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The Daily Nebraskaii Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska vol. xxxii NO. 120. LINCOLN. NLHKASKA. TULSOAY. MAKCIf 21. Vm. PUICL 5 CENTS. Qroup Publishes Plan For Wage Cuts STUDENTS APPROVE PROPOSED BLANKET TAX SURVEY SHOWS Some Express Doubt as to Whether or Not Plan Would Succeed. The proposed blanket tax which would levy a compulsory revenue on every student for Nebraska publications and other student ac tivities requiring financial support, has met with unanimous agree ment by every student interviewed Monday in a survey. Although some expressed con siderable doubt as to whether or not the plan would succeed if in stituted, little or no dissention to such a plan was voiced. No Definite Plans Made. Nothing definite has been form ulated as to just what activities such a tax would include. Exten sive work will be done by the com mittee interviewing business man agers of the organizations to which they have lxen assigned, securing data on present sales price and income, and estimates on reduc tions which would be possible un der the blanket tax plan. Charles Skadc, business mana ger of the Cornhusker, favors such a plan but declares that there are many obstacles which stand in the way of the successful completion of the idea. Tax is Sound in Theory. "The proposal of a student ac tivity tax is sound in theory," Skade said, "but is seemingly un workable because of the lack of funds among the student body at the present time. Every student believes that activities are of an (.Continued on Page 2.) ART GROUP CLOSES iL annu EXHBmON Prof. Cunningham Delivers Address on Subject of 'Why Art?" The forty-third annual exhibition of paintings of the Nebraska Art association closed Sunday night. Prof. Harry F. Cunningham, chair man of the department of architec ture and secretary of the associa tion, delivered the address on Why Art?" At a meeting of the board of trustees Wednesday, the associa tion re-elected the present officers: Mrs. Dean R. Leland, president; Ernst Herminghaus, vice presi dent: Fritz Craig, treasurer; and Professor Cunningham, chairman of the membership committee. The work has been especially noteworthy and has resulted in an income from memberships well be yond the hopes of the board of trustees. Cunningham says. Dr. Give Difficult Exams During the last week Prof. Charles Fordyce and his classes in measurements began a series of standardized tests among the va rious schools of the county. A series of equal difficulty was given at the beginning of the year. The results of the two series will be compared to find out the degree in which the various schools tested have improved as a result of a ve it 's training. A 1 - TalU at Instructor Sale Mcctin; Prof. F. C. Blood, professor of advertising and sales manage -nent, .-poke at a sales meeting of the Nor. ten Iva'or stories recently on ".Meeting Price Competition." What h a Teacher Worth? BY T. J. THOMPSON, Dean of Student Affairs The mainspring of any educa-. braska is fortunate to have among tional institution is its teachers. It f its faculty today a large number of is they who determine largely the I persons who exemplify in a very success of an institution in the J fine wav the finest attributes of MAX IMIT1I C A I A DV WOULD BE $5,000 field of education. Too much at tention cannot be given to the se lection and the retention of well qualified teachers in an educational system. It is apparent that lab oratories, libraries, and housing facilities are essential, but these c?nnot be allowed to supersede ex cellent teachers as the first re quirement of a great educational institution. Teachers of fine per sonal qualities, of ideals, of inspira tion, and of fine training are eagerly sought after by college ad ministrators. A real teacher is an artist who gathers strength from the practice of his art. He has an interest in humanity that extends beyond the classroom, following the student into his habits of living and creat ing therein an expanding human interest. The University of Ne- scholarship, of leadership, and of interest in human welfare that may be found in any institution in the country. There is no reason able, necessary sacrifice that these men and women will not make for the public good or the common weal. In any condition, under any circumstances, they would be the last ones to complain. These facts, however, should make them none the less deservingly considered in the light of the task they are per forming. Public education is having its mettle severely tested. It is a serious question whether or not its morale will be able to withstand ('oininittcc Suliiuit Detailed I ist of Proposed Salary Slashes; Asks liccnt to Follow Kecom Hiendatious C.loselv. the onslaughts that are being de- . 