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Vol. XII. No. 129 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1913
Price, 5 Cents
YEARS OF WORK RESULTS IN
REFERENDUM VOTE ON
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL
Progress Assured From Now on Regardless cf
Location, by Levy Granted
Monday Night
The closing sift of the dying legis
lature" M-mnlti-v nig-lit waato appro
piiate a three-quarters mill levy toi
the upbuilding of the University, ro
leiring the question of location to the
people to be oted on at u popular
election. The decision was arrived
at only after the senate granted the
house that in case the vote kept the
Univeisity in town there would be
no three block limit for saloons for
which the had heretofore stood out.
The question of University removal
which as the icsult oT a compromise
between the two houses of tho legis
lature is practically settled as far as
these bodies are concerned, is not
Mich an old story as many people
imagine. It is not an issue that has
been discussed and rehashed for the
past twenty years but is really a late
problem.
The question of removal first cam"
up a lew years ago when Dr. Bessey,
the "grand old man," of the Univ -sity
ol Nebnioka, who has been con
nected with the institution almost
since the vear of its founding in 1SGI).
decided that the University was out
growing its meagre quarters which
constitute the present campus. Tho
University had grown from one at
tended by two or three hundred stu
dents to one which numbered nearly
lour thousand. It would bo easily de
termined that the crowded conditions
made further growth of the University
impossible.
The matter was discussed somewhat
bv I)r Hessey and others who became
interested in the matter, and these
enthusiasts for a greater Nebraska at
tempted to bring the subject before
the legislature. There was some leg
islative discussion of tho matter but
thvre was not a great deal of interest
taken in the matter by the legislu
tors at that time. The issue did not
really come under legislative discus
sion until two years ago.
In 1911 there was a special commit
tee appointed to look into tho removal
proposition. This committee investi
gated the coat of removal to tho State
Farm, the cost of extension of the Uni
versity campus, and tho general de
sirability of tho two locations. The
committee reported in favor of re
moval to tho Farm, but a minority re
port of three members of tho commit
tee caused a change of sentiment and
not enough sentiment could bo ob
tained to cause the passing of the
measure. At the end of the session
nothing had been done in the matter,
aiid the issue has been a dead one
until this eai.
Under (he regime of the present leg
Islat nn two bills came up on the sub
je t o! University" removal Orfenttr
piovided lor a one mill tax ley to
remove the Universltv to the Farm,
the oinei the original McKissick bill,
provided for a one-half mill levy for
extension ol the campus. The (irst
bill was killed early, but the house
voted in favor of the McKissick bill,
and this bill altered and amended by
the senate was converted into a re
moval bill which the senate adopted.
The house refused to consider this
removal bill and would not concur in
the amendment. A conference commit
tee was therefore appointed from
members ot the two houses but they
were unable to reach a compromise.
A deadlock ensued for several days
j Then an appropriation bill came up
which also caused a deadlock as both
I houses feared that the decision of
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this measure would decide the other
I issue in favor of the other house.
At length the McKissick bill was
I revivd and altered so that there was
provisions for a three-quarter mill levy
for University development, the loca-
I tion to be determined by the voters of
the state by tho initiative and refer
endum. If tho campus is extended a
one-half mill levy will be made for
the down town campu,s, and a one
quarter mill levy will be taken for the
State Farm.
As the appropriation bill has been
passed the money will be obtained at
once for the University but the ques
tion o1' removal will not be determined
until the voters have expressed their
opinion in the matter.
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT.
Those who were decided in their
opinions on the removal question be
fore tlie adjournment of the legisla
ting are now remarkably unanimous
in their approval of the compromise.
The merits of tho compromise have
received little discussion at the hands
of University officials and faculty
men who were active before tho leg
islature ceased its work on the great
univeisity problem. They all seem to
be of the opinion that the merits of
the extension and removal policies are
fully revealed in the compromise It
self. Chancellor Avery expressed his sat
isfaction at being able to assure the
most active partisans on both sides
of the removal Issue that neither ho
nor the board of regents would do or
say anything officially to prejudice the
minds of the people when it comes to
the referendum, vote on the location
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Rousing Rally Shows
Student Sentiment on
Legislature's Action
Familiar Nebraska music from the
instruments ol tlie brass band an hour
before noon vcstenlay announced to
the school ilia a special convocation
was to be held. The music assem
bled a large i rowd in the chapel to
hear a list of authoritative speakers
on subjects that were to express the
gratitude and leliM" of all connected
with (he school in tlie final action of
the legislature alter the break of tho
deadlock" aTfcl rrrrrcrntTrrrlKinTr--Tjf He-
question ol removal to the populace
of thct state
Chancellor Avery, Regents Copeland,
Allen, Whit more, and Lyford, and
Representative Mockett, and Senator
Reynolds came directly from an in
formal, meeting in the chancellor's of
fice' to speak to tho large audience in
the chapel. The theme of the chan
cellor's was the harmonious issue
which finally resulted and he stated
that the three-fourths mill levy would
duplicate the present university plant
He expressed satisfaction over the in
crease in the maintenance fund which
is tc) be used to retain efficient profes
sors ,it Nebraska He complimented
the legislature on their broadniinded
ni'ss in submitted the final question
to the people; who were the proper
judges of the question.
