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FRIDAY, DECKMRKR Ifl, 1936. .,rv Till? TlAIf V MF.nn ASkAN v I. ill 3 Daily Nebraskan Station A. Llacoln. Nabraaka. THIRTY-FIFTH VEAR Published every Tueiday, Wedneiday. Thursday, Frl. diy and Sunday mornings of the acidemia yur by stu. denti of tht University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Board of Publications. Member Fbsocicded GoUefticfe Press Distributors o GoiIe6kieDi5est DON WAGNER Wlllard Burney Bob Reddisn National Advertising Service, Inc CtUif Pubtithtrt Rrtrtifftltt 420 MADISON Avi. NiwYokk, N.Y. Chicago Boston San FaANciaeo kOS ANSILSS roRTLAHO SATTLf ARNOLD LEVIN BOB FUNK Editor Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editors GEORGE PIPAL news Conors Jane Walcott Assistant Business Managers Bob Wadhams Webb Mllle Frank Johnson This paper Is represented for genersl advertlalnq by the Nebraska Press Assoclstlon. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflcy In Lincoln. Nebraska, under act of congress. Msrch 3, 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for In oetlon 1103. set of October 3. 1917. authorized January 20. 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.50 a year Single Copy 6 cents $100 a semester $2.50 a year mailed $1.60 a semester mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Off ice University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall A. Telephones Day! B6891 ; Night: B6882. B3333 (Journa,). ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Plpal Night Editor Reddish Rcj Period Of mivenation. Tomorrow tli university will be deserted as students begin the homeward trek for two weeks of good cheer around the family fire-' place. Vacations were not intended for study pe riods, and it is unfortunate that some students will not be able to indulge in a spell of com plete relaxation and carefree joy. To those, the Daily Xebraskan extends its sympathies, with the admonishment that no long time re mains to clean up work before finals, and that a few vacation hours devoted to study will be most beneficial. But even for those who have no classroom worries, the Daily Xebraskan advises a serious note for the coming' vacation. This is the last opportunity to take stock of yourselves, to determine what you have or have not done and what must be done in the brief time remaining in this semester. This is the time when you must decide, honestly, whether this year has proved beneficial or whether you have wasted it. This is the last opportunity you will have for extended talks with mother and dad. for vacations the rest of the year are brief. This is the last time for seniors especially to make future plans in re gard to the home folks, and their last chance to receive homey advice. This is an important time of the year. De cisions reached in the family circle may alter the course of your future life. And then, too. this is the time to be home. The very thought of being home; of lieing someplace exclusively ami solely yuiir own: of being back in the old. natural surroundings makes this an important time. New Year's resolution may be made to be broken, but we feel sure that a lot of them will be made on Jan. J. Resolutions to go back to school and study hard: to show dad that you can make good grades: to show the world that you will be a success. They may be broken, but each one represents a noble ideal which, broken or unbroken, will indicate qualities of couraL'e. ambition, and manhood. The university needs a vacation. Four months of school has frayed the nerves of al most everyone connected with it. The Daily Xebraskan wishes everyone a very merry Christinas and a happy Xew Year, with the hope that this vacation will be really a period of rejuvenation. STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters of student life and to the university are welcomed by this newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld from publication If so desired. The Yale-Davis Situation TO THE EDITOR: Because there has been some discussion in the Daily Xebraskan of the Yale-Davis situa tion, these excerpts from a letter from the gen eral secretary of the American Association of 1'niversity Professors may be of interest to you. T would call especial attention to the lat paragraph. There have been several instances in the last year or two in which there has been a tendency to try eases of this kind in the newspapers before there has been an opportu nity to sectire a careful investigation of the facts. The A. A. U. P. believes that publicity should be avoided as much as possible, and in all events, should be delayed until the facts are known. "You have doubtless read in the news papers and current liberal magazines of the termination of tenure of Jerome Davis, asso ciate professor on the faculty of the. Divinity school of Yale university. This termination of tenure and alleged facts surrounding it were brought to our attention by Profs. Charles A. Beard, Colston Warne of Am herst elege, Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago, and E. A. Ross of the University of Wisconsin, during the past summer, with a specific