1 - i. -a. 1- J t ! nvereu agamsLiL on every i.u.l, t, , ,,v y is well for every thoughtful per-1 . 1 , , son fathers, mothers, friends of 1 icgisi.ui v eouiunucc conipieiei (Continued on Page 2.1 A detailed supplementary report of the university legisla live investigating committee was published Monday oveniii" in city papers listing all university employee and specifying in each instance the amount of salary cuts recommended. The committee decided that jfo.'HiO should he the maximum salary paid, and proposes cutting Chancellor Burnett's salary from :fioG00 to this maximum figure. All oilier .faculty members, i? is proposal, shall take ciii.n ol varving amounts except sued eiiiplovccs as are receiving ipplving- a varviinr standard of cuts. lh- threw out of line the exist i i ratios of salaries to each other BLUEPRINT REVIEWS IE AERONAUTICS FIELD DeVere Continues Feature On Graduates of College. The March number of the Ne braska Blueprint, publication of the college of engineering, which appeared yesterday, contains a re view of the recent accomplish ments in the field of aeronautics and a summary of the work of the outstanding engineers who have graduated from this college. The review of aeronautics writ ten by John T. Coffee, jr., presents in a brief form the advances made in aviation in very recent times, particularly in 1932. The aspect stressed by the article is the ex periment in the direction of flight in the stratosphere. The feature written by Charles DeVore, giving brief biographies of graduates of the college, is con- ( Continued on Page 2.) Pictures May He Had At Ilvgistrar's Office Students whose pictures were taken at the beginning of this semester should call for them at the Registrar's office in Ad ministration building, room 103. It will be necessary to present identification cards. Agricultural college students may obtain their pictures in Ag hall, room 202. FLORENCE I. M'GAHEY, Registrar. Prof. Pfieffer Explains Alcoholic Content as Proposed in Beer Bill o- Tells Difference Between Weight and Volume to Curious Students. Since "beer by Easter" has be come a watchword at Washington students at the university have been wondering what the differ ence between the alcoholic content by weight and the alcoholic content by volume really amounts to. While the tiniversity has not con templated inaugurating a school of beer to teach students the fine art of beer making, Dr. W. K. Peiffer. professor in the department of chemistry, says that there is quite a difference "between 3.2 percent beer by weight and 3.2 percent beer by volume. "Snppose you have a hundred bottles of beer," explained Dr. Pfieffer." And in these hundred bottles, you have 3.2 percent al cohol by "weight. In these hundred bottles "there would be over 4.1 bot tles of aleohol." "On the other hand," said Dr. Pfieffer, "If you have a hundred, bottles of beer with an alcohohei content of 3.2 percent by volume, j there would be 3.2 bottles of al-1 cohol, out of the hundred bottles if it were to be analyzed." Whether or not Nebraska citi zens will enjoy the leverage by Easter as predicted by solons at the nation's capitol. is doubtful a the state prohibition is still in ef fect. The beer bill which is now in the process of going in to effect with the .signature of President Roose velt, will have as a maximum 3.2 percent alcohol by volume, rather! than weight, to avoid confliction j with the eighteenth amendment. Barbara Spoerry Is Awarded Scholarshi p Barbara B. Spoerry, student of the university and daughter of Capt. G. W. Spoerry of the mili tary department, has been award ed a scholarship to the University of Lyons at Lyons, France, by the International Institution of Educa tion. She will spend a school year there studying French. The scholarship include.- tuition for a school year which i.- eight months, and eight thousand francs. She will receive her masters de gree from the Lyons university. Only six awards of this kind are granted to students in the United States each year. Six scholarships are given to men while only two are given to women. IN H WILL ELECT BIG SISTER BOARD Polls to Open at 9 O'clock Thursday Morning in Ellen Smith. From 9 to ' in Ellen Smith hall Thursday, March 23. university women will elect members of next year's Big Sister board. Present senior- member of the board will supervise the voting. Lucille Keilly and Ruth Chernov are the nominees for the presi dency of th organization. Virgene Me Bride, Carol n Van Anda. Lor raine Brake, AlVo Godde.-.. Dor.na Davis. Evelyn Hallstiom. Don. thy Ke!ier and" Lois Turner are Ui1 SWKKT tempered disposit ions w ere turned sour yesterday, j candidates for senior post.-, when the further detail, d report of the legislative invest igat -1 Junior non.ir.evs i.re: Cali.