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dJjiloriafftf Spealiin
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Tuesday calls for altruism in
Promoting High
Scholarship
. . . better yet is selfishness
The university will hold its annual Honors Day
convocation Tuesday morning when 632 students
will be recognized for achievement of high scholar
ship in their academic work. Guest speaker will be
Judge Florence Allen, prominent woman barrister
from Cleveland, who will discuss "The Constitution,
an Instrument of Freedom."
Imperfect though it may be, high scholarship
Is still the best guide available to show which
students are deriving the most benefit from their
studies, and hence it is a mark of distinction
which all may respect and strive to attain. Fur
thermore it would seem that high scholarship
may become a factor of increasing importance In
determining who shall have the privilege of pur
suing higher learning if educational funds con
tinue to decline in the face of growing numbers
who seek admission to universities each year.
Excellence is to be sought in all worthwhile
pursuits, and certainly scholarship cannot be held
an exception. The Honors convocation is the uni
versity's annual expression of interest in and appre
ciation for students who maintain a superior scho
lastic standing. In an Institution of this size, many
students may grow to feel that no one really cares
what sort of grades they get, outside of themselves,
perhaps, and their parents. The most retiring of us
like a little official recognition once in a while even
for those pursuits which should be their own re
wards. And so Tuesday will come that official rec
ognitiona satisfactorily broad recognition which
can include approximately 10 percent of the uni
versity enrollment. One way that students can show
their Interest and do their part in this promotion
of better scholarship Is to attend the convocation,
for which all Tuesday morning classes after 10
o'clock will be dismissed. Another way, of course,
Is to try a little more selfish promoting of one's
own personal and individual scholarship.
Schmidt warns . . .
Farm Federation tax
may cost 22 millions
If the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation suc
cessfully places on the ballot an amendment to the
state constitution which proposes an over all limit
on the rate of property tax which may be imposed
for combined Btate and local purposes, and if Ne
braska voters favor the measure, it will result In
a loss in government revenue of approximately
22 million dollars, according to Edward B. Schmidt
of the department of economics.
His estimate is approximately 50 percent of
property taxes levied in the state last year for all
purposes and suggests the importance of consider
ing ways of meeting the cut or of revamping the
program of government to meet the limits of its
budget.
Schmidt points out that the total loss would be
28 millions, but 6 million dollars must be deducted
as the amount of taxes levied annually for debt
retirement. The proposed limitation does not apply
to levies for debt retirement.
Interpreting the results of such an amendment
Is difficult, he declares, because of such variable
influences as future ratio between assessed value
and actual value, trend of future state and local
expenditures, future policy In regard to other reve
nues, and trend of future prices and production.
"Since it is impossible to know what these
trends will be, it is necessary to proceed on the
basis of assumptions," he states. "In the first place,
it seems logical to assume that enactment of the
amendment will not cause change In present assess
ment practices. The purpose of the legislation would
be defeated if assessors increased valuations enough
to compensate for lower tax rates."
The economist also believed that the existing
expenditures would be neither increased or de
creased and that "existing taxes other than the
property tax will be continued and their proceeds
distributed as at present." He also declared that,
"Another assumption is that prices and production
will continue in such a way that existing property
values will remain unaffected ... No one can pre
dict with certainty either the direction or the extent
of the future change."
State and county governments will continue to
use the property tax in their financing, he believes,
and "this Is equivalent to saying that all necessary
adjustments arising from adoption of an over-all
tax rate limitation amendment will be made in
municipal and school finance." It is unimportant,
he states, which governmental units shall actually
utilize the property tax.
"Whether or not schools and municipalities
would be able to continue to utilize the property
tax . . . depends upon the margin between com
bined state and county tax rates and the maximum
over all limit contained In the proposed amendment.
This is not entirely true, Schmidt says, "for the
amendment provides that communities may exceed
the constitutional limit upon approval of 60 percent
of the electors. Resort to this expedient, however,
would defeat one of the purposes of the maximum
tax rate limitation "for it is hoped . . . that adop
tion of the amendment would result in reducing
the burden on property."
In 1939 the state and county levies In 63 of
the 93 counties exceeded the seven mill maximum
provided for rural communities, showing that rural
school districts in these counties would have no
margin for property taxation at all. In 23 of the
remaining counties, school districts would have
been able to impose a property tax rate of less
than one mill."
"It Is apparent . . . that adoption of the pro
posed over all tax rate limitation amendment would
reiult In a loss of revenue equal at least to the
amount which the property tax now provides for
the public schools."
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
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members. Notices for the bulletin must be sent or brought to the DAILY office
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must be typed or legibly written and signed by some one with the authority to
have the notice published. The bulletin will appear, dally except Monday and
Saturday, on page two of the NEBRASKAN.
MONDAY
TOWNS CLUB.
Members of Town club will meet ha
parlor A of the Union at S p. m.
rACULTY MEN'S CLUB.
Faculty Men's club will meet hi parlor
C of the Union at S:1S l. an.
REQUEST PROGRAM.
There will he a program af request
music played oa the Carnegie manic set
at 4 p. m. la the fatally loange of the
Union.
TASSELS.
Members af Taonels will meet at (
a. m. la room lit af the Union.
SIGMA ALPHA IOTA.
Hlgma Alpha Iota pledges wtlll meet la
room SIS of the Unioa at 4 a. m.
PURSUING RIFLK8.
All Pershing Rlfleniea shonid eaeek oat
white caps and belts from the storeroom
before Tuesday's parad. All members
af the group should report to the east
end of the tennis court at 4:M P. m.
Tnesaay with eaps and belts.
