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PAGE NINE Alumni Furnish. Union Contributions University's 16-Member i Union Board of Control to Supervise Activities Graduates Give -$75,000 to Equip Activities Center .a. v.. f V THE t)UT MBKASKAN. WEDNESDAY, MAY U 1933 by f W. s"4" Y 5 Kmt I Former Students Assured Handy Headquarters For Reunions. By Warren Hammel. ! "Students visiting; the Student i Union for tlic fi'st time will be amazed at the amount of furnish ' inps and fixtures that the build v ing required," states Ray Ram sav. secretary of the Alumni As- sooiation of the university. Response to the campaign caY ried on by the Alumni Associa- tion has been "for the. most part, gratifying;," said Mr. Ramsay. "Lo ' eal campaigns in various towns in Nebraska and in metropolitan cen ters of other states arc still be ; ing carried on." ; Worldwide Donations. .1 Contributions tor the alumni ,i fund have come from all over the world. From the small republic of Latvia located near Russia, and tone of several small republics cre ated as a result ot the World war, ' came a donation of $")0. The Rift was from the president of Latvia, J Mr. Karl Ulmanir!, an alumnus of the University of Nebraska of the class of 1009. Somehow he had learned of the Union and was anx t ions to do his part. i A S250 check on a bank in Los Angeles was received one day by the alumni office. The envelope i i contained nothing but the check. 1 j "From the signature, on the I check," said Mr. Ramsay, "we lo j cated the name in the alumni files, i the individual having attended the university for two years nearly 30 years ago. The orfice files showed a London residence and there was nothing to indicate any previous correspondence or interest in the university. We htd to write to the bank in order to get the proper address so that we could acknowl edge the check and express grati tude." Campaign Started September. Furnishings to be supplied by subscription of the alumni have been conservatively estimated at I $7.000. The intensive campaign ? r..T,r1a nv tVA f iiriicViincr rtf tViA Union began in September, 1937. Two letters have been sent to the alumni telling them of the purpose and plan of the Union. "In spite of these appeals, there is a large amount that remains to be raised," said Mr. Ramsay. The secretary nf the Alumni As sociation pointed out the benefits lit RKMKMRER your Mother with a box of MRS. STOVER'S Delirious Can flics the very nicest pift you could choose. Site will appreciate your thoughtf ill ness in selecting Canlies that are FRESH and HOME FASHIONED. Prim 2.yr lo $1.00 We Mail & Deliver 108 So. 13th Phone B3933 that the alumni will receive from the new Union. On the second floor of the building will be located the Alumni office. The building will be the headquarters for alumni func tions and gatherings. "It will be the meeting place for groups going to football games," stated Mr Ramsa.y "Two-thirds of the alumni have no place to go when they return to the campus. They did not belong to fraternities or sororities when they were in school, so thry are virtual strangers when they return in later years. The Union will tak.; care of that too. ' Bigger, Better Reunions. . The alumni had declared that plans are under way to make fu ture reunions bigsrer and better be cause "at last, there will be a place to hold thorn." The Student Union will provide a lounge for those hours of re&ting and visiting with former classmates and will have a fine cafeteria for the gen eral use of alumni when there are no formal alumni functions. The Union will serve as "club for the returning alumnus." , Regarding the campaign for funds for the St-ident Union, Mr. Ramsay said, "It is seldom that Nebraska's 45.000 alumni are asked for anything, but occasion ally such a time does come, and that is the case at present. It is not easy to solicit people for money even when it is for h worthy cause. The Student Union does not have the dramatic appeal possessed by an athletic stadium. Certainly it can never make it possible lo ckfeat Minnesota in football. The Union is an idea just as much as it is a place. Thnugti difficult to dramatize it is none the less potent in its effect upon the welfare of the student body." Last Drive: Stadium. The last campaign conducted by the Alumni Association was for the Nebraska Memorial Stadium in 1925. Some of the tasks confront ing the alumni in the present cam paign for funds can be gathered from the tremendous amount of furnishings that are needed to equip the new building. The first floor lounge required considerable furniture so that it could be given an inviting and restful tone. The cafeteria on the same floor, with a seating capacity of 200, required cafeteria serving equipment to gether with tables, ehpirs and dishes. The Fountain Room, scal ing about 100, required the pur chase of tables, chairs, dishes, sil verware and a soda fountain ca pable of serving that many people. The browsing library is to be fur nished with book3 by alumni sub scription. Genuineness of