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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 22. 1938
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ENGLISH AS
SHE IS SPOKE
IN UNIVERSITY
We wish to call your Attention
to the fact that;
Classrooms now are overcrowded
With guys and gals who won't
talk straigrt.
They garble verbs and mangle
nouns
Causing grammarian hymns ot
hate.
Thin Is the second stop in our
plan for social reform begun yes
terday with the commentary on
greeting. This step is concerned
with the terrible English spoken
In classrooms by freshmen, SOphO-
mOlt-S, JUUivio, w,T.i, in.
Greeks, barbs and any other class
we may have overlooked.
In an English class, one Is apt
to pay more attention to the way
he phrases his answers, but even
In the English classes with subject
matter not strictly grammar, the
speech is sloppy and careless.
Sometimes, as a result, ypu get
a picturesque pnraseoiogy mil
more often a stumbling recitation
with several false starts, no com
plete sentences, a handful cf
"uh-s" and a lot of "er-s."
In quiz sections, answers may be
stated with three or four simple,
conclusive words when factual ac
curacy is essential. But when the
answer involves wordy explana
tion, the stuttering student's
tumbling answers make one
writhe.
Are You an Infinitive Splitter?
In other courses, where the
English one has been required to
learn should be applied, the pile
of solit infinitives, brokendown
phrases and dangling particles
remaining after a lecture-recitation
it no small mole-hill.
Take, for Instance, a class in
economics. The professor has
been talking steadily for some
minutes and wants to rest his
voice and keep Ins class appre
hensive, so he frames a question
and then glances around the
room, hoping to find someone
asleep so that he may catch him
off guard and m,?ke his favorite
witticism about students who
steep in classes.
"What is the difference between
extensive and intensive?" Here he
pauses and does the scarching-for-someone
asleep act. "Ah, Mr.
Jones."
Not wishing to complicate mat
ters, we shall assume, that Jones
is awake and really does know the
difference between extensive and
intensive. (These two terms arc
24 Fraternities
Vie for Awards
in Ivy Day Sing
A.W.S Board, Kosmet Klub
to Announce Contest
Judges at Once.
Ten fraternities and 12 sorori
ties have entered the Ivy day In
tcrfratcrnity and intcrsorority
sings to be held May 5.
Fraternities who have filed in
clude Acacia. Alpha Tau Omega,
Ret a Theta PI, Delta Upsilon,
Farm House, Kappa Sigma, Phi
Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu.
Sorority sing entrants are Alpha
Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi,
Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi
Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta
Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta. Kappa
Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma. i'ni wu and Pi Beta Phi.
Three judges will be selected for
the affair, probably from out of
town, their names to be announced
in the near future. A. W. S. board
sponsors the sorority -sing which
is in charge of Irene Sellers this
year. Kosmet Klub sponsors the
fraternity sing.
A silver loving cup is awarded
to the winning sorority and fra
ternity each year. In 1937 cups
went to Kappa Alpha Theta and
Beta Theta Pi.
F. DALE
Death Stalks the
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OBSERVANCE MAY 2
Oklahoman Flays Obseletc
Idea of Ill-Temper
in Tutelage.
A grouchy temper is no sure in
dication of scholarship, nor is a
long face a certain guarantee of
sincere religion, Prof. Edward Ev
erett Dale of the University of
Oklahoma reminded delegates at
tending the opening session of the
Nebraska History Teachers asso
ciation convention held at Whittier
junior high school Thursday after
noon. As in the past, the spring
meetings are being held in co-operation
with the University of Ne
braska and the city schools. Su
perintendent M. C. Lefler presided
at the Thursday program.
Speaking on the subject, "The
Gift of a Sense of Hurfior," Pro
fessor Dale, who is the associa
tion's guest speaker this year,
went on to say that "teaching is
a serious business, but not neces
sarily a solemn business. It is only
by a sense of humor that one can
keep a proper balance and can un
derstand that trifles should be
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k-v AG GROUP MAKES
ANNUAL CONTEST
AWARDS UGH
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700 Smith-Hughes Students'
Participate in Yearly
Appraisal Compet.
