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1 f TWO FEATUKES DAILY NEBHASKAN WEDNESDAY, IVIAHCII 22, 1939 Official Newspaper of More Titan 6,000 Studentt THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR Offices Day B7181. Night- . .Union -B7193. Building Journal B3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press. Member Nebraska Press Association, 1938-39 1938-39 Represented for National Advertising bv NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE. INC. 420 Madison Ave. New York. N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Mon. days and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by students of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are $1.00 Per Semester or $1.50 for the College Year, $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the postoftice In Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided tor In Section 1103. Act of Octcter 3. 1917, Authorized January 20, 1922. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD KAPLAN BUSINESS MANAGER RICHARD M'GINNIS EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Merrill Englund, Harold Niemann. News Editors June Bierbower, Richard DeBrOAin, Norman Harris, Ellsworth Steele. Fern Steute. vllle, Ed Wittenberg. Society Editor Margaret Krause BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Managers Arthur Hill, Robert Seldel, Helen Severa. Circulation Manager Stanley Michael PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT Every undergraduate student who enters the University of Nebraska swears a solemn oath to "advance himself in scholarship and to cultivate those social activities which make for good citizenship." n return for this promise made in pood faith that opportunities for pur suance of those principles will he placed at his disposal, the university in. reality guarantees nothing. Thru a series of budget reductions since 1933, the pursuance of these goals is hardly mad possible. This is the state of af fairs of which the Unicameral education com mittee must become cognizant if it is to deal wisely with the situation at hand. It is not primarily the future of the uni versity which is at stake. Instead it is some thing far more important, far more vital to the welfare of the state which must be con sidered. Not the university, not the institu tion, but the students, the seekers of the ad vantages of higher education, are the ones who will bare the full brunt of inadequate facilities and inferior instructors. This fact was brought forcefully to view this week when Chancellor Voucher and the board of regents announced a probable reduc tion in the school of music faculty unless an unexpected, large appropriation be rendered the university. As one of the leaders in the field of radio instruction for students and the nation's first school to broadcast lessons for rural school chorus work, the crippling is evi dent that will be done both to students and to the state's rural communities through neces sary shaving of the faculty. Unwilling unless forced by the will of the legislature .to continue the downward trend, university officials have offered three plans to the education committee, only one of which resigns the state university and its students to continued loss of standing among the educational institutions of the country. That plan is the one easiest for the legisla tors to pass. That plan is the one which will do the most damage. Tlan number two for the education com mittee is the ideal one the one that would make the whole story end with a rosy hue, the one that is least likely to be accepted. It pro vides for an increased appropriation over that of the last biennium. With the passage of this suggestion the university would be enabled to check its declining quality it would be en abled to some extent to employ additional and better instructors, to award slightly increased salaries, to readjust certain departments, thus bringing them up to the minimum standards of recognized accrediting agencies, to provide more adequate facilities for both instruction and research. In the face of economic conditions which seem to predict almost certain defeat of the above plan, legislators must take upon them selves nerve to face something entirely new and foreign to their previous conceptions of educational policies. They must refuse to al low their prosperity engendered views of the university influence their appreciation of suggestions of qualified professional educa tors. These educators have turned their eyes from the frontiersman's idea of more schools, to the sensible and modern demand for bet ter schools. They believe more is to be gained in a more exacting and better quality univer sity education for less students, than in the wholesale distribution tof degrees to anyone with mere intelligence enough to reman in the institution for four years. Upon these conceptions is based the third plan of the regents decreasing the number of students by grealer dismissals in early years, raising fees, or heightening entrance require ments. Such a plan wouU enable the univer sity, without additional funds to accomplish the many needed improvements and revisions in its colleges and departments. In short, such a plan would spell the answer to a good many of the university's major difficulties. Decreased enrollments would mean much lower per capita cost for education, thus leav ing extra funds for increased salaries, addi tional facilities, and the multitude of evils ex istent in the present money pressed institution. From the opposite view of the proposed pic ture, 1he plan would eliminate from the uni versity the heavy costs of students who attend merely because it lias become a social custom without regard for their mental aptitudes, ca pacities, or educational needs. Members of the legislature: University officials are not listing the only paths open to you, they are merely suggesting from their qualified capacities, the moves they deem most desirable for the welfare of the