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Nebraskan CALL IN NEWS TO B6891 THE NEBRASKAN IS FREE THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936 LINCOLN, NEB. J1L. JHl3 WORK ON UNIVERSITY S F New Book to Include Names Of Those Attending From 1873-1936. Containing approximately 150, 000 names and about 1,000 pages, a new alumni directory, now in the process of preparation, will be issued by the Nebraska alumni of fice. The new directory will cover the period from 1873 to 1936. The first directory to be printed since 1927, the book will include the name of each person who has attended the University at least one year. The individual will be listed according to his class, al phabetically, and with respect to his present address. Directories Given Free. Although there is always a great demand for university direc tories there is only one way to get them. They are given free to all members of the Alumni Associa tion. Membership also includes subscription to the Nebraska Al umnus, the football supplements and other publications. Member ship in the association is $2 for one year or $3.75 for two years. In order that everyone who has ever attended the university may be contacted and included in the new directory, the alumni office is now sending out approximately 40,000 first class letters. -These letters include a description of the new book and a card to be filled out with the name and address of the individual and returned to the University. PLACES AS RESEARCH Battelle Memorial School Offers Four Positions For Next Year. DIRECTORY 0 AH NOW BEING CARRIED ON ASSOCIATE AVAILABLE Four appointments as research associate will be available at Bat telle Memorial Institute in Colum bus, O., for the year 1936-37, ac cording to a recent announcement. Preference in the appointments, open to graduates of any accred ited university or college,, will be given to men who have completed one or more years of graduate study in chemistry, physics, metal lurgy, fuel technology, or ceramics, or who have demonstrated marked aptitude for scientific research in their industrial experience. The research associates will be members of a new division of the institute which will supplement the regular technical staff. The purpose of the new research asso ciate division is to extend the work of the institute in fundamental sci ence and at the same time to de velop highly trained research men for industry. Lasts One Year. Appointments as research asso ciate will be for one year's dura tion, including vacation, and may be extended for a second year. The salary will be from $1,200 to $1,800 a year, depending upon the train ing and experience of the individ ual. Research associates will be expected to devote their entire time to a research project ap proved by the director and super vised by members of the institute staff. Battelle Memorial Institute was established under the will of Gor don Battelle to contribute to indus trial progress through scientific research. The activities of the in stitute are carried on under nine main divisions: applied chemistry, industrial physics, process metal lurgy, physical metallurgy, cera mics, refractories, fuel technology, ore dressing, and coal washing. Each division is equipped and staffed to carry on research under (Continued on Page 2.) ON DOANE FACULTY " "T! KW 1 im 1 1 iii ii -1 min i i JJLtfU iiiiii.iiMi mih From Tne Lincoln Journal. S. Donald Mock, for two years a graduate assistant at the uni versity, has recently been ap pointed as acting professor of ec onomics and sociology at Doane college for the coming "ear. Mr. Mock has his A. B. degree from Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa.; A. M. degree from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, and has spent two years as graduate fel low in the University of Colorado. SCHOOL HEADS VISIT ON CAMPUS RECENTLY Several superintendents from schools over the state have been on the university campus recently getting teachers lined up for the coming year, according to R. D. Moritz, director of the summer session. Among these were Super intendent Gerald Jones of Gibbon, and Superintendent C. F. Lieben- forfer of Sidney. 1 Nebraska arcnaeoiogisis at Lynch, Neb. are still working with interest to uncover an ancient vil lage. Under the direction of Dr. Earl H. Bell, assistant professor of anthropology, they plan to spend much time in attempting to reveal what early life in tnis country was like. The picture on the upper left shows each boy, armed with a long handled shovel and trowel, start ing his own trench and uncovering all the artifacts in his area. Dr. Bell is seen in the second picture examining the soil in one of the trenches. Below, the placid land scape of rolling bluffs which slope in the direction of Ponca creelt 3 I ..... i ..rf -j - ; ' and the Niobrara river. PLAYERS IN STUDIO THEATER TO STAGE OLD ENGLISH DRAMA 'Gammer Gurton's Needle', Selected for Last Performance. "Grammer Gurton's Needle," the early Tudor university comedy, will be staged by members of the Studio Theater, under the direction of Herbert Yenne, next Thursday evening, July 30, at 7:30 in the Temple theater. Members of the acting and di recting class, composing the Studio Theater, who will take part in the play include Ruth Johnson who will play the part of "Diccon," and Corris Pcake, who will be cast in the role of "Hodge." Members of Cast. "Tib" will be played by Glen dene Berry; "Grammer Gurton" by Helen Washburn; "Cock" by Erma Joy; "Dame Chat" by La Verne Munger; "Dr. Rat" by Ruth Bryan; "Bailey" by Charlotte Brook; "Doll" by Clarissa Allen; and "stage manager" by Ruth Lambert. Student manager for the pro duction will be Clarissa Allen and Jean Hayes will be in charge of properties. The play, one of the oldest in the English language, is believed to have been written in 1553, al though problems of date as well as of authorship nave troubled students of English literature greatly. It is believed that "Gam mer Gurton's Needle" was written by William Stevenson, a fellow at Christ's college. This student, a master of arts who was in the college from 1551 to 1554, was paid for writing a play in 1553, according to an entry in the bur sar's account. Like Latin Plays. A low type of comedy, the play (Continued on Page 4). Of ixv'u the Sunday Juuiuui una nu. r7r 'iaI." "uSj. t'X'bf flit s Yit 7- k t-.'l .;.