THE DAILY NF.RIUSKAN, FKTD Y, JANUARY 6, 1939
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One Board:
Good or Bad?
Governor Cochran's recommendation
yesterday of a single board of education for
higher education in Nebraska met with skep
ticism along several fronts, particularly
among officials of the university. The skep
ticism arose largely because the governor's
brief constitutional amendment proposal was
not enlarged upon in his message to the leg
islature. Ail vantages ami tlisiulvnnlnncs can plainly
1m discerned from a first-minule study of llio
proposal which lias liecu niontlicil around for
years in Nebraska. The sinirle-lioard and dou-lile-hoard
controversy lias lieen raging for
years in states outside of Nebraska, with uni
versities and colleges experiment ing with both
types. Neither has been pronounced a com
plete success.
Nebraska educators will arc wholeheart
edly with the need for a heller stale -planned
educational program. On the face of things,
the combined Hoard of Wcgcnts and Normal
1'oard appears 1o be a feasible answer to the
need. Hut nothing has been officially said as
yet to the composition of the board. Will Ihe
members be elected or appointed?
Crux of ihe entire proposal is the board's
personnel. At present, the members of the
Board of Regents are elected by the people
in six districts. Members of the Normal
Board are appointed by the governor. If the
Board of Regent type is retained, the univer
sity will not suffer, as long as the Regents
use their authority for the good of the en
tire state. If the Normal Board system is. '
employed with the governor selecting ihi-,
board members on a bi-partisan scale, Ne
braska's higher education will become little
short of a political football. The university
its supremacy gone will be only one of
five units of education, while the four nor
mal schools will attempt to ape the univer
sity as small state universities, Nebraska is
having its hands full trying to support one
state university, let alone five.
(lovernor Cochran cited the ''saving in
taxpayers' money" by having one board of
education for the University of Nebraska mid
its four compatriots, the normal schools. At
present, members of the Hoard .f Kegents and
Normal Hoard are not salaried officials. The
state pays their traveling expenses which do
not comprise much of an additional tax bur
den. Education in Nebraska is carefully
enough scrutinized so that waste in educa
tional spending is negligible, if at all. There is
no doubt, however, that a more centralized
state spending agency for education would con
ceit education's f forts into one single force,
rather than several, "pressure groups."
The (pieslion of the educational board
and the future of Nebraska's higher education
program hangs in the balance as the question
is debated by the legislature. Its far reaching
significance will menu much to the University
of Nebraska and to the normal schools Peru,
Chadron, Wayne and Kearney.
The Daily Nebraskan plans to keep the
undergraduates in close touch with future
developments on this situation, especially
when the constitutional amendment is pre
sented to th$ legislature and arguments ac
company the reading of the bill. In doing
so, the daily will do its utmost to present the
picture as unbiasedly and fairly as possible,
unless the full unfolding- of the measure re
veals a threat to the prestige and superiority
of the University of Nebraska.; Then, the
daily will fight, as will the university offi
cials, any attempt to make higher educa
' tion a matter of politics."
COVERNOR RECOMMENDS
(Continued From Page 1.)
membership to the board were loft
to gubernatorial appointment, it is
highly argumentative that educa
tional institutions would be regu
lated and administered by polities
even more than at the present
time. The state normal school
board as it now exists is pointed
to as an example of such political
favor. Tho membership of the
Ftate normal board may be based
on merit and ability, it can be
seen that members coming from A
district in which there is a normal
school naturally favor that institu
tion when appropriations are to he
handed out. A single, appointed
board, many argue, might moot
the same difficulty.
Vote at Large?
T'.leetion of bnnrd members by
vote at large seems out of the
question, since voting power is
centered in Nebraska's two large
cities.
Probably, the only logical me
thod to determine the member
ship would be by means of elec
tion in individual districts, as the
Kognta are now elected. Argu
ments against this plan, however,
arc the seme as those used
against the present setup in the
state normal board. Each mem
ber, in other words, would rome
to the board meetings ready to
seek plums for the educational
institution in his district. This
would tend, perhaps, to place the
university, a much larger insti
tution, on the same representa
tive basis as the smaller schools
nt Wayne, Chadron. Keprnry. and
Peru.
Fact that the merger of the two
boards would save the taxpayers
much money was also questioned.
Members of both existing boards
leceive no salary for their serv
ices. Traveling expenses for the
members, however, are paid by
the state and would extract a
email saving in that respect.
State normal school represent
atives are known to favor the
recommendation made by the gov
ernor. It has been charged several
times that the university was Ret
ting more than its share of appro
priation for education and build
ings. Whether this fact is true
or not, state normal educators
feel that their institutions will be
placed on more level ground vih
the state university.
It could not be learned late last
night whether or not any state
senator had yet considered pre
sentment of a bill complying with
the governor's recommendation.
"Student organizations should
be purely educational and should
not attempt to take specific ac
tion." University of Chicago's
Prof. W. H. Laves holds the be
lief that students come to college
to learn, and therefore should not
attempt to form definite opinions.
Dartmouth Satirists Scorch
Hitler With Blood Samples
Defy Fuehrer to Spot
Different Specimens
Credit for the smartest bit of
collegia satire during the ;iast
year goes to Dartmouth under
graduates, whose "Hitler Christ
mas stocking commission" carried
on an extensive drive to provide
Adolf Hitler with four test tubes
of blood for his Christmas stock
ing.
