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Mr. James E. Lawrence, 68,
editor of the Lincoln Star since
1922 and professor of Journalism
at the University for almost 40
years, died at a local hospital Mon
day 'evening following a brief ill
ness. Mr. Lawrence had been con
nected with The Star for 50 of
the newspaper's 55 years, more
than four-fifths of that time as its
editor and managing editor.
He joined the staff as a reporter
hen he came to the University
of Nebraska in 1906. working his
way through univerity. In 1911,
after receiving the bachelor of
laws deeree from the university.
he became city editor. Named
managing editor in 1914, Jie be-1
came editor in 1922.
He was married Dec. 11, 1912, '
to the former Helen Hamilton I
Craves of Lincoln. They had one j
daughter, Mrs. Helen Elizabeth'
Klum, who now lives in Palos
Verdes Estates, Calif. j
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Pages 6 & 7
Vol. 32, No.' 2
Members of Alpha Xi Delta
orority are making preparations
i;ir Penny Carnival which is Oc-
tober 4lh at 7:30 p.m. in the Union
ballroom. Nancy Lee, Kay Miller,
Kay Rocke and Shirley Chab
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Council To Hold
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The Student Council will hold j
their first meeting of the year at
Wednesday, 4 p.m. in Room 315,
according to Helen Gou.lay, presi-
dent
An executive meeting will be
held before the regular n-.ert;og,
in the St jdent Council room ol the
Un;nn at 3 p.m.
The annual
o r l e nta'.ior.
s:-4:ion. ip'.n
sorwl by tie
Stxlent Coun
cil, will be hsld
j:i the U:;ou
b a 1 ! r o ; ra
Thursday start
ing at 4 p.m.
Chan c?lVw
::i!irrd Hardi;l
and Dean J.
Phillip Colbert
f our1-v Kunrfay
Jiriimul ami bur
Courluy
ill be guest speakers.
Discussion leaders and the re
presentatives to which thty will
speak include: Dr. Bruce Kendall,
parliamentarians; Dean Frank
Hallgren, men's sx;jl chairmen;
Dean Helen Snyder, women's social
chairman; Dean Lee Chatf.eld,
scholarship chairman; Mr. V.'illia.t!
Harper, fraternity and organiza
tion treasures; and Dr. Samuel
Fuennir.g, student health repr-'Ee-"-tatr.es.
Three other projects on which
the Council will be working tnis
year are the Tribjnal, book p!
and parking. There will be two it"
three Chancellor's roundtable msc-t-
NU To Hold
Institute
For Lawyers
A two-day law institute dealing
ith practical and legal problems
of interest to practicing lawyers
will be held at the University Col
lege of Law Friday and Saturday.
Dean Edmund Belsheim will
' preside Friday morning and U.S.
District Court judge, Robert Van
Pelt, will preside in the afternoon.
Nebraska Bar Assocratisn presi
dent Barton Kuhns. will preside
Saturday.
As a leading citizen of the state
for half a century Mr. Lawrence
was intimately connected with a
wide range of activities, political
and civic.
A close associate and twice cam
paign manager for the late Sen.
George W. Norris and an active
Democrat over a long period of
years, he had been strongly con
sidered for the U.S. Senate during
the thirties and .again, briefly, in
1954, but always declined the im
portunities of party leaders.
Always a strong figure in pro
grams for development of the
state's natural resources, he was
a leader in the foundation of Ne
braska's public power and irriga
tion system, and in the early 1950s
headed a Presidential commission
studying the Missouri Basin.
With a strong interest in the
history of the state, he served as
a trustee and for' 15 years as pres
ident of the Nebraska Historical
Society.
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Penny Carnival
will begin working on their booth
as soon as they hand their plans
in to Sandy Kully, Penny Carni-
val chairman, Thursday from 7-9
p.m. in Room 313 of the Union.
Each organized house will be noti-
eerin
ings during the year.
-The Council is locking forward j
to getting under way again and '
we hope we'll be very successful:
as far as the projects we will be i
undertaking are concerned," Miss
Gourlay said.
University Theater
Play Tryouis Start
' What Every Woman Knows" ' tones," Dr. Williams said. "And
is that she makes more of a man's it is told in the typical Barrie
success than he knows but never whimsical fashion. Barne himseil
lets him realize it. j was a peasant wha wrote as he
It is also the name of the first pleased; he's a charming teller of
University Theatre production of stories and this is one of his very
the 1957-53 season. best."