A.A.U.W. Honors
Nebraska, Doane
Women With Tea
Joan. in. Uul Ttmi. 31 So,,ior Cocds ,0 Acnd
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CASH AWARDS OFFERED
FOR ESSAYS ON SAFETY
CIT Foundation to Award
Cash Prizes for Best
Traffic Themes.
NBC Caries Choral Concert
as Part of Nation-Wide
Commemoration.
With the Lincoln Cathedral
choir singing one of its opening
programs, national music week of
193S will send its slogan and key
note, "Foster Local Music Talent,"
over the airwaves on May 2.
Under the direction of John R.
Rosborough, the choir will broad
cast from Hotel Paxton in Omaha
at 7:30. that evenine. the program
vague as they stand. Maybe you i to he carried by WOW and NBC.
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are thinking extensive or intensive
what? We don't want to start an
economic argument, but merely
wish to use the two terms to illus
trate the point.)
Omaha musicians will be guests at
the broadcast.
Observed annually beginning the
first Sunday in May, national
music week celebrates Its IStn
Speech Professor to View
New York Theaters
in Address.
"Uh " begins Jones, seeking to j birthday this year, aiming to stim
arrange his anatomy in a more i ulate the public's enjoyment of
intellectual position. "F.xtcnsivc j music. It is sponsored by 35 lead
and intensive are, well, uh ." At j jng public welfare promoting or
t his point he begins to doodle with ; ganizations.
his pencil on his notebook or text- : National Participation.
nook while he flxs nis eyes on uie
seldom neatly lied jtssorm
cravat. "The main difference, un,
between extensive anil intensive is
because one is wider than the other
while Intensive is -well, sort of
concentrated more." Seeing, the
professor's eyes flick over the room
for somebody else, Jones hastily
appends; "I mean, uh, extensive
cultivation, for instance, means to
well, cultivate widely- over a lot
of territory, while intensive culti
vation would be putting in more
work on limited territory."
The prof looks out of the win
dow, or it in the process of look
ing out the window and there is
silence for a few seconds until
it finally dawns on the peda
gogue that Jones is thru while
Jones withestoheil he'd say it
was right or call on someone
else right away.
"Well," begins the professor.
"That It right." Then, not being
sure that Jones did have it right,
he gives the definition In the
textbook or one he picked up
In hi. fli-aHii.t. work.
... ....
When somebody doet give an
answer that It grammatically
correct, you can bet riollart to
doughnuts that It It memorized
directly from the tent.
Ytat, even senior.
Gala participation in a variety
of activities as well as awakening
the country's musical conscience
is the opportunity for whlrh music
week claims, credit, according to
C. M. Tremainc, secretary of the
national music week committee.
In celebration over the nation
will be schools, churches, libraries,
theaters, radio and press, as well
as music clubs, women's clubs,
I'arent-Teachers associations. D.
A. R. chapters, federal music proj
ects, music teachers and trade and
industry.
Herbert Yenne, assistant profes
sor of speech, will speak on "Thea
ters in New York" at a meeting
of Delian-Union Literary society
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Yenne spent two weeks in
New York City on a recent trip
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lawyer to Entertain
Saturday' Comoniu
Swmoii With Movies
Thomas Drcdla, Crete lawyer,
will show natural color moving
pictures of a 12.000 mile automo
bile trip which he took last sum
mer thru nine Kuropean countries
at the next meeting of the Co
menlus club which will be held
.Saturday, April 23, at 8 p. m., In
Morrill hall auditorium.
Following the pictures an Im
portant business meeting will be
held. All members are expected
to be present and Ihe public Is Invited.
Country Observe?
Inadvertently
Arbor Day:
Honors Ancient
In one place there is really a
right and wrong safe driving, and
$10,000 in cash awards is seeking
an understanding of traffic rights
and wrongs, offered by the C. I. T.
safety foundation of cw York City
for the best essays on the subject.
