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No. 3. Vol. 46
June 27, 1941
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University geologists search
for fossils in Nebraska fields
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Lux says big increase
in foodstuffs production
A. 20 per cent increase in food
production in this country is nec
essary to meet the national de
fense and British aid program, ac
cording to Elton Lux, state exten
sion agent of agricultural conser
vation at the universiy, who spoke
on "Food for Defense" before the
closing program of state confer
ence for vocational agriculture in
structors at the Union Saturday.
In some parts of Nebraska
where crops have been poor for
several years a 50 per cent in
crease in production is called for,
he stated. Better feeding will
bring the necessary increase in
milk cows while reasonable expan
sion in chick production will take
care of poultry and eggs, he ex
plained. Farm people can feel that they
have bettor organization now to
cushion the economic shocks of a
Tho badlands of northwestern Nebraska, where most of the fossil sites are located are
picturesque, but university exeavatiou parties find tlitn hot under the summer .sun.
When they work on ihe giant camel quarry, the men use pirk and shovels to break up
th-e ground. The team pulls a scrapey to remove the overburden of clay and sand. However,
much of the work is delicate and dental tweezers and knives are often employed.
Journal
In 1891 Dr. K II. Barbour,
director of the state museum,
lead the first field party of the
museum out into the western
part of the state where in sub
aeuuent years some of the
greatest fossil quarries in the
.world have been discovered.
This year seven field parties
will mark the 50th year of such
expeditions in leaving to spend
the summer uncovering valuable
fossils for shipment back to the
university museum's now world
famous collection housed in Mor
rill hall. Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz,
assistant director of the museum,
in in charge of field explorations
now, but although Dr. Barbour
no longer accompanies the parties,
he follows their work with active
interest from the Lincoln campus.
First Trips.
Most of the members of the
field parties are geology students,
many of whom become interested
in the work from finding fossils
around their home localities, since
Nebraska is one of the chief
centers for fossil collecting in the
world. This year many of these
students are making their first
trips since the national defense
program has taken many veterans
of former years for military serv
ice. Heading a party which will
work around Hay Springs, Gor
don, and Mullen will be E. L.
Blue of Lincoln. In his group
Will be Gilbert Rogers, Donald
Morris, Floyd Morris, Coleman
Furr, John Burt, and William
Green, all of Lincoln. Among the
fossils to be excavated in this area
will be those of the mammoth
and giant beaver.
Loren Toohcy of Alliance heads
a party to operate around Hem
ingford arid Alliance where camel
and rhinoceros beds are found.
Robert Hackman of Omaha and
Wei don Frankforter of Tobias will
assist him.
Working in the region of Mars
land will be Guy Johnson of Hem
ingford whose party includes Ted
Libershall of Tlattsmouth and
James Griffith of Omaha. The
oreodonts, doer, carnivors, and
peccaries are represented among
fossils of this area.
Giant Camels.
The Broadwater-Oshkosh re
gion will attract a group super
vised by Lloyd Tanner of Mascot
and working in co-operation with
the Works Project Administra-
r Iky.
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BrinS a date
and swim in
the uni pool!
Mixed swims for men and
women are in order at the Uni
versity pool Monday and Wednes-
day irom 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. ac
cording to an announcement to
day. Students may bring their
own suits and only need a health
permit from the student health
service for admission.
The staff at the coliseum an
nounces that in addition to the
free hours for women each week
day from 4:30 to 5:15 and for men
from 5:15 to 6:00 there are free
hours scheduled on Saturday aft
ernoons. Women's hours are from
1:30 to 3:00; men's hours from
3:30 to 5:00.
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post-war period than they had in
1918, Lux stated. Information is
more available, and there are more
farm agencies ready to lead thj
way when adjustments must be
made, he said.
The speaker suggested to Ne
bra ska farmers that with the pres
ent good market, they may feel
justified in borrowing money for
a reasonable expansion of stock
provided they have the necessary
feed, labor and equipment. Due to
surpluses of wheat, cotton and to
bacco, he does not believe that
prices will be as gaad for those
commodities.
"This is a war of production,
and if wc can speed up our na
tional output and show a united
front in preparedness, we may he
sure that we won t have to fight
as hard if physical combat be
comes necessary," declared Lux.
He described four "Food for De
fense" bulletins just printed by th'?
university agricultural extension
service on pork, pasture, poultry
and eggs, and milk which are
available to farmers of the state.
Following the talk by Lux, a
demonstration of "Concrete on the.
Farm" was given by P. M. Wood
worth, agricultural engineer for
the Cement Products bureau, Chi
cago, and L. E. Donegan, field en
gineer for the Portland Cement
association at Lincoln. Concrete
test beams in a previous demon
stration at the college of agricul
ture on Monday were broken to
determine their strength.
