Nebraska's Memorial Stadium from the air. Chemistry Hall, Bessey Hall, and the tennis courts are seen
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Amendments to the constitution of the Alumni Association, University of Nebraska, providing for the election of officers and members of the Executive Committee by mail ballot and accepted at the General Alumni Meeting, May 30, follow:
ARTICLE V OFFICERS
Section I. To be amended to read as follows: "The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Board of Directors. Election of officers shall be as provided in Section VI."
Section II. To be amended to read as follows: "The President and Vice-President shall be elected for a term of one year. They shall take office at the beginning of the fiscal year of the association following their election and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."
Section III. To be amended to read as follows: "The Board of Directors shall consist of twelve members, two from each congressional district in the state, and each shall be elected for a period of two years. Six members of the Board of Directors shall be elected each year. The Board of Directors shall act as an advisory body to the Executive Committee."
Section V. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer and three members of the association elected by the association, one or more of whom shall be alumnae. The term of the three members so elected shall be three years, one new member to be elected each year. The officers shall serve upon the Executive Committee for the term of their service as officers.
Section VI. All officers and members of the Executive Committee of the Association except the Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected by mail ballot in accordance with the following plan:
Annually at the meeting of the Alumni Council the President shall designate a Nominating Committee composed of five members of the Council. This committee shall select two candidates for each office to be filled at the next general election.
On or before the first of February following their appointment, the members of this committee shall submit to the Executive Committee the names of their nominees.
Nominations may also be made by petitions where such petitions carry the names of twenty- five members in good standing of the Association. Petitions must be filed with the Executive Committee not later than one month preceding the date of the next ensuing annual meeting.
In all cases the nominees selected must have signified a willingness to serve in the respective capacities for which they are being nominated.
The report of the Nominating Committee and any nominations by petition shall be announced in the first succeeding issue of the Alumnus following February first, and not later than one month preceding the date of the annual meeting a ballot shall be prepared by the Secretary and mailed to each alumnus in good standing.
Balloting shall cease at noon on the day preceding the annual general meeting and the result of the mail vote tabulated by the Executive Committee and announced at the general meeting.
The nominees for the offices of President, Vice-President, and member of the Executive Committee receiving the highest number of votes shall in each case be declared duly elected to their respective offices. The candidates in each Congressional District receiving the highest number of votes for membership on the Board of Directors shall be declared elected a member of that Board.
Rose Bogdanoff, an experienced stage director, has been engaged by the dramatic department of the University to give a practical four weeks' course in stage craft. She will also give a series of lectures Saturday afternoons which will be open to the public. Her first lecture will be "The History of Theater Architecture." Miss Bogdanoff has been art director of the Greek theater, Berkeley, Cal. She comes to Lincoln from Chicago where she has been studying stage craft. In California she has assisted Garnet Holmes in out-of-door pageants.
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To secure data of value to its advertising representatives, THE NEBRASKA ALUMNUS recently sent out 492 questionnaire cards to that number of alumni picked at random from the magazine's mailing list. To date, 261, (53 per cent) of the information blanks have been returned and from them the ALUMNUS has compiled a statistical analysis.
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Two hundred fifty-eight alumni read THE ALUMNUS regularly, 190 of them at home, 51 of them at their offices, 17 at both places. Three reported that they did not read the magazine regularly. These 258 alumni reported that 673 persons read their copies. The largest number to read any single copy was fifty reported by a physician. A surgeon reported fifteen readers, another physician reported ten, a teacher reported ten or twelve, while a third physician reported that the magazine is "always on visiting room table." The average number of readers per issue of THE ALUMNUS is computed as 2.6 persons. One hundred forty-seven alumni reported "News of the Classes" as their favorite section of THE ALUMNUS. Thirty-eight said "all" of the magazine was "most interesting." Thirty-two prefer athletics, eighteen "Who's Who," forty-one general University news, ten the "Chancellor's Corner," seven "Marriages, Births, Deaths," five the editorials, two each advertising, past history, and faculty, while one each prefer alumni clubs, scholarship, and fraternities.
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Nebraska's Memorial Stadium from the air. Chemistry Hall, Bessey Hall, and the tennis courts are seen
at the right of the picture. Old Math and Nebraska Halls are in the lower right hand corner.
