EBMSKAI
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 63.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, December 19, 1939.
W8J 3s ramEsedl 3. 8th largest' school in natiom
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Senate group
hears report
on education
Dr. Shumate outlines
higher and secondary
teaching faults
Deeming duplication of work in
higher instiautions of learning as
"both unnecessary and costly," Dr.
R, V. Shumate, head of the leg
islative council research commit-
Here's your exam schedule
Nebraska
has 6771
students
California is tops with
enrollment of 26,004;
Minnesota is second
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PROF. R. V. SHUMATE.
... Reports education's
faults.
tee and university professor, sum
marized educational survey find
ings before the council yesterday.
He pointed out that most dup
lication of work in colleges and
universities was found in connec
tion with graduate study, summer
sessions and correspondence
courses.
Cost over $25,000.
Cost of the survey up to Nov.
21, according to information given
Dr. Shumate by the board, was
over $25,000 the majority of which
was supplied by the national gov
ernment through WPA.
The research director explained
he was not offering any interpre
tations "not clearly indicated in
the studies," nor was he "reading
Into them anything not contained
therein."
Some of the findings cited in
the report were that:
Great inequalities of educational
opportunities exist in Nebraska,
as between and within counties
and some districts having more
than 100 times as much taxable
wealth per school child as others.
Four months of school.
Shumate found in the western
part of the state that 61.5 percent
of the districts maintain nine
months of school, while in the east
ern area percentage was 94.4 per
cent. A few western districts
were found to maintain as little
as four months of school. Fifteen
percent of all children in the west
ern area had less than nine
months school, whereas in the
eastern part only 3 percent were
thus handicapped.
It was felt that these dispari
ties result in part from having
too many school districts, from
too heavy reliance upon the local
property tax as a source cf reve
nue, and from lack of an ade
quate program of state aid.
To correct this situation it was
Suggested school districts be con
solidated, better methods of as
sessing and collecting taxes tz de
vised, the tax base be broadened,
state aid to be expanded, and
normal training gradually eliminated.
Union says
farewell vith
party tonight
First all-student open house
party sponsored by the Union since
the original opening of the build
ing will be held tonight from 7:30
to 9:30 when the Union gives a
Christmas party as its gift to the
students.
All who attend the party should
bring a toy to donate to the Alpha
Phi Omega toy pile. The service
fraternity is sponsoring the toy
project in connection with the
Union affair in order to help a lo
cal social agency extend its Christ
mas cheer to more persons. After
the party the service fraternity
will turn over all toys collected to
the social agency for distribution.
Free drinks.
Tonight's party will feature
caroling, enteitainment by a Ger
man band, and refreshments in
cluding free drinks and sand
wiches. Corn Cobs will help put the
party on and will work behind the
refreshment tables and perform
other service functions.
Students must present identifi
cation cards at the door for ad
mittance to the building that eve
ning. When students enter the
building they will be given tickets
to be exchanged for free refresh
ments. The Christmas party idea is be
ing tried out here for the first time
this year. Up to date no other
Union has reported a similar pro
gram for the holidays. William G.
Tempel will lead the caroling in
the ballroom from 8:30 to 9:30
p. m.
TNlVfcRSITV KX AMI NATION STIIKIWI.
MRST rVKSTKR !
Below is a copv cf the pmiXMiiNl final examination schedule for the current semes
ter. A few changes are M r-rcprnt beinc considered.
(Approved hy tlip Committee November 5S. 1M!
(Printed conies mny be hnd at tlie RcplM'-nr's of lice on or after KrMny, January U
Laboratory claws meetinc for never! continuous hours on one or two days shall
meet for exnnrnattonn an follow:
Classes meeting on Monday or Tuesday shall be examined on the dale sched
uled for the, firnt hour of their lalioraiory meetmp; Wednesday or Thursday classes
cn the second hour of their mertinR: Friday or Saturday classes on the third hour.
