Wednesday, DecemEer 11,
DAILY NEBRASKAN
The University's
budget proposal
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During the week just completed, the DAILY has tried to acquaint read
ers through its news columns of the university's budget problem.
By presenting facts, cold ones and pure one3, the DAILY hopes that stu
dents understand what the school is up against, hopes that students are in
terested enough in the future and present welfare of the school to give it all
support possible.
Briefly, again, these are the facts, as presented to the state tax com
missioner, the Governor, and indirectly, to the legislature -when it meets
next month.
Operating for four years now under appropriations which forced strin
gent economies in all departments, which forced the administration to use up
all cash reserves, and which made the total operation and work of this school
fall far below the standards necessary to claim prestige as one of the nation's
top twenty or thirty educational institutions, the university has been so hard
pressed to maintain its standing in national educational circles that it is again
forced to ask for an increased appropriation, one which the Regents hope will
cover necessities, if the legislature docs grant it.
And all the while, the enrollment of the university has gone up! Figures
in years during the decade nearing completion show that when the university
had hundreds less students than it has now, it received bi-ennial appropria
tions all the way from $400,000 to $700,000 more than it received in 1938.
The expense to the state for each student enrolled in this university is
lower by far than the per capita expense of all surrounding states in the
midwest, where educational funds are probably the most difficult to ob
tain. Nebraska spent $473 in 1938 on each student while the University of
Iowa spent $502, Iowa State spent $641, Kansas spent $568, and Kansas
State spent $528. And the other two states represented here support TWO
major institutions, not just one . . . giving each of them a larger per capita
appropriation than Nebraska has given its ONE state university.
We don't blame anyone. We're sorrythe legislature in 1938 didn't see it
our way. We realized there were many, many items in the budget and that
only so much money was available. In 1938, the university took what it got,
depended on its cash reserves to pay the rest, and hoped mightily to retain
its prestige and national standing.
But in 1940, there are no cash reserves, the prestige and standing are
at the brink of the precipice which will drop the school into a third-rate
ranking among the nation's colleges.
In 1940, a new legislature meets, one to which we appeal for considera
tion, one which we ask to understand our problem, one in which we reposej
much of our futures.
If the university is treated fairly, if it retains its reputation, then we, as
future alumni of it, will carry with us the reflected prestige and whatever ad
vantages it provides us with in our battle for success.
If, when we leave this school, it has degenerated into a third-rate col
lege, we shall be at distinct disadvantage. We don't know it now, but we will
know it if that budget is cut again, or if the Regents' request is decreased.
You all have an investment in this school. Even though you pay for
only a third of your education, what you do pay is an investment. The wise
business man protects bis investment, makes all possible effort to see that
his final income is the greatest possible. And the first step toward pro-
tec ting and enhancing the chances of success in investing is to know what
you are investing in, to know everything and anything about it
Behind the Headlines
by Olson and Ordol;
Defeating the world . .
"We will defeat the entire world," Adolf Hitler promised Ger
many Tuesday as he added another supplement to Mein Kampf, blue
print of conquest, bringing it up to date.
Standing before a backdrop of shining new cannon barrels, the
German leader with impassioned fury outlined German war aims be
fore a crowd of 12 thousand workers in the huge Borzig munitions
plant in Berlin.
Referring to the war as a contest between the "haves" and the
"have nots," he justified Germany's war procedures on the ground
that the right to live includes the right to soil, that still more "lebcn
sraum" was necessary for the populous German nation.
On the nature of ideals he said: "We want a state in which birth
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matters nothing and achievement
means everything. For this we
are working with tremendous en
thusiasm. Contrasted with this is
the idea of our enemis a fight
for egoism, for capital, for individ
ual and family privileges."
Noteworthy is the phrase, "in
dividual and family rights" 6S
characteristic of the democracies.
He went on to insist that the
principles of German national
socialism are diametrically op
posed to the aims and bases of the
democracies, that "one of these
two worlds must break asunder."
He explicitly stated that it is not
the Reich that would be doing the
breaking.
In expounding the- new eco
nomics, he said: "The traffic sig
nals are now placed as follows:
Gold versus labor. I built up my
entire economy on the conception
of work. Those who had gold have
failed completely. You can't get
anybody to take British pounds
even if you throw them after them.
Our German mark without gold is
worth more than gold."
Explaining his personal attitude,
he said, "I am not a man who does
things half way. When once I
have decided on my course I am
filled with boundless fanaticism."
The truth of this last statement
seems incontrovertible. It reminds
us that Herr Hitler is not a man
who can be judged by ordinary
standards. That is clear from the
many colossal errors of under
estimation made in recent years.
Also estimates on what he and
other nazi leaders may try seem
out of order. Sole valid criteria is
the estimate of what they can do.
Consequently, analyses of po
tential German activity must be in
terms of German military might
and not beclouded by wishful
thinking.
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