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The D ail y N ebr a Ncbraskan Wishes You a Very Happy Thanksgiving Nebraskan Wishes You a Very Happy Thanksgiving Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX INO. 50. LINCOLN. 'NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1936. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Regents Ask $876,240 Increase in Biennial Budget; Seek Two -Tenths Mill Tax Levy for Construction SKAN FIVE FRESHMEN ENTER FOR DEBATE CUP 1936 Competition for Long Trophy Scheduled for December 3. Competition for the coveted freshman Long debate trophy, to be held Thursday evening. Dec. 3, will be divided between five men who have registered for the de bale. Sam Kirschenbaum, Otto VVoerner, and Harold Niemann have been selected to uphold the affirmative side of the question, "Resolved, that the munitions in dustry should be a government monopoly." The negative will be argued by George Mueller and Harold Alherton. The sides were chosen by lot. '?fu b.l ih- Altho the number trying for the I trophy this year is not as great as it has been in some previous years. Prof. H. A. White, debate coach, expressed the opinion that several would register late. Late registra tions will be assigned by lot as soon as they are registered. Annual Award. The receiving of the cup. award ed by E. H. Long, of the Long Book store, has been considered a real honor by any freshman since they cannot "participate in varsity debate. Winner of the first award in 1934 was Bob Wadhnms, while Ernest Wintraub gained the honor in the contest held last year Dialing with the national gov ernment monopolizing the manu facture of munitions, the question prompts readings very vital and important issues of the day. It necessitates readings from ths pens of such famous pacifists as Englebrect, Senator Nye. Senator Borah and a host of others. Biblio ( Continued on Page 2 FRATERNITY MEET TO DRAW 50 DELEGATES 12 Universities and Colleges Send Phi Tau Theta Representatives. Annual nations! convention of Phi Tau Theta. Methodist frater nity, will draw approximately 50 delegates, representing 12 univer itine unt rnllccps to Lincoln this week end for three days of scs- ; sinns. Leader of the conclave will be Rev. H. P. Bollinger, of Chicago, 111., who is the national sponsor of Phi Tau Theta and the national direror of the Wesley foundation work. Rev. Robert Drew, Metho (list student pastor, is sponsor of the host chapter. Students Register Thursday. Following registration, which will be held Thursday afternoon at the Wesley Foundation, a sup per and an Informal reception has been planned for the first meeting of the delegates. Friday confer ence sessions will be held at Pl ladian hall, in the Temple build ing with Dr. Earl A. Baker, of Cedar Kalis, la., and Rev. Bollin ger as leaders. Worship services and business discussions will com pose the afternoon's program. National Officers Speak. After spending Saturday morn ing in study ana discussion of the national organization nf Phi Tau Theta. led by the national officers, the convention will formally close by a luncheon at the Annex cafe. Orville Hutchinson and Rev. Rich ard Dawson of the Zion Congrega tional church will talk to the group and Rev. Drew will conduct instal lation services for the new ofticers. Chapters that will be repre sented at the conclave are from University of California at Berk ley, Iowa State, University of South Dakota, University of Min nesota. Iowa University, Wyoming University, Ohio State, University of Ohio at Athens, Iowa State Teachers at Cedar Kails and the University of Nebraska. tasselWscuTs'plans for basketball season Purple Pepsters Write Letter of Appreciation for N. U. Hospitality. Tassels, women's pep organiza tion, met to discuss plans fur the basketball season Tuesday eve ning in room JOS. Social Science. A letter from the president of the Purple Pepsters. Kansas State pep organization, was read expressing appreciation for the luncheon and entertainment af forded them by the Tassels, when the Kansas girls were in Lincoln last weekend. Margaret P.:ii;irpe presided at 1 . The next meeting CONTEST NATIONAL METHODIST the meeting, will be held Science. Dec. J In Social LIBRARIAN DOANE MAY TAKE WISCONSIN POST Change Subject to Final Approval by Madison Board of Regent. Gilbert IT. Doane, librarian nt 1 he Unix ersity of Nebraska for the past .11 years, will leave at the end of this semester to take ii similar position nt the University of Wisconsin, subject to confirmation by the board of re gents there. Mr Donne rame to this campus ' from the University of Michigan on Sept. l, since mi ume the library has grown steadily in size and scope under his adminis tration. Under Mr. Doane's administra tion, the lull timestaff of the lihi-orv Vina )wn increased bv five members and a number of part- "me assistants in addition. In the fw frQm 4Q tQ 5Q u. Hnt a hnvp been used from the N. Y. A. Among the. inovations in stituted by Mr. Doane has been a new, improved method of charg ( Continued on Page 3) . 