College students who write "the
best original theses of not more
than 5.000 words" on the subject
of traffic safety, with attention
given to a thorn knowledge and
coverage of one phase of the traf
fic safety problem will receive
cash prizes, the fust, of JfiOO; sec
ond, S2r0; third, $100, and two
honorable mentions of $50 each.
Promotes Safe Driving. '
The safety foundation, seeking
to popularize public safe driving
habits, presents awards annually
to college students, high school
students, teachers and newspaper
men, including prizes for the best
news stories, editorials, photo
graphs and ccrtoons of the year.
A bronze plaque is awarded to the
best radio program and to the best
motion picture on the subject of
traffic safety.
A grand award of $5,000 goes
to the citizen or organization
working as a unit who is adjudged
to have accomplished the most
during the year toward the reduc
tion of traffic accidents.
The C. I. T. safety foundation
is sponsored by the C. I. T. cor
poration, leading national automo
bile sales finance company. Com
plete details of these awards will
be sent to those interested, who
address their request to C. I. T.
Safety Foundation, One Park ave.,
New York City.
This evening at the close of the
24th annual agricultural judging
contests at the college of agricul
ture awards will be made to some
of the 700 Smith-Hughes voca
tional students participating. These
boys come from approximately fiO
Nebraska high schools and, ac
cording to Dr. H. E. Bradford of
the vocational education depart
ment, this is a record breaking
attendance.
Most of the schools competing in
the contest are from eastern Ne
braska, but those who were un
able to go to North Platte for the
contest nave come to Lincoln.
While on the campus, the boys
win judge all types of farm crops
and produce, take part in a public
speaking contest and have an egg
show.
Two Day Contest.
The student.? will be housed in
the student activities and animal I
husbandry buildings during the
two days they are here. 1
In charge of the various con
tests is the college of agriculture I
faculty. Thursday the boys judged 1
dairy cattle, grain, poultry and j
dairy products. The egg show and
oratorical contest of the Future I
Farmers of America opened yes- ,
tcrday but will continue today. !
Livestock judging, crops and
soils management, dairy manage- I
ment, farm mechanics, egg grad
ing, grain grading and Babcock '
tests will be today. I
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L. Cochran.
Mrs. Roy
. . . She'll lend her sterling silver-
vare.
TASSELS TO HOLD ANNUAL
INITIATIONDINNER FRIDAY
Women's Pep Group Invites
Inactives to Banquet
in Lincoln Hotel.
FILINGS FOR W.A.A.
AT 5 P.M.
Tassels, girls' pep organization
and local chapter of the national
group of Phi Sigma Chi will hold
its annual initiation and banquet
Friday evening at 5:30 o'clock in
the Lincoln hotel.
All alumni members of the
group arc invited to attend in
cluding those still in school but
not participating in active mem
bership. The banquet will start at 5:30
and will be presided over by Mar
tha Morrow, the outgoing presi
dent, who will act as toastmistress,
Following the dinner, the initia
tion ceremony will take place.
Committee to Announce
Winners of. Awards
,y Saturday.
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LAW STUDENTS ATTEND i RUTH MURRAY, REID GIVE
FUNERALOF JACK DOYLE JOINT RECITAL ON APRIL 24
Person, Simon, Fcltz, Decker, ' Soprano, Tenor Students
Pcttygrove, Henderson Act Present Concert in kg
as Pallbearers.. Activities Building.
Funeral services will he held this , P.uth Jayne Murray, a Junior in
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Thedfonl, Teachers college, and Arnold Reld,
Neb., for Jack Doyle, senior law
' student who died early Wednesday
IJnroln Journal.
Prof. Herb Yenne.
he saw Broadway's best.
(ireeks, Romans, Nebraskans
National Holiday Emphasizes
Necessity for Forest
Conservation.
The ancient Greeks and the
Romans celebrated numerous tree
planting festivals, but the one such
festival celebrated thruout WWr
lea today la less than 70 years old.
On April 10, 1S72. J. Sterling
Morton, a native Nehraskan In
troduced a measure to the state
oard of agriculture to set aside
each year a sperlnl day for the
Planting of trees. The measure
'he day, and the celebration was
Immediately seized upon by per
sona In the state.
