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.M.tua'11"'!- 6tST CO?V MATURE THREE. THE VOL. XXXII NO. 122. A. v Urns DEBATE OPENS ON FINANCE MEASURE Section on University Appropriation, Slashed Nearly Million and Quarter Under 1931-33 Total, Slated for 10 O'clock Thursday. COMMITTEE PROPOSES Present Total, Supported by Democrats in Caucus, Lowers Bryan's Recommendation $451,150 And Investigatdrs' Report $66,150. The general state appropriation bill for the 1933-35 fiscal biennium was reported out on the floor by the house finance committee Wednesday with a slash of nearly a million and a tluarler dollars under 1931-33 in the university budget. Debate on the measure opened in the house in the after noon, but the section containing the university appropriation ' 1 I . J 1 - f 1 was not reacnea in yenieiuay ;w session. Debate will be continued this morning with the university appropriation slated to come up about 10 o'clock. The finance committee bill, which house democrats in caucus Tuesday night pledged themselves to support, provides a total enpro priation of $3,127,450 for the next two years as against $4,359,600 ap propriated In 1931. It cuts the uni versity budget $451,150 under Gov ernor Bryan's recommendation and $66,150 under the proposal of the special Joint Investigating committee whose report caused consternation in university circles when released a few days ago. A tabulation of the finance commit iff s appropriation' proposal and a nmparwon with the 193 1 appropria tion, the rcqucit of the hoard of Re tents for 1933-3 and the recommen datum of Governor Bryan's budget oppeart in columnj three and four. A rlder"totheleBl1i'iativii ap propriation bill for the univer sity would require the university to sever its connection with the North Central Association of Colleges. The general maintenance fund of the university, out of which sal aries and operating expenses are paid, is hardest hit by the finance bill, taking a $954,400 cut. The building appropriation, which In 1931 totaled $195,000, Is completely eliminated in accordance with the recommendations of both the Re gents and the Governor. Medical College Not Cut. The medical college and univer sity hospital are not cut at all un der the committee's measure, tha appropriation for these two re maining at 1375,000, the same as for 1931-33. Other Items in the university appropriation from state taxation I unda are cut as fullows: (Continued on rage 2.) Students Face A Crisis. Are the present Ktudents of the University of Nebraska interested in whether or not the institution is so crippled that it will be lowered to the rank of a mediocre institution? Are the students interested in whether or not the faculty of the university is paid on such a low scale that only mediocre men will be able to remain here! Is there any interest on the part of students, alumni and taxpayers of the state as to whether or not the future educational opportunities for young people are to be so severely restricted that a decent advanced educa tion will have to be sought in other states, thus limiting the rights of citizens of this state! The Nebraskan is confident that students are interested in the crisis which confronts the university. Student sentiment has been running high over the attitude of. the legislators which goes beyond a reasonable cost cutting program and proposes 1o stifle educational activities and mix political considerations with university functions. The legislature feels that their sole mandate fom the people was to reduce taxes. By reason of the immensity of the ma jority which the democratic party polled, this feeling has be come irresistible. All other factors are apparently being over looked. Nebraska university students are not blind to the neces sity for cutting expenditures of government. But neither are they blind to the necessity for using discretion and reason in this program. The consideration of the state from a social point of view as well as from the point of view of the indivi dual taxpayer must not be allowed to be completely over whelmed. It is now time for citizens of the state forcefully to call these other considerations to the attention of the legislature. The mass meeting of students tonight may and should have a part in presenting to the attention of the legislature the neces sity for caution, and the adoption of a long-time point of view. The state and its essential institutions are set up to serve he people for nil time. The existence of a severe depression is no excuse t'or becoming imbued with the spirit of panic and so v'rreking 