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DAILY NEBRASKAN FRIDAY, MARCn 21, 1939 FOTm Acuity QU&laA&mv Official Newspaper of More Than 6.000 Students THIRTY -EIGHTH YEAR Office Union Building Day B7181. Night B719J. Journal-B3$3S Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Member Nebraska Cress Association, 1938-39 Represented for National Advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE. INC. 420 Madison Ave. New Vork. 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 ol 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 postoffice in Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. and at special rate of post.ige provided for in Section 1103. Act of Octoter 3. 1917. Authorised 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 DeBron, Norman Harris, Ellsworth Steele, Fern Steute ville. Ed Wittenberg. Society Editor Margaret Krause BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Managers .Arthur Hill. Robert Seidel. Helen Sclera. Circulation Manager .... .. Stanley Michael PREPARE FOR HELL Mr. 1-eoii Thomson, secretary of llio No hra.ska LYacc Council, announce! that he was "lUsturhoil" to see 1 lint the University lv. O. T. V. was 1o slain.' a sham battle for the cam pus suosl.. the State Tress association. "Incon gruous'' was his word to describe the man euvers staged at a time when actual war is taking men's lives in Europe. l'ut more in congruous are his own suggestions to shut our eyes to military training when there is already war activity in other parts of the world that may engulf oven unwilling America at any time. Mr. Thomson, even drilling in Sunday clothes without the writhing, the pain, and the blood of war, connotates a thought no man can shake. We are not living in the world of even 20 short years ago. The mov ing pictures, the wirephoto, the newspaper of today have imprinted horrible war pic tures in the minds of every American so in delibly that no brisk music, no crack squad can erase their sharpness. The World War, fought to save democ racy, the world and no one knows how many other ideologies, in reality saved nothing. It was not the war to end wars. Its peace only pavod the way for more grievances and more wars. And, Mr. Thomson, nowhere in all. the world will you find a group more solidly agreed to fight for peace than newspapermen, liut even they cannot discard the thought that there are wars exist ant now, and there will be more in the future. Military historians are agreed that the United States entered five or six of its ma jor wars almost totaly unpreparedwithout competent officers and without sufficient or up-to-date equipment. It is obvious that the price of unpreparedness is wastefulness in material and time, but crime is added to wastefulness when to its price is added an incomprehensible number of lives. It is this nation's duty to give to its enlisted men in any next war, sufficient numbers of well educated and well-qualified officers. It is not the incompetent leaders who suffer in war fare, but the dependent and often helpless doughboys. Today's sham battle will not show the state's newspapermen that we glorify war or clap hands at uniforms and march music. It will show them instead that the university is ful filling its first bound duty to educate its stu dents for life. The short history of our coun try shows a military conflagration almost once in every generation. If the university is to ac complish its natural aims, it must prepare its students for life as they will really find it, even if that does include consideration of this world's most dreaded thought. That the university is keeping pace with the times will be shown in the new methods and new regulations which will be displayed this afternoon when the sham battle rolls forth. Legislators hear U. heads second time Ag college dean tells of loss ag extension slash would cause Appearing before the legislature appropriations committee for the second time, yesterday, Chancellor C. S. Boucher and Finance Secre tary L. E. Gunderson reviewed the university's proposed budget for the next biennium. Most of the afternoon session was spent discussing the parts of the budget winch are not included in the general university fund. $36,000 loss. With Dean W. W. Burr of the Ag college, the Chancellor and Mr. Gunderson told members of the committee that an $18,000 Ag extension cut would result in $36,000 loss for the Ag college. This loss is explained by the fact that in this particular fund, the federal government matches the state allotments dollar for dollar. In the governor's budget, the fund for the operation and main tenance of the University hospital in Omaha was cut by $24.0(n. Ac cording to Gunderson, Sticn a cut would result in the closing down of probably one of the wards in the hospital. When queried as to why the board of regents ongi nnlly petitioned the governor for a $10,003 increase over the last biennium, Chancellor Boucher told committeemen that new regula tions and testa for student nurses who ordinarily care for the pa tients at the hospital, force them to spend more time with their studies which results in a shortage of help. This $10,000 would be used to employ a few full time nurses. Further action on the budget will be taken next week. 9L by June Bierbower Lawrence Perry's meanderinga concerning Chancellor C. S. Bouch er's academic and athletic policies, may have been, like so many other figments of the brains of us sports scribes, simply something