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Board seeks
replacement
of regents
Educational committee
suggests reforming
secondary education
The first steps toward revolu
tionary changes in Nebraska's ed
ucation system were taken yester
day when the educational survey
committee, newly formed division
of the state planning board, made
public a list of those recommenda
tions which they will submit to the
board.
Paramount recommendations, ar
rived at after a five day meeting
in which reports and statistics
from a nine month survey were
considered, included several sug
gestions which will effect the Uni
versity of Nebraska directly.
These are:
1. Establishment of two state
boards, one to direct secondary
education and the other to su
pervise higher education, replac
ing the board of regents and the
normal school board.
2. Reorganization of secon-
dary school system, Including es
tablishment of 13th and 14th
grades in some schools for spe
cialized training.
3. Modification of the pro
gram of the state department of
education and of the teachers
colleges, the state university and
the municipal university at
Omaha.
The last suggestion effects both
the secondary and higher educa
tional Institutions. The university
would reap benefits from it both
directly and Indirectly.
Other leading changes suggested
were:
1. State and federal support
for additional expense of main
taining four year and six year
schools.
2. Gradual elimination of nor
mal training from high schools.
3. Establishment of a broader
tax base to include other than
property taxation, and a pro
gram of state and federal aid.
The complete program is planned
by the committee will be published
at a later date.
- Cornhusker
sets deadlines
Sherman urges early
sittings for pictures
In order that the 1940 Corn
husker will be published on sched
ule, which is earlier than -planned
in previous years, Irvin Sherman,
business manager, urges all stu
dents whose pictures should appear
in the annual to have them taken
before the deadlines.
. The final date on which sorority
or fraternity pictures can be taken
is November 1. November 15 is
the last day for junior or senior
class picture sittings.
Affiliated section pictures will
cost $1.25 each, class pictures,
$2.50, and both will be taken for
$2.75.
All pictures will be taken at
Townsends studio, 226 So. 11
Street as in years past. Sorority
women this year will pose in
sweaters and a string of pearls,
both of which are furnished at the
studio. Three sizes of crew-neck
sweaters will be on hand at the
studio.
School of music
buys new organ
Students to commence
practice in two weeks
Keenine in step with modern
trends the university school of
muHlc announced the purchase of
a Hammond portable electric or
Kan. Monday. Dr. Arthur E. West
brook, head of the schcol, pointed
out that the growing popularity of
the new organ makes it necessary
for students in music to know
how to play the instrument cor
rectly.
Organ students will begin prac
tice on the organ within the next
two weeks.
Prof. Frank Cunkle of the music
faculty hopes to take the organ
out over the state for a series of
concerts this winter if some plan
of transportation can be worked
out. Later on in the year the or
gan will be used in the presenta
tion of the Messiah and for stu
dent and faculty proeranis at the
Union.
' Prof. Cunkle plans a series of
i noon -day - recitals in the main
lounge of the Union during the
Christmas and Lenten seasons.
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Gray to speak
at second war
forum of year
'Should England Make
Peace' topic of historian
at 4 Thursday in Union
Prof. G. W. Gray, of the his
tory department, will speak on
the topic, "Should England Make
Peace?" at the second in the series
of European war forums, spon
sored by the college of arts and
sciences and the Student Union.
The forum will be held tomor
row at 4 p. m. in parlors X, Y, Z
of the Union.' Topic for this
week's forum was selected to
maintain the series' policy of
keeping up-to-the-minute on the
European situation.
Following Professor Gray's ad
dress, a round table discussion
will be held. Students may sug
gest topics for future forums by
dropping their suggestions in the
box in the Union lobby. The for
ums will be held each Thursday
at 4 p. m. as long as the war lasts
if student interest warrants their
continuation.
Gopher rally
slated Friday
5,000 Husker fans
expected to attend
More than 5,000 Cornhuskers
are expected to turn out for the
rally before the Minnesota game
to be staged by the rally commit
tee Friday evening.
Once again the old bell from
the tower of University hall will
lead the parade of students which
will form at the Union at 7 p. m
The university band, Corn Cobs,
and Tassels will take part.
Enthusiasm for the battle of the
vear will be encouraged Dy
rally dance featuring Dave Haun
and his orchestra, beginning at
9:12 p. m. in the Union ballroom
under the sponsorship of the Stu
dent Union.
Feature of the pep meeting will
be a gigantic fireworks display,
the largest of its kind ever staged
at a Nebraska rally. The com
mittee in charge, commenting
upon the success of last week'd
rally, explained that the ropes at
the station were required by po
lice and railroad officials before
they would allow the sendoff to be
staged there.
Kirby Page to speak
at two convos Thurs.
