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Boucher tells
faculty no
change till '40
More students, no
greater appropriations
have created problem
"Facing the university today is
a choice between two policies,
namely an increase of income
through increased student fees, or
a limitation of enrollment," stated
Lincoln journal.
CHANCELLOR C. S. BOUCHER.
... no changes 'til '40
Chancellor C S. Boucher before
the faculty homecoming dinner in
the Student Union Friday evening.
"No change," he continued, "will
be made in cither direction prior
to September, 1940. When a de
cision is made it may be advisable
to combine these two policies in
moderation rather than attempt
to use either one of them alone to
the extent that would be necessary
to solve the problem."
The chancellor explained that if
the standard is to be maintained
there must be a solution to the
problem of relieving the lack of
balance between university in
come and student enrollment.
To consider both methods.
"Whether one or both of these
methods should be adoted to re
dress the balance between income
and enrolment and thus make
possible the administration of an
effective program, must be given
serious consideration during com
ing weeks."
Chancellor Boucher referred to
the legislature as sympathetic to
the problems of the university but
that the needs of other state
agencies and the economic condi
(See BOUCHER page 6)
Barb heads plan
meet for Monday
Councilors will select
committees for year
The first official meeting of the
new Barb council will be held
Monday afternoon at 5 in room
307 of the Union. Committees for
the coming year will be selected
and plans for future actions of the
council will be discussed at this
meeting.
President Erie Constable urges
that each of the 18 members of
the group be present Monday af
ternoon. The membership of the
Barb council consists of two
sophomores, four juniors and two
seniors elected i'l last spring's
elections, two men and two women
holdover members from last year's
council, and lastly of three mem
bers each from the Barb union
and the Barb A. W. S.
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Diplomacy takes forefront
as nation weighs neutrality
By Woerner and Steele
World diplomacy has stolen the stage from Europe's marching
armies as America battles over neutrality legislation and Slavic offi
cials weigh carefully the advantages and disadvantages of friendship
with the Allies and with Russia and Germany. Italy is making a
strong bid to localize the war, an attempt doomed to failure.
Most endangered by the course of events are Rumania and Hun
gary. Within its boundaries King Carol's country has the rich agri
cultural region of Bessarabia, a former Russian possession which Stalin
is anxious to recover, a slice of what was Greater Bulgaria, Transyl
Ticket money
must be paid
Tuesday
Student body-faculty
section includes 6,000
seats in east stadium
Student activity tickets at $5
each will go on reserve Tuesday,
Sept. 26 and 27 according to an
announcement bv John K. Selleck,
athletic business manager. Stu
dents desiring tickets will turn in
their money at the athletic office
in the coliseum on the 26th. Draw
ings will be made immediately
thereafter by Harold Niemann,
editor of the DAILY NEBRAS
KAN. Reservations will be given
out on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Approximately 6,000 tickets In
the first 30 rows of the east sta
dium between the 20 yard lines,
have been held for student and
(See SALES page 5)
U. P. awards
send 71 toNU
Dean lauds railroad for
Carl Gray scholarships
Approximately 71 Nebraska stu
oVnts. recently declared winners
of $100 Union Pacific scholarships,
are expected to complete their reg
istration in the university college
of agriculture this fall, Dean Burr
said Friday.
In the 18 years the awards have
been made, 845 Nebraska students
hnvp made use of them. K. O
Reed, supervisor of the agricul
tural and industrial development
for the railroad, announced in a
letter to Chancellor Boucher. Total
scholarship payments in the state
amounted to $39,954.32, June 1.
On recommendation of President
W. M. Jeffers. the scholarships,
awarded annually to high school
bovs and rirls in the 11 states
served by the railroad, will hence
forth be known as the Carl Ray
mond Gray scholarships, in honor
of the late president
Scholarships Honor Gray.
