Sunday, April; 30, 1939
DAILY NEBIUSKAN
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Alpha Zeta survey to evaluate ag classes
Ag classes hmst
out home ec Snail
Building now 'accommodates' twice as many
students as it was built for; originally a dorm
Farmers fair days are not llie only days Hint sonic a?
lasses arc dismissed. Sometimes the squealing of tlie hapless
1itrs in the slaughter house is so irroat that the foods and nutri
tion classes holding forth in the 'home co annex" cannot he
continued.
So says Prof. Margaret Fedde, 1
chairman of the home economics
department, describing how the
foods classes have burst out of the
cramped quarters in home eco
nomics hall into an abandoned
building adjacent to the slaughter
house.
Little wonder that the home ec
building overflowed, according to
the department head, lor it "ac
commodates" more than double
the enrollment which used the
name space 15 years ago. Never
meant to be a building for college
classes, home economics hall was
built in 1909 as a dormitory for
hO high school girls.
No classrooms originally.
Not a classroom was there in
the whole building, only a clothing
lab and two cooking labs. Most of
the present offices are former bed
rooms, unchanged, except those
cubbyholes made by partitioning
off the ends of the halls. The labs
on second and third floors have
been created by tearing out the
partitions of six bedrooms each
and incorporating parts of the
halls.
The foods laboratories are the
same size and much the same ap
pearance as they were in 1909, ex
cept that in one the table tops are
new, and in the other, new equip
ment costing about $1,000 was in
stalled about ten years ago. Often
two full classes must crowd into
Rodeo
Contest
Winners wi
receive
trophies given
by the
Farmer's Fair
Board from
Jewelers
1108 P
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MISS MARGARET FEDDE.
a lab at the same time.
But the kitchen, lament Miss
Fedde and Cafeteria Head Donna
Hiatt, is far the worst. The same
little 20 x 25 foot kitchen which
was built to serve SO girls, and
admitted to be a fire hazard by
the university planning board
when it made a tour of the build
ing last year, Friday night served
72s Future Farmers, and 60 board
ing club members on top of the
regular evening business in the
caleteria.
Large banquets are headaches.
A week ago Friday, on Feeders
Day, 2,000 people ate meals pre
pared in the room not much larger
than a farm kitchen. For such
large banquets the food must be
carried from the home ec building
to the activities building and
served to diners on first and sec
ond floors from a pantry in the
basement.
Having no other dining room
than the cafeteria makes small
exclusive luncheon and dinner
meetings by students committees
and university officials impossible,
s the classrooms are used for
eating, particularly the design lab
and the small dining room used by
the cooking classes to serve the
food they took. In May of 1934,
300 people dined in the classrooms,
interrupting the class schedule; in
January of 1936, classrooms were
used for cafeteria business involv
ing H0 people.
Envisons new food building.
Plans for a new home economics
building have been in progress for
nearly ten years. However, Miss
Fedde's vision is a practical one.
The old building it not in bad con
dition, for it has been well taken
caie of. So the home ec depart
ment does not ask for a huge plant
to house all home ec activities,
only a building large enough for
the foods and nutrition divisions.
For how long will Miss Fedde only
imagine, each time she looks from
her office window, an adequite
home ec building rising above the
vegetable plats in the back of the
present structure?
Dean goes Ncbrasko City
Dean J. E. LeRosiignol ol tnc
college ol business administration
wiil iidda ss the Associated Credit
Buiious of Nebraska Monday
evening Li Ncbra.-ka City on the
topic, "The- National Labor Rela
tions Act." The dean will also ad
dress the University of Kansas
annual school of business day pro
gram at Lawrence Thursday even
ing on "The Complete Business
man." Bcngtson ct Broken Bow
"Latin America and Its Prob
lems in Relation to the United
States," will be the subject of on
address by Dr. Nets Bcngtson,
chairman of the department of
geography, before thi Rotary club
of Broken Bow Monday.
Methodists
hold banquet
National Kappa Phi
sponsor gives speech
Mrs. H. M. LeSourd of Boston,
Mass., grand sponsor of Kappa
Phi, Methodist sorority, spoke on
"Be Your Age" at the group's
annual spring banquet held Satur
day night at the Union. The theme
of "water wonderland" dominated
the occasion as Mrs. LeSourd gave
her speech in the character of
'queen of the sea" and presiding
officer Beula Brigham wielded the
"triton."
"Kappa Phi awards for out
standing pledge work went to
Ruth Green, who received a brace
let with the sorority crest, and
to Marie Larrabee, who was pre
sented with a special pin to wear
for the next year. Presentation
was made by Margaret Wiener,
past president, ns a "mermaid."
"Water babies" initiated
New "water babies" initiated
were: Loddaine Bixler, Ruth
Chase, Delores Hanson, Jean
Mason, Dorothy Maxwell, Marian
Moffett, Marjorie Walgren Dor
othy White, Marcella Wright and
Margaret Ann Ground. Hiva Mills,
retiring president, conducted the
services in her role as "head
sprite." Claudia Baker, "water
baby," gave the response for the
pledges.
Mrs. C. E. Molzen, Nebraska
alumna and editor of Kappa Phi's
national organ, the Candle Beam,
conducted the installation services
for the new officers.
Music carries out motif.
