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2 The DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday. February 7. 1940 Editorial Opinion Comment Bulletin Things to come "The University of Nebraska cannot attain and maintain the worthy position of eminence of which It Is capable without supplementary private assistance in addition to the support from public funds that the state can afford." That Is the very astute pronouncement of Ne braska's Chancellor C. S. Boucher in a booklet re cently mailed to alumni of the University all over the country, and a more concise or meaningful sum mary of the situation scarcely could be made. Under the Chancellor's leadership, the university more and more has come to appreciate the necessary limitations on appropriations which the legislature of an agricultural state long ridden by drouth must adopt. For those of us who feel an effection and deep Interest in the school and who are so conscious of its pressing needs, it is rather a hard bite to swallow when we are told that a new library is out of the question just now or that the engineers must strug gle along for a few more years in their scattered and inadequate housings. We are apt to choke a lit tle and cry out about the short-sightedness of any program which cripples the education of the state's coming citizens. But drouth is drouth, and decreased revenues cannot be disputed. When the University of Nebraska Founda tion was organized in 1936, no great stir was made about the move. However it well may prove to have been one of the most fruitful measures ever taken by this school and the means of saving it. from academic degradation. The Alumni associa tion discovered that one state university has re ceived more than 60 million dollars from private endowment and with this money that institution realized many objectives that mere state appro priations could never have financed. Nebraska has many successful almuni on its rolls, and it has many alumni who retain a sincere Interest in their alma mater as evidenced by the swelling ranks of new alumni clubs springing up all over the country. Many notable donations already have been received during the brief existence of the foundation, and almost in the same thought one visualizes the splendid things to come from its work and also wonders why it was not established sooner. To prod gently the imagination of affluent alumni who otherwise might not visualize the splen did works which their gifts may produce, the Alumni association and the foundation have sent out book lets describing "definite and, In some cases, almost imeprative needs of the university." Elsworth Du Teau, secretary of both groups, has listed in the booklet suggested projects ranging from a dynamic microphone (525) to a new library building ($800, 000). Other large gifts could go for endowed profes sorships and model new buildings and equipment. Such an undertaking Is laudable, regardless of results, but with fingers crossed and eyes rolled heavenward the DAILY Joins Mr. DuTeau In the hopeful statement that "Knowing the spirit of the Cornhusker the faith of Nebraska alumni In their university we believe sincerely that this op portunity to serve will be welcomed wherever there exists the ability to help meet these needs l" Radio Ho! Radioactivity is defined as "the emission of radiant energy or rays of light." Just how applicable to Nebraska students this may be at times is ques tionable perhaps, but yesterday afternoon they ap peared definitely "radioactive." When the DAILY editor walked into the offices of KFOR to assist in auditioning applicants for the DAILY'S radio pro gram, he expected to find six or eight at the most. Instead there were more than 30 crowding the studio and when their nameless voices came out of the loudspeaker Into the auditorium room, more mar velous still was the high quality of their radio per sonalities. Studio officials gave high praise to all of the applicants, for the most part without any radio training, and elimination was difficult. When It Is completed today, the DAILY will resume Its nightly airing beginning on Thursday at 11 p. m. with a more varied program geared to catch popu lar interest. I $p (RoundupL Davis, Loos, Mahnkenu FINNiSH FUTURE. Of course, it is expected that if the Reds succeed in cutting Finland in two, the Republic can hold little hope of ultimate victory. Therefore, even tho reports of smashing Finnish victories in the North seep thru from the battlegrounds, and even if they are true ,the vital sector that the Finns need to pro tect Is the center one. After all, 25 miles is not a very great distance thru which to carry on com munication and to send supplies, and if this were closed entirely, the icy fields of the North are apt to be dotted with as many starving Finns as Rus sians. In one respect the Finns have been lucky. Most of their main communication