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e Nebras kail Official Summer Session Newspaper. YOU 1 NO. H. TUESDAY, Al'CtJST 5. 1930. LINCOTJf. NKIIHASKA. SELLECK GIVES NFORMATION YEARBOOK WORK Students Activities Head Says Criticisms Are Untrue. Impossible to Produce a Cheaper Cornhusker, He Belieres. BY THE DOG. In a recent Issue of Tb Ne braskan appeared a letter, signed Old Fogey," in which it was minted that the Cornhusker, Uni versity of Nebraska official year book, might hop to sell more copies if a better book were pro duced at a lower price. When asked to comment upon this letter, John K. Selleck, busi ness manager of student activities, stated that be felt many of the charges contained therein were untrue. -In the first place," declared Mr. Selleck. "the writer of that letter feels that almost the entire student body should purchase copies of the Cornhusker. I feel that this is an impossibility, re gardless of the price of the an nal. Under the best possible cir cumstances, the entire senior class should buy the annual. "One might also expect about 75 percent of the juniors to get their pictures in the yearbook, and buy it for that reason. It is also true that about 20 percent of the freshmen should be expected to purchase the annual because of the sentiment connected with their first year in college." This would limit the sales pos sibilities of the Cornhusker to about 2.500 copies. Mr. Selleck stated. Artist Gets $300. I see no possibilities of produc ing a cheaper book, and yet main taining the present standards of quality," he continued. ' Lowering the price, would mean lower quality, and a less desirable an nual. I cannot see how this would increase the sales appreciably. Replying to criticism ot the art work in this year s issue, Mr. Sel leck declared. "The appropriation for the artist s salary for the Ne braska annual has been. and will be. only $300. I feel that this i not enough to insure a first class job. every year." It has been suggested that the bidding for the Corohusker print ing contract should be handled by a system similar to that used by L. F. Seaton. university purchasing agent. Under such a system, cer tain competent concerns would be invited to submit 8ealedWIb,,ds- o,i a general meeting, the bids would be opened and the contract awarded to the lowest bidder. Staff Takes Trips. Mr. Selleck stated that this pro cedure was open to objec "on on the grounds that it failed to con sKe fact that each bidder pre s,nts novelty eas for makeup along with his price. The sealed bid system would prevent proper consideration of the merits of sucn ideas, he said. , ... In concluding the interview. Mr. Selleck commented upon stories being circulated about the annual trips which the Cornhusker staff takes, all expenses paid, to cities in which the engraving is done for the publication. "These trips are supposed to w for the purpose of P1"!? Cornhusker staff to consult with the art staff of the W" company." be remarked. oct" engraving concerns feel that such a practice is unfavorable to them, since they cannot make a similar otter." , Q, Upon being questioned furtner, Mr. Selleck stated that ha was un able to aay Juat how these trips are, but admitted that all the out of town concerns bid- . . - i ua tu nau wing I or next j - . made such aa offer to tho tari nils spring. fiS1 "And the boys awarded the 1 . . . n..uua Palm Com- contract w me Duigci pany of Kansas City." concluded If. p i i Farmer Refuses To Let Ramsey UseJIis 'Port By LORENE COSSARD. Ray C Ramsey's business of selling the University of Nebraska has been considerably aided the pvit few weeks by bis airplane. The alumni secretary has made two tours within that period, cov ering a statewide territory. Mr. Ramsey's experiences In piloting his own plane have been interesting and varied. On one occasion some cows found they liked the taste of the dope and KhellAC on the wings, and as a result they had to be kept at a safe distance. Another time an irate farmer berated Mr. Raaroey for landing in his alfalfa field. A $1 bill fixed things up. however. In addition to the two state tours just completed Mr. Ramsey plans to make a flying tour of a number of nearby universities. He will visit the state universities of Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. On this trip he will continue a study of union buildings, which has been advocated as one of the objectives for the Nebraska Alumni associa tion during the coming year. a Bl YEAR ON CAMPUS Nearly 8,000 Treatments Given to Students, Report Shows. In a reDOrt lust released by Dr. R A. Lvman. dean of the colleee of pharmacy and superintendent of student health, it was louna mat a total of 7.S51 treatments were administered bv the student health department to students during the year June, 19. to June, iju. Of these. 