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TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKA!, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 193 In 'America's White Spot' .. . Does Nebraska's Public Wash Smack of Tattle- e Gray? Native Nebraskans have heard, read and seen their state "plugged" as "America's White Spot" so con vincingly that any criticism of its self-praise meets the. immediate scorn of the Cornhuskers, imbued with sovereign state pride. Sister commonwealths t a n ta lized by Nebraska jibes at their tax and governmental system have been stirred either to defense or self-reproach. Kastern writers have poured into the state to "cover" the Nebraska phenome non. Few have done as well as Karnsworth Crowder whose article 'Tattle Tale Gray on America's White Spot" appeared in the Octo ber "Survey Graphic." Mr. Crowder overlooks one hugely Important thing in his scrutiny of Nebraska. He writes as if the state were the sponsor of the campaign of self-eulogy. It i not the state itself. He even says "The organization purport ed to be sponsoring the cam paign (Associated Industries of Nebraska) is merely a revamp ing of the Nebraska Manufac turers' Association." Yet he writes in that journalistic vein that gives the impression that the state is footing the bills for the "white spot" movement. Education Education comes in for some thoro examination by Mr. Crowder. Reference is made to the Univer sity of Nebraska with an observa tion that is known to nearly nit Nebraskans: "The State University has not escaped the economy squeeze. Manv classes, laboratories an in a farm state! have dropped their courses in agriculture; 26 their courses in domestic science; 14 their manual training; 20 their music. Textbook appropriations have vanished in some districts. Shop, laboratory and library facili ties have not been maintained. "Now, this is no place to discuss WWHIWI1 III in "I THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TllIRTY.ElGllTII YEAR T i y x l A x x I - v:r valuable libraries mil l.mfeln .lnurnnl. C. W. BRYAN . . . Not Even He Will be Able to Wiggle Them Out the contentions of many Nebras kans that the American people spend a lot more for education than thcv can afford, or that they st be housed : are buying their children too much education, or that Ihey are buy ing them the wrong kind. What we can suv is that, relative to EDITORIAL STAFF Kditiir Murrli IJpp Managlnc tdlton Marjorla Churchill, Howard Kaplan N.wl t'dltora .... Men-Ill tntlund, Hick it.Brown, Mary sttuteville, r'rn 8titvlll, Hamld Mrmaon, Bruce Campbell. Knrlrly KilHnra Mamartt Krauw. Dltle Davti fporl Kdllor Nurmaa Harna U.N THIS ISSlt. NlRhl Mlliir dr Bmwn llmk Editor Kaplan tditorial Office I'nlon Bids., Room in. Business oftire Vnion Bldf., Room io n. Un.lei direction ot On iudeui rum. ration Oiard Irlrnhone laj BI181. Nlrit BUSS, BUSSS (Journal). BUSINESS STAFF Kuninrsa Manager rnnk John.on AnslMant Business Manajera Arthur Hill, Bob Saldal Circulation Manairr BtaiMej Michael SLItSt RIPTIO.N RATE 11.511 a rrai (single ropi 1.00 a MmesteT S3.&0 mailed " H-8 aenwatei mailed entered at accond-rlam mallet at Iha poiloltlca u Lincoln Nrbraika, ancler act ol congreaa, March S, Mill, and at apeclal rnle ot imitate provided tot IB aertlnn 1103. act of October S, 11111, aoltiorlted Januarr 0, IVU. T itself, if the aim is to bring in dustry and money troin me otii side? And then you arc told that it is for the purpose of persuad ing the people that theirs is an ideal tax system (ideal, that is, for industry, intangible wealth and big incomes). Explanations "Some white spot leaders oranu M38 Member 193 (fcsockiod GoDe&ale Press Distributor of Colle&ideDie&t PublUhtd dally 4lnr Init the Nrhmil year, ccf pt Mumlnyn nnil hnturdam tarntlona nnd examinnUtm r tUh y ntndcntu of fhn I'ntvfrMtv of e hrUft, iinilrr hr mi lrvt.im of thf Uonrd of Publication!. HHinmiD roa ntionl dvtiiin " tj Nationnl Advertising service, inc. ( olhgc I'ubliibm Reprcsentdliv 420 MADieoN Ave. Niw York, N.Y. CniiASO ioiio ' lol Annul rcil.e in condemned structures which., even to a casual observer, appear to have been victims of a convul sion In hi,l,linr ncainst other uni- i other states and relative to certain versities for a first rate faculty, other governmental services with- Kcbraska is at a stubborn dollars i i her own borders i roads, tor in nd cents disadvantage." "Total expenditures for state government (1925 to 1937) in creased 