1 Ik-mi to the point where irreparable damage is Mass MOST DRASTIC CUTS J Dr. Charles Judd of Chicago Will Address Temple Convocation. PROGRAM BEGINS AT 11 Combination Announcement New in History of Local Chapters. Scholastic honor students of the senior class will be recognized at the Joint convocation of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI in the Temple this morning when newly elected members of each group will be an nounced. This is the first time the two local chapters have held their annual Joint meeting and an nounced their new members, si multaneously. The convocation will begin at 11 o'clock. Dr. Charles H. Judd, director of the school of education at the Uni versity of Chicago, will address the convocation on "Science and Hu man Behavler." Dr. Judd has the distinction of sharing with Dr. K. i. Thornritltft nf Teachers college, fnliimhin university, the title of being one of the two foremost fig (Continued on rage 2.) SIGMA XI 10 RECOGNIZE HONOR SENIORS OINTLY Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH lO)nn Comparison of . Appropri- lieneral ated 1931-1933 Appropriation $3,522,600 AgT. Extension . . 187,000 Conservation and Survey 80,000 Col. of Medicine and Hospital Main. 375,000 Buildings 195,000 Repair of Hail Loss at North Platte Totals 4,359,600 S0L0NS APPROV SPECIAL REPORT Daily Nebraskan Hit During Debate; Abolition Is Proposed. The Ktipclnl rennrt of the legis lative investigating committee, which recommenced, a cui oi .sbo, 000 below the previous cuts made by Governor Bryan in his budget message for appropriations for the university in me coming picnnmm, was approved by the house yester day by an overwneiming m to x vote. The vote on the measure was taken after members of the house had criticized the press, particu larly Lincoln newspapers, and mote especially the Daily Ne The Board of Recents was severely criticized for its atti tude expressed in me report, wnicn they Issued yesterday and other editorial comments on the inves tigating committee's report. Disapprove neorasKan uommemi. Mnnv members of the house uoro vptv much disnleased with an editorial that appeared in the Dully NeDrasKan. Among some ui the comments that were bitine:, ac cording to one member were: "It is useless to point out the absurdity of the report. It is pat ently an example or unexceueu misunderstanding by the commit tee of iU proper function in view of its limited knowledge and ex perience. It even indicates a total failure to grasp the idea of what is the proper function of the leg islature." i?im'pan!ntive Reushausen. edi tor from Loup City, accused the press or throwing a smcme mrcai I THIS AFTERNOON Columbus to Meet Ord in First Game of Class A Competition. First round games in the high school cage tourney begin this aft ernoon at 12:30 and continued Into the evening, the last tilts being set for 9:20 in "both class A and B. Games are to be in progress Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, afternoon and evening of each day, with the finals scheduled for Sat urday evening. Defending Its title won last sea son, Coach Klein's Crete high school outfit plays as one of the favorites to cop first honors, and In its first round contest plays Alnsworth at 4. All class A games are to be run off on the varsity court ard class B teams will vie for honors on the freshman rect angle in the north end of the building. Mead Loses Out. Mead high school, last year's titllst In class B, lost out in the district eliminations, and thus will not be on hand to defend Its lau fels. Other teams besides Crete, which played last year and are returning, are Columbus, Hastings, North Platte. Kearney, and Neligh. Hastings was runnerup to the Saline county five last spring and la one of the favorites to go to the semifinals this week. In class B Oakdale, Newport, Stockham, and Sumner are repeaters. Columbus and Crete stand up as top-heavy favorites to reach the semifinals in the upper bracket of class A. In midseason the Dis continued! Page 3. COMPETITION OURNEY BEGINS N Appropriations Proposed Proposed Requested by gover. appropri. by Regents nor. tlom $3,522,600 $2,990,000 $2,568500 187,000 149,600 132,250 80,000 64,000 48,000 375,000 375,000 375,000 4,000 4,164,600 3,578,600 3,127,450 by calling attention to alleged ex cessive authority rather than by attempting to analyze the report In regard to the Daily Nebraskan editorials he said: "It's the next thing to disgrace to have a bunch of students at tempt to tell us what to do, to ridicule us and to intimate that we are sapheads." Suggests