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No. 3. Vol. 47
July 3, 1MI
Marofld IHIamil chosen
journalism director
Hastings
Harold Haiuil, former managing editor o the
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Feature Service in New York City, will become director of the
University School of Journalism and director ol University pub
licity effective Sept. 1, according: to announcement Tuesday by
Chancellor C. S. Houehcr following: action by the board of
regents.
Prof. Gayle C. Walker, because ;
of ill health, has been relieved of
responsibilities as director of the j
school of Journalism, stated the '
chancellor, but he will continue to ;
teach in the school.
Carroll Chouinard, who has been
the university editor and director
of publicity, now will devote full
time to hia duties as university
editor.
Graduate of Hastings.
Hamil received his B. A. degree
cum laude from Hastings college
in 1928 and joined the staff of the
Regents select Goss dean
of university grad college
Dr. Robert M. Goss, professor of plant pathology, will become dean of the .Graduate Col
lege Sept. 1, it was anounced following a meeting of the University board of regents. Profes
sor Goss will succeed Dr. C. S. Hamilton, who agreed to accept the post for only one year
after the resignation of Dr. Harold W. Stoke a year ago. Dr. Hamilton will continue as chair
man of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering.
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GAYLE WALKER.
Hastings Tribune as reported im
mediately after graduation. In
1929 he became city editor and in
1931 was named director of sales
and promotion for the Tribune's
photo-engraving and photograph
service.
He became managing editor of
the paper in 1932 and was closely
identified with Irrigation promo
tion and other enterprises of gen
eral interest in southwest Nebras
ka. In 1940, under hU managing
editorship, the Tribune rated first
in general excellence in the na
tional better newspaper contest of
the National Editorial association
for papers of the "small city daily"
class.
Hamil joined the Associate
Press in August, 1940, where hi3
duties have included editing, man
aging and instituting illustrated
articles, maps, charts and other
similar material distributed by
mail among newspapers as a sup
plement to the wire service. He
is married and has two sons, ages
2 and 4.
Wcstbrook wan Is
more vocalists
for summer cborus
The volunteer summer chorns
under the direction of Dr. A. E.
Westerbrook needs more men to
fill out its tenor, baritone and bass
sections. The class meets for no
credit Tuesday and Thursday at
4:30 p. m. in the Union, room 315.
The groups will present a concert
the last week of the short summer
session, Tuesday, July 15.
Uni students
to present
Penny Wise9
Penny Wise, a modern comedy
in three acts by Jean Ferguson
Black, will be presented by the
university department of speech
Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p. m..
in the Union ballroom. Directed
by Armand Hunter of the univer
sity staff, the play will feature
seasoned University Players in its
cast.
"Penny Wise" is a fast moving
play about the domestic problems
of the young wife of a Sophisti
cated playwright who is continu
ally with too many irons in the
fire. Two cxflames of the play
wright conspire to break up his
current romance and to protect
his home life with his scatter
brained wife.
Pvomulo Soldevilla will play the
role of Jeff, the playwright, and
Dorothy Filley will be cast as Pen
ney, his loving wife. Others in the
cast include Martha Ann Bengt-
son, Bonnie Wennersteen. Mary
Adelaide Hansen, Bob Black and
Max Whittaker. This play will be
followed by another three act play,
Wednesday. July 23. announced as
the famous "Dark Victory" which
won Bette Davis one of her "Os
cars."
There is no charge for admis
sion to the two plays, and this is
the first time that the Student Un
ion and the department of speech
have co-operated in summer school
to present a play series.
Schultz made
new director
of museum
Succeeds Dr. Barbour
who becomes director
emeritus effective July 1
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz has
been appointed director of the uni
versity state museum, effective
July 1, according to announcement
Tuesday by Chancellor C. S. Bou
cher following action by the uni
versity board of regents. He will
succeed Dr. Erwin H. Barbour who
Uni library
acts valuable
French volumes
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SCHULTZ.
Union closes all
day on Fourth
The Student Union will be
closed all day the Fourth of
July and will not reopen food
service until Monday, July 6th.
However, the Union lounges
and doors will be open for peo
ple seeking respite from the
heat Saturday, and Sunday ; of
vacation., 1 i
The university library has just
received a valuable collection of
books to supplement its French
Revolutionary material, according
to Dr. R. A. Miller, director.
The books, which are by and
about J. N. Billaud-Varenne, rad
ical Jacobin leader during the
reign of terror in the French revo
lution of 1793-91, are the gift of
J. C. Nelson, registrar of the sen
ior high school at Salem, Ore.
Beautifully bound, they will make
it nossible to write a life of the
revolutionist whose career, in spite
of its importance, has been sadly
neglected, according to Dr. R. A
Winnacker, university history pro
fessor who has been much inter
ested in the gift.
A disciple of Rousseau and a
violent anti-royalist orator and
writer, Billaud-Varenne was a
member of the real governing
body, the Committee of Public
Safety, during the reign of terror.
He is important for his report at
the convention by which he tried
to force the legislature to follow
the executive and for his part in
the overthrow of Robespierre, the
"first nationalistic dictator." Later
arrested and deported to French
Giana, he visited New York in
1816 but was coldly received. Aft
er refusing a pardon offered by
Napoleon Bonaparte, he finally
died in poverty in Port-au-Prince
Haiti, in 1819.
Oldest of the books in the col
lection is Billaud-Varenne's "Des
potisme des ministres de France,'
Dublished in three volumes in 1789
Also included are his "Memoirs,"
printed In 1821. All of the volumes
are in excellent condition despite
becomes director emeritus and re
search professor emeritus of paleontology.
Dr. Schultz received his B. Sc.
degree from the University of Ne
braska in 1931, his M. Sc. degree
in 1933, and his Ph. D. degree in
1941. He has also done graduate
work at Columbia university.
