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Lose A
Minute;
Save a
Life.
Think
Safety:
Practice Safe
Driving.
vol. xxxv no. a.
SUNDAY, lEUKUAKY 16, 1936.
LINCOLN, NKR.
Foundation to Supplement
Taxation as Revenue Souree
Elliott Commends Nebraska
For Progress Against Odd:
New Nebraska
Union Building
o 1 o
Burnett, Foster, Smith
Explain Purpose of
Corporation.
The character, purpose and or
ganization of the newly estab
lished University of Nebraska
Foundation were described at the
Charter Day dinner at the Univer
sity club Friday evening by
Chancellor E. A. Burnett, Dean
H. H. Foster of the law school and
Victor Smith of Omaha, alumnus
of the university. The endowment
fund was characterized as a priv
ate non-profit corporation inter
ested in the fuller support of uni
versity activities with private
funds.
Chancellor Burnett noted that
It is not the purpose of the fund
to abandon the present weans
of support by taxation, but
rather to increase and supple
ment such support. Funds, he
said, will be solicited from alum
ni and friends of the university
and attempts wil be made to
secure donations from endow
ment funds already established.
Possible Uses for Funds.
"Many types of research await
private funds, the chancellor indi
cated. They deal with public
health, child welfare, social prob
lems, a list far too numerous to
mention. Research in anthropol-
ogy, including the early Indian
races, will have a wide human
interest."
Dean Foster pointed out that a
distinction will be made between
solicitations of large gifts and so
licitation from regular contribu
tors, and also a distinction between
solicitation from alumni and non
alumni. He argued that even
though the university is a state
institution and situated in an agri
cultural community it still may se
cure substantial contributions and
bequests.
Donations in Past Small.
"From its foundation to the
present day, the university has
received less than $300,000 from
private donors," Foster recalled.
"Through organization and
proper publicity, these amounts
can be greatly inc.t.-ascd."
The dean told alumni that do
nations of small amounts should
not be considered negligible for
when added together these small
contributions would be of incalcu
able benefit to the university.
Cornell was cited as an example
with its 9,000 contributors giving
sums ranging from $1.00 to $25.00.
The senior class each year is also
solicited for contributions and 85
percent respond
$20,000 a Year Possible.
"With over 20,000 alumni," Fos
ter concluded, "it is within the
range of the easily possible that
in a few years we may have at
least regular contributions Of
$20,000 a year from alumni. All
this may be done without any
hardships to anyone. Further
more an alumnus who contributes
will feel a deeper interest in his
university."
Expressing the feelings of the
alumni, Victor Smith of Omaha,
outlined three principal purposes
or field of opportunity in which
the university foundation might
operate. It first should re-vitalize
the university's contacts with its
own alumni who have already en
joyed its advantages, he said, and
with the rilizenM of the state
(Continued on Page 31.
F1VK f.lltlS COMPETE
FOK lKOM IIONOI..
Candidate Revealed
Tuesday After Cheek
Of Eligibility Made
Filing for Prom girl closed Fri
day, with five girls signifying
their intention of competing in the
race for the campus honor, accord
ing to Marylu Petersen, co-chairman
of the Junior-senior prom
committee. Names of the entrants
will be published in Tuesday's Ne
braskan, after each girl's record
has been checked for eligibility in
dean of student affairs office.
"We appreciate the interest of the
various groups who have candi
dates and hope the girls success
fully pass the eligibility require
ments," commented Miss Petersen.
STuctNT - Union
rCTIVITICS'&UILDING - UIVLR.5in---Nt.&lUSKA
Drivers Pledge
Caution on Road
In Editorial Drive
Students indicating their inter
est in the safe-driving campaign
sponsored by the Nebraskan to
promote safe conditions on the
highways, have signed pledges
which are still available at the
Nebraskan office. Those who have
made the pledges, and carry the
safety seal on the windshield of
their automobiles, are listed be
low:
Signers of the safe-driving
pledge agree to follow eleven
promises:
1. I will drive sanely and more
carefully.
2. I will not pass a car unless I
have clear vision for 100 yards
ahead.
3. I will not jump traffic lights.
4. In traffic, I will be particu
larly watchful of pedestrians step
ping into the line of traffic from
parked cars.
5. I will stop at all stop signs
and slow down for slow signs.
6. I will not pass a car on
curves or hills.
