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h Call B6891 for Your News to The Nebraskan Official Summer Session Newspaper The Nebraskan Is Free Get ymmr easy from tna bona la kUJ Scleaca. Anarews Hall College. VOLUME V. NO. 8. THE NEBRASKAN, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1934. LINCOLN, NEB. HIGH SCHOO IUSIC LN COURSE TO END WITH 2 PUBLIC CONCERTS Officials and Instructors Express Satisfaction With Session. The all state high school music course in session here during- the past month will be officially drawn to a close this week when students attending the all state high school orcnestra aaa JJiz chorus groups will appear in concert. Two free pub lic concerts will be given Thurs day and Friday of this week, in Grant Memo rial hall, under the direction of William W. Norton, orches tra conductor, and George H. Howerton, cho rus director, it joarn&i was announced Saturday. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the all state high school band and the adult choral group will present the following program: Up the Street," Morse; Overture "'II Ouarany," Gone; band. Three chorales Bach; (a) Now Vet Ever Toncne Adore Thee; b) Jesu. Priceless Treasure; e Jem, Joy of Maa'a Desiring; boral group. Londonderry Air, Grainger; "Collosae m," DeLmater; bud. Steal Away, Arr. by Wra. Anna Flaher; Smi 1 of the Righteous. Noble; By Baby lon's Wave, Gounod; choral croup. Huldlgunsmarsch Aeolian I, Grieg; la tennexao (L'ArlesienneJ Bizet; ktarcki & 1. B. A.. Ball; band. Friday evening the grand finale for the four weeks course will be given in Grant Memorial at 8 o'clock, when the all state chorus and orchestra will give the follow ing: concert: March Band. Today There Is Ringing, Christiansen; lullaby, Jesus Dear (Polish). Arr. by Sa- "ibe Holly and the Ivy French). Arr. by Demuth; The Three Kings (Spanish), Arr. by Konra; chorus. Overture "Der Freiachutx,' Weber; or- chestra. The Galaway Piper (Irish), Arr. by CtouCB-Leifthter; April Is In My MistrW Faoa, aforley (1847-103); In the Great Ball, Ferrari; cborns. Romania (2nd Movement Fifth Sym phony I. Tachaikowaky; orchestra. A Ballad of Trees and tne Masxer,aaai thews; Bone of Saint Bride Clokey; Out of the Silence. GaJbraith; Chora. Reba Jones, ucompum; tvmcy eas. aecond piano. With Uie Friday concert the xnu- ( Continued on Page 3). B1ZAD NEWS LETTER SENT TO GRADUATES Dean Asks Promotion of Better Business Conditions. Tv,o ftntri Annual news letter to graduates of the college of busi ness administration at the univer sity was included in the new issue of the university extension depart ment's weekly news letter released Monday. Included in the news letter to the business administration students were news of the classes, activities of the school during the past undergraduate year, items of in terest concerning the faculty members of the college of busi ness administration, and other Items. A foreward, written by J. K. L Roosignol, dean of the college, made a plea for graduates of the college to continue to promote bet ter business conditions. He said in part: "In thinking of business re covery which, in spite of the drouth, is surely on the way and will soon come around the corner, I am wondering what contribution we, as student of. economics and business administration, have made or can make to that desirable end, we may be relatively insignificant factors fn the great world of af fairs, and yet our training and ex perience should count for some thing in the completed forces making for better times." Concluding his letter to the graduates tbs dean stated: 'When good times return let us remem ber thatpermanent prosperity can only be established upon the good old foundations of bard work, (Continued on Page 2.) HoIe-in-Oen Scored At Country Club By Chancellor Burnett The university discovered Satur day that its Chancellor, besides being an able administrator of the university, was an excellent gon PJ?er-. Playing over tne tjoumry ciuo course Saturday Chancellor Bur nett scored a hole in one on the 120 yard fourteenth, the green be ing located across a dried up water hazard. While hailed by many of his friends as an ardent golf fan. the chancellor's feat Saturday put him in that exclusive class of golf ers for which all strive to reach sometime during a life time. Playing- with the chancellor were Frank D. Williams, Earl