurdles Trumble, Ar
ganbright, Krause.
Pole vault Ossian.
Javelin James.
High jump Benbrook, Fleming.
Discus and shot Durish, Hurd and
Ashburn.
Broad jump Andrews.
Decathlon Potts.
3,000 meter Griffin.
Potts and Captain Wyatt are
scheduled to compete in the decath
lon events starting this afternoon
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TEACHERS BEGIN
SESSIONS TODAY
Modern Language Instructors
Of Nebraska Convene in
Annual Meeting
From seventy-five to one hundred
modern language teachers from over
the state are exepected to arrive in
Lincoln today, to attend the annual
convention of the Nebraska division
of the Modern Language association
of America. The session will open
tnis aiternoon at 3:30 o clock, in
Faculty hall, room 205, of the Tern
pie, with an address of welcome by
Prof. Laurence Fossler, and will close
Saturday with a noon luncheon at
the Chamber of Commerce.
The program will be as follows
Address of welcome, Prof. Laur
ence Fossler, University of Nebraska,
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DR. LYMAN GOES ON
TOUR OF INSPECTION
Colleges of Pharmacy at Kansas and
Oklahoma Receive Visit of
Nebraska Dean
Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the Col
lege of Pharmacy, made a trip last
week to Lawrence, Kansas, and Nor
man, Oklahoma, to inspect Colleges
of Pharmacy of the state universities
located there. Dr. Lyman is a na
tional inspector for the American As
sociation of Colleges of Pharmacy.
All Colleges of Pharmacy belong
ing to the association are to be in
spected every three years and are to
be classified according to information
obtained from inspection. The char
acter and type of instruction given
in each school is investigated. Re
sources of the school, as to the teach
ing force, and the material taught are
examined. This plan of comparative
classification is being tried for the
first time. Formerly schools of
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Weather Forecast for
Spring Keeps Prophets
In Continuous Muddle
"We can't tell whether spring is
here or not, but we certainly hops
so," stated Prof. T. A. Blair of the
weather bureau. 'We know that it is
quite nice at the present time, but
what it will be day after tomorrow
we cannot predict. The central bu
reau each Saturday publishes a re
port of the probable weather condi
tions for the coming week; we do not
have those facilities here so' we don't
know what the prospects are for next
week."
Prof. Blair stated that the recent
cold April weather has equalled !1
previous year, the weather lately be
ing much colder than at this time last
year.
In Kosmet Revue
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"Mazie Murphy," or Zolley Lerner,
one of the high-lights of "The Love
Hater" who will appear in Kosmet
Klub's "Midnight Revue," fire bene
fit show at the Lincoln theatre to
night.
PRIZE GIVEN TO
NOTT AND VANCE
Graduating Journalists Get
Scholarship Award of
Sigma Delta Chi
Florence D. Nott, '28, Elgin, and
Lee Vance, '28, Fremont, have been
announced as winners of the 1928
Sigma Delta Chi scholarship award.
This award is made each spring to
students with the highest average
graduating from schools of journal
ism. Sixty-seven students from twenty-
three schools received the award this
year, ihe allotment to the Univer
sity of Nebraska is two. Oscar Nor
ling, '28, Litchfield, was a close
third in the contest this spring.
May Wear Key
The award, given by Sigma Delta
Chi, national professional journalis
tic fraternity, carries with it a cer
tificate of scholarship and the privi
lege of wearing the Sigma Delta Chi
scholarship key. The following rules
govern the awarding of the certifi
cates.
1. Candidates must be senior jour
nalism students in a college or uni
versity in which a chapter of Sigma
Delta Chi is located.
2. The student must have earned
credits in journailsm to an amount
equal to twenty per cent of his total
number of university credits.
3. Candidates may be either men
or women, members or non-members
of Sigma Delta Chi
4. Candidates' grades must be av
eraged for all university work taken
during the first three years.
HIGH AVERAGE WILL
TAKE MEDAL AWARD
Phi Lambda Upsilon Offers Prize to
Freshman Having Best Grade
In Chemistry Course
Freshman having the highest aver
age in chemistry will be awarded a
medal by Phi Lambda Upsilon, hon
orary chemistry society, and have his
name engraved on the Phi Lambda
Upsilon scholarship cup now on ex
hibition in the glass case just out
side room 107, Chemistry hall.
All freshmen taking either Chem
istry 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 are eligible.
