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PAGE TTTREE THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. 1933 Campaign for Union tudents Wage A western coed hasn't paid for a dinner in months, demonstarting the food value in dates. The cemeteries are full of peo ple who thought the world couldn't get along without them. Campus Leaders Launched Drive MHUjjjjUI , ; V - '' d Long h - I V The LINCOLN MUSICIANS Assn. Extends Congratulations to the University of Nebraska and Student Body on the opening of the new Student Union Build ing with its fine Ballroom. cALimje UNION EOPOCTBAj P Organised Union Bands HMk-Jonibloth-llltm.n. t!!J 80. tOUl. .F2208, B4D40, 4-WH John 0. tXrt Vnrillj Clob Orrn. J10 No. J8lh I.B128 lit? Feiitnu, 910 B. tSIb B286I E.rl Hill. 1121 N St.. ... RM21 Dure Haun, DOS (to. Dth . . B20M Ben Nrhtn. S200 R HI., B208S, Mia Jlmj Nlehnk, 1111 L 8W..B1S41 Mel tnUr, 240 N. lh M1S10 TA theffert. 1721 ErMfttFIMt li If ft oatm J itqJiahdcdwnA.! To the students of the University of Nebraska on their new Union Building. For your enjoyment three of the fin est Musical Instruments in the world have been placed in this new home. THE CAPEHART :i i or , . ii Ml WALTS MHJSnC flildDIUSIE for Uni Center Ray Ramsay Enlisted Help of Nebraska Alumni for Structure. By Tim Parker. Today we formally open the Student Union; we will exclaim over its beauty, over the thick rugs, the luxurious upholstery, the advantages of better quarters for student organizations, and how it will favor university solidarity and loyalty. But, lets not for get that we are enjoying the fruits of others' labors. To those TJnocln ournnl. RAY RAMSAY.. . carried aMimnl burden. who have fought for the student union who are directly respons ible for our union building, let lis turn our attention. . The honor roll of those -who THREE FINE PIANOS BY KIMBALL V, nt 1240 University of On (he Opening Your Student Union We take great pride in having been selected to furnish the machines through which all cash revenue in (he new Student Union Building will he controlled. Naihooiniall Cash. Sea istetr Go. 1025 P ST. ! ' ' f J ' ' , A J ! 1 fj f"' nit, " OSCAR NORLING. .l , ... won alumni support. f 4 T.ln.tcln .Journal. IRVING HILL kindled student interest. have been instrumental in bring ing the student union, a "pipe dream" some few years ago, to the reality it is today, includes: Ray Ramsay, Oscar Norling, Elmont Waite. Bill McCleery, Rob ert Thiol, J.'ick Fischer, Irving Hill, Ed Murray, Arnold Levin, Ralph Reeder, Al Moseman, Sena tor George Norris, Congressman Henry Luckey, Chancellor E. A Burnett, State PWA Administra tor John Latenser, and President Roosevelt. At the head of the list stands Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, He indeed can take pride in to day's event, because it was fully "ight years ago, in 1930, that he ictively supported the then em-'n-yonic drive for the student un m building. In 1930 Ramsay and Oscar Norling, editor of the Ne braska Alumnus, launched the eiux Ji O St. M. D. NOLAN, Sales Agent SALES - SERVICE - first drive for the student union, The Alumni council appointed a student union committee, the first constructive step in the long fight. Under direction of Ram say, the Nebraska Alumnus pub lished in the Daily Nebraskan i series of articles about other col leges' union buildings, the series lasting three years. Innocents Aid Fight. Then the Innocents took up th fight. Bill McCleery, president of the Innocents, and Ray Ramsay in 1931 flew to Columbia, Mo., to examine the University of Mis souri's student union building, While the issue was kept alive in the columns of the Daily Nebras kan, questionnaires and inquiries were sent to other colleges in re gard to their student union build ings. Robert Thiel, at the head of the student union committee ap pointed by the Nebraska Alumnus in 1934, assembled facts and made extensive investigations. Unfortun ately, the investigations revealed legal barriers which would have to be removed before any definite action could be secured. Student Council Helps. In the spring of 1936 the stu dent council took up the issue, Council President Irving Hill lead ing the fight. More' thorough in vestigations, made by the student council with the aid and counsel THE PHILCO i I 1 cNebraska (Beautiful, &Cew Building, SUPPLIES . I-lftrtoln Journal. SENATOR GEORGE W. NORRIS. . Influenced Washington circles. of the board of regents, indicated a possibility of the legal barriers being removed. A student union executive com mittee, under the