106.5 percent (largely on account of relief and social se curity). Expenditures for the public schools declined 34.2 per cent. Expenditures for all other local subdivisions remained at about the same. This is to say that education's cut from the tax dollar has been squeezed to a fraction of the former size. "It is not that Nebraska is without the resources to main tain better then average common schools. The president's advisory committee on education attempt ed to determine, as of 1935-36, the ability of the 48 states to support public schools. Applying a standard tax plan, the reve nues that each state could raise were calculated. On this basis, Nebraska's potential ability to support education ranked 16th. Actual performance, however, put her in 28th position. Her ed ucational bill per pupil in 1935 36 not only was far beneath her ab lity, it was $12.95 under the n? ional average. In the impor tant matter of state aid given to schools, Nebraska rates 43rd among the states." "With such barren inducements the state simply cannot compete for the most competent teachers i The offices of a big placement agency told me they were seek ing jobs in other states. Applica-1 tions to the Omaha system have i fallen off two-thirds and the quali fications of those applying are of course not of the highest. "An application to all states of the revised Schrammel-Sonner-berg scale for measuring educa tional performance found Nebras ka in 23rd place in 1933-34 and it has lost much ground since then 1 1 ... I . a ' ' I 1 pi 1 I stance, Nebraska is skimping on her education budgets, if indeed she is not usintr her schools as the scaoeeoat to satisfy the insistent demands for tax reduction. Assistance "Keciu rcn'.ly over Nebraska conies devastating grief from tiie sky- tornadoes. Hoods, blizzards, dust storms and drouths. For years there was a statute requiring all males, 16 to GO. to give two days a year to fighting grasshoppers. Crop failures in the nineties re quired state aid, relief commis sions and heavy county indebted ness, l.inciiin Jtiurnal. "In good times. Nebraska is a , wondrous producer, ranking among the first five states. But even in the fabulous twenties, farm ; r . - - " i" " " bankruptcy cases were averaging i - ,h. is..es Deficit spend- " " V "'" V.y only a tew votes at the last five and six hundred a year. Kvery .Q n,tinc, rertain counties! . ,lne aooe I1,-Ules ' .' 'u. ! legislature. But the state's chil 'a -r r us m J 1 r fx v il i If U r - x y HWiht if 'SI I ! V'JMrU It' r I -1 - WwH M u'Im f . r '- J t t ' UNIVERSITY HALL BEFORE DECAPITATION. . .'. Many Classes Housed in Condemned Structure. II . r i W - x .- f " I.tncnln Journal. FRANK ARNOLD . Exposes Tax Waste. such reports 'perfectly ridiculous.' Others give you a shrewd look and say, 'Well, yes, we're selling Nebraska on itself -and why not? We've a good thing here and can hang onto it so long as we keep the tax equity boys piped down. And there's liiis about it -this is a prime field for industries that process farm products burdened, can we boast an equit able tax structure? With a 5-ccnt gasoline tax, Just what do ve mean when we say we have no sales tax? With poll taxes, bank stock and insurance premium taxes, with dozens of petty fees and licenses, what do we mean when we say we have no nuisance levies? sWlth over 8.000 government units for only one and a third million people, just where is that Nebraska effi ciency we hear about? With our educational, public health, relief and institutional standards begin ning to keep company with cotton belt performances, does our parsi mony look so attractive ? "We say that unwise spending Is not the antidote for excessive economy, but maybe we should add that wise spending Is an antidote. We say that public ser vices should be limited to the ability of the people to pay, but maybe we should add that we have underestimated our ability. "While folks in other states are staring at us and asking how in the world we do things, it might he to our benefit quietly to dis patch some Cornhuskers to Denver to learn how to establish and oper ate a first class psychopathic hos pital; to Virginia to learn how to operate an economical and humane system of poor farms; to Ohio to .study the benefits of city-manager administration; to California to examine the meaning of state aid for education; to New York to learn something about penal insti tutions and parole; to St. Louis to see the operation of a superior county