The grades in the two courses are
averaged. It does not matter when j
the courses are taken. Studentts who '
took either chemistry 1 or 3 in the
spring semester of last year, and 2 J
or 4 in the first semester of this
year are eligible. The students must
have an average of not less than 80
in his other subjects. This average
will not include military science and
freshman lecture. r
The award will be announced next
fall by the awarding board which
will consist of Dr. C. W. Ackerson,
professor of Agricultural Chemistry
and counsellor of Phi Lambda Upsi
lon, Dr.x T. J. Thompson, Dean of
Student Affairs, Dr. Fred W. Up
son, chairman of the chemistry de
partment, and George Bart, president
of Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Nebraskan Reporter Will
Cover J ay hawk Relay Meet
Kansas university's relays, ma
jor track carnival of week, will be
covered by a representative of The
Daily Nebraskan for Sunday's is
sue of the paper.
Raymond Murray, who has been
covering track this semester will
go to Lawrence to cover the relays
for The Nebraskan. Murray comes
from Topeka, Kas., and holds the
distinction of having attended the
Kansas Relays every time Hnce
their inauguration, having partici.
pated in theia while in high schooL
He is a freshman in the Unrrsi
ty of Nebraska.
TRICE 5 CENTS
RECORD CROWD
EXPECTED FOR
KOSMET REVUE
Fire Benefit Show at Lincoln
Theatre Tonight Starts
At 11:30 O'clock
PLAN NOVEL PROGRAM
Ray Ramsay Will Be Master of
Ceremonies; Medley of
Acts Offered
1800 persons are expected at Kos
met Klub's "Midnight Revue" to be
held at the Lincoln theatre tonight,,
according to Austin Sturtevant, busi
ness manager of the Klub. The re
cord-breaking crowd is expected as a
result of the loyal support given the
Klub by University students and citi
zens of Lincoln in their attempt to
"Pay in cash the debt incurred in
the Playhouse fire before June 1,
without solicitation of contributions
or favors."
"Midnight Revue" starts at 11:30
o'clock, and through the cooperation
of Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of
women, university women will be al
lowed to stay out until 1 o'clock.
Seventy-five cents admission will be
charged at the door with no reserved
seats. Students are urged by the Kos
met Klub to "come early and get
settled."
Ramsay Presides
Kosmet Klub has prepared a nov
elty program for the midnight show
with many well-known university en
tertainers. Ray Ramsay, noted for his
ise cracks" at Cornhusker foot
ball games will act as master of cere
monies. Persons who witnessed his
announcing at Kosmet Klub s
Thanksgiving morning show will
know what to expect from the master "
of ceremonies.
"Midnight Revue," fire benefit
show, will burst into blaze with
Beck3 orchestra presenting a med
ley of song and dance hits. George
Gesman of "The Love Hater" will
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ANNUAL ROUND-UP
PLANS DISCUSSED
Alumni Association Is Dinner Host
To Fraternitiy, Sorority, and
Society Presidents
Sixty-odd fraternity, literary soci
ety and sorority presidents or their
delegated representatives were guests
of the Alumni Association of the
University at the University Club last
evening at dinner.
They were later addressed by
Chancellor E. A. Burnett, who con
sidered the "Obligations of An Alum
nus from the standpoint of the ex
ecutive head of the University," by
William C. Ramsey, '07, president of
the association, who brought to their
attention the benefits of subjugating
group interests to college interests in
reunion plans; and by Harold F.
Holtz, '17, secretary of the associa
tion, who presented the details of the
Dix Reunion Plan, under which sys
tem the Cornhusker Seventh Annual
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Gass Writes Criticism
On Modern Literature
Professor of English Is Author
Article on Novels in Current
Issue of 'Forum'
of
Prof. Sherlock Uronson Cast of
the department of EnglUh comments
on "Modernism and the Novel" in the
May issue "Forum". Professor Cast
is termed by Professor Paul Elmer
More as one of the "little group of
critics of life and letters ncuttered
over the land who have set their faces
against the all-invading currents of
irresponsible literature."
In other issues of the magazine Mr.
More and Professor Irving Babbitt
called to accounting the modern trend
in literature. Professor Gass centers
his criticism on the modern novel.
"Circumstances," he said, "has
een playing such a jest upon some
of us for a score of years or more,
and though I. for one can smile at
the cumulative irony of its strokes,
I suspect that the smile is, as the
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Graduating Teachers
Receive Appointments
John McKinley has recently re
ceived an appointment for. next year
in the department nt history in Al
leghany College at Meadville, Penn
sylvania. Several girls have received ap
pointments to schools in Nebraska
for the coming year. Helen Tifchlce
will teach near Ames, Nebraska, and
Mabel Doremus will teah at Ms
Cook. Marie Dirks was appointed to
Coleridge, Lucille RandiiU to ILir
tington, Hazel .Mead to Calloway,
and Jla Mae Cottrell to Scotia.