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has not aroused the ire of a few public spirited students,
only to subside again into the doldrums so characteristic of
much of the undergraduate body. This preposal was born
with the goal of a free bus. Eighty-one percent of the ag
college students pledged their support to seeing it accomp
lished. Concessions they may make, Mr. Heiny, but abandon
ment you will never see.
You may have your doubts, Mr. Heiny, but there are many
realists and sensible businessmen connected with the university.
They realize that the costs of purchasing a fleet of buses for
inter-campus communication is prohibitive. They appreciate
that the expenses of operating the line with the buses standing
idle 30 out of each 60 minutes is impracticable. They know
further. Mr. Heiny, the economy of specialization. .They know
that there is no question but what your company could operate
our service much more efficiently and much more cheaply than
the university.
But the students are determined that the costs of trans
portation shall be reduced. And, Mr. Heiny, they will be re
duced, even if it means the operating of university owned buses
with students paying a fixed charge at the beginning of the
semesters for the privilege of riding on them.
We know as well as you do, that in the long run it will be
cheaper for your company to operate the regular lines with
reduced income, than to operate those same lines with student
patronage completely eliminated. This is not a threat, Mr.
Heiny. It is simply a true statement of the facts.
You requested information. The Student Council has
furnished it. The ag college has offered complete co-operation.
They are willing to reschedule classes in order to in
stall a convenient transportation system. You requested that
information so that experimentation could be made this year.
There are only three weeks left before the close of the semes
ter. Let's try out that system now so that necessary revisions
can be made before September.
It is hard to believe, Mr. Ileiny, that you were only bluff
ing. But if you weren't, then why all the delay!
Illinois boosts
alumni work
Graduates, students
cooperate for Union
URBAN A, 111. (IP.) Alumni
leaders of many other universities
have been watching with interest
the work of Illinois students, and
their advisers, who in the last few
weeks have formed clubs designed
to be the basis for a permanent
and closer relationship between
the student body and alumni of
the University of Illinois.
Such orgaizations have been
created as outgrowths of the Student-Alumni
association, an or
ganization of students who enroll
for alumni work even before their
graduation. No other university
or college in the country, so far as
is known, can boast of such an
organization.
The Student-Alumni association
represents the entire student body
this year in its desire to bring
about early completion of the
$250,000 fund which will equip
and furnish the Illini Union build
ing. Representatives of all cam
pus Illini clubs recently called on
Illinois alumni during the Easter
vacation, in the interest of the
campaign.
Alexis presides at
Language group meet
Trof. Joseph Alexis, chairman
of the department of . Germanics,
who is president of the Nebraska
division of the Modern Language
association of America, presided
at the meetings of the state or
ganization In Omaha last week.
Several members of the faculty
gave addresses, among them Prof.
James Wartsworth, acting chair
man of the department of Romance
languages, Joan Tilche, Prof. Hi
lario Sitenze, and Prof. Emil Telle,
all of the department.
Pi Lambda Theta holds
installation tonight
ri Lambda Theta will conduct
an Installation meeting this eve
ning at 7:15 o'clock In Ellen Smith
hall. Guest of honor at the affair
will be Mrs. Ethel Mable Falk,
national officer.
Entertainment for the evening
will include a piano solo by Alice
Churchill, and a musical trio com
posed of Carolyn Kennedy, piano,
Frances Spencer, cello, and Mar
Jorle Smith, violin.
How fast do elements
in human body change?
ROCHESTER, N. Y. (IP.).
How fast do the elements in the
human body change ? A physology
professor at the University of
Rochester reports these findings:
Water in the body changes ev
ery three weeks; salt every 22
days; nitrogen (the basic material
of muscles) every 290 days; iron
(vital constituent of the blood) ev
ery 300 daj9; phosphorous dm
portant to bones and teeth) every
800 days.
Certain cells, such as those in
the brain, apparently last a life
time.
N.Y.U. sponsors
new air course
Guggenheim school off
rotary wing curriculum
NEW YORK, N. Y. (IP.) A
new graduate curriculum in ro
tary wing aircraft believed to be
the first in an American or huro
pean university will be offered by
the Guggenheim School of Aero
nautics of New York university
durine 1939-40. .
The new curriculum will be
open to students qualified by pre
viout training in aeronautics
mathematical physics, or allied
fields of engineering and will be
the culmination of the university's
previous work in rotary wing air
craft, according to Dean Thorn
dike Saville of the college of en
gineering.
Students pursuing the graduate
curriculum will take a fundamen
tal course in aerodynamic and
structural theory of rotary air
craft. Courses will also be given
in advanced machine design,
applied mathematics, theory of
elasticity, and dynamics of aircraft.