After Arbor Day had become a
national event, recognized In evecy
late In the union, the da c of Ihe
festival was changed to April 22,
Morton $ birthday.
Started measure to help In
forest conservation and to force
people to recognize the Importance
of stopping the rapid destruction
ff timber. Arbor Day now sends
thousands of person every yeai
Was pHss"d. April 10 was set as
scurrying to stores and nurseries
for seedlings.
SOCIOLOGISTS ATTEND
DES MOINES MEETING
Dr. J. 0. Hertzlcr Presides
Over Annual Midwest
Convention.
Dr. J. O. Hertzlcr and Dr, James
M. Relnhardt of the sociology de
partment of the University of Ne
braska, and Dr. K. F. Witte, direc
tor of the new graduate school of
social work, left Thursday for Des
Moines to attend the second an
nual meeting of the Mid-West So
clologlcal Society to be held there
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Dr. Hertzlcr Is president of the
meeting.
Dr. Relnhardt will lead In the
discussion of recent developments
in social psychology, while Dr.
Hertzler's presidential address en
titled ' American regionalism and
the Regional sociological Society"
will b" delivered at the annual din
ner Fridny evening.
and attended 17 shows on Broad
way, all new productions. Some of
these he predicts will In the future
be produced In the movies. He will
speak on all phases from produc
tion and acting staging.
Also on the program will he
several musical selections. Leon
ard Focht will play Mozart's
"Symphony In D Minor." while F,d
win Fischer will play "lounging
at the Waldorf," arranged by Fat
so Waller, on his saxaphone.
"Resolved: Two head on a
shoulder are better than one" will
be upheld hy F.d Fischer and Clar
ence Mock, while John Rense and
Chester Anderson will take the
negative side.
palladnsto1ee" FILMS
F. C. Hush Shows Pictures
of Mountain Parks.
F. C. Hush, engineer of the Ne
braska Light and Tower Co., will
show colored moving pictures to
members of Talladian Literary so
ciety this evening at 8 o'closk.
Mr. Hush will show scenes ol
the Yosemlte National park Ir,
California, and from all over the
Rocky mountain area as well as
shots from around Lincoln. Ade
laide Laux will sing several selec
tion, accompanied by Marie
l'lar..a.
Beatrice F.kblad, program chair
man, says that all non-affiliated
university students are welcome to
attend this open meeting.
morning. Senior mw students,
classmates of Doyle's, who will act
as honorary pull bearers arc Rich- I
ard Decker, Firmin Felt.. Lewis j
Henderson, Richard K. Person,
Paul Pcttygrove, and Fd Simon, i
Jack Doyle completed his high '
school work at Thedford, Neb. and ,
took a year of college work at !
Crcighton before coming to the
University of Nebraska In V.)VA. In !
the university he served as student
librarian of the Ihw college and as-
lstc( Dean II. II. Foster In teach- j
Ing legnl philosophy, first year
course for law students. I
James Doyle, Jack's brother. Is!
now attending Harvard on a fel-l
lowshlp following a year and a
half as an assistant professor In (
the Nebraska law school. Jack's
scholarship was very high, rank-1
Ing him among those given recog
nition In Honors Convocation.
a senior in Agricultural college
are giving a Joint recital Sunday,
April 24, at 3 p. m In the Activi
ties building on the Ag campus.
Miss Murray, a soprano, and
Reid, r tenor, are both students
of Mrs. Mary Hall Thomas, for
merly instructor In the school of
music, who now has a private
school.
Marlon Starlin and Mildred Oer
gen are the accompanists.
TTi , -a rt.-.l-,M? trtni(rVit m-jvL-n tVii
deadline on filings for the two $35 "'" 4,no,r
W. A. A. cash awards given each
semc3ter. Any junior or senior
woman desiring to apply for one of
the scholarships must apply by
that time to the W. A. A. intra
mural office.
Announcement of winners wi
be made immediately after consid
eration of applications on Satur
day, April 23.
Qualifications of applicants are:
1. She must have attended the
university for at least one year
and have a weighted average of
80.
