The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 16, 1940, Image 1

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    rfk 1hly Mebraskan
Vol. 39, No. 149
Uni to retire faculty members
Corn Cobs name successors
from pledge class of 60 men
16 new members initiated at annual picnic;
chosen on basis of work done, sales completed
Terminating their two years of membership are selected from the
work, Corn Cob actives last night rankt f approximately 60
i n t ic v,,.. .nA pledges. Selection is based entirely
initiated 16 sophomore and junior the amount Qf work
men who will carry on the organ- piedge has done during his year
ization's work for the coming of pledgeships.
year.
Those men chosen for active
membership in the club are Bran
don Backlund, Harold Bacon, Nor
man Davis, Phil Ford, John Gayer,
Leonard Goldstein, Floyd Hans
mire, John Kuppinger, Alex Mills.
Chris Petersen, James Selzer, Bert
Smith, Donald Steele, Paul Svo
boda, Bob Wekesser, and Frank
White.
Officers to be named from the
ranks of the outgoing members,
have not yet been chosen.
The 16 men chosen for active
Registration
for summer
opens June 11
16 visiting instructors
to teach courses in long
and short sessions
Registration for classes in both
the long and short sessions of
summer school will be held Tues
day, June 11 from 1 to 5 p. m.
and Wednesday, June 12, from
8 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m.
Last day for registration for stu
dents carrying full schedules will
be June 17. according to a bulle
tin issued by the administration,
Sixteen visiting instructors will
teach courses in the long and
Bhort sessions of the summer
term. Both sessions, will open
Tuesday, June 11. The long session
will last until August 9, the short
one until July 19. Only one holi
"day, July 4. will be granted dur
ing the session.
Requirements.
Regulations require that stu
dents may carry a maximum of
nine hours of college work dur
ing the long session, or six hours
during the short session. In excep
tional cases, permission may be
granted to superior students, with
the approval of the university ex
aminer, the student's adviser, and
the director of the summer ses
sion, to register for an additional
hour In either the long or short
session.
An additional fee of $3 will be
charged students registering after
the regular registration days and
a fee of $1 for each additional
ween auer tiiiHHfS nave wgun
Graduute students may register
until June 15 without additional
(See REGISTRATION, page 3.)
Cornhuskcr ready
for distribution
next Wednesday
The 1940 edition of the Corn
hunker, will be off the presses and
ready for distribution next Wed
nesday, Editor Orval Hagcr an
nounced yesterday. Students who
have bought their Cornhuskcrs
must present their receipts in the
basement hall of the Union, where
they will receive their books
Those who have made only the
down payment' of $2.00 must pre
sent that receipt to Irving Sher
man, business manager, and make
the final payment of S2.75 in
order to obtain their annuals.
The theme of the Cornhusker
will not be revealed until Wednes
day. The members of this year'
staff are editor. Orval llager
business manager, living finer
man and managing editors, Mary
Kline and Bob Aden.
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Initiation of new members took
place at the annual Corn Cob pic
nic held at Irvingdale park. Mem
bers of this years active chapter
were in charge of the preparations
and ceremonies.
Area officers
view ROTC
units today
Annual brigade review
starts at 3; Pillsbury
receives Pershing medal
At the annual brigade review of
the Nebraska ROTC today at
m. officers from the seventh
corps area will inspect the infan
try, field artillery, motorized, ar
tillery, and engineers units.
The infantry will mass on the
upper mall at 3, and will move to
the lower athletic field where tne
unit will pass in review at approxi
mately 3:20. At the parade, Chan
cellor Boucher will present the
Pershing medal to Cadet Colonel
Charles Pillsbury. This medal is
awarded to the top-ranking senior
cadet in the seventh corps area.
Briggs conducts.
Immediately following the pa
rade, the examining officers will
inspect the entire local brigade.
Colonel Briggs, chief ROTC officer
of the seventh corps area, will con
duct the administrative inspection
Other inspecting officers will be
Col. H. R. Odell Lt. Col. C. F.
McKlnney, Maj. E. E. Brown, and
Maj. L. E. Gordon. The infantry
will be inspected on Memorial
mall; the Engineers on the south
mall; Field Artillery on the new
athletic field; and the motorized
artillery at Oak Creek park.
