VoL 48 No. 64;...Lincoln 8, Nebraska, Sunday, January 11, 1948
British Summer Schools
Open to American Students
Seven British universities and
colleges will open registration to
600 American students during
July and August of summer 1948,
according to a Friday newscast of
George Caraker, radio station
KOLN commentator and univer
sity student.
Running for six weeks, the ses
sions are particularly designed
for graduate students, and teach
ers with previous study in the
fields being offered. By special
arrangement, however, a few
juniors and seniors may be en
rolled. Students will be housed in host
els, as at London, or in the col
lege system of dormitories, as at
Oxford University. "The food ra
tions are adequate," reported Ca
raker, "and the British people will
welcome foreign students."
Approved for G.I. Bill
The seven English institutions
have been accepted by the Vet
erans Administration for listing
as an approved college for the
G.I. Bill. "However," Caraker
cautioned, "veterans must remem
ber that their subsistance checks
will not cover their entire ex
penses for the term."
Colleges and the special sub
jects offered include St. Andrew's,
Scotland (founded in 1411), study
of western culture; Birmingham,
Shakespeare and Elizabethan lit
erature with classes and theater
productions at Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare's home, and medical
courses for grades only; Leeds,
economic future; London, general
Forum of Air
Plans 200th
Anniversary
The University of Nebraska
Forum of the Air, a roundtable
discussion of current events, will
broadcast its 200th program the
week of January 17-24 on nine
Nebraska radio stations.
The anniversary program topic
will be, "What is UNESCO What
Can It Do For Us?" Participants
will be Chancellor R. G. Gustav
son, R. A. McConnell, Jr., editor
of the Lincoln Journal; the Rev.
Philip Schug, pastor of the Unit
arian church in Lincoln; Dr.
Royce Knapp of the University's
Teachers College; and as moder
ator, Paul L. Bogan, of the uni
versity's radio studios. The pro
gram will be transcribed in the
Student Union ballroom next
Wednesday at 4 p. m. The public
Is invited to attend.
The forum discusses such wide
ly divergent issues as "Is Univer
sal Military Training Necessary
for National Security?" to "What
Is A Good Parent?" Prominent
members of the university fac
ulty serve as moderators. Since
its first broadcast in December,
1943 over 250 prominent citizens
of the state and nation have taken
part in the broadcasts.
The program is heard by trans
cription over the following radio
stations: KF(R and KOLN, Lin
coln; KOIL, KFAB and KOWH,
Omaha; KORN, Fremont; WJAG,
Norfolk; KGFW, Kearney, KODY,
North Platte; and KOLT, Scatts
bluff. Riles for UN Dead
In Union Jan, 18
A memorial service for the 12
university staff members who died
between July 1945 and December
1947, will be held in the Union
ballroom Sunday, Jan. 18.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will
preside and tributes will be paid,
by deans of -the various colleges.
Rev. John Douglas Clyde will be
chaplain and music will be by the
University Singers and Myron
Roberts, organist.
Those to be memorialized: Er
win II. Barbour, James L. Booth,
Allan R. Congdon, Henry H. Fos
ter, Newton W. Gaines, Vincent
C. Hascall, Ernest II. Hoppert,
Edith G. Jones, Jamcj F. Law
rence, William W. Marshall, A. A
Reed and Clara O. Wilson.
. . Says Commentator
courses in English literature; Not
tingham, "Education in England,"
including news developments from
recently-passed education laws;
Oxford, European civilization to
1947; and Southampton, "Contem
porary Britain."
Credit Arranged
Students who wish to transfer
credit from an English college to
their own university in America,
may receive a certificate of at
tende if they make such arrange
ments in advance with their own
school. The certificate presum
ably will describe the course re
quirements so that each U. S.
school may grant credit according
to its own standards.
The Cunari-White steamship
lines of New York will provide
transportation at a special student
rate. Passage applicants must have
received acceptance from the Brit
ish college first.
Further information will be
furnished upon written request
addressed to George Caraker in
care of KOLN, Federal Securities
building, Lincoln.
McDill Elected
Prexy of Tri-K
Bob McDill, Lincoln was elected
president of Tri-K,. honorary ag
ronomy club, at a special meeting
held Thursday night in the ag
union. McDill is a junior major
ing in agronomy.
Other officers elected for the
coming year were: Jack V. Baird,
Archer, vice-president; John Osier,
Imperial, secretary; and Don Syl
vester, Lincoln, treasurer.
Tri-K Kernels, Kobs andKlods
is responsible for the student
grain judging and identification
contests held every spring, and
this year, plans to sponsor a judg
ing team for intercollegiate com
petition as they had before the
war.
Out-going officers include: Vir
gil Johnson, Turlock, Calif., pres.;
Willis Ervin, McCook, vice-pres.;
Ron Anderson, Concord, secy.; and
Norman Anderson, Grand Island,
treas.
