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VOL. XXXIIf, NO. 67)
Interfrat
Ball Heads
Selected
Robert Leadley Named
General Chairman of
Dance on February 4
With Robert Leadley as gen
eral chairman, the Inter-Fraternity
council appointed five com
mittees last night to make prep
arations for their traditional ball,
to be held in the coliseum, Feb. 4.
In charge of securing the or
chestra will be Lewis Anderson,
William Sawtell, and William
Moore; for publicity, Robert Gut
ru and Stanley Slosburg; decora
tions, Eric Thor and Logan
Schroff; chaperons, Jack Bingen
heimer and Frank Kudrna, while
the ticket sale will be under the
direction of Lester Bursik and
Kermit Hansen. Dwan Green, the
president of the council, and Lead
ley, will work with each of these
committees.
All of the students appointed to
these committees are members or
alternates of the council.
To Choose Orchestra Soon.
The members of the committee
on the obtaining of the orchestra
will make their selection and bring
it before a general meeting of the
council on Jan. 4 for ratification
and approval.
Last year, the council brought
Dick Jurgens and his orchestra
of Chicago's Aragon ballroom
fame, to the campus for their ball.
The Greeks have always brought
one of the country's biggest name
bands to the university to play for
this annual affair.
According to Green, the com
mittee is considering opening the
ball to spectators. The Mortar
board found this plan to be highly
successful when for the first time
in the history of their annual party
this year's vice-versa was opened
to the public.
To Choose "Name Band."
The theme for this year's ball
has not yet been decided upon.
(Continued on Page 6).
Deans Petition Santa Claus
For More Time and Money
University Heads Ask
Discard of Neckties
When asked what they wanted
Sunt Claus to bring them for
Christmas, Nebraska's deans
voiced requests that would make
the good old man shudder at their
expectations. Such mere trifles
as socks and neckties are on the
ban, while paid-up million dollar
I ft? Insurance policies, a new li
brary, engineering building, and
THOMPSON EXTENDS
HOLIDAY WISHES
In behalf of the University
of Nebraska's administrative
officials and members of the
faculty, It is a pleasant task
to extend to the student body
our heartiest best wishes for a
merry Christmas and a happy
New Year.
We sincerely hope that the
students, In traveling to their
homes to be with their parents
and friends, exercise the great
est caution in driving safely
and sanely. We all want to en
joy the pleasures of the holi
day season.
DR. T. J. THOMPSON,
Dean of Student Affairs.
0iciaI Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraskd
And Here
State Group
Selects Loos
Uni. Senior One of Two
Rhodes Candidates
John L. Loos, senior in the uni
versity college of arts and sci
ences, and Donald McDonald, sen
ior at Harvard university, were
selected by the state examination
committee in the competition for
Rhodes scholarships yesterday.
The two men will represent Ne
braska In the regional selections
to be made Saturday in Des
Moines. Twelve candidates from
six states will meet in the Iowa
capital, of which four will be
chosen for the coveted scholar
ships to Oxford.
Loos is a native of Harvard,
(Continued on Page S).
athletic building the deans can
already see standing beneath the
decorated spruce on Christmas
morning.
Thinking that Saint Nick could
bring him anything, Dean T. J.
Thompson asked for more time
in which to do his work and as a
special gift to him, he wished that
all students would drive carefully
on their way home and have a
merry Christmas.
Dean Foster's request of Santa
was also altruistic. He wants
Kris Kringlc to bring his boys
lots of good tobacco no that thoy
can work harder for their January
examinations.
A trifle disillusioned In Santa
Claus is Dean Grubb of the den
tistry college. He said quite
frankly that he thought all of his
wishes wero too unfeasible for the
jolly man's pocketbook, although
ho did mention a paid up million
dollar life insurance policy. "I
don't need neckties," he added,
"because I haven't touched those
that I got last year."
Wants New Radio.
Dean LcRosslgnoI looks at
Christmas quite practically. He
says he has food, clothing and
shelter and the only thing that he
would possibly want is a new ra
(Continued on Page 3).
LINCOLN, NKRRASK'A, FKirHY, DKCKMKKK'16, 19S '
We Have the
Summary Attests To
Library's Inadequacy
"Hopeless Lack of Bare
Necessities" Describes
University Structure
1. Five thousand students in
the university our library will
seat 400 of them.
2. No alcoves or studies for
500 faculty members.
3. One seminar room for the
entire university.
4. Half the library books on
the campus spread through 23
storage places in ten classroom
buildings.
5. Twenty-five percent of the
library books on the campus in
dead storage.
