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Sunday, March' 27, 1319 JIul Oaih TkbhaAkaiv Mmbr Intercollegiate Press rOKTT-SEVCNTB TEAS Tlw Dally Nrrk M fmMlnlwd by ttt t(1iU f tht CnlTerlry f Jrtrnikl a ipmoloa tnlrnt iv w ftnd spin tons wir. Arcor)i U artlcK II ! T tm roverninit atmlral pnhllmtkuiii n4 mlitltwr by tlw Brd of rMlrttm: ) , he declared poller lh Borl that pfibllrttwi mnOrr tt JnrindlrWoa sbB k frr from ditril vnorhlp on tn prt of iiw Hoard, ot en the part of J nrnibrr of tlx faculty of Ue nlTcnlty; bnt nwmbera of t)M of lw Oajly kebnuka art penolif iwapolbl for what thry y or a or can to be print." Snharrfptlnn ratr ar ?. tot nrwiler, ?50 wr OMtwuTrr mnn, or fS.O for N colore yfr. t,0 mailed. Klnrl copy Be. Published oaily dnrln thn school rrr rieept Mondaya and Satnrdaya. vnratkina and naminatloo nrrloda, by tb Dnivwaity of Nehraaka nnder tho npervliloa of the Publication Board. Kntwd M rlrwwtd Ctaw MaMrr at the fort Office hi IJncoU, Nebraska, under Act of f'onrroaa, March , 1K79. and at aprrlai rate of po.inr prorlded for to oectioa 113, Act of Octofcer . 1117. autnoHicd Heptember I. IMS. KDITOR1AL rditor Managing Kditnrs ....... Norm Inciter Cub Clem. Frit Mmpaon Ncmn Fdltom Ionian MrDill fuak Heed. M. t. Mrllrk. time Bern. Kmre KenniMly St F.dlfor Mike. Onitavna A't Air Kditor Jean Ken-tier r-norta Kditor Bob I'helpa Am i Sport Kditor Jerry Kwlnc RCS1NKS8 rlnlnei. Manarer train rheen An-t Bolnen Manarern . . Merle Stalder, Bob Axtell, Keith O'Bannon Clretilation Al Abramwm NlKht Newa l-'-dltor Mikr Oif.lNon Feature Kditor Fmily HeJne Ass't Feature Kditor Frank Jacoha Norma 'hnbbek Bulletin Mitnr R. A. Sandntedt Xnttny Kditor " Nordln Dear Editor: For the past several weeks we have been hearing a lot about the Faction. At the moment it is the dominant political group on the campus. But what is it? What are its aims? What does it offer the student body? At the moment it has assumed the form of All-University party. (How its founding fathers must have laughed when they thought of that name.) Its members make to attempt to explain it as anything but a fraternity bloc a bloc organized by the member fraternities, of the member fraternities, and for the member fraternities. As such, what has it to offer students who are not members of those fraternities? Obviously, nothing. What can it offer to its own members? It can offer certain men activity points toward Innocents Society, a "name," and a certain measure of power. And through those men it can offer their houses the honor of having as members one or two more "wheels." A group organized for such purposes must, by its very nature seek to give every possible office to its members every elective office must be filled by a Faction man, and every appointive office must be given by those Faction-elected officers to a Faction-backed candidate. To let any office of note slip by uncontrolled means some part of the Faction must be skipped over for a while, and thus, momentarily, al least, antagonized. The very existence of the faction thus calls for a practical monopoly of the chief campus olices. Such an arrangement obviously makes it almost impossible for an office-worthy, non-Faction student to gain a responsible campus office. There is no denying that there are many fraternity men who are well-qualified for these offices and who should have some of them. But is it possible that all the campus leadership could be concentrated in less than one-fifth of the University enrollment? The non-Faction student can look for nothing from a Faction dominated campus government. His only recourse to freedom of advancement lies in defeating the All-University Party and assuring the Students Party of a substantial majority on the Student Council. Charles Swan. ISA Will Elect Officers Today ISA members will vote in the Union today for the organization's 1949-1950 officers. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. ISA membership cards must be presented to receive a ballot. All members are urged to vote. Bill Plank, junior in business administration, and Ben Wall, arts and science sophomore, are the presidential candidates. Can didates for vice-president are Carl Froendt, law freshman, and Joan Learning, fine arts junior. Norma Chubbuck, junior, Twila Burgess, junior, Dorty Kurth, freshman, Jo Lisher, sophomore, and Elaine Lampheas are candi dates for secretary. Treasurer candidates are Ro berta Floyd, fine arts sophomore, and Paul Ritter, business admin istration sophomore. Hey Fellows B. 0. . Is In Full Swing. Hove you entered? Each candidate not only has a chance to win Sixty Bucks in Clothing -But- Will receive tickets to