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MARY LOU THOMrSON clenches her fist and prepares to smash Bud Downing's jaw at one ol the
last rehearsals for Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" which will be presented by University theater in the
Union ballroom, on July 21. Curtain time is 8 p. m. Although Bud looks frightened, Paul Haring
ton (extreme right) chuckles lightly. From left to right the characters are Dwight Smith, Milt Hoff
man, Blanche Duckworth, Mary Lou Thompson, Bud Downing, Jo Speidell. Christine Phillips and
Harington. The production is under the direction of Max Whittakcr.
Clinic on Communicative Skills Ends
Teachers College's Summer Program .
The last of six teacher's col
lege clinics w ill be held in Love
Library on July 21.
The clinic will open at 9:30
a. m. in Love auditorium. It will
feature speakers from the Uni
versity and panels by teachers
from all over the state.
The theme of the last confer
ence will be "The Communicative
Skills How Best to Teach Them
Subject Discipline for Basic
Communication."
MANY OF THE last six con
ference have been in the field of
guidance. The guidance clinics
have been arranged, by Ralph C.
Bedell, professor of education
psychology and measurements.
University of Nebraska faculty
members have been aided in the
Teachers College clinics by three
visiting experts. The first is
Arthur A. Hitchcock, assistant di
rector of the guidance center at
Harvard. The second, Douglas H.
Fryer, interest measurement spe
cialist at New York University
i.nd third, W. R. Carter, mental
and educational measurements
: wialist, University of Missouri.
These men, nationally known au
thorities in the field of guidance,
have been the principle speakers
I at many of the clinics.
THE CLINICS devoted to guid
ance dealt with the subject in
three separate areas. The first,
June 16, developed the problems
of the Administrator and his guid
ance responsibilities. An instruc
tional conference on June 30 dis
cussed recognizing and correlat
ing the need for guidance. The
teacher-training conference on
July 14 gave out-state Nebraska
teachers an opportunity to learn
the technique of guidance from
the experts.
Guidance is a rapidly advancing
field at the University of Ne
braska. According to a survey
conducted by Teachers College
guidance and counseling is rated
the number one need in educa
tion by Nebraska teachers.
As a consequence twelve
courses in the University's sum
mer session curriculum were de
voted to the problems of guid-
Grurfuafc SluIrii!
Your attention is called to
the following dates which ap
pear on the graduate calendar
the 1919 Summer Session.
July 23 Foreign Language
Examinations (final date for
second language for those ex
pecting the doctor's degree in
January.)
July 26 Final date to de
posit thesis and file final re
port for degrees.
R. W. GOSS,
Desn Graduate College
Pfeiler Reports
On New Language
Teaching MetJiod
Results of "ear training" em-1
ployed by the modern languages '
department are "highly satisfac
tory," Dr. W. K. Pfeiler said.
Pfeiler, professor of German
language and lierature, said al
though the instruction probably
will never replace regular class
room assignments, it has good
supplemental value. Students
learn German, Spanish and
French in three sound-proofed
rooms equipped with earphones,
microphones, a control booth and
wire and tape recorders.
The control booth enables a
professT to break in on a rec
ord and to conduct three or four
different classes in the same room
through using multiple channels.
ance, in addition to the clinics
which were co-sponsored by the
State Department of Vocational
Education.
The other half of the teacher's
college program was devoted to
topics of general interest and im
portance, not only to outstate
teachers, but especially for
teacher's on the campus.
THE FIRST, held on June 23
was entitled "The Role of
Higher Education." At this clinic
representatives of both labor and
management presented their
views on higher education, its
value and necessity.
The July 7 conference dealt
with the school plant. This
clinic discussed consolidation,
repair and the best type of plan
ning preparatory to construction
or renovation.
Thursday's conference will be
a part of the latter category. It
is designed to give definite spe
cific information, not only to
out-state education but to Uni
versity students. The conference
will be punctuated by a noon
luncheon and will close with a 4
o'clock session.
IVCF Stars
In Radio Show
"Pack to the Bible" leader
Rev. Melvin Jones will speak at
the interdenominational meeting
of the Inter-Varsity Christian
fellowship, the group's last sum
mer session meeting.
The radio program star will
assist in the group's regular Bible
discussions, held Tuesday at 3
p. m. and Thursdays at 5 p. m.
in Room 203 of the Temple.
Special music for the last meet
ing will be provided by Laverne
and Orville Monroe. Everyone is
invited to attend the IVCF meetings.
Coward Production
Scheduled for
On Union Ballroom
BY JAN KEPNER.