4-7 AT UNI. State Board, College Plan Individual Sessions for All Societies. Annual Organized Agriculture meetings will be held on the uni rpisitv college of agriculture cam- i pus Jan. 4-7," it was announced to day, as tentative plans for tne iour day gatherings were being made Practically every agricultural so ciety in the. state will hold their annual meetings during the week. With an increased demand for farm products and a good outlook for Nebraska's basic industry in 1937. the Organized Agriculture meetings are expected to attract a record crowd. Individual sessions for specialized groups are planned again this year with several gen eral convocations during the week which will be addressed by speak ers of national agricultural impor tance. Sponsored by Ag College. Sponsored by the state board of (Continued on Page 2) T Sigma Tau Announces 16 New Members; Initiates December 10. Sixteen new members of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fra ternity, were announced Monday and will be initiated Dec. 10. The li-st: , , Fritz Merting. C. Edmond Carl son, Jay L. King, Thurman Sipps, Milton E. Mohr, Clarence H. Mock, Paul Lindstedt. Harold Macy and Richard Chowins, Lincoln. Glenn P. Jameson, Arcadia. George M. Petersen, Hildreth. Arthur Larson, Newman Grove. Miller D. Sidwell, Kearney. Norman P. Stout, Casper, Wyo. Koy E. Bailey, Cedar Bluffs. Norman Whist'on, Omaha. ORGANIZED AG GROUPS HONORARY ENGINEER'S 2 1-Year-Old Louis Prima Proves Popular in Travels Over Nation; His Greatest 'Find'-Vclma Kaye A full life of music this would probably be the only description which cculd be Justly given to Louis Prima, who will bring his band here for the Military ball, December 4. Prima with his Prima-style players comes to this campus directly from the "Black hawk" In Chicago and has ap peared in some of the "brightest spots" of entertainment in the na tion. Prima started blowing a trum pet at an age when he was Just out of short pants. Today altho he is only 24 he is considered one of the greatest improvisers and technicians that tie orchestra world ha ever known. Playing his trumpet all over the city ol New Orleans, where he was born, the young man would gather rrowds wherever he went. The crowds would convene to hear Prima hit the high notes. Before long, the lad's fame be gan spreading and the musician up ncrti" were hearing about the remarkable young Italian tnimntr from New Orleans. uuy iiniwuu " c t. iiu M much hoi it the vaunt , I ..... ...I.. VaH I Continued on Page Z o- -o Mb. G. H. Doam V" Does Supreme Court's Power Negate Democracy? Political Scientists Differ in Extreme las the supreme court of the United States usurped too much authority ? Should iour to five decisions, or one man (le sions as they have been declared, validate or invalidate a. law enacted by congress? And are supreme court judges too old to hoid such important positions? . o Monday, that day when the NEBRASKA SYSTEM OF MAIL STUDY COURSES Wolverine College Employs N. U. Texts in New Project. LANSING, Mich.-The Univer sity of Michigan has borrowed a leaf from the university ot Ne braska and then added pages of its own to form a new edition of an old tome, formerly entitled "Correspondence Study." The Ne braska edition is titled "High School Supervised Correspondence Study," and me new juicnii;uji text is called "College Supervised Correspondence Study." When Mr. Broady and Mr. Piatt began their supervised correspond ence work at Nebraska, they be gan a project which has drawn nation-wide interest and attention. A WPA grant for adult education made it possible for Michigan to begin the supervised correspond ence work last semester; those eligible for freshman college work who were financially unable to at tend college were regularly en rolled in the university and given freshmnn credit for the corres pondence work. Other adults who were not interested in credits were admitted to the centers also. Permanent System. While Nebraska