request that the information be kept confidential until the first part of Oc tober, to avoid jeopardizing Professor Davis' chances of securing a position elsewhere. "The association's first step was a let ter written by Professor Carlson to President Angell of Yale university. A conference was later arranged between Professor Carl son and President Angell in New Haven. Professor Carlson went to New Haven to confer not only with President Angell, but with Professor Davis, and with Dean Weigle of the Divinity school. When he arrived in New Haven, he wus informed that the state ment previously sent us by Profs. Beard, Warne, Douglas, and Ross was 'already set up in type for The New Republic, and it was published in the Nov. 18 issue. "The facts indicate that Professor Warne is chairman of the committee on aca demic freedom and tenure in colleges for the American Federation of Teachers, which or ganization was and is now conducting an in quiry into the situation. Despite this inde pendent inquiry and the large amount of publicity, which will increase the difficul ties, the officers of this association have au thorized an investigation. A committee has only recently been secured for this purpose Prof. Arthur N. Holcombe, government, Harvard university; Prof. Elliott E. Chea tham, law, Columbia university; Prof. Harry D. (iideonse. economics, University of Chi cago, and Prof, tfeorge H. Sabine, philos ophy. Cornell university. "Since many of the alleged facts of the controversy are already in print, we are of the opinion that what is now required is not only a careful investigation to verify essen tial facts, but. in addition, a careful review, judicial in nature, of the total situation, in cluding the activities of other organizations and individuals. We might utilize this situ ation to restate this association's policy and , procedure in reference to academic freedom and tenure, which, as you know, is to avoid publicity in the beginning, trying to secure an adjustment with our mediatory agencies and, failing in that, to investigate the facts and. if desirable, to publish a statement for the information of our members." D. A. WORCESTER, Secretary. Nebraska Chapter, A. A. U. P. A Change in Curriculum TO THE EDITOR: The University of Nebraska is seriously con sidering the adoption of the "lower division system." The plan provides for the postpone ment of specialization until after the freshman year, yet does not interfere with the comple tion of a degree within the time limit now es tablished. Questions have naturally arisen as to whether this plan would be beneficial to the students or not. The system itself, which is now in use at Louisiana State university, would provide that all freshmen enroll in a general course for their first year, rather than enter one of the six col leges This might have drawbacks of course, for some students know definitely before they enter school what course they want to take; yet, on the other hand, too many students, just out of high school, are influenced by preju dices, hasty decisions, or childhood ambitions, and some have no idea as to any specific course they want to take or are best fitted for. This proposed plan would give freshmen a general beneficial course and would also give them a chance to adjust themselves, to get some defi nite idea as to what course they like and enjoy and are best fitted for. Too many students today choose their university courses hastily and 'lightly, and yet go ahead and graduate from that coMeere for fear of losing credits in a transfer and because they have no assurance they could adapt themselves to any other course with more success. The "lower division system" would cer tainly be fairer to the students. They could get some idea as to what the different courses were like and could adjust themselves more readily, and therefore would have far more chances of success in their chosen field. Undoubtedly this plan would be an asset. Besides helping the undecided, too easily influenced students, it would in no way harm those who had already made a definite choice as to what course they would follow, for such a general line of study would in no way lengthen the time require ment for completion of a degree. Surely the plan, by giving students a chance to discover their interests and their abilities, could not help but be a beneficial innovation here. VELMA FRENCH. Spain's International War. To the Editor: Along with the announcement of an ex pected offensive attack by the insurgent forces of General Franco, some other interesting in formation has been disclosd which is, to say the least, very illuminating. This information is in regard to the composition of the fighting forces on both sides of the civil war. Hhe main part of the loyalist forces in Ma drid, and by far the most effective troops, is the international armv which has been bearing the brunt of the fascist attacks. This army is made up of the following nationalities; some 10.000 Russians, about 20,000 Frenchmen, a few antifascist Italians, a few antinazi Germans, and a smattering of Eglishmen, Belgians, and others. Franco's besieging forces are said to be