Kirby Page, noted author and
Social Evangelist, will speak in
Lincoln Thursday, when he will
address a convocation at Wes
leyan university at 10 a. m. and
appear in Westminster church at
7:30 p. m. of the same day.
Deans enter 'Pansy Bowl1
grid fracas as
There are two reasons why no
sane person should miss the great
est grid tilt in the history of the
famous "Pansy Bowl" Friday the
13th: First, the battle of might and
brawn will be refereed by Dean
T. J. Thompson and Dean of Wom
en Helen Hosp, and second because
there is no admission charge.
Once assured that Impartial de
cisions would give them even a
ghost of a chance to win and that
Dean Thompson would not check
their eligibility lists, the yearbook
ies submitted the following accept
ance to the challenge hurled at
them by DAILY men yesterday:
"Us of the Cornhusker, do
therby say thet us will meet yer
team on tha place of battal ef
us can get enuff frishmen to
sign up as werkert far tha Corn
husker. As yit, our team ain't
compleat becus there aint enuff
on the still of the yearbook. Ef
life are a bunch of cherrys we
, mutt be tha pits becuss things
sta'i oofl'i gsiraeiral pmlbloc
0tciaf Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, October 4, 1939
Van Sant asks 'no
football on east lawn'
Student Union director Ken
neth Van Sant yesterday issued
a plea to men students NOT to
use the lawn on the east side of
the building as a football field.
"The sodding and taking care
of that lawn is costly, and al
though our Intention is not to
deny the use of any part of
Union property to students, we
do think the best use of that
lawn we could make is to keep
it beautiful," Van Sant de
clared. "The university provides an
athletic field for erstwhile grid
ders, besides varsity and in
tramural competition," h3
added.
Our Town1
starts off
drama season
Players will present
Pulitzer prize play;
drive ends Friday
With one day yet to go in
the ticket drive, Tassels reported
a total sale of 844 late Tuesday
afternoon.
University Players will open
their 25th season of dramatic pro
ductions Qfit. 17-20, with presenta
tion of Thornton Wilder's "Our
Town," Pulitzer prize winner of
the 1938-39 season.
Staged without scenery or props
"Our Town" depends entirely upon
dialogue and vividness of story for
its effectiveness. Leads will be
taken by Verne Geissinger of Lin
coin, who will be remembered for
his part as Grandpa in "You Can't
(See PLAYERS page 4)
C.Es, join M.Es,
E. E.'s in tour
Annual inspection trip
to Omaha shops today.
The chemical engineers will join
for the first time with the electri
cal and mechanical engineers in
their annual fall inspection trip to
Omaha this morning.
The program consists of a lun
cheon at noon and inspection of
both the Union Pacific shops and
laboratories, and the gas and
water departments of the Metro
politan Utilities District.
The luncheon will include a talk
by Dr. William M. Ban head of
the Union Pacific laboratories in
Omaha on "Research and the Rail
roads."
All electrical, mechanical and
chemical engineering classes will
be dismissed after 9:00 a. m. The
different groups will meet at 14th
and Farnam in Cmaha at noon.
'mediators1
aren'h looking so good fer us.
But us say "Niver say dy."
Oiv Shoiman and Oival Hoiger,
Present Lineup.
Deans Thompson and Hosp were
contacted just before the accept
ance was received and gave their
hearty approval to the plan of hav
lng them as "refs." Both are quite
cheery about the whole thing,
Thompson just made out his '40
will the other day and is anxious
to test its feasibility, while Mis9
Hosp intends to "really take the
insurance companies.
Both teams were worn to a wisp
yesterday arguing over the prob
lem of admission. The yearbook
kids wanted to charge one pin for
admittance. However, they were
finally convinced that they would
be stuck plenty after the game was
over anyhow.
The place of battle has not yet
been announced. However, at
tempts will bo made to have it
held in the stadium, if authorities
think it will bold, the crowd.
Students
OVER THERE
Chamberlain
will reject
peace plans
Premier tells house
Soviet-German pact
won't stop England
By Woerner and Steele.
England and France will reject
any peace proposals that Germany
or Russia may put forward, Prime
Minister Chamberlain said in
peech to the house of commons
this afternoon.
Recognizing the existence of the
German-Russian alliance, and an
ticipating a new proposal from
Hitler tomorrow, Chamberlain said
that the new Soviet-German de
claration could not "swerve" the
allies from "effective prosecution
ofthe war." Any proposal that
the Berlin-Moscow axis may offer
will be tested and examined,
Chamberlain said, but, he added,
"no more assurances from the
present German government can
be accepted by us."
Addresses Hitler.
Chamberlain, in other words
categorically refuses to even deal
(See OVER THERE page 2)
)zech plans,
grad study
Brozek may enroll
in psychology dept.
