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Budget asks four million..
The University of Nebraska's
1939-41 proposed budget, asking
for $4,085,603, will be considered
by the unicameral appropriations
committee, this afternoon at two
o'clock.
The petition
recently sub-
mittea to uov. k,Bj
L. Cochran by
Boucher and Fi
nance Secretary
L. E. Gunderson, ;
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half of the board
of regents, calls J1'
for a biennium I
increase or $.jt,-i A
663 over thet f
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740,940. Larger senator brady.
enrollment was cited as a factor
in the budget increase.
The committee which will con-
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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVUI, NO. 106.
State public works present
largest investment in years
. Jones discusses power,
' irrigation projects
The Bixty-three and a half mil
lion dollars given as loans and
grants for public power and ir
rigation projects within the state
is perhaps the largest investment
in capital goods in Nebraska since
the construction of the railroads,
Herschel F. Jones, instructor in
economics, said yesterday as he
outlined the present problems con
fronting the state public power
program.
Jones declared that four years
of research in collaboration with
C. E. McNeill of the eame college
has revealed many possible advan
tages of a state-regulated or owned
power system.
"The construction of six new
hydro-electric plants, adding 132,-
Players open
in 'Tovarich'
Miss Poellot, Alexander
star in season's final
The University Players will
open their final production of the
current reason tonight at the
Temple with the presentation of
"Tovarich." The internationally
known French drama concerns the
adventures in Paris of two exiled
Russians of noble birth.
Robert Alexander as Prince Mi
kail Alexandrovitch and Doris Ma
rie Poellot as the Grand Duchess
Tatlana Petrovana head the cast
of 15 university students. Other
members of the cast Include:
Charles Dupont, Verne Geisslnger;
Fernanda Dupont, Hoi lis French;
George Dupont, Jack Bittner, and
Helen Dupont, Barbara Birk.
Olga, Tex Rozelle Rounds:
Count Feodor Brckcnski, Donald
Meier; Cliauffourier-Dublcrf, Ber
nard Menke; Martellcau, Laru
Sorrel; Louise, Virginia Nolte;
Conckrge, ' Jon Truden; Madame
Van Hcmcrt, Grace Elizabeth Hill.
Madame Chauffourier-Dubieff .
Llmmy Blazkovcc, and Commissar
Gorotchneko, Raymond Brown.
Written by Deval.
"Tovarich" was written by Jac
ques Deval, famous French play
wright, and adopted for American
presentation by Robert E. Sher
wood, auLlior of many outstanding
American plays Including the well
known 'Idiots Delight."
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Increases $369,663.. i
sider the budget is headed by Sen
ator Frank Brady as chairman,
and is made up of the following
legislators: John Callan, Charles
Tvrdik, Emil Brodecky, L. B. Mur
phy, Swan Carlson, Carl Peterson,
Dan Garber, James Keea, ana rea
Mueller.
A breakdown of the proposed
budget for the University shows
only two asked increases $359,
663 for general appropriations and
$10,000 for the college of medicine
hospital in Omaha. The special
appropriations of $180,000, agri
cultural extension fund of $226,
000, and the conservation and sur
vey fund of $60,000 remain con
stant. Recapitulating the budget re
quest increase, the board of re
gents specified the following uni
versity functions to be carried out
from the additional $369,663:
1. To employ additional instruc
tors needed to reduce the number
of classes with enrollments too
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000 kw. hours to the installed ca
pacity of the state, coupled with
the erection of a state-wide net
work of transmission line3," the
instructor maintained give the
districts facilities which may per
mit them to sell elecricity at 3
mills per kw. hour to the people in
the state."
Entire Market Needed.
Stating that this low price was
dependent in whole on the as
surance of the entire power market
of the state, the economics in
structor outlined the proposed
methods for securing this unifi
cation. "Possibilities lie In the sale
of electricity at wholesale rates to
existing private and municipal
plants, the erection of competing
distributing system by municipali
ties to be served by the districts,
or the acquisition of all private
(See PUBLIC WORKS on page 4.)
Judging team
reaps honors
Junior livestock squad
places in Texas contest
Fourth place was awarded to
the Junior livestock judging team
of the NU college of agriculture
at the judging contest at the an
nual livestock show at Fort Worth,
Texas, it was learned here Sun
day. Missouri won first place,
Texas A. & M. second, and Okla
homa third out of the 14 teams
entered.
