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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1033.
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Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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Yon Should Shout!
' A more .strenuous attempt than
ever is being made this week
to force students to register for at
least two-fifths of their hours in
the afternoon. The requirement
which has long been in force has
been an irksome one for students
who want their afternoons free for
various reasons, and usually ways
have been found for evading the
requirement.
Not so this year. Advisers aro
refusing to sign schedules which
do not provide for the specified
number of afternoon classes. The
clamping- down is in some cases
working considerable hardship,
Exemptions, it is true, can be se
cured by proving that one has out
side employment during the after
noon. Naturally, too, some stu
dents are griped because their
plans for using the afternoons for
other purposes are cramped.
But the legitimate grievance of
the students is this: the various
departments themselves are offer
ing far less than two-fifths of their
courses during the afternoons. An
examination of the schedule for
next semester reveals that some
departments have only two or
three courses scheduled for the aft
ernoon hours.
The student above sophomore
rank is especially hard hit by this
arrangement. There are certain
advanced courses he desires for
which there is only one section. He
registers for these courses and
finds they are all in the morning.
Then his adviser refuses to sanc
tion his registration, ahd requires
him to substitute instead some aft
ernoon courses which more than
likely he cares nothing about.
If the restriction is to be en
forced rigidly, then the various de
partments arc under obligation to
offer more of their courses in the
afternoon. As it is the student is
placed in something of an impossi
ble situation.
Rest Irishes
for the Women. ,
pOLLOWING a policy begun last
year when a male popularity
contest was wedded to a leap year
party to beget general student dis
satisfaction, Mortar Boards an
nounced Monday they would spon
sor a similar party this year. De
finite plans were not revealed, but
members of the senior women's
honorary indicated the same gen
eral idea used last year will again
be employed "with girls dating
boys and footing all the bills in
genuine leap year fashion."
By the continuance of the plan,
it is hoped to "institute a real tra
dition," affording an annual oppor
tunity for the collegiannes to take
the lead, while the long-suffering
male gets the chance to play guest
for an evening.
If subsequent chapters of Mor
tar Board take over the plan and
carry it on from year to" year,
there is every reason to believe
that the annual event may become
one of the social highlights of the
year. But before the party can
build such a reputation, there are
things which must be accomp
lished. JN the first place, the party should
be given a name a title which
will do away with the absurdity of
calling it "the Mortar Board leap
year party." That simply won't do
at all, for the number of real leap
years is pretty small, and besides
it's extremely difficult to make
such a long title fit in a headline
A name, then, is one of the cs
sentlals if there is to be a founda
tion of popular appeal upon which
to build a successful annual event
Secondly, coeds must take the
responsibility of actually directing
the evening's social activities
There must be no drawing back at
the last moment with "Oh dear! :
forgot my purse." Such shilly
shallying can 'have no place on the
program if the party is to endure
as a "leap year" affair, and on any
other basis there is small excuse
for havirj the party at all. Rally
round . girls, and take over
the re let your dates, and
make full preparations for provid
ing transportation, tickets and
food, holding doors open, checking
wraps, and performing all the
little gallantries usually served on
a platter by the obsequies male.
Full steam ahead Mortar Board
It a your party, and we hope you
put it over. But here's a friendly
word if you're going to do it, do
it right, and by all means think
up a better presentation scheme.
Government Ity and For
Armament Interests.
r
T appears from all efforts thus
far made by governments of the
world to do anything effective to
insure peace, that they must take
dictation from powerful corpora
tions interested in the manufacture
of armaments and munitions as
well as from the military officials.
The recent attempt of the United
States department of state to pro
mote something tangible in the
way of enforcing tne Keiiogg
peace pact has been blocked be
cause munitions makers stood to
lose.
The proposal of Secretary Stim-
son called for an embargo on ar
maments to be invoked by the
president to prevent shipment of
arms to any nation at war in vio
lation of the Kellogg pact. The ar
mament interests did not even
wait for the proposal to get to
Congress; they exerted their pres
sure directly on the president and
his cabinet so that the resolution
will probably never come before
Congress.
Every disarmament conference
which has been held has been more
or less of a fiasco. Pious resolu
tions are drafted and a few minor
restrictions on building battleships
have been adopted by the major
powers, but after each such con
ference, reports have emanated
that behind the scenes have been
the men whose financial interests
prompted them to use their power
to hinder the proceedings and thus
to preserve all that has proved the
worst cancer in modern civilization
war.
