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t rr no npi P ff k Li) Jjud hJ lAJuL Vol. 44, No. 96 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Wednesday, May 9, 1945 Dr. Louise Pound, Widely Known Teacher, Retires Dr. Louise Pound, nationally recognized authority on literature and folklore and internationally known linquist, today announced that she will conclude her univer- J ' iv.v From The Lincoln Journal. DR. LOUISE POUND. . . . retires from university. sity teaching at the end of this semester. Miss Pound has been associated with the University of Nebraska English department since her graduation, first as a theme reader and then as an in structor. Sigma Kappas, Alpha Phis Lead Bandage Rolling Surgical dressings for university girls has ended for this school year with the Sigma Kappa's and Alpha Phi's heading the list as the houses with the most hours. A total of 80,000 dressings have been folded by university girls since 1942. The total number of hours for each house since January is as follows: Sigma Kappa, 320; Al pha Phi, 303; Delta Delta Delta, 222; Kappa Gamma, 149; Gam ma Phi Beta, 1444; Chi Omega, 144; Alpha Chi Omega, 130; Pi Beta Phi, 121 V4; Alpha Omi cron Pi, 108; Alpha Xi Delta, 102; Women's Residence halls, 79; Del ta Gamma, 48; Kappa Alpha Theta, 45; International House, 41; Sigma Delta Tau, 41; Towne Club, 28; Love Memorial, 26; Howard hall,-13; Carl hall, 10; Rosa Bouten hall, 5; and Loomis hall, 3. Speaking for the Red Cross, Mrs. Curtiss wants to thank all the girls for their help during this year. Surgical dressings will be open all summer and the few remain ing Saturdays this month for the girls who care to go down. Lincoln Camera Club Shows National Photography Exhibit Now on exhibits at Morrill hall is a national collection of se lected examples of photographic art. Recently assembled, the ex hibit comes to UN under the auspices of the Lincoln Camera club after less than a dozen pre vious showings. Featured in the collection is a group of pictorial prints chosen for artistic excellence from the pages of "Judge," national pic ture magazine. Portrait Photographer. Yousuf Karsh, best known por trait photographer of today, who has had many of his character studies of allied leaders published in "Life" and other magazines) is represented by an impressive portrait of Winston Churchill. No less outstanding in the col lection are "Hardship of War," by Stuyvesant Peabody and C. B. Phelps' "Fidelity." To balance During that time she has served under the administration of six chancellors, Canfield, McLean, Andrews, Avery, Burnett, and Boucher and has taught every course in the department, includ ing many no longer offered. She began her teaching as an instruc tor for sophomore students in the graduate school. Attends Heidelberg Professor Pound's only absences from the Nebraska campus have been twice for summer session work as a student at the Uni versity of Chicago and the two semesters in which she earned her doctorate magna cum laude at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She holds A.B. and M.A. degrees and a diploma in music from Nebraska and an honorary Litt. D from Smith col lege. Miss Pound has served as ed itor and author of a variety of publications and was editor of the University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature and Cri ticism from 1927 to 1941. She has held national offices in the Amer ican Dialect Society, the Linquis tic Society of America, the Hu manistic Research association of England, and is a member of nu merous other literary and linquis tic societies. Active in Societies She has also been active in (See POUND, page 4.) Union Activities Include Dances, Sunday Movie Saturday night will open the activities in the union this week end when Jimmy Phillip's band will be on hand to furnish music for the dance. There will be no dance Friday night or Wednesday and Friday afternoons, due to the Schoolmas ters' club meeting. "Squadron Leader X" will be the feature of the Sunday variety show at 3. Following the free movie the Coffee Hour will be held in the lounge. Pat Lahr, director of the Union, announces that the union will close on May 19th this yar. ROTC Officers Receive Commissions at Parade Final ROTC practice parade be fore inspection will be held at 5 p. m. Thursday. All