KingS Friday, April 29 To swing out and see the lucky man presented the Grand Prize. So be on hand to Boo or Cheer! The Tickers as well as th Sixty Bucks ore on The House. Itfs a Crying Shame . . Comptroller John Selleck. School of Fine Arts director Arthur Westbrook. Department of Speech chairman Leroy Laase. Buildings and Grounds director Charles Fowler. And anyone else who may be directly or indirectly as sociated with the Temple theatre. This editorial, we hope, will be of concern to you. At the beginning of this semester, several people jumped down the throat of managing editor Cub Clem for writing an editorial which implied that the Board of Re gents had neglected its duty in not taking action in the matter of the condemned Temple theatre. Then, it was thought, we were being hasty; someone defended the Regents as not to be blamed for it. . ... ... . .. VI The purpose ot this editorial is not to Diarne anyone for anything. But the fact of the matter is that something has to be done about the Temple theatre situation. As of date, nothing noteworthy has happened; at least, nothing which has been made known. In asking individuals closely connected with the theatre what was being done, we found out little. They knew little because they had not been able to get any concrete answers out oi me administration. Pprlian nministrntnrs in fl nnsition to do something about the matter are not aware of the importance of mak- ing Known immediately wnai tne luiure ikhus iui mc Temple theatre and thus, for the University Theatre. Tatronage of the University Theatre, which has been built up over a long period of time through endless work both on stage and off, is asking, "What will there be next year?" The University Theatre has made no answer. It simply doesn't have any. Furthermore, various student assistants and faculty members, too, of the speech department are in a nebulous state of affairs not knowing what they can plan for next year, or if they will still be around to do any planning. When the Temple theatre was first condemned, con-f&r-tA nri,.r nn thf nnrt nf students or other interested persons did not result because there was a general feeling that steps would be taken immediately to put the Temple back in working order. Now, after several months of wait ing (broken up once by an architect's surveying the build ing to estimate how much repairs would cost), there is a growing feeling of desperation. It has produced a strong will to do something that will bring results. The Theatre has already made an appeal to students through The Daily Nebraskan lettrip column. Petitions are being circulated to enable the voice of the students to be heard more clearly and strongly than has been up to date. Letters are being sent out to various newspapers through out the state telling them of the predicament and hoping tViat tVi rpeiiltinp- Tinblicitv mav make the people of Ne braska somewhat conscious of the present theatre situation at the University. Theatre activity for the present year has been nullified for all practical purposes. Audiences for experimental shows are limited to speech students. University Theatre productions (two) are held on the Wesleyan campus. Music students are'findin? out that Sosh auditorium is no place to give recitals but they're giving them there. As much as we appreciate w esieyan s co-operauvenes.s and willingness to let the University use its theatre facil ities, we think it is something bordering on disgrace when a state university of 10,000 is lorcea to impose upon vne hospitality of a private school of 850 which has realized the importance of activities requiring a theatre enough to provide itself with an excellent auditorium. During the next week me uauy rieDrasKan wm u inr, tiiA TYinttr thnrnuhlv so that both sides may be pre sented : the need of the Theatre and administrative answer to that need. Our purpose is to find out what action can be taken or why action can not be taken to provide the Qtot TTnivrvrcitv nnrl its 10 000 students with a theatre, an integral part of the fine arts department and other student activities as wrell. If nothing can be done about the situation, it would, be well for the University to inform prospective drama stu dents in Nebraska high schools what they are getting in for if they come to the university. J ! Savin An informal coffee was held at the Delta Gamma house Sat urday from 10-12 a. m. in honor of Eliane Roussfe, recipient of the Delta Gamma scholarship from Le Havre, France. Eliane, who arrived in January, is in graduate school studying sociology and political science in order to compare the cultures of her country and the United