compose 1 of some 20,000 Germans, 15,000 Ital ians. Moorish troops, and some Portuguese. Of course there are Spaniards fighting on both sides. One is tempted to more or less discount these figures, but the idea is that even if they are reduced by a half or a third, they still form a very respectable total. The supplies and materials of both sides again illustrate this international character of the war. The fascists are using Junkers and Ca proni planes, the loyalists are using Breguets, Poitiers and Russian bombers and fighters. Tanks, guns, shells, cannon, military' advisers, four or five nations. Of course we have known and anything else necessary are furnished by all along that aid was being furnished both sides, but when we see actual figures such as the above, it does make the eyes widen a bit. Perhaps the woman Iaborite member of the house of commons hit the nail on the head hard er than she realized when she asked, "When do you propose to evacuate all the Spaniards from Spain and let the other nations fight it out on Spanish soil?" C. V. MILLER. YOU CAN GIVE YOUR ALMA MATER A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. (Continued from Paga 1.) schools ; those remaining have not yet secured of fen from in stitutions in better financial straits; instructors, assistants, readers and others doing university work keep body and soul fairly close together by frugal budgeting and painful ra tioning. It is the candid belief of the Nebraskan that this univer sity has struggled along on the noble, but insufficient, suste nance of faith about as long as it can. The baser, but equally important, motivation for perpetuating the spark of knowl edge, called pecuniary remuneration must come to the aid of faith, or this gaunt and fund-hungry state university is going to succumb completely to the wolves of depreciation. The point is that students of this institution, soon to be citizens in this state, can do something about the drouth men ace. While at home during the holidays they can lobby for their university. They can do all in their power to make known to legislatures and voters the needs of the university. If the people in Nebraska are made to realize, that despite drouth and a general condition of poverty in the state, they can save in the long run by giving the university what she conservatively requests now, they will exert sufficient influ ence on the 43 members of the new unicameral legislature to keep education from going the way of the buggy. If school spirit means anything more than rah-rahing and football spirit, Nebraska students will lobby for the university during Christmas vacation. THE EDITORS. Nebraska Staff Selects Out- stand News Stones of lJo; Union Yarn Rated Biggest. (Continued from Page 1.) gity hall, and ended his own life, on the riot pf ground to the east. Dr. Kurz waa not injured serious ly, hoth bullets lodging in his wrist, Scoring the highest number of ject since the election, and espe- points ever amassed in a Big Six championship tracK meet, neonis- ka closed its sport caienaar wun another ronference title. By a healthy margin of 15 points above their nearest opponent, Coach Henry F. Schulte's squad returned the championship after a year lapse. Despite Nebraska's aroum 01 iat summer, enrollment mounted this vear to above pre-depression numbers and an all time record was set. The previous high regi stration of 6,535 students waa made in the opening months or iQ9Q-an- however the new record is caused by an increase by a mere four students, nevertheless a new high. Goal Reached. Seven years of fighting, unceas ing efforts of innumerable Ne braskan editors, stuaem councu, presidents, and other campus MonHo ramp in a definite Close on Oct. 23. On that day unofficial notification was received that the University of Nebraska's applica tion for $180,000 of PWA funds had been appropriated for the con struction of a Student Union build ing. Coming as a surprise, the word electrified the campus into action in collection of pledges, and preparation of actual plans, terminating in the recent pur chase of land for its location of 14th and R streets. Overrunning the Kansas Aggies to the tune of 40 to 0, the Corn husker football team repeated their accomplishment of 1935 and again won the Big Six conference football title. This closed a sea son of decisive victories over the conference schools, none of which crossed Nebraska's goal line. Board of Regents, on Nov. 25, took "one of the most needed steps in the historv of the university, "the proposal of a .2 state mill tax levy and an increase in the biennial budget or $7e.z4u to in augurate a 10 year building plan to fulfill the school's dire need for a new library and additional class room buildings to accommoaaie the increased number of students, with the realization of this re quest will come the university's only chance at material expansion. Conforming to this era of changing times and policies, the university senate introduced for consideration a policy wnereDy au first year students would enter a ironsral murap rather than the particular college from which he plans to graduate, presented as a