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Union
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The dreams of a few patient
men plus an eight year struggle
were the elements responsible
for the Cornhusker center of
friendship and unity the Stu
dent Union.
The $475,000 building, recog
nized by students as the social
center of the campus, became a
reality nearly 12 years ago at a
special grand open house cere
mony. On May 4, 1938, the the
big front doors were officially
opened for the first time.
It all began with an initial
drive in 1930 when Ray Ramsay,
then alumni secretary and Oscar
Korling, editor of The Daily Ne
braskan, pushed the original
ideas of a Union for the Univer
sity. A few months later, the Alumni
council appointed a student union
committee, with Robert Thicl,
chairman. Also under Ramsay's
iniii.itive, a series of articles,
ru r.ning over a three year pe
riod, were prepared and pub
lished in the Rag and the Ne
braska Alumnus.
Innocents Join Fight
Following this action, the In
nocents joined in the battle for
a Union. Ramsav and Innocent
prcxy Bill McCleery in 1931,
journeyed to the University of
Missouri to examine the new
Union building there. Then
thru their continued efforts,
questionnaires and inquiries were
sent to every college in the na
tion in possession of a Union.
The Student Council, with
Irving Hill, president, leading
the way, took up the fight and
Investigated possibilities of re
moving all legal barriers.
After a few despairing months,
some ice was broken when Rag
editor Jack Fischer, in 1935 an
nounced that petitions circu
lated among students indicated
that 3,000 would be willing to
pay a small fee to defray the
cost of maintenance. A similar
answer from alumni disclosed
the former graduates would fur
nish the building through dona
tions of S75.000.
Immediately, Nebraska con
gressman Henry Luckey and
Senator George Norris, in Wash
ington, started to get a WPA en
dorsement of the plan.
Construction Begins
Most of the preliminaries were
then over when the Regents
lier Eight
Hunter College Offers
Study, Classroom Hints
The year 1950 is here! With
a new year before everyone, life
begins anew. Yet the ever pres
ent question that plagues the stu
dent, "How to go to school and
eivoy it," is still before all class
goers. But there is hope! From Hun
ter College comes these tips on
how to win grades and influence
professors, getting the maximum
enjoyment from classes.
1. Look alert. Take notes
eagerly. (If you look at your
watch don't stare at it unbeliev
ably and shake it.)
Newspaper Clippings.
2. Take newspaper clippings
to the class that de;d with the
professor's subject. (This demon
strates fiery interest and gives
the professor timely items to
mention to the class. If you don't
find clippings dealing with his
subject, take any old clippings at
random. He thinks everything
deals with his subject.)
3. Nod frequently and murmur,
How true!" (To you this seems
exaggerated. To him, it's quite
objective.)
4. Sit in front near him. (Ap
plies only if you intend to stay
awake.)
5. Laugh at his jokes. (You
can tell when he cracks one. If
he looks up from his notes and
smiles expectantly, he has told
a joke.)
6. Ask for outside reading.
(You don't have to read it, just
ask.)
Reveille.
7. If you must sleep, arrange
to be called at the end of the
Hour, (it creates an unfavorable
impression if the rest of the class
Five Students
Presented
Music Recital
Five students were featured in
recital presented by the Uni
versity School of Fine Arts Wed
nesday, Feb. 1. The recital was
given at 4 p. m. in the Social
science auaiionum, i
The recital included Marlin D.
Killion, trumpet, Dorothy Davis,
pianist, Catherine Elliott, so
prano, Jean Leisy, accompanist
nd Roberta Lewis, accompanist.
Killion was a member of the
rnid-year class, graduating with
distinction. He received the de
gree bachelor of music in educa
tion and is remaining at the
University as a graduate assist
ant. The program:
ConcvrtO'AndsTite, allegm Beethoven
Marlin Pean KMlion
Jeane Leify. Aceonuantt
Pnnata, Op. 57 Alirero asaal. .Beethoven
l-aplm que lente. Vaiae Drbunsy
Jardins aoua la phiie IbuKy
Dorothy Davis
l a Sertnata Totl
Whither Behubert
I)ri!t Down. Drift Duwn K"na!d
Charmant Olneau Iavia
FlulM Obhlicato WilllMra Wurtx
Catherine Elliott
Roberta Lewis. Accompanist
Canasta Experts
Offer Instruction
Do you need a new interest?
Are you lacking socially? Do
you have nothing to do in the
afternoons but study?
Canasta Is your salvation.