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Country clubs
19
Elks
21
Rotary
16
I. O. O. F.
9
Golf clubs
11
Local alumni clubs
10
Athletic clubs
7
Shriners
8
Scottish Rite
5
Dramatic and art clubs
5
National Educational Association
5
D. A. R.
5
Kiwanis
6
Lions
6
Miscellaneous clubs listed
121
Average Income and Insurance by Ages
Life
Other
Income
Insurance
Insurance
Over 60
$13,500
$10,000
$35,000
56-60
3,750
8,750
9,000
51-55
10,158
14,464
8,035
46-50
8,707
18,765
6,875
41-45
5,873
18,140
5,040
36-40
5,626
17,034
4,949
31-35
4,519
7,373
3,861
26-30
2,845
7,816
1,858
20-25
1,757
3,819
1,243
Two alumni reported incomes of $50,000 per year - one a lawyer, the other a logger (president of a lumber company). Both men carry $100,000 worth of life insurance. One is 49 years old, the other 52. Both are married. One has two children and the other three. Both own their homes. One owns a Hupmobile, the other a Lafayette and a Chandler. Both control $20,000 worth of personal purchases per year. One controls $1,000,000 of business purchases, the other $10,000. Both enjoy bridge, while one likes to dance and the other enjoys golf. Both read THE ALUMNUS regularly at their offices.
The two oldest alumni are both physicians, one with an income of $12,000 per year and the other of $15,000. One is married and has three children. One owns his home; the other rents. One drives a Buick, the other a Franklin. One carries $20,000 of life insurance; the other none. One carries $20,000 of "other" insurance; the other $50,000. One's hobby is fishing and hunting and the other's is auto touring. Both read THE ALUMNUS regularly at their offices.
The youngest alumnus to send in a card is twenty years old, has an income of $2,000, is a newspaper reporter, is unmarried, owns no automobile, carries no insurance, plays cards (bridge) and tennis, and reads THE ALUMNUS regularly at his home.
Among the alumni in the 20 to 25 year old class, eight own Fords, four own Dodges, and one each a Durant and an Oakland. In the 26-30 class there are also eight Ford owners, while four Buicks and four Dodges are owned by these alumni, one alumnus owning one of each make of car. In addition there is a Packard, an Overland, a Chevrolet, an Oldsmobile, and a Hupmobile. In the 31-35 class can be found nine Ford owners, two of whom - a physician and an auto dealer - placed "Fords," indicating they possess more than one flivver. The Dodge finds favor with six of these alumni, the Hupmobile and the Chevrolet with three each, the Buick with two, while a third alumnus writes "Studebaker, Buick, and others," and the Hudson, Oldsmobile, Dort, Overland, Nash, Lincoln, and Essex are each owned by one alumnus in this group. In the 36-40 group are eleven Ford owners, ten Buick owners, two Hudson owners, four Dodge owners, two Essex owners, and one owner of each of Oakland, Packard, Jewett, Studebaker, Maxwell, Chevrolet, Willys-Knight, Lincoln, and Velie. Five alumni in this group own two cars each, one a Hudson and an Essex, one a Velie and a Ford, one a Buick and a Hudson, one a Buick and an Essex, and one two Buicks. In the 41 to 45 group are six Ford owners, three Dodge owners, five Buick owners, two Studebaker owners, and one owner of each of a Packard, Oakland, Auburn, Apperson and Willys-Knight. Two alumni in this group own two cars, one an Apperson and a Ford, and the other two Buicks. In the 45-50 group are five Ford owners, five Buick owners, three Nash owners, two Dodge and two Oldsmobile owners, while one each owns a Standard, Hudson, Hupmobile, Oakland, Essex, Packard, Reo, Paige, Peerless, and Stephens. One alumnus owns two cars - a Standard and an Oldsmobile. In the 51-55 group are three Ford owners, two Hudson owners, and one owner of each of Packard, Dodge, Hupmobile, Buick, Reo, Studebaker, Lafayette, Chandler, Nash, Oldsmobile, and Velle. Four alumni own two cars each, one a Lafayette and a Chandler, one a Ford and Reo, one a Studebaker and Ford, and one a Packard and Hudson.
Probably the most successful of the younger alumni, from a monetary standpoint, at least, is a geologist, 31 years old, who has an annual income of $20,000. He is unmarried, owns a Buick, carries $11,000 of life insurance and $10,000 of "other" insurance, plays golf and tennis, and reads THE ALUMNUS regularly at his home.
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