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Thursday, December 75, 1949 PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN JhsL (batty. yiobhoAkcuh . Membei Intercollegiate Press fOKTV-SfcVENTH VKAR M MprfMlon of .Indents w. mnd opinion, anlj. '"'" J 'Vr' lIn?f,.2L n.ri KOTrrnlni tudrnt publication! and dminnKreo the Bo.rd ol HfOD I. Ih. Sec?r"d T polic? ot the Hoard Uw p.blieMton. ondrr .1. "tadi'Mm J frt. from ed.topliV ri.or.hip on the part .1 r J-N. ""' 11SJ ;rr.r v. rWMP 4. 117. authorize 8ptouib U. 9" . , Managing Rdllors .... NM N Kdllor Cub Ofm Frill Slmpoon, Suilr Bwd ;w Berg Calendar Mixup It seems to us that the Calendar committee has made a mess of things. ... . It did a good deed, especially m the eyes of the stu dents when it recommended an extension of Christmas vacation to Jan. 3. But they hurt the students when they cut one day off of the pre-exam study period to make up for the lost class day. If the Calendar committee had been more careful when drawing up the University calendar for 1949-50, this mess could have been avoided. A plan whereby students would leave for home next Wednesday and return Jan.4 might have solved the problem before it arose. This plan would not make necessary the elimination of one pre-exam study dciy We wish the Facultv Senate would do something about the study period. If it is too late to act, then we wish the Calendar committee in the future would plan the Univer sity calendar more carefully. J Cub Clem Publications.. . (Continued from Pago 1.) them. Membership in an organ ized house is not a prerequisite to .success on the student newspaper, an opinion which is heartily shared by the present editor and his staff." The Committee said more de tailed plans for the operation of The Daily Nebraskan and the Corn Shucks for the second se mester would be announced fol lowing the Christmas vacation. Details of procedure in selecting the new staffs will be included in these announcements. Committee members are: Dr. Roger Shumate, professor of Po ntivii Siirnro. chairman: Mr. Claire Harper, Director of Uni versity Commercial Activities, secretary; Clifford Hicks, profes sor of Business Organization and Management: Miss Mary Guthrie, assistant professor of Home Eco- I nomics; and the following stu dent members: Leon Pfeiffer, Miss M. J. Melkk and Gerald Matzke. Dean T. J. Thompson is an ex-ofl'icio member of the Board. kmmmmmm Colorado and Ski-Jump Bound! McGregor's Wnli- 7 ... It's Nylon Here's a Nylon jacket tailored by McGregor for warmth, wear and washability . . . with a wind-repellent 100 Nylon shell that's Zelan-treated to be water and snow-repellent, too' Plus a soft, full Nylon lining:, it's the first completely washable lined jacket! Dark ereen, maroon and navy. DO 50 Unlined nylon jacket 15.95 J J GOLD'S. . .Street Floor UN Assembly Representatives Meet Tonight House representatives to the model United Nations General Assembly conference scheduled on campus for March 15-17 will meet at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Dec 15, in Room 108, Burnett hall. A tentative agenda for the meet will be announced to the representatives, acording to Irene Hunter, NUCWA secretary. Tnfnrmntinn on the individual countries represented will also be given at the meeting. Jt'roi. ixor nun Hill, nolitical science in structor, has assisted the NUCWA Information and Kesearcn envi sion in preapring outlines of all asembly nations. Assigned Countries. Countries assigned for the con ference arc: Argentina, Alpha Chi Omega; Australia, Alpha lau Omega; Belgium, Delta lau Delta; Bolivia, Alpha Omicron Pi; Brazil. Beta Theta Ti; Burma, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Byelorussian Soviet. Sigma Chi; Canada, Loomis hall; Chile, Alpha Xi Delta; China, Pi Kappa Phi; Cuba, Rosa Bouton hall; Czecho slovakia. Women's Dorm; Den mark, Terrace hall; Ecuador, Love Memorial hall. Egypt, Gamma Phi Beta; Ethiopia, I.U.C., Wesleyan uni versity; France. Kappa Alpha Theta": Greece. Tan Kappa Epsi lon: Guatemala, Delian-Union: India, Norris Houe; Iran, Palla riian; Liberia, Zeta Beta Tau: Luxembourg, Newman club; Mexico. Howard hall; Nether lands, Beta Sigma Psi; New Zea land, Delta Sigma Pi; Norway, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Pakistan. Wilson hall; Panama. Acacia: and Paraguay. Delta Chi. Philippine Republic, ISA; Po land, Chi Omega; Saudi Arabia. Men's Dorm; Siam, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sweden, Delta Gamma: Turkcv, Alpha Phi; Ukrainian Soviet, Towne club; Union of South Africa, Alpha Sigma Phi; is ;., Phi r.amma Delta: United Russia, a ... " . .... i Kingdom. Pi Beta Pin; United States, Kappa Delta; Uruguay, Methodist Student house; Vene zuela, Phi Delta Theta; Yugo slavia, Sigma Alpha Mu, and Palestine, Sigma Delta Tau. Countries not yet assigned in clude: Afghanistan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, ti Iran Lebanon. Nicara- gua, Peru, Syria and lcmcn. Library Open During Recess Love Library will remain open during most of the Christmas vacation. The schedule of hours for the recess is: Dec. n 8 a. m. to 12 noon. Dec. 19 to 238 a. m. to 5 p. m. Dec. 27 to 30 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. The Library will be closed Dec. 18, 24, 25, 2ti and 31 and Jan. 1 and 2. 