Vol. 48 No. 60 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Shultz, Ganzel Head Cast
For 'The Petrified Forest'
Betty Schultz, Dewey Ganzcl
and John vWendstrand will play
the load roles in the forthcom
ing University Theatre produc
tion of "The Petrified Forest," a
two-act drama by Robert Sher
wood. They will play the respec
tive roles of Babby, Alan Squire
and Duke Mantce.
Other cast members of the play,
directed by Max Whittaker, are
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Gaylord Marr as Gramp Maple;
Av Bondarin, Jason Maple; Gor
don Winter, Boze Hertzlingcr;
and Paul Schupbach, Mr. Chis
holm. Margaret Huff will play the
part of Mrs. Chisholm. Two gang
ster roles, Jackie and Ruby, will
be carried by Jack MacDonald
and Jack Norman. Other parts
include Doc Seccord as Herb; Herb
McCullough, a Legion comman-
3000 Is First
In Tuesday's
Registration
Registration Tuesday will start
with number 3000 and should
continue at the rate of 50 stu
dents every half hour, according
to the assignment committee. All
students with numbers under
3000 are urged to register as
soon as possible.
The committee said Monday
that registration should be com
pleted by Jan. 21, if every thing
goes as planned.
The list of closed classes up
until 2:30 Thursday includes the
following:
Ki-on ?M.
Koon I n't, Section 1.
Kroii lift, S.'.-ttn I. II; I.ab B, C,
ftnd I).
Inill 3 10.
Kn.n 211, Mrrtliin I.
f.ron 21'.!.
1 nill 2H.
von, i in.
. Hn OrK. Ill, S'llm I mid III.
Illis Ori( 21(1, SlTtlon I.
Hilt Oric 2 MI.
Kill OrK 2ll.
Bus Orn Hi I, Srctkin I.
Rnn Org 2MI.
Chrmltlry 2:i4, I .ah A.
M. Sn-tlon 1.
K. V. IUH, Scclli.n I anl II.
.f. 2:i. Kl-rdon "K."
M. Z2S, Srll.n I, V, VIII, IX
and X
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K. M. 22A, feTtiun I ami II.
M. K. 211, SrrlloiiH I. II. Ill ami V.
M. K. 2HII, l.aho I and 2.
M. I;. 210, Srrtlon
7.m 142, l.ah rlimrd; Irctun- wily o n. d.
'.mi 102, l.nh A.
New sections that have been
added are:
t-.ril.IMi 6 or 7, Section II, 8 MH1, 127
Andrews.
K, M. 22fi, SrHhtn XIII, 11 MWTIIK,
307 Hnriir.ift.
M. h. 2.'l. Section IV, 1-5 Th.
Local Agronomist
To Visit Venezuela
Carl E. Claassen, agronomist in
the chemurgy project located at
ag college, is preparing for a trn
to Venezuela on an "oil seed nop
expedition."
The food and agriculture organ
ization of the United Nations in
vited Claassen to make the trip
along with two other experts
from this country.
Claassen said the mission woul 1
explore the existing native eil
seed crop situation, recommeid
seed crops for cultivation, and li
sped present oil seed processing
plants in Venezuela.
der, and Don Johannes and Norm
Leger as two telegraph linesmen.
"The Petrified Forest' will be
presented on the Temple stage
February 18, 19, 20 and 21, in
eluding a Saturday a Saturday
afternoon matinee.
The play, which first played
Broadway in the middle thirties,
was made into a movie with
Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
and Leslie Howard ' featured in
the lead roles.
4 Scholarship
Funds Given
Money Boost
Four scholarship funds at the
University of Nebraska were giv
en a boost recently by their do
nors. Perry Branch, director of the
University Foundation, announced
that the Farmers' National of
Omaha contributed an additional
$500 toward their scholarship
fund. Established last year, the
fund is used for scholarships for
men in Ag college.
$500 Donation.
A contribution of $500 has been
added to the Arthur W. Sampson
Fellowship in Nebraska pasture
management by A. W. Sampson of
Berkeley, California. Each year
$300 from this fund is granted to
graduate students interested in
studying pasture management
problems at Nebraska.
The Browncll scholarship fund
was boosted by a $1,000 addition
by Paul T. Babson of Boston. Or
iginally started by the children of
the late Prof. Herbert Browncll, a
past University of Nebraska
teacher, the fund is used for schol
arships in science education. Bab
son, a student of Browncll, pre
viously donated $2,200 to the fund.
$2,000 More.
Lincolnitcs, Chas. T. and James
Stuart, have given $2,000 more to
the Marie Talbot Stuart Memor
ial Scholarship fund at the Uni
versity. According to Branch, the
gift brings to $4,000 the amount
donated to the fund. Ag college
women receive scholarship grants
from this fund. Previously, the
Stuarts contributed $10,000 for
Charles Stuart scholarships for
Nebraska University boys in
honor of their father.