"It is impossible to estimate the
full benefit of these scholarships
to Nebraska students," Dean Burr
stated. "In naming the scholar
ships in honor of Mr. Gray, Prcni
dent Jeffers and the Union Pacific
are paying a fitting tribute to a
man who was keenly interested in
the future of agriculture."
The scholarships are available
to 4-H club members and to stu
dents of agriculture In vocational
high schools. Awards are based 50
percent on quality and quantity of
project work, 30 percent on char
acter interest and scholastic stand
ing, and 20 percent on records
kept.
Since Inauguration of the schol
arship plan, 3.476 boys and girls
over the country nave neen singled
out to receive the awards. Sixty
eight percent of the winners are
now engaged in farming or in va
rious special fields of agricultural
work,
vania which contains 1,500,000
Hungarians, a pro-nazi "iron
guard" and rich oil wells in the
north, object of covetous desires
by Hitler. Hungary is within the
nut-cracker jaws of Germany and
Russia.
In Washington, congress is di
(See NEUTRALITY page 2)
Coeds to learn
of activities
at conference
Mortar Board sponsors
annual round table
scheduled for Sept. 30
The annual Mortar Board stu
dent activities conference will be
held Saturday, Sept. 30, Mary Jo
Henn, conference chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
The conference, scheduled by
the interorganization council of
Mortar Board, is being held for
university women interested in the
extra-curricular activities field.
Freshmen women are especially
invited to attend.
Displays, discussions and talks
on women s activities will con
stitute the program for the after
noon. Speakers, well informed on
the discussion topics will be en
gaged for each roundtable.
To discuss six topics.
Six subjects will be treated
Politics, salesmanship, ag activi
ties, officers' training, student
government and publications.
Registration is scheduled to be
gin at 12:45. Following registra
tion roundtables will be held for
each activity. Those attending will
be divided into discussion groups
There will be two roundtablcs held
simultaneously.
Mary Jo Henn is conference
chairman; Priscilla Wicks, assist
ant chairman; Mary Steuteville
publicity chairman; Jean Hooper,
secretary. Melva Kime and Faith
Medlar are in charge of registra
tion.
Cob prcxy lists
new committees
17 appointees direct
year's club activities
Ralph Reed, president of Corn
Cobs, men's pep club, announced
yesterday the following commit
tees would serve for the school
year, 1939-1940:
Basketball programs Ed Dosek,
Wendell Bayse.
Cornhusker sales Carl Hams
berger, Bob O'Connel, Bob Hunt.
Flower sales Dick Hiatt, Ken
neth Miller, George McMurtrey.
Novelty sales Jules Busker, Bob
Simmons, Keith Gilmore.
Homecoming and spring parties
Edwin Wittenberg, Mylan Ross,
DAILY NEBRASKAN and Aw
rwan subscription drive Marvin
Kruse, Gerald Spahn.
Appointed to serve on the rally
committee, composed of two Corn
Cobs, two Tassels, the presidents
of the two pep clubs, and Corn Cob
sponsor. Col. Frankforter were
Norman Harris and Leo Cookaley
A smoker will be held Tuesday
evening for all male students In
terested in joining Corn Cobs,
Reed announced..
'excellent' raHln
Highest mark awarded
by Commander Bishop
New engineer corps officer to join military staff;
senior engineer unit wins 3 1 out of 32 'excellents'
The Reserve Officers Training Corps unit of Uie university ha
received a general rating of excellent for the academic year of 1933-
1939, according to notification received by Chancellor Boucher from
Maj. Gen. P. P. Bishop, U. S. A., commander of the seventh corps
area with headquarters in Omaha. This excellent, the result of the
Winnacker
to open war
forum series
Dr. Rudolph Winnacker, profes
sor of history, will discuss "the
European war and the United
States," Thursday, Sept. 28, in the
first of a series of forums on war
Lincoln Journal.
PROF. RUDOLPH WINNACKER
. . . opens war forum series.
sponsored by the college of arts
and sciences and the Student
Union.