-U iug committee dealing M itli ll.e university was published. I'm- knTin Horn vcrsity employees who had already made sacrifices and students j,,, .Maiar. t Medlar. Marjori. who have already felt the curt ailments in educational functions, j iiiiey and Marjorie Smith. Made- 111,1 n-lin ll-,, iii'.ni'i -f.i i.Til.-,. l.iT!,.v cm c n t ices .Hid suiter line R.ivmond. Ana rioou. I;s more educational deprivations, were stunned by the report which Politics Versus Education. o By reducing all salaries t $5,000 and below, the highest paid j employees on the campus would be those who receive salaries from j the federal government or from the athletic department. Coaci. Bible and Col. W. H. Oury would be the highest paid faculty mem bers. Each of these men receives almost all his salary from source other than the state. Dean C. W. M. Poyntei of til college of medicine at Omaha would get th same salary as th' chancellor. if the committee's re port is accepted. In making additional cuts the committee wants all dean's sal aries cut from the present figure of $5,500 to a uniform scale of ; $4,000. and a'l other salaries ! over $1,000 subject to reductions from 10 to 50 percent. Dean H. H. Foster of the 1m w 1 college would get the heaviest 1 is- if the cuts are accepted, his saiar 'being cut from S'.i.s.jo to $4.0' m 'The remaining deans of the vari ous colleges were reeorninen- ieu : cuts ranging from .Sl..r-0 to Si.ooo I all receiving an equal salary .yl.OoO. Slashes in the salaries ui ' university administration ran-.ee I from cuts recommended for Dvht. Thompson and L. E. Gunder.son m I SI. 500 to minor deductions of !es than ten percent in office per-n-;nel. I The committee's cut, added tc j the cut proposed by the gover ; nor, brings the total reduction in the university genera! appro 1 priations fund for the coming bi ennium to $1,067,600. Instead of ' the 15.1 percent slash in the governor's budget, the commit tee wants an additions' cut. I bringing up the percentage to ' 23.2 percent, which would in ; reality cut the Bryan budget from $6,129,661 to $5,774,661. While the legi.slati.r e .I"-.- a '. set the salaries of m'-'ir.li-i s of tn faculty, the inve.-ti -rating con.n it- tee, ha..- submilti' t ions as 10 what it OL eve! i r ec; be!,. attempt to achieve c r- i indicated nolliiii'r more th.i tain political objectives. The whole problem of university administration has been as sumed liv n en urn of nun. mo of whom have never before luf the slightest connection with the university. They have rc-soi ved j ,'thi to determine for tlfe mux ei-sity how much each 1 acuity member, shall be paid; this resolve talveii despite th- fact that the com-! inittee or any member on it could not in a year of intensive; study make itself aware of the administrative problems, to say j nothing; of the educational problems involved l''.r Nelson and Gi the candidates sitions. The sophomore ca;.'i the most votes in the become secretar y-tr va; Bend.. ihore-"'! ai e shouM o.-nts f. :t, (.' legislate lions. In rr. n.:ii' - the teac :ei and mj.: . It urged that til the reeomn.er: i.i' iii-!a"' as piss; ru i !-. t ii. 'ter its rep-ut no reeomrr. , of Coach Big Si-t- rs .--prin by th. iate poam-i lection will ier o: the he .s.-h-, t -1 new bond. (!: '' Sigma Initiates Mailt et( Mem iters It is useless to point "Ut Hie absurdity ot the repoi patently an example of unexcelled misunderst a ml i u i: by the commitlee of its proper function in vi'-w of its limited knowl-J cd're and exnei ienee. It even indicates a total failure to crasp the idea of what is the proper function of the legislature, Hoard of Lvn1s. established by the ( 'onsiitution of the Eigh It 's ! centlv L new r.iei.'.u initiated into of Nebraska, is .specifically empowered compensation" for university employees 'Continued on r.i?-? - a u is were re Pi. i S!gi.a honorary biological o!g'-r.i.-it:"n. TheV are: Frank Bennett. Fernan do IVralta. Elmer Paln-itier. Law- . . , t i. t -l -.1. i rree SD.Mai l. jhimi l .i n a. T';e I Marian Luhrr.an. .To' in Moirison State jand Carl McGrew. Lawrence Ftoddar-J was ei.-cie-j ; presid.-nt to take th p! ice of Miss j Ellv M. .7acoh-,,!i. retirins prei- Kin mitte1 ma-ie for the s.ilar B:hIo and other ment (-nnil' lye.'S. ir. si in lies are pail h.li.- fund and m ap a i ipr iatioris. The state pajet., otously Monday again.-1 the n r in which tin' c irr.:..;tt treating the univcr.-ity. e.Ui.L.V World-He! aid s.-r-e --.es: ior.s the wisd'-m of tl.o p is .1 th it the leg mi: i salaries, de.- nu.-ili e;s Dina X. irt- ti ithletl. is!),:' h a - ,C.t of the fee., t!: : g -." a:i- e jfl T h e pro- si .tute limit o-r-nat'"1 th.e te-u l1-- i;: j. 1 othel fun; : ol pi. -ol. ;n or wy attempt to exerc-rst. ocs" of tic- hoard of re? World-Hei aid c oncludes hv :. ' But it i the univertityt v the It S " i IX t a should be permitted to nvme Sj , .fie savings for itself, and n it u ihr thrt h isly dictation of an u i.ifoi n e.i eg i.dat a: e."