Discontinuation. He continued his remarks by suggesting to regents that the pub lication be discontinued. There was much applause. In moving for the adoption of the report, R. C. Vance (d.) from Milford, stated that the committee recommended the heavy reductions in salaries and maintenance to prevent the possible necessity for abolishing several departments with the resultant discharge of a number of university instructors. He pointed out that the commit tee recommendations were placed before the members as an emer gency measure, not to extend be yond the present economic situa tion. The committee, he said, esti mated its total reductions below present salaries and maintenance appropriations at $971,000. During the debate preceding the committee's report Representative Chase (d.) Omaha, one of the in vestigators, criticized the univer sity authorities for not asking for a reduction. O'Gara, the lone member to cast his vote. against the report, stated that the grow ing institution needed "a larger suit of clothes from time to time and that it should not be required to wear a pair of trousers cut short at the knees." UN TO VOTE FOR BIG SISTER Six Seniors, Four Juniors And Two Sophomores Will Be Named. University women will vote to day on nominees for posts on the Big Sister Board. The polls which are located In Ellen Smith hall will be open from 9 to 5 o'clock. At the election two sophomores, four juniors, and six seniors, in cluding the president, will be cho sen to complete the personnel of the advisory beard, which Is com posed of an equal number of so rority and non-sorority girls. The sophomore candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be secretary-treasurer of the board. Candidates for presidency are Lucille Rellly and Ruth Cherney. Senior post nominees are Virgene McBride, Carolyn Van Anda, Lor raine Brake, Alice Geddes, Donna Davis, Evelyn Hallstrom, Dorothy Keller and Lois Turner. Junior candidates are: Calista Cooper, Arlene Bors, Breta Peter son, Alice Beekman, Ruth Horn buckle, Margaret Medlar, Marjorie FUley and Marjorie Smith. Girls who have been nominated for sophomore positions are: Madeline Raymond, Ann Pickett, Lois Nel son and Gretchen Bender. Committee Members to Be Announced at llally Members of the pageant commit tee for the Farmer's Fair are to be announced Thursday tight accord ing to Miss Lorraine Blake, chair man. VV. F. Thompson of the Knglish department is to be page ant director this year. BOARD NOMINEES oni EBRAS 23, 1933. STUDENT BODY ROUSED TO ACTION AS S0L0NS START SLASHING APPROPRIATION Proposed Appropriation Lowest Since 1913 Survey Shows. Is ENROLLMENT HAS GROWN Only 4,627 in School Then; More Than 11,000 at Present Time. If the appropriations bill sub mitted to the legislature yesterday is accepted by that body, it will provide the university with the lowest financial support given the institution since the year 1913. In 1913 the appropriation was $2,446,735. At that time the grand total of unrepeated names of stu dents enrolled in the university for the year was 4,627. At the present time there are more than 16,000 students attending the university during the year 1932-1933, for which the appropriation for the biennium was $4,378,600. The nfew figure, recommended to the legislature yesterday, amounts to $3,143,250, a reduction of $1, 235,350 from the previous bienni um. The heaviest reduction in uni versity appropriations previous to this year was for the years 1923 25, when $410,434.34 was cut from the amount received for te previ ous two years. Appropriations Increase. With the exception of slight fi nancial deductions in 1875, 1879, 1881, 1889, 1893, 1897, 1923, 1927, and 1931, the appropriations for the university have gradually in creased since its beginning In 1869. During the same period the enroll ment in the university has con sistently increased from 253 stu dents to an estimated total of more than 22,000. The total amount appropriated by the state legislature over that period for the university is $45, 030,097.98, and the grand total of students registered in the uni versity for that period is 231,970. The following table itemizes the. statistics contained in the previous paragraph: Team 1HK9-70 1871-1 1H7S-7S nns-77 1877-79 1870-81 1881-83 IH8S-H. 188H-87 18K7-89 1H8A-0I I8HI-IIS IX1I8-IIK 1 80.1-117 18117-00 1 81111-11 1 I mil -in IDOH-IIA io.i-n 1907-09 1900-11 1911-1.1 IRI.1-IA inm-17 1017-19 IOIO 21 I Oil -J.I IO'.'3-JS 192A-27 1027-20 1910-81 IBS I -8.1 AiMir. 11111,0(10 S0.007 H7.047 AO.Illft Hl.lKi'i AH.OMI Rfl.llCHI 7H.OIKI 111 1. 885 28H.2IIO 180.048 . ?ftl.:is . 