Professor Winnacker will dis
cuss only the latest aspects and
implications of the war situation.
The forums will be held at 4
p. m. each Thursday in room 316
of the Union. Each program will
include a 20 minute talk on some
phase of the war by a faculty
member, and a general discussion.
The policy of keeping discussion
on up to the minute topics will
prevail throughout the series, ac
cording to Union Director Van
Sant.
Series to continue during war.
Speakers will interpret every
side of the European conflict in
cluding chemical warfare, mili
tary strategy, American neutral
ity and economic effects. The se
ries will continue as long as the
war does, Van Sant said, if stu
dents are interested.
The DAILY NEBRASKAN will
continue to bring students the lat
est news flashes received over its
special news service, on the bul
letin located in the Union lobby.
Troop movements are indicated by
colored pins on a large map.
Summaries of the war situation
will be posted at 8 a. m., 10 a. m.,
12 noon, 1 p. m., 4 p. m. and 6
p. m. Important flashes will be
posted as soon as they are re
cieved. Beg
your pardon I
Inadvertently, the pledge pin of
Theta Xi was not described in an
article on Greek pledge identifica
tion badges appearing in last Fri
day's NEBRASKAN. The Theta
XI pledge pin is a blue shield with
a white stripe running across It
diagonally from right to left.
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annual inspection last May is the
highest rating which can be given
to an R. O. T. C. unit.
Because of the excellent report
of the engineering work the gen
eral has requested the adjutant
general in Washington to assign
an additional engineering corps
non-commissioned officer to the
university.
Credit increase praised.
"It is pleasing to note the in
crease in credit hours allotted to
the students of the college of en
gineering who take the advanced
course in the engineer unit," Gen
eral Bishop's letter said. "Read
justments have been made in the
advanced course quotas which will
permit a greater number of stu
dents to enroll in the advanced
course of the engineer unit. The
advanced course enrollment quota
now allotted to the University of
Nebraska totals 348."
The units, rated on 135 subjects
received 109 "excellents," 26 "sat
lsfactories,'' and no "unsatisfac
tories." The senior division engi
neer unit was ranked "excellent"
in 31 of 32 subjects of instruc
tion. Beside ratings in instruction
and the "excellent" rating of the
unit, the corps was graded on
three other classifications. In for
mations, including military tone,
and seriousness, in class room
conduct and courtesy, in general
appearance and courtesy of con
duct and attitude out of ranks
and still in uniform the ratings
were all "excellent."
An armory was recommended
by the inspecting officer of the
infantry in the report to Chan
cellor Boucher. "There is no place
m inclement weather for drill in
struction indoors, which is a se
rious handicap to this unit. The
space for outdoor training is quite
limited. The building used by the
infantry and engineer units for
classrooms has been condemned
for a number of years. There
should be an armory by all means.
Also, I recommend that better fa
cilities be given the infantry and
engineer units for the storage of
clothing, arms and equipment."
Colonel Raymond W. Briggs,
Field Artillery, Colonel Ralph W,
Dusenberry, Infantry, Major Ed
win P. Ketchan, Corps of Engi
neers, and Major Larry McHala,
Field Artillery.
Peltier writes article
Dr. George L. Peltier, chairman
of the department of chemistry, is
co-author of an article discussing
the "Distribution and Prevalence
of Ozoniura Root Rot In the She
terbelt Planting Area of Oklaho
ma," which was published in a re
cent issue of Phytopathology.
Yearbook takes staff
applications yet today
Applications are still being
received at the Cornhusker
effice for positions on the 1940
yearbook staff, Irvin Sherman
business manager stated yester
day. All students Interested In
working on the business staff
should report to the business
office Monday afternoon while
those seeking positions on the
editorial staff should see Orval
Hager, editor of the book.
Eligibility requirements are
the same as those for all uni
versity activities. A staff mem
ber must have carried 27 hours
in good standing last year, 12
hours of which were carried
during last semester.