1VCF to Present jYuletide Program The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship will present its an nual Christmas program Thurs day at 7:30 p. m. in Union Room 315. Guest speaker for the evening ho Art Anderson, a student at the University Medical School in Omaha and president of the IVCF chapter there. Special Christmas music will include a violin solo by Jeanettc Hause and a marimba solo by Jack Moore. Betty Zumhingst and Bryan Johnson will read the Christmas story. Book Business And here's the administration's story. The adminis tration is trying to make the University bookstore pay its own way. Nothing we'd rather see. Over head is now setting the University back to the tune of approximately 250 dollars. , ,. When this is accomplished, will the bookstore be able to' reduce its prices? It's up to the University board of re gents. Can the bookstore sell supplies other than books? That, too, is up to the regents. Surely this board will see it is in the student's interest that an attempt be made to reduce prices. And not only the student, but the bookstore itself, is concerned with the matter of supplies. If Regents is going to pay its own way, it will need the supply business. The student council in the past has tried to get supplies for the store. Since the Council had no success, we urge the regents to make it possible for the University store to carry supplies. . Prices, the administration says, are established in ac cordance with the practices of the stores. This means list price. If Regents was able to reduce its used book mark-up, there should be no reason, other than making the store self-supporting, for not lowering prices on new books. And what has been happening to-the bookstore fi nancial report which was requested by the Student Council well over two years ago? The report was to determine, among other things, whether funds were being withdrawn from the bookstore account to be used for other purposes ind whether the store could afford to reduce prices. Next spring, after having waited three years, the Council may gel an accurate statement. We can do nothing more than hope that the Council will take appropna''i action. , . The administration is to be commended, however, lor speedy steps to bring about more efficient bookstore opera tion and to provide adequate records. Additional and im proved bookkeeping has provided purchase and sales records separately for new books and used books ... a system long needed. A complete inventory was taken as of April, 19 19. which provided an accurate beginning inventory rec ord for this year. The bookstore manager was sent to three schools last summer to study their bookkeeping methods. The present manager of the bookstore is now on a full-time graduate manager basis. For several years it was managed by part-time undergraduate managers, greatly hampering efficient operation. The most recent improvement in the book problem is the office of textbook information. This office will help to relieve the confusion of supplying the student with informa tion as to texts tor his courses. , . , Regents is now burdened with the job of reimbursing other stores for books purchased under the pi bill. At times, the o-overnment is delinquent as much as .120,UUU to 5iou, 000 in payments for veterans' books. Bookstore management would be greatly improved if books and supplies accounts to gether with the VA and veterans accounts with other stores, wiuld be completely separated from the Regents bookstore. . , Susie Reed. Red Cross Unit Sponsors Yiilelidc Parlies, Caroling CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAP Deluxe Noreross Gift Wrap. Matching Tags, Seals, Ribbons Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street Campus Red Cross Christmas entertainment has rolled into high gear this week with a vast pro gram of caroling, parties and a general spreading of Yuletide goodwill. Nearly every organized house participated in" some fashion with (several working logemcr 10 piu ' vide holiday cheer for orphan ages and hospitals. I Among the week's endeavors 'include Tail Kappa1 Epsilon's partv for the orphans ot the .Tabi'tha home. The Tikes pro vided gins and refreshments for the lots. A real Santa Clans I topped the afternoon's events. Sororities Entertain. The Alpha Phis and I'i Beta iPhis combined to distribute candy land presents to St. Thomas' Orphanage. They also provided la jolly old '"Kris Kringle." I The Sigma Nus continued their annual custom of providing f'liiistm;is entertainment by bringing the children of Tabitha home to the chapter house for a night of presents and food. Among the other houses, Beta Sigma Psis entertained at the Home lor Dependent Children, tho K;inn;i Sies will iournev to local Cedar Home with candy and gilts, ini umega is going 10 the Orthopedic hospital and the Pi Phis and the ATOs are com- jbining talents to present a show at me uoy s iteiormaiory. Vets Party. Other RCCU events include the annual Christmas party at Vet jeran's hospital. Under the di rection of Committee Chairman Carta uenher, a talented group presented an array of singing and comedy to the veterans. With Bob Smaha taking over "emcee" duties, the program in cluded ventriloquist Jack Lang and his dummy. "Chester," Bob .Roser at the piano and several holiday songs by Sally Schei with Delaine Sais accompanying. A door-prize was given to one lucky ! patient follow ing a short quiz. i One of the big successes of the unit occurred Monday evening. lFovty-1'ivo representatives of or Jganied houses toured the insti tutions, hospitals, and orphan ages ol the city in a program (of carols. After visiting Bryan and St. F.lu..beth hospitals and 'several orphanages, the group i ended its tour with several num Uiers in front of the home of ; Chancellor Gu.-tavson. NU Bulletin Hoard Ac I'nion dance committee will meet in the lounge Thursday at 7 p. m. Home Fx Club pictures will be taken Thursday at the West Stadium at 5 p. m. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow ship Christmas program will be held in Room 315 of the Union, Thursday, at 7:30 p. m. Delian-l'nion Literary Society will hold its Christmas party at 7:30 p. m. Friday in 303 Temple building. Applications for second semes ter housing in the Men's Resi dence halls arc due at noon Saturday at the dorm office in Temporary building S. Those interested in trying out for the University R.O.T.C. Band openings should see Mr. Don Lentz at the Music building im mediately. Openings are for French horn, cornet and baritone players.