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200 girls to occupy
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Second step in completion of dream buildings,
begun last November, ahead of working schedule
BY CHRIS PETERSON.
The second stop toward the completion of the University
of Nebraska Dormitory corporation's d renin of a perfect wom
en's dormitory will he completed in August.
In September of this year, the doors of Love hall and
Northeast hall will be thrown open 1o 'J00 women students of
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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 1 16.
University symphony
closes season today
Furr, Porter, Brahinsky, Hartman to feature
Mother's Day program; concert starts at 3
Starring four student soloists,
the university symphony orchestra
closes Its musical season with a
spring concert in the coliseum nt
3 o'clock this afternoon. Conduc-
Lincoln Journal.
LENTZ.
DON
tor Don A. Lentz has chose a
Houghton Furr, pianist; Margaret
Porter, violinist; Henry Brahin
sky, violinist; and Don Hartman,
flutist, for the Mother's day pro
gram. Lentz urged composition.
The distinctly modern "Partita"
for flute and violin solo, which
Miss Porter and Don Hartman
will play, is a direct result of urg
ing by Conductor Lentz upon Paul
Creston, organist of St. Malachy's
church of New York City, and one
of the United States' most promi
nent composers, to write a double
concerto for flute and violin. The
"Partita" was written in 1937, and
has since been performed by sev
eral of the leading symphonies.
See SYMPHONY on page 5.
Miss Newman
to wed in August
Raymond hall director
weds Walter Militzer
Clementine Newman, social dl
rector of Carrie Belle Raymond
hall, and Dr. Walter E. Militzer,
teacher in the department of chem
istry, will be married in August
at the Home or ,
Miss Newman's F Tl
mother in Mad
Ison, Fla.
Miss New
man, who will
continue as di
rector of the
dormitory until
the end of the
school year,
came to Ne
braska from
S tephens col
lege, Columbia,
Mo., where she
had been coun-
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hall, one of the auTcor7m?rnj
school's residence houses. She is
a graduate of Florida State col
lege and received her master's de
gree at Syracuse.
Dr. Militzer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Militzer of Arlington
Heights, HL, received his , Ph. D.
degree from the University of Wis
consin in 1936. He came to Ne
braska the same year and has
been a university faculty member
since that time.
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Music pupils
to present
original work
Theory students write
novel arrangements,
compositions for recital
Twenty original compositions
and arrangements will be pre
sented in the recital given an
nually by the members of theory
classes under Elizabeth Ticrny.
Ruth Dennison, August Molzer
and Frank Cunkle, Wednesday,
May 17, at 4 o'clock in Temple.
Among the more novel presen
tations will be "Humoresque in
Counterpoint," which is based on
a popular air from the motion pic
ture, "Snow White." Another
group of numbers were inspired
by the annual exhibition of the
Nebraska Art association. Ar
rangements of works by Debussy,
Ibert and Scarlatti will also be
heard. v
This yearns winner of the Alpha
Rho Tau awards for the best or
iginal compositions are Frances
Spencer and Marylouise Baker of
Lincoln. The program includes
every type of music from inven
tions and fugues to descriptive
tone studies:
DoaiM Harmon. WwHm Water,
lit 1 Mnjor; John Khildncrk, the nivtni
Hjr. trnmprt ; Dunn Harmon, trumpet ;
lvonnc (laytnrd, Lincoln, trumprt.
June Mfk, Unroln, KoK In O.
Minor; June Mwk, 'cello; Frnnora Spen
cer, IJncoln, 'cello; Ronnie J cm Tramp,
.North finite, 'cello.
Herbert Cecil, Saint Paol, Invention III
See MUSIC CONVO on page 3.
YW honors
mothers today
Muriel White presides
atcvnnual breakfast
Y. W. C. A.'s annual May Morn
ing breakfast was held this mom
ing in the Union ballroom. Spring
was exemplified by bouquets pro
vided the theme for the breakfast,
at which Muriel White presided as
toastmistress.
A traditional affair, and the only
one sponsored by a university or
ganization to which mothers are
especially invited, the breakfast
was planned entirely by the Y. W.
freshman cabinet. All girls who
have taken part in any Y W. ac
tivity during the year were hon
ored. Presenting the program were
members of the freshman cabinet,
in addition to Maxine Lake, vice
president of the Y. W., who played
MacDo well's "To a Wild Rose," as
a marimba solo. Marian Stett
helmer, accompanied by Jane
Goetz, sang "In the Time of
Roses,'' and Evelyn Paeper recited
Amy Lowel's "Lilacs." Delores
Hansen presented a toast, "Bou
quets to Our Mother." and her
mother, Mrs. Bertha Hansen, re
sponded with "Bouquets to Our
Daughters." General chairman of
the breakfast was Betty Fosbury.
Sigma Delta Chi to meet
Members of Sigma Delta Chi,
professional journalism frater
nity, lll meet for a luncheon
meeting Tuesday noon In the
Union.
SUNDAY, MAY I 1, 1939
Newest members
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Lincoln Journal.
Pictured above Is the facade of the almost completed Love
hall. Directly behind it, separated by a landscaped court is North
east hall. Both will be opened for residence in the fall.
Editorial . . .
Help where help is needed
Women students with money attending the university next
fall will be faced with the pleasant problem of selecting one of
several equally nice places in which to live. The lead story on
this page describes at great length the luxuries of the two new
dormitories which will be completed in August. It is common
knowledge that the campus boasts of 15 comfortable and up-to-date
sorority houses, all purported to be in sound financial
positions.
