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
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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
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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-
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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.
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ti
ithletl.
is!),:' h a -
,C.t of the
fee., t!:
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a:i-
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T h e
pro-
si .tute limit o-r-nat'"1
th.e te-u l1--
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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
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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."
