University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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L Anna V. Jennings Floy C. Carrol! Hazel Rea The Library The library is the most helpful department in the college, and the librarians try from year to year to make it more helpful to students. It is administered by Miss Anna V. Jennings, the librarian, who received her B. L. S. degree from the University of Illinois in 190S. Miss Jennings has been in her present position for twenty-nine years. She is assisted by Miss Hazel Rea, the library cataloguer, who received her B. S. degree from Southwest Missouri State Teachers College in 1925; her B, S. degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1927; her A. M. degree from the same institution in 1929; and she did six weeks of graduate study at Columbia University in the summer of 1932. Miss Rea has been in her present position four years. Miss Floy C, Carroll is the supervisor of the A. O. Thomas School libraries. She received her A. B. degree from Knox College in 1925; her B. S. degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1927; her A. M. degree from the same institution in 1929. Miss Carroll has been employed here five years. These librarians are assisted by an efficient student force consisting of Harriet Graf, the typist, Alvin Anderson, Carlisle Anderson, Marion Nelson, Matt Pilling, Evelyne Bussell, and Gladys Nelson. The library is furnished for the students’ advantage and, to make it a greater advantage, it has been kept open evenings since the depression to give students, who have had to work during the day to make their way through college, an opportunity to use it. A browsing corner which students may use during their leisure time has been provided. Pictures are bought with the lost book and fine funds. Last year the painting October Gold” by Elizabeth Dolan was added to the wall attractions. This is one of Miss Dolan’s outstanding pictures. She is a Nebraska artist and has murals in the State Capitol and Morrell Hall at Lincoln. The library has a textbook collection of elementary and secondary books. This collec- tion was started in the summer of 1934. The texts are furnished by the publishers and can- not be removed from the library. This textbook library opens into the Elementary school library and is administered by its librarian. M. Pilling. A- Anderson. C. Anderson. W. Bruce. E. Bussell. H. Graf, D. Nelson. M. Nelson. Page Sixteen

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Dean of Men The Men's Council is an organization consisting of the adviser, Dean Anderson, and representatives from each class and each major organization in the school. The student representatives of the council are Mate Pilling, president; William Holtrop, vice president; Hugh Eisenhart, secretary and treasurer; Dick Hartford, Darrell Stultz, Herbert Smith and Joe Jacobson. The purpose of the organization is to arrange programs for the men’s meetings and to take care of the men’s loan fund. This council has nothing to do with the general routine of the dean's business but is merely an aid to him by taking the duties already mentioned off his shoulders. The council meets twice each month, at which times it con- ducts the necessary business and arranges for the men’s meetings which are held the third Thursday of each month. The council tries to arrange for student programs as much as possible. The men’s loan fund is controlled by the finance committee consisting of the Men’s Council, Dean Anderson, and President Martin. All loans arc passed upon by this com- mittee before they are made. The committee reports that the fund has been increased very materially in the last two years. The men students have cooperated in a campaign to raise money for this purpose, from which a number of deserving students have received aid. Dr. J. T. Anderson, in addition to his instructional duties, is the Dean of Men and the adviser of the Men’s Council, and serves on many of the most important faculty' committees. The enrollment in his classes is large because of his popularity with the students who know him. In discussing the popularity of his classes one student said, Mr. Anderson is my idea of an ideal teacher. I admire his method of teaching.” Mr. Anderson has a pleasing personality and is always willing to help a student with his problems and perplexities. Men's Council Matt Pilling William Holtrop Hugh Eisenh.irt Joe Jacobson Herbert Smith Darrell Smlix Page Fifteen

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The library is a very interesting place to visit. As one steps into the door and casts a glance over the room he will notice many studious individuals and some who are not so inclined. In one section he may see a young man and a young woman enjoying each other’s conversation and then with the sudden appearance of the librarian,—dropped heads, opened books and red faces, I often wonder who is in the far corner of the library that attracts the attention of Eddie” E. and yet he doesn’t dare get any closer than within the vision of his spy glasses. Another puzzling situation to the writer is why such intellectuals as Halvor C. will fall asleep in the library and actually fall off their chair. But the greatest mystery is why LeRoy H. and Jean K. do not sit at the same table except certain periods of the day. A few words of commendation, or should I say condemnation, concerning the desk staff would not be out of place- Alvin Doc” Anderson has been on the staff the longest of any other member; tn fact he has been there so long that he has gone the way of all men. I suppose he thinks he has a life job, but the catch to it is that he does have (but not in the library). It is reported that Matt Pilling is following in Doc’s” footsteps and it won’t be long until he will also have a life position. (Better think twice. Matt.) Archie” Nelson is doomed to be an old bachelor as he only asks ’em once,” and Bill” Anderson’s career is just begun. He has risen from the ice wagon to the pulpit and is still striving toward a higher goal. (Good luck to you, Bill.”) Do the college students concentrate while studying in the library? Everyone has a right to his own opinion but I hold to the negative. To prove my point I recall a day when all of a sudden there was an annoying disturbance in the library caused by the shifting of chairs, and the craning of necks, and then all of a sudden silence—Chief Hail Storm had begun to speak. I sometimes wonder if we college students will grow up. Why do we laugh and crane our necks when a little shaver” who doesn’t know any better talks aloud in the library or when a pup” slips in through the door and runs around through the aisles? In spite of all of this folly, which happens only once in a while, the students accomplish a great deal in the library toward the advancement of their college education. Even though brothers and sisters cannot use the same chair—see the Turners for details—and the girls have to be particular to whom they talk, we are proud of the library and the librarians who helped so materially in developing it into the extensive library that it is. Page Sewn teen