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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.
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