Nebraska's psychology depart
ment will number among its stu
dents Dr. Joseph Brozek of
Prague, if he is able to get out
of Czechoslovakia and reach the
United States.
Dr. J. P. Guilford recently re
ceived a communication from Dr
Brozek indicating his desire to
register for post-doctoral work in
the department if circumstances
permit.
Appointments.
Psychology majors who have re
ceived appointments to the facul
ties of other schools this fall in
elude:
Dr. George R. Thornton, instruc
tor in psychology last year and
holder of two Nebraska degrees
appointed assistant professor on
the Purdue university faculty.
Edwin Ewart of Lincoln, ap
pointed assistant instructor of psy
chology at Purdue.
Patricia Cain of Lincoln, assist
ant psychology instructor at Bryn
Ma-.vr college.
Milton Cotzin, Worchester
Mass., appointed assistant in psy
chology at Cornell university.
Students report
for night classes
55 course schedule
bridges 19 subjects
Night school officially began
last night with students reporting
to their first classes in former
museum following registration
Those students who have not en
rolled and wish to do so wlil have
until Oct. 14 to complete their
registration and to pay their fees,
Fifty-five night classes are be
lng offered this year including
courses in astronomy, business or
ganizatlon, commercial arts, eco
nomics, education, engineering
engllsh, fine arts, geography, geol
ogy, German, history, journalism
mathematics, music, physiology,
romance languages, sociology, and
speech.
The weather
So you think it was hot yes
terday! The weatherman says
'fair and cooler" for today,
which means if you know Ne
braska weather to be pre
pared for anything. It will
probably not ba necessary to
get out your overshoes to wade
thru snowdrifts nor will you
be likely to need ear muffs.
Officials form
plan to check
abuse of plant
Persons using building,
may be asked for guest
or identification cards
In a definite attempt to keen
within the constitution written to
govern Student Union activities,
Building Director Kenneth Van
Sant announced yesterday that the
problem of checking elegibility of
persons using the structure has
been partially solved.
At the last meeting of the Union
board of managers, a plan provid
ing for a check on identification of
membership cards of persons us
ing the Union was affirmed and
is now in operation.
Queried on the exact workings
of the system, Van Sant stated
yesterday that "there are so many
persons using the building on so
many special occasions outside of
regular school days that the 11
will and enmities that might be
caused by an absolute restriction
would defeat the entire purpose of
the building and the spirit in
which it is used."
To exempt many.
The method of checking, which
is simply a request of patrons to
produce identification cards if they
are students, or membership cards
if they are alumni or outsiders, has
many exceptions.
"Out of town alumni, who rarely
visit the campus and who want to
inspect the Union and perhaps
make use of its facilities for a
brief time should of course be al
lowed to exercise that right. They
are part of the university family
and by no means should they be
required to adhere to the regular
rules set up for students or town
alumni or town persons."
Persons checking out equipment,
such as ping pong paddles or
(See CARDS page 3)
Tibbett slated
to sing here
Famed baritone heads
Symphony's program
Lawrence Tibbett will head
artists appearing in the 1939-40
concert series sponsored by the
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra as
sociation. It will mark the famous
baritone's sec-
ond appearance
in Lincoln.
Tickets now
on sale at the
school of music
for the com
plete series, are
sold to students
presenting iden
tification cards
at the reduced
price of $3.50.
Separate tick
ets will cost
$2.50 per con
cert and $3.75
for the Tibbett
Lwrnc Tibbti
Lincoln Journal.
p e r f o rmance.
The student season ticket makei
each concert cost only 50 cents.
Other notables featured during
the seven concert season will be
Rise Stevens, messo soprano,
Vronsky and Babin outstanding in
the '37-38 series, Ida Krehm,
famed pianist, and Francescatti,
sensational new violinist
Jeffrey to head
executive council
Lewis, Speidell and
Swan, other officers
Lloyd Jeffrey was elected presi
dent of the Blzad Executive Coun
cil, at its meeting yesterday after
noon. Harold swan became vice
president, Harriet Lewis, secre
tary, and Mary Louise Speidell,
treasurer.
The newly elected president ap
pointed committee chairmen to
supervise the business administra
tion banquet slated for Oct. 31.
The committees and chairmen
are:
General chairman of banquet:
Harold Swan; tickets, Grant
Thomas; publicity, Harriet Lewis;
program and decorations, Katha
rine Shawver. Assisting the com
mittee heads will be Dean Irvin
and Lee Liggett.
Membership of the executive
council consists of two representa
tives from each of the busiioss
administration fraternities ant
two members elected at large from
the college by the six appointed
, members,