Members of the Nebraska team
were Lyle Roberts, Tecwnseh;
Wayne Smiley, Milford; Edwin
Rousek, BurweH; Keith Gllmore,
Callaway, and Leo Tupper, River
ton. The team was coached and
accompanied by Prof. R. R. Thai
man of the department of animal
husbandry.
The Nebraskans as a team were
first In hog judging, second on
horses, fifth on sheep and ninth
on cattle. They are expected to
return home Tuesday alter visit
ing the stables at Arlington
Downs, Texas.
Student chem engineers
plan Wednesday party
The student branch of the
American Society of Chemical En
gineers will sponsor a party in the
Union on Wednesday evening at
7:30. There will be free smokes
and refreshments, as well as
games and other recreation.
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Enrollment, costs jump.. I
large for effective teaching; and
to meet student demands for
broader offerings in some fields.
2. To award small increases in
salary to some of the best faculty
members who have distinguished
themselves as research scholars
and as teachers, in order that the
university may retain their serv
ices. 3. To provide funds for read
justments in some departments,
schools and colleges necessary to
bring them up to minimum stand
ards required by accrediting
agencies.
4. To purchase laboratory and
classroom equipment and books
for the library needed for effec
tive instruction and adequate re
search facilities.
5. To pay the necessarily in
creased cost of heating, lighting,
janitor service and upkeep of the
new buildings and improvements.
6. To increase the staff and pro
vide additional facilities required
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1939.
Coeds ballot
forAWS body
tomorrow
Misses Lau, Clemans
run for presidency; 12
other posts to be filled
Women of the university will
vote In a new governing board
tomorrow when polls open at 9
o'clock in Ellen Smith and Home
Economics hall for the annual As
sociated Women Students board
election.
Janet Lau, Delta Gamma and
Virginia Clemans, Pi Beta Phi are
vying for the presidency. Senior
candidates for membership are
Jean Hooper, Harriet Lewis, Pa
tricia Pope, Emma Marie Schutt
loffel, Peggy Sherburn, Mary Steu
teville, Elizabeth Waugh and
Selma Zveltel.
Juniors running for the posi
tions are Helen Abel, Marian
Bradstreet, Lucile Thomas, Tess
Cassady, Marian Miller, Janet
Harris, Jean Simmons, Patricia
Sternberg.
Sophomore aspirants are Natalie
Burns, Jean Carnahan, Ben Alice
Day, Gall Ferguson, Elaine Jor
dan, Miriam Rubnitz, Shirley
Russeland, Dorothy White.
Four senior, Junior and sopho
more members are chosen, one
from each group must be a barb
girl The defeated candidate for
the presidency will automatically
have a position on the new board.
Barbs plan spring
banquet, picnic
Council delays decision
on dates of affairs
New committees were appointed
' and plans launched for the barb
spring banquet and the barb
spring picnic at the Monday meet
ing of the barb council.
The committee are: Program,
Rosalie Stuart, chairman, Dwight
Bonham and Francis Woodard;
promotion, Bee Ekblad, chairman,
Dean Worcester and George Gos
tas; membership, Duane Essam
and Velma Ekwall, co-chairmen
and Jean Schuler; publicity, Ells
worth Steele, chairman, Duane
Willey, George Gostas, Quen Hur
ley and Art Hendrickson, Barb
Bulletin editor; finance, Erie Con
stable, chairman and Betty Ann
Duff; chaperons, Marlon Staley;
organizations, Duane Essam,
chairman, Jane DeLatour and
Francis Woodard.
NU status endangered.. I
for the schools of nursing, music
and social work.
7. To coordinate the adminis
trative departments so that they
can function with a greater effi
ciency and effectiveness.
8. To establish a bureau of in
structional research which will
subject the entire educational pro
gram to a job-analysis comparable
to that now employed by the best
commercial and industrial firms.
Commenting on the proposed
budget when it was first sub
mitted to the governor, the re
gents said, "The university can
continue to exist merely in name
and in fact on a budget no larger
than the one for the biennium just
closing; but its star of glory will
continue to wane and its curve of
quality will descend to the point
that our coveted membership in
tha Association of American Uni
versities will be in jeopardy, and
we shall be unable to maintain
even the respectable minimum of
board bill heard
Unicameral committee takes
no action on Miller proposal
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C. S. BOUCHER.