I'ree instruction will be given
in the Union game room from
4 to 6 every Thursday starting
Fib. 2.
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THE STl'DENT I'NION Social Center of the campus, the $475,
000 building, erected in 1938, will celebrate its 12th birthday. May 4.
The Alumni Association donated a sum of $75,000 to provide for
furnishings.
signed the petition for securing
the federal funds. The memor
able date was Feb. 14, 1936. '
Then construction started for
the new building after plans
were submit Vd by two former
Cornhusker graduates, architects
Ellcry Davis, "06, and Walter F.
Wilson, '14.
Two-thirds of a year went by
before The Daily Nebraska an
nounced in October of 1936 that
the new Union was assured a
$180,000 collection. The entire
edition that day was devoted
completely to sketches and uses
of the new building, besides pic
tures of the planners and sup
porters. Construction begun but was
soon interrupted because of red
tape and lack of funds, and prog
ress was slow. At this time stu
dents were somewhat irked by
three previously postponed open
ings due to building interrup
tions. Each student was then
paying a semester fee of $3 to
retire the bonds issued against
$20,000 a year's payment.
Finally Completed
After several dormant spells,
the building was finally com
pleted and the open house fol
lowed c elebrating a final j
triumph. A special 12-page edi
has left and you sit there alone,
dozing.)
8. Be sure the book you are
reading during the lecture looks
like a book from the course. (If
you do math in psychology class ;
and psychology in math class. ' than Feb. 2.
match the books for size and A sllown.,ke theme will be car
color.) -vied out in all the decorations
9. Ask any question you think anti entertainment. The mistress
he can answer. Conversely, avoid .
announcing that you nave lounn
the answer to a question he
could not answer, and in your
brother's second grade reader at
that.
10. Call attention to his writ
ing. (Produces an exquisitely
pleasant experience connected
with you. If you know he's writ
ten a book or an article, ask in
class if he wrote it.)
There it is! The student can
profit from past experience and
enjoy lite! One last bit of ad
vice whether the student wants
to do any work is purely op
tional. Redid Plans j
Of Fine Arts
Faculty Tc!d
The University school of fine
arts will present a recital by four
faculty members at 4 p. m. Sun
day, Feb. 12 in the Unicn ball
room. The program, by John Blyth,
pianist; Donald Lent, flutist:
tamest Harrison, pianist: and
Emanuel WMinow, violinist, is
sponsored by the Union music
committee.
Hunatn -p. 1 1 0
Jtlorleratn canta ttiie
A IN Km rrolto
Aohkio and Fuu
Mr. Blyth
onrerto in D Major . .
.Mozart
Aliesro aprto
Syrinx ThtisKv
Andante Faetnrnl et Sriifrzptinn. .Tall.iru-l
Mr. H.rripo-i. acmmitanifit
8onat in K Minor- K 'Mti Mozart
A ileuro
Tnii. df VinuMto
Mr. Wiphnow ami Mr. Hrnon
S'TJita ,Lf tiUiiy
Pa Morale
Intf r:ii1
Kina it
Mr. Mr Wishnnw. Mr. H:trriirn
Methodist Coed's
Club Initiates 13
club for women students, has
initiated thirteen Nebraska coeds.
ine new ineiuueis are iois
Irene Eddy, Jacqueline Ann
Ficke, Joan Jones Marilyn Jo
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Martin, Virginia Lee Roberts,
Gladys Robertson, Inez Marie
Robertson, and Patsy Joan Rook,
all of Lincoln, Phyllis Becker,
Hershey; Marilyn Cooper, Clay
Center; Mary Alice Schwalm,
Omaha; JoAnne Sorensen, Hardy;
and Ruth Ann Trautman, Cleve
land. N. D.
PHYS ED "T" SHIRTS
TRUNKS
SHOES
SINGLE GOLF CLUBS
AND
SUPPLIES
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SPORTS
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Struggle
tion of the Rag signified the
event.
The total cost of the building,
unequipped, was $400,000, 45
percent of which was met
through a WPA grant and the re
maining 55 percent to be paid
off over a period of 15 years.
At the opening, students were
especially impressed by the
"Great Lounge," now the main
lounge on first floor and the
"Great Hall," now the ballroom
on second.
Beside those individuals al
ready mentioned, other men in
strumental in developing the
embryo idea were ex-Chancellor
E. A. Burnett, who took a strong
administrative lead and John
Latenser, state PWA adminis
trator, who brought forth enough
federal government assistance.
