No. 6, Vol. 48
July 25, 1941
State education conference
strikes cooperation keynote
Five day meet
brings leading
educators
Representatives from twenty
Nebraska colleges and universi
ties gathered at the university
Monday through Friday of this
week for a five-day conference on
pre-service and in-service educa
tion of teachers.
The conference was the result
of a meeting of educators called
by Dean F. E. Henzlik of the uni
versity teachers college in Lincoln
last March. Its purpose was to
bring educators from all types of
institutions and all sections of the
state together to work coopera
tively on common problems of
teacher education that are state
wide in scope. Similar conferences
held in other states have proved
valuable in eliminating misunder
standings between schools and
overlapping in the state's program
of teacher education.
The conference was planned by
a committee headed by Dean
Henzlik and included Chancellor
B. F. Schwartz of Nebraska Wes
leyan University; Dean J. A. Jim
erson of Peru State Teachers Col
lege; Dr. Archer L. Buroham, sec
retary of the Nebraska State
Teachers Association; Dean F. E.
Weir of Hastings College; Miss
Viola Weatherf ield, Nemaha
oounty superintendent of schools,
and Dr. Charles F. Dienst of the
state department of instruction.
Meetings, which were held in
the Student Union, opened Mon
day with registration at 9 a. m.
Novotny states . . .
Teachers must be trained
according to social order
Public schools expect colleges to
prepare teachers so that their pu
pils will be good students when
they, in turn, may enter college,
stated E. L. Novotny, superintend
ent of Beatrice schools, at a meet
ing Monday evening in the Student
Union.
Addressing a state conference
on teacher education, Novotny de
clared that teachers must be
trained according to the social or
der in which they are to work. Hu
man relationships are the greatest
current problem, and teachers
must be trained to direct their
children's thinking toward this and
to teach them to deal with it, he
said.
"People in early times solved
the problem of having too little,"
he statea, "hut today we have not
yet solved the problem of having
too much."
Child not c'ay.
Telenors must know how their
students' minds work. Novotny be
lieves, since "a child is not a piece
of clay to bo molded. He is an or
ganism th.it grows and must be
guided and phi rounded with goals
ami purposes ns a thinking indi
vidual." Kdueation should be more func
tional, lie said, with subjects
taught more in terms of use. He
advocated setting up a training
school for teachers which would
put clonic l.lary and liili school
grades together in a situation re
sembling that which prevails in
most state schools.
UN students
to wear new
'Howdy bodges
University of Nebraska stu
dents will enter a "howdy" week
from Sept. 15 to Sept. 20. The
Student Union is sponsoring
" howdy" badges to be given to
every student during registration
days. Students and faculty will be
urged to wear their badges, which
state their names, home towns,
and classes, and to greet their old
friends as well as to meet the new
students.
The "howdy badge" idea was the
inspiration of George Gostas,
former Union Board of Managers
chairman, who believed that stu
dents did not make enough effort
to be friendly the first week of
school to their new and old friends.
6.000 badges are being printed
with names obtained from the of
fice of admissions. The badges
were designed by Dean Bowman,
a fine arts student, are about three
inches in diameter, and red and
cream in color. Mortar Boards
and Innocents are cooperating
with the Student Union to encour
age the wearing of the badges and
to make hospitality a by-word on
the Nebraska campus.
Union closes Friday,
August 1 ; opens in fall
The Student Union will close
late Friday afternoon, Aug. 1,
for the month of August. The
Union will open Wednesday,
Sept. 3. The Corn Crib will
open doors Sept. 5, and the main
dining room and pan-American
room will be open Thursday,
Sept. 14.
"Teachers should take an active
part in community life, doing what
the builders of the community do,
since a teacher belongs among the
leaders," he said. "Colleges could
help teachers here by training
them in experience of community
life both in and out of the schools."
In suggesting that teaching
technique be taught more accord
ing to that practiced in the field,
Novotny stated that he had never
seen an isstructor from an arts col
lege visit a school to discover un
der what conditions some of his
students would go out to teach.