YYHY the government has not
prohibited the sale of firearms
within the country is likewise a
question which has often occurred
to citizens when they read of the
massacres staged by gangsters in
large cities. Machine guns and
ammunition are as easily procur
able for gangs as toy pistols are
for children. The explanation has
been made unofficially that the
government would again be run
ning afoul of the interests of the
munitions makers if it passed such
restrictions.
In order to maintain their muni
tions plants (and of course their
profits) these interests assert that
it is necessary to be able to sell
their products during peace times.
Without a peace-time market for
their arms, they claim tne country
would sacrifice its efficiency in ar
mament production and be at the
mercy of an enemy since it would
take so long to re-establish the
necessary efficiency in arms pro
duction. It would seem that the govern
ment itself, where a matter of such
vital concern to tfc? welfare of the
people is at stake, could better af
ford to uphold its own competitive
equality with other nations by
maintaining munitions plants and
experimental experts under its own
direct controL The munitions
makers might lose their profits
but the country would not be
forced to allow its outlaws to pro
cure machine guns with which to
mock law and order. Neither
would the conscientious efforts of
the nation to promote peace be
hampered because of the possible
loss to some powerful financial in
tcrests.
The same interests which work
their influence to prevent con
structive efforts to achieve these
ends, however, are also able to pre
vent the government from assum
ing such control. "Socialism!" they
cry. And so until an awakened
public is sufficiently aware of the
sinister influences at work, we
must submit to the disheartening
knowledge that in certain fields,
our domestic as well as our for
eicn policies must be shaped to
conform to the greedy desires of a
relatively small class of people
with vested interests.
ARNDT AIRS VIEWS ON
TECHNOCRACY; INDI-
C ATES ITS GOOD AND
BAD POINTS
(Continued from Page 1.)
Production must in any event
satisfy desires; it must therefore
be profoundly influenced by the
judgments of the consumer con
cerning: value. A billion "ergs of
energy can be created, or utilized
without adding anything to values
to human satisfaction.
The technocrats arc compared.
by Professor Arndt, to a group of
art critics who, finding art stand
ards difficult to formulate in math
ematical terms, suggest that paint
ing be judged on the basis of cost
of production.
In answer to the technocrats
charge that production problems
can be easily solved by applying
their theories Professor Arndt
says, "The economic problems of
production have never been solved.
rhey are different from the tech
nical problems of production. Any
economic system can manufacture
too much of some few things; pos-
ibly in the future machines may
make it possible to produce too
much of many things, but the true
problem of . production is to pro
duce the right thing at the right
time to satisfy human desires.
Machines cannot settle this for it
an not be settled without refer
nce to value."
However, Mr. Arndt does not
think that all of the data compiled
by this group is worthless. Dur
ing the period of rapid develop
ment of this country when men
were displaced by machines they
.vent into some new industry or
Mse were employed in making the
new machines themselves. The
economists can no longer expect
so easy a solution of the unem
ployment problems brought about
by increased use of machinery.
Another of his objections to
technocracy is the ballyhoo with
which it has been ushered into the
public's notice. Men of recognized
worth who might have given some
consideration to the findings of
technocracy have been alienated by
this blare of publicity much like
the introduction of a new automo
bile or patent medicine.
"The main trouble with techno
cracy," concludes Professor Arndt,
"is that it has taken isolated cases
and based irrelevant conclusions on
the exceptions rather than the
rule. In times like these when
everyone is confused as to what
policy is to be pursued, such a
pleasing life as technocracy out
lines is hailed by many, but we
shall still have most of the funda
mental economic problems to con
tend with, technocracy or no tech
nocracy, machines or no ma
chines." ENGINEERS ASK PUBLIC
OFFICIALS TO MEETING
(Continued from Page 1.)
posed Changes in the National
Electric Code," and in the evening
he will talk on "Safety First at
Minimum Cost."
"This is a conference for the
purpose of helping us to empha
size more effectively in our com
munities the idea of 'Safety First.'
The saving of one life or even one
house would more than repay us
for our work." Dean O. J. Fergu
son of the college of engineering
advised state public safety offi
cials. L. S. Crain, Lincoln city elec
trician, has also been active in the
arrangements for the meeting.
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Too Small Head Cause
Delay in Work of
Restoration.