2 li.4 13 . :ill.088 . HiMI.I.VI . 4MI.S8I 4:14,700 1IH.JHMI . 707.470 1. m.H.ntm 1.207,0118 I.8KI..MI7 2.44ll,7ft 2. H.10.HH2 2.H00.8HJ 8,(127.98 S.H00.1II4 8,28,1170 4. Ml. (10)1 4.148.2.10 4.8.12.0IHI 4,378,001) Knroll 2M 217 ,v: 172 ill I MIS A84 K7.1 720 1.288 2. .148 2.H.V 8.171 8.IH1I 8.KI8 4. .1811 4,7211 A. 81.1 1.224 7. 1't 7.774 B. 244 0.4H8 12.189 1.1. M7 Ifl.fl.VJ 21.200 2.1.5H2 28. Kill 2.1.087 22,000 Eitlmmloil. Enrollment figures here shown are for the two year period, or double theactual enrollment at the time. SPECIAL COMMITTEE OUTLINES CUTS BY House Approval Given to Recommendations in 82 To 1 Vote. Editor's Note: Following is the report of the special joint committee of Investigation which was approved -the house with but one dissenting vote Wednesday morning. Its adoption by the house does not enact at law the suggestions of the committee, but indicates the complete backing the house will probably give the moverrant to cut university appropriations. LEGISLATURE OF NEBR., 1933. Forty-Ninth Session. Hon. Walter Jurgensen, Lieuten ant Governor of the rates of Nebraska. George W. O Malley, Speaker of t) e House of Repre sentatives ot the Forty-Ninth Session of the Nebraska Legis lature: Your special joint Senatorial and Legislative Investigating commit tee consisting of the following n a mo1 Knnntmq W M NpllhfUiet'- ............ ........... . Chairman of the Senate commim ight Per. tecom cent inded ol Cui Cut SO,!. 34 19.3 27.4 .o7 9.2 IflO 24.4 1? 21.0 16.2 14.3 0.7 6 ,11 - - I i ar-: ! XX JLk J-X VIZ XX JL1. The University and the Legislature By Janus E. Lawrence Editor's Note: Mr. Lawrence editor of the Lincoln Star, will address the student mass meet ing tonight. The following edi torial, written by him and pub lished in the Star Monday, sets forth his opinions on the sub ject. Thru the sharp criticism which has been leveled at all educational activities in the nation, as well as in the state, the University of Ne braska faces one of the most se rious crisis in the sixty-six years of its existence. Section 85 106 of the session laws of the state, de fining the powers of the board of regents reads: "The regents shall have the power to enact laws for the gov ernment of the university; to elect a chancellor, and the pre scribed number of professors and tutors and a steward; to prescribe the duties of all pro fessors and officers, and to fix the compensation. They shall have power to remove the chan cellor, and any professor or Vi tor, when the interest of th university shall require it." By submitting their findings as recommendations, the special com mittees of the house and the sen ate have evaded a charge that they have undertaken to usurp the au thority of the duly-elected govern ing board of the state university. And yet, the report submitted can have but one effect. If the recom mendations were followed, the uni versity would be projected into politics in such a fashion that its usefulness and its value would be destroyed forever. Never before in its entire his tory has any legislature attempted to direct the board of regents what it shall pay a professor, fix his teaching load, and in some in stances, direct tbat his or her con nection with the faculty shall be discontinued. That is the actual ef fect of the report which has been drafted. The regents, the commit tees may ague, are not required to follow the detailed program ect forth. What would be the res.tlt if the university governing board ignored it? That it would provide political fodd-.T for every chndictate for legislative position cannot be denied. It would place the univer sity in the swirling cm renin of party pnlitkh two years hence in truly calamitous' fashion. That it would substitute meager, unintel ligent, and partisan, many times pre judical control for trained, ex perienced, and intimate knowl edge of conditions and problrms is so patent that it does not permit of question. As the World-Herald aptly puts it: "One may question whether there is wisdom in the proposal that the legislature limit certain salaries, designate the teaching load of professors, or attempt in (Continued on Page 2.) tec; V. A. Neeland, C D. Green, Frank McCarter and John S. Cal lan, and Representatives R. C. Vance, Chairman of the Committee of the House; Jackson B. Chase, Fred A. Mueller, C. F. Beuahausen, and Henry Bock, of the Forty Ninth Session of the Nebraska Legislature for the purpose of studying the affairs of the Univer sity of Nebraska, respectfully sub mit herewith the Committee's re port together with the Commit tee's