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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Managing Editors Merrill Englund,
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News Editors .. .June Bierbower, Richard DeBrown,
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Society Editor .Margaret Krause
Reporters Marian Brtmers, Stanley Breuer, Jean Charahan,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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'."
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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.
I base my statement entirely upon
the student conversations that I
have heard. You will always find
social life dominating their con
versations and it is very seldom
that you hear anything about
studies."
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