administers the correspondence clases thru regu larly employed school teachers in Nebraska high schools, Michigan employ accredited teachers and establishes them in centers where the local superintendents of schools sponsor the projects; these supervisors' salaries are paid by the WPA. The University of (Continued on Page 3) Lons niMA Asa Hto Trlmastyk" Musis jvT Or. i -r? . . y 'a rCi Responsible for Marked Improvements in 1 1 Year Term. .Mr. Cilbert U. Doane, Uni versity of Nebraska librarian for the past 1 1 years, has been offered n position as librarian at the I 'niversity of 'Wiscon sin at Madison, subject to the offi cial confirmation by the board of regents at that school, it was learned Wednesday. His net salary at the Big Ten school is understood to be $6,500 as compared with his present sal ary of $4,080 at the state univer sity. His base salary at Nebraska is $4,800, less the $720 current sal ary cut. Tf nnnrnverl hv the Wisconsin board, Mr. Doane' plans to assume his new position about reb. i, lyji. During his time at Nebraska the lihrarv has ernwn from a total of 190,000 volumes to 306,000 vol umes and has expanded to use tne entire building which formerly (Continued on Page 4.) highest tribunal of the nation hands down its decision regarding the death or the future life of a law enacted by Congress, the Supreme Court recorded a four to four rote concerning the unem ployment insurance law. Declared to be constitutional under both the New York statutes and the United States constitution by the New York court of appeals, the bill is one of the firat "indicators" of the coming administration. Court Defies Voters. It was Mr. Dooley who once said that as the voters of the nation go, so goes the Supreme Court. However, Monday the Court went neitherway. There was a tie vote, a vote that indicated an adherance to the decision of the lower court. (Continued on Page 4.) IN CHRISTMAS PARADE City Schedules Pageant on Friday in Celebration of Holiday Season. The university R. O. T. C. band will appear with six other bands from Lincoln and nearby towns in Lincoln's third annual Christmas pageant Friday. According 10 u rerior J.imes Lewis of the Lincoln recreation board, the parade will get under way ai exactly i o ciock on the day following thanksgiv ing. Col W. H. Ourv. R. O. T. C. commandant, will be among those who will occupy tne reviewing lanit in front of the citV hall. Junior mayors from Nebraska and their ladies will be honored at the parade. More than 50 big sections of the affair have already been organized and the acts are being practiced daily. rithnr hflnri who will annrar will be: Burlington band. Wilber band. HavelocK n:gn scnooi Dana, American Legion drum corps, Lin coln musicians' band, and Lincoln high school band. AG VESPERS EMPHASIZE THEME OF THANKSGIVING Miss Madsen Reviews Article What Shall Harvest Be' at Weekly Meeting. Keaturing the regular Thanks giving service to be held by the University Y. W. on the ag cam pus, Miss Ruth Madsen reviewed Mrs. George Simonds article, "What Shall the Harvest Be?" at the regular vespers held yester day noon in the Home Ec parlors. Stressing the importance that each individual do his or part in making the world run more smoothly. Miss Madsen quoted the theme of the article as em phasizing the fact "that we haven't lost what we still have- so be thankful for this small favor " She continued bv Pointing nut t V, imnnt-tnnci nf lffcriinfr 1 hiM thought in mind, nut only during ine inanKsgiving anu umiinuu season but thruout the year. As an opening leaiure 01 me meeting, the ag choir offered a special number entitled, "The WnniW of Thv Dav." followed bv a Thanksgiving prayer given by miss tveiyn jueizger. nome eco nomics faculty member. BAND TO APPEAR THREE AG TEAMS TO GO TO CHICAGO JUDGING CONTEST 1 1 Students to Compete for Intercollegiate Titles at Exposition. Three college of agriculture Judging teams will attempt to an nex national titles m intercollegi ate judging contests to be held this week and next in connection with the International Livestock Ex position in Chicago. They will com pete in crops, meats and livestock contests. Dr. A. L. Krolik and his crops team leave tonight by train for the Windy City where on Kriday and Saturday of this week they com pete against the best college teams in the country. The Nebras ka team was second at Kansas City last week. Members of the sqiiad include: Ralph Bruse, Lo retto; Ward Henderson, Hardy; Charles Pilcher, Albion; Dale Smith, Fairmont, and