Dr. Gaba elected
head of Sigma Xi
Dr. Weaver named
new vice president
Dr. M. G. Gaba of the depart
ment of mathematics was elected
president of Sigma Xi, scientific
honorary society I)f7l,w,w
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at me annual
meeting Monday
evening. He suc
ceeds Dr. Emma
Anderson of the
depart m e n t of
botany. Dr. J. E.
Weaver was
named vice presi
dent; Dr. E. R.
Washburn, secre
tary; Prof. F. E.
Mussehl, treas
urer, and Dr. H.
H. Marvin, coun
cillor. Elected to
ntrivp mpmhpr. Lincoln Journal,
auive memoer m. O. Onba.
ship were Dr. James D. Bisgard,
Dr. Theodore Jorgensen, Jr., and
Thompson Mylan Stout.
Poetic students
set up business
Northwestern coeds
pay expenses with verse
EVANSTON, 111. (IP). Poetry
written to order is helping to pay
the expenses of two Northwestern
university coeds who have set
up shop under the firm name
of "Delightful Ditties, unincorpo
rated."
For a quarter they will furnish
four lines of verse suited to any
occasion. The slogan of the com
pany is "We do the work; you get
the credit; we get the cash." Per
sonalized birthday, anniversary,
and place cards, thank you notes,
and party invitations form the
bulk of their business.
A sample of the work of "De
lightful Ditties, unincorporated" is
the following, written for a boy
wnose girl lriend was naving a
birthday:
English expressions are hard
and cold,
They lack finesse, they're
much to bold;
So I resort to "parlez-vous"
"Je t'aime," my darling I love
you.
The company offers a reduction
for quantity, but has steadfastly
refused to attempt free verse.
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That the factual examination is no longer adequate ag
a proper test was the opinion of four out of five students que,
tioned on the university examination system as semester tests
loom upon the horizon.
These are just a few of the
queries which were used to make
up today's composite question. How
do you stand on the subject of
finals ? What is wrong with them ?
What type of examination do you
think is most beneficial? And
here are the answers.
IRVING SIMON SOPHOMORE.
"I heartily disapprove of the
factual test. The only real test is
that in which the mental processes
of the student have been thoroly
stimulated and this stimulation
can only be brought about thru
the objective examination. The
factual information will always be
on hand. The students problem is
to learn how to apply and find
this information."
HELEN TALCOTT GRADUATE
STUDENT.
' 'iere should be a change in
the tpe of tests. The objective
test. io not only more fair but it
will teach the student how to use
what knowledge he is gaining
from his education."
IDA SCHWIEGER SOPHO
MORE. "Something should be done to
avoid having tests bunch up on the
student. I also believe that three
hours is too long for an examina
tion but they make them so long
here that you can't even get done
In that amount of time."
GEORGE SLAM A JUNIOR.
"We should adopt the test
where you express your own
opinions and ideas based upon
what you have gleaned from lec
tures, reading and class notes
The university would accomplish
their purpose of making the stu
dent think in this manner.
SENOR DON JIROREC.
"The objective tests, now being
used ty a few professors should
be a dopted in every class possl
ble on the campus. Of course, in
dentistry courses and the like we
must make exceptions.
Electicol engineers hear
power official on safety
Members of the student branch
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers heard E. C. Hild,
safety engineer for the Iowa and
Nebraska Light and Power com
pany, speak on "Safety Measures"
Monday night.
Following Hild's address, Orvill
Rose directed his safety team in a
demonstration illustrating the
points Hild made in his address.
The safety team is made up of
employees of the power company.
Prof. Ginsburg talks
at Central City Tuesday
Dr. Michael S. Ginsburg of the
classics department was principal
speaker at the Central City bene
fit college-community, program
yesterday. The school is celebrat
ing its 40th anniversary.
A new process which is believed
to make possible the production
of a new tyje of synthetic rubber
hns been discovered by University
of Alabama scientists.
Cornell recreation
bureau launched
To encourage student
friendship in unirersiry
ITHACA, N. Y. (IP). In an en
deavor to encourage friendships
and to bring together student
with kindred leisure time interests,
Cornell university has set up a
bureau of recreation interests.
The bureau is now engaged in
Cornell's first comprehensive sur
vey of recreational activities and
interests, under the guidance of
the student union.
Prior to his arrival on the cam
pus each incoming freshman haa
been sent a form requesting infor
mation on activities participated
in while in high school, and the
activities each student wishes to
continue or begin. Space is also
provided for a followup record of
the actual participation during
each year in college.
The forms were developed after
a study of admission blanks and
of similar forms from 50 other uni
versities and colleges, incorpora
ting also suggestions made by the
deans, many faculty members and
student leaders.
University officials contemplate
that the information gathered dur
ing the four years will give a per
sonality picture valuable for guid
ance while the student is in col
lege, and tremendously helpful in
placing him after graduation. '
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