6. Estimated value of the uni
versity library book collection
$500,000. The books are not in
sured; the buildings in which
they are housed are not fire
proof. Not a pretty picture, but the
one that today is facing officials
of the university library. The fig
ures reveal in some measure the
hopeless Inadequacy of the exist
ing library building.
It is now impossible to furnish
satisfactory service to students
and faculty members when the
book collection is housed in more
than 20 different places, many of
which are never open. The dam
age to the books themselves from
dust, dirt, unsuitable temperatures
and dampness is Incalculable.
Service cannot bo made more ef
ficient or improved, nor can books
be properly protected until n new
stack room is provided which will
house all the library books on the
campus.
Recently constructed college and
That We May Have
A New Library . . .
Students, take this edition of
the Dally Nebraskan home with
you! In an effort to show the
inadequacy of the present li
brary and Its favor of a new
structure, The Dally Nebraskan
has Issued this, its last edition
of the year, for you and your
parents. See your state legis
lator during vacation.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN.
Library
From Daily Nebrakn, Oil. 28, 193T.
university library buildings have
a seating capacity of from 20 to
40 percent of the student enroll
ment. The average is 25 percent.
The present library building at
Nebraska accommodates about 8
percent of the enrollment, or 400
students out of a total of more
(Continued on Page 4).
Test Service
Administered
Psychology Staff Gives
3,500 Examinations
Dr. D. A. Worcester, head of the
university department of educa
tional psychology and measure
ments reports that during the cur
rent semester, he and his asso
ciates have administered approxi
mately 3,500 tests.
These tests are of various kinds
and during the past year the pro
gram has been extended to include
several new phases of testing pre
school children. Officials expect
that within the next three months
more than 100 children, ranging
in age from several months to
five years, will be given psycho
logical examinations.
Thursday Dr. Worcester, Dr.
Bailer, associate professor in the
psychology department, Miss
Lcona Failor, Instructor, ni d two
graduate students, Klizubet'.t Ger
ncss and Marshall HisUey. went to
North I'latte to ndminister special
tests as part of a new field clinic
service recently established by the
state child welfare bureau. Fol
lowing the testing nt North Matte
the university psychologists will
conduct a similar clinic ut lie
Cook. During the month of November
alone 121 persons were referred
for individual examination, in
volving 425 hours of testing.
Dr. Worcester states that there
are now more than 30 different
agencies making use of the testing
service of the department, includ
ing public schools, the state child
welfare bureau, the state board of
control and several private wel
fare agencies.
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FIV1. CKNTS
Campus
Boosts
Library
Many Orgaii3lionsGo
on Record Recognizing
Need for New Building
By Harold Niemann.
Believing construction of a now
library building on the Nebraska
campus should be the first step
in the campus development pro
gram, many organizations have
gone on record in an attempt to
show the inadequacy of the pres
ent 45 year old structure.
The Daily Nebraskan repeatedly
has taken a firm stand on tha
question, devoting entire editions
of its paper to show the real con-
No division or department of
the University is in such inti
mate daily contact with the
University community and its
educational objectives as the
Library.
Our library should be thought
of only in terms of the service
it can give students. The service
can be greatly improved with an
adequate building. A new library
ouilding will not only improve
student welfare but also
teaching efficiency.
ROBERT A. MILLER,
Director of Libraries.
1 ditions in the sagging, leait'n?,
pnd fire-inviting structure. With
its eye on the convention of the
unicameral legislature on Jan. 3,
the Daily Nebraskan again pre
sents new facts in a case which
students have thus far found hope
less hopeless not because legis
lators hnve been unsympathetic
for the cnivev.-.ity, but because
those represent' tives have had the
responsib'lity of representing
"coin fields where there is no
corn."
A spec'al committee of the Stu
dent Council has also been cre
ated to present before students of
the university methods by which
they, thru their parents, can talk
to their recently-elected legis
lators, and show the urgency for
a new library on this campus.
SENATE REQUESTS
CHANCELLOR'S PETITION.
Faculty opinion, with the ex
ception of departments interested
in securing additional quarters, la
favorable to the construction of a
new library b.iilding. The univer
sity senate, n group of representa
tive professoi s, went on record in
December. 1P34. when they voted
acceptance of a resolution asking
the Chancelloi to request a li
brary building of tlie 1B35 legis
lature. Vacation to
Hegin Saturday
Christmas vacation this yraf
will officially begin at noon on
Saturday, December 17, and
will end at noon on Tuesday.
January 3, 1939, according to
an announcement made by the
office of the registrar. The ex
tension of the vacation from
January 2, to January 3, was
granted by the university Sen
ate committee in order to en
able students to spend New
Years day at home.