Dr. Dallas Williams, director of Tryouts for the play will be held
the University Theater nas an- in the Howell Memorial Tiieater
nounced tryout dates for the play in the Temple Building. No pre-
today from 3-5 and 7-10 p.m. and vious experisnce is necessary and
Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. all regularly enrolled students may
Dr. Williams said the play, the try out. including graduate stu-
first of J. M. Barrie's works to dents, Dr. Williams stressed.
be produced at the University The
aier in at least 14 years" is a
warm dr?:na in which
grows up."
a man
Dr. Charles Lown. n?w to the
University's Speech Dtpaiment
Ih.c ifl'iP ...ill Un ... An.,.A r
the technical end of the play. He
comes to the LmversUy from a
variety of experience at the Uni-
versity of Georgia. Drake Univer
sity, where he has taught for 10
ears. Louisiana State University
and Black Hills Teachers College
in Sjuth Dakota.
He earned his doctoral 2 from
Stanford Universi'y and has
worked at the University of Chi
cago. Dr. Lown ncted that tne
xarmth of the play is hard to
catch in scenery. It should present
some int'-resting problems."
There are five male parts in the
play and four women's roles. Wil-
liams added that it is a linguistic
play. "Some of the characters
speak with French accents, some
with Scotch and some with Eng-
lish." '
The action of the play is set
in Sco'.Sand around the turn of the
century. "It's a charming and de-
lightful comedy with serious under-1
A member of the University of
Nebraska's journalism f a c u 1 ty
since 1918, he was an active sup
porter of the university and in
1954 received the university's dis
tinguished service award.
! Mr. Lawrence was born in 1889
in Gage County, the son of an
early pioneer family in that area.
He was the son of James Grenville
Lawrence, who came to southeast
Nebraska in the early 1870s to lo
' cate near the original Daniel Free
I man Homestead in Gage County.
Mr. Lawrence attended elemen
tary' and high school in Beatrice.
He worked for a time for the
old Beatrice Express. Leaving Be
atrice he became a reporter for
; The Norfolk News, at a time when
' Norfolk was the springboard
for a pioneer land rush into the
Bouesteel country of South Dakota.
In 1914, the year in which Mr.
Lawrence became managing edi
tor of The Star, came the attempt
to remove the campus of the Uni
fied of their acceptance on the 20th
or 21st of Sept. There will be a
meeting for all house booth chair-
man Sept. 22 in Room 313 at 2 p.m.
Miss Kully explained the change
Kosmet Klub
There will be a meeting of
Kosmet Kluh Fall Revue skit
masters in Room 313 of the Un
ion at 5 p.m. Tuesday, accord
ing to Morgan Holmes, presi
dent. Holmes stated that all
fraternities who plan to enter a
skit in the pre-Revue competi
tion should have a representa
tive at the Tuesday meeting.
However, no freshman women
may participate in the University
Theatre until the fourth week of
second semester accordng to a
en'g office.
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KernelsTo Hold
Mvs Meetinq
The Ktrr;!.;, freshmen pep or
ganization, will hold a mass meet
ing on Wednesday, at 7 p.m., in
the Union Ballroom, according to
D0""3 Sawvell, Tasiels Vice-P;-esi-
dent.
The freshmen workers will be
given football Uckets and assigned
their seats for the games at this
meeting.
All Kernels must bring their
'dentification card to be punched,
according to Miss Sawvell. .
The cheerleaders will lead the
Nebraska songs and yells, and all
the Tassels and Corn Cobs will be
there. Miss Sawvell said.
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versity of Nebraska from its pres
ent site, an attempt vigorously
fought by The Star during which
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Courtesy Lincoln Slnr
I MR. JAMES E. LAWRENCE
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Lincoln, Nebraska
of time of Penny Carnival in this
way. "The girls will have more
time to plan for Homecoming, and
Penny Carnival won't run into
four week exams.
Afaturk U
To Open
N exf Year
The University's sister institu
tion Ataturk University, will open
its doors to students next fa!!,
according to Dr. A. C. Brecken
r.dge, dean of faculties.
Dr. Breckenridge returned re
cently from a 10-day inspection
tour of the institution, which is
located in eastern Turkey.
D o rmitories,
a p a r tm?ms
and classroom
buildings for
the colleges of ?
a g r iculture, ,
e n g ineenng
and letters and
sciences are
the first to be
said. 1- L'i
"The Univer-CourtMy Lincoln Journal
si t y misiion Breckencidse
and an Atakurk committee are
jointly wcrking cut details for a
new teaching staff", Dean BrecVrti
riclae reported.