Business
index rises
Nebraska activity
holds own during April
"Only temporary" the slump in
Nebraska business during January
and February was adjudged by W.
A. Spurr, university statistician,
in viewing the index for April.
The state's business activity
continued to hold its own Inst
month. There was the usual de
cline in building activity, except
for PWA projects, after seasonal
adjustment, but it was more than
overbalanced by the gains in busi
ness payments and mailing activi
Mes. Greater gains
Greater than seasonal gains
over February now show up in the
(See INDEX, page 2.)
Home cc group
sponsors picnic
The all-ag picnic sponsored by
the Home Economics association
will be the mecca for ag students
Friday evening. The picnic, an an
nual event, is to be held from 5:30
to 7:00 on the picnic grounds at
the west end of the campus.
Students may obtain their
tockcts from members of the asso
elation for twenty-five cents, or
they may buy them at the table in
, ag hall.
Students
Thursday, May 16, 1940
Boucher tells
staff plans for
enforcement
By Hubert Ogden.
Retirement of university staff
members over the age of 65 will
become automatic after Sept. 1,
1946, it is revealed in a recent let
ter from Chancellor C. S. Boucher
to members of the staff.
The present age schedule which
was put into effect last year sets
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CHANCELLOR BOUCHER.
He enforces retirement rule.
the retirement on Sept. 1, 1940 as
71 years, and reduces the age one
year annually until Sept. 1, 1946,
and from that date on it becomes
65.
AAUP discusses plan.
Prof. D. A. Worcester, presi
dent of the local members of the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors, yesterday told the
DAILY that the professors had
made no protest at their recent
meeting regarding the subject of
retirement, contrary to other re
ports regarding this meeting.
Professor Worcester explained
that the meeting was an informal
one of staff members for a discus
sion of the retirement plan and the
financial questions envolvcd.
The letter stated that after Sept
1, 1941 there can be no more re-
elections from year to year as is
the present custom to keep pro
fessors on who are past retirement
age.
No exceptions to plan.
This letter explains that "it is
virtually impossible to administer
satisfactorily a provision for ex
ceptions from a retirement sched
ule."
Accompanying the letter to the
(See FACULTY, page 2.)
Waring plays
Husker song
Students may listen in
Union tomorrow night
Both local and far-away Husk-
ers will be able to hear the pre
miere presentation of the new Ne
braska song on Fred Warlng's
program at 9 p. m. Friday, for
alums In and near New York will
sit in a reserved section in the
studio, and the Union has planned
to have two radios available for
student listeners.
One of these broadcasts will be
in the lounge ani is open to every
one. Upstairs In the ballroom, Just
before the Union dance starts, a
radio will pick up the program.
The brondcast in the ballroom is
open only to those persons attend
ing the dance.
The song to be presented was
written by Waring at the request
of DAILY editor, Richard de
Brown. Waring consented to com
pose the tune after dcBrown had
sent him petitions containing 1.J00
student signatures.
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Council names Union
oard; neglects vote
on coalition measure
Political leaders await outcome
of committee action on factions
By Don Bower. the coalition might be voted unon,
Tha student Pmmr.li mAPHn? in members walked out to go their
special session yesterday to elect
Student Union board members for
for two new political factions,
elected the board, but dismissed
the latter object without a vote.
Meanwhile, campus political
leaders are nervously awaiting the
outcome of the Council's action
on two newly proposed factions,
the Barb-Liberal coalition and the
Bizad Independent Union. Hope
that the tension might be broken
last night was futile, for by the
time the coalition movement was
brought to the attention of the
members, many had left and there
was no longer a quorum.
Mason attempts rally.
Ignoring the cries of John Ma
son to return to meeting so that
Rules change
as 14 limited
sections close
New method eliminates
improper assignments
to full classes
To forestall changes in registra
tion, certain changes in the early
registration rules have been made,
Prof. A. R. Congdon, chairman of
the assignment commit! :2, an
nounced yesterday. Beginning this
morning, every student who regis
ters for a "limited section" will be
required to take his registration
to the assignment committee in
the Y. M. C. A. offices in the Tem
ple, after obtaining the signatures
of both his adviser and the dean
of his college.