recommendations. This committee, immediately after its appointment met to dis cuss its methods of procedure and f t activities and de cided to employ as secretary, Mis . . . . . i . , VVoouruir 10 Keep a recuru m me proceedings and to take shorthand reports of all material testimony given before the committee. Scop of Investigation. The committee agreed at the outset that by reason of the lim ited time In which it could func tion, it should devote ita activities to an effort to ascertain where curtailment of expenses and elimi nation of unnecessary or duplicat ing activities might be recom mended, Uirt then proceeoea iu football sustain many minor ath letlc activities in the university. Since January 1, 1924, the Athlotic Department has paid into the Uni versity building funds $282,238.22. The officers of the Athletic De partment appeared before thu committee and g.tve to the com mittpc full facts and figures upon which the above statements are based. The Athletic Department of the University should be con sidered as a business investment and from its record thus far has been a profitable investment as above figures reveal. "budget Recommendations. v of the findings and rer ' is nf the commit tAr lnr Rid advisable priH- James E. Lawrence, Editor Lincoln Star, to Speak To Assembly. CENSURE IS NOT OBJECT Expression Campus Attitude On Budget Reduction Being Sought. By the Observer. Faced by the proposition thut the opportunities for h tpe of higher education cred itable to the state of Nebraska may be disastrously curtailed, students of the university will erather, by mutual consent, at 7:13 in the Temple theater this evening, for the purpose of giving expression to campus sentiment. James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lincoln Star, has been invited to act as chairman at the- mass meeting and be viil discuss the situation from the chair. A majority of the. Student council called by k'k' phone late last night san turned the.nieojing. Students have expressed the i.'ea that- snme tangible method 'f showing their sentiment should i e provided. While mere is no inui tion that any attempt will be mede to impress the student viewpoi.-.l on the legislature, the idea of the meeting is to formulate a definite expression of opinion and crystal ize the campus sentiment. Students Worried. That students are frankly wor ried about their own. future and the future of education in this state is obvious from sentiment expressed on all parts of the cam pus. The source from which stu dent anxieties emanates is clearly the appropriations bill and the joint repoit of th? committee in vestigating the university. A diagnosis of stude-.t sentiment apparently reveals the following ideas whicn are significant from the s-tudent pc:nt ot view. 1. An appreciation of the necessity for the lejislatu-e to curtail expenses and sympathy with the idea of retrenchment in the universitv. 2. A fur that because the legislative committee hai under taken to fix faculty salaries specifically, that the university will be subjected to political In fluence and th?t the adminlstia tive policy of the university will thereby be severely handicapped. 3. The belief that by making :,t ton drastic, the leaislature will force better members of the teaching staff, loyal though they be to the Institution, to accept jobs In higher salaried institu tions. 4. The fear that the range of selection in courses, which makes the University of Nebraska a great institution as compared (Continued on Page 3.) REPORT COLLEGES open its hearings to all persons having suggestions to offer and also requested the regents, of ficers, heads of the various col leges and other persons In author ity to meet with the committee. A number of private Individuals before the committee with sug gestions were all given due con. sideration. Meetings were ar ranged with those having positions of authority wtih the university and the committee received the co operation of all such persons. Your committee is of the opinion that in view of the reduced income of all Nebraska citizens and the necessity of rigid economy, a ma terial reduction in the expenses of the University of Nebraska under the budget recommendations of Governor Bryan must be made. Your committee believes that this la not a matter of choice, but of necessity. Payroll. Inasmuch as the payroll of the Universtty of Nebraska constitutes a 'ery consldera" part rf the total expense of his Insttfilon. your committee considers a reduc tion in the payroll of most Impor (Conllnued on rk 8 ) dont, for the future. I ) ;r ... .. ..