- - .' - : -' ' ' - - - ' ..I.-., , - STEAK FRY TONIGHT Men's summer recreational ac tivities will be climaxed this eve ning with the annual steak fry to be held at 5 o clock at Pieneers park. About 150 are expected to attend the affair, at which games will be the chief diversion. A varied program has been ar ranged and the city recreational department will have charge of presenting several numbers. Modeled after the annual steak fry held at Columbia University under the auspices of the Teach ers college, the event held here last year attracted over 200 men. Plans for the steak fry have been mada by students attending the summer session who volun teered to serve on arrangement committees. Many of them have worked on preparations for the annual steak fry in past years and have endeavored to make this out ing even more successful than the others have been. UNIVERSITY STUDENT WORKS FOR PEACE Miss Werner Spends Summer in Wisconsin as Emergency Helper Spending the summer as a emergency peace volunteer worker in Sparta, Wisconsin, is Miss Eunice Werner, University stu dent, who was active in peace work on the University campus. The town, as Miss Werner de scribes it in a letter to Miss Eleanora T. Miller, executive sec retary of the Lincoln Peace coun cil, is about 120 miles west of Madison and has "quite a mili taristic atmosphere" with an army camp and the headquarters for the CCC camps in three states lo cated there. Working with Miss Werner on the same team are Margaret Parker of Florida who has at tended Manchester college in In diana; Helen aRe Parker, of Man chester college; Jeannette Jack son of Manchester college, from South Bend, Indiana; and Ruth Weitz. of Barnard college from New York City. fc mr i -o v m 4 'I ANDERSON LECTURES ON NEEDS OF EDUCATION TODAY Omaha Superintendent Tell? Of Decrease in State Teaching Funds. Needs of the modern schools and how they may best be met were discussed by Dr. Homer W. Anderson, superintendent of the Omaha schools, when he presented four lectures before educators at tending the summer session Tues day and Wednesday. In his first lecture, presented at 9 a. m. Tuesday morning in Social Science auditorium, Dr. An derson discussed the subject "Ad vancing Education in Nebraska," showing that Nebraska is devot ing less and less of its tax re sources to education of its boys and girls. Education Funds Decrease. The comparative percent of the tax resources devoted to education in 1921 and 1922 in this state was 39, while in 1931 and 1932, it was only 23 percent. In 1921 and 1922, the proportion of tax resources de voted to education in Nebraska was 31 percent higher than in the United States as a whole. In 1931 and 1932, the proportion devoted to education in this state was 25 percent below that in the United States as a whole. Dr. Anderson attributes the re duction in the amount of money devoted to education to the fact that other institutions have been claiming and securing a larger percentage of the total sum. More money has been spent on roads and cities and even counties have (Continued on Page 3.) TOURNEYS IN TENNIS, GOLF WELL UNDERWAY Social Activities Continue With All-University Party Friday. With pairings posted on the bul letin board in Social Science build ing, the tennis tournament is well under way, according to Bob Har rison, instructor of the tennis classes. All those who entered the tournament should see the list to find out when they are to play. Each player is asked to put down his own score in the games. Prog ress is also being made in the golf tournament with the first rounds now completed. In the tennis tournament eight players were seeded. Al Calvert, the Pierce tennis-playing school teacher, and one of the best play ers in the state, was given tho No. 1 position. Second position at the bottom of the lower bracket was given to Irving Kuklin, former state high school and junior cham pion who will be trying out for the husker varsity next year. Two foreign students, Tony Hamoy of the Philippines and Mr. Chavan of India were also on tho seeded list. Others were Harold Keid, George Young, Bob Olson, and Harold Fisher. A last min ute entrant, Lee Knolle, formerly a York College flash is considered the dark horse of the tournament. In the women's singles Vivian Cot tingham. Frances Steel, Eleanor Oldfather, and Helen Farrant are the seeded players. Although these players are all well known there will undoubtedly (Continued on Page 3.) Mini's Free Snimming Hours from 5-6 Daily Free swimming hours In the university pool for men attend ing the summer session will be continued from 5 to 6 daily during the rest of the summer term after Thursday, provided there are at least eight avail ing themselves of the privilege, according to an announcement from the office of John K. Sel-leck.