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LLNCOLN. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939
uskers cop A.A.U. junior title
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Regents appoint new
Stoke comes
back to head
grad school
Dr. B. L. Hooper takes
place of Grubb, former
pharmacy college dean
Reduction of expenditures for
maintenance and reorganization
of departments formed the basis
of the two-year budget for the
university which the Board of
Regents approved in its meeting
on the campus Monday. A number
of changes in personnel including
two deans and two department
heads were announced.
The budgotary announcement by
the board stated:
The budget passed by the
board of regents for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 1939. and
ending June 30, 1940, was $118.
170.00 less than expenditures for
the University of Nebraska for the
past fiscal year. J
The legislature reduced the
appropriation of tax monies for
the university $232,340.00 for the
biennium. It was, therefore, neces
sary to reduce expenditures for
the first year by one-half of the
total reduction.
Try to maintain standards.
The regents decided it was the
first importance to maintain
educational standards as high as
possible, and the budget was
framed to protect the instructional
program. Savings were made by
reorganization of departments and
apportionment of less money for
departmental maintenance.
The three main sources of the
bi-enniel budget approved are (1)
taxation monies, $1,739,600.00
(52); (2j cash funds $1,040,000
30';; (3) Fedeial funds. $554,
542.17 (estimated 18;, ). .total. .
$3,334,342.17.
Resignation of Dr. F. V. Upson,
because of ill health, as dean of
the Graduate College and as chair
man of the department of
chemistry and chemical engineer-'
ng. was accepted.
Stoke back as dean.
Dr. Harold v . Moke was :
appointed professor of political
science and dean of the Graduate j
College. Dr. Stoke, who was a ;
member of the department of
political science for several years,
resigned last January to accept an
attractive position in the Insti
tute of Local and State govern
ment of the University of Pennsyl
vania. The year before, he had
been granted leave of absence to
(see REGENTS on page 3)
Grade school
buying wits in
Youngsters find work
of sampling attactive
Grade school students are hav
ing their buying wits sharpened as
the result of a new course estab
lished by Miss Clara O. Wilson,
director of the children's summer
school being sponsored by the
university department of elemen
tary education.
Sixth, seventh and eighth
graders find the work as attrac
tive as it is novel especially when
the research involves candy and
Ice cream. Sessions of the school
are held in the Bancroft building
each morning, except Saturday
and Sunday from 9 to 11:30.
Positive angle approach.
"We are teaching the youngs
ters to approach the problem from
the positive angle," Miss Wilson
explained. "There is no attempt to
make the child suspicious of what
he buys, but he is beinr; taught to
buy and choose wisely so that he
gots the most for his money,"
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Lincoln Journal.
DR. HAROLD STOKE.
...back again, this time to held
graduate college.
NU lends aid
in long range
training study
University cooperates
with 33 institutions
in five year survey
The commission on teacher edu
cation, organized in 1938 by the
American Council on Education,
has invited the University of Ne
braska to co-operate with 33 other
colleges and school systems in a
five year study of the training of
teachers in the United States. Ohio
State university and the Universi
ties of Texas and North Carolina
are the three other state institu
tions participating. The program
will deal with both the teaching
of teachers and their continuing
education while in service.
"The University of Nebraska
will be concerned particularly in
training teachers for small
schools," Dean Henzlik said. "We
shall be interested in developing
a program which will emphasize
the elements of general academic
education as well as the profes
sional aspects. In Nebraska and
the middlewest the need is for
teachers with broad educational
training who possess a degree of
specialization in fields rather than
in subjects."
kids sharpen
market studv
As a part of the program the
students examine various types of
merchandise to discover which
products offer the most for the
money. The class is already
8 greed upon the best bargains in
ice cream and candy.
One boy. after fondling a candy
bar containing a prize, reported to
the cla3, "It's all right to buy uia
that have prizes in them, if you
know that you will get less candy
for your money."
Miss Wilson conducts research.