hospital; to Des Moines to compare its schools and Omaha's ... It could be a long and salutary itinerary. We in Nebraska have some fine things to demonstrate, no doubt. But we have a whale of I a lot to learn and we ought quietly "Another White Spot leader said to me, "We're going to j to onm jt before nominating our commit the State of Nebraska s(,ives for summa cum laude clean up to its ears. Before ever we started this thing out in the open, we lined up the farmers, the press, labor, the chambers of commerce, everyone. They're in so deep, there will never be any body not even Charley Bryan who'll be able to wiggle them out. And that's as it should be. 2nd add Editorially SpeakingRag We have the best tax and gov ernment setup in the country, and an inviting labor picture. It's something worth going to bat for and advertising to the world." "What appears then is that Ne- honors.' Barb Council Starts Clcan-Up Moves to Abolish Sweat Shirts at Hour Dances Barb council moved in its Mon day session to remedy the situa tion which found boys in sweat shirts, minus ties and even with shirt tails dangeling at the opening year an average of about 20.000 Nebraska farmers move to try their luck in a, new spot. Since 1935, over 6.000 farm families have pulled out entirely, heading, the majority of them, into the Pacific west. During the single month of March 1938. the farm security ad ministration had to extend emer gency grants to 15.000 farm fa milies. "Harsh events and hazardous contingencies, then, have tet ::d to keep the purse strings tight; and this fact must be remem bered during everything that re mains to be said. The state in j crape of $115.18. She has received ing was putting certain counties so deep in the red that their war rants were selling at discounts ap proaching zero. "Well, we must begin by report ing that, off stage as it were. Ne- legislature and Rural Electrification obliga-1 llIon- maigems. wasters ami warus, tions. They do not indicate that 1 are without voice; its educators the "Little TYA" hydroelectric ; and social workers are without ef- districts have under set ions con- , f(,(.Uve 1( a,iel ship. To the thai i;e as 1L wen, c . : . . . . l - :.. - ... , r n . I. ' c - . si.iprui inn I ne ni vn i: n il t ,iu inf.. , , .., k.i,. v,Qa o henevolent Uncle , T cnue consiaruiv wing nun;; mi biaska nas a ovnevwem .-'"-'Y nrtvat lrtH unlit m in the stale .. , . . ... - mem: nai is mere m me way ol governmental services that could possibly have been worth as much to our citizens as the $139,000,000 reduction in general property Sam who has not declined to put her in woolens. Of all her 48 sis ters, Nebraska has stood ninth in line' outside of the federal treas ury receiving a total of 551 million dollars, or $404.02 per capita. In the matter of non-recoveiable fed eral relief funds, she has also stood ninth,N receiving $203 per capita, as against the national av- particular has been very Scotch For 70 years she has been cau tious, right up to and over the borders of false economy, scorn ing any bended debt in excess of $100,000, running on a cash basis most of the time and taking one spectacular fling a special levy for a 10 million dollar state house. ! six times as much in non-recover able relief as she has contributed in federal internal revenue, altho the nation as a wnoie nas ianen back in relief almost exactly what it has paid out as revenue (14 bil lion dollars i. "Not that this federal assistance has all been clear gain either. In i braska is advertising, not only her , Barb .lance last Friday evenins (products and industrial attractions. 1 following the foctball rally. Here- but iv r virtu s. iow sell-nghtcou.s-1 a) ter a neat apparance will be a ness is a dangerous pose. It invites ' requisite for entering the ballroom, attack and it is suspect as hypo-! The council considered division crisy. It can. under criticism, .o of the prof its . from the Friday easily shade off into truculent self-1 dance among the Barb A. W. S. defense. Contrariwise, it can en- J boai .1 and the Barb Interclub gender self-doubt. Both of these ; council, and empowered a comlttee reactions are already evident in j with if s'.-. ictions to buy furniture Nebraska. There are the people for the Barb office, which is room who flare up emotionally at any . 