Union cancels
Thomas convo
Speaker unable to fulfill
Tuesday engagement
Indefinite postponement of the
James Shelby Thomas convoca
tion scheduled for Tuesday morn
ing wa3 called by Union director
Van Sant because of the serious
illness of Dr.
Thomas" sister
In Florida. No
attempt will be
made to secure
a b u b s t i t ute
siionlcer. Van
h Kant Bald.
The poul pone
mont was an
iiomicc'l yester
day on receipt
of a telegram
from Dr. Thom
as who was
leaving Pots
d a m, N ,Y.,
Journal, wueru no 13
.1,. ShHhy TI.PJesj,lcnt 0f tll,e
Clarkson col
lege of Technology. Dr. Thomas is
an -executive of the Chrysler In
stitute, distinguished lecturer, ed
ucator, historian and economist.
"New Frontiers lor Young Peo
ple" was to be the title of the
scheduled address, winch was to
be sponsored jointly by the Union
and tne convocation committee.
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Lawrence speaks
on cooperatives
YM group seeks facts
on consumer co-ops
J. F. Lawrence, of the ng exten
sion division, will speak before a
meeting of the new Y. M. C. A.
commission for the study of con
sumer co-operatives on the topic
"Organization of Consumer Co-operatives"
tomorrow evening at fi
o'clock when that group meets in
the Y rooms at the Temple.
Purpose of the commission,
which is being conducted under
the sponsorship of the campus
Y. M. C. A. is to study the co
operative movement, conccntrat
lng on discovering the feasibility
of the establishment of more stu
dent co-operatives.
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Need more instructors..
standards necessary to retain ac
credited status among the numer
ous national accrediting agencies
to whom we are accountable tor
the various parts of our program."
The regents were principally
concerned with the university's
distinction cf being one of the
country's few universities to have
membership in the Association of
American Universities, as they
submitted the budget.
"We have already received no
tice of conditions necessary to at
tain accredited status for some
parts of our program, and have
received indications of conditions
that must be met to maintain
accredited status for other parts,"
they said.
"During the last three bienni
ums, our actual standing and our
relative standing have been low
ered among the leading universU
tics."
1 (See BUDGET on page 4.)
Senator would place all
higher institutions of
learning under one body
Senator A. L. Miller's bill pro
viding for the placing of the Uni
versity of Nebraska and the state
normal schools under one board,
received its hearing in the Edu
cationa committee, yesterday af
ternoon. The committee adjourned
without taking any action upon
the bill, due to the absence of
three of its members.
Appearing before the committee
on behalf of the university were
Regent Robert Devoe, Chancellor
C. S. Boucher, and Finance Secre
tary L. E. Gunderson.
Devoe urges caution.
Devoe advocated a more thor
ough study of the plan before it
was submitted to the unicameral.
He felt that either a legislative
council or the Planning Eoaid
should take the bill and "burough"
into it during the lapse of time
between the current meeting of
the unicameral and the '41
session.
Chancellor Boucher advocated
Devoe's suggestion that the bill
should be turned over to either
the Planning Board or a legisla
tive council where it could be
more thoroughly examined. He
commented that already, the Statfc
Planning board is investigating
the plan with the aid of a person
outside the state of Nebraska, and
(See MILLER BILL on page 2.)
Klubtrycuts
held tonight
Choose 'pony chorus
three main characters
Male campus showgirls will vie
for places In the Kosmet Klub's
"pony chorus for "Alias Aladdin '
tonight at 7:30 in Teachers', room
14. Tryouts wil also De held for
three principal parts which have
not yet been filled.
The eight or ten selected as
"pony chorus" members in a dual
capacity, being a harem for the
Caliph of Bagdad, Everett ' Duke"
Drger, as well. An attempt will be
made to get a chorus wiiich can
perform as smoothly as possible.
"We want boys with rythm," said
Bob Gannon, business manager of
the Klub.
Still want towel man.
Yet to be filled is the part of
loquacious J. P. Trockmorton,
American Turkish Towel repre
sentative who is trying to secure
the endorsement of the Caliph for
his towels, which will guarantee
their better reception by the buy
ing public in the states.
Two lovers will be selected to
night. They are Jane Throckmor
ton, charming daughter of the
towel magnate, and Bob Ilorton,
young, smooth, just out of college
and assistant to J. P., who keep
the romance going from Bagdad
to Mecca and back.
The show, written by Ed Steeves
and Bruce Campbell, journalism
seniors, is Bet for April 17-22.
Tickets are on sale now by Kos
, met Klub workers.