4.935 treatments were for men students and 2,916 for women students. Examinations were given to 457 students who were participating in intramural sports, ana iiuy-six employes of the university were nhvsical tests during the year as . required by the laborers' compensation law. WATER EXPERTS TO BEGIN WORK AUG. 12 Federal and Local Men Will Scour Platte Villey. n F! Meinzer. head of the ground water division. United st at pi irwical survey. Washing ton. D. C, will arrive in Lincoln Aug. 12 to accompany Dean d. K. Condra. director of the water sur vv nf the state, on a four days' trip through the Platte valley to determine where co-operauve ex perimental work should,be done on the direction and rate of flow of underground water in that area. Included in the party wlil be Lieutenant Young of the war de partment; J. J. Doland. war de- r.ortmiinl nrenlnpist '- Dr. A. L. Lugn. assistant professor of geol ogy at the university; Prof. Clark E. Mickey, chairman of the de partment of civil engineering, and Prof. E. E. Brockett of the college of agriculture. :oni)Ra1iuts short COURSE IN FIRE FIGHTING r- r A w .nan n nil di- rector of tbe conservation and sur vey division of the university, is to meei wun tn vim."" r--gram committee of the State Vol unteer Firemen's association at Scottsbluff, Aug. 7, to participate i nunninr for this year's pro gram of the association. For tbe past two sessions an educational program known as a short course has been given, di rected by Doctor Condra, with such topica as chemistry of fire, fire fighting and emergency cases on the program. VISITS LYMAN. Dr A. D. Hlrschfelder, chair man of the department of pbar . t..-oUw nt Minne- macy ai me uuic"'v - . sota medical school, was a guest STUDENTS VOTE TO HKE SUMMER FEES Vacation Registrants Are Willing to Pay for Recreation. Summer school students at the University of Nebraska want their recreation. At the last mixer of the 1930 summer session held Friday eve ning, the 250 persons present unanimously declared that they were willing to recommend and to subscribe to an additional fee for all kinds of recreational activities. The proposition was put up to the students by the faculty com mittee, which has been sponsor ing social and recreational activi ties of various kinds during the summer for the first time. It was the committee's desire to see if an additional sum might be added to the fees next summer in order to carry out a more com plete program than the one at tempted this year. Although it Is probable that many of the students who voiced thetr sentiments Friday night will not return here next seawu, the faculty nevertheless thought it feasible to sound out their feelings and have that as a basis for future action. All of the students who attended the last party were well pleased with the social activities this year, according to tbe faculty commit tee. FEMININE TOUCH RATES Dr. Wimberly, Magazine Editor, Claims Writings of Fair Sex Best. Good tidings for the women and thair cry for emancipation. Dr. Lowry C. Wimberly, as sociate professor of English at the University of Nebraska, and edi tor of the Prairie Schooner, mid western literary magazine, says that woman's place is no longer confined to the kitchen, but that she is equal to or even better than men when it comes to writing. "As far as my experience with the Prairie Schooner is con crned," the professor relates. "I feel more than justified in saying that women write better than men, especially in the field of short story writing. "To back up my assertion. I only have to point to the ratings which Edward J. O'Brien, interna tional critic, has given to Schooner stories, four out of six which were written by women." Reprint Two Stories. In addition to the stories recog nized by the critic to be of superior quality, there are two others which he has asked permission to publish in his 1930 Antohology of Short Stories. Both of these, according to Dr. Wimberly, are from the pens of feminine writers, Bishop, Omaha, being the author of one. and Mrs. E. S. Draper, Oswego. Kas.. the other. Women outshine men in cul the educator points out. Following a survey of the Universities ui oii, :.. r-i anH Nhraska. Dr. Wim- berlv found that the number or women stuaenis leguKi " (Continued on Page 4.) Long Term Cornea to Close Thursday , With Examinations The nine weeks' summer ses sion will draw to a eloae next Thursday when final examina tions will be held in all classes. During the regular school year final exams are stretched over a period of a week with especially arranged periods for each course. During the short-term ses sion, however, the exams will ha held during the regular class session on the closing day of the summer school calendar. HIGH N SHORT STORIES Professors Have Large Plans for 'Long Vacation BY THE DOC With the closing of the summer session. University of Nebraska professors will have little more than five weeks in which to re cuperate before they must return to the turmoil and confusion of fall registration. In this brief period, many are planning hurried trips that will scatter Nebraska's teaching staff from Cape Cod to California. Almost universally, the Instruc tors lamented the brevity of the vacation. Dean A. R. Lyman, however, felt quite optimistic. When asked. "What do you Intend to do with your short vacation?" he replied, "Short vacation ? You're all wrong, this is a nice long vacation. Tou see. most of us are used to teach ing a twelve weeks session." A tour of the teachers college revealed that tho most popular vacation spot for Nebraska ped agogs was Yellowstone park. Dr. F. E. Ilenzlik intends to spend bis vacation in Colorado and Yellow (Continued on Page 4.) CIVIL ENGINEERS END SURVEY CAMP Forty Students With Six Faculty Men Finish Ashland Job. Work of the summer survey camp at Ashland is now complete. according to trot. ciarK Mickey, chairman of the depart ment of civil enirineerinsr. who with forty-seven students has been at the