Beginning as an undergraduate
laboratory assistant in the univer
sity museum in 1927, the new di
rector has been contmuously asso
ciated with the university since
that time. He has been in charge
(See SCHULTZ, page 2.)
Dr. Goss joined the university;
staff in 1920 as aa instructor in
the plant pathology department
and assistant plant pathologist n
the experiment station. In 1929
he became a professor of plant
pathology and in 1940 was named
chairman of the department of
plant pathology in the agricul
tural experimet station.
He received his B. Sc. degree in
1914 and his M. Sc. degree in 1915
from Michigan state college, and
in 1923 he received a Ph. D. degree
from the University of Wisconsin.
He is the author of numerous bul
letins and research papers and is
a member of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science, American Phytopatholog-
lcal society, Sigma Xi, Gamma
Sigma Delta and Phi Sigma.
Van Royen Promoted.
Prof. William Van Royen has
been appointed chairman of the
geography department in place of
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson who has
asked to be relieved of his duties
in view of his position as dean of
the junior division. Professor Van
Royen has been on leave of ab
sence this year and will take up
his new post Sept. 1.
Prof. Henry H. Marvin, chair
man of the physics department,
has Ik sn granted leave of absence
for a year to teach in the Univer
sity of Wisconsin as a visiting pro
fessor. Prof. T. T. Smith has been
appointed acting chairman of the
department during Professor Mar
vin's leave.
In the college of business ad
ministration, Prof. G. D. Spangler
has resigned to accept a business
position, and C. M. Elliott, instruc
tor in economics at Oregon State
college, has been appointed in
structor in economics ana insur
ance in his place. Elliott received
his B. A. degree in 1934, his M. A.
degree in 1935, and his Ph. D. de
gree in 1940 from the University
of Illinois.
Spurr Gets Leave.
Prof. W. A. Spurr, acting chair
man of the department of business
research, was granted a year'j
leave of absence to do work for
the federal government, and in
his place O. F. Litterer was ap
pointed instructor in statistics an 1
business research. Litterer re
ceived his B. A. degree from Cor
nell college in 1929 andn his M. A.
degree in 1932 from the University
of Minnesota. He will receive his
(See REGENTS, page 4.)
ROTC units
are rated
'excellent'
Lack of armory, cited as
a distinct handicap in
leadership and drill '
All three university ROTC units
infantry, engineers and field ar
tillery received the highest rating
of "excellent" in the annual field
inspection, according to word sent
Chancellor C. S. Boucher and Col.
C. A. Thuis from Bri. Gen. F. E,
Uhl, U. S. army, commanding.
The lack of an armory on the
campus was again cited as a "dis
tinct handicap in leadership and
drill" for the infantry unit. The
engineers' units won especially
high praise for "very marked im
provement in appearance and uni
forms of cadets over last year."
The engineering report contin
ued: "Theoretical instruction is on
a very high plane while practical
instruction, considering the diffi
culties under which it may ba
given, is surprising and excellent.
Splendid results are being had in
inculcating hi.:h standards of
speech and manner in military
students, especially those in ad
vanced courses."
Inspecting officers were Col
onels Raymond W. Briggs, field
artillery, and Carroll A. Bigby, in
fantry; Lieut. Cols. Malcolm E.
Craig, infantry, Lewis C. Gordon,
corps of engineers, and 1'eytou
Winlock, field artillery.
Annual steak
frv scheduled
for July 10
Committee sets goal
of 200 ticket for the alt
Nebraska . . .
Business men equally divided
in opinion on fair trades law
. according to survey
Nebraska business men are about equally divided in their opinions
of fair trade laws, recently debated to a compromise in the unicameral,
according to a survey completed by University students in economics
and business law under the direction of Prof. T. T. Bullock. Many say
their enforcement is essential if competition is to be placed on a
rational basis. Others take a position exactly opposite and feel that
fair trade acts tend to weaken, if not destroy, competitive enterprise.
Of S00 men interviewed, 357 were in favor of resale price main
tenance, while 303 were against the practice and 38 were undecided.
Opposite results were recorded on the question of minimum price legis
lation with 300 in favor, 378 opposed, and 38 undecided.
Misunderstanding
Not all of the interviews are included in the final tabulations be
cause of apparent misunderstandings by some men who believed, for
example, that fair trade laws are a part of the New Deal program
rather than being sponsored by "business men and business men's or
ganizations. Tn other instances It was evident that the two parte of
the legislation were not distinguished or that wage policies rather
than price policies were uppermost in the minds of the men being
interviewed.
.(See BUSINESS, Page 2).
men s summer
outing
The All-University Men's Steak
Fry committee is aiming for a to
tal" of 200 tickets to be sold for
the tenth annual event of summer
school. The Steak Fry, scheduled,
for Thursday, July 10th, at Pio
neers Park, will feature a pro
gram of softball, volleyball and
horseshoes and a following pro
gram of entertainment.
Tickets priced at fifty cents arn
in capable hands of Norman
Thorp, chairman, and his commit
tee. On Wednesday and Thursday
preceding the Steak Fry student!
will be able to buy tickets at ta
bles placed in Andrews, social sci
ence and teachers college.
Experienced steak fryers of oth
er years will serve on the frying"
committee under the direction of
Bob Lantz. Those who have al
ready accepted this job ar Allan
Burkhardt, Paul Combs, Steva
Wratkins and William Marsh, ths
new Union director.
Lowell Devoe will be in charge
of the sports program to begin at
four o'clock at the park. Steaks,
rimmings, coffee, buns, fruit and
ice cream will be served on deck
at six o'clock from the huge grill
which has served three steak f rys
before.
their age.