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Meet Your Congressman
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Congressman Carl T. Curtis,
(center) who spoke at an All
University Public Affairs Clin
ic Monday discusses govern
mental problems with mem
bers of the panel, Dr. A. C.
Brechenridge (standing, 1.),
Dr. Leo Black (seated, 1.) and
Hugo Srb.
!ep. Curtis Questioned
ihouf Aid Jo Education
Pointed questions concerning
governmental aid to education
were asked of Representative
Carl Curtis at the University
Public Affairs Clinic Monday.
Congressman Curtis, Nebras
ka's representative to Congress
from the first district, devoted
an hour to explaining the work
and procedures f Congress and
particulaly the revision of the in
ternal revenue law.
FOLLOWING THE main ad
dress, a torum, led by Dr. A. C.
Breckenridge, head of the de
partment of political science, and
including Hugo Srb, clerk of the
Nebraska State Legislature, and
Dr. Leo P. Black of the State
Department of Public instruction,
asked questions concerning as
pects of legislation.
Dr. Black led the questioning
by asking Curtis the reason for
a recent reduction of the budget
-f the Office of Education by
$319,000. He pointed out that
$60,000 of the approved budget
had also been earmarked for
vocational education expendi
WHEN A department works
out carefully a budget," he said,
"it seems as if . the House would
not dare to cut it, thus tieing the
hands of the department."
Congressman Curtis said that
the bill did not come from the
House Ways and Means com
mittee, of which he is a mem
ber. He pointed out that the
function of that committee is to
decide on means of raising
money through taxes, not to de
cide the way the money is ap
propriated. "If the House accepted the
budget submitted by governmen
tal departments," he said, "then
the national deficit would be
billions more than it is now "
He said that departments antici
pated a cut.
DR. BLACK then wanted to
know how Nebraska's repre
sentatives voted on the Tideland
oil issue. Curtis replied that he
had voted for state ownership of
the oiL
Dr. Black asked why congress
men considered education only
after everything else had been
taken care of. If there is to be
equality of educational oppor
tunity, he said, there must be a
change of attitude toward federal
aid.;
Congressman Curtis's answer
was in three parts. He said first
that if Tideland oil belonged to
the federal government, then
funds would be available for
education. He added however.
We" went for a ride and all she
did was shake her head. After
sixty miles she told' me her nose
was caught in the windshield
wiper. f
that the educational aspect of
the issue had been merged for
political reasons. He said that
Congress decided however that
the funds did not belong to the
federal government. :
....
SECOND, KE said that he be
lieved that aid to education from
the federal government should bej
channeled through the school
system and should be handled by
school men.
However, he said, there would
be better education if it was
handled entirely locally and by
states. He is not in favor of
federal aid to education.
Srb's questions were concerned
with the nation's deficit spending
and how the United States can
avoid another war.
Because of the large atten
dance, the next clinic, "Meet the
Minister to the United States
from aPkistan," will be held in
the Union Ballroom.
Teachers
Conference
Program
TUESDAY
All sessions are in the Union.
1:15 p.m. First general ses
sion, "National rrends in Com
munity E d u c a t i o n,n Walter
Cocking, Ballroom.
2 p.m. Second general ses
sion, . "Local Experiments in
Community Education," William
E. Hall, Ballroom.
2:45 p.m. Discussion Session.
Ballroom.
5:45 p.m. Dinner Session,
"New Nations in Old Lands,"
Robert Simmons, Parlors XYZ.
S p.m. Third general session,
"Improving Citizenhip Educa
tion," Hall Bartlett, Ballroom.
8:30 p.m. Discussion Session.
Ballroom.
WEDNESDAY
$ a.m. Fourth general ses
ison, "International Experiments
in Community Education," Wil
lard Beatty, Ballroom.
10:30 a.m. Fifth general ses
sion, "Pupil Personnel Services
in a program of Comnuinity Edu
cation," Virginia Hufstedler.
Union Ballroom.
12 noon Luncheon, "Commu
nity Planning and the School
Plant," Russel Holy. Parlors X
and Y.
2 p.m. Community Education
at Work in Nebraska: Group L
Business Education: Tts Special
Contribution, Room S13; Group
II, Language Arts: Their Respon
sibility, Room 315; Group III.
Mathematics: Its Function, Room
316; Group TV, Science: Its
Function, Faculty Lounge; Group
V, Social Studies: Their Unique
Role, Music Room; Group VI.
Guidance: Its Obligation, east
end of Ballroom; Group VII,
Audio-Visual: Appropriate
Teaching Materials, west end of i
Ballroom.
4 p.m. Informal coffee hour,
"Experiences in UNESCO House,
Paris," Willard Beatty, Faculty
iounge.
Verna Snell
Craft Shop Mirrors
Life Work Of Teacher
Bridge Lessons
Union sponsored bridge lessons
will be held Wednesday from 4 to
S p.m. in the Union.
Robert A Ratner, assistant pro
fessor of mechanical engineering.
will instruct students in beginning
and advanced bridge.
A bridge tournament is planned
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Craft work might well be con
sidered the life work of Verna
Snell, crafts instructor at the
Union during the summer ses
sions. Miss Snell has been active in
arts and craft work for 18 years.
After graduating from Peru State
Teachers College, she began
teaching school in Nebraska com
munities. As a schoolteacher, she
found that craft knowledge was
very useful in instructing her
classes.
From teaching, Miss Snell went
into settlement house work in
Omaha, Cleveland and Los An
geles. "It was in this type of
work. Miss Snell stated, that I
began learning handicrafts in
earnest." Much of the settlement
house work is concerned with in
struction in arts and crafts, she
explained.
WHILE WORKING in Cleve
land, Miss Snell received special
training la arts and crafts at
Western Reserve University. For
six months she worked at Leisure
Crafts in Los Angeles, the larg
est and oldest crafts establish
ment in the city. There, she re
ceived instruction in leather work
from a professional leather
carver and is now a member of
the, Los Angeles Leather Craft
Guild.
For six years Miss Snell was
the proprietor of the Arts and
Crafts Supply Shop in Lincoln.
In addition to instructing sum
mer craft classes at the Union,
she also serves as an occupa
tional therapy aide at the State
Hospital.
MISS SNELL instructs summer
sessions students in craft work
every Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m.
at the Union. The first hour of
the class is spent in demonstra
tion and instruction of handi
crafts. Students work on individ
ual projects during the remaindSb
of the evening.
Since many of the 30 students
enrolled in the class are teachers
attending the summer sessions.
Miss Snell has planned a pro
gram of instruction in handicrafts
which could be used in schools.
Students receive instruction in
leather tooling and carving, lino
leum block printing, metal tool
ing, textile painting, basket weav
ing, Swedish weaving, spool knit
ting and clay modeling. Students
are also making copper wire
jewelry and belts and jewelry
out of plastic cord.
HANDICRAFTS INSTRUCTION
at the Union will continue through
July 27. A Thursday night shop
session has been planned for stu
dents desiring to spend more time
on craft projects.
A handicraft display is now on
exhibit hi the main lobby of the
Union. The exhibit features plas
tic cord earrings and belts,
leather purses and billfolds, bas
kets and trays woven from reed,
towels and napkins decorated
with embroidered and painted
designs and trays and coasters
etched in metaL
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Theodore T. Aakhus, professor
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University, was elected chairman
of the drawing division of the
American Society for Engineer
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