Students May
Enroll in Fly
Casting Course
Open for enrollment during the
second semer'er and summer
school to both men and women
is a new recreational course in
Bait and Fly Casting.
Under the instruction of Buell
R. Patterson, the course will con
sist of lectures, visual aids and
lectures by visiting outdoor ree
reationalists. The class will also
be given practice in fly tying, bait
making and handicraft, and actual
casting both indoors and at Oak
Lake near Lincoln.
It is part of an expanded cur
riculum which seeks to train
better prepared rccrcat'onal lead
ers for the state of Nebraska, as
well as offering enrollment op
portunities for all who are in
terested. Similar courses are be
ing offered in only a few of the
nation's universities.
Nebraska State Conservation
Director, Paul Gilbert, has heartily
endorsed the new course.
UN Professors to lloail
Stale Chemical Society
The Nebraska Section of the
American Chemical society elect
ed Dr. Donald E. Fox of Kearney
State Teachers college and three
members of the University of Ne
braska as officers for 1948. "
Dr. Fox will be president, and
the other officers include: Dr. Paul
.). Jannke, vice president; Dr.
Raymond Borchers, sccrctary
treasurer; and Dr. Walter Militzcr,
councilor.
Tuesday, January 6, 1948
Dr. R. J. Pool
Resigns Botany
Chairmanship
Dr. Raymond J. Pool has re
signed as chairman of the Botany
Department, effective Jan. 31,
1948, it was announced today. He
will continue as Professor of
Botany.
His successor will be Dr. Wil
liam Winl'ield Ray, professor of
Botany and Mycologist' in the
Plant Pathology department. Dr.
Ray, 38, is a native of Indiana.
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R. J. TOOL
He received his Master's at North
western, and his Doctor's at Cor
nell University. While at Cornell,
he specialized in Mycology.
Dr. Ray taught Plant Pathology
at Cornell, and later at Oklahoma
A & M. He came to Nebraska on
September 1, 1947.
Dr. Tool, one of the nation's
outstanding botanists, came to
Nebraska in 1907. He is well
known as an author, and has
served on several international
commissions. In 1930 he was the
official delegate from the Univer
sity to the international botanical
congress at Cambridge University
in England.
Dorm Residents
Must Pay Fees
Or Lose Rooms
All Nebraska residents who
made applications for space in
men's residence hall building "A"
have been assigned a room, ac
cording to Burt Brown, director
of student housing. Each occu
pant now must pay a $10 security
deposit due Saturday, Jan. 10.
"The deposit can be paid at the
business office of the residence
halls in building 'C'," said
Brown. "All students who will
not have paid the fee by Saturday
will lose their room," he added.
Non-resident students will be
assigned spaces Monday, Jan. 12.
They are asked to come to room
209, administration building on
that date to determine the possi
bilities of securing rooms in
men's residence halls, according
to Brown.
Expand Chemurgy
Research Project
The chemurgy research pro
gram at the University of Ne
braska is due for expansion.
Chancellor Gustavson announced
late last week.
Dr. Carl Borgmann, dean of the
faculties, was appointed acting
head of the new program. A per
manent chairman will be named
later according to the chancellor.
Emphasis of the research will be
continued along the line of crops
adapted to new industry as well
as the perfection of equipment for
the harvest of these crops.
The chancellor complimented
Harry Miller and his colleagues on
the. work they have done so far
and expressed hope that the new
plans will relieve them of tedious
routine and free them for more
and belter research in all fields
of chemurgy.
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Supervisor, Dies
His Tenure Saw Many
Changes on UN Campus
L. F. Seaton, operating superintendent and purchasing
agent of the university since 1920, died Friday of a heart
ailment at a local hospital.
During Seaton's long tenure of office, innumerable im
provements have sprung up on the campus under his general
supervision. They include the Coliseum, the Athletic Field
House, the Student Union, Andrews Hall, Morrill Hall, Love
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Winter 1 rairie
Schooner Tells
U.S.ArmyStory
The story of how Baron von
Steuben transformed a rabble into
an army is the lead article in
the winter issue of the Prairie
Schooner, university literary
quarterly, just off the press.
O. K. Armstrong, of Springfield,
Mo., writer and Missouri public
official, one of the 26 contributors
to the winter number, tells in his
article how Von Steuben arrived
at Valley Forge, having been per
suaded by Franklin to volunteer
his services, and how, acting as
inspector general, he instilled dis
cipline into the ragged and pitiful
ranks of the Continental army. He
also tells how he prepared the
U. S. army's first drill regulations,
how he suffered privations with
the men and won their undying
affection and loyalty, and how on
one occasion, the battle of Mon
mouth, he turned defeat into a
partial victory and at Yorktown
he planned the attack which
briught about the prompt surren
der of Cornwall is.