Snow in Sight
For Annual
ISA Dance
Snow is the forecast.
However, the girls will
civen a chance to pick their
be
fa-
vorite
snowman at me iart
Snowflake Dance, rnciay night.
Plans for the girl-asks-boy
dance were announced by Betty
Carroll, publicity chairman.
Dancing will be from 9 to 12 p.m.
with Yuz Powell and his orches
tra furnishing the music.
The snowman, to be presented
at the dance, will be chosen from
among boys nominated by their
dates. Each girl nominalting a
Snowman must get the signatures
of lit teen other girls on his ap
plication. These applications
must be put in tne ISA maiiDox
jn the Union basement not later
0f ceremonies and all attendants
to the Snowman will be dressed
in white.
Parlors A, B and C will be
open during the evening for re
freshments. Tickets purchased before the
dance will be 44 cents apiece or
85 cents per couple. At the door,
tickets will sell for 60 cents and
SI. 20 respectively. The dance is
an all-student affair.
T I),..7l
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Recently while a gentleman was
being interviewed on a radio quiz
program he was asked how many
children he had. The father an
sweied, "About eight." The an
nouncer, naturally amazed at the
answer, asked for an explanation
The proud father simply explained
:he had not been home since noon,
Industrial Civilization Tlieme
Of Sociology Professor's Book
"The Culture of the Indu.-trial
Man," a book by Paul Meadows,
associate professor of sociology at
i the university, received acclaim
in the latest Saturday Review of
Literature.
Meadows gut the inspiration
. ? ?lu ' , V.
values in an industrial civiliza-
tion. while he was teaching at
Northwestern university. It grew
out of a two-year faculty seminar ;
on the social effects of techno!- i
ogy, and is now being used as a I
text in Industrial Sociology, aj
study of industry and society.
The author s interest in nidus'-
tri-.l ri.l:,ti.,iic rlMr"! from his I
early years in the coal mining
country of southern Illinois.
Liberal Industrialism.
Meadows writes of a liberal in
dustrialism which rejects the dis
cordant national and class hat-
reds of Europe
He calls for an
administrative revolution of the
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5:33, 7:33. 9:35.
-(.ubra Woman," 1:30, 4:2 1,
7:18, 10:03. "While Savage,"
2:41, 5:33, 8:29.
"HM Thai Baby,"
3:33. 8:27. "Hfllire,"
4:02, 6:51, 9:16.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Faculty Notes
Dr. Leroy T. Laase, professor
of Speech and Dramatic Art and
chairman of department, and Dr.
John Wiley, assistant professor
of Speech and Dramatic Art, con
ducted speech and hearing clin
ics at Kearney on Jan. 16.
Dr. Merle A. Stoneman, pro
fessor of School Administration
and Elementary Education, con
ducted a school building survey
at Emerson and Jackson on Jan.
17 and 18.
Three staff members are
among the several national edu
cational authorities who are ex
tensively quoted in the Janu
ary issue of "The School Execu
tive," national educational jour
nal. They are: Dr. Frank E.
Henzlik, Dean of Teachers Col
lege and professor of School Ad
ministration; Dr. Walter K.
Beggs, professor of School Ad
ministration; and Dr. Merle
Stoneman, professor of School
Administration and Elementary
Education.
Dr. Ralph L. Ireland, profes
sor of Pedodontics and chairman
of department, gave a paper on
"Operation Technics For Chil
dren," before the Black Study
Club of Des Moines, la., on Jan.
16. He also conducted clinics on
the same subject.
Dr. Leland M. Lynn, instruc
tor in Operative Dentistry, at
tended the Denver Mid-Winter
Dental meetings, held on Jan.
9-11.
Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry, as
sistant professor of School Ad
ministration and History and
Principles of Education, attend
ed the Conference on Problems
of Audio-Visual Education in
Pre-Service and In-S crvice
Training of Teachers and Group
Leaders, held at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station, Chicago,
on Jan. 20-21. The conference
was sponsored by the Film
Council of America.
Six staff members will attend
the National Convention of Asso
ciations for Supervision and Cur
riculum Development, to be held
in Denver on Febr. 12-15. They
are: Dr. John Galen Saylor, pro
fessor of Secondary Education;
Dr. Kenneth H. Freeman, profes
sor of Elementary Education and
chairman of department; Dr.
Frank E. Sorenson, chairman of
department of Education Service
and Director of Summer School;
Clara C. Evans, assistant profes
sor of Elementary Education;
Hazel Davis, assistant professor
of Kindergai ten-Primary Educa
tion; and Calvin II. Reed, assis
tant professor of School Admin
istration and of History and
Principles of Education. Dr.
