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THE NEBRASKAN .Wednesday, March 29, 1944 rOBTT-rOUKTH TEAK Subicriptlon Kates are $1.00 Per Semester ar fl.50 far the Cotter Tear. It M Mailed. Single copy, t Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the pestofflee in Lincoln, Nebraska, ander Act of Cenrress March 3, 1S79, and at special rate af poslare proTided for in Section U03, Act of October , 1911, Authorised September 30. 19i2. Published three times weekly on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday during school J"- EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor ; June Jamieson Easiness Manager Charlotte Hill Managinr, Editors Pat C'hamberlin, Mary Helen Thorns News Editors .,4.. Leslie Jean Glotfelty, Marylouise Goodwin Ghita Hill, Betty Lon Huston Society Laura Lee Mundil BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Easiness Managers Jo Marts, Lorraine Abramson Circulation Manager Bill Korff, 2-7523 Day 2-7181 Night 2-7193 Journal 1-3339 Offices Union Building V . . - Mail Clippings Pat Chamberlin, Censor We Point with Pride ... ... to the War Council's completion of another year of diligent effort to coordinate university emergency activities for the most efficient handling of bandage rolling, blood don- )ng, scrap drives and war stamp sales. To Pat Chamberlin, outgoing president, go congratulations for successful man agement of program and funds. To the new officers, a sin cere hope that further activities will prove as successful and as worthy. ... to Bob Henderson, Student Council judiciary com mittee chairman; Professor Lantz, faculty adviser; and oth er Council members for recognition of the obvious need for more frequent meetings to perpetuate existence of the or ganization. And View with Alarm . . . . . . Lincoln pastors who, last Sunday, denounced the University Theatre production, Pursuit of Happiness, as immoral. A sharp rebuke to narrow-minded persons who do not realize that their own insinuations and accusations increase instead of decrease the current bugaboo of "juve nile delinquency" and "wartime immorality. . . . long faces of university coeds who have said good bye to campus servicemen. Spring seems even more remote. . . . legislators who disillusioned school of journalism hopefuls by their informal example of state government Those who "covered" the special session yesterday were astounded at the apparent lack of knowledge of parliamen tary procedure and the prevalent horseplay. A suggestion Embryo reporters should attend further sessions for realiza tion that legislative bodies are rarely as dignified and busi nesslike as pictured. QUOTABLE QUOTES "Many thousands of young people will be denied the opportunity to complete their schooling, and additional thousands will have to substitute technical training in rlace of the type of education they would normally ac quire. This is as it is, and students and staff members are willingly adapting themselves to the new situation. The schools, however, have an additional responsibility. They must preserve their ancient objectives as well as they can without interfering with the war effort. "Admittedly, the time may come when our educational institutions may have to be entirely devoted to technical training or even closed. Until these things happen, how ever, instruction in the humanities and pure science should be continued for the benefit of those students who can find time to extend their studies beyond those required as direct preparation for war service. It is to be hoped that those who are guiding the destiny of our schools will use all of their abilities and judgment to avoid mistakes which will cause irreparable damage to the institutions for which they are responsible." President Alexander G. Ruthven of the University of Michigan calls for caution in handling of the wartime education crisis. (ACP). Low Enrollment Means No Decrease in Overhead Kditor's nrt Tale t the eleventh In the serta-a af arllaiea la the maker. Hy bul letln r MHlaar paaae fur a N nhlrh a a. prepared le ahaaarllor'e family ad vtaaary oaaimite, Mm adanlulaf native Benn ett ( da-auae, ail 4 the board of regents. It la hM-d by the Nebrsakaa that theae ae tlrlee may acquaint Ihe public llh the aiilterelly's aead fur more adesjaale appraa prlatltta. In a period of declining enroll ment the argument is voiced by some persons that the university will need lens money by appropria tion because it has fewer students. This is a delusion and a fallacy because so many variable factors enter into the determination of unit (per student) costs. First of all there are the over head costs of physical plant and administration. With a relatively fixed