He commended the work of '.'.ie
University mission, headed by Dr.
Otto Hoiberg. now on leave as
coordinator of community services.
Chief of the mission for the pst
two years was Dr. Marvel Baker,
who returned to tlrj campus this
sumsn.r.
The Miv.ii was established i:i
1055, when the University signed
a conn act with the U. S. Interna
tional Cooperation Administration
providing for the University to
reader technical advice and as
sistance to the Ministry of Educa
tion, Ataturk and Ankara Univer
sities, and the Ministry cf Agri
culture in Turkey.
Tscsh Bennies
On Szq Nov
i Freshmen beanie tickets will be
! on sale in Room 201 Administra
! tion building all this week.
The ticket . entitles the student
i to a beanie which can be picked
! up at Ben Simon's department
store.
The tickets are 75 cents. It is
I'raditkna! to wear the fmsh bean-
ies until the fust snowfall.
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the new managing editor worked
directly with the committee which
was organized to oppose the move.
It was during his tenure as man
aging editor also that The Star
campaigned for the proposal to
build a new $10,000,000 state capi
tol building on a pay-as-you-go
basis with a special mill levy to
cover the costs.
After World War I, Mr. Law
rence served on the executive
committee of a group backing
American entry into the League
ot Nations.
It was during the early thirties
that Mr. Lawrence and The Star
began the campaign for a compre
hensive program of water storage
and irrigation from Nebraska
streams and for development of
the state's public power system.
As a close associate of the then
Sen. George W. Norris and as one
of the three members of the Ne
braska Public Works Administra
tion advisory board, Mr. Lawrence
was a key figure in what came to
e
niversiri
Financing
The University is arranging fi-1 Plans call for the apartments
nancing for a $4,750,000 housing , to be built on Ag campus, while
project which would provide a : the Board of Regents has indi
new 1,000-bed men's dormitory on cated preference for a site at 17th
the city campus and a 100 apart- j and R streets for the men's dorm,
ment building for married stu-j Completion date is tentatively
dents. I set for 1900, according to Dr. Jo-
New Student Hea
Center Nearly Done
The new Student Health building
will be completed during second
semester, Dr. S. L Fuenning, med
ical director said in an interview
with the Daily Nebraskan Friday.
The new building, consisting of
a basement, and first and second
floors will have modern up-to-date
equipment. Part of the basement
will remain unfurnished until a
later date. The furnished part will
feature physical therapy facilities,
kitchen, dining room for patients
who need a special diet but are
not required to remain in the hos
pital, storage, supply and locker
rooms.
The first floor will contain of
fices, examination rooms, labora
tories, X-ray facilities, pharmacy
center, mental hygiene and public
environment health offices.
The modern air-conditioned hos
pital will be on the second floor
containing a maximum of 32 beds.
Each room will have bathing fa
cilities, closet and special equip
ment furniture.
Asked how the new building will
compare with other university
health centers, Dr. Fuenning re
plied, ''it will rate very favorable.
It may not be as spacious as other
schools but it will carry on an
adequate program.
The $559,000 building will be
patronized by University students
who are registered for seven or
more hours during the regular
term and students who are regist
ered for three or more hours dur
Challenge Drews Wmm
A "challenge" is responsible for
attracting Dr. John Weaver to the
University as new dean of the
Graduate College.
The nationally known geograph
er, who filled the post left vacant
more than a year ago by the re
tirement of the University former
graduate dean, Dr. Robert Gross,
officially began his duties here
July 1.
Dr. Weaver said he accepted the
Nebraska position "because of the
challenge and the opportunity of
working in s'ich a job at a good
graduate college, and my life long
interest in research."
In addition to hiS duties as
graduate dean he is also the Uni-vei-sj'y
research administrator.
As dean it will be Dr. Weaver's
job to coordinate and guide the
work of about 750 graduate stu
dents and approximately 300 grad
uate faculty members.
The graduate students fields of
st dy cover a wide range of sub
jects inch-ding chemistry, econo
mics, business organization, ag
ronomy, botany, and numerous
other subjects.
Nearly all graduate work, ex
cept medical and some education-
, al areas will be Dr. Weaver's re
t sponsibility.
j The new dean was dean of Arts
I and Sciences at Kansas State Col
! lege for the last two years. Prior
: to this he served on the Univer
' sity of Minnesota faculty for nine
years.
be called "Nebraska's Little
TVA," on which $70,000,000 of fed
eral funds were spent creating the
water storage, irrigation and pub
lic power development now known
as Tri-County on the Upper Platte
River.