forward step in education, tne pro posal was advanced with the ar gument that the average enter ing freshman is about 17 years of age, too young to be positive of the type of life he wishes to choose for himself. Prof. L. B. Orfield of the law faculty, who U now on leave of absence a an attorney with the social security board at Wash ington, D. C, delivered an ad dress on the federal social security act at Duke University, Durham, N. C. recenty. A .DAYS O f&siiop SOARD L J W&F$ V Behind tnhoTA chri imxTiSM SEAL t(c&frG coses 4irati s 1 made compulsory In 1893 Dr. Hermann M. Biggs urged the notification of cues of consump tion and also that fres provision should be made for the examination of sputum. Because of grett opposi tion it was not unUl 1907 that tubercu losis waa finally classed as a com municable and infectious disease and as such was legally reportable by all physicians. New Tork's example bu been followed by other cities. ECONOMISTS DEBATE QUESTION : 'IS BOOM HEAL OK PHANTOM?' AMES, la., Dac. 15. This "busi ness boom" of 1936-37 is it real or phantom? In answer to tne increasing voi iiiyip nf discussion on that sub- clally since Dec. 1, economists at Iowa State college today listed the "pros" and "cons" of the situation. Economists themselves were non-committal, limiting themselves to saying that the "concensus is that the present momentum should carry well over Into 1937, mat a later reacting is very possiDie, but that business in general is in rplativplv the strongest Dosition it has enjoyed since 1929." Proof that tne "Doom' is reai are: 1. The present "boom" has more "body" than did the short-lived one of 1933 and represents im provement in virtually all industries. 2. The "boom" is suDDorted by increased farm buying power, and increased payrolls. 3. Onlv a few isolated industries have reached anything like ca pacity or normal production. Most inrhiRtrips have a backloer of un filled orders which will keep them Safety Rent-a-Cars New, Clean, Heated and Safe Low Rates, 514c Mile Up Always Open 1120 P St. B6819 Motor Out Company Corn Cobs Muat Check In Cornhueker Books All Corn Cobs check Corn husker books In to Sid Baker sometlms within the week. Books and money must be in tht yearbook office before the Christmas vaoatlon. busy at present rates for months. Arguments intended to. show that the "boom" is phantom are: 1. Only the stimulant of the bonus and government spending has carried business along during the summer and early fall. 2. The estimated 800 million dollars being paid out in dividends in Mr.nnn federal taxation is adding artificial buoyancy to the present situation. 3. Many orders are being given in anticipation of rising prices rather than because of any real and unsatisfied consumer demand. WhM thara are no data to sun- port several of these contentions many business observers see them as significant trends In the cur rent business situation. Econom ists calling them factors "well worth watching" however. HENRflPRESENTS UNIVERSITY Presbyterian Only Nebraska Minister at Conference of Churchworkers. R. B. Henry, Presbyterian uni versity pastor, will be the only University of Nebraska church leader to attend the triennial con ference of Churchworkers in Uni versities and Colleges which will convene in Chicago Dec. 29 to 1. The conclave, which will be held in the theological seminary of the University of Chicago will hear President Albert Palmer of Chi cago university in the welcoming address: Dr. Ernest F. Tittle, of Evanston, speak on "Education and Religion;" Dr. Rabbi Lewis L. Mann of New York lecture on the topic "What Ails Religion," and Dean Charles W. Gilkey of the theological seminary at Cihcago, speak on "Work With Students As An Adventure." Duriner his visit in Chicago. Mr. Henry will also attend a conven tion for Presbvterian university pastors in which they will plan for the sesquicentenmai ceieorauon ot the Presbyterian board of Chris tian education which will be ob served in both 1938 and 1939. Your Garments Will Always Have That New Appearance When cleaned and pressed by the old reliable Modern Cleaners Soukup A Westover Call F2377 For Service (BuUsdin Wesley Auxiliary. The Women's Auxiliary of tha Wesley Foundation will meet Fri day, Dec. 18 at the Foundation. A luncheon will bo served at ona o'clock and will be followed by a short program. Yemie to Explain Lifo f Indians lo Nebraska Dames Herbert Yenne, instructor in the speech department, will speak on the life and customs of the In dians of the southwest, at a meet ing of the University of Nebraska Dames tonight at the city Y. W. C. A. College World rrtmt. o Une coeds who have graduated from the Univer sity of Illinois are old maids, ac cording to returns in a recent sur vey. Eighty percent marry within the first three years after gradua tion and another 18 percent after the next three years. Dr. L. H. Adams of the Carnegie Institute's geophysical laboratory says that the ago of the earth, as estimated by measuring the amount of the radio-active ele ment uranium which has broken down into lead, is about 1,500,- 000,000 years. 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