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Picnic Friday
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Official Summer Session Newspaper.
VOLUME II, NO. 9.
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1931.
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BE SOLD THURSDAY BY
STUDENT DUCAT TEAMS
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Nearly 1,000 Picnickers Are
Expected by Executive
Committee.
Sports and Dinner on Ag
Campus Will Be Followed
by Mixer-Dance.
With ticket sales scheduled to
comence on Thursday under the
direction ot' several separate and
organized teams, members of the
student executive committee are
expecting an attendance of nearly
a thousand at the all-university
picnic which will be held on the
agricultural college campus at 5
o'clock, Friday.
At ti similar affair last year an
attendance of 750 was recorded but
ojn line with the new summer stu
dent recreational attitude as evi
denced at three parties of the sum
raer a much larger group is ex
pected.
Tickets Also At Longs.
In addition to the tickets which
will be sold by the teams, under
the general direction ol Gladys
Zutter and Margaret Huston, they
may also be procured at Long's
College Book Store which is fur
nishing them. The period of sales
will last from Thursday morning to
Friday noon, the closing limit.
Sales price for the picnic tickets,
which covers all expeuses for the
picnic dinner ana ensuing games
and sports; is thirty-five cents. For
those who also desire to attend the
mixer-darce to be held at the ag
ricultural college student activities
building m the evening1 an added
charge of one dime will be made
According to members of the
executive committee the ticket
sales have been arranged in this
fashion for the convenience of
summer school students. Under
Una plan, they say, those who wish
to attend the picnic only, will not
have to forego the added charge of
a dime for the evening dance. Con
versely, those who are unable to
attend the picnic may still attend
the dance for the nominal sum of
a dime, without having to pur
chase a regular picnic ticket.
Affair Starts At 5.
All who purchase picnic tickets
are instructed to meet in front of
Teachers college at 5 o'clock
where transportation will be pro
vided. Everyone driving cars Is
asked to co-operate in transporting
the picnickers, but busses will also
be available to insure everyone of
a means of conveyance to the pic
nic site. Prof. E. W. Lantz is in
charge of transportation.
Sports and games will open the
picnic program, beginning shortly
alter and continuing until 6:15
when the picnic dinner will inter
rupt festivities for the time being.
After dinner a fun fest, under the
direction of Wendell Dodd and
Sara Upton will continue until time
for the dance. Arthur and Verne
Jones are in charge of the games
and sports and Supt. M. R. Colson
is supervising food arrangements.
CVUAOni) TO PKESENT
PAPEK AT CONVENTION
Prof. J. P. Guilford of the de
partment of psychology has been
asked to present a paper at the
annual meeting of the American
Begin Preparations
For New Mall Plan
Grading on the old drill field
has already commenced a s
workmen are beginning con
struction of a new mall between
social sciences and Andrews
halt.. When finally completed
it will be similar to Memorial
mall between Morrill hall and
the colesium. It will extend
from 12th street north to 14th
street. Trees and shrubbery
have already been removed and
the sidewalk between Teachers
college and Andrews hall has
been torn up.
PICNIC
TICKETS
Gish to Manage Team
on South African Trip
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(By Courtesy ot, The Journal.)
As reeomDense for the work he
nas done in handling the arrange
ments for the two nauonai a. a.
tt mppts held here. H. D. Gish,
Nebraska athletic director, was
named manager or the unuea
States track and field team which
will invnda South Africa for eight
meets in the various province.
The team sails from New York
July 8 and returns Oct. 5. Gish
will leave for New York Sunday.
Athletes chosen for the trip were
Emmett Topplno, Loyola, and Cy
Leland, Olympic club, sprinters;
J. E.- Hatfield. Indiana, hurdler;
Vic Williams, Los Angeles A. C,
and Nate Long, Salt Lake City,
quartermilers; Eddie Genung,
Washington A. C, half mile;
Frank Crowley, New York A. C,
mile; Barney Bellinger, Penn A.
C, all around and Walter Marty,
Olympic club, high jump.
Psychological association at To
ronto university, Toronto, Canada,
Sept. 10, 11, 12. His report will be
upon "Some Configurational Prop
erties of Short Musical Melodies"
and it will be based in part upon
some research recently completed
by Miss Ruth Hilton, Lincoln,
graduate student in psychology.
