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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, October 20, 1944
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Dreaming is Done
In several offices on the campus can be seen a dreamer's map
of the campus of the future. The chancellor has one; there's one in
Morrill, one in Alumni secretary Duteau's office, in operating super
intendent Seaton's office; and more important, there is a copy in
the mind of every Nebraskan student, graduate, serviceman, and
faculty member. New dormitories, more classroom buildings, more
laboratories, more trees, a new library, more breathing space... At
best, it's a slow process, this making dreams reality; but, slowly
thru the years, the university has grown, struggling to keep in step
with its ever increasing number of alumni. Only last year the new
library was built, and year before that a definite campaign for
beautifying the campus was begun with the yearly planting of sev
eral trees.
If dreams and this slow realization of them were able to keep
pace with the needs of the university and its ever-increasing enroll
ment, if they were enough to provide adequate building spac, if
they were enough to pay enough professors sufficiently, then to con
tinue to dream would be all right. There must, after all, be a goal
toward which to strive. But there must also be striving.
Now that the worst years of the war emergency have been
weathered by the university and it is again able to look ahead to a
postwar period, the problem of developing the physical and educa
tional capacity of the school to accommodate the expected thousands
of students who will enroll ni Nebrpska following the war has
reached a critical point.
Before the war classrooms were crowded, many instructors taught
classes much too large for any sort of individual attention, in one
case three colleges and six departments were crowded into one build
ing, and laboratory classes were too large and had insufficient equip
ment. What then will be the conditions if the postwar enrollment
jumps three times the prewar enrollment figures, as happened after
the first World war?
It is more than a problem of crowded conditions, however; the
efficiency of the army and nvy training programs, as well as the
educational success of nazi-dominated Germany, have given educa
tors thruout the world a realization that present instructional policies
and practices need sweeping revision. UN has able committees work
ing on such program changes to fit these needs, not only of re
turned veterans, but also of the postwar civilian students. Commit
tees, however, can very easily become "dreamers," if they have not
the material facilities with which to work.
As compared to other state universities of the same size, Ne
braska has even farther to go to get back to normal, since the war
emergency came immediately following several years of serious
drouth and agricultural depression. This means that the university
is behind many similar schools in personnel, capacity, educational
and research programs.
That it is worthwhile to the state of Nebraska to have a strong
state university is demonstrated fully when the list of alumni con
tributions to their native state is considered. One-half of the 60,000
graduates and former students have made their homes within the
state. Over 40 percent of the physicians in Nebraska have received
their basic training in the university, and CO percent of the college
of law graduates practice within the state. Teachers college has fur
nished 28 percent of the elementary and 38 percent of the high school
teachers in the state.
Perhaps most important to Nebraska is the experimental and
practical demonstration work of the ag college. Thru its work, ag
college researchers had adapted crops to local conditions, improved
the quality of livestock and poultry, aided in the building of the
dairy industry, controlled diseases in plant and animal life, and
have made their experience and training available to every section
of the state.
If the people of Nebraska w&iit a strong university, If the stu
dents and ex-students want a progressive program of education, it
is up to them. During this session of the state legislature, the bien
nial state appropriations bill will be settled, which determines, along
with the many other state appropriations, how much money will be
spent on the university. The dreaming is done; it is time for the doi...
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Les Said The Better
By Les Glotfelty
It has been said that eVeryone makes mis
takes, but why it is always left to us to
make the biggest ones is one of the un
solved mysteries of the world. It seems like
we can't go very long without getting a lit
tle carried away in a column. Last year it
was the dorm that was our Waterloo, and
so recently as Wednesday, this year, we did
it again. It is against our policy or some
thing to retract statements, so we aren't
retracting anything we said about Tassels,
but we definitely do admit that we were
wrong about, some things.
The pep queen ballots, for instance, were
counted Tuesday night not by just the pres
ident, but by two people, altho they were
taken home over night before the counting.
They are on file in the Tassel room at, pres
ent. As for the last minute election slate
change, that was necessary because there
were two offices to nominate for instead of
the one when the slate was first made up.
Consequently one of the nominees was
switched to another office and a new nom
inee put in her place. Anyhoo, Tassel prexy
Mary Russell gets our vote for being a darn
nice gal. If we were in her place we wouldn't
have even spoken to us, but she sat over a
coke with us and we thrashed out the whole
business. That gal can take a whale of a
lot of criticism and come up smiling, and
that ain't hay.
Strictly from scuttlebutt (rumor, to my
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Pat Chamberlin, Censor
LT. COL. HAROLD S. ECKLUND was recently
presented with the order of the purple heart by
MAJ. GEN. RAYMOND G. LEHMAN, command
ing general, 93rd infantry division, somewhere in
the southwest Pacific area. The ceremony was
reminiscent of days at UN for both officers, since,
on commencement day in 1931, General Lehman
presented Lieutenant Colonel Eckland with his re
serve army commission.
From 1927 to 1932, General Lehman was in
structor in the UN military department. He was
also assistant coach in football and track, and head
coach in wrestling. Lieutenant Colonel Ecklund
was one of General Lehman's outstanding students,
and became champion wrestler under his instruc
tion, and later his assistant wrestling coach.
Lieutenant Colonel Ecklund is a veteran of over
50 bombing missions of the 13th bombardment
group. He was awarded the purple heart for
wounds received from Japanese anti-aircraft fire.
He also wears the air medal with six oak leaf
clusters.
non-nautical friends) Chancellor Boucher
had lunch Wednesday with the Darrel Za
nuck of that mythical village known as Hol
lywood. We have been hearing from all
kinds of unofficial sources, from friends of
a friend of a friend of the waitress and so
forth that Mr. Zanuck wijl be given an hon
orary degree from the university this spring.
Wonder if there is any way he could drag
in Betty Grable too?
Bizad Sororily
Schedules Annual
Banquet Nov. 8
November 8 has been announced
as the definite date for the an
nual bizad banquet by Phi Chi
Theta, national business sorority
The date fur the banquet, for
merly set for November 1, was
changed at a recent meeting of
Phi Chi Theta. Plans were dis
cussed for the banquet but the
theme will not be revealed until
the night of the dinner.
Estelle Lenneman was placed in
charge of entertainment and
decorations with Mary Lou Hollz,
Mary Sinclair, Launne Hansen
and Jessie Lou Taylor as assist
ants.
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