What might have been of more interest to a serious-minded
public than the proposed shampoo rooms of Love and Northeast
halls, however, is a description of the type of rooms in which
some 500 or more women are going to live because even the
comoined facilities of dormitories and sororities are insufficient
to house all the university's 1,350 outstate students. What
might have been more interesting would have been pictures of
small over-crowded rooms with
sary long hours of study. It
hear of old buildings housing
bathtub or two bathrooms. They would not have taken their
eyes from tales of living in dirty rooms with as roommates,
three other girls and innummcrable cockroaches, of old frame
firctraps without a single fire escape, of stinking rooming
houses without parlors to entertain or even meet one's friends.
Such words, altho perhaps shocking, are not exaggera
tions of the truths which many dumbfounded young women
will discover when they compare their bank accounts and the
costs of living four months from now. The value of an ad
vanced education is an intangible measure. To many only
the strength of determination can make its benefits worth the
tremendous personal costs.
There has never been, can-not be now, any question as to
See EDITORIAL on page 2.
Professor's scientific book
collection goes back to 1400
Fitxpotrick puts 88
volumes on display
Of great interest to all who
view it, is the collection of books
now on display in the room east
of Elephant hall in Morrill. The
display has been loaned by a uni
versity professor, rrof. T. J. Fitz
patrick of the botany department.
Eighty-eight books on science, a
cross Bection of a large personal
collection, are on exhibition.
Each book, the owner explained,
has a history or story connected
with it. Every one on exhibition
will interest any spectator. Ex
planatory notes on each book gives
its history.
A volume by riinius rrimus
was published in 1475, only shortly
after the invention of the printing
press. Another 6n the works of
Pliny was printed in Venice 27
years after the invention of the
press. Pliny, commander of the
Roman fleet, who died in the Ve
suvius eruption, wrote much on
natural history.
An j'luminated LaMn manuscript
book, made before the invention
of printing, is entirely hand-printed
in regular order with definite
margins and certain cumber of
of dorm family
AH is
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poor lighting, despite the neees
would have made them sit up to
14 or more women with but one
lines per page. The work was
completed about 1400 or earlier.
A treatise on geography by So
linus contains woodcut maps and
was printed in Switzerland in
1543. Being very popular, it ex
erted great influence in the middle
ages.
Several of the books have be
longed to ex-presidents. Agricola
was presented to its owned by
President Hoover. Some have
been owned by Jefferson. A col
lection of music appreciated by
Jefferson, and once owned by him,
is bound into a volume. Sheets
in it have been mended and re
inforced by the ex-president with
old newspapers. The old papers
are a curiosity in themselves. An
other book by John Warren has
been owned and autographed by
President Fillmore.
A fine specimen of nearly print
ing on handmade paper is ctill
ir.iact thruout, though over four
and a centuries old. The
volume Is illuminated in colors
by hand and contains primitive
thumb Indices and metal clasps.
Eucl'd, 1533.
Euclid's Elements, published in
Switzerland in 1533, is written In
the original Greek. Euclid's Ele
ments was used as a text book for
See BOOKS on page 3.
the university, where lor tne min
imum of $152 a semester, they
may live in luxurious rooms, eat
meals planned by a competent
staff of dieticians, and have their
social program outlined by a
trained director.
Red brick, stone trimmed.
The women's resilience halls are
located just two blocks east of the
campus, on fraternity and sorority
row. The red brick, stone trimmed
buildings, designed in modified
colonial style of architecture, will
be characterized by an atmosphere
of charm and dignity. An inclosed
courtyard between the units and a
garden at the rear of the buildings,
both of which will be artistically
landscaped, will add much to the
general appearance of the entire
unit.
The residence halls are the re
sult of years of planning on the
part of university officials, who
wanted women students to have
the advantages offered in reason
ably priced, attractively furnished,
well governed residences. Carrie
Belle Raymond hall, the residence
planned as the central unit of the
housing system, was opened in the
fall of 1932. Later, the other two
units which will be opened this
September, were planned. The
three units have a total capacity
of 370 women with 166 in Carrie
Belle, 96 in Love hall, and 108 in
Northeast hall.
Total cost is $225,000.
The total cost of the two build
ings including equipment is esti
mated at $225,000. A $101,000
PVVA grant helped meet this cost.
Love hall will be a memorial to
Julia L. Love, wife of Don L. Love,
former Lincoln mayor, who do
nated $55,000 for the construction
of the residence.
The minimum cost for residence
in any of the halls for one school
year is $304. Rent for the two
complete semesters is paid in eight
installments. This bill also includes
board. Girls who live in corner or
single rooms pay higher bills.
Many advance reservations.
The popularity of the entire
dormitory is indicated by the num
ber of advance reservations which
have been made for rooms in
Carrie Belle Raymond in the past.
Already, applications for quarters
in the new additions are being re
ceived by dormitory officials.
The two new units are similar in
floor plan and general character,
but have been planned so that
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Social service
sessions open
More than 100 register
for training institute
More than 100 students and rep
resentatives of social service agen
cies of the city registered Satur
day at the Union for the first so
cial training institute sponsored by
the university graduate school of
social work. Sponsors plan to
make this an annual event on the
campus.
Bertha C Reynolds, visiting lec
turer at Washington university, St.
Louis, who is associate director of
the Smith college school for social
work, addressed the group Satur
day afternoon on the subject, "So
cial Work in Our Present Day So
cial Order." Miss Reynolds is a
pioneer in her field.
Dinner in Union.
A dinner will be held in the
Union at 6:30. Toasts will be
given by Elwood Camp of Lincoln,
president of the student associa
tion this year, and Miss Mary C
Larson cf Sioux City, who is work
ing for her masters degree in so
cial work. Miss Reynolds will
talk on "Social Work in the Social
Order of Tomorrow."
The group will hold a breakfast
Sunday morning at 9;30 in the
Union. An address at 10 o'clock
by Miss Reynolds will conclude the
program.