Saylor will be resource leader
of a work group for laboratory
experience in teacher education,
and Miss Evans will serve as a
group evaluator.
Dr. Freeman, Clara Evans and
Hazel Davis will also attend the
meetings of the National Council
for Elementary Science, to be
held on Febr. 1 1 in Denver.
Dr. William F. Swindler, pro
fessor of Journalism and direc
tor of the School of Journalism,
will attend the midwinter meet
ing of the Inland Daily Press as
sociation, to be held in Chicago
on Febr. 13.
H. Homer Aschmann, instruc
tor in Geography, is a new addi
tion to the staff of the Geogra
phy department. Aschmann was
teaching assistant at U. C. L. A.
and the University of California
at Berkeley, and instructor and
assistant professor of Geography
at San Diego State Collerie. He
received his B.A. and M.A. from
U. C. L. A.
Aschmann is a member of Phi
Delta Kappa, Sigma Xi. and Phi
Beta Kappa. He served in the
Army Air Forces in Washington
and in the E. T. O. during the
war and was a prisoner of war
in Germany for a year.
Aschmann will arrive next
week with his wile and daugh
ter, 4, and will reside at 5114
North 15th. He was doing field
woik in lower California prior to
his appointment here.
the National Industrial Confer
ence board stated in the Sat
urday Review of Literature that
Meadows' book is, "Not pene
trating or highly original but it
summarizes in a useful anti stim-
iulating way a widely accepted
i
interpretation of some of the
j issues of our time which have
emerged in technical society."
Jordan says the book will im
press anyone who has wondered
why so many millions of men
hate and tear the industrial civil
ization of our time.
Horn Designs Jacket
The jacket of the book was
designed by Jack Van Horn and
is in black, with a non-objective ,
design which symbolizes the con
flicts of industrial society.
Much credit for the general
f appearance of the book coos to
, , ,
Emily Schossberger, whose as
sistance helped made it possible."
Meadows said.
St. Valentines Day
is Coming
It's smart to jive oui Photoeraph especially on St. . i;n
tine's Day to your Sweetheart That Includes the one you
married to Mom or Day they are Sweethearts too your
favorite Uncle or your best friend.
if (Vol to Late
We can make up a fine Photograph from the negative on file
or make s new one for you but you will have to act at once.
Immediate Service
ROSE MANOR STUDIO
1421
George Ranrlol
Hanging Evidence
Labels Late-riser
Most guys and gals who get
up for breakfast are content to
let drooping eyelids and unkempt
hair attest the fact that they are
still half asleep. Then there's the
Midland college student, .who
has prefected the art of combin
ing a trip to the dining hall with
breakfast in bed.
On one Wednesday morning
he donned a shirt and pair of
trousers over his pajamas . . .
strictly as a time-saving device,
of course, and not with any
idea of setting a new style. What
he failed to notice in his haste
to get to the building before the
doors closed was that one leg of
the ug evening attire was
longer than the pantleg cover
ing it.
He remained blissfully una
ware that telltale cuff was drag
ging about his ankle until a
woman called after him, "I think
you'd better dress tomorrow
morning. Your slip's showing."
Glass Menagerie Rehearsals
Move Into Seventh Week
Moving into the seventh week
of rehearsals, the University
Theater's stage crew as well as
the cast members are now ready
ing for "Glass Menagerie," the
third production of the school
year. The first curtain rises
Monday, Feb. 21 on the Pulitzer
prize winning play which will be
presented for three consecutive
evenings.
After a brief vacation during
exam weeks, plans are now being
made for the preliminary dress
rehearsal for the technical com
mittee. According to William Ellis,
technical director, most of the
stage effects are adapted from
the original Broadway play.
"Definitely different than other
plays given so far this year," is
the comment of Dick Garretson,
iight and sound amnager for the
memory drama.
Scene Changing Problem
An integral part of the play
is the mood produced from the
props and special lighting. Gar
retson said that to achieve the
correct mood, 25 spotlights and
two floodlights covering 17 stage
areas. Usually only ten areas
are played upon by lighting.
Difficulty in comnletine quick I
stage changes between scenes is
the biggest problem yet of the
crew. Illustrating the point. Gar
retson pointed to the number of
lights and said that a synchron
ization must be accomplished as
all the lights black out while the
cnanges are made. However, by
doing this, play action will be
speeded up.
