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Vol. 41, No. 68
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, January 13, 1942
Regents Appoint Jesse
Assistant to Librarian
Brown Prof
To Replace
McCarthy
The board of regents has ap
proved the appointment of Wil
liam H. Jesse, head of the read
ers' division in the Brown Uni
versity library, as assistant di
rector of libraries at the uni
veristy. Professor Jesse will take the
place of Dr. Stephen A. Mc
Carthy who becomes acting di
rector of university libraries
March 1. The new assistant di
rector's appointment is effec
tive at the same time, and he
will have the rank of assistant
professor.
Professor 'Jesse received his
B. A. degree from the University
of Kentucky in 1933. and his B. Sc.
degree in 1938 from Columbia
University School of Library Sci
ence. He has studied two years
at Brown University toward his
master's degree in bibliography.
Jesse became head of the readers'
division at Brown University in
ijhe regents also approved the
leave of absence of Dr. W. S.
Cregory from the university for
the duration of the war. Dr.
Cregory, psychology instructor
and guidance consultant in the
junior division and the bureau of
instructional research, left Satur
day for Fort Worth, Tex., where
he will serve as a psychological
consultant with the army medical
corps.
Frank D. Egan, assistant refer
ence librarian, resigned effective
Dec. 31, 1941, to enter the army.
William R. Homey, former as
sistant to Harold Petz, will take
Petz's place from Jan. 1, as assist
ant to the director of intramural
athletics. Petz is now on leave
with the Nebraska national guard.
Other appointments approved
(See LIBRARIAN, page 2)
Circulation
Manager's Job
Open on Daily
With the paying position of cir
culation manager of the Daily Ne
bras?can open for next semester,
applications are being received im
mediately for the job. Applicants
are asked to present their qualifi
cations in the Daily Nebraskan
business manager's office before
Friday noon. A call is also being
sent out for advertising solicitors.
Pattison Speaks
At Final Meeting
Of Rifles Today
Pershing Rifles will hold their
final meeting of the semester
in Nebraska' Hall today at
5 p. m. Captain Pattison of the
military department will speak on
"Personal Experiences during the
Arkanss-Louisiana Maneuvers."
, Immediately after the program,
short business meeting will be
held, i.ll members are urged to
attend this final meeting.
Bizad Review Finds
State (Prosperous
. . . During 1941
BUSINESS IN 1941 COMPARED WITH 140
-15 O 15
BUILDING PERMITS
HEW PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS
BANK DEBITS
PAY ROLLS
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
EMPLOYMENT
POSTAL RECEIPTS
LIFE INSURANCE SALES
ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION
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Most Nebraska citizens had a
prosperous year in 1941 according
to a year-end review of general
business activity prepared by the
business administration college.
Business in the state increased sig
nificantly over the previous year
and is now within five points of
the peak year of 1929.
The chart above indicates buai-
Civil Service
Announces
Two Exams
Two examinations given annu
ally by the civil service commis
sion to recruit young college grad
uates and junior and senior stu
dents for positions in the govern
ment service have just been an
nounced. Applications for these
exams, "Junior Professional As
sistant" and "Student Aid" must
be on file with the commission's
office in Washington not later
than Feb. 3. The civil service
commission also sent out a call
for home economists. No written
tests will be given for position in
this field, which pay from $2,600
to 5,600 a year, but applicants
will be rated on their education
and experience. Blanks may be
secured at the postoffice, and
must be filed with the ci"il serv
ice commission in Washington.
Branches included in the Junior
Professional Assistant exam this
year are (all in the junior grade,
(2,000 a year): agricultural eco
nomist, agronomist, aquatic bio
logist, archivist, bacteriologist,
biologist, chemist, entomologist,
forester, geologist, junior in house
hold equipment, olericulturist, po
mologist, public welfare assistant,
range conservationist, soil scient
ist, state department assistant,
and statistician.
In the field of Student Aid
exams there are four optional sub
jects: eng ineering, political
Bcience, public administration and
statistics. These positions pay
$1,440 a year.
ness in 1941 as compared with
1940. Eight of the indicators show
an increase in business while elec
trical power consumption was the
only one which showed a decrease.
This decrease may lie partly in the
small amount of defense produc
tion in the state and in the de
creased supply of consumer dur
able goods due to material short
ages and limitations placed on out
put. Stores in Nebraska towns of less
than 2,500 population had the
largest increase in retail sales tor
the first 11 months of 1941 as
compared with 1940. Lincoln
stores reported the smallest in
crease. Increase in new passenger
car sales came from the large vol
ume of business during the first
half of the year. Life insurance
sales were slightly higher during
1941 indicating some increase in
business confidence before war
was declared.
'Entren A
Descansar
Un Rato . .
States Mar$h
It s "Siesta" time at the Union
from 12:20 to 12:40 p. m. today.
Students are invited to relax in
the lounge and be entertained by
a technicolor movie entitled
"Where The Golden Grapefruit
Grow."