Material for the course is based
on research conducted by Miss
(see GRADE KIDS on page 3)
Registry hits 2,228
eclipsing '38 by eight
Summer school registration at
the University of Nebraska now
stands at 2.22S, which is eight
ahead of the 1938 figure. A
further increase is expected, be
cause of the usual number of late
registrations. Last summer stu
dents registered as late as July 12,
deans, accept budget
Bill Williams
wins $500
Miller avard
Erie Constable earns
$250 Miller & Paine
business research prize
William B. Williams of Lincoln
has been awarded the $500 John E.
MiMer graduate fellowship in busi
ness administration at the Univer
sity of Nebraska next year, and
Erie M. Constable of Wymore has
been chosen as the recipient of the
$250 Miller & Paine scholarship in
business research.
The fellowship, which was
established by the Cooper Founda
tion last year, is in memory of the
late Mr. J. E. Miller, well known
Lincoln businessman. The scholar
ship has been awarded annually
since 1922.
Central high graduate.
Wiliams, who is the son of Mrs.
W. W. Williams of Lincoln, is a
gmduate of Central high school,
Omaha. He received his bache
lor's degree from the university
this June. He has chosen to study
for his master's degree in the
Wharton School of Finance of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Williams was active in student
affairs. He waa president of the
student religious welfare council,
was a member of Pershing Rifles
and Phalanx, honorary business so
ciety, and served on the Awgwan
and Coinhusker staffs, student
publications.
Robert Martz of Lincoln held
the fellowship this year at Co
lumbia university.
Constable, who Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. O. Constable of Wy
more, will work for his master's
degree at the University where he
will explore some problem of Ne
(see MILLER PRIZE on page 3)
Professor Weiland
develops 30 minute
oil .measuring test
Neither poor lubrication nor
lack of oil, but acid vapor that
eats into metal parts is the more
likely cause of engine breakdowns
and wear on bearings, says Prof.
Walter F. Weiland of the depart
ment of mechanical engineering,
who has developed a new 30 min
ute test tube method of measuring
the stability of crankcase oils.
After three years of research,
in which he analyzed more than
60 brands of oil in more than 1,000
tests, Weiland has found the cor
rosive acid vapors that result from
heating oil in the presence of aif
under pressure a situation analo
gous to the running auto or trac
tor motor.
His research indicates that:
The average motor oil should be
changed each 1.000 miles. Using
lower grade oil properly refined
and changing it oftener may be
prefrable to buying high grade
oil and driving it for long periods.
Price is no measure of the quality
of an oil.
The darker oil becomes, the less
value it has as a lubricant.
Modern high compression
engines are more seveie on lubri
cants than older, less powerful
motors.
Sellers at Wisconsin
Dr. James L. Sellers of the de
partment of history is at Madison,
Wis., this summer, teaching at his
alma mater, the University of
Wisconsin.
Classes Saturday
All regular summer session
classes will meet Saturday
accordiing to word received
from the. office of summer
school director, Prof. R. D.
Moritz.
Six clinics remain in
summer session series
The series of nine adminis
trative clinics being held this
year in the Student Union as
a new feature of the summer
session have been well received
by superintendents and other
administrative officials who are
taking advanced work at the
university.
Remaining sessions are sched
uled for July 6, (today) 11, 17,
19, 25 and 27. Time is from
1:30 to 3:15 on the afternoons
of these days.
Darlington
addresses
national meet
NU man discusses
home study plan at
California convention
SAN FRANCISCO. July 5.
Meredith W. Darlington, director
of elementary course construction
in the University of Nebraska
Teachers college addressed mem
bers of the National Education
Association assembled at the
group's 77th annual convention
here Tuesday on "A Special Edu
cational Service for Home Bound
Physically Handicapped Element
ary Youth."
Stating that educational leaders
seem to have overlooked one group
of American children, the physi
cally handicapped, "who because
they are unable to make an educa
tional plea for themselves and
cannot conform to the predeter
mined pattern of the public
school," Mr. Darlington outlined
steps in promoting the welfare of
this group.
Three parts of plan.