The only registration to be left
in the offices of the deans are
those which have no subjects with
a limited section. Classes having
limited sections are designated in
the class schedules.
For student' interests.
Professor Congdon explained
that his registration change is
made in order that each student
will know exactly what change
The following limited sec
tions are now closed:
Bus. Org. 141111.
Bus. Org. 16111.
Bus. Org. 1711.
Chemistry 19111.
Chemistry 31 A.
Chemistry 220 B, C.
Economics 11 IX, X.
English 21 V.
Math. 10311.
Psych. 901, C.
Physics 411, B.
Physics 11111, C.
Sociology 53 I.
Sociology 541.
Military Science 3, K.
Military Science 145, B, II.
Letters indicate laboratories,
and Roman numerals indicate
classes and quiz sections.
has been necessitated in his sched
ule on account of closed sections.
In previous years, the changes
were made by the assignment com
mittee without the knowledge of
the students and caused dissatis
faction and made schedule read
justments necessary in September.
According to the new plan the
student and a representative of
the assignment committee will
agree on any change before regis
tration is completed.
Pay fees by Sept. 4.
Students who have not com
pleted their registration by noon
on Saturday must pay a S3 late
registration fee, and those who
do not pay their fees by Sept. 4
will also be required to pay a $3
fee. Statements of fees will be
mailed to students before Aug. 12,
and if students have not received
their statements before Aug. 17,
they should notify the finance sec
retary. Fees may be mailed or
pnld In person to the finance sec
i retary.
respective ways. A representative
college then rose and an-
nounced that bizad college, the
second largest college," should be
more competently represented. He
then stated that it was the wish
of bizad students to form a politi
cal faction, a statement which
caused a disturbed mumble to pass
among the few remaining mem
bers. Marian Kidd, president of the
Student Council, relieved the ex
citement and announced that the
bizad college request . and the
Barb-LiDeral coalition motion
would be referred to the judiciary
and election committees.
Committees meet today.
Late last night, Miss Kidd an
nounced that the committees
would meet today and "the Coun
cil will accept their verdict." Thus
the excitement will be over, and
the fate of the newly-propoiied
parties decided.
In the Student Union Board
election, three holdover members
and four new members were se
lected to serve next year. AH sen
ior members elected were hold
overs, and one junior member,
Evelyn Leavitt, was a holdover.
The two senior members elected
are George Gostas, unaffiliated;
and Helen Claybaugh, unaffiliated
ag student. .
Junior members are Evelyn
Leavitt, Pi Beta Phi; Morton Mar
golin, Sigma Alpha Mu; and
Leonard Goldstein, Zeta Beta Tau.
Sophomore members include
Louise Woerner, unaffiliated; and
Shirley Khyme, unaffiliated.
Constitution sets qualifications.
Qualifications for the Board as
stated in the Student Union's con
stitution are that seven members
shall be elected by the Student
Council, of which two shall be
seniors, three juniors, and two
(See COUNCIL, page 4.)
German film
shows today
'Emil und die Detektive'
plays ot 4 130,7:30, 9
Acclaimed one of the best films
ever produced with a cast of chil
dren, "Emil und die Detektive,"
last picture of the year to be pre
sented by the department of Ger
manic languages will be shown In
the Union ballroom this after
noon and tonight at 4:30, 7:30 and
9 o'clock.
Universally understandable.
The picture, called universally
understandable because of its fine
acting, involves the story of a
German schoolboy whose wallet is
stolen during a trip from his coun
try home to Berlin. Emil with the
help of "die Detektive," a group
of neighborhood kids, captures
the bandit and gets his wallet
back.
The film Is bxsed on a story by
Erich Kaestner. Admission is by
season ticket or 25 cents for a
single admission.
Hadscll wins
second Delta
Sigma Pi key
Neal B. Hadsell was recentlj
awarded a scholarship key by
Delta Sigma PI, business adminis
tration honorary, at the recom
mendation of the business admin
istration honorary. Winners of the
scholarship key must bo students
In the college of business adminis
tration and must exccll in scholar
ship during their four-year
courses.
The key was previously awarded
to Kenneth J. Worland, and a
duplicate key was presented to
Hadsell when lt was d.scovcicd
that both his and Worland'a aver
ages were practically the snme.
Both winners are members of
Delta Sigma Pi.