Schullz to show
museum expedition
film Monday
A technicolor film on Nebraska
archaeological expeditions will be
presented in the Union parlors
XYZ at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Charles
li. Schultz, director of the univer
sity museum, will present a talk
along with the film of fossil dig
gings in the fertile Nebraska
plains.
Henry Reider of the museum
staff will present a cone oil on his
famous bona phone after the films
are shown. The Imnaphone was
nude from fossil hones collected
by the staff expeditions. Reider
has made a trip to New York to
present his unusual instrument
over a nationwide broadcast. The
honaphone has a peculiarly mellow
tone unlike a sylophone.
Henzlik states
schools related
to democracy
Dean F. E. Henzlik of teachers
college told teachers that any
teacher training program must be
Dean F. E. Ilenzlik
...states objectives
related to democracy and that
therefore the discussions must pro
ceed in recognition of the problems
of democratic culture. He listed
the purposes of the conference as
to discover (1 what kind of teach
ers and teaching is wanted in. a
democracy, (2) what procedures
and methods will develop those
characteristics wanted in teachers,
(3) what kind of organization and
administration are necessary to
reveal facilities and utilize the re
sources available to accomplish
these ends.
Objectives of the conference, as
stated by Dean Henzlik, are to
make clear problems in teacher
education, set up goals for achieve
ment in the work, itemize facili
ties and resources available within
the various institutions and the
state for the work, and to acquaint
representatives of the various in
stitutions with each other and
each other's work.
Bimson presides.
O. H. Bimson, assistant super
intendent of Lincoln schools, pre
sided at the opening session, and
Dr. W. H. Morton of the univer
sity teachers college led a discus
sion of problems to consider in
teacher education. Work groups
were to be assigned with small
group meetings scheduled for the
afternoon.
E. L. Novotny, superintendent of
Beatrice schools, spoke on "What
Do the Public Schools Expect From
the Colleges in the Preparation of
Teachers?" Monday evening at
7:30. Dr. Charles F. Dienst of the
state department of public instruc
tion presided.
Virginia Ford
captures beauty
queen crown
Walking off with top honors in
the beauty queen contest at the
1941 Food Retailors picnic was
Virginia Ford of Lincoln, fresh
man last year at the university.
Miss Ford was selected from a
group of 22 contestants and was
awarded a cash prize.
Picked by Artist George Petty,
Miss Fend was selected as one
of the six Nebraska beauty queens
last spring and was pictured in
the lstll CornhuskT'r. She was
presented at the annual Student
Union -Cornhuskcr dance.
Other winners in the contest
Wednesday were Betty Jacobs and
Jane Newman. Pictures of the
winners arc on page three.
Summer theatre
group presents
'Dark Victory
"Dark Victory," the play whose
movie version won an academy
award for Bette Davis, was staged
by the summer theater depart
ment of speech Wednesday eve
ning at 7:30. The public was in
vited to attend the production
without charge in the air-conditioned
Student Union ballroom.
Fay J. Stanley of the speech
faculty directed the production
and took the role of Dr. Frederick
Steel, which was played by George
Brent in the motion picture. Vir
ginia Thede of Columbus portrayed
Judith Traherne, the Bette Davis
role. Tallulah Bankhead was the
star of the original Neaw York
production in 1934.
The play was written by George
Brewer and Bertram Bloch, and
the complete cast of Wednesday's
performance, in the order of their
appearance, follows:
Dr. Frederick Steele
Ray J. Stanley, Lincoln
Miss Wainwright.Anna Pederson, Clarkson
Dr. Parsons Jon Pruden, Lincoln
Judith Traherne. .Virginia Thede, Columbus
Alden Blaine. .. .Mildred Manning, Lincoln
Ben Kwing Bob Black, Lincoln
Connie Kwinc Berenice Demuth, David City
Janette Borden Joyce Burke, Lincoln
I-eslie Clarke. . .Romulo Soldevilla, Lincoln
Miss Jenny Ruth Rowaldt, Lincoln
Michael Clarence Flick. Lincoln
Josie Jean Travis, Lincoln
Postman Jack Donley, Lincoln
Paul Bogen Lincoln, was stae man
ager, and Bette Rosenblatt was in charge
ot properties. Music was played between
acts.
