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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1939 TWO DAILY NEBRASKAN I J J Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Stu4nu THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR Day- Offlcei -B7181. Union Night B7193. Building Journal B3333 Member Associated Collegiate Presc, Member Nebraska Press Association, 1938 39 1938-39 Represented for National Advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE. INC. 420 Madison Ave. New York. N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school ye-ir except Mon. days and Satu-days, vacations, and examination periods by students of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are S1.00 Per Semester or $1.E0 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103. Act of October 3. 1917, Authorzed January 20, 1922. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD KAPLAN BUSINESS MANAGER RICHARD M'GINNIS EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Merrill Englund, Harold Niemann. News Editors .. .June Bierbower, Richard DeBrown, Norman Harris, Ellsworth Steele, Fern Steute vllle, Ed Wittenberg. Society Editor .Margaret Krause Reporters Marian Brtmers, Stanley Breuer, Jean Charahan, James Carroll. Janice Fclthauser, (iene Garrett,, Pat Greene, Marvin Hoffman, France Keefer, Belty Kline el, Evelyn Leavitt. John Markay, Morton Mar golin, Clyde Marti. Donald Moore. Hubert Offden. Clark O'Hanlon, Chris Peterson, Rae Robertson, Paul Svnboda, Lucille Thomas, David Thompson, Ava Wharton. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Managers ...Arthur Hill. Robert Seidel, Helen Severa. Solicitors ... .Ed Segrist, Phil Simpson, Burton Thiel Circulation Manager Stanley Michael THE GROWING PARADOX The old Nebraska paradox appears eoinei ilentally in Ihe state's newspapers today. At the same time that the University registrar re leases figures for second semester enlarged en rollment, Governor Cochran has suggested that the legislature reduce, if possible, the already reduced budget. It would be fortunate under such a situ ation if the old American dollars were manu factured of rubber instead of hard, solid silver. In the last few years it has been difficult for authorities to make the small appropriations stretch sufficiently to provide adequate facil ities for a steadily increasing student body. That today's figures denote even a larger increase than those of last year, should serve as a sharp stimulant to the new educational planning hoard. Where scarce dollars have made high. type instruction difficult before, even greater scarcity tends to point toward an impossibility for such in the future. No contradiction is there in that as long as more and more students join the registration lines and the university's purchasing power de creases, the quality of that higher education for which the newcomers aspire is bound to drop. But it is not the university that suffers the most. Tts position is inconsequental, when com pared with the future welfare of the state as a whole. When speaking of reductions in the bud get as a possibility to offsetting the state deficit, Governor Cochran declared: "Let's stick to our objective." That sentence could have been uttered by most any statesman in regard to most any question, perhaps by one of Nebraska's pio neers in 18(19 when the university was founded. There can be no doubt as to what his "ob jective" must have been. It was more than just a crop, more than just a home; it was a glorious future one of progress and enlighten ment, a place for youth. Hut as the years go by, and altho the words may remain the same, the thoughts they conjure up become radically different. The "objective" mentioned today refers to no dreams of tomorrow, but rather of existant, economic distress. Nebraska policy forbids criticism of such objectives. But equally strongly does Nebraska policy request criticism of wasteful and in efficient utilization of the resources it does find available. Somewhere along the line the pioneer's objectives have become sidetracked into the conception that quantitative and not qualitative education is the path to progress. Here is where criticism lies. Not in blind slashing, but in intelligent re vising of unnecessary and costly duplications in the state's higher educational system, can the paradox dissolve itself into a plan, and the problem into a system. D a a d a a a a a a a a aaaaaaaaa ffkfwJvteL a a a a Chris Peterson a Q 0 a DO UNIVERSITY OF NE- D BRASKA STUDENTS PLACE m TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL ACTIVITIES? 0 a a 63 attend Newman communion breakfast The Newman club had a com munion breakfast Sunday morning in the Union. Sixty-three mem bers were present. Officers for the next two se mesters will be Bob Sullivan, pres ident; Rose Betty Rickerson, vice president; Al Little, secretary; Francis Koehnke, treasurer, and Anita Koehnke, Bocial chairman. Dr. George W. Rosenlof, profes sor of secondary education, gave the dedicatory address for the new Auburn high school recently. You Cannot Get a 1939 Cornhusker unless ordered by Feb. 1 5th QoL JjodayJ' Behind world events Bev Finkle (Continutu iiom i age 1.) members of the college file back into the Sistine chapel. There, over the seat of each cardinal rises a canopy, but that over the chair of the newly selected pope remains uplifted. The cardinal dean asks the new pope for the name which he will assume, and the pope then goes to a sacristy to divest himself of the garb of the cardinals and to don his new papal vestments. Follow ing this robing, and other traditional ceremonies, the fisherman's ring, (symbolic of St. Peter who was a fisherman) is placed upon his finger. One of the Interesting stories surrounding the election of the pope is the burning of the ballots. If the pope has not been chosen a handful of damp straw is added and the ballots burned, and a dark smoke rises above the chapel chimneys. If, on the other hand, the election of the pope has been completed, the bal lots are burned as they are, and a white smoke rising tells the public waiting outside that the Pope has been elected. His name, however, is not known to the public until announced by the cardi nal herald. Because of the political strife current in the world today, and the battle of democratic and totalitarian ideologies, the election of the pope is fraught with