members of the unit are to be present, accord ing to Col. J. P. Murphy. Appoint ment of officers and ncn-commis sioned officers will be read at this formation. these and other professional pic tures, The Photographic Society of American, owner of the col lection, added a number of ex amples of superior amateur work. Critis Kirsch. "Not since 1933 has such a col lection been shown here," said critic Dwight Kirsch of the art department. Unlike the usual type of exhibit, this one contains not only the proverbial archi tecture and sketch scenes, but also an equal number of humor ous pictures. Sten Andersen, president of the local camera club, announces that there will be a panel discussion of the pictures next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Morrill hall, and the meeting is open to interested people. The collection will be on pub lic exhibit in gallery B until May 10. ftudenli: Music Theory Class Presents Recital Today Original compositions by stu dents in classes of musical theory will be played by their composers in the fine arts recital today in the Temple at 4 p. m. Miss Elizabeth Tierney, instruc tor in the school of music, is chairman of the recital. The pro gram is as follows: PROGRAM Sonatina Kuhlau. Transcribed by Elaine Lebsock (string quartet) Mary Alice Ziegler, violia Barbara Vesely, violin James Nehez, viola Gretchen Bur.iham, cell VoKelctien'a Tod -Kullak Transcribed by Jeanne Rottott (Pi Kappa Lambda Award) (string quartete) Mary Alice Ziegler. violin Barbara Veaely, violin James Nehei, viola Gretchen Burnham, cello Todav (voice) Arleen Heina Benediction (voice) Joyce Stuve Two-Part Invention piano Lela Mae Jaoobson Two-Part Invention (ptanoi Maxine Stone (Alpha Rho Tau Award) Played by Bonnie Compton Nicht (voice) Margaret Shelley Korty-Thlrd Psalm (voice) Donna Peters Reflection (cello) Janet Douthlt For Gifta of Spirit (voice) Shirley Walsh Illusion (piano) Frances Farnsworth GlKue Martini Transcribed for flute trio by Charlotte Filter (flute trio) Ruth Way, Marion Peck, Joan Fankhauser Phantom of Delight (voice I. Composed by Marilyn Nelson, song by Joyce Stuve Mary at the Well (roice) Marion Bradden (Alpha Rho Tau Award) Accompanists Marjorie Ells Mary Alice Peterson Marilyn Nelson Margaret Shelley Toni Siimet, Navy Reserve, Visits Coeds on Campus Toni Sinnett, Sp (R) 3c, of the United States Navy Women's Re serve will be on the campus Wed nesday from 10:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m. in Ellen Smith Hall. Coeds may secure information without obligation pertaining to any branch of the Women's Services of the Armed Forces. Miss Sinnett states that every woman interested in service with the Armed Forces should thor oughly investigate all branches before making her decision. Her presence on the campus will make it possible to obtain information relative to physical and mental requirements, possible assign ments, and duty stations, witnout the necessity of visiting a cruiting station. re- Arts and Science Group Meets At 5:00 Tonight Reorganizational meeting of Vestals of the Lamp, honorary arts and science sorority, will be held tonight at 5 p. m. in the AWS room in Ellen Smith. All coeds on the campus who are members of this organization are requested to attend this meeting, according to Pat Deppe. The organization has been in active for two years and Mrs. Deppe' stated' that this meeting would decide whether or not Ves tals of the Lamp would be active in the coming school year. Awgwan Asks for Aid in Ag Campus Distribution Volunteers are wanted to distribute Awiwiiu on Ag eampus next week. Work will last only an hour at a time. Volunteers may see Betty Klnr at the Awrwtn office Tuesday or Thursday after noons and Saturday mornlnf. weep Party MooiniDiniees Publications Board, 10 Student Council Seats Fall to 'Students' 'First Class' Rating Goes ToNebraskan "First Class Excellent" is the rating given to The Nebraskan in The Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Scorebook tor the year ending January, 1945. A. C. P.'s scorebooks make it possible for that organization to evaluate and analyze the work of the school publications of Amer ica and to appraise them as ac curately as possible with a yard stick by which honor ratings can be awarded. Each school publication is en tered in groups according