The mammoth elephant, now be
ing erected in Morrill Hall, will be
completed in about six weens
After the restoration of the head
had been made an expert from
New York found that it waa too
small for the rest of the body, and
it had to be made over.
The bonea were discovered in
1914 In western Nebraska near
North Platte, but were not col
lected and restored until last sum
mer.
The skeleton, as it now stands
without a head, weighs approxi
matelv one and a half tons. A
great deal of the skeleton is made
of DaDier mache. The real bones
have been treated many times with
a thin solution of shellac and alco
hol to preserve and harden them
Some of the bones are or. sucn
irrcat weight that chains have
a -
been used to hoist them into place,
with iron bars in the center of
them to support the great weight
NIGHT CLASSES OFFER
FIFTY-SIX SUBJECTS
(Continued from Page 1.)
arts, geography, German, home
economics. -journalism, mathe
matics, philosophy, psychology,
Dhvsiologv. and romance lan-
a. f w v
guages.
Business courses include ac
counting, economics, business law,
marketing, advertising practice,
salesmanship and salesmanage
ment. and money anu panning.
Courses in business n.ngnsn, me
short story, and the modern novel
are included in the English group
and in the fine art division such
subjects as reading and speaking,
pottery, drawing, clay modeling,
sculpture, juvenile drama, and ju
venile rt are available.
LEGISLATORS RECEIVE
ITEMIZED STATEMENT
UNIVERSITY. EXPENSES
(Continued from Page 1.)
June 30. 1931 and June 30, 1962.
The concluding paragraph of Sec
retary Gundersons letter reads:
The board of regents oi me
University of Nebraska and the of
ficials of the institution welcome
an examination of its many activi
ties and especially the business de
partments. The finance secretary
would be pleased to furnish you, or
any member or committee all in
formation desired upon request "
Explaining the contents of t e
bulletins, the university official
wrote:
"At the request of Chancellor
E. A. Burnett, I am placing on
your desk complete and official fi
nancial reports of the University
of Nebraska for the past two fis
cal years. These reports cover the
two years immediately following
the period for which similar re
ports were submitted to the mem
bers of the 1931 legislature.
"Complete financial statements
are presented in the annual finan
cial bulletins for the years ending
June 30, 1931, and June 30, 1932.
Included in these statements are
detailed statements of income and
detailed statements of expendi
tures by departments and colleges;
enrollment statistics; complete op
erating statements; and a certified
auditor's statement by Lester M.
Buckley, certified public account
ant. "Also complete detailed state
ments of all expenditures for sal
aries and wages, labor, expense or
maintenance for the fiscal years
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ending June 30, 1931 and June 80,
1932."
The Information in the sched
ules, Gundcrnon explained in ; the
front part of the 1932 fiscal rec
ord, has been arranged and classi
fied according to the system of
uniform accounting designated by
the department of finance of the
state of Nebraska, and follows, in
so far as possible, the suggestions
of the national committee on stan
dard reports for institutions of
higher education.
The total expenditure for the
university during the year ending
June 30, 1932, was $322,620.60 less
than that of the previous year. Of
this total amount saved, $223,
265.20 came thru a reduction of
operating expenses, and $99,355.40
thru curtailment of permanent im
provements.
in aaailion 10 ine iruucuun
made by the legislature of 1931 in
taxation funds. Gunderson pointed
out, revenue from the student fees
and departmental sales fell off
$140,758.21; revenue from interest
on endowment was $6,022.05 less
than the previous year, and fed
eral funds received totaled $3,
555.15 less than the previous year.
The report further shows the to
tal exoenditure for ihe fiscal year
1931-1932 of $3,918,930.57, distrib
uted as follows: Taxation monies,
$2,291,542.31; university cash fund,
$1,284,848.09; endowment income,
$47,064.72; federal funds, $295,-
475.45.
AT THE STUDIO.
Wednesday.
Tharmacy Club 12:00.
Thursday.
Ag. Executive Board 12:00.
Coaching Staff 12:05.
Friday.
Sigma Tau 12:00.
Gamma Lambda 12:05.
Lawrence Will Speak
At Democrat Dinner
Princiral speaker at the demo
cratic welcome dinner at the Corn
hfisker Tuesdav evening W'ill be
James E. Lawrence, editor of the
Star and journalism instructor.
The dinner is to be given especially
for the new democrats in the leg
islature but will be open to all
members of the party. Senator
Hitchcock of Omaha will be a
guest.
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