to fill in during the slack season in sports activities. Perry, in case you haven't read the article, began with an asser tion tliat Pitt's purity course in. athletics will eventually lead them to. a berth in the Big Ten, and that Nebraska, heretofore men tioned as possible western confer ence candidate, is being considered with misgivings because of Bouch er's activities at the University of Chicago, where Perry says he "de vised and put into effect" the Chi cago plan of education which, as you know, by establishing high scholastic standards, has cut down on athletic material which enters Chicago. Perry states, in addition: "It ia regarded as foregone that the chancellor eventually will do things to a scholastic system al ready comprehensive and quite sufficiently rigid." Von Seggern Named Head Cox, Edgecombe fill executive offices K. M. Von Seggern, editor of the West Point Republican and mem ber of the Nebraska state legisla ture, was elected president of the NPA today to succeed S. W. Thur ber of Tecumseh. Named to the vice-presidency was Ralph Cox of Arapahoe. Von Seggern previously occupied the office. Frank O. Edgecombe of Ge neva was re-elected treasurer for 19.19. New in cm hers of the board of directors are Guy Ludi of Wahoo and Kd Apking of Curtis who were named for two-year terms. Parke F. Keays of Broken Bow was re elected to the board for two years. Holdover members of the board are W C. Wood of Gering. J. C Voline of Auburn and S. H. Mc Caw of Norfolk. Editors hear Boucher tonight- ''.'..', i ' .. , . 'J ': I : r ' .r J Press group takes recession, depression, drouth in stride. From social body started in 1859, association now includes 87 percent of eligible newspapers Pictured above is Chancellor C. S. Boucher of the Unioversity of Nebraska who will address mem bers of the state press associa tion at the dinner this evening. Oregon State college has areas fainted on its sidewalks to indi cate where students may light cig arettes, where they may throw them nway. BY DALE M. JOHNS From its first spark of life as The Editors' and Publishers' Asso ciation of Nebraska in 1859, eight' years before this state was ad mitted to the Union, the Nebraska Press association has grown thru drouth, republican depressions, democrat recessions and grass hopper plagues until today it in cludes 330 of the 378 Nebraska newspapers eligible for member ship, or more than 87 percent. Started as a social group that indulged in everything in the na ture of entertainment from boat ing and fishing to replacing pas tors in their pulpits for rousing "grass roots" Sunday sermons, the society turned the corner in 191C, when a ycar-around office for the secretary and field manager was established in Lincoln. Business Scope Widens. Today all phases of the news paper business from country cor respondents to national advertis ing comes under the association's surveillance. One pre-1916 convention was held on the Epworth park grounds south of Lincoln. Fishing and boating were plentiful, a band made up wholly of newspapermen and led by Frank Harrison fur nished entertainment, and a cow was given Mrs. Villers E. Schoc nauer of Plainview for coming the greatest distance. On June 3, 1913, several Omaha pastors absented themselves from their pulpits in favor of the asso ciation's convention and stained glass windows rattled with the doctrines of newspapermen. Today most of these activities have disappeared and the 1939 convention, 66th in the 80 year history of the association, is more concerned with regaining lost na tional advertising, building busi ness thru classified ads, promotion, circulation, and salesmanship. Reynolds First President. Thirteen newspapermen met at the Herndon House in Omaha on Dec. 6, 1859 and formed the orig inal organization. R. W. Furnas, editor of the Brownville Adver tiser and elected governor of Ne braska in 1873, was the first vice president, while M. W. Reynolds, then editor of the Nebraska City News, was elected president Five years later another conven tion was held, this time at Ne braska City, when a call arose for united action to adopt uniform subscription and advertising rates. The subscription price of weeklies was placed at $2.50 per year; dailies $1.00 per month; legal and transient ads $1.50 per square inch for the first insertion and $1 for subsequent insertions. After a third meeting in 1870, a group of publishers met in the old capitol on Feb. 14, 1873 to or ganize the Nebraska Press associ ation. On Feb. 27 a constitution and bylaws were formally adopted and Charles H. Gere, founder of the Nebraska State Journal USG7), was elected president. There was no convention in 1874 but except for 1884 and 1885, an nual meetings have been held. Buck First Field Manager. Since 1916, field managers have played a prominent part in the functions of the Nebraska Press association. The first field man ager was Ole Buck, who served until his death in 1931. His daughter, Naomi, carried on his work until the following conven tion, when Park Keyes, now con nected with the Custer County Chief, became field manager. Vernon Sanford took over the duties In March. 