AMHERST FIELD PARTY
VISITS MORRILL HALL
The Amherst university field
party from Amherst, N. J., which
is traveling under the direction of
Dr. F. B. Loomis, head of the Am
herst museum and famous paleaon
tologist, visited the Morrill mu
seum last Sunday afternoon. Dr.
Loomis expressed enthusiastic
comments about the manner in
which specimens were displayed
and was Impressed with the many
new types which have b-jen found
in the state. With him were F. B.
Loomis, jr., John W. Harlow and
L. H. Walz, all of Amherst univer
sity. They will hunt fossils along
the southern part of Nebraska this
summer.
WYKOFF
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Frank Wykoff, blond speedster of the Los Angeles Athletic club, is seen tying the World record
in the 100 yard dash as he breaks the tape in 9.5 seconds, Wykpff is second from the left. , At the
extreme left is Emmett Topino of Loyola of New Orleans, who was second.
Next to Wykoff is Ralph Metcalfe of Chase Park A. C, Chicago, who did not place. In the
fourth lane is Eddie Tolan, who won second and in the fifth lane i3 the fourth place winner, Cy Le
land, the former Rice Institute flyer, now with the Olympic club of San Fran-.'isco. At the extreme
right ia Hopson, Los Angeles high school boy who did not place in the iii;aia.
71? GRADUATES TAKE
WORK THIS SUMMER
Large Increase Over Last
Year; Doubles Winter
Enrollment.
With a total, enrollment of 717
students, an Increase of 23 percent
over last summer has been made
this year in the graduate college,
according to figures released today
by Dean F. W. Upson of the grad
uate college at the University of
Nebraska. Last year the total at
tendance was only 583. Of the
number taking advanced work this
summer, 411 are men and 306 are
women.
Nearly twice as many students
take graduate work during the
summer as during . the regular
school term, a comparison of fig
ures Indicates. During the sec
ond semester, 420 were taking
advanced studios. Instructors who
take advantage of the vacation pe
riod to work toward higher de
grees are largely responsible for
the summer increase,
Of the 425 who are work
ing toward advanced degrees this
summer, 298 are men and 127 are
women. Fifty are candidates for
the Ph. D. degree, 334 for M. A.
and 41 for M. Sc. honors. Two hun
dred ninety-two are taking ad
vanced studies but do not desire
degrees.
With 197 teachers taking: ad
vanced work, the field of education
Is most popular among graduate
students. Of this group, 128 are
specializing in school administra
tion. 51 In secondary education and
18 in educational psychology. '
Other studies which have at
tracted graduates are English, 31;
history 27; botany 14; home eco
nomics, 12; mathematics 12; zool
ogy, 12; geography 11; classics 11;
agronomy 0; business organization
4; economics 8; civil engineering
1; electrical engineering 2; geology
5; German 2; psychology and
pharmacology 2; pharmacy 1;
philosophy and psychology 9;
physics 3; political science 6; Ro
mance languages 5; rural eco
nomics 1; sociology 3; vocational
education 5.
ALL AMERICA TRACK TEAM FOR 1931
100 Yard Dash VVykoff So. California
220 Yard Dash Tolan Michigan
440 Yard Dash Williamt So. California
880 Yard Run Letts Chicago
1 Mile Run Pufr.am Iowa State
2 Mile Run Chamberlain Michigan State
121) Yard High Hurdles.. Sentnian Illinois
220 Yard Low Hurdles... Keller Ohio State
Broad 'Jump Barber So. California
High Jump O'Connor Columbia
Pole Vault Graber So. California
Shot Put Hall So. California
Discus Throw Jones Stanford
Hammer Throw Conner Yale
Javelin Throw Churchill California
(Williams So. California
0"e Mile Relay Team. . . . ( Woessii3r So. California
( Eastman Stanford
(Gordon Miami
TIES WORLD MARK IN
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Students Must Apply
For Degrees Today
Candidates for degrees or cer
tificates at the close of the sum
mer session must make applica
tion for them at the office of
the Registrar by Tuesday, July
7. This applies to students
wishing junior certificates also.
Students wishing teachers
certificates Issued by the de
partment of public instruction
may obtain the application
blank at this office.
Florence I. McGahey.
Registrar.