7. I will not pass a car until 1
have looked in mv rear vision !
mirror to be sure that no car is
bearing down from behind.
8. 1 will alwavs give the proper
hand signal before turning to the
lett, to the right, or stopping, I
will never leave the curb from a
parked position until 1 have given
the proper hand signal.
fl. I will always remember while
driving that 1 must watch out for
four cars my own, the one in
front of me, the one behind me.
and especially for the one around
the curve, or up side streets that
I cannot see,
10 1 will be fair to other drivers
in all respects and refrain from
reckless driving.
11. I will keep my car thecked
for such simple safety devices as
brakes, lights, tires, and a clean
windshield.
Claude Wilson may c laim the
distinction of being the first signer
of the safe-driving pledge at Ne
braska. To date the signers of the
pledge are:
lo1r Wllmia
Jim Itavb-a
O Here is the architect's drawing O
of the proposed $400,000 Student
Union activities building which
has long been the goal of students
at Nebraska. Application will be
made for a 45 percent grant from
the PWA, authority to make
formal application having been
granted by government officials
several days ago. The student pub
lication board has already pledged
$10,000 to this end and actual con
struction is now dependent upon
funds from PWA. According to
present plans, the new structure
would be erected where Ellen
Smith hall now stands, on the
northwest corner of 14 th and R
The proposed building is a three
story unit, with a full basement.
It will be 175 feet long and 124
feet in depth, and is an E-shape
plan, with the end wings project
ing approximately fifteen feet in
front of the main wall of the lxdy
of the building. The main facade
is to face south.
The building is designed in a
classic Georgian style, being a
(Continued on Page 3).
'Talking It Over
Settles ElliotVs
Student Problem
By Politicus VI.
When the president of a state
university which has no trouble
securing ample legislative approp
riations, maintaining a program
of extra-curricular activity, and
being generally blessed with the
comforts of a scholar's heaven
visits the campus of a sister in
stitution where the appalling op
posite exists, sonic darned repor- i cant" building of which to be
I'unlue Chancellor Tells
'Depressing Reaction
In Viewing U Hall.
Dr. F.dward C. Elliott, president
of Purdue university, returned to
his alma mater Friday to review
the progress of the University
since its founding and to commend
the administration on doing more
"with less in the form of material
means" than any other state uni
versity in the country.
Dr. Elliott told a Charter Day
audience, held by the severe,
weather to 700 students, faculty,
and alumni that "there must be a
rededication of purpose, a renewal
and strengthen. n; of the idea that
the university has not served its
full purpose until all the people of
the .stitte realize that the univer
sity is a dependable ami sympa
thetic agency ever at their dispo
sal for meeting those needs for
that education and for that scien
tific service, detei mining the satis
faction, the happiness, the leader
ship and the ideals of men."
Replacement of U Hall.
Dr. Elliott expressed a "de
pressing reaction" felt in coming
from the grounds of the inspir
ing state capital to the univer
sity campus and see the present
University hall. He said that
Ncbraskans had in the capilol an
artistic, distinctive and signifi-
ter is bound to ask him how he
docs it.
Edward Charles Elliott, ener
rightfully proud.
"1 must voice the hope.'' he con
tinued, "that some day soon the
tretic administrator of Purdue ', people of Nebraska w,ll replace
university, won't attribute the ! University hall with a building
! comparative wrll-bcing of his (that compares with the capitol in
i college to anything particular, dignity and in dreams of thines to
but when he explains the methods be; a structure that will dominate
I employed in dealing with the stu-i the university center of the stale.
dents and the legislature. it j to he used as a lempie lor me
would indicate that he might have teaching of the science and art of
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"Get your copy of the pledge
and your sticker at the Nebraskan
office as soon as possible so that
we may add your name to the list
of signers. The campaign will not
be a complete success at Nebraska
until every student driver has
signed the pledge:" states Editor
Ryan of the Daily Nebraskan.
This department's favorite oper
ative contributes the following
couplet with a suggest title of
"The Inconstant Joy- Woman."
It is:
Had we but World enough anj
Time,
This Coyness lady were no
Crime.
And on this happy note we pro
ceed heavy of spirit and sadly with
our stint.
Until this semester, student
interest in astronomy has been
confined to extracurricular lab
ratory work along lonely roads
and such places, a convenient
system of lab partners being
common. Curricular investiga
tion of the heavenly bodies at
tracted but few. Now, however,
the lone astronomy class on the
schedule has over 100 members.