2. She must be at least par
tially self-supporting.
3. She must have participated
actively in either W. A. A. in
tramurals or clubs.
The committee which will Hct on
the applications includes Miss Ma
tilda Shelby, W. A. A. advisor;
Marie Kotouc, retiring president;
Ruth Fulton, retiring vice presi
dent, and Idella Iverson, r.enior
council mcmher.
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John Rosborough.
national music week picks
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Mansion Saturday.
Senior women of the university
have been Invited by the Nebraska
chapter of the American Associa
tion of University Women to at
tend a tea given in their honor at
the governor's mansion, Saturday,
April 23 at 2:30 o'clock. Other
guests nt the tea besides the 250
senior women graduating from the
University of Nebraska will be
about 60 senior girls from Doane
college.
A short business meeting for thi
A. A. U W. members is scheduled
at 2 o'clock at which the annual
election of officers will take place
and the tea and program will fol
low immediately. At the tea the
governor's wife, Mrs. Roy L. Coch
ran, will act as one of the host
esses. Present Drama.
A one act drama, "Take Me
Along," will be presented by the
group of the members and written
by Miss Fern Hubbard and Misa
Effie Hult, both teachers at Irving
junior high school. Miss Hubbard
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Wadsworth, Monger, Kurz
Represent University
at Conference.
Dr. James R. Wadsworth, Miss
Marie Menger, and Dr. Harry
Kurz of the university romance
language department will open a
panel at the annual meeting of the
H North and West
Central Ameri
can association
of French Teach
ers at the Hotel
Paxton in Omaha
Saturday. Miss
Menger will
sneak on Un-
M Americain, Fran
cis Vlele and Dr.
Wadsworth will
address the
group on Jean
Sarment.
Kansas S t a te
Fort
College, Highland
Junior College, Mount Saint Schol
nstica College, Southwest High
School of Kansas City, St. Mary'a
Academy, North High School of
Omaha, University of Kansas, and
Arkansas City Junior College will
also be represented at the meeting.
Kach school will have a speaker
giving an address on some form of
French study. Among these dis
cussions will appear the ideas on
France and the French before stu
dents begin their study of French,
"What do they know of French
! language and civilization at th
. finds high schoolers are good;?11 e two years of study in
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Lincoln Journal.
Dr. H. E. Bradford.
Ir. J. K. WlMiirlh.t o 1 1 e g e,
Scott Junior
judges of beef.
1'niil filiate Dance
lonilr in (Irant I Ml;
(iliai''f 10c A(lminion
Paths will again hold their
weekly barb fiance this evening
from 7:30 to 9:30 In Grant Memo
rial hall. Admission is 10 rents.
Chaperons will be Mr. and Mrs.
V.. A. ('rone, and Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Norton.
A Spirited Affair
THE WEATHER
Forsoast of the weather
prophet for today It rising tem
peratures with Increasing cloud
Inets ovtr Lincoln and the en
tire state. Saturday may have
several light showers.
M ifl'
L jC"" "inv- ' f
Members of (lorn C,oIs
Convene at I :()() Today
to Klecl New Initirtcs
All eligible junior Corn Gibs
will meet this afternoon at 4
o'clock in room 107-B of Social
Sciences to select the 16 sopho
more men who will make up the
active chapter of Corn Cobs
next year plus the four senior
officers who will be elected at
a later date.
Shades nf Hades! Louis Bush
man and Thurston Phelps are the
ghostly Individuals posed above.
At Flotsam and Jetsam, two wan
dering spirits, they guide much of
the action In the Kosmet Klub's
spring show, "Hades' Ladles,"
opening Monday night at the Tem
ple for a week's run.
Reserved seatt are now on sale
at the Temple box office daily
from 2 to 5 and at Magee'i dur
ing store hours. Advance sale
tickets may be purchased for 50
cents apiece from campus student
salesmen or at Walt'b.
'Economica' Sponsors State
Conclave on Nebraska
Campus Friday.