Cline and H. J. Gr&mtich, of Ag College. Called by a Nebraskan reporter yesterday, the chancellor modestly declined to comment on his feat. COMMITTEE TO FINISH PLANS FOR MEN'S STEAK FRY Plans for the all men's steak fry will be completed at the recreation committee meeting tomorrow noon in Mr. Lantz's office. Definite plans for the men's pic nic, as well as thewomen's picnic will be announced in the next is sue of the Nebraskan. Baseball practice is getting rapidly under way. According to Art Jones, around thirty men have been turning out regularly for the games. A definite schedule will be announced as soon as a little more progress is made. There is still more room for girls in the baseball games, ac cording to Miss Estle Anderson, women's athletic director. Before long, the girls will be playing with othertown teams, as well as with other Lincoln women's teams. The following girls have been coming out for practice for sev eral evenings: Belva Banks Elena Vuffy Ferne Becker Rose Rathbun Margaret Brinton Ruth Rathbun Alice Clark Hasel Robbans Evelyn Cavcfl! Metva SMmerda Mary Duualaa Connie Sbum Leone Davey Rath Spadt Alice Heady Elizabeth Stevenson Marie Herman Roth Stewart Rachel Tort Doris Treakle Mildred Young LaVerne Stastny Basel Robbina Beth Chase Harriet Magill Etim Slble Ruth Koch Gay Darwin Audrey Dunback Fvelva rau Mildred He Frieda Hess Grace Hess Stella Hughes Florence Faircbiid Harriet Kaiser Marguerite Klindl Vivian Knerr Lucile McKeasj Freda May Grace Miller 600 ATTEND THIRD MIXER OF SUMMER Committee Pleased With Large Crowd at Dances. The third all university party of the summer session, was held Fri day in the coliseum, with over 600 in attendance. Arthur Jones had charge of the entertainment. Dur ing intermission, Miss Betty Wil son entertained the crowa wiu popular song numbers. Members of the student activity committee, who assisted with the party, were Mrs. Marie Davis A fans, and the Misses Estle An derson, Goldia Bauer, and Jane Robb. Professor and Mrs. E. W. Lantx were the chaperons. The committee is very much pleased with the large attendance at the parties so far this year, and wishes to announce that there will be another mixer this coining Fri day night, July 6, at 8:30 p. m. The price of admission will be 10 cents as before. J. K. SELLECK TALKS AT DINNER MEETING J. K. Selleck of the university athletic department, told several Nebraska, high school coaches and school administrators Monday eve ning about some of the problems that arise in advertising and fi nancing athletic contests. The iiv was given at a dinner meet ing in the Grand hoteL Following Mr. Sellecks talk, mo tion pictures of general interest were shown. The meeting is a continuation of a series of talks sponsored by the university ath letic department, designed primar ily to stimulate good fellowship among coaches and those Inter ested in high, school athletics. Two talks remain to be given on the program which ends July 15. EDUCATORS HE. A. GOTO Tl CONVEN IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Radio Message from Admiral Byrd Special Feature of Program. Several Nebraska educators left last week for the National Educa- ion association's yearly convention held in Washington, D. u., nwo in session until July 6. Saturday Nebraska's delegates enjoyed one of the main features planned for this year's conference, when Admiral Byrd night was fit tinelv observed. Included in the special program was a radio speech sent by Admiral isyra irom his hut near little America in the Antarctica. Among the Nebraska na promin ent in national education circles attending the conference include J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the National Education association, and J. E. Morgan, editor of the Journal of the N. E. A. Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, former president of the association, and principal of Bancroft school, Lincoln, is also attending, as is G. F. Knipprath of Technical high school, Omaha, N. E. A. director for Nebraska. Official delegates to the conven tion include Supt, M. C Lefler, Lincoln: Sunt. John Speedie. Alex andria; Miss Mary Sturmer and Miss Bertha Starn, .Beatrice; supt. Robert Pullen. Bingham; Supt. D. R, Leech, Albion, and Miss Cloe Raldridire. state director of rural education. Among the nationally known leaders to be present are Dr. John K. Norton. President Glenn Frank, A. H. Reinhardt, Secretary of Labor Francis t er kins. Stuart Chase and Edward A. Hayes. DR. BENGTSON TO TEACH IN COLUMBIA SUMMER SESSION Geography Instructor Will Give Ttvo Courses in Netc York School. Dr. Nels A. Bengston, head of the university geography depart ment, is scheduled to .leave Tues riav eveninc. Julv 3. for Columbia university where he will spend his seventh session as a special ln strnrtor in that school's summer school. The term which will open on July 9 win continue ior bus weeks. While there Dr. Bengston will teach two courses in Economic Ge ography in the Columbia School of RnGini. Diu course will be of fered on the undergraduate level ... . M . and the otner on me grau: vvt The undergraduate course is the equivalent of Geography 71 at the university, according uo w. Bengston. This course, of which Dr. Bengston has charge during the summer term, is the same that is offered under J. Russell Smith during the regular winter session at Columbia. In addition to his regular work as instructor in these two courses Dr. Bengston is also scheduled to give a special general departmen tal lecture during his time at the New York school. RADIO BROADCASTS. Only one enssmble broadcast re mains on the schedule for students In the all state high school music course. The band is scheduled to go on the air Thursday at 2:30 p. m. The chorus was presented Monday night and the orchestra went on the air last Friday. Nebraskan to Publish Only One Day a Week From now on the summer Ne braskan will be ubfished once a week, coming out each Thurs day, according to a statement issued by Wilbur Ertckno, bus iness manager yesterday, copies may be secured at the usual distributing points on the cam pus. The new publication sched ule wisl cwnmence with the Thursday hmie, July 12. The Nebraskan will not appear next Thursday. One Day Recess Is Allowed Students For July Fourth Summer session students will be allowed only one day of vacation to observe the national holiday, July Fourth, R. D. Moritx, director of the university summer session stated Monday. "The summer session adminis tration has decided to adhere to the time alloted on the official summer session calendar with re spect to the time school will be dismissed for the Fourth," he said. While for some time the admin istration had been 1 arming to al low summer session students three days vacation over the Fourth of July, difficulties with several courses were encountered, necessi tating an abandonment of all lans, Moritz exlained. ANNUAL PICNIC IS SCHEDULED BY PHI DELTA KAPPA Phi Delta Kappa, honorary edu cation fraternity, is scheduled to hold its annual picnic and an initia tion ceremony on Thursday, July 5, at 4 o'xlock in the Seward park, according to Charles A. Bowers, member of the organization in charge of the affair. Various games are on the pro gram for the early part of the aft ernoon and a box lunch will be served in the evening. Following the lunch initiation ceremonies will be held Twenfv-twa men have been se lected as candidates for member ship, and these men have an option of becoming members at the Thursday initiation 'ceremony or later in the year. The list of men who were se lected as candidates at the last meeting of Phi Delta Kappa are: Henry C A bee. Fred E. Alder, Leroy Allison, W. L. Cass. Gayle R. Chiles, John Cunningham, C J. Dubry, John G. Hansen, Melvin F. Jackman, Lawrence C Larsen, Richard H. McCann, Elmer Mahlin, J. R. Mitchell, F. V.' Peterson, F. G. Sorenson, M. L. S toner, Gerald V. Summers, W. E. Thompson, Ray mond L. Wolf, John Tiernan. Her man WeigeL and Paul win. Two other meetings remain on the summer schedule of the group. On July 17 the society will cele brate its vicennial anniversary by hnidinir a Taint meeting with P Lambda Theta, honorary educa tion sorority, at the Hotel Cora husker. The address of the eve ning will be given by Dr. W. H. Burton, visiting instructor. Thp Ijjht meetimr of the summer will be an open meeting at the Grand hotel. Tne oiscussion win be led by Dr. E. E. Dale, Dr. R. E. Reynolds, and Professor Wadia, SELLERS SPEAKS AT DEMOCRAT MEETING Importance of Unity in Party Organization Is Stressed. The importance of unity in the party organization was stressed by Dr. J. L. Sellers, professor of mavurj uur., meeting of over 200 Lancaster