camp for the past six weeks. The survey camn course is re quired of all engineering students at the University of Nebraska. For the past two years the surveying has been carried on at Ashland and will again be carried on there next year. A part of the work is to definitely locate points to be used as reference in surveying any project. Two instructors, E. H. Grone and D. H. Harkness. and four as sistants in the engineering college. Stanley Shure. Carl Hegelin, Joe Ruzicka and Rex Keea, aiaea in the work. ALEXIS, PFE1LEK WRITE TEXTBOOK Language Teachers Have Volume on German Conditions. Two members of tbe instruc tional staff in the department of romance languages at the Univer sity of Nebraska, Dr. J. E. A. Alexis and Dr. W. K. Pfeiler, are the co-authors of a book. "In Deutschland." which is just off the press. The book portrays the life, cus toms, institutions, social and eco nomic conditions of Germany and is especially adapted to second year courses in German in college or high school and many maps and photographs of scenes described in the text are used. PHI DELTAKAPPA ADDS 13 MEMBERS TO ITS PERSONNEL At a recent meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, national educational hon orary, thirteen new members were elected. They are: K. A. Austin, superintendent. Nelson; Wuart Bailer, eoach, Lincoln, High; Mon roe W. Busch. superintendent, Logan w..nu. tAmtm Cti r funtor. teachers college; Wm. K. Clark, teacher, Columbus; Keglnald P. Gage, graduate nuaeni, ibjm d r. t-nuorf R Vrrnon Hays, principal, Ansley; Harry Hoy, science, Lyons. E. Lyle Miller, superintendent, ioiiniu, F.rland Nelson, president, Dana college. Blair; Lelte W. Nelson, principal. North Di.ii. i,mh whAni- w f . Nnvotnv. su perintendent. Junction City, Kas.; Dean MeProud, Daa, department 01 wu'i Wesleyan; Joseph P. Young, superintend ent, Lyons. ON VACATION. Miss Elsie Ford Piper, assistant to Miss Amanda Heppner, djean of women, is spending her vacation at Roanoke, Va. Miss Heppner will remain in Lincoln for her vacation. DAILY NEBRASKAN STAFF MAY HAVE FACULTY 'BOSS' Executive Warns Editors Of Pending News Censorship. 'Spurious Criticisms Can't Be Tolerated Says Dean Thompson. University of Nebraska student may be deprived of one of their main avenues of self-expression Tbe Daily Nebraskan. official student newspaper. There will still be a campua newspaper and there will still be a Daily Nebraskan at the Uni verity of Nebraska but there will be no "student" newspaper. If the plans of Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs, are lollowed. Because the newspaper under student direction has taken too much of a destructive attitude on alt airs at tbe university, especially during the past school year, the dean states that the time has come for the faculty to intervene and to Insist on censoring all material which goes into the columns of the publication. To Come Soon. "We can no longer tolerate the spurious criticisms that have been hurled at the institution. Its de partments, its officials, its organ izationsin fact, its entirety," Dr. Thompson I-jIJ Xcbraskan repre sentatives. "And the time for faculty cen sorship of all Nebraskan copy will come before you think it will." he admonished them. The cause of the action of the administrator was the appearance during the summer of several de structive ''student pulse" articles denouncing methods employed in the teachers college. However, the dean states that bis decision to reinstate faculty control over the newspaper dated as far back as the first semester of the 1929-30 school year. Editor's Policies Scored. "The attitude taken by the two editors last year was anything but constructive." Dean Thompson said. "The university appreciates any amount of criticism as long as it is constructive but unfor tunately the bulk of the criticism made last year was very destruc tive." Especially repugnant to the of ficials, he said, were the wide-open policies employed by the under graduate journalists. Radical edi torials, defaming individuals and organizations, and the publication of student opinions with no at tempt to delete destructive ele ments contained in them, were the main causes for the impending ac tion, the dean declared. "The only remedy as I see it is to have some member of the fac ulty supervise all work and mater ial that goes into the news and editorial columns of The Daily Nebraskan," he continued. MjCleery Objects. Only for the last two or three years, according to Dr. Thompson, have student editors been allowed freedom in their sentiments. Prior to that time, he said, all copy nad to pass through the hand3 of the director of school of journalism, the late Prof. M. M. Fogg, but since the Jatter's demise students have been privileged to go un shackled. When informed of the impending censorship, Bill T. McCleery, Hastings, editor of The Daily Ne braskan next semester, stated that if such a rule were to be enforced at that time, "there will have to be a new editor elected." TWO RADIO TALKS SCHEDULED TODAY Dr. Ernest Anderson, visiting chemistry instructor from the University of Arizona, will speak on "South Africa" at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday over KFAB from the uni versity radio station. At 2:45 p. m Tuesday, G. W. Rosenlof, director, of secondary education of thei state of Nebraska, will give a tall on secondary education. Of Dr. A. IV. UfUM"