direction of Jack F'ischer, editor of the Daily Ne braskan, was appointed. It in cluded Ray Ramsay, Charles Bur sik, Lee Young, Virginia Selleck, Irving Hill, Burton Marvin, Burr Ross, Corrine Calflin, Dwiglit Per kins, Bonnie Spanggaard, and Vio let Cross. Largely through this body student interest was kept alive, and student feeling repre sented. Circulate Petitions. Jack F'ischer, editor of the Daily Nebraskan, announced in Novem ber of 1935, that "petitions circu lated among the students signify ing willingness to pay a small compulsory 'sum to aid in financ ing the building had been signed by nearly 3,000 students. The Alumni association has agreed to finance the equipment that would be needed for the structure. Sup port of all Nebraska representa tives and senators save one has been secured at Washihgton, and PWA officials heartily endorsed the plan." At that time the appro val of the board of regents was all that was needed to permit an appeal for federal funds. Regents Approve. The next chapter, or epoch, in the history of the student union, was the approval by the regents of the petition for securing PWA funds. This occurred Friday, Feb. 14, 1936. The greater part of the struggle was over. The big day was Oct. 23, 1936. LELAH JENSEN TO HEAD EDUGATIONALJHONOMRY Pi Lambda Theta Installs Officers for Coming School Term. PI Lambda Theta, teachers col- lege honorary, held its annual election and installation of officers last week, bringing to a close the , year's activities which have been , centered around the theme of learning of the latest trends in education in each special field. Lelah Jensen was elected presi dent of the organization und will be assisted in carrying out the program of Ti Lambda Theta by Irene F.den, vice president; Jane Goetz, secretary, and Irene Ne ville, reporter. 1 Outgoing officers are: Jeanne Rowe. president; Mary Jane Mitchell, vice president; Ruth Fulton, secretary; Elsie Jevons, i keeper of records, and Helen Rothery, reporter. When the Midwestern Psycho logical association comes to the university for its 1939 convention next May, local psychologists will be celebratine the 50th anniver- i sarv of the foundinc of the labora tory here by Dr. Harry Klrkc ' Wolfe. The Nebraska laboratory I is the fifth oldest In the country, being preceded only by those at Johns Hopkins. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Indiana. B5027 I I.lnnrln Journal. CONGRESSMAN HENRY C. LUCKEY. . . . carried university's tight. Daily Nebraskan headlines an nounced "$180,000 grant assures new student union for Nebraska." The Daily Nebraska, given over entirely that day to discussion of the new building, carried pictures nf all those who had supported the union drive, sketches of the archi tectural plans, discussions of uses to which the building was to be put, and history of the drive up to mat time. Construction Interrupted. Actual construction of the build ing, tho it got under way soon, was interrupted often, the an nounced date of its completion being shifted ahead from time to time. Tribute should be paid to those University off Nebraska The Student DBwdy And To All Who Have Helped To Bring About The Successful Completion of the STUDENT UNION BUILDING I ior Clothes They sprnk for themselves . . . thrse NEV surl smart chicks fur fcHiiforlJiMp days lliis KiiinnifT. For your leisure, your tenuis, your liikiinr. your online, fir einipiis wear . . . wlwitevcr ymir diversion tliii mitti rnr,you U need t loiist nnr pjiir of slacks from 11,'irvey'n liig selection. HARVEY fijwihmiA. (. i i S 1 I Llnocln Tournul. CHANCELLOR E. A. BURNETT. , . . took administrative lead. who, tho not members of the stu dent body and therefore not likely to benefit from the building, gave their unqualified help in securing the student union. Foremost among these are Senator George Norris and Representative Henry Luckey. Without their support in Washington, the dream might never have become a reality. John Latenser, state adminis trator for the PWA, was active in securing federal funds for the con struction of the student union. Al ways helpful to the leaders of the drive on the campus, he called by long distance when the federal al lotment was made, giving the Daily Nebraskan all the informa COLLEGE DAYS Are Dress-Up Days . . . Follow These Suggestions and Make Sure That Your Appearance Is Right. The Popular Three Button Drape simnrs This Is the suit that has become so popular this season. We are featuring them in man.r attractive patterns . . . 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