Friday, April 30, 1948 ' THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 7
Union Traces Growth,
Tells Plans for Future
Union Facilities Praised
Birthday Party Saturday
By Lee Best.
Ten years ago May 8 an experi
mental lab was opened on the UN
campus to discover the solution of
the social and recreational prob
lems of University students. This
lab, the Student Union, has in its
first decade designed one of the
most efficient and complete pro
grams in the country for student
entertainment.
Six directors and ten student
faculty .boards have built from a
comparatively narrow program for
five thousand students a new eight
point expansion plan which will
house the activities of more than
ten thousand.
If a replica birthday cake is on
display in 1955, it will no doubt
include space for bowling alleys,
billiards rooms, tennis courts, an
expanded auditorium, a faculty
club and dining room, additional
student lounges, study space, cloak
rooms and office.
To meet the increased interest in
manual arts and in fine arts, a
completely equipped craft shop
will be available, and a Fine Arts
studio is planned. The Fine Arts
studio will be separate from the
present music and library facili
ties, which will also be increased.
It will be used for actual creative
work, while the other two depart
ments will devote their programs
to art appreciation.
Plans for increased food facili
ties, to accommodate more than
75,000 students who eat in the
Union each month, are underway
immediately, with provisions for a
garbage disposal plant. The pres
ent plant has become obsolete with
the increased service carried on
since the war's end. Other addi
tions in food service will parallel
the complete expansion pjrogram.
Union officials are also advocat
ing moving the offices of the Dean
of Women and Dean of Men to the
Union, in order that they may be
nearer the center of student activ
ities. A greater number of student
organizations should also oe able
to hold their meetings in the
building.
Science Convo
Will Present
Demonstrations
This year's annual session of the
Junior Academy of Sciences will
offer discussions, demonstra
tions and exhibits by 66 Nebrask
a high school students 'and is
expected to bring 150 science
teachers and young scholars to
the University campus Saturday.
The program, covering a va
riety of 32 scientific subjects, will
be given Saturday at Avery lab
oratory auditorium, where Julius
D. Young of Lincoln Central high
school will preside.
High schools to be represented
with demonstration teams include:
Lincoln Central, Lincoln North
east Omaha Benson, Auburn,
Lexington, Tecumseh, Omaha
Central, Holdrege and Bellevue.
The meeting will include a joint
luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce with members of the Ne
braska Science Teachers association.
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This 8-point plan is scheduled
for 1952 when the present union
bond matures, and when materials
are available to add high-quality
improvements. The Union is sup
ported by student and faculty fees,
and its bond is being paid at the
rate of $17,000 per year.
Duane Lake, sixth director of
the Union, estimates according to
his April travel check that approx
imately 6,500 students use the
Union daily. The attendance fig
ures for the month of January are
presented here as an example of
the use of the building's assets.
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With the completion of the new
sports, food, social, and arts facil
ities, the Union board will be able
to attain its goal of providing
every student with the activity
which will best meet his needs,
tastes, and obligations to the University.
YM Sponsored
French Movie
Opens Tonight
Another week-end of interest
will be the YMCA-sponsored
showing of the French prize
winning film, "Life Dances On."
The movie will be shown twice,
at 8 p. m. on April 31 and
May 1, in the Temple theater and
Love Library auditorium, re
spectively. For the 50c admission charge,
university students, faculty mem
bers, and friends can see the
winner of the 1938 Venice Bi
ennial Film Exposition award.
Great French Actors.
A dramatic extravaganza, "Life
Dances On" stars seven of
France's greatest actors. They
include Raimu, Henry Bauer,
Louis Jovet, and Pierre Blanchar.
The movie is directed by Julien
Duvivier.
Known to French audiences as
"Un Carnet De Bal," the movfe
tells the story of a widow and
her first ball. The woman, whose
husband has died recently, dis
covers the program from her
first ball with the names of seven
past lovers on it. She decides to
search for each one of the seven
who pledged undying love at that
ball, and see the effect of the
years.
Seven Lovers.
In her travels, she meets the
I seven lovers, played by the famous
BY LEE BEST
Where would the campus be
without the Union? No Crib for
the bold 'n brave who are cut
ting their classes to drop in for
a coke. No free coffee and brown
ies on Sunday night when "pop"
hasn't come through with steak
money.
There would be no bridge tour
naments or ping-pong games for
the campus intellectuals. And no
busy looking guys and jjals run
ning around with pencils stuck
behind their ears and a mad look
in their eyes, getting copy for
the Rag, Cornhusker, or Corn
shucks. Ten Year Birthday
Ten years ago this week the
campus passed cigars at the birth
of its favorite offspring, the
Union. It has been growing
up through a crowded program of
French actors.. Each scene is an
almost separate episode contain
ing varying moods characterized
by the men.
New Republic has called the
film "Real film work ... brilliant"
Time said it "richly deserves the
prizes it has won." In the review
by the critic of The Nation, the
film was estimated as "worth go
ing to any theater and seeing."
movies, dances, lectures and con
ventions ever since. For five years
it saw a mecca of khaki and multi-clad
students invade its three
dining halls, establish a canteen,
and set up a student defense pro
gram. Its patronage has more than
doubled since its opening.
Now after a colorful decade of
campus-wide services, its tenth
anniversary will be celebrated by
a collossal birthday ball, Satur
day, May 1. Fun at the ball will
include all the pet activities built
up through the directorship of
student and faculty committees.
Professor L. B. Smith and
Nancy Garey, president and vice
president of the Union board, and
all board and committee mem
bers will be on hand to witness
the cutting of the cake, which is
being baked in replica form of the
actual building.
Easter Committee
The general entertainment com
mittee, head by Bob Easter is co
ordinating the program of danc
ing, visual and active entertain
ment, with prfzes and refresh
ments for all those attending.
There is no charge for the eve
ning, and ID cards will be check
ed at the door. The party begins
at 8:00 p. m., and a schedule of
various entertainments will be on
display in the lobby.
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