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THE DAILY NF.HRASKAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16", 19.1
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Library FccJs.
Scattered nrios-1y lliru nil of the paixes of
1ol::y's Dnily Ncbraskan Cliristniiis edition.
New Year's cdilion, last issue of eventful 'XM
nrc enough fuels nl unit ihc need for a new
univcri'.ily liliniry 1o convince tlie most skepi
cul taxpayer of Nebraska tliat the need exists.
Every member of the university faculty con
cedes that ii library must soon replace the
nntiiia1ed and totally inadequate library Hall
that now feebly stands as the cultural center
of the university.
Sure, the facts speak for thcmsclf. The
university's need for a library bos passed
the emergency stage. What can be done?
This. The time has come for laying the
groundwork to a student sponsored cam
paign or movement for the new library.
There must be an active beginning to every
thing. Nothing would be more appropriate
than to have the present student body real
ize this and give united impetus to a library
campaign. With Christmas vacation looming
tip as the best opportunity to plant the seeds
of a library campaign, there are many
angles to be studied carefully before school
officially closes.
The best concrete illustration of what stu
dents can do, once suffiiccntly interested and
aroused from the lethargy of collcginnn, is the
Student Union. Alumni of the university near
ly ten years ago first talked up a Student
Union, but the interest was not keen enough
to make progress. Students about eight years
ago took over the Union project, and by an
incremental process of whipping up student
interest, faculty interest and alumni interest,
put the project across. We of the present un
dergraduate class can be grateful to those stu
dents who preceded us. We fell heir to their
endowment. They are not getting any prac
tical use out of the Union, but they can bask
in the reflected glory of the Union for which
they schemed, planned, ploitcd. charted,
guided and dreamed.
Now it is our turn. We shou'd not be
satisfied with the Union, merely because it
is at our disposal. The Union should be a
strong incentive for us and by us, it is
meant every student in the University of Ne
braska to do our benefactors one better
a new library.
It would be foolish to repeat in the edi
torial columns all of 1 lie facts pertaining to
the library. The facts speak for thcmsclf. Wo
sincerely urye all students to become ac
quainted with these facts. A student body,
citing facts and figures instead of fiction and
fol-de-rol, can achieve the basic steps in ob
taining a statewide approval of a new uni
versity library.
What's to Do?
The Daily Ncbraskan, working in co-operation
with the Student Council committee on
building program, is attempting to publicize
the library need to every part of the state. Thq
most logical carrier of the library information
is the University of Nebraska .student who,
tomorrow, returns to his and her home and
parents and friends.
First of all, these students must be
equipped to speak for the university. Much
depends upon the students when they speak
to their parents, their friends and their legis
lators. They must make the impression that
they are young citizens-to-be, thoughtful,
reasonable and appreciative in their requests.
Our generation which our elders say is the
up and coming one must make themselves
felt when an interest in and enthusiasm for
the welfare of the state supported univer
sity is expressed.
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The Budget. v
We students of the University of Nebraska
are not unmindful of conditions in Nebraska.
We realize that a drouth of five years has un
dermined Nebraska's farmers, ami when the
farmers are hard hit, we all feel the pinch.
Wc students feel it in pared monthly allow
ances from home and jobs that arc hard to
find. Kut we nrc grateful for what we have,
especially the opportunity to attend university
where we might learn. The sacrifices that are
made in our behalf are not laughed off. We do
appreciate.
But we would be cheating our parents
and ourselves if we failed to speak the truth
about the university. There are too many of
us for the facilities at hand. Buildings are
in sad need of repair. Equipment is hope
lessly inadequate. Instructors are over
burdened because of increasing enrollments.
The better professors are leaving for colleges
with higher salaries and more facilities. It
all boils down to this : Neglect of the univer
sity is the failure to educate its students.
In the time wc have attended the university
wc have grown to love and to be loyal to it.
When wc ask for more money for the univer
sity's operating budget, it is not with the
tlx.ught that we want to impose more sacrifices
upon our parents. We cherish the traditions
of t lie university, but we do not want to sec
poverty become an University of Nebraska
tradition.
Season's Greetings.
The Daily Ncbraskan, in extending its very
best wishes for Christ inns merriment and New
Year happiness to the students, the faculty,
the administration and the people of Nebraska
who make our university education possible,
believe firmly that it lies within the power of
Nebraska's populace to give the University of
Nebraska- alma mater to thousands the best
of Christmas presents in the requested budget
and the library.
Education is the soundest investment of all.
Nebraska, by trusting its state university with
the educational process of its future citizens,
can be repaid a thousandfold for its monetary
investment.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN.
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Col. Fronkfortcr Talks
to Military Engineers
on Modern Warfare
Col C. J. Frank fortcr of the
chemical engineering department
addressed the members of Ne
braska chapter of the Society of
American Military Knginccrs nt
a meeting hold last night In the
Lincoln hotel.
Discussing "Personnel and Ma
terials Necessary for War," Col.
Frnnkfortor told of the problems
which confront a nation mobiliz
ing for armed conflict, and also
explained facts about chemical
warfare.
Captain Riddle, Adjutant of the
guest at the meeting. The group,
locally known as tho Detoncers,
will hold their next meeting on
Jan. 12.
New Uni Mead Tops
News Events' in '38
Daily Nebraskan Staff
Selects 10 Outstanding
Stories of Current Year
1. Dr. C. S. Boucher, the new
chancellor.
2. Decisions of the educational
planning board.
3. Opening of the Student
Union.
4. Dally Nebrnskan-Student
Council drive for a new li
brary. 5. Resignation of Tra:k Coach
"Pa" Schulte.