Frank Svo boda, Burchard. The commercial grading part of the contest is scheduled for Friday and judging and identification on Saturday. Nebraska's 1935 national cham pionship will be defended in the meats judging competition. Twelve different states are represented in the event which takes place next Tuesday. Prof. Wm. J. Hoffel will take Norman Weitkamp, Nicker son: Earl Hedlund, Chappell; and Clyde White, Tecumseh, to Chi cago to compete in an attempt to garner another national cham pionship. The Nebraska team won permanent possession of a trophy last year by winning the contest three years. Another trophy is of ( Continued on Page 3 1 CLUB NEXT TUESDAY Teal to Exhibit Films Taken Abroad to International Organization. Movies of the bloody Spanish revolution, which were taken by J. Lloyd Teal, instructor in the Ro mance Languages department, will be shown Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 o'clock, when the first meeting of the International Relations club will be held in the Y. M. C. A rooms in the Temple. According to Winifred Nelson, who is initiating the plan for the new cluh, all students are invited to attend. "We will meet as an impartial study group, to discuss international problems for infor mational value." stated Miss Nel son. "The club is sponsored by the Peace Foundation established by the Carnegie Endowment. Current books on the foreign situation will be available in the office of Prof. (Continued on Page 3) 7HANMVING THOUGHTS' IS VESPERSERVICE TOPIC Dr. Aitken Relates Ideas Appropriate to Spirit of Holiday. TW U'nlUc T Ai'lfn et ihm fit T)n..l llMkmlift oViit.-Vt rr.l." a nil I the subjert of "Thanksgiving Thoughts" at the annual Thanks giving vesper service held Tues day afternoon in Ellen Smith hall. "We should have never-ending gratefulness for the goodly herit age which we have received the heritage of democracy, of freedom of religion, of highly beneficial educational institutions. Thanks giving is thanksliving," slated Dr. Aitktu. Jane Welch played a violin solo as a prelude to the service. "The Doxology" was sung by Bernlce Nellemann. Contralto, Francis Scudder, vesper chairman, led the group in the reading of a Thanks giving litany. The vesper ihoir, under the di rection of Margaret Phillippe. sang "Come Ye Thankful People. Come," and pronounced the choral amen. KOGEKS TAKES WALLS OUT TO ENLARGE SHOP Temple Theatre Partitions Removed to Providt Working Space. Doubling the size of the Temple theatre workshop, partitions be tween the shop and an adjoining design room were torn down re cently, under the direction of Mr. Charles Rogers, in charge of scen ery for all university production. Roger and his stage crew will now be able to set up entire scenes in the shop, where formerly they could erect only section of scene. The design room ha been moved to Room 154 on the first floor of the Temple building. SHOW NEED OF TEN YEAR PLAN FOR BUILDINGS Replacement of Lihrarv, University Hall Is Sought; Engineering. Home Economics Hall Included in Report. N'rlirnskii 's Hoard of Reifi'Mls Tursdny requested nn in crease of $87bV-MU in 1,-is iijropniit ions from 1 ho stfite legis lature for t ho raining hieniiium. in lmdget estimates Milmiitted to (Jov. Koy L. Cochran, in addition to an annual .'J mill Mato levy 1o finance a Un year hnildins program. Total estimate for the !1:17-:!I p.-riod was ..'JiiOU. Record enrollment and increasing costs were reasons given in the report for the increase, which was signed hy Karl C'lim-. president of the hoard. I'niversity funds look a L'O percer,;. slash in lO.'W. when salaries of instructors look a proportional cut. Altho the university halance sheet did not show a deficit dur ing the 'adverse conditions resulting from the depression and drouth." the regi-nts declared that "the university cannot be operated as an efficient educational institution for another v; years on the present appropriation with the increase in enrol ment .'40 percent above ihe student enrolment of and the 25 percent or more advance in 1he price of materials. The .'2 mill building levy, m Inch would necessitate a special legislative act. was requested for the replacement of outworn and unsafe classroom and laboratory buildings, without drain ing the general university budget. Xo major structures have been built by the university for eight years. Mentioned specifically as "must" building needs are a new library, new university hall, an engineering hall with at tached laboratories at the city campus, home