physical plant and a definite number of colcges, schools and de partments, there are minimum overhead operations of plant and administration that cannot be eliminated. Unit costs (not total costs) of thi8 category are ac tually higher with a decreasing enrollment than with an increas ing enrollment. If every college, school and department could be operated always at the physical capacity of each, overhead unit coHta would be at their minimum. Overhead Cost Increased. With a decreasing enrollment and with rising costs of services and supplies for physical plant and administrative offices, in creased overhead unit costs are unavoidable. Add to this a reduc tion in receipts from student fees and it is evident that the institu tion actually needs an increased appropriation from tax funds to carry on its existing program of operations, as was recently pointed out by President Dykstra of the University of Wisconsin. Each one of the colleges, schools and departments must maintain a certain minimum number of staff members in a minimum num- AS D. E. FOSTER writes from the pre-mid-shipmen's school at Asbury Park, New Jersey, that he has been receiving the issues of the Servicemen's Nebraskan and that it is "much appreciated!" Pfc. GEORGE BLACKSTONE, ATO, is now with the office of strategic services, in Washington, D. C. Among the new pilots recently graduated with their wings and commission as second lieutenants from Randolph Field, Texas, are nine former Ne braskans. They are LORENTZ C. HANSON, ROB ERT P. WADHAMS, RICHARD E. HUNTER, ROBERT J. BOSSOM, WILLIAM R. GUIOU, RICHARD E. NORDHUES, GUY E. OLSON, CARL W. SCHEFFEL, and WILLIAM G. BLACKBURN. Second Lt. DON TRACY, AGR last year, is back at UN for a few days leave from Camp Mc Caine, Misa. where he is with the medical corps. REN BUCACEK, Kappa Sig Innocent last year is also stationed at Camp McCaine, in the Tank De stroyers and assigned to the 94th Infantry Division. Second Lt. JIMMY JOHNSON, Sig Chi of last year, was recently back at UN. He is with the army engineers somewhere in Kentucky. Another Sigma Chi LEONARD PELTIER was back last week. He is stationed at Minnesota university and expects to have his doctor's degree in June. Ens. DON ANAWALT, Sigma Nu, returned last week end on a short leave from the supply school at Harvard. Sigma Nu army Cpl. MAX PE TERSON also is visiting his old haunts from Camp Roberts, Calif. Naval air cadet BERNIE ANDERSON, Sigma Nu, is back on furlough from primiary training at Norman, Okl. Monday night he celebrated his re turn by hanging his pin on AOPi Phyllis Ycnney. Quartermaster 3c KENNY BARTA. Sig Ep, was here Tuesday on a short leave from submarine service at San Diego. e Pfc. BORDEN PORTWOOD, Sig Ep, is at pres ent in New Caledonia, and writes frat brothers that he "doesn't care much for the girls" there. A. C. KENNETH R. EGGER, '41, has just re ported for duty at the Big Spring Bombardier school, Texas, to begin his training. He is a mem ber of Beta Sigma Pi and of Beta Gamma Sigma. Nert Litoreery ... Dear Nebraska: I'm nert a litoreery geneies so I'll avoid hypo, crisy and just say what's in my heart m a simple manner. , I've wanted to say this before, but somehow its taken a crisis to finally give me the courage. Nebraska, all of us going keep saying about how swell its going to be when we leave, but deep down and nert too far down you don't have to go so very far to find it, we all think you've been pretty darn swell and especially me. We'll be thinking about you, yes, thinking about you a lot You can bet your whole campus on that. JUST A GUY WHO'LL REMEMBER. Good Luck, N. U. CBS Reports Majority Shows Use War Theme Proof that the facilities of radio have gone to war is found in the annual report of the Columbia Broadcasting System for 1943, which states that 3,380 hours, or approxi mately 36 percent of the company's full op erating time was devoted to war subjects. At the end of 1943, there were 17,000 broadcasts dealing with war projects, in comparison with 12,900, during the first year of the war. The proportion of programs which devoted all or part of their time to war themes increased during the year from 48 percent to 58 percent. The CBS short wave listening station, manned around the clock, seven days a week, by a staff of linguists, kept tuned to direct short-wave broadcasts in as many as 15 lan guages in 24 foreign countries. These broad casts emanated from Allied and neutral points, from enemy centers, and from secret points where the French Radio-Resistence and others are located. Translating bulletins picked up from short-wave broadcasts all over the world, the CBS staff first got word of the Sicilian invasion, Eisenhower's terms