TUESDAY
10 women attend
AWS convention
Ten girls are leaving Lincoln
today for the regional AWS con
vention to be held at Iowa City
Monday through Thursday.
Girls who will attend the con
vention are: Jean Simmons and
Virginia Clemans, president and
past president of AWS respec
tively; Marian Bradstreet, Pat
Sternberg, Marion Stone, Ann
Hustead, Ben Alice Day, board
members; Mary Bullock, Coed
Counselors president; Elizabeth
Waugh and Janet Lau, former
AWS board members.
Under discussion at the conven
tion will be questions relating to
student government and to cam
pus problems, such as the relation
ship between town, dormitory and
sorority girls.
Twenty music students
appear today in Temple
Twenty high school students who
are taking music at the university
will appear in a public program at
3 this afternoon In the Temple. The
concert is being presented by the
school of fine arts. Students are
from the studios of Miss Alma
Wagner and William G. Tempel,
voice; Emanuel Wishnow, violin;
Miss Marguerite Klinker, Earnest
Harrison, and Herbert Schmidt,
piano; Miss Marian Wolfe, cello;
and Ward Moore, brass instruments.
HIGMA TAU,
81ma Taa will meet at S p. m. m par
lor ABC and XY af the Untoa at S p. m.
HONORS CONVO LUNCHFX)N.
Honors convocation luncheon will be held
la parlor Z af toe Untoa at aooa.
HARMONY HOUR.
Regular weekly Blnfonla Harmony Hoar
will be hold In the faculty loange of the
Unkm at 4 p. m.
PHALANX.
Members af Phalanx will meet In rwons
IIS of the Union at 7;0 p. m.
rRB-MW STUDENTS.
Regular monthly meeting of the "Yoang
Advocates" will be held at 1 p. m. at room
101 Social Sciences. Assliitant Attorney
Oenernl Rush Clark wlU deliver an addrens
on the subject, "The Prosecuting Attor
ney." All p re-law tadenta are Invited
to attend.
RELIGIOUS WELFARE COUNCIL.
Members of the Religious Welfare council
will meet In the recreation room of the
Presbyterian Student center at 4 p. m.
Faculty
(Continued from page 1.)
make her dramatic debut at the
university next Tuesday.
On stage again.
For Dean Hosp, this Is nothing
to be excited about, for she has
been on the Chicago stage in light
opera. Mrs. J. O. Hertzler ana
Miss Claudine Burt of Lincoln
will also appear in the comedy of
intellects. Mrs. Thomas D. Griffin
and Miss Fern Hubbard of Lin
coln are play and stage directors
respectively.
Tickets can be secured from any
faculty member of the AAUW or
from Ben Simon & Sons, Miller
and Paine's or Walt's Music Store.
The proceeds from the drama are
to be used to supplement the as
sociation's scholarship and fellow
ship fund.
The weather
Partly cloudy to cloudy today.
Showers are expected up north.
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Honors--
(Continued from page 1.)
high praise from critics through
out the nation.
Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chair
man of the department of architec
ture, who is In charge of the hon
ors convocation, has arranged a
faculty luncheon for Miss Allen to
be held In the Union following the
program.
Under the direction of William
G. Tempel, the University Singers
will sing, and Frank Cunkle will
play several numbers on the organ.
Invocation will be pronounced by
the Rev. Thomas A. Barton, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church.
Engineers
(Continued from page 1.)
affair are: Phil Eshelman, agri
cultural engineering; Sidney
Campbell, architecture; Ralph
Stalbaum, chemical engineering;
Roger Evans and Glen Krueger,
civil engineering; Henry Berry,
electrical; and Truman Spencer,
mechanical engineering.
Appoint 13 chairmen.
Thirteen special chairmen have
also been appointed. Robert
Schluckebier is in charge of the
ball; Francis Lotterle, banquet;
Ivan Bauer, the campus structure
which will be a large slide rule;
Sterling Dobbs, engineers week
promotion contest; Earle Cox,
convocation; Harold Sampson,
field day; Joy Rlchardaon, pho
tography; Houston Jones, pro
grams; Harry Kammerlohr, pub
licity; Frank Little, ribbons Bales,
David Roach, the "Sledge," publi
cation; Anton Krejci, traffic; Paul
Owen, window displays.
Boucher
(Continued from page 1.)
in education generally, in music
and the fine arts. There Is as high
a type of secondary schools as I
have ever found." The state-wide
Interest In football he calls "a
wholesome part of the spirit, not
out of balance."
On the new Junior Division: "It
will improve the Bltuatlon from
the student's ptandpoint, help him
to get adjusted earlier. Too many
students flounder for one or two
years without finding themselves.
Guidance and counsel will be the
main objectives.
On higher tuitions: "It will not
lower enrollment because the raise
Is only in the lower brackets and
not general. Tuition is still below
the median of eighteen comparable
schools in this area."
On future, enrollment: "Nobody
knows. It depends on the develop
ment of Junior colleges, the most
significant development of recent
years. There are more and more
Junior colleges in many parts of
the country, many of them offer
ing vocational courses."
In the main he thinks students
are "capable of doing more work
than they are asked to do" not
just at Nebraska but everywhere.
"Several institutions during the
past 10 years have shown that
students are capable of doing more
difficult work than we generally
give them credit for, if we arouse
their interest and challenge them.
This was true when I went to
Bchool and it has been demon
strated recently."
He calls housing the biggest
need of the university at present
with a number of departments
"disgracefully housed." More
maintenance money is needed.
"Our appropriation at present
would probably adequately run a
school of 6,000 students instead of
7,000."
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