UNFAVORABLE YEAR
AHEAD FOR TEACHERS
Salaries Are Lower and Few
Have Positions, Report
Of Bureaus.
With a smaller percentage of
teachers securing appointments
and a general reduction in salaries
becoming effective, prospects for
students who are planning to teach
this fall are unfavorable as com
pared with the situation of a year
ago, according to information
compiled by W. H. Batson, direc
tor of the University of South Da
kota, and received aferthe univer
sity yesterday.
About one-third of the teachers
desiring schools this fall had re
ceived appointments by June
according to the report which is
based upon figures submitted by
appointment bureaus in fifteen of
the middle western states relative
to teacher employment and salar
ies paid as compared to former
years. The information gathered
pertained to the situation on June
1.
In Nebraska, from 20 to 25 per
cent of the people enrolled in
teachers bureaus had received ap
pointments up to June 1. This was
a smaller percentage than the
number of positions secured dur
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THREE WORLD MARKS
LOWERED AT A. A. U. I
TRACK, FIELD MEET i
Beard Tops High Hurdles in
14.2 Seconds; Mortensen
Wins Decathlon.
Senior and Junior Titles Co ' ;
to Los Angeles A. C; Rain ; j
Mars Performance.
Three world records were broken,
one tied, and three national A. A.
U. meet records were bettered at
the stadium Saturday in the senior
and relay events. On the preced
ing day, ten records were estab
lished in the junior championships.
Despite a rain which fell steadily
during the morning and most of
the afternoon, more than 6,000
witnessed the Saturday competi
tion. With a total of 43 points in
the senior events, the Los Angeles
Athletic club made a clean sweep
by winning both the junior and
senior crowns.
Pearcy Beard, formerly of Ala
bama Poly, and now competing for
the New York Athletic club, set a
new world's record in the high
hurdles with a time of 14.2 sec
onds. The former mark was 14.4
seconds made by Thompson of
Dartmouth in 1920.
Jess Mortensen of the Los An
geles Athletic club boosted the de
cathlon totl with a record of
8177.463 points. Paavo Yrjola of
Finland had previously held the
record with a total of 8053.29.
Pat McDonald, veteran lieuten
ant of police in New York City,
tossed the thirty-five pound weight
for a new heighth of 21 feet 6
inches. McDonald is fifty-two
years old and weighs 350 pounds.
Wykoff Ties Record.
Frank Wykoff of Southern Cal
ifornia tied Eddie Tolan's world
record in the century dash when
he led a field of noted runners with
a time of 9.5 seconds. Three
watches caught Wykoff in 9.3, one
in 9.4 and another in 9.5. After a
long consultation, the officials an
nounced the time of 9.5.
The results:
HKNIOK CHAMPIONSHIP.
Saturday Kvrnliiit.
P.ile vault: Won hy Wool, Olympic club;
second, Harvey, Denver A. C. ; third, Jef
ferson. Los. Angeles A. C. ; fourth, Zim-
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Lutherans Plan Second
Picnic Friday Evening
The second picnic to be given
for Lutheran students and their
friends will be held Friday evening,
July 10, at the Lincoln Auto club
park, according to an announce
ment today by Rev. Henry Erck,
student pastor. Those wishing to
attend should meet at the Temple
building Friday afternoon at 5:30
o'clock.
A's plans had been made for the
picnic before learning of the uni
versity affair which will be held at
the same time, the.committee de
bated whether the church party
should be postponed. After a dis
cussion with members of the stu
dent executive committee, however,
arrangements were completed for
the picnic to be held Friday eve
ning.
The picnic will be the last social
function of the Lutherna group
during the summer as Reverend
Erck will leave next week on an
ruto trip to Wisconsin. The com
mittee in charge of refreshments
includes Margaret and Brigitta
Koerting of Lincoln and Louise
Merz of Seward.
Coif Scores Must
Be in Wednesday
Qualifying flights of eighteen
holes must be played and scores
turned in by Wednesday mor
ning, according to M. R. Colson
of the student exxecutive co.n
mittee,. in. announcing, rules
governing the men's golf tour
nament which is to be played
within the next few days. Scores
may be reported to Mr. M. R.
Colson, Alfred Calvert, E. W.
Lantr, or O. L. Wekk.
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