International relations and busi
ness cycles will be the two eco
nomic problems brought into dis-
cuhaion at the Nebraska eeonom-;
lea conference next Friday after-j
noon and evening, according to Dr. ,
C. O. Swayzee of the college of j
business administration. The con-1
ference is being sponsored by Kco-,
nomlca, the economics club on the
university campus, .
Out nf state and local speakers, I
all of them authorities In their re
spective fields, will appear on the
program. The afternoon session, i
beginning at 2 o'clock in the so- j
cial science building, room 312, 1
will be devoted to the study of in- j
ternHllorial relations.
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Dr. Clark to Speak. j
Dr. G. O. Virtue will preside !
during the afternoon, Speakers! Within Its silver-grey
will be Dr, John D. Clark, who will wnu n picture me criuors
return from his home nt Cheyenne
to discuss the hubject "American
Economic Theory Revised Edi
tion," and Dr. T. W. Schultz of
Iowa State college, who will talk
on "The Outlook of International
Trade of Agricultural Products."
The evening program will be
held at the Lincoln hotel, begin
ning with dinner at (i o'clock.
Dean J. K. LeRosslgnol will pre
side Hnd addresses will be given
by Dr. J. E. Klrshman on "Moul-
ton'a Approach to Business Cycle
Theory" and by Dr. Schultz who
will apeak on "Notes on the Inter
play of Business Recessions and
Recoverlet on Farm Income."
Any person Interested in hear
ing a discussion of these two
problems Is Invited to attend. Dr.
L. F. Carey of the agricultural col
lege faculty Is chairman of Kco-nomlca.
the high school or one year in col
lege?"
"What do they know at the end
of three or four yearx of study In
the high school?" "What contacta
with French civilization do stu
dents main: am after they have left
school?" "What elements are ac
tive at present in our middle west
which prevent the realization of
the cultural alms In 2. 3, and 4?"
There u ill be a business meet
ing st 12:15 p. m. and a luncheon
a 1 o'clock. Luncheon reservation
mu.-' he sent to Miss Gertrude Kln
ralde. Municipal University of
Omaha. The tickets will be 95
cents.
Alumnus Appears on ISom stands
IVescnlini Works of Keinliardt,
Hoffman. Shantz. Taylor. Hicks
Magazine Offers Van Sant
Interview on Student
Union Opening.
covers
of the
Daily Nehraskan enroute to their
offices, the April edition of the
Nebraska Alumnus features an
article, "Expansion Under Pres
sure," by Dr. James M. Relnhardt.
Professor Relnhardt's story
delves deep Into the grievances
Professor Emeritus W. G. Lang
worthy Taylor who taught at Ne
braska from 1W5 to 1911 penned
'Psychic Research" to acquaint
Alumnus readers with the new
science which probes the mysteries
of the brain.
"Paralvms rj Rusineaa" la writ
ten by Clifford M. Hick. '24, as
sistant professor of business or
ganization who It co-author wlttt
Dr. C. O. Swayree of the book "An
Introduction to Buslneaa." The
Alumnus sporta writer muscled In
on spring practice lone enouch to
which the "have not" nations a.l- R Coach Biff Jonet opinion and
vance us the causes for their ag
gression. The sociologist discusses
industrialization, birth rates and
Immigration In seeking out an
swers to the riddle of the world's
expansion.
Growing Wild,
The leading article Is a history
of the university's picturesque Ivy
Day written by Berenlece Hoff
man who graduated in 1932. Un
der the title "Growing Wild," Dr.
H. L. Shantz, '05, tellt why he re
signed as the president of a state
university to Join the Forest Ser
vice of the Unlled States.
comments on the foothall squad at
It exhibited Itself In the spring air.
Student Union Opener.
Another Interviewer of the
Alumnus staff cornered Director
Kenneth Van Sant to learn the lat
est news about the lew '"ckr- for
ward to Student Un.' . lildlng.
Striking a sober note the Alum
nus prlnte short blographiet of
Wilbur Wade Robertson '89 who
wat owner and publisher of the
Yakima Daily Republic, and of
Nellie Jane Compton '98 who Ion
served at librarian In the univer
sity library.