Complete Plans
Library, Sosh
The University of Nebraska City
campus is to become a place of
beauty.
Often praised for the economy
and utility of its compactness, the
campus lacks the abundant trees,
shrubs, flowers and walks which
give dignity and beauty to other
midwest universities and colleges.
The beautification program has
already made substantial progress.
This spring, a two block area will
be intensively landscaped, to pro
vide a proper setting for the uni
versity's magnificent new Love
Memorial library, Social Science
hall and the Teachers College
building.
This project will be financed by
a gift of money to the University
of Nebraska Foundation fr,om the
Cooper Foundation of Lincoln.
"Full grown trees and shrubs
will be planted. Sidewalks and
other ornate landscaping devices
will be installed immediately,"
Perry W. Branch, secretary-director
of the University of Nebraska
Foundation said. "We are not
planning something which will
bloom into beauty 20 years from
now.
Inspire Contributions
"We want our citizens to see
what can be done to transform
the bareness of the present cam
pus into something for all Ne
braskans to see and admire. We
hope it will inspire others to con
tribute to the program."
Plans for the initial beautifica
tion work were prepared by Hare
and Hare, prominent landscape
artists of Kansas City, Mo., in
association with the university's
architecture department and oper
ating superintendent's office.
The immediate objective, Mr.
PAYMENTS OF FEES
Students will be gratified to,
discover that many steps usu
ally included in the payment of
fees process have been taken in
while registering. The regis
trar's office is endeavoring to
-improve the entire system thus
eliminating the need for wait
ing in line over ten minutes.
Fees may be paid in Grant
Memorial from 8 a. m. to 4 p.
m. Jan. 26-28. Student must
present identification cards at
that time. Schedule of dates
for payment of fees is as fol
lows: Students whose sur
names begin with letter A to
G inclusive Monday, Jan. 26;
II to Q inclusive Tuesday,
Jan. 27; R to Z inclusive Wed
nesday, Jan 28.
Any student failing to pay
fees on day assigned will not
be permitted to do so until
Monday, Feb. 2 and will then
be assessed a late fee.
G. W. Rosenlof, Registrar.
Polio March
Of Dimes
Set Jan. 15
The annual March of Dimes
drive will begin on the university
campus next Wednesday, Jan. 15,
and will continue thru Jan. 30.
The campaign is under the direc
tion of Chancellor R. G. Gustav
son as state chairman and John
Curtiss of Lincoln as Lancaster
county chairman.
Students on the campus may
contribute to the drive thru col
lection boxes placed in various
buildings on the city and ag cam
pus. According to plan, the or
ganized houses will be asked to
contribute lump sums thru letters
which will be sent to them thru
the university.
Coordinating the drive on the
university campus will be John
Mercer.
National Foundation.
The contributions resulting
from the campaign each year are
the sole support of the National
Foundation, founded by the late
president, Franklin Delano Roose
velt, and its local county chapters.
Fifty percent of all contributions
remains with the local county
chapters for providing medical aid
to polio patients needing such
help, and the other 50 percent is
allocated to the support of the
well-known national program of
research, education, and major
epidemic aid.
This year marks the tenth anni
versary of the establishment of
the national foundation to "lead,
direct and unify the fight" against
infantile paralysis.
To Landscape
Area In Spring
Branch said, is to intensively land
scape the 14 block area occupied
by the new part of the city cam
pus extending from Love library
northward to the Coliseum and
from Lincoln's twelfth street east
to Fourteenth street. This will
be done almost entirely by private
financing.
Creates Memorial
Out of the primary project the
Foundation hopes to create a liv
ing memorial to several great Ne
braska citizens, and university
benefactors, whose names grace
the buildings located within the
area.
Among them are Andrews Bur
nett, Morrill and Bessey halls and
the Library. They stand as me
morials to E. Benjamin Andrews
and Edgar A. Burnett, former
chancellors: Dr. Charles E. Bessey,
famed botanist when a member
of the Nebraska faculty; C. H.
Morrill, for many years a member
of the Board of Regents who gen
erously contributed funds which
made the university museum a.
reality; and Don L. Love, whose
gift made construction of the Li
brary possible.
Two More Buildings
The university's long range
building program- calls for two
more buildings in this area. This
will complete a rectangle of build
ings which will surround a beau
tifully landscaped mall memoral
izing these great Nebraska citi
zens. When this project is completed,
Mr. Branch says, the Foundation
plans to extend the beauification
work to the old part of the city
campus, located to the west be
tween Lincoln's Tenth and Twelfth
street.
MSA Qmmlee
Plea Issued for Rebuilding
European Student Libraries
A plea for textbooks of all kinds to enable European
students to rebuild libraries has been issued by Marge An
thony, Student Council Chairman of the National Student
Association Committee in answer to a letter from the Inter
national Union of Students Panel on Relief and Rehabilita-
Ition in Czechoslovakia.