state. Choose wisely. Our future lies in your hands. i (paAadsL D.A.R. iiiiiiib: Far less concerned about the incident than their professional brothers. the collecg press nevertheless heatrily condemned the reported refusal by the Daughters of the American Revolution of the use of their hall for a conceit by Marian Anderson, called bv many tho world's greatest singer. "Since they make so much of their Revolutionary connections, the ladies of the D. A. R. ought to remember that the soldiers in that war were mostly common Ameri cans themselves. And in that fight the Americans were seeking just the freedom and tolerance which the D. A. R. is doing its best to abolish," said the Cornell Univer sity "Sun'' of the incident. More vigorous in its denuncia tion of the act, the Muhlenberg College "Weekly" had this to say "The D. A. R. has finally declared itself. The perpetuation of the most dastardly stunt in the annals of this supposedly super-patriotic organization has placed the group beyond the pale of right thinking Americans. ' DEWEY The victory in "Jfr New York of N famed racket buster Thomas E. Dewey in the spectacular trial of James J. Hines, Tammany hall politician, has r.iade the former the number one candidate of repub lican collegians for the G.O.P. nomination for the presidency in 1940. While congratulating Mr. Dewey for gaining another victory in his long fight for clean government in what was once one of the most crime ridden cities in the U. S., college commentators predicted that he would add great strength to any ticket the republicans could devise to head the smash Roose velt drive. Typical of the comment by col legians is this statement from the University of Minnesota Daily: "This last conviction seems to have won him almost complete support of the New York republicans and likely has added many new back ers in republican ranks thruout the nation. If the republican party is convinced that New York is the key state for 1940 it will probably Uni psychologist's moke tests at Genera school As a part of the regular tesU ing service of the university, ex- J a miners from the department of educational psychology and meas urements spent Friday interview ing and testing girls at the Gen eva training school. Those mak ing the trip were Dr. W. R. Bailer and Miss Leona Failor of the de partment staff; Marshall Hiskey, Lincoln, graduate student, and Harold Salter, educational directof of the state board of control. j )) r riVff ,i I (C I neu4 I hr I the I BARRED jbardl NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE A Sensation In Chicago, A Furore in New York, The colored "Mikado" Wowed Radio audiences Sunday last. The Novelty and Catchlness Of "swung" Gilbert and Sullivan Carried Even over the air. But the Ether waves Couldn't tote the Heat waves That emanate From the Flesh and blood production. When colored folk Swing out They swing Wide and handsome. There Need be no Artificial stimulant, No mood-setting; The weather And the temperature Don't count. Most publicized Of all the Swing-time Mikado tunes Is "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring." Reckless abandon Abounds as Sarong-garbed Dusky torsos Truck And peck And Suzy Q To the Mid-Victorian Ditty with Built in Swing. In white Instead of Black rhythm, The innovation Would Recm Sad indeed. But with The spontaneity And natural "ump" Of the Colored cast Swinging corpuscles Course Through even Hardened critics' Arteries. Spring Foments Healthy animal spirits In all of us On the dance floor. But with Black folk The flowers That bloom the spring, Tra la, Have nothing To do with the caac. Zowie! Klub- (Continued from Page 1) of sizo and shapes, in general they all fit the standard measurements based upon average sizes of body portion. Nebraska beauty queens in 1939 in meeting the standards of the Kosmet KluD beauty review must display broad 36.6 inch chests curving gradually into muscular 30.3 inch waists. Dancing feet should extend from ankles measuring 9.4 inches in cir cumference. "Calves," pudges of the tryouts revealed, "have swollen this year to 14.5 inches in the form sheets of ideal Nebraska chorus woman." Work begins on dunce routines Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the teachers' college basement, director announced. Speaking cast rehearsals are scheduled for Wed nesday and Thursday evenings, likewise at 7:30 o'clock in the So- ii.il hcience auditorium. Tickets for the snow go on sale the latter part of this week. They will be distributed to the workers at the workers meeting in the Kosmet Klub office at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. All salesmen are requested to be present to se cure a ticket supply. In addition to the Kosmet Klub salesmen, Ma gee's store will handle the sale of tickets this year. Men ... Increasingly Popular Sport Coats and Slacks Sport Goats . . . 9.75 The popular 3-button drape models. New colors in green, blue, gray, tan and brown effects . . . in herringbone, diagonal weaves, checks and plaids. Sport or plain back styles. 1 Slack: 4.95 MM I ( IV; t If V Gabardines, tweeds and worsted fabrics in new basket and herring bone weaves. Assorted stripes and solid tones, with Talon fasteners, and self belts. Choose yt JVew Steven's Tyrolean A good looking casual hat if there ever was one. Made of fine fur felts In a wide selection of seasonal colors. You'll want the Tyrolean to wear with sports clothes, for the campus and for outings all through the spring. 295 Delta Thl Epsllon fraternity has awarded its National Honor Key to Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his work in fostering the cul tural solidarity of the nations of the western hemisphere. -A SNew Jype of Shoes The Basko . . JAade 'By 'Brownbilt Inspired by the woven leather shoes from Mexico. This original style has what it takes to get the utmost com fort out of spring and summer. Woven, flexible, unlined leather it is the light est, most supple shoe you've slipped your foot into. 395 0