economies hall at the agricultural campus and a boy' dormitory and healing plant at Curtis. In addition, "A dispensary at ihe College of Medicine in Omaha, a teachers college training school, an auditorium, additions to Morrill hall housing 1he university museum, pur chase of land, and campus improvements made necessary by new buildings will require nil the funds raised under this levy during the third and fourth bienniums. '' The complete lext of the Hoard of Hegerits report is printed below : The board of regents of the Tniversity of Nebraska sub mits herewith, its request for appropriations for the next bien niuni beginning July 1st. I!t:i7 and ending June SO. 1 9oH. This request is divided inU ihree parts according to the source of the money appropriated. Taxation appropriations are funds derived from the general slate tax levy, federal funds are ap portioned in accordance with the appropriations of congress for specific purposes, and cash funds consist mostly of revolving accounts and include student fees and departmetal receipts. The board of regents lias been aware of ihe advrse condi tions resulting from the depression and the drouth ami the ef fect of these on the people of the state. As a result of the gen eral price condition, the decrease in enrolment, ami the elimi nation of many aethhies the university has been operating on the reduced appropriations without deficit. This has not been done without some restriction in the standards of education; and resulted in failure 1o keep equipment and laboratory ap paratus in its best condition. It was necessary to reduce salaries that were already too low in comparison with like stale univer sities. The personnel of the University of Nebraska accepted the cuts graciously, with an understanding of the general un satisfactory financial conditions of the state, but the reduction diil not result in 1 he loss of many wbu were offered larger sal aries elsewhere. Increasing Costs. Towever, now Ihat the student enrolment is increasing, thrt Ihe price of m.iterla's ate much higher, that equipment is bsd;v in need of repair atid n placMiicnt and cmnprt it ion IVhih oir,i sources is inci ersii.g due in a cont imial raise in salary sea in all oilier educational inst'itu'ions and indu ;1iv-s, it has be come necessary 1o present a budget containing a request for a return to the approprhlinn of 1 I'll -1 0 These figures are presented after a very careful study f the needs of the University "f Nobrasha. Th unifrsity cam ot be operated as an efficient educational institution for ano'l'r two years on the present appropriation with the increase in u rolmcnt ill) percent above the student cnroliin nt of lO.'J 1!'-.j and ihe 2 percent or more ailv.nce in the price of materia, s. This request is exactly the amount appropriated by the leg islature of There has been a continual incrc.Mii :ir..! mf nt since 'XVi, the l:irg st enrolment in the history of the Uni versity of Nebraska occurring th's fall: an actnal increase "f J.471 students in daily collegiate attendance. This amount is necessary to provide ihe facility required ti give the proper instruction to the students. In addition to pro viding additional materials, supplies and equipment money n:i:-t also be pmided to cover tin increased costs of everything tlx d in the instruction of students. Agricultural Extension. An increase of $l4:(.7i) is required to pay for the demands (Continued on Page 4.I Budget Request Summary. Summary of the budget requests for the 1937-39 biennium, compared with appropriations for the current biennium ending nest June 30, and showing Increases and decreases: 1935-1937 1937-1939 Appropriation Requests Increases TAXATION MONIES. University Fund $2,837,440.00 $3,522,600.00 $635,163.03 Agricultural Ext. nsion ... 143.240.00 287.000.00 143,760.00 Conservation and Survey.. 60.000.00 70,003.00 10,000.03 Hospital Maintenance .... 375,000.00 412,500.00 37,503.00 Total $3,415,680.00 $4,292,100.00 $876,420.03 CASH MONIES (ESTIMATED) University Csih Fund ...$2,000,000.00 $2,000,000 00 FEDERAL MONIES (ESTIMATED) Morrill-Nelson $ 145.617.16 $ 158.085.80 $.22,468.64 U. S. Experment Station . 60.000.00 60.000.00 Purnell 120,000.00 120,000.00 Smith Lever 208.000.00 155,882.36 '52,117.64 Capper-Ketchem 56,506.22 56.506.22 Federal Co-operative fund 106,400.00 106.400.00 Bankhead-Jones 19.000.00 19,000.00 Bankhead-Jones 208,67542 346,948.16 38.272.84 Total $1,024,198.70 $132322.54 $ $.62334 Grand Total $6,439378.70 $7,324,922.54 $885,04334 Decrease.