The film concerns the citrus in
dustry of the Rio Grande Valley of
Texas. With descriptive narration
and musical background, it tells
a complete story of citrus produc
tions how the trees are planted
and cultivated; how the fruit is
picked, moved to loading sheuV,
inspected, packed and canned.
Unusually reliable sources close
to the inner circle tcld the Daily
Nebraskan that the headline for
this story means, "Come in and
i rest awhile."
BY B03 MILLER.
In one of the best exhibitions of offensive Kver shown
during the present season, Nebraska's Corn!mslers treated
cage fans to a real "spinetingler" as they downed Missouri,
51-4") in the coliseum last night.
Somewhat slow at the beginning, the Huskers waited until
the second half to show off the fireworks that had been brew
ing from the start. The fans appreciated the change and
whooped it up, giving the Huskers the moral support they
needed to edge by their second conference cage foe.
First Half Drags.
The initial half was rather dead from the cage standpoint
with lowscoring, officials' blunders and fouls detracting. Ne
braska left the floor on the short end of a 21-17 count.
As they resumed the floor: (fribble and Livingston at for
wards; King at center Held and Heinzelman at the guards;
things took on a rosier atmosphere.
Livingston Starts Affair.
"With two minutes gone, Les Livignston slipped thru to
pot one in close and in the act of shooting was foaled. He made
good on his free shot and the Huskers were within a single
point of the leading Bengals.
Bob Heinzelman's foul uhct on
Constantz after three miajtes had
elapsed evened the count and from
there on it was the Husker' who
were out in front at all time3 with
Mizzou's offense clicking at the
right places to keep them in the
ball game.
Held Blazes Forth.
UN Seniors
To Study
New Plans
Considering new plans of the
executive committee, members of
the Senior Council will convene for
their second meeting tomorrow
night at 7:15 in parlors A and B
if the Union.
According to
Senior Class
President Jack
Stewart, the
;xecutive group
if the Council
will bring be
fore the seniors
i number of
ropc-sals for
:heir considera
tion. He also
ndicated that
jeveral com
mittees will be
i p p o i nted at
the meeting to
work on such
activities as Senior Week, a senior
class treasury, and other plans for
a "more effective senior council."
Other officers beside President
Stewart of the Senior Council,
elected at the organization meet
(See SEINORS, page2)
Journal.
JtM'k Wlrwart.
Sid Held, long-range guard, who
was limited to a small three points
during the first canto, suddenly
found his basket eye in the lasf,
to spell the margin to victory. He
scored 13 counters in the second
period.
Due in main to Held's accuracy
with the round ball, and Livings
ton's aggressive fight, Nebraska
was definitely in the game. Thir
teen minutes had been counted off
the big clock in the south end of
(Continued on page 3)
Filings to Open
For Countryman
Filings for positions on the
Cornhusker Countryman will be
held tomorrow in 301 ag hall ac
cording to Professor Prescott.
Noting a wane of interest in stu
dent publications Prescott com
mented, "Student publications
should and will play an increasing
part in the educational facilities
of the university in this period of
crisis."
Kirsch Returns with . . .
Gift of Valuable Art Work
Added to Morrill Hall Gallery
A trip to New York in early De
cember by Prof. Dwight Kirsch,
chairman of the university art de
partment, has netted the univer
sity an important gift of ten pic
tures for its permanent collections
of American art.
The group, which includes nine
pieces by Arthur B. Davies and
one by Walter Kuhn, is from the
Bliss collection in New York
which was gathered together thru
the great interest of Miss Lillie P.
Bliss In contemporary art. The
gift is presented to the university
in the name of Mrs. C. N. Bliss of
New York end came as a direct
result of Professor Kirsch's
acquaintance with Robert Mcln
tyre, a trustee of the Bliss estate
and long-time friend of the fam
ily. Doing a Good Job
In verifying the offer of the
gift, Mclntyre wrote Professor
Kirsch, "You are doing a good job
for the university and for Ameri
can art in which you should be
encouraged as much as possible."
The complete list of pictures fol
lows: Davies "Pollacia," "Fig
ures," "Standing Figure," "Three
Figures," and "Poet and Dancer";
Kuhn "Roses."
The drawings and lithographs
by Davies are of special impor
tance in studying the development
of American paintings, according
to Professor Kirsch. Davies was
of the group of artists known as
"the Eight" who were leaden of
eady 20th century painting. The
university now owns paintings or
drawings by five members of this
group, the others being Henri,
Slackens, Prendergast and Sloan.
Uni Adds Two
Courses
Because the government strong
ly recommends that air cadets
have physics, the university is
offering an elementary course in
physics for thoe students that
can take no more work in physics
in the university.
This physics course will be en
titled "Elementary Mechanics and
Electricity." The course will be
made up of lecture demonstra
tions, recitations and problem
work. Five hours credit will be
given for its completion.
Also a new course in beginning
Russian will be offered. Three
hours credit will be given and
Prof. Stepanek will teach ths
course. The university is offering;
this course in the thought that
students will wish it learn some
Russian,