Alumni. The Great Hail on the second floor requir?d s00 folding chairs to be put in use when Ihe room I was used as an auditorium or large 'dining room.. Lounges and office I rooms on the second and third j floors are also to be furnished with furniture and rme are to have j kitchen service. Although several rooms in the building will lack complete fur nishings on the opening date, Mr. Ramsay expressed the hope that ,the Union would lie completely fur nished. In the niar future. Stated 'the alumni head, "I believe firmly in the genuinom ss of Nebraska's ; alumni and their ability to do bij things." -A ' ' Members of the Student Union Board of Managers and directors are as follows: Left to right, front row, At Moseman, Miss Martha Park, Prof. E. F. Schramm, Miss Mabel Lee; second row, Gene vieve Bennett, Prof. W. H. Morton, Mrs. Ruth Qulsenberry, Milton Anderson, Ruth Green; third row, Ray Ramsay, Miss Marion Steel, Kenneth Van Sant, Jane Walcott, Bob Simmons, Morr is Llpp. Board members not In the picture include Prof. E. W. Lantz, Prof. Karl Arndt, Lucille Rellly, and Jean Morgan. IONS MOVE 10 OFFICES IN UNION BUiLDING NEXT FAIL Prof. G. C. Walker Promises Installation of Mew Work Equipment. Publication offices will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of next semester according to Prof. Gayle C. Walker, director of the school of journalism and chairman of the publications board. Finish ing touches to the rooms will be completed this summer. Practically all new equipment will be installed in the offices of the Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker and Awgwan. The southeast corn er of the Student Union building will be allnted in accordance with the needs of each of the publica tions. Walker Plans Offices. Professor Walker stated that the installation of the physical plant of the offices will be planned to give the greatest amount of effi ciency. The plans of the offices will be based on a survey made by Professor Walker last summer on behalf of the publication board. His trip covered the campuses of Iowa State. Minnesota, Chicago, Northwestern. Michigan, Wiscon sin and Ohio State univcrriMes. Sumptuously Furnished Main Lounge Impresses With Color As you walk up the broad ex panse of stairs and open the door of the new Student Union building, the main lounge, carpeted and draped tn deep shades of red, will meet your eye. A magnificent room with five large windows on the north, the parlor is furnished with colorful divans and over stuffed chairs that will be a pleas ant retreat for students between their classes. The room is typically Georgian with walnut woodwork and a large fireplace set in a walnut panel that extends from the floor to the ceiling at the east end of the room. Five ornate chandeliers will light the room along with numerous side fixtures and smaller ceilMig lights. For the draperies at the flv la'ge windows and the tour smaller ones, the lighter shade of the rug has been chosen for the color scheme. Between a burgundy and a red. the drapes are a fabric with a cotton base that will stand the wear of a student activities building with a Bilk and rayon fin ish that give them a rich appear ance. The davenports and chairs of the room are leather and mohair in predominating shades of red, green and gold. Kent red chairs, Kent green davenpoils, premier red divans, chairs of pullman gold and Raphael walnut, premier green love-seats, and club chairs of var ious colors are placed about the I room. Students, Staff Members, Alumni Plan to Oversee Union Direction. . A sixteen member Board of Managers governs the Nebraska Student Union building which will oen its doors to the student public tonight. This board of students, faculty members, and alumni is responsible to the chancellor and the Board of Regents for the ef fiicent management of the Union. The seven students, six faculty members and three alumni mem bers which comprise the Board of Managers appoint the Director of the Student Union; chose, upon the Director's recommendation, the other necessary employees; make rules for the use of the building; exercise general control ever the finances; enforce the constitutional limitations, and make rules for their own activities, the affairs of the Union, and the use and regula tion of the Union Building. Schramm Heads Board. Heading the board is Prof. K. F. Schramm as president. Vice presi dent Is Genevieve Bennett. Secre tary of the Union, ex-nffieio as Secretary of the Alumni Assoc.ia- tion, is Ray Ramsay. Besides Prof. Schramm, faculty members are Trof. Mable Lee, Prof. E. W. Lantz these three with two year terms; Trof. K. M. Arndt, Prof. W, H. Morton, and Miss Martha Park, these three with one year terms. Faculty members were appointed by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. The student members who are elected annually in the sprirg by the Student Council are for this year: Albert Moseman, Genevieve Bennett and Jane Walcott, seniors, Robert Simmons and Morris Lipp. iuniors, and Ruth E. Green and Jean Morgan, sophomores. Th? Union's