Stae. She is anxious to travel to the west coast this summer be fore her return to France in August. Members of each organized group attended the coffee and en joyed the musical interludes of l,e Noi Wellman and the unique drumming of Norma Jean Meyers. , Caperinps. Friday night at the far Turn pike saw a concentration of couples engaged in various past times1 We noted: Pat Mer-han and Tree Meyers rumbaing. Jo Swan dousing pin-mate Duke Davis, and Joanie Rhodes and Butch Mans field providing hilarity. Hit of the long band was their little Hawaiian singer in the red dress. The farcical court presentation at the Junior Aksarben ball fea tured four suspiciously masculine countesses in sparse attire. Es pecially un-ladylike was Neil Fonts and the lamb who persisted in "Baaa-ing" M.C. Bob Scheve. Also in attendance wore Kathleen Clement and Gene Flynn. Shirley Miles and Steve Eberhard, Ionise Zurowski and Gerard Fritchard. At Last. Initiations are still happening. The R. G.'s held theirs Saturday, March 20. Chi Omega's happened Friday, and the Kappa Sigs on Sunday. The K. Sig initiation banquet was held at Don's (not to be confused with Delta Omicron Nu) steakho use formerly "Sandy's." Reminiscences of the storybook ball give Jo Guilford and Joe Fisher the edge on "phoney (Ha, Ha) costumes. They were attired as "twins from the advertisement of the same name." The party was a huge success as predicted. Guess that covers everything except browsers. Here are some: Mary Chae and Eugene Robinson, Carolyn Houston and Ed Rousr-k, Barb Taracaryn and Jim Mom-han. Higher Budget May 'Keep Best Instructors at NU The University has based its request for a 20 per cent increase in its operating budget partly on the fact that it is proud of its faculty and wants to keep them. However, the University has explained, an abnormally large "turnover" has resulted from com petition. Other institutions of learning, private industry and the federal government have proved more attractive to instructors be cause of higer salaries. THE SHORTAGE of skilled teachers and researchers for the last few years, plus the need for adequate pay, has made the task of keeping a staff a perplexing one for the University. The average assistant professor's salary at Nebraska is $3,611. At other universities he receives: Pa cific Northwestern University, $3,700; Big Seven university "A," $3,596; Big Seven university "B," $3,650; Big Seven university "C" $3,647; Big Nine university "A," $3,924; Big Nine university "B," $4,521. THE NEBRASKA teacher's av eage yearly pay is also less than the equivalent U. S. Civil service ratings which industry must meet. The Nebraska instructor receives $2,600, while the Civil service equivalent is $2,974. The assistant professor's salary fs $3,559 com pared to the $4,479 received by the Civil service equivalent. As sociate professors and professors at Nebraska earn $4,183 and $5,092, while equivalent Civil service jobs offer $6,235 and $8,509. PARTICULAR instances of loss of faculty members during 1946 through 1948 to other jobs further emphasize the need for higher salaries for Nebraska, faculty members. A professor in the field of medicine left a sarly of $4,500 at Nebraska for $6,500 at Ohio Social Project Offers Work Opportunities Sludents interested in oppor tunities for summer work in Ne braska institutions will have an opportunity Wednesday, March 30, to hear about the projects in a meeting to be held at 3:00 p. m. in the Union. George Willoughby, regional rep resentative of the American Friends Service Committee, will be in Lincoln to discuss with stu denls and faculty the possibilities of setting up a program of service units in Nebraska. THE TROGRAM of institutional service units is used in a number of states. It calls for students in terested in social work to work . in state institutions during the summer. It helps out on a crit ical personnel problem as well as offering undergraduate students "an opportunity for first hand contact with 'people in trouble'." If a unit is established in Ne braska, a group will be formed to sponsor the unit. A group of faculty members, members of the Board of Control, and Y.M.-Y.W. representatives will discuss the establishment of the unit at a luncheon meeting with Willoughby on Wednesday in Parlor X of the Union. State. A physics professor went to workfor the federal govern ment, receiving a salary increase of from $3,860 to $7,000. A math professor received $5,380 at Nebraska. At Purdue he re ceived $7,500. A professor in bus iness research received $4,000 at Nebraska, $6,800 at Stanford, and an Ag professor was paid $4,500 at Nebraska and $9,800 in industry. n