for Italian re sistance and other urgent news stories, ac cording to the report. Hey Jake! Anatomical Math. 11 I followed her ten blocks or more, A figure trim and neat; And then at last I saw her face As she turned off the street. And now I'm searching far and wide, And blood Is In my eye, I'm looking for the man who said That figures never lie. First woman to receive a mas ter's degree in astronomy at Case School of Applied Science, Cleve land, is Miss Virginia Burger, a graduate of Swarthmore college. Miss Burger is the second woman to receive a master of science de gree in sixty graduations at Case. ber of special fields if it is to re tain accredited status. Many of our departments, schools and col leges are now staffed on this es sential minimum basis. Some of these could handle an increase in enrollment without any material increase in costs and thus unit costs would drop. But in many in stances there is now no way to cut these unit costs except to cut them out entirely, i. t, discontinue the college, school or department. The Immediate problem we are discussing, however, is not the quality of students and of students performance, but the maintenance of the quality of the instructional staff. In the light of what has been set forth above, a general de crease of enrollment distributed thruout the university with the present broad Bpread of programs would aggravate rather than alle viate the problem. And it thus ap pears that a material reduction of operating costs sufficient to bring our program within the limits of our resources for the maintenance of creditable quality could be brought about only by a curtail ment of the extent of the types of our different activities. BULLETIN HOKTr.Kr:K The laateaa,ing group af the YWCA ha been diamaUnard beeauieo af the deereaaed number of aoldlers un the eatnipua. Miaee last pta-pteenhaf, the girls have beea haat esalng for the trainees in the Keereatttoa ruura at Ihe Temple building. The rnuai alll Mill he aiea far ping roar, nulla, read ins; and niuir. HONORS CONVOCATION liKAIUJNE Names if all atndeaU anal argaalsatloaa ta he honored at lloaura Catavoeallaia Aural tt moat he handed la la U II. KiiiHIi of the arrhllretnrc department by Katar day. CATS AND .OVN Ac rotlcge seniors may make arraage nienla f r renting eapa and (nana for Ihe June graduation eaerrlsea h applying at (lie booth In a( hull ua Wa-diieaduy, Thurs day or Friday af Ihia week. A fl.00 de posit ntuat be made thla week and a see ond darilar paid uiwi rrerlpt of the eapa and fiwoa. Tlie HiN..e Kr rluh la apnnaur lug the rentals. MA A The W At vanity basketball game will be laed tonight at 1:00 la Grant Me morial. InalallaUaaa af Ihe Bra H A A officer a III Inke ptaee at Ihe half. All glrla ahu a ion to allend arc welcome. Liang-PoMeng Speaks of China Today in Union Dr. Philip Liang-Po Meng, rep resentatlve of the U. S. cordial relations department and the U. S. oifice of education, will speak on "China and International Affairs" today at 7:30 p. m. in the faculty loungs. Taking the title of visiting teacher, Dr. Llang-Po Meng is here in Lincoln for the remainder of the present school term to lec ture on the foreign policy of China. His talk here at the university is being sponsored by the inter national relations club. Everyone is welcome to attend. WSSF Sends Aid to Students In Switzerland Of the 30,000 refugees who have poured into Switzerland in the past few months, 2,000 are university students, according to the War Student Service fund. This student group includes anti fascist Italians, Jugoslavs, Greeks and escaped British prisoners of war held in Italy. Eager to take up their studies again while they are in Switzer land, the students have been placed in special "university camps" financed by the WSSF. Classes are carried on by pro fessors from the Swiss univer sities who voluntarily give their services. The WSSF provides each student with books, study material and some laboratory ma terial at an approximate cost of $8 a month. Admitted to Swiss Schools. There are 250 Jugoslav and 40 Greek students. For both, indi vidual admission into the Swiss universities has been arranged. The Swiss educational authorities recognized the WSSF'a commit tee as the accrediting agency for these students who have entered the country without university transcripts or records of any kind. The usefulness of thla program has already been demonstrated thru the Polish internees whom the WSSF haa been helping for four years. Some who have com pleted their university education in Switzerland are now teaching their fellow countrymen, while others prepare study courses in Polish which are sent to Polish prisoners of war in Germany. J