The Bliss family and their harrassed guests will take
over the stage of the Union ballroom July 21 at 8 p. m when
the University theater presents "Hay Fever." The Noel
Coward play is the only show of the summer season.
The production, sponsored by the Union and the speech
department, is under the direc-1
tion of Max Whittaker.
The presentation of "Hay
Fever" is the first play, produced
by University theater to be given
on the campus since "WinterseP
in December 1948.
The play has been in rehearsal
all during July. Wednesday is
dress rehearsal. Thursday, open
ing night and right now on the
Temple Theater stage, the wheels
are rolling, getting the summer
show Noel Coward's Hay
Fever ready to go on the
boards Thursday evening. Up
stairs in the workshop, bright
sets are being painted and made
ready for their debut. In the
wings, prop crews busy organiz
ing hand properties and giving
them to actors as they are needed.
The light crew is experimenting.
Everything is seemingly confused,
but actually it is all part of an
intricate system aimed at prepar
ing a play for production.
Backstage, some of the actors
are discussing the play and their
parts. "We're still laughing at
it," they said. "The dialogue is
sharp and witty."
The dialogue is outstanding be
cause each character has a line
or two by which he is particularly
remembered or characterized.
For instance, the first the audi
ence sees of Paul Harrington, who
is portraying David, the father,
is when he burst in on a family
scene with "Why are you all mak
ing so much noise?" David is a
writer who has invited shy "Oh,
I , can't" Jackie Coryton, played
by Christine Phillips, down for
the weekend.
David's wife, Judith, played by
See "HAY FEVER," page 3.
Nebraska Needs
Grade Teacbers
Says Supt. Reed
Nebraska educators will inten
sify their efforts this fall to per
suade teacher-training students to
prepare to teach elementary
grades, rather than high school,
State Superintendent Wayne O.
Reed said.
The work is part of a national
drive to ease the shortage of grade
school teachers, and the surplus
of those wanting to teach in high
schools, he said.
THE SITUATION is not so bad
on the eastern and western coasts,
where salaries and qualifications
are identical for both types of
teachers, Reed said.
But in the middle west high
schools pay from $300 to $400 a
year more, and it is often difficult
to persuade a student to prepare
for a field in which the salary
differential is so wide and prep
aratory requirements frequently
the same.
THE NEBRASKA department
of public instruction expects no
shortage of high school teachers
this year. But about 1,500 tem
porary certificates must be issued
to permit teachers who cannot
measure up to standard qualifica
tions to instruct elementary
grades.
About 300 to 400 will be needed
in town elementary schools, he
said, and 1,000 in rural schools.
Dean Fullbrook Announces 6
Biz Ad Scholarship Winners
Six business administration col
lege students were named re
cipients Thursday of scholarships
and fellowships worth $1,425,
Dean Earl S. Fullbrook an
nounced. .
THE AWARDS are for the
1949-50 school year. In -addition
Dean Fullbrook announced that
David L. Thomas, Kearney, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Anson Thomas, is
the recipient of the Wall Street
Journal Award consisting of a
gold medal and a year's subscrip
tion to the Wall Street 'Journal.
The recipient must be a graduat
ing senior whose work in finance
and investments was outstanding.
OTHER AWARD winners:
First Trust Co. Scholarship of
$150 to James M. Wroth, senior,
Lincoln son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Wroth, awarded to an outstand
ing student whose record will be
improved with financial assist
ance. Lincoln Association of Insur
ance Agents Scholarship of $200
to Lawrence E. Donegan, senior,
Lincoln, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Donegan, awarded to students
with outstanding scholastic record
who has shown special interest in
casualty and property insurance.
JOHN E. MILLER Graduate
Fellowship in Business Adminis
tration of $500 to Philip S. James,
Linco'n, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter D. James, awarded to stu
dent with outstanding record who
wishes to take graduate work in
the college.
O. N. Magee Memorial Schol
arship of $100 to Richard E. Ben
nett, sophomore, Bclcvacie, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bennett,
awarded to a sophomore who held
a Regents' Scholarship as a fresh
man and made a satisfactory
scholastic record.
EDWARD R. WELLS Memorial
Scholarship of $100, to Robert E.
Patterson, sophomore, Lincoln,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Tatter
son, awarded to sophomore who
displays ability and promise of
success.
Miller and Paine Business Re
search Fellowship of $375 to Gor
don Pauley, Lincoln, son of Mrs.
E. 11. Pauley, awarded to student
planning to take graduate work in
the college.