The musical entertainment of
the evening included: a vocal nolo,
'"My Lover is a Fisherman" cung
by Lorraine Bixler, a flute solo,
"The Swan," played by Ruth Sur
ber, and numbers by the string
trio composed of Marjorie Smith,
Ada Charlotte Miller and Mar
garet Lambrecht. Luella Hunt,
Maxine Maddy and Charlotte Dud
ley furnished the music for the
initiation.
The "water wonderland" theme
was also prominent in the menu
which included shrimp cocktail,
sponges, seashell salad, coral reef,
golden sand, sea dwellers, kelp
juice, and Davy Jones' locker.
Dancing followed the formal
ceremonies. Students from the
Helen Chase studio presented a
floor show. Chaperons were chap
ter patronesses and their hus
bands: Rev. and Mrs. Robert E.
Drew, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mintec-r,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paine, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Smith and Miss
Gertrude Beers.
A breakfast for the Kappa Phi
cabinet was held this morning tit
the home of Miss L.uvicy Hill,
chapter sponsor, with Mrs. Le
Sourd as guest of the group.
Festival
steam locomotive which the stu
dents are building, and a liquid air
demonstration. There will be a
demonstration of polarized light in
the Mechanic Arts building, as
well as an exhibit showing the
need for a new type of public high
way, shown by civil engineering
students.
Architects model home.
The students of the department
of architecture will show a pano
rama exhibit of tho development of
domestic residences down thru his
tory, culminating in "A Design for
Modern Living," the scale mod. I
of the architect's dream of a con
temporary home.
Military engineers have ar
ranged an exhibit in Nebraska
hall which includes a collection
of model military bridges, weap
ons, and a demonstration of ma
chine gun placement. In Avery
laboratory, chemical engineers
will stage a spectacular demon
stration of molten thermite cut
ting its way thru a steel plate.
General chairman of engineer's
College Days activities is Raymond
Bailey, assisted by John Cramer
who acts as secretary-treasurer,
and a Mudent chairman from each
department in the engineering col
lege. Engineering group3 will hold a
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Committee under Arnold Peterson asks student
opinions on lectures, exams, labs, assignments
Every ng college -i lent will lie given an opportunity to
evaluate his course1 V the professors who teach them hy
means of a course survey conducted by Alpha Zeta, honorary
society for a? men, beginning Monday and continuing thru
Wednesday. Unlike anything which has heeu done on the city
convocation Friday morning at 11
o'clock in the Union where films
will be shown depicting the his
tory of aviation since 1935. "in the
afternoon students will participate
in a ball game at Antelope park,
then return to the Union for din
ner where L. J. Marti will speak
on "The Professional Man on
Trial."
Pharmacy shows "Behind Coun
ter." Theme of the pharmacy open
house Thursday evening will be
"The Scene behind the Prescrip
tion Counter." Friday afternoon
the Pharmacy club will hi Id its
annual picnic. In charge of the
open house program are Howard
Hopkins and Lewis D. Fink.
The law students participation
in College Days activities will in
clude the initiation of new mem
bers into the Order of the Coif,
honorary legal society Friday
morning at 11; the traditional
faculty-senior pool game at noon;
a ball game at 2 o'clock on the
new intramural field and the an
nual dinner at 6:30 at the Univer
sity club.
Students to be initiated into the
Order ofthe Coif are George Hir
mon, Charles Burdell, Breta Peter
son and J. Duane Vance. At the
law dinner Regent R. W. Devoe
will speak on the subject of
"Treason." Members of the board
of directors of Nebraska Law Col
lege association, headed by Albert
Maust are in charge of the day's
festivities.
Law students to hear
Hook in convo Monday
Inghram D. Hook, Kansas
City attorney will address a
University of Nebraska convo
cation for students in the law
college Monday morning at 11
o'clock in the law auditorium.
Mr. Hook is the president of
the Missouri State Bar associa
tion. Dean H. H. Foster an
nounced Saturday that the pro
gram is planned for all stufents
in the law college and that all
students are urged to attend the
convocation.
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the survey will enablf
ag students to record their honest
views in an impartial manner.
With Chairman Arnold Peter
son in charge, a committee com
posed of Montee Baker, Gordon
Jones and Harold Schudel will
supervise the survey, the purpose
of which is to get clear and con
cise opinion from each student on
the lecture,- examination, labora
tory and assignment phases of
any given cour.se. Since the sur
vey is in no way compulsory, it
will be conducted in upper-class
courses only when the instructor
approves. Every instructor con
tacted to date has sanctioned the
plan, and unanimous faculty ap
proval is sought before Monday.
Alpha Zeta to analyze results.
The final analysis of the sur
vey will be made by a committee
of Alpha Zeta members, one an
alysis sheet going to the instruc
tor and the other being kept in
the files of Alpha Zeta, to be
used only by Dean Burr and the
department chairmen.
Alpha Zeta members will con
duet the survey during lecture
periods, since students might hesi
tate to express honest opinions of
courses if it were conducted along
other lines. Instructors, therefore,
will see nothing but the final
analysis sheet.
The purpose of Alpha Zeta be
ing to make students and faculty
"course-conscious," the couiso
survey is being conducted for the
benefit of both individual stu
dents and individual faculty mem
bers. One professor, when asked
his views on the survey, tsserted
that the best of us, even faculty
members, can often find room for
improvement by constructive criti
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