political importance and consequence. No other one individual so commands the attention of the world's people, wields such power for peace, as does the pope. Rich and poor, high and low, Christian and non-Christian all look to Rome for the answer. Several interesting stories have come to light in the discuss'.ons over the current papal selection. One of these was related by Card inal Gibbons who, in speaking on the papal infallibility, announced that the pope had referred to him as "Jibbons." Another story sur rounds the burial of Pius XI. His body, intact, will be placed in a tomb which he himself chose within St. Peter's cathedral. Of the other deceased popes, the vital organs of some 29 of them were first removed and placed in small urns in one of the smaller Roman churches, before the bodies were laid to rest in crypts in St. Peter's. If it is not sacriligeous to parapnrase, "inc rope is auu, ionS nvc the Pope." With the current formal season nearly at an end, the old cry that intellectual gains are just a by-product of university life and that social life is the prime interest of the average student, makes its annual appearance, on the campus. Is there really too much emphasis placed on social activi- lies . W lUl over o.vvv eiuuuiia m Union dance tomorrow to begin at 5, not 4:30 Wednesday's matinee.dance in the ballroom has been scheduled for 5:00 Instead of the usual 4:30 at the request of the fac ulty committee on student organization. son tha Sigma Eta Chi holds open house tonight Sigma Eta Chi will have open house .this evening in the Union. The program will feature a talk on friendship by Rev. C. F, Brost of Lincoln. Also on the program are Mrs. Hatnctt, whistler; Doris Ver- TEA FOR TWO TWO FOR TEA ME FOR YOU IF YOU'RE B.D.O.C. V non, pianist; Alice Sohl, who will tell the history of the organization After the meeting, refreshments will be served. Methodist groups meet together tonight at 7 Kappa Phi, Methodist sorority and Phi Tau Theta, Methodist fru ternity will hold a joint meeting tonight at 7 o'clock in parlors X and Y of the Union. Werner Buch, exchange student from Berlin, Germany will be guest speaker. Special music will be furnished by Ada Charlotte Miller; and Lu cille Marker and Elmer Glenn will lead devotions. HOUSING (Continued from Page 1.) 2. There are six areas in the city in which the larger portion of the worst housing is concen trated. 3. A housing project would benefit employment and the building supply industry as well as facilitate city planning and beautification, in addition to making low cost housing pos sible. Poor housing areas. The six areas mentioned above are defined as: 1. S to Vine, 19th to 22nd streets. 2. Fair to Leighton, 30th to 33rd. 3. Harrison south to Peni tentiary, 8th to 17th. 4. Potter north to railroad, 21st to 25th. 5. Belmont, 7th to 14th, Salt Creek to Superior street. 6. West side of 20th, N to M. A number of minority conclus ions, signed by Prof. Witte, were also presented in the report. In cluded were the following: Some of the worst housing is 'that scattered about the uni versity, especially in the room ing house areas. There is considerable sub standard housing In Lincoln which Is unsatisfactory for hu man occupancy and much of which Is beyond reasonable re pair. , There are slum areas in Lin coin comparable to the worst conditions which may be found anywhere ,altho any given area is small in extent. The city has an obligation to aid in providing decent dwell ings for persons unable to af ford them, to protect the entire city against the development of run down areas which are menace economically, morally and socially. Facts in the majority report justify a public housing expert ment in the city. Housing authority recommended. The four members of the com mittee who sat at the last few meetings recommended that the city council, among other things: 1. Create a housing authority. i. Direct the authority to ap ply for reservation of federal funds. 3. Determine feasibility of housing project for Lincoln. Easy financing available. Financing of a housing project could be made under the generous terms of the Federal Housing act wmrn allows the United States housing authority to loan 90 per cent or total cost at 3 ner cent Interest for 60 years. A minority discussion siened bv rea in. wens and H. J. Theobald says. ". . .It is quite obvious to the mom casual oDserver that for a city of 86,000, Lincoln is markedly rree rrom any Bo-called 'slum dls trict. We doubt If there Is another city of comparable slxe in the United States which has so few dwellings listed as 'untenantable'." TYPEWIUTlillS for Sale and Kent NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CO. ISO No. 12lh St. B31S7 LINCOLN, NEBR. school, can and does the social program of the university provide much, enougn, or not enougn recreation? Does social activity detract too much from regular studies? These are but a few of questions connected with this problem of university social life. On the other nana, uoes a per- 's social life do him more good n any one course offered in the university? After all, he will make contacts, meet people, learn how to enjoy himself, and most of all, help him develop his personality. Perhaps the answers of the fol lowing students who are affiliated or unaffiliated will help answer a few of the questions. 7 Tom Philips Affiliated. "I believe that there is too much emphasis placed on social activi ties on this campus. A person comes here primarily for Intellec tual benefit. In a good many cases, the social life completely supplants the original purpose. Our present social life . sets up a barrier that even such institu tions as the Student Union can t break down. I'm sure that you will agree with me that there isn't a general co-operation and good feeling among the affiliates and the unaffiliates of , the campus. This is brought about .primarily by our social set-up." , ( . Dorothy Faulkner Unaffiliated. "I think that the average stu dent's study and social schedule is well balanced under our pres ent set-up. I do believe that such a thing as this proposed night club would be going a little bit too far, however." Louise Bignell Affiliated. "I don't think that social life Is played up too much on our cam pus. The recreation and change . f from regular school life Is beneficial." Dick Vance Unaffiliated. 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