constitution requires that three members of the board be women, that one member be from the Agricultural College and that three members be unaffiliated. The alumni members other than Ray Ramsay are Lucille Reilly and Milton Anderson who were ap pointed by the Executive Commit tee of the Alumni Association to serve for two years. Annual Board Session. Three of the five officers of th? Union are elected annually by the i Board of Managers, from their t membership. They are president, first and second vice presidents. The secretary receives his office ex-officio as Secretary' of the Al umni Association and has a plac on the board. The treasurer re ceives his office cx-offido as fi nance secretary of the University of Nebraska and at present is L. E. Gunderson. He is not a mem ber of the Board of Managers. . The board signs all contracts for the Union through its president and as a body prepares the an nual budget which is submitted to the Board of Regents for approval. The board's annual meeting is n the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May. The fall semester meeting comes the first Tuesday after fall registration: the spring semester meet'.ng the first Tuesday in the spring semester. Special meetings can be called by the president ,the director or by five members Of the board. : Francis, Lincoln. Reporter Discloses Ivy as Plant of Other Days BASEMENT LUNCH ROOM TO SERVEJOO STUDENTS Union Furnishes Eating Place for Lincoln Students Who Bring Meals. A special feature of the new Student Union building will be a lunch room provided for those Stu dents who wish to furnish their own lunches and eat them there. This room will be equipped with tables and chairs for the students' Coed Says Sprig Renovated for Use in Festival Again This Year. By J3etty Jean Davidson. The coronation of the trailing, green ivy plant which has been the object of this week's comment all over the campus, will be one of the highlights of the Ivy Day cere monies. More regal than ever the unassuming little vine will once agr.in claim prominence in the spring festivities. But behind the scenes title will find that wlrat precedes that mo mentous occasion is really as naive as the '38 crop of freshmen. Tradition rules that the reigning junior and senior class presidents file through the maze of Innocents, Mortar Boards, songsters, ana photographers, and with a pompus in the rear of the fraternity home of the Innocents' president. We waited long and thirstily till dark and finally at the stroke of mid night a ghostly figure, pajamaed and masked could be seen emerg ing from the bottom rung of the fire escape. You guessed it, it was Glancing fearfully about him he jumped into bis waiting flivver and sped away, the haunt ers jogging along in the rumble seat. The ride was short and bumpy, ending directly in front of the Ad ministration hall. Hiding behind a row of spirea we saw the eminent person groping about with a spade around the base of the tree that supportpd the very same bunch of ivy that the two presidents planted last year! So, dear readers, the secret is out. I've always wondered why all Kay Kantsay Hclatp John litrnor's Aid Obtaining: Union (Irani John Latenser is deserving of a great deal of credit for the Uni versity of Nebraska's Student Union building, according to Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary. Mr. Latenser was the state director of the Public Works Administration at the time of the grant for the Union building arid his approval was required before the project could receive approval from the national headquarters. He had complete charge of the govern ment cooperation on the project. ivv Innuft fllikA nn this Cflmous. jitiK'-n ui e i'ldoi. uivr, ivj uik , Now X know AmJ s0 do you 14 j I LUC llrtlllJUril AUtl Hlill uiiuy the by-then wilted vine into the hole. But where will Klmer Dohr mann and Stan Brewster get the use. It will be located in me nasi'- ivy : Jn, your ium guess win la ment of the r.i w building and will the University green house, but be ready for use tomorrow. Max Schnitter discredited any hope Kenneth Van Sant. director of in that direction. 'It pricks my the Union, pointe.l out that this pride," he said "because they won't room was arranged primarily for! take my pet over here. I guess it Lincoln students who are unable isn't good enough for them." PERSONALIZED SENIOR INVITATIONS Your Own Xame and College. SEE THEM AT GRAVES PRINTING "SOUTH OP TEMPLE" to go home for dinner. This, he says, will save them the expense of eating at some restaurant. It is expected to accommodate about one hundred Minimis at a time. There will be no chaigc to the students, unless they wish to pur chase their drink in the cafeteria. 