University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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y J. E. WOODS Director Work-Stud Coordination of classroom work with actual employment on a job is the activating principle of Work-Study. Some jobs at which students work are beneficial to the student only because of the financial remuneration involved, but many others offer definite training for anticipated future vocations. Jobs such as these are matched with the vocational preferences expressed by individual students, and every assistance is given the student to obtain the maximum of edu- cational value from the job. Some Work-Study jobs are on a part-time basis, while others are on an alternating basis -two students assigned to the same job, alternating between school and the job approximately every six months. In addition to Work-Study jobs, the Work-Study office handles all phases of student employment except the placement of teachers. This includes the placement of graduates, all ex-students, whether graduates or not, the assign-

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School of Adult Education E. M. HosMAN Director Established by action of the Board of Regents in the spring of 1938, the School of Adult Education superseded the former Extension Division of the University. Under the able directorship of Mr. E. M. Hosman, a wide variety of courses has been instituted. This year the program has been supplemented by numerous courses designed to fit in with the University's policy of aiding in the national defense effort. The faculty of the School of Adult Education is made up of members of the regular faculty of the University and specialists in various fields of knowl- edge. Visiting instructors from neighboring universities are secured occasionally to offer courses for which there is special need. Among the clubs sponsored by the School this year is the Town and Gown Club, a modern version of the literary society. The Doctors' Professional Study Club presented Carroll H. Wegemann, regional geologist of the National Park Service, in a series of fortnightly lectures on various interesting areas in North America. The Ology Club undertakes each year a reading-lecture course under the direction of an outstanding authority on some subject of scientific or cultural interest. The School has its own student council which sponsors numerous dances, convocations, and various activities designed to afford recreation for the students. Machine shop . . . Radio bfoaiicafting at WOW

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MONA Z. WORMHOUDT Executive Secretary ment of all student jobs paid for by University or National Youth Administra- tion funds, the placement of students on outside part-time jobs other than Work- Study and the placement of those students completing special courses designed to make them immediately useful in the national defense program. From August 1, 1939, to August 1, 1940, 779 placements involving earn- ings of 35102,104 were handled by the Work-Study office. In addition to this, 574 jobs were found directly by students involving earnings of S5115,252, making a grand total of 1,353 jobs with earnings of 515217556 The Work-Study office also handles the student public address system, all applications for various forms of student aid, student identification photographs, and the reservation schedule for the photographic darkroom. The classroom provides better training for a better job, the job stimulates better classroom effort, and the function of the Work-Study office is to coordinate the two.