lines between the North and the South lie close to the Swedish and Norwegian borders, and as yet are unaffected by the Russians. "As long as there i3 life there Is hope" is an old adage now extremely pertinent to Finland in her deathlike struggle. But if Finland wants aid as badly as she implies, a true factual report of her actual position might bring it faster than misleading reports of isolated victories in the North. Italy has already generously donated a few planes with trained pilots. Sweden has more gen erously given both man power and economic necessi ties. This week the first United States made air planes arrived. If there are adequately trained pilots to fly them, Finland may have a chance of actually striking back at the Russians before it is too late. But it must be done immediately, before the Rus sians firmly entrench themselves In Finnish soil for the duration of which will undoubtedly be a short war. THIRD TERM WEARINESS. President Roosevelt is getting as bored and as tired of the speculation regarding his third term as pirations as the rest of the country, judging from the report he Issued to the press today. This state ment, carefully worded so as to conceal his real in tentions, he said that he hoped to have an answer to that question In the very near future. If he doesn't declare himself soon there Is great danger of two things, both of which would be disastrous to our publicity-loving chief executive. First, there is the danger that his intentions will be made too clear to the country without any flashing news-making statement with all the flour ish that past Roosevelt decisions have carried. It would be a great disappointment to the president if he learned that the country had already made up its mind about his third-term campaign before he had officially committed himself. Second, If Roosevelt does not declare himself soon, matters pertaining to reelection might get en tirely out of his hands. There la already good evi dence of this. In Nebraska, alone, friends of the president are considering running his name in the primary without any commitment from him and apparently without his consqnt or permission. Ex amples of similar conduct could undoubtedly be found in every other state as welL The Roosevelt men are avowedly die-hards as well as excellent opportunists. Their past actions prove this. If they believed that there was any doubt in the president's mind that he should not run for a third term, they would bend all their efforts to con vince him the other way. Drafting him for a third term Is only one device that they might use In polit ical strategy. But Roosevelt remains non-commltal for the time being. When he realizes that there Is danger to the Roosevelt prestige In maintaining this policy, he will probably break over with a definite an nouncement. Judging from the newly-created pres sure of the Garner and McNutt factions, plus the ef fect of recent Lewis charges, It might be safely pre dicted that Roosevelt will make his intentions known before many of the state primaries have passed. Then let him settle down and battle with his own lieutenants. Collegiana ' " ' " "-" " ' COLLEGE COLLECT QUEER THlN6j Harvard haaunic3ue" GOLLECTIOM OF 3400 ODD , iVv I, PLAYING CARDS U lSj l$J The univ. of texas collects iX I ' IS il HAIR FROM TIE HEADS OF FAMOUS JmMMj WRITERS AND STATESMAN THE U. OF KENTUCKY LIBRARY I .v " HAS 16,000 POST CARDS ON FILE 4i5S Cornell u. has fifty pieces of early american fire -fighting wu1pment the univ. of Rochester. has a collection of "phoney" stocks and Bonds, face value is 25,0COp0O-ACIUU,O.OO.' UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN Thl bulletin is for the use of campus organizations, students and fac ulty members. Announcements of meetings or other siotices for the bulletin may be submitted at the NEBRASKAN office by 5 p. m. the day before pub lication or at the registrar's office by 4 p. m. on week-days and 11 a. m. on Saturday. Notices must be typed or legibly written and signed by some one with the authority to have the notice published. The bulletin will ap pear daily, except Monday and Saturday, on page two of the NEBRASKAN. AG EXECUTIVE BOARD. Af executive board will meet tomorrow at 7:15 p. m. In room SOS Af hall. CAMPUS CLUB. Next meeting of the Camprl Club will be held Kunday from S to 6 p. m. at the home of Uydla Wagner, 1980 Ryons. MATINEE DANCE. A matinee dance will be held la the Union ballroom today at S p. m. Stu dent must present Identification card for admission. COFFEE HOUR. Next hi the scries of graduate student roffee hours will be held today at 6 p. ni. In the faculty lonnge of the Union. Chan cellor Boucher will address the (roup. SKETCH CUSS. Arlo Monroe will teach at the next ses sion of the sketch class to be held Thurs day at 5 p. m. In room 314 of the Union. Materials will be provided. BEAUTY QUEENS. The following candidate