1 Dr. W. H. Werkmeister received notice in a letter from the Uni versity of Southern California that his article "The Scientific Method and the Presuppositions of Experiment" will be published soon in The Pcrsonalist, printed by the California school. The current lsrur of the Journal of the American Chemical society contains an article "The TranM- 1 tion Temperature of Sodium Sul- 1 phate Heptahydrsto" by Dr. E. R. 1 Washburn of Ihe chemistry de partment and Jack Clem, graduate , student. Snoops in Florists' Shops. We peeked into the back porch of Chancellor Burnett's house to see if he might have had some tucked away In a coffee can since last September, but all we saw was a pile of dirt heaped on his door step. Still undaunted, the snoop snooped on. None of the down town florists had been supplying the ivy and when probed all that Messrs. Dohrmann and Wadhams had to say was "I've a ercret; plant that in your column.'.' Well, you can't keep a good reporter down, not even this one. Time snailed on over to Dr. Raymond Pool s greenery and all he could reply was "I'm up a stump. You've got me there." Well. Ivy goes on forever, but the deadline on dailies dosn't, so we packed a ham sandwich and hid behind s pile of coke bottles The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce the students on the completion of the new t Student Union Building FARMERS FAIR PLANS PROMISE GALA SATURDAY (Continued From Page 1.) mens of prize live stock, and other items of agricultural interest. The boxing and wrestling finals will begin the evening's entertain ment. The bouts will be staged in an open arena built especially for the occasion. Equine pavillion will be the scene of an unusual wrest ling meet when two grunting pugs of the gridiron meet in a battle of dough, flour dough. Not to be out done by the mud rassle imported from India, the board has offered an adequate trophy to the winner of the dough mix-up, the flour being furnished by Gooch's flour mill. Lectures by faculty members of the home economics department, tour of the fair exhibits, and a noon luncheon and an afternoon tea comprise the program of events for the high school hospitality pro gram, connected with the fair for the first time and under the di rection of the home economics de partment. The purpose of tbt pro gram is "to fsmilisrize high school girls with the several activities of the college of agriculture. Goddess of Agriculture. The presentation of the Goddess of Agriculture, accompanied by her fair attendants, will be made in the early afternoon. The Goddess, selected to reign one day by the popular vote of the girls in the student body, will be Miss Nila Spader of Waverly. Several folk dances and a style Show will he j coin: Marian Hoppert. Lincoln; given by the home economics girls ' ' uhne Walters, Hiawatha. Kas.: m th.nn,B ,i, ; Donna Hiatt, Beatrice; Marjorie The 'Kampus Kapers"' show, composed of 13 acts, will be pre sented in the Activities building in notn the anemoon and evening. Features of the performance will include a male pony chorus, a colegiate stage bond, acrobatic stunts, and several other specialties. Exhibits on hand will include 25 agricultural displays and 10 home economics exhibits, including such special features as extension serv ice and a rural electrification dis play. Prize livestock will be on ex-! hibit in the Equine show room dur- j ing the afternoon and evening. Midway of Course. The conventional midway will be present, made up of the usual bingo stand, a rat race, a shooting gallery, several ball pitching games, and like concessions of chance. The Ag Cafeteria has been beautifully decorated as a Cafe Collegiate offering many tasty dishes named after hie various ac tivities such as Corn Cobs, Tas sels and Block and Bridle. As a climax to the day's pro ceedings, the Farmer's Fair dance will be held at 9 o'clock in the Ac tivities building. Music will be j provide by Art aRndall's popular band from Omaha. At 12:45 today, radio station KFOR will present a man on the street program from in front ,-f i Ag hall as a part of the rally being held at that time by the ' agriculture students for farmers day. I Responsible for the success of the fair, the following students comprise the various committees i in charge of events: Gordon Jones, Dixon; Eric Thor. s: .ntcn: Ray Cruise, Cuiley: Melvm Beerman. Dakota City; I.aVrrre Peterson, manager, Lincoln: Earl Heady. Imperial; Ruthanna Russell, Lin coln; Phyllis Ctian-,h"rlain, Lin- Congratulations! May tlir iu w lmil.1- j ing nml w h n t it represents li r i n g i you vmlimhcil li.'ip- i JlillOSS. PICNIC FOODS PICNIC SUPPLIES i -OM'ii 'Till Midnight"; STATE j MARKET ' 1420 "0" 656 GO W CUP Bakery Products IV'! Be Served By The STUDENT UNION CAFE Students, You Will Enjoy Their Fine Flavor TODAY- TRY THE NEW S EFT PAN GOLD CUP RYE BREAD Always Fresh At Your Grocer 1 m Congratulations - (DunlafL . OpikaL 120 N. 12th St. Serving Siudentt for 20 Years Congratulations ScrVcttc Cafe We specialize in nome cooker! menls 234 No. 12th St. i. Vv. I I I i u - p. jvu ' 4! : If? HH S.ind:.y Journl and Bur. We Take Great Pride In Having Been Se lected to Provide the Entire Furniture Used in the Lounge and the Tables and Chairs for the Cafeteria of the Student Union Building. We Congratulate the University and Students on their fine Student Union Building I I! sfifiiVii