Crew Members Responsible
"We. the crew members are
as responsible as the cast mem
bers lor achieving the continua
tion of a memory eflcct rather
than a mere flashback effect,"
Garretson explained.
A "scrim," a theatrical term
for a transparent material which
allows the audience to feel it is
seeing through something, will
be used throughout the play.
Actually, there are scenes in
the play which shift from a room
in the back of the house to the
front room separated by this
"scrim" serving as the wall
partition.
Class animals and delicate
glassware symbolize Laura's per
sonality, which is rather trans
parent and fragile.
The play revolves to a great
extent ;.bout her as she takes
FrPsllIliail WillllCr ' , pniI"-'i0Pher: A person who
III MI1IUI1I W limit doesn't care what side his bread
frC:.,L.,;.. Ai--it.,l!s buttered on because he eats
Earl Mitchell, freshman from
Chadron, is the recipient of the
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia scholar-
! ship for music students.
The award, given lor scholastic
standing, musicianship and need,
I was presented by Emanual Wish-
now, faculty sponsor and direc
: tor of the University Symphony
- orc hestra, at a meeting held Wed
nesday. FRIDAY
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F.leanor Enckson (above), has
been appointed to head the
editorial staff of the Corn
husker Countryman for the
coming year. She will be as
sisted by Rex Messersmith
who will be managing editor.
refuge in this "glass menagerie."
Dallas. Williams, director, com
pared the drama to "Faust," the
first production of the year.
Compared to Faust
"In many ways, it is more
difficult than "Faust." For one
reason, there was a large cast in
the latter. The audience's atten
tion was focused not on a few
but on many characters.
"In the play," characters must
be more subtle, and do a finer
job of acting than they might do
in Faust.
"I am quite pleased in the way
actors are taking hold of their
parts, even tho they present
problems of highlighting and
shading," Williams remarked.
All Reporters
Urged to Attend
'Rag' Classes
Daily Nebraskan reporters will
be given a chance to "learn the
ropes" next Friday afternoon
when a staff member will tell
them the fundamentals of re
porting for the Rag.
The short discussion will be
held at 3 p.m. in the Rag office
in the Union basement. The staff
member will attempt to tell re
porters what will be expected of
them and a few of the basic rules
of news reporting. The talk will
be designed to bring to light
things which otherwise might
take weeks for reporters to
understand.
Fritz Simpson, newly appointed
Rag editor, urged all students in
terested in reporting for the
Daily Nebraskan to begin work
this week. "The new, seven
column paper," he said, "has
created a need for more report
ers. Journalism students will be
able to obtain practical expe
rience through work on the big
ger Hag."
Daily Nebraskan hours are 1
to 6 p.m. daily and Saturday
mornings.
Hollywood: A place whe.e the
inmates are in charge of the asy
lum. both sides anyway.
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Thursday, February 2, 1950
Arlen Beam (below), will be
in charge of the business staff
of the Cornhusker Country
man for the coming year. His
selection was made by the Ag
Publications board Jan. 14.
Sigma Tau
Initiates 56
Fifty-six University of Ne
braska men were recently
initiated into Sigma Tau, national
honorary society for engineering
students.
New members are:
Ivan Altmanshofer. George
Andreasen, Edward Bartunek,
Myron Blume, John Boberg, Axel
Boileson, Harold Bonness, Arthur
Bohner, Marlin Bopp, Billy Bry
an, Clarence Cunningham.
Wilbur Decker James Dutton,
William Easton, Chris Fcride,
Myron Fleckenstein, Eveileigh
Foster, Robert Grogan, Dorson
J. Harm, Richard Hawes, Fred
H. Hawkins.
Malcolm Higgins, Richard High,
Wilmer Hunt, Nolan Jones, Ray
Kelsey, Bill Klcinschmidt, Mer
vin Klug, Harry Koontz, William
E. Larsen. Norman Lundberg,
Robert McMaster.
Clifford Magnuson, Francis
Marks, Robert Mason, Marvin
Nelson, Stuart Nelson, Harold
Penner, William Pierce, Rex V.
Plumb, Dale Raitt, Elliott Rccht,
Gale Robinson.
Dale E. Schoenleber, Willis
Selk, Curtis Sick, Terry Stales,
Kenneth Sughroue, Clayton
Sumpter, Edward Swenson, Rich
ard Toler, Richard Torczon, Wil
liam Wendland, Donald Wiebke,
William Wild, and Clifford W.
Williams.
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