Karl Stefan, dean of Nebraska's
Congressional delegation ttjlls in
this issue of the Schooner how it
feels to be tenant of a glass house.
Helene H. Jorgenson of Lincoln
has contributed an article, "Scien
tists and the Atom Bomb," and Dr.
Floyd W. Hoover, University of
Nebraska, discusses the business
of subsidizing football players.
The issue contains a number of
short stories and poems by writers
scattered from California to Rhode
Island and Florida, with one con
tribution from an American resid
ing in Italy.
Atomic Energy
Used in Tests
By Nebraskan
A Nebraska scientist reported
recently at a meeting of the
American Association for the Ad
vance of Science on what prob
ably is the first work done v. ith
atomic energy to determine in
herited changes in plant life.
Started a year ago at the sug
gestion of Chancellor R. (i. Gus
tavson, the study by Elvin F.
Frolik involved exposure of tas
sels of a corn plant to slow ir
radialion at the uranium pile of
the Argonne national laboratory
at the University of Chicago.
He reported that the irradia
tion of the pollen resulted in an
increased number of mutations
involving three marked genes. The
percent of defective kernels in
creased consistently with the in
crease in the duration of neutron
irradiation.
The tassels from particular
plants carrying specific genes at
the University of Nebraska and
the University of Minnesota were
removed and sent by air to the
Argonne laboratory. When the ir
radiation process was complete,
they were returned to Lincoln
and allowed to shed pollen in the
laboratory.
The study which will continue
nex; year, may have some practi
cal application in future corn
breeding.
Branch to NebnKa
Alumni on Southern Trip
Visits to Nebraska alumni "rel
ative to. the University Foundation
program," is the purpose of a
southern trip by Perry Branch.
Director of Ihe Foundation,
Branch will leave Saturday for a
tour of Dallas. Fort Worth, San
Antonio, and Hon: Ion, Tix.; New
Orleans, La.; Louvill Ky and
St. Louis, Mo. r,:.v:(h returned
from his i'.t.'il'ii.' coa.'-t visits sev
eral v. ecks ago.
-i Library, the dormitories and the
new buudings now under con
struction. The university's hous
ing project, Huskerville at the
Lincoln air base, was also brought
into operation under his general
supervision.
According to his associates,
F. SEATON.
Seaton was nationally regarded
as one of the pioneers in institu
tional air conditioning.
Contribution.
Trobably Seaton's greatest con
tribution, however, is the univer
sity power plant. He was instru
mental in getting the joint cap
itol and university commission to
establish the plant on the campus
in 1930. The plant not only heats
the university buildings but also
the State Capitol and provides
stand-by power service for the
Capitol and State Penitentiary.
The plant, since increased in
size, is recognized as one of the
most efficient and modern in the
country.
Fine American.
Regarding Seaton's death,
Chancellor Gustavson said: "The
university and the state of Ne
braska have suffered a great loss
in the passing of Mr. Laurence
Seaton. One docs not have to
search long for the word which
describes him because his whole
life was marked by loyalty; to
his family, his church, his state,
and the institution to which he
gave practically his whole pro
fessional life, the University of
Nebraska."
"No one in the university car
ried a greater executive responsi
bility and no one ever discharged
that responsibility with greater
earnestness, with greater meticu
lous attention to details, or with
more insistence on high profes
sional standards. He not only
knew how to handle things, but
he knew how to work with peo
ple. The campus is his monu
ment. Regents, faculty, staff, stu
dents and alumni are better citi
zens because they rubbed should
ers with this fine American.
Slalc Licenses
New Engineers
Rom M. Green, secretary of the
State Board of Examiners tor Pro
fessional Engineers and Architects
announced that the following per
sons have passed a written and
oral examination and have been
granted a certificate of registra
tion to praclice professional en
gineering: George A. rtogcrs, Walter T.
Czuba, James F. Mummey, Alfred
L. Chase, Vernon H. Ludwickson,
James F. Comstock, John L. Mul
len I,Popold D. HarriunS, Glenn
R. Nelson, M. E. LaBounly, Philip
.7. Pospisil, Arthur E. Bayliss,
Chailes B. Dull, RoVert H. Ged
ney, Harold K. Horrnann, H. T.
Bates, Jay F. Gil more. Frank E.
Phelps, H. Ivan Savage.
In addition, certificates to prac
tice Architecture were also auth
orized by virtue of an examination
to 1he following:
Damon O. Runyan, Burket F.
Crat, Harold C. Potter.
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