307 1 tiie Student Union. Bob fault finding. There ure others who , Simmons, council president,' Bp assert they never heard so much i pointed Beatrice Ekblad and Hai criticism as has resulted since the riet Lewis as a committee to nom White Spot campaign. Th'-re is a inate a senior girl to fill one vac- levu-s fuhicved since 1927?' they I bare chance 1h:it the kick-l ack will ; aneey in the council, and Duane have the counter challenge: 'Can j emphasize Nebraska's shortconi-1 Hs;, in and Ki le Constable to nom the adequacy of governmental; ngs even more than its excel-, inate a .sophomore boy for the services be measured only in terms lencies. ; second vaeancy. of dollars saved?' A man may I "The feeling of many Corn- save by never visiting a dentist. buskers might be paraphrased as LONELY HEARTS but he may also die ot an abscess j follows: "We should have been left mleetion. i in our obscurity. We were luakint: (Continued from Page 1.) One day this summer a Para-1 some commer.ua oie advances ai.u piivate electric utilities in the state at an estimated .j to 100 million! dollars. j Institutions "To inquire into Nebraska's in stitutions would require a book length compilation of data. Such a compilation, detailed and dis mal, has in fuel l en made the two bulky volumes of the Nebras ka survey of social resources (19381. I suggest it in evidence to the curious, together with the Yiiiit-n ,.rft,-,t w.rir.vt tf 1 Vi rt (Ithfti'MP relation , National Society of ' mol'nl Clpw 111 and i experiments. For example, tryii.g Penal Information., ai.,1 set .'lo.vn iill",it Lincoln shooting pictures of I Governor Cochran, of the magnif , icf-nt paid for state house, of a i housi w ife in a market making , riin , hast s without m.leK tokens the most part, housed in antique , , .wnC(.ll free fjf here no more than three generali zations derived therefrom: 1. Nebraska institutions are. for 'In the town and country dis tricts 46 accredited high schools j state parsimony has been to leave ! responsibilities with the counties, towns and school districts, rh.s policy, coupled with the usual wasteful sins of local autonomy, has borne painfully on hundreds of local subdivisions (of which there are 8,5381. Ey 1928. these units were obligated for 113 mil lion dollars in bonds. Refunding in some cases became so costly in interest charges as to overtop the . .u.t..: Ik.., ..l.n ocai hip on uie eiaim luml mh- mibi,. -.. . . i-.. . . ,. : . , . v... CC..1 r.t ,v,;c ! as she eoes and has no state debt. ' .V:1 .. . " ' "'t. At the time 1 heard about it, SPECIAL STUDENT RATES On Rentals i.f All Makes of Typewriters Service Supplies TRI-STATE TYPEWRITER CO. .... v the White Spot is a little like the ' " .mil,. ha hAt ita home is un- 2. Salaries and wa-es paid are I happened to be with a dissenting Ncbia!-k.i attorney. 'I wish,' he incumbered hoping that vou will i so 1'. ll0Uls u,n and the , snorted, 'that these cameramen infnr tViat it Visia nrt bill ! work so heavy that Nebraska t-n-! would follow some of these t.aid the baker, the ntH sltm ' uisinuuons wiui a ior mgnways to some ol our paid modern. nigiuyirain-.i personnel, j lor stale institutions-paid for in 3. Nebraska institutions can give j lv0 and photograph what they little more than custodial t are. I found there. The white spot woulil "It must not tie supposed that have a reel of publicity it couldn't riiir.l ibdHI.ln bond. . $ 14.ikiii.WH. mere is no awaiennehs oi uie.-e , lausju on. rllhlotl Irritation projwt itiir T A" Irrl. ft ik din nou :s.(XKi.eoi go on with the butcher. candlestick maker. But note just a few of the debt items not mention ed (except subdivision bonds I in White Spot propaganda a unicameral legislature. Giving Mr. Arnold a field lor his expos. s of tax waste in th , cording to the type of date that the ' !i -nt w arts .lames states that it is a good plan to call for a date, a day ahead louir.ie.v i S!l:K ..t :... u , i, . . ....'. mill:, uunciri , nn. Luniaiu au.l i it Tir.ill !..ei,,c in........ i.f V......1 - issues for big const nation pro jects. l-.!iii(ting a county budg. t law (thanks to Mr. Arnold's Fed eration) that might well be a na tional model. I'aring to push ahead with our 'Little TVA' hydro-electric districts, which n.fty rvsult in Nebraska becoming the fiirt st-.te publicly to own its entire electric power system. "But sujdciily to set ourselves up as a paragon ol civic viitm-s is l unwarranted. We're not that pood. inadequacies in Nebraska. Anin-; "Why. you are aked. is the With incomes at.d intaigibles go BLiiunouni ouuiuijg in ofji fin i.uieu (,i(io,i:i so iiiicnsivc in AeoiasKa ! ing lice aii'l real