"Ain't that a swell moon,
honey?" has always been good
enough for most of the boys, and
we diehards hate to contemplate
the possible ramifications of
scientific astronomical conver
sations in nimble seats and else
where. Another story of midwinter
heroism comes to us. It concerns
an elderly couple who live on a
farm near Lincoln. One evening
at dinner, a piece of meat lodged
in the man's throat, and couldn't
be moved. The road to the main
highway was so hopelessly drifted
that it was impossible to use an
automobile, and the only means of
transportation available was an
old work horse.
The wife managed to get her
stricken husband onto the horse
and to a nearby town where he
was put on a train for Lincoln.
(Continued on Page 7). ,
NEBRASKA 19
IOWA STATE 20
something to do with it himself.
Beyond the Classroom.
"I do regard those things out
side of the classroom not more
important but of signific?nt
interest," be declared, in ex
plaining the splendid coopera
tion existing between the ad
ministration and the student
body. "In direct answer to your
question, Purdue students are
consulted in matters which vii
ally concern them, and their
opinion influences administra
tive action."
With the executive committee
of Hie university senate, the gov
erning body comparable to the
faculty ami administrative ruling
body here, President Elliott meets
in joint session with the Student
Council iei;ulaily to consider
problems affecting both bodies.
"We take turns presiding," he ex
plained. "The Student Council
president will handle the first
meeting, and I take charge of the
second."
"As Much as They Can Handle."
"I'm in favor of giving stu
dents as much responsibility as
they can effectively handle," he
asserted, and a wide smile that
started in the bottom corners of
his mouth and ran up to meet his
sparkling eyes added that he had
quite a bit of faith in youth's
ability to bite off a pretty larjre
chunk.
With glowing jK-rsonal pride he
described the features that elevate
the Purdue campus above ordi
nary undergraduate bodies: the
convocations program, bringing
the best lecturers and concert art
ists to the stage of the union
building; the choir, a personally
sponsored project that grew into
an extensive musical program; the
religious convocation, when stu
dents gather one Sunday morning
of each month to hear the eminent
advocates of all denominations.
President Elliott has little
patience with trifling matters;
he condemns political parties to
an extent because they tend to
cloud the important issues with
petty bickerings. A matter such
as the teacher's loyalty oath,
which Indiana instructors must
take, receives none of his atten
tion in the face of more sig
nificant matters.
But a big thing like the legisla
tive appropriation, probably be
cause he hasn't bothered with
trivialties, is taken in an easy
(Continued on Page 3).
good government; a structure tlv:l
will signalize the common aspna
tions of the citizenship f the
state, will serve to energise the
services of Nebraska to the Uni
versity and the obligation of the
university to Nebraska. "
Dr. Elliott praised the admin
istration, the faculty, and the
students for the success of their
steadfast devotion that has been
so rjene-ously and skillfully given
for the conservation and the
development of the causes of the
un-'-ersity. He commented that
these are extraordinary times
demanding extraordinary powers
of constructive imagination, far
sightedness and dynamic action
on the part of those who believe
in the state university.
Self-interest Not Motive.
"The hour his arrived when
those who receive the benefit of
the training and education, pro
vided thru such institutions as this
University of Nebraska, must bo
activated by motives other than
those of economic-professional self
interest," the president of Pur
due eniphasizel in pointing out the
duties of those receiving the bene
fits of the university.
f "The graduates of the university
must be easily distinguished in the
citizens of the state for their skill
and leader-ship in rendering vol .in
( Continued on Page 3i.
ISYA HELPS NKHKASK V
STUDENT EDUCATK N
Dotilhit, Fred Eisxh-r
Aceept . ns on
State Adristtrv Hoard.
A recent survey shows that
1449 college students is Nebraska
are receiving aid. in accordance
with the National Youth Admini
stration program.
In addition to those enrolled in
universities and colleges, there are
fifty-three graduate students and
2,117 high school pupils being
helpei with funds appropriated for
this purpose.
Harold K. Douthit, superinten
dent of the state high school of
agriculture at Curtis, has accepted
a position on the state advisory
comn.it tee as a representative of
agricultural interestj. The other
Nebraska committeeman is Fred
Eissler. past president of Ne
braska Federation of Labor and
legislative agent for the state fed
?ration. Lincoln. Mr. Fissler is la
bor representative.