Senator Reynolds expressed the In- junior plcnlo. provldliiK the Chaiircllor
lerest that the legislature has always iH willing to entertain arrangements
taken in the University and its pur-for a junior holiday on tint date. Tin
posc that Nebraska's school be on a .junior and senior classes are rivals this
par with her institutions. Represen- y0ar in seeking to put pocketbooks In
tative Mockett stated his belief that! order by offering to tho University
the final solution was a satisfactory one tho oportunity for real enjoyment in
and that the fund appropriated would , tho open air. The committed expresses
prove sufficient. Senator Ollis coming
in after the meeting started dissented
from the sentiments already expressed
and made known his belief that tho
action of the legislature had not been
sufficient Professor Caldwell gave the
meeting an opportunity to express Its: at $1.00 each. The hall has been re
enthuslas tic: approval by proposing a paired and the floor will be smooth
resolution thanking the legislature ! so that those who attend will not only
and tho governor in advance for his
signature.
TOOK A VACATION.
Five sophomore and freshmen for
estry students have been spending the
last two weeks on the Nebraska Na
tionla Forest at Halsely, where they
have been employed in tree planting
and nursery work. A party of twelve
went out at the beginning of spring
vacation hut were not able to do much
work on account of tine bad weather.
A number of underclassmen take the
trip every spring to learn at first hand
something of nursery and planting
work as carried on by the government.
A musical programme will be given
at convocation Thursday In the tem
ple by Mrs. August Molzer, Miss Lil
lian Eiche and Miss Edith Burlingim.
Freshmen baseball team will play
the Varsity at 3:45 today.
DAVE H. BOWMAN.
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WILL CONTRACT DEBTS
JUNIOR DEFLCIT COMMITTEE VOL
UNTARILY TAKES RESPONSI
BILITY OF DEFICIT DANCE
DOLLAR DANCE AT BEACH MAY 16
Have Made Arrangements With Catho
lic Student's Club Committee To
Take Over Date Previously
Arranged For.
The Junior Class has already found
a means of complying with the now
mid Htrlnnont, order of the cominitteo
on class organizations that hereafter
no class shall give an entertainment
costing money until it is out of debt.
Nine prominent and Influential men of
the class, Z. C. Dickinson, C. H. Kpper
son, (icorge A. Racely, A. K. Allyn,
V. K. Kavan, It. H. DavvHon, It. T.
Lyman, J. L. Driscoll, J. V. Johnson,
J J Noone, and II. Agor, met yester
day in U. UK;, and after making
themselves Jointly and severally lia
ble for debts incurred in relieving tho
Junior class of its present deficit sched
uled a Junior relief dance to be held
at Capitol Reach. Friday night, May
Kith
This dance will feature as the first
University dance of the year to bo
held at Capitol Beach Fmphasis may
be given to the clay on which tho
Juniors expect to get out of the hole
by holding at the Beach an all-day
itself as confident that the Beach Hall
will be filled to tho limit.
The commit too has spared no effort
to got a dance that will conform to tho
new rule. Their operations will begin
by putting on sale this week ticketB
have something good to look at but a
floor that slips easy. The committee
requests all to watch for further an
nouncements. The deficit board is sworn to a most
frugal and economical management of
the dance. The UBiial accompani
ments of the successful University
dance are promised, but all undue ex
travagance and unnecessary display
will be studiously avoided. Absolutely
no complimentary tickets will bo is
sued, not oven to the members of tho
committee, who promise each other
to give their time to the undertaking
free of charge. All the proceeds of tho
dance after paying the meagre ex
penses that are expected to be in
curred will go to pay the obligations
of the defunct junior play and cotil
lion committee.
Ivy Day Committees.
All committees must be at U-106
Thursday at 11,30 A. M.
HARRY COTTON,
Chairman Senior Ivy Day Committee.
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