prop, r.y over- When the clock strikes nine o o NOT a murder, not a peace confer ence nor a dictator's speech, but a far more important occurrence will mark this signifi cant hour. THE September issue of the Ne braska AWGWAN will go on sale at 9 A. M. tomorrow. RELIGION WEEK I of missionary personnel of the I I'resbvteiian board of foreitrn mis- Isicins; Mrs. Grjee Sloan Overton Ann Arbor. Mich.; Dr. K. Stanley I. bines, evangelist at large for the i North India Annual conference, (Continued from Page 1 ority houses, boarding clubs, dorm itories, and student tnr,nse. & vnp.iyl Ti.rifnt in ehirh iho ,. . , ' , . . Speakers Increasing. religious leaders triav be inter- viou--.fl -r.,1 hav vr.wi.l ei.Mer. Seminars held st 4 p. m. ev.-iy ences with stude nts has been set ; IlUrr,'""n tn i nUln. builJ1"K aside on each day s progiam. Pershing Rifles ;To Meet Today satisfio tion even if a client calls an hour before a contemplated date. Dining formal season, the bu re, a will tal:e cue of such details as the corsage .tickets and other such points of a date. Of course, the c st of these services will be include. in the fee. This- tniiaii does not connne its activities to college students. They a:.-,i have a number of business men and women and high school students as clients. Their office houis aie from a. in. til midnight. You can con tad them by calling B1255 during any time of the day. include talks on "The Meaning of the Christian Faith" by T. Z. Koo; " "ill iTVJlt ion -if thff Sioir-il iii.l T if.-' every evening during the ' v, c, -... i,.nAy. ... I - . ....... j ,tu inuuil Public meeting scheduled for S p. m week will feature special addtess' s by T. Z. Koo, Secretary ol the World's Student Christian Feder ation, Shanghai, China; Albeit H. Palmer, Chicago, 111.; Sam Higg en bottom, organizer and president of Allahabad Chtistian rollege and head of the agricultural in stitute nf that college, Allahabad, India; Merrick B. Young, secutary cmr Vhy vocation" b- H. D. Bollinger: "Chrirstian Living in Social re lations by Fiank C. McCullock; "Chnstian Marriage'' by Mis. Glare Sloan Overton, and 'The Woild Mission of the Christian Church" by Hcrrick B. Young. The list of speakers for the week is stiJl being enlarged, aecordli; to Dr. Cliailes Patleison, chairman of the speaker comlttee, and rep. rtH-Maiive Irotn every denomi at ion will be secured before th" lint IS conipleted. New ii.t UiU 13 of the training , nn;t of the Nebia.-l.a t ria j,t -r ol ( I't Isllllig illfleh Will hold their fust j meeting -if the year this afternoon at .1 o'clock. ' I'.olnit Nehon. c ; f .1 h i:i f.f the i orgaiji7.a1ioii lor this year, an nounced that it is important that all of last year's incriibefj attend the meeting this afternoon. Q-ASSIFIED ADVERTISING 10 PER L,N LOST: rdi Phi fr.t.rnitr pin Kinder I ,i-i!e ml Jiinj-h We-Mlrulf, L72f', l-O.- i . 1 i,n;r uinr roinre'l itievri liurid.v f'reric in Stuilent rnteli lounct. I! 741H rpvanl. Oil acxiicjc is best" Th patented shearing head of the Schick Shaver i retpensi ble for the fait, clote thives. No other shaver has this con struction. Years of eiperiment with many shape evolxod this Ideal shearing head. Get the beet Schick Shaver IMPROVED 5CI1ICI! SKinUER C.onrmirnt Trrmi Matinee Stags Cause Trouble The queMtion of 1he very trou blesome tHg line at the Student Union Wednesday matinee dances will be attarked this week by member of Alpha Thl Omega, Jis tional service fraternity. A.P.O.'s under the leadership of Ellsworth Steele will control the utag line from 4:30 to 5 o'clock when Aul ton Holland. Alpha Phi Omega president, will assume rexponslbil ity. I linost co-operation with the men wotking with the stag line, is requested by Mrs. Kdger Yinger, St'idcnt Union day social director, and by Aulton P.olland of the serv ice fraternftv. hi:xt-i:as fliifid, rli-un hrirl Hbllnl.lf t til hcium. Kmeii reitm.tiHble. Cotiven I-nt liniiliiui. Alvi oprn. 20 yckii in tiurltirmi. MOTOR OUT COMPANY 1120 P St. 86819 IA HAPPY THOUGHT FOR THRIFTY COLLEGIANS -SEAD ycur weekly laundry T& home by handy Railvay Express r ight from vj. t college roomi and returo, cODveoieoCJT, cionomiiiil .:nJ ftt, with oo bother at alL Juit phooe our iocJ colic n jgiol brn to come for the bundle, Hc'U call for it rMniptly-wimk it awijr on ipeedr txpreti tf Jink, to Your city or town ind rrrura the home done product to vou ait u ilboM rxir tburgeth bolt year through. 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