Houser Gives
Talk Tonite
Mr. George M. Houser, execu
tive secretary of the National Con
gress on Racial Equality, will
speak tonight at 7:30 at St. Paul
Methodist church. The title of
his address will be the title of
his book, "Erasing the Color
Line."
Extremely active in combating
racial prejudices in this country,
Houser has set up numerous
workshops and institutes in ma
jor cities. These institutes pri
marily aim to acquaint people
further with the non-violent, di
rect action approach to racial ten
sion, both thru discussion and
thru experimentation. He has di
rected workshops in Chicago and
Washington, D. C. during the last
two years.
Houser organized the Journey
of Reconciliation, conducted in the
upper South in 1947, thru which
segregation policies of interstate
busses and trains were tested un
der the Irene Morgan decision of
the supreme court.
The Social Action council,
which is sponsoring Houser's talk,
will meet at 8 p. m., Monday, at
the Methodist student house on
campus and is open to all interest
ed persons.
Registration
At Completion
On Ag Campus
Second semester registration on
ag campus is nearly completed ac
cording to Dr. C. C. Wiggans, head
of the ag registration committee.
No official figures are avail
able on the number of students
who have signed up for the sec
ond semester, but advisors report
that there are very few drops
among junior division students.
With the completion of the ac
tual registration, the ag procedure
becomes the same as that on city
campus for the payment of fees.
Fees will be paid in conjunction
with all-campus plans on Jan. 26,
27, and 28.
Registration on the suburban
campus was accomplished with a
minimum of effort-on the part of
the students this semester. Stu
dents merely conferred with their
advisors and filled out their work
sheets and from there the regis
tration committee completed ar
rangements for classes, and pro
cured openings in downtown
classes.
Dr. Wiggans pointed out that ag
students have an IBM number
which will be used in reference
to their schedule, and for the pay
ment of fees.
Three File for UN
Board of Regents
LeRoy Welsh, Omaha, and Rob
ert W. Devoe, Lincoln, have filed
for re-election to the university
Board of Regents. Another Oma
han, Edward E. Blue Howell, has
filed for election.
The two Board positions whose
terms of office expire this year
must be filled by men from Dis
tricts one and two. Filings, which
are made at the Secretary of
State's office in the Capitol, close
March 4.
The two men from each district
who receive the most votes in the
primary elections in April will
enter the run-oft race in Novem
ber. Their terms of office will begin
Jan. 1, 1949.
Race Equality
Miss Anthony has announced
that a drive will be carried on
to collect these used books in co
operation with the Student Foun
dation, and that collections will
begin the middle of this week.
The drive wil be the first of its
kind in an American university
or college, and NSA has expressed
hope for student co-operation to
make the drive a success in order
that the idea wil be adopted by
the Big Seven and by the majority
of colleges and universities in this
country.
Tentative plans call for collec
tion in various campus buildings
and through organized houses.
Although textbooks of all kinds
are in urgent demand by Euro
pean students, special needs indi
cated that medical, social science
and physical science texts of late
copyright are in greatest demand.
The IUS in its letter to Miss An
thony stated also that texts in
English are especially desrable
since post advanced students are
proficient in the use of English.
Miss Anthony also announced
that letters of explanation will be
sent to all university professors
next week, and that campus book
stores will be contacted before the
drive begins so that books which
will be in demand here next se
mester will not be collected.
Frank Johnson
Elected Prexy
Regents Board
At a Saturday meeting of the
Board of Regents, Frank John
son of Lexington was elected as
the new president. Former vice
president, Johnson succeeds Stan
ley Long of Grand Island.
C. Y. Thompson of West Point is
the new-vice president; John Sel
leck, university comptroller, will
serve as secretary. R. W. Devoe,
Lincoln, was re-elected as repre
sentative of the board on the U. N.
foundation.
The purchase of property at 529
North 16th street for the purpose
of building additional dormitories
was approved by the regents.
Borgmann Report
In a report submitted by Dr.
Carl Gorgmann, dean of faculty, a
sum of $29,000 was estimated to
ready Burnett hall for air condi
tioning. The board voted to receive
bids for the installation of the nec
essary equipment.
The expenditure of $28,000 was
authorized to brick veneer the
newly acquired physical elucation
building.
Negro Actors
Sought For
Theater Play
Two Negro men students are
being sought for roles in "The
Petrified Forest," according to
Director Max Whittaker, The stu
dents originally cast for the two
parts found that they were un
able to participate.ma king it nec
essary to have a second tryout.
Mr. Whitaker asks that any Negro
men students interested in taking
a role in the play contact him
immediately.
The two parts are Important
enough in developing the theme of
Sherwood's drama that if the parts
had to be cut because of a lack of
students to fill them some of the
play's effectiveness would be lost,
Whitaker said.
Director Whittaker's office is in
Temple building and he will in
terview any Negro students who
may wish to try out for theso
parts.