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University
pays Barbour
service tribute
tion. Students will include Alvin
Lugn of Lincoln, Phillip Eisen
statt of Omaha, and Curtis Bratt
of Lincoln. The famed giant
earned quarries are in this locality.
William R. Horney of Lincoln
will be the supervisor of another
WPA excavating project at
Creighton. This spot is particularly
interesting since a fossil rhinoceros
recently was found in the town
streets while a new system was
being installed, insuring a ready
audience on hand to view the sum
mer's operations.
At Bndgeport and Crawford a
party headed by Lyle Harvey of
Gothenburg will work to unearth
such specimens as the saber
toothed tiger, three-toed horse,
and oredonts. In the group will be
Richard Cast of Lincoln, Walter
R. Seelig of Brooklyn, N. Y., Ralph
Velich of Omaha, and John Davis
of Omaha.
Crossing th state line into
Wyoming will be Robert Wolfe of
Red Cloud and Frank Dudek of
Clarkson to delve into caves and
ice age deposits of that neighbor
ing country.
Live in Tents.
The field parties usually live in
tents one for cooking, the rest
for sleeping with two persons to a
tent. Sometimes a small scouting
party of two or three persons is
sent out to locate new fossil beds
to which the large base camp can
be moved. In the famous badlands
of northwest Nebraska where
(See FOSSILS, page 3.)
All-slate music course begins final
scries of concerts this weekend
The All-State High School Mu
sic Course embarks this weekend
into its final series of concerts
with the chorus, directed by Mr.
A. E. Westbrook, leading the sc
ries Friday night at 7 p. m. in the
Union Ballroom.
The orchestra, under the baton
of Emmanuel Wishnow, will play
Sunday, at 3 p. m. in the Union
Ballroom, and the band will per
form Tuesday night at 7 p. m
under the direction of Ward
Moore.
The concluding concert of the
band, orchestra, and chorus of the
80 enrolled high school music stu
dents will be presented. Wednesday
night at 7 p. m.
The Union announced a pre
Fourth of July Swim at Capitol
Beach's salt water pool Tuesday,
July 1. The Union will provide
free bus transportation to the
Beach and back to the Union.
Busses will leave the Union at
2:30 p. m. and return from the
Beach at 5:15 p. m. Any inter
ested students must register at the
Union Checkstand by Monday
night. Identification cards will be
requested for admission on the
bus. Admission to the pool is
twenty-eight cents.
Visualization
of classrooms
slwivn at clinic
Equipment to visualize class
room instruction for students thru
movies, slides, photographs and
models was demonstrated at a urn
versity administrative clinic at the
Union Tuesday afternoon.
Earl Wiltse, superintendent of
schools at York, presided at the
discussion. O. H. Bimson, assist
ant superintendent of Lincoln
schools, demonstrated the teaching
of music to large groups by lan
tern slides. Paul Miller, principal
of the junior high school at South
Sioux City, and Edgar Roberts, bi
ology instructor at Norfolk senior
high, demonstrated use of film
strips and plaster models in teach
ing science.
Show Films.
Earl Whipple, supervisor of ele
mentary grades at Fremont
showed a silent film used in fifth
and sixth grade geography classes
while Miss Florence Jenkins, in
structor in social science at Smith
Center, Kas., showed a ssund film
on transportation for American
history classes.
A number of booths were set
up at the Union to demonstrate
the making of such visual aids as
film strips, lantern slides, plaster
models, charts, and graphs. Five
commercial companies also had
exhibits.
Chancellor Boucher will
preside al Informal
dinner in Student Union
University faculty and adminis-
trtive staff members will honor
Dr. Erwin H. Barbour, director of
the university state museum, at an
informal dinner this evening, ob
serving Dr. Barbour's 50 years of
service with the university.
Arthur Morrill of Stromsburg,
son of the late Charles Morrill,
whose patronage of Nebraska sci-
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entific research is memorialized in
Morrill hall, will discuss the early
work of the museum and Dr. Bar
bour on the brief program fol
lowing the dinner.
Frank Walter Johnson, geolo
gist with the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey and a gradu
ate of the university in 1934, will
speak for alumni of the geology
department and former students
of Dr. Barbour.
Dr. C. B. Schultz, assistant di
rector of the museum, will show
colored movies of museum field
work, and Chancellor C. S. Bouch
er will preside at the dinner which
will be held in the Student Union
beginning at 6:30. The affair is
being arranged by Dr. Schultz,
Dean C. H. Oldfather and Dr. R.
A, Miller,
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