for the title f beauty queen have not yet taken their pictures. They mtt call Townsend's and make aa appointment on tho days listed. Wednesday, Nancy Mauca, Margaret Moor man, Mrlene Albert, and Janet C'ostrllo. Thursday, Maxlne Faller, Maxlne Bt alias, aad Aaa Yarkey. BARBS. Ticket for the barb formal are going to be on sale this noon In the barb room of the nnlon. Tlrkrt are DO rents a couple. Reservations for the banquet at 50 rents a plate must be In by Friday oo. KOHMLT KLUB. The script whlrh will be sued In the annual 8rlng Koamet Klub Show will be ebose at meeting of active mem hem this evening at 7:30. The name of the director ! tbe show will be disclosed at that time. ORCIIEKIS. Orcbeab), modern dance orgaalsatlon, will meet today In firant Meniorlul at 7:15 p. m. All members please be present, rm SIC.MA IOTA. There will be a meeting of rhl Dell ehapler ef 1'hl Hlgma lota tomorrow at 7:80 p. m. at the home of Mr. Sacnr, Z04J South !lh street. The sneakers will be Betty Wolfers, Henry Maxwell, and William Lrbar. 8INFON1A. Member of Hln funis will meet tomorrow I the Lnlon In I'arlor Z at It p. m. l-KR-HIIINa RIFLES. A regular meeting of rrrshlng Rifles will be held tomorrow evening, and It I Important that all members nttrnd. White shorts should be worn for the pic ture which will be taken at Nebraska hall, Frlduy at S p. m. NEWMAN CLUB. Members of the Newmnn elub wit! meet In room 316 of tbe Union today at 1 p. as. rUKSBYTLRIAN STUDENTS. Presbyterian students will meet In Far lor X of the Union this noon. HCBAI'BOOK HOBBY CROUP. Scrapbook hobby group will meet toda at 4 p. m. In room SOS of the Union. GAMMA ALPHA CHI. Members of Gamma Alpha Chi will meet tod'iy at t P. m. In room 315 of the Union. ASCE. Members of the American Society ef Civil Engineers will meet today at 7:S0 p. ra. In room SIS of the Union. DELTA OMICRON. Delta Omirroa will meet tomorrow at 1 p. m. In room SIH of the Union. NU-MEDS. Dr. 8. O. Zemer will address Nu-Med tonight following their dinner In the Union. New officers will also be Installed at the meeting which follows the dinner. The din ner wiU start at p. m. HOME ECONOMICS. Home economics association will meet today at 8:45 p. m. In the home eco nomics building. Dr. F. D. Hlem will lead a discussion an "Achievement." Aa im portant business meeting will follow. GAMMA LAMBDA. Members ef Gamma Lsmbda will meet tomorrow at the Union la Boons SIS at P. m. BARB UNION. Membership enrds for sew students er for any ether student wishing to Join the barb nnioa are now eat sale ta the barb el flee. T.M.C.A. CALENDAR. Ray Ramsay, former university alumni secretary, will speak before tbe weekly Y.M.C.A. meeting la the Temple balMIng tonight. Noted as aabumorous speaker, Mr. Raysay annaally addresaes the anl verslly -i" group. HI tuple tonight will be "Fools." Father Arnold Nash, noted Kagllsh evangelist who will visit the anlverslly next week, will appenr before several "1" meetings. He will lend the devotions at the Y.M.C.A. prayer meeting Feb. . Tbe prayer group will mart at noon In Ilia f irmer museum, room 6. One Feb 14, Fat her Nnsb will speak at a joint Y.M. Y.C. meeting at the Temple. The Y.M.C.A. withes to stress "he fact thnt nil university men, members or nan members, are weelrome ta all meetings. 8IO MA TAU. Members ef Hlgma Tnu will meet to morrow lit the bludent Union In I'arlor A at :IB p. m. DailyWebmskm Cicio Newspaper 0 More Than 7.000 Studtr Radio - - (Continued from Page 1.) othy Robb, John Mason, Dotty Ward, and Margaret Krause. Applicants were judged mainly on the quality of their radio voice. The judging committee, composed of Cliff Johnson and Jack Hitch cock of KFOR, and Dick de Brown, editor of the DAILY, listened from a separate room dur ing the auditions with the Ident ity of speakers known only by numbers. "It was very hard to boll down the original field as there were to many applicants that possessed good radio voices," was the com ment of Johnson, Barbs plan dinner in Union before winter formal Barbs will hold their annual win ter party Saturday evening In the Union ballroom. Preceding the semi-formal dance will be a ban quet In Parlors A, B, and C. Muslo for the dance will be furnished by Don Kelly and the Esquires. Erie Constable, president of the Barb Council, will preside as toast master. Although no after dinner speakers have been scheduled, there will be a variety of light entertainment. Alumni office cancels annual charter dinner The annual alumni sponsored chartered day dinner, will not be held this year, E. T. Duteau, sec retary of the alumni association, said yesterday. He pointed out that it was not advisable to hold the dinner this year because there are too many activities on the campus at this time. THIRTY -NINTH YEAR OH ices Union Building Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. 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