6. Love Memorial donation.
7. Cathedral choir annexation
proposal.
8. Religion-Life week.
9. Bookstore investigations.
10. Men's point system.
By Merrill Englund.
Ten major campus events ninib
university news history during
1938, and about them, ten major
stories or groups of articles were
written. Here, the Daily Nebras
kan staff has listed its choices.
The events are not listed in the or
der of their importance.
Fortunate indeed, was the uni
versity to secure the services of so
able a man as Dr. Boucher, who
stepped into the vacancy in the
office of the chancellor caused by
the resignation late this paat sum
mer of Chancellor K. A. Burnett.
Coming here from the University
of We;;t Virginia, the new chan
cejlor brought with him a myriad
of ideas whereby the university
can be improved.
At Last, the Union.
Among these, one of the stand
outs Is his effect to draw a dis
tinction between vocational and
professional educat'on. Before a
recent session of the state plan
ning board, which shelved for a
time at least the recommendations
for a ten year building nro"ram,
he advocated making this differ
ence a basis for a plan to save
the state a sizeable portion of Its
educational dollar.
Culminating the fight of a
decade for Its erection, the Stu
dent Union, long backed as the
panacea for campus ills, opened
Its doors late this last spring.
Whether It has made or has yet
to mak'c the contributions to uni
versity life for which It was
erected, is still a matter of per
sonal opinion.
Current Library Drive.
Recognizing the hopeless In
adequacy of the present structure
to which the term 'library' is more
or less facetiously applied, the
Daily Ncbraskan and the student
council have long been engaged
in a campaign to secure the proper
hai king for the construction of a
new building.
Shortly before the resignation
of Chancellor Burnett, the uni
venity lost one of ts most beloved
old timers. Track Coach "Pa"
Schulte, for, years tin winner of
conference cinder titles, felt Iho
weight of advancing age and fail
ing health and left his post.
Fifty thousand dollars to be used
for tho construction of a wing to
Carrie Belle Raymond hall In
memory of his wife, was the gift
of philanthropic Don L. Love. With
til's donation a long step was
taken toward betterment of camp
us housing conditions.
Instructional Research.
Efforts to add the Cathedral
choir, pride of Director John II.
Rosborough, to the university fam
ily fell thru last spring when the
board of regents pigeon-holed the
proposal by turning it over to a
committee.
In November, prominent relig
ious leaders from all over the
country, came to the university
to give lagging collegiate religions
a shot in the arm.
Misunderstanding on the part of
the student body as to the policies
behind the running of the Regents'
bookstore brought an investigation
of the activities of that agency
which la still being conducted.
In October, a standing comm't
tee on instructional research was
anneintcd for the univers'ty with
Dean C. H. Oldfather as head.
This important group will make
studies looking toward future al
teration and improvement of prej
ent educational methods.
Weekly YWCA Vespers
Not to Be Held on Jan. 3
Owing to the late return to
school of many students, the
weekly Y. W. C. A. vespers will
not be held Tuesday, Jan. 3, fol
lowing Christmas vacation.
Mills Represents 'N' Club
on Athletic Control Board
Robert Mills, senior tackle on
the 1933 football team, was elected
by "N" club members at their
meeting Tuesday to represent them
on the university athletic board of
controL
The University of Nebraska's
Need for a New Library
1. The most serious disadvantage Is In the storage. It takes from
ten minutes to four hours to procure books located in distant base
ment storage rooms and in many cases the periion desiring books
has to be sent to these various places on the campus.
2. There is no working space for the research workers, faculty
members and graduate students.
3. There is no general reading room containing a selection of
about 30.000 books where students can read and study in comfort.
The reading room accommodates only 400 students, 7.4 percent of
the students enrolled in this university.
4. The building is unable to handle documents, a valuable part
of any library, because of a lack of space.
5. The library staff is at a complete loss to know what to do
with new books. They are pushing boks th-t are tn constant use
off the shelves and into old holes in order to make room for the
new books wc must have. Dean Foster, assistant chancellor, sug
gested stacking books in the tunnels of the heating plant lcadin;;
from the university heating plant to the capitol,
6. The structure of the building is defective; the most vulner
able point is indicated by the sagging cross beam In the main read
ing room of the first floor. The casing has fallen away from the
beam revealing the benj In the supporting girder. There is utter
lack of sufficient light, space, and ventilation.
7. The library was founded in 1895 and was designed for a stu
dent body of 1332. The registrars office tells us that there are
7.525 enrolled at present.
8. The site for the new structure Is unoccupied and on com
pletion of a new structure in this location the present library can
be immediately vacated and put to use.
The foregoing material was compiled ty the building program
committee of the student council of the University of Nebraska
By way of explanation, the student council Is a student elected
body, the purpose of which Is to Investigate and propose improve
ments of conditions affecting students in the university.
We feel that an expression of approval from the voters of the
various districts will lend support to the granting of an appropria
tion for a new university library.
This measure will undoubtedly come up in the 1939 session of
the unicameral legislature and we are seeking your support.
If, after reading these facts, you fed wc have a distinct need
for a new library we would appreciate your sending a short letter
to your legislator expressing your opinion on the measure.
Suggestions for Letter
1. Expression of Interest In, and enthusiasm for the welfare
of the university; expression ot hope that the senator feels like
wise. 2. Importance of support for the operating budget for the
university for the next biennium.
3. The Imperative need for a university library building.
JANET LAU
ROGER CUNNINGHAM
Co-Chairmen, Committee on Building Program.