to type of school, enrollment and fre quency of issue. Papers in each group are judged by standards set by the papers themselves. Each newspaper is scored on news values and sources, news writing and editing, headlines, typography and make-up, department pages and special features. Ensign Interviews Men Interested In Coast Guard Ensign Elizabeth J. Ayer, USCG (WR) from Omaha, will inter view interested 17-year-old men who wish to enlist as apprentice seamen for assignment to the Coast Guard Academy Prepara tory School, Groton, Connecticut, to morrow in Administration Building, room B-8 from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. The men selected for this train ing must be well-qualified phys ically, should have a good edu cational background- and should be men whose interests are extra curricular as well as scholastic. Prep School. The prep school course is for one year and will convene this coming August. Upon completion of the course the men will be qualified to take the cadet ex amination given in May, 1946, for entrance into the regular Coast Guard Academy. Training at the Coast Guard Academy is four years in length. Graduates receive B. S. degrees in engineering and are commis sioned as ensigns in the Coast Guard. Officers are obligated to serve three years before they are eligible to resign. Professor John E. Kirshman Dies at Home Monday Morning Prof. John E. Kirshman, chair man of the economics department at the university, died at his home early Monday, following an ill ness of a few months. Mr, Kirsh man was born in Jamestown, Mo., and grad uated from Central W e s 1 e y a n college with a Ph. B in 1904. He re ceived his Ph. M from Syra cuse university i n 1908; at tended the Uni versity of Wis The Lincoln Journal. Dr. Kirshman. consin in 1908-1909 and the Uni versity of Illinois 1914-1915. Har- 'Vim - :-t Elecuooims Capturing 13 out of 15 offices in the spring elections held yester day, the Student party demon strated powerful voting strength among UN students. Only vic tories for the progressive party were two seats on the Student Council. New seniors at large members of the Student Council are Bob Gillan, Student; Lowell Anderson, Student Council Meeting There will be a special meet ins of all members of the stu dent council, including: those newly elected, at 5 o'clock to day in the Student Union, room 316. Student; Catherine Curley, Stu dent; Joyce Crosbie, Student; Ruth Korb, Progressive. College representatives on the council are arts and sciences, Dorothy Mastin, student; ag, Ma rie Abraham, student; bizad, Bar bara Emerson, progressive; fine arts, Helen Laird, student; den tistry, Gene Merchant, student; engineering, Bob Coonley, student ; teachers, Virginia Buckingham, student. Senior student on the publica tions board next year will be Jane McElhaney, student party. Betty Lou Horton of the student party was elected to be junior member next year, and Betty Jeanne Holcomb, also student party, will serve as sophomore member. Farm Group Donates Fund To University The Farms Crops Processing Corporation of Omaha has made a gift of $6,800 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to be used for continuing the research work on microbial enzymes. The announcement was made today by Perry Branch, director of the Foundation. George E. Johnson, president and general manager of the Farm Crops Processing Corporation, said the fund would be used jointly by the Agricultural Chem istry and Bacteriology depart ments at the university. The money will be used primarily to provide graduate assistants and other assistance for the work which already has yielded indus trial possibilities in microbial analysis which will assist in the breaking down of grains for in dustrial use. vard university awarded him a Ph D in 1918. A member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Sigma, Mr. Kirshman was a statistician for the U. S. ship ping board in 1918-1919. He wa chairman of the department of economics in Lincoln since 1934. He wrote "Principles of Invest ment" published in 1924 and re vised in 1933. Survivors are his wife, Mar garet Stanton Kirshman; one daughter, Margaret Ann, univer sity student; two brothers, Leslie Kirshman, Jamestown, Mo., and Dennis Kirshman, Conway, Ark., and a sister, Mrs. Frances Cor drey, Conway, Ark.