In 1936 Mr. Lawrence and The
Star actively supported an initia
tive proposal, sponsored by Sen
Norris, to provide Nebraskas' one
house Legislature, a proposal that
was overwhelmingly approved at
the polls.
Mr. Lawrence's close associa
tion with Sen. Norris spanned a
period of many years. He also
managed the senator's campaign
in 1942, and after that unsuccess
ful drive collaborated with the
senator on his autobiography,
''Fighting Liberal."
Mr. Lawrence headed the Ne
braska Territorial Centennial Com
mission, which planned the ob
servances across the state in 1954
in celebration of the 100th anni
versary of Nebraska's becoming
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ing the summer session. The pro
gram is financed through a med
ical fee of $.50 per semester which
j is included in the general regis
1 tration fee. Small fees are charged
are $5 per day.
Clinic hours are from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday and
from 8 to 12 a.m. on Saturdays.
Emergency care can be obtained
after hours by using the door bell
button to call the nurse on duty.
Asked how Dr. Fuenning became
interested in the University, he re
plied he was persuaded by Chan
cellor Gustavson, to reorganize
and set up a new Student Health
program. Dr. Fuenning, smiling,
said he accepted on "a temporary
basis."
The medical director took six
months "to get the project rolling
and by the fall of '47 the program
was initiated and the building com
pleted. The present Student Health
building was brought piece by
piece by the University to Lincoln
from Hastings where it had been
a naval ammunition depot.
In 1948 the University recom
mended the n e a r I y-completed
Health Center and later as the
program developed, a full-time
psychiatrist and a public health
engineer were added to the staff.
Dr. Fuenning estimates that
"85 per cent of the student body
uses the present facilities each
year and the number is increasing.
During his last year at Minne
sota, 1954-55, he' served as chair
man of the school's geography de
partment. Dr. Weaver has been cited for
his research ability. He has re
ceived the research award of
American Geographers for "meri
torious contribution" for "his
study of crop combinations in the
middle west, widely acclaimed as
a most useful contribution to the
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During this period Mr. Law
rence also served on the City
County Building Commission and
on the Capitol Murals Commission,
and he had recently been named
chairman of the commission to
plan the 1956 centennial observ
ance of the University of Nebras
ka. For half a century The . Star
never went to press without its
4uota of copy from Mr. Law
rence's typewriter. Early in 1957,
when he was hospitalized, for the
first time, for surgery, he allowed
associates to prepare the editori
al columns for a few days, and he
noted that it was the first time in
his long association with The Star
that a daily issue had been printed
that did not contain at least some
of his writings.
Mr. Lawrence was a member of
the Presbyterian Church and a
Mason. He was a long-time mem
ber of the Lancaster County Bar
Association.
Social Column
See Page 4
Tuesday, September 17, 1957
aims
seph Soshnik, University comptrol
ler. An Omaha firm was appointed '
fiscal agent in July to assist the
University with financial arrange
ments. '
Original plans called for th
project to be financed with public
funds through a bond issue.
In August, however, the Univer
sity made a preliminary applica
tion to the Federal Housing and
Home Finance Agency for reserva
tion of $3 million in funds for use
in constructing the proposed units.
Dr. Soshnik said the application
was made to determine if the
University was eligible for such a
loan.
During the weekend the federal
agency announced . that it looked
"favorably" upon the University
application.
Soshnik emphasized that "the
agency's approval merely means
that it recognizes a housing need
at the University and the eligi
bility of the University as a po
tential borrower."
He said the University still
hopes to finance the project with
private funds.
The preliminary application
showed that more than 2,000 single
men students lived off campus,
other than with their parents, as
of the fall of 1956. It also showed
nearly 1,500 married students lived
off campus.
Selleck Quadrangle, the present
men's dorm, was completed in
1955 at a cost of more than $2 mil
lion. The site on which plans call for
the dorm to be constructed in
clude six private residences and
land bwned by the Rock Island
Railroad.
The University's present mar
ried students' housing unit is a
40-apartment project on Holdrege
from 43rd to 44th. It wai built at
a cost of $400,000. The proposed
apartments would cost an esti
mated $1 million.
To Nebraska
field of agricultural geography,"
according to an earlier announce
ment by Chancellor Hardin.
Dr. Weaver is a native of Evan
ston, 111., but was raised mostly
at Madison, Wis He earned his
Bachelor of Arts degree with high
honors from the University of Wis
consin in 1937, and was a graduate
fellow at the University, receiving
his Doctor of Philosophy degree
in 1942.
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