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PAGE 4 SUMMER NEBRASKA JUNE 25, 1959 Your University What Is Haa to Offer Laborers Symbolize Needs Two brawny, shirtless la borers sorted lumber before the growing structure of the Student Union Building that will cost appoximately 1, 250,000 when completed this summer. But they weren't just labor ers. They were a part of the reason why the Union build ing is being enlarged and im proved. John Osterland and Larry Shields, Lincoln High School graduates and football players, are part of the swell of new students that win use the sew facilities and who have made them necessary. Both of the boys are earning their tuition and school ex penses by construction work. Cafeteria Opens Among the facilities that John, Larry and the summer session students may enjoy now is the new cafeteria that opened last week. Also available for the sum mer students are movies shown on the new Cinema- - - "f - (i V Bb Handy shows students the ew Crib. - i scope screen, set sp ki the Ballroom. Bob Handy, Activities Di rector of the Union, said that this fall the Nebraska students will be able to enjoy every thing from a hair cut to a symphony concert in the en larged, air-conditioned, and eye-pleasing surroundings. Bowling alleys with auto matic pin setters highlight Union plans to make itself one of the vacs', modern in stallations of if type in the country. Enlargments Made Also a larger lounge, Crib aad ballroom are in the pro cess of being completed. In the lower level there will be billiard tables and ping pong tables as well as a handicraft room. The upper story will see an enlargment of the campus organization offices. Money for the addition and renovation comes entirely from a student fee 'included in all tuitions. The formal opening and dedication of the new Student Union is being planned for the week-end of September 18th and 19th. However, the building will be open for use the first week in September. - , , - i v::riirH rm r5 rn r-7 ,1 "Aa artist's dream coming true: Placement Service Available Teacher placement is one of the many services which the University of Nebraska offers its students. The Teacher Placement Di vision not only places its graduates, but any under graduate who has completed 12 hours in residence may apply for out service," said Mrs. Florence Kowley, cre dential clerk. She added that graduate students having taken any number of hours are eligible for the placement service. The benefits of the service include: Up-to-date set of creden tials. Service for one vear from the date of registration. individual service designed to meet individual interests and needs. Vacancies solicited from aH states in the United States, several of the territories, and many foreign countries.' Weekly list of vacancies prepared during the spring ana summer months. j Follow-UD renorts serum! on the degree of success in teaching. The procedure for obtain ing placement service is initi ated by the Univesity early in October. At that time reg istration forms are completed by those interested ia teach ing. A credentials file includes a complete educational and professional record, an auto biographical sketch, refer ences from five faculty mem bers with whom the student has worked, two professors in the student's professional field, two academic ttrofes- sors, usually in the m i n o r J . . . . . 1 iieia, ana one aavisor. The services require a nominal fee of six dollars a year. University High School, Bancroft Elementary School Serve As Laboratories for Teacher Training Two schools on the campus ! serve as laboratories for, teacher training at the Uni-j versity of Nebraska. j At Bancroft Elementary School, teachers may observe the methodology used by ex-, pert elementary tacher, ac cording to Miss An C'hrist ensen, principal. Teaching at Univ.. ... High School this summer is L.jgtne Bizzell who was named "Teacher of the Year" in Math Expert Visits Campus A visiting mathematician from the University, of Ore gon addressed the Mathemat ics Colloquium held on the campus Tuesday. He is Prof. Bertram Yood, who discussed "Some Aspects of Modern Analysis." Professor Yood, considered to be one of the country's out standing young mathemati cians, was a research asso ciate at Yale University last year.- He has published a number of articles on vari ous phases of analysis, . par ticularly on "Normed Rings" and "Rings of Linear Opera tors" and has done work on the theory of "Banach Spaces." He received his Bachelor's and Ph.D. Degrees from Yale and his Master's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. TV Schedules "Program Previews," a free monthly publication fist ing KUON-TV program sched ules is available by writing Publicity, KUON-TV, Univer sity of Nebraska, Lincoln 8L Nebraska. WANT IMB Q it it- WM 2-1104 I BATTLE WITHOUT EQUAL! If 5 h2j Plans Made for School Telecasts Steady progress is being made in plans for the 1959-60 Nebraska program of high school telecasts on Channel 12. The TV classes will pro vide direct television teach ing as weM as KUON-TVs established type of instruction by TV -correspondence study. Of special significance is tbe fact that the Lincoln schools wul be in the project as an active participant. An old gym at Lincoln High School is being renovated as a receiving room. The space will house approximately eight TV receivers and wiU seat 300-400 students, KUON TV engineers have been asked to consult with the schools In helping plan and design the reception facilities. Iincoki Southeast and Lin coln Northeast High Schools both will use several large classrooms accommodating 50-75 students each. "Subjects to be offered next faU are geometry, physics, beginning art, American liis tory and senior English. English and American his tory wul not have correspond e n c e study accompanying them as the courses are planned with the follow-up to be done by a regular teacher in the classroom. Geometry will be offered for large class consumption but win also be used by small er schools in combination with correspondence study. Phys ics will be viewed in one Lin coln high school but, togeth er with tf"t, wiU be primarily directed to the small schools. 11957. 'Student teachers have the i are opportunity of observing the techiuiquee used by ex perts such as Bizzell," said i Mr. Robert Staleup, assistant pnncipaL Staleup added that Univer sity High is conducted chiefly j to provide experience for stu dent teachers and to serve in an observatory capacity for high school teachers who wish to see new practices and ; methods,. Classe- are taught largely by student teachers under the i constant supervision of certi-' Tied and experienced teach-! ers. ! "Three types of students at-! tend University High during the eight week summer ses- sion," Staleup said, "those who have failed a course: during the winter session, those who had schedule dif-: fkrulties "and were unable to j take certain courses during; the regular session, those who j want to work off required j courses to make room for; electives, and accelerated students." i HOLLYWOOD BOWL Open Bowling Saturday & Sunday 24 Louts Automatic Pinsetters RESTAURANT . . . BARBER SHOP 920 IV. 48th PHONE 6-1911 For all of your typewriter needs Bloom's Typewrite 323 No. 13th 2-5253 ffdf Clock tarfli Imt Library