Moritz discusses
work of placing
new teachers
Dean R. D. Moritz of the univer
sity summer school outlined the
problem of teacher selection and
placement at the closing summer
administrative clinic Tuesday aft
ernoon in the Student Union.
Dean Moritz is director of the
university department of educa
tional service in teachers college,
thru which placements are made.
Following his talk a general dis
cussion of the problem was held
with all members of the audience
participating.
Survey thowg . . .
Nation's coeds have definite
ideas about their ward robes
That tailored clothes were the
"most likely to succeed in the gla
mour game" was one of the many
results of a survey conducted by
Good Housekeeping magazine thru
coeds over the campuses of the
United States and the NEBRAS
KAN on this campus.
The polling, which was taken
just before school was out, was
done by women who gave their
views on clothes, and their budget.
Results of the survey prove very
interesting.
About 45 percent of the coeds
spend $100 to $200 yearly on their
clothes and about 16 percent $500
during the same period of time.
37 percent of them spend less than
$25 for a coat and 34 percent
spend from $10 to $20 for a suit.
Results showed that 44 percent
owned five to ten sweaters.
Everything tailored.
Coeds want tailored clothes for
everything, but the y want to dress
them up with original accessories
the poll showed. A date dress is
a simple wool dress, not necessar
ily a dressup faille or velveteen.
Next to saddle shoes, coeds over
the country like brogues and loaf
ers. New footwear fads coming over
the horizon are white rubber boots,
cowboy boots and wooden shoos.
It was discovered that college wo
men like to wear long pearls aid
earrings with sweaters and that
they hate knee-length socks, any
thing fnlly and especially slinky
evening clothes.
Moritz tells
clinic duties
of school heads
Selection of teachers is the most
important responsibility of school
superin tender ts, stated Dean R.
D. Moritz at the closing adminis
trative clinic Tuesday afternoon in
the Student Union.
Listing the four most important
duties of the superintendent as se
lection of teachers, supervision of
the school curriculum, establish
ment of proper relationships be
tween the school and community,
and sound financial policies, Dean
Moritz said he believed most su
perintendents reversed their order
of importance.
"Surely the selection of good
teachers is the greatest factor in
determining the success of any
school," he declared.
UN is evidence.
As evidence that the University
of Nebraska is training good teach
ers, Dean Moritz said that follow
up returns of 411 teachers now in
the field showed the following
ranking by superintendents: 70 or
17 percent) superior; 231 (or 56
percent) good; 79 (or 19 percent)
averager, and 31 (or 7 percent)
poor.
The university dean explained
that the educational placement bu
reau has set up a committee to
study improvement of credentials.
Questionnaires are being sent out
to superintendents of the state to
discover what employers want to
know and how the present form of
credentials sent out might be im
proved.
In an informal discussion follow
ing Dean Moritz's talks, it was
suggested that the graduate credit
hours shown on credentials be
broken down into the various
courses taken, and that as a pol
icy in selecting teachers, school
districts should stand part of the
individual's expense who is not
elected when more than one teach
er is invited to make personal ap
plication to a superintendent or a
board of education.
Reversible again.
Reversibles are first among sur
vivors of last year's crop of fads,
polo coats second and are at the
head of the list when it rains.
Coeds like initials on every
thing, colored cotton stockings,
and the new V'-necked sweater for
white shirts. The military influ
ence appears in knapsacks instead
of purses, in insignias. and in kha
ki or white army tunics worn with
regulation soldier leather belts.
These are the results of the poll
made by the coeds. Wonder what
the men think of them.
Summer paper
discontinues
publication
With this issue the NKBRAS
KAN will discontinue publication
until the fall. The paper which
has been provided for summer
school stud'T.ts has kept these
people posted on activiti'-s which
have taken place on the campus
dining the session.
Members of the staff for the
weekly paper have been Paul
Svoboda, editor; John - Mac key,
assistant to th editor; Betty
Dixon, business manager. Shirley
Russell, Marjorie May, Bob
Schlator have been contributors
to the summer NEERASKAN.
J