rnimtv democrats at the Lincoln hotel last Friday evening. "This countrv has always had its affairs administrated by the people thru the two party system, stated Dr. Sellers, "and it prob ably always shall, since the con stitution provides that a majority mi,r fwxmm si nmmwiu uciuic becomes law. If the constitution ksk provided for oniy a piuia-uiy, same situation would probably not Dr. Sellers went on to say mai v. tViia rtprind as a most opportune time for the democratic party because they -have the most popular president in office since the time OI ADTBuani iimni. He declared however, that "the uritu nf thp nresident will tnfrm if. i not win county offices for us only a tmmea orgamzauon, wiui the best possible candidates can do that for us." Dr. Sellers continued by saying, 'In time of war, we serve our country by military enlistment, but in time of peace we serve our government and our nation by our political activity. The interest of American people must be main tained by politics." OfflCIALS EXPRESS SATISFACTION fllH EDUCATIONAL MEET Possibility of Making It a Permanent Feature Is Extremely Likely. TTnivirsitv officials exnressed satisfaction with the state educa tional conference Monday, declar ing that it was a highly effective means of co-ordinating the atti tudes and methods of state teach ers. It was also stated that the prob ability of making the state con ference a nermanent feature of the university summer session was ex tremely likely. TTnnffirial figures indicated a total of nearly 350 school teachers and supervisors were in regular attendance at the conference. This fiu-irre included 150 teachers in at tendance at the summer session. The remainder was distributed as follows: City superintendents, 82; rinurnnm teachers. 75: secondary school principals, 28; county sup erintendents, Zu; otners mieresieu in education, 20. A brief summary of the last two days of the conference is as fol lows: Miss Cusack Speaks. TVio now r1ini has created a bi ger demand for school children's readme1 materials, and placed a new approach on the methods in which tney are taugnt, .miss aucc Cusack, Kansas City, told teach rattMrfid for the final session of the state educational conference. "The influences of social science on the reading program of the rfpmoentarv school." stated Miss Cusack, "is tending toward two general objectives. Teacning read ing at the present time requires that the development of the whole child and the empnasis oe piaceu on social studies be borne in mind." Sncinj chances have always in fluenced the reading curriculum of public schools in two ways, ac cording to Miss (jusacic rirst, m the materials with which the stu dents have to work, and the meth ods bv which they are taught to unit thf materials. She felt that personalizing the reading program of elementary scnooi wouia aia in training the whole character of school children. Must Acquire Materials. The social changes of recent (Continued on Page 4). HITLER MAKES WISE MO TE WERKMEISTER Should Have Wholesome Influence States Instructor. Chancellor Adolph Hitler's suc cess in stamping out the recent up rising in Germany should exercisa a wholesome influence on the lift and stability of Germany, Prof. W. H. Werkmeister, chairman of th department of philosophy at ihe university, declared Sunday, in a special communication in the Sun day Journal and Star. The communication stated that the housecleaning should have been effected by Chancellor Hitler long ago, and was a wise move on the part of the German nasi lead er. Professor Werkmeister said in part: "Hitler's speedy action against the radical conspirators in his own party, and the determination he shoved in 'cleaning house,' was nothing short of an international sensation. The trouble had been brewing for some time, it was im possible until now really to under stand what was going on behind the scenes in nazi Germany. There can be no question in tha minds of those who know anything about German affairs that the men with whom Hitler dealt in a sum mary fashion were and always have been a great liability to his regime. Germany is decidedly bet ter off without them. If they never r-ai obtained positions of influence to begin with, the world would have been spared much of the bru tality and unreasonableness of nazi ran. When I visited Berlin last aw (Continued on Page 2.)