"If the society is to help the
I crippled child to help himself, it
) must provide:
1. More special classes and
schools in localities where such
classes are feasible;
2. More visiting teachers where
the services are desirable:
3. The development of an edu
cational technique that will pro
vide a continuous program of edu
cation suited to their needs and
abilities of crippled children, liv
ing in small towns, or villages or
in open country, miles from a
(see DARLINGTON on page 2)
Weather predicting made
more accurate in new plan
Lincoln forecasts taken
a i '
now at Muny airport
More accurate weather forecast
ing tiiruout the state and the
nation was made possible July 1
as the result of an order issued by
the United States weather bureau
which requires all local weather
bureaus to transmit meteorological
data under the international
numerical code. Before July 1
weather dispatches were in word
form. The order also requires that
local observations be made at
airports in all cities where the air
port weather station is under the
supervision of the local govern
ment bureau.
In Lincoln this means that the
Bengtson to teach short
courses at Columbia U.
Dr. N. A. Bengtson, chairman of
the department of geography, will
teach advanced and undergrad
uate courses in economic geog
raphy at Columbia University
during the summer session July 6
to August 11, He has been a
member of the Columbia summer
faculty for many years,
Weir to coach
Europi
ean
trip squad '1
Scarlet garners 26 W
points with four firsts
in junior competition
BY JUNE BIERBOWER.
(Daily Nrbrasku 5Mru E.lltor.)
Ed Weir, Nebraska U track
coach, climaxed his first year as
Husker mentor Tuesday as his
squad came thru with the team
championships in the junior AAU
meet, scoring 26 points to 18 for
their nearest competitor, the New
York Athletic Club. Tuesday night
Weir was named by AAU officials
as coach of the ten-man track
team from the United States
which will tour Europe this sum
mer. Nebraska won four firsts as Eu
gene "Red" Littler, frosh from
Mitchell, led Husker scoring as he
won the 200 meters race in :21.5.
and finished second to Mickey
Anderson of U. S. C. who was
competing unattached in a 10.5
race. Herb Grote, an Omaha
frosh, took the Javelin with a toss
of 208-107s inches.
Simmons comes thru.
Bob Simmons, although he was
badly off stride, won the 400
meter hurdles in :53.9, and Harwin
Dawson surprised in the broad
jump to win with a mark of 23.9.
Ed Wibbels, far off form because
of an injured knee, collected third
in the discus and Harold Hunt,
North Platte frosh tied for sec
and, ihird and fourth in the pole
vault as he cleared thirteen feet.
Four records went by the books
Monday. In the 110 meters the
old mark of :14.6 fell twice, first
as Joe Batiste, Tucson Arizona
high school boy got :14.4 in a
preliminary heat. Marsh Farmer,
one-armed lad from Texas Tech,
however, won the finals in :14.2,
which not only set a new junior
record, but which tied the senior
AAU mark. Les Steers, competing
for the Olympic Club high jumped
6 feet 7 inches to better the
old one of 6 feet inches.
John Munski of Missouri took
an early lead in the 1500 meter
race to easily smash the old rec
ord of 3:57.8, as he stepped the
distance in 3:56.1. Jack Defield, a
lanky Minnesota frosh pole
vaulted 13 feet nine inches, seven
eighths of an inch higher than the
mark set by Baylor Maynard li3t
year.
Olympic Club Wins.
The Olympic Club of iJan Frjn-
! cisco under the direction of Chat-
( Continued on Page 3 )
official recording is now made at
Municipal airport and not on the
university campus.
For 42 years the Instruments
south of the physics building on
the city campus have been provid
ing the official meteorological data
for Lincoln. Now, however, they
will be checked but once each day,
and then for comparative purposes
only. The only new equipment
needed at the airport, according to
professor Blair, is a range gauge
and a maximum and minimum
thermometer.
"One reason for the change is to
have all observations taken under
similar conditions, away from city
influences, and thus more repre
sentative of general conditions in
the area," he stated. "The new code
system will also provide meteor
ologists with much more detailed
information. Actually, we will be
able to discribc the weather in one
hundred different ways."
As an example of the greater
degree of accuracy made possible
by the numbers system, every
observer will be required to state
the etact degree f cloudiness, aa
2 tenths or four tenths cloudy, ect.
(sec WEATHER on page 3X ;j