1934, and was re placed by Fred J. Minder, the pres ent field manager, in August when Sanford accepted a similar posi tion with the Oklahoma Press association. Brainerd (Continued from Page 1) he worked for "Doc" Miller, foun der of the Omaha Herald, and later wrote for Edward Rose water's old Omaha Bee. With years of newspaper experi ence behind him, still young, Brainerd struck out in the Ne braska community and farm paper field, and before he left it, had edited six papers. Milford, Sutton, Chester, Hebron, Pleasant dale and Beaver Crossing all knew Rrainerd-edited publications. The Pleasantdale Quiz and the Beaver Crossing Bugle were two papers that he edited in Milford, from where he took them "on horseback, on foot, or somehow" to Pleasantdale and Beaver Cross ing. Headed NPA in 1914. A member of the Nebraska State Press association as far back as he can remember, Mr. Brainerd sat in the president's chair oX the organization ia 1814- Almost in his 82nd year now, memories of the past 00 years which he has spent in Nebraska remain with him. Names of friends and foes, professional and political, light up the past for him and make it great. In telling of his 81st birthday, he told also, without meaning to, of the sincere recpect and admira tion that workers in the state house hold for him. Workers and readers in the of fice had piled his desk high with candy, fruits, and other presents, enough, he said, "to last him the rest of his days." Still goes to office. He still makes hts daily trips to the state historical society office every afternoon, for he lives just across the street from the capitol with his wife, whom he calls the "best woman God ever put on this e-irth." Hi desk is cluttered with glue, paste brush, scissors, and clip pings. Lining the left hand side of the historical society office are hundreds of clippings and pictures which reveal a newspaper history of the state. In 1925, Mr. Brainerd made up one of a' group of some 15 "old- timers. That was 14 years ago. On a small book shelf above his typewriter in his home, across from the state house, there were several modern college books, Zo ology and Sociology were two of the courses whose texts were there. Henry Allen Brainerd is part of the State Press association. He fulfills his duties as historian faithfully and capably. When the reported sent to interview him talked to him. he was typing a complete list of the presidents and secretaries of the association since its founding. Saturday Session 9:00 Presentation of E. M. Von Seggern, West Point, as new NI'A president by 8. W. Thurber, Tecumseh, retiring president. Address by Mr. Von Seggern. 9:30 -Promotion, the Key to Local and National Advertis ing, Dave Vandivier, Chickasha, (Okla.) Express. Resolutions. 10:30 Ways to Make Money from Circulation, Floyd L. Hockenhull of Chicago, pub lisher of Circulation Manage ment. General discussion "My Best 1938 Idea," Adjournment Luncheon and meeting of board of directors. Luncheon and roundtable dis cussion. Daily Ad-Maaagera. Boucher's academic activities at the University of Nebraska have not as yet affected the athletio material the Huskers are getting, and Perry has but supposition on which to base the assertion that they will. Of course, if the state's uni cameral legislature closes the purse strings to this school as they've been doing recently, re duced enrollment will be necessary if the school is to retain its pres ent scholastic standing. And re duction of enrollment may, prob ably will, take some athletic ma terial from the school. But whether or not it or a ty administrative policy would, the fact remains that a university, is, after all, a place for education, and any effect the carrying out of its educational purpose may have on athletics ought to be accepted, altho it seldom is, we'll admit. Boucher's opinion of the whole affair, is that Perry, having noth ing else to write about during this "dry" season, came thru with his article. Perry, a close follower of t Nebraska athletics, may have seen - an account of Boucher's remarks at a speech in Columbus the other night Charley Brock had preceded the chancellor with a talk in the course of which he stated that Ne braska is well enough off in the Big Six that the other Big Six teams were catching up with the Huskers, etc. Boucher, who gave the main speech of the evening, added his remarks to Charley s, as he backed Brock's statement He said that he'd oppose Nebraska's entrance into the Big Ten that the Big Six was, at far as he knew, a very orderly league, and that it is a better organization. Basis for the latter remark is the fact that he was Chicago's faculty representa tive In the Big Ten white serving as a dean at that school. Anyway all of this Big Ten talk, as Boucher and many others have stated, doesn't seem to take into consideration the fact that Ne- p braska has never been invited to join the Big Ten. That bridge can be crossed when it's reached, not before. Nebraska's chancellor, who from his first days here has praised the school's clean athletic policy and the character and ability of its leader, Biff Jonea, certainly has no quarrel with the athletic depart in cut, and as we aaid before any educational policies which might be adopted here will be for the benefit of the school, even tho they may incidentally effect to some degree, its athletic attainments. 25 Kansas journalists get practical experience editing Topeka daily LAWRENCE, Has., Mar. 22 Journalism students at the Uni versity of Kansas got some first hand experience at editing a news paper Monday, this week, when 25 of them went to Topeka to put out the Monday issue of the To peka Daily Capital The embryo Journalists took charge of all departments of the . paper, wrote the editorials, did the columns, reported and took care of the make-up of the paper.