Kach student on the campus was
asked to contribute a penny to the
fund. With the money, four test
tubes, containing Jewish. Negro,
Mongolian and Aryan blood speci
mens were to be sent to Hitler,
together with a guarantee from
Dartmouth students of a $5 New
Years present if he could tell the
difference.
"Maybe He Can."
The drive, barked by the col
umns of The Dartmouth, oldest
college newspaper in America, was
carried on by means of a parade
and a Santa Claus who took con
tributions to pay for the blood
samples and to set up the $5 re
serve fund for the New Years gift
snouui Hitler be able to solve the
problem.
"We are not sure whether or
not Hitler will be able to tell the
difference between Negro, Jewish.
Aryan and Mongolian blood," read
a statement issued at the begin
ning of the drive by the sponsors.
"Impossible," Says Science.
"All the science which is at
the disposal of higher education
Seniors to Interview
Business Machine Firm
Seniors Interested in selling will
be interviewed by It. L. Thomas
Omaha representative of the In
ternational Uusincss Machine com
pany, January 0 and 10. Arrange
ments for interviews should be
made immediately in social science
306.
indicates that he cannot. But for
years, Hitler has been trying to
prove mat he has inside evidence
We are giving him a chance to
demonstrate this."
Dartmouth's chemistry depart
ment joined the affair by d.vlar
mg that "distinguishing the blood
is lmpossiDie hy any known srien
tific means."
UNION SHOWS
Student
Union
Friday
7:30 Comenius Club, room
315.
8:00 Phi Tail Theta nnd
Kappa Phi, parlors X,
Y, Z.
0:00 Ciammfl Phi Beta, bull
room, Saturday
10:00 Y. M. C. A. F.stes com
mittee, room 313.
1:00 High school teachers,
parlors X, Y. Z.
6:30 Piillndinn, parlors, X,
Y, X.
Daily Nebraskan
Kntnrrd u wnrt-elmi mnltrr al the
poitofflee In l.lncnln, Nrbratka, undnr act
of entire", March ft, I87(, and al apt-rial
rat of ponlair provlri'd for In an-llon
HOB, act nt Ortnbrt I, 1117. aalhortwa
Innuary 10, tBZt.
pie move In the United States,"
said Richards. "I have finally ad
vanced to a point where If I have
an engagement with a man at
11:30, I get there at 11:20 for
fear that he will be In China by
11.31."
Modern Dancing Classes
to Continue This Evening
Modern dancing classes will he
continued this evening nt 7 and 8
o'clock in Grant Memorial. The
one at 7 Is for the elementary
class, and the one at 8 for the ad
vanced class.
WAR CORRESPONDENT
(Continued From Page 1.)
English is like the scrapihg of a
knife across a plate, to me. That
is the best way that I can tell you
how it nffecl.i me." All good Eng
lishmen resort to an occasional
"dash it all," or a "pip pip" but
they do not make it part of their
language.
He believes that the Americans
most favorable asset is their utter
ignorance and disregard of class.
If such a thing as class exists in
the United States, it can be di
vided into "snobs" and "demo
crats." The "snobs are the 10
cent millionaires" or " stuffed
shirts" while the democrats con
sist of the common, ordinary per
son who is a valuable asset to
everyone around him. In England
the class system is so extensive
and ' Involved that often a man
cannot invite his next door neigh
bor to dine with him.
The speed with which Ameri
cans do everything is a mystery
to Richards. He cannot tinder-
stand how we manage to stand
up physically under the pace
which we set for ourselves.
"I had to adjust myself to the
speed with which things and peo-
ec the
Sunday Laugh
Session
Including a
COMEDY
DANCE
(Don't Mln Thin Our!)
NO CHARGE
1 SUNDAY 4 P.M.
; f Student Union
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(Continued From Page 1.)
featured with Jimmy Joy nnd his
nationally known orchestra. Hon
nie will sing several solos and
join the quartet in leading the
audience in singing. The identity
of the quartet will remain
mystery.
Irving Kuklin and Tommy
Kronk, former well known pro
fessional dancers and now Ne
braska students, will dance as
leading exponents of the terpsi
chorean art of 30 years ago. Kuk
lin'.q specialty Is tap and Kronk
does a comedy dance he intro
duced to Los Angeles night club
pntrons last year.
Shows of this tvpc have Uni
versity of Wisconsin students
clamoring for more. This is the
first attempt at Nebraska and its
success will determine future
programs.
y5iL
Sunday Laugh
fx Session
(Li Including i
ill A SILENT If j
T THRILLER '
NE (Yon tn Villain) J ft
M NO CHARGE
I SUN DAY4 P.M.
I Student Union J
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Trrnhie
MASTERS
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! TURNPIKE X
Friday, Jan. 6
Advance tickets 83c each,
tax paid. Danielson Floral a
Co., 1306 N St. Adm. at ?
Y Door, $1.10.
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See the
Sunday Laugh
Session
Including
JIMMIE
SIMONIN
(Swln( rianlut)
N0CHARGE .
SUNDAY 4 P. M.
mnn
11-7
1
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tiouel
Lornh usker
under sctiimmei 'direction
m proud to
I he host of
ALPHA CHI
OMEGA
Friday Night
and
DELTA
UPSIL0N
Saturday Night
HOME Of THE
Trsty Pastry Shop
193 OPENER
(It's a Mixer )l ith or II ithout Dates)
DANCE to
J
otrigiiiy 00a
and his ORCHESTRA
HELEN DAY, Vocalist
per
person
SATURDAY
JANUARY 7th, 9 TO 12 P. M.
Student Union Ballroom