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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 3962
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EDITORIAL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 3952
STUDENT WRITING
Another Outlet.
This is another issue of the
recently established Daily Ne
braskan Magazine, Scrip. It was
established by the Publications
Board of the University when
the previous magazine was hav
ing financial difficulties.
The purpose of the SCRIP is
to provide an outlet for student
writings. -And we feel that this
issue contains some of the top
short stories and poetry that we
have read in quite some time.
Along with the SPEAKEASY,
which we nope will steadily im
prove and become a well estab
lished student Siterary-numor
magazine, the Scrip has a very
definite place in the campus
community.
There has leen some specula'
fion that it wiU return to if s pre
vious magazine form next fall.
We certainly hope, however, that
whatever J o r m is adopted wul
Tceep its editions appearing on
the campus.
Good reading!
Dally Ncforaskan
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I The past lew "weeks
; have seen 4 number of
. quality faculty members
e leave the University,
i There an be no ideixjlng
mat tn
g causes be-
1 hind their
In tions
1 have been
1 complex, .
1 but I be
fi lieve the
m a j t
I factor
I 'Which
M has con-
I tributed to our losses has
been the generally un-
f sympathetic -attitude of
p the people of our state
g toward their University,
i It is difficult to imder-
1 stand why such an tti-
tude should exist, but the
E fact remains that It oes.
It is reflected 1n the oc-
tions of the state legisla-
I tors, in the amount 'of
1 money they have appro-
priated for the school,
and hi the stipulations
g which they have placed
H upon the budget wliich
I makes it virtually Impoa
g - "sible for the University
g to compete with other
schools when our profes-
f sors are offered ottsr
e positions.
1 Two examples of tbesc
g stipulations are that the
g University must spend Its
total allotment in two
equal parts, and that the
e "functional" budget which
p the legislators claim to
B have set tip did mot 4esig-
nate which areas of the
University program are to
be encouraged, and which
are to be "considered un
necessary wh ich 4s "not
consistent with the nor
mal practice of function
al budgets saying where
the money is to go. The
result of the first stipula
tion 4s that ft makes ft
Impossible for the Univer
sity to be in a position
competitive with 'other
schools whose budgets are
set up on an annual ba
sis. While such schools
are able to offer raises
each year, "Nebraska its
not and if It finds ft nec
essary to raise the salary
of a "very desirable facul
ty member, it must usual
ly take the money from
another allocation which
amounts t robbing Peter
to pay 'Paul.
"This iis not to say that
the state did not raise Its
salaries for our faculty
1 am only pointing 'out
that the legislature did
not give the University
onough money or a
chance to handle it in
such a way that it could
compete with other -quality
-institutions.
The second stipulation
that of claiming a "func
tional" budget without
stating any priority for
departments or programs
has resulted in the Uni
versity siot being able to
continue the degree of
support necessary for x
cellence in any particular
field, and Instead has had
to spread the funds over
several areas. Should the
Board of Regents decide
to -decrease funds for ag
ricultural research, or
any of the services the
University provides for
the people of the state di
rectly, and should the cit
izenry complain to their
legislators, the lawmak
ers are free to pass the
bock to the University
yet they are responsible
in the long run for the
quality and quantity of
work the school does.
This trituatiaa arose
when the State Depart-,
meat of Education, oper
ating nnder decreased
budget, tried to eliminate
school lunch programs
when their constituents
complained, the legisla
tors told the Department
that they had not intended
for lunch programs to be
eliminated a convenient
way for them to solve
their problems, but aot
too helpful for edacatioa.
These are two sfcetors
which Jhave contributed
directly to the losses we
have suffered recently,
While the World Herald
proclaims in headlines
that the NO faculty losses
are now the lowest of the
Hardin era, they are not
broadcasting the fact that
the Administration is not
replacing all of its lost
educators as, for in
stance, it did not replace
Dr. Aldrich of the Clas
sics Department last year,
or that it sis frequently
bringing in less qualified
replacements in order to
save money. 'CHow can
they replace Dr. (Chas
son?) We, the students, can
do a good deal over the
summer and next school
year to help the people
of our state know what
they 'have to be proud of
in their University, how it
directly and indirectly af
fects them, and why It is
important to support It.
We "have the opportunity
to serve our school, and
to protect ourselves from
mistakes that nave oc
curred in the past year,'
if we will do this. We are
the ones who stand to
gain or lose the most in
the quality our institution
is able to -maintain.
Speak for your school this
summer, Bonnie Bally.
Willionl You
it is as easy for me to
'leave you
as stars to leave the
heavens
without stars there can
be no heavens
and i -cannot be without
you
mlchael stck