I nil examination have bffn scheduled for al sections tn the following suli.terts:
fit Hnsine OroniMitlon 3 and 4; (21 Civil KncineerinR 1: (.11 KcononVcs 11 and 12;
H Kduration 30 and i; (S) Knpineerinc Orientation; (61 Enelish 1, 2. 3. 4: ("1 Fiir
li?h 11; (M French 1 and s; ( Home Koonornles 3, 21 41. 42. 81; (10) Ijitln 5; (11)
Vathematiea 1, ?. 11. 12, 1H. 1(13. 104, in. 11.; (121 Mechanical Knpmeerinp 1 and
14 ; (131 rfj-cholopy TO and Hi; (141 Franish M and 53. If students have repularly
-F hcd.i'ed exaniinat ona cor.';;. !i; c with tilt Rlxwe especially arreted schedule, nr
ranp"ments tn take rueh specially scheduled examinations at another time should be
maile with the depprimrnt concerned on or before January 24. For example: If a
Undent la scheduled for an examination whi(h conflicts with a specially scheduled ex
amination In Frcnrh, arrangement should be made with the French department to
take such French examination at another time.
THIRSDAT, JANUARY 25.
a. m. to 12 m. Classes mectire at 10 a. ra., Tuos., Thura., Sat., or any one r
two of these days.
2 p. m. to 8 p. m.- c;a-ses mertinR at 1 p. tn., five or four due, or Moo., Wed.,
Kr, or any one or two of these days.
3 p. m. to 8 p. m. All sections in Home Economics SU
rRin A V. JAM ART 24.
a. m. to 1J m. Classes meeting at 10 a. m . five or four days, or Vow., Wed.,
Fri., or any one or two of these days.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m.-Classes meetinR at 3 p. m., Tuee., Thura., 3t-, or aoy o ec
two of these days.
1 n. m. to Bp. m. All eectlons in Mechanical Engineering 1.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections in Home Economics 41 and 42. .
2 p. m. to ti p. m. All eectlons in French 1 and 3.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections In Spanish 51 and 53.
2 p. m. to 5 p. in. All sections in Latnl 5.
8 a.
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8ATI ROAV, JANUARY 7.
m. to 10 a. m. Classes meeting at T p. m., Mon., Wed., or Fri.
or Mo., Wed.,
t a. m. to It m.
Doily plans free edition
As a Christmas present to the
student body a free copy of the
DAILY will be presented to
every student and every faculty
member of the university to
morrow morning. If copies are
not already delivered to you
they may.be picked up at ag
hall, social sciences, and the
DAILY office in the Union.
m. to 12 m. All sections in f reshman Kngusn Classes u, z, , e,
m. to 12 m. All sections In English 11.
m. to 12 m. All sections in Mechanical Engineering 114.
10 a. m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at t p. m. Tuea. or Thurs.
2 p. m. to 6 p. m. classes meeting at 3 p. m., five or four days
an., or any on or two 01 wese aays.
MONDAY, JANUARY IS.
I L m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 11 a. m., Tuea., Thura., Bat, or any om
or two of the days.
1 p ra. to t p. in. Classes meeting at 5 p. m., five or four daya, or Hoa... Wed.,
Fri., or any one or two of these days.
If. a to S p. m. Classes meeting at 9 p. m., Tuea., Thura., Sat., or anjr on e
two of these days.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections In Psychology TO and M.
2 p.m. to 5 p. m. All sections tn Business On? animation I aad 4.
2 p. m. to s p. m. All sections la Education M and S3.
TITICAnAT. JANUARY M.
Claim meeting at 11 a. m., five or four daya, or Utm., Wed.,
Fri.. nr anr M or two of thee days.
2 p. m. to I p. m. Claasea meeting at 1 p.m., Tuea., Thurs., Sat., or aay ooa or
two of thee daya,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY St.
f a. m. to 11 m. Claasea meeting it I L m., Tuea., Thura., Sat., or anr ona
or two of these daya.
8 a. ra. to 8:50 a. n. Engineering Orientation.
a. m. to 32 m. All sections in Ciril Engineering 1.
2 p. m. to a p. m. Classes meeting at 2 p. m., five or four daya, or laoa., Wed..
Fri., or any one or tww of these days.
THURSDAY, FF.BRUARY 1.
t a. m. to 12 m. Classes meeung at 8 a. m., ttve or four daya, or Hon., Wed.,
Fri., or any one or two of these daya.
2 p. m. to 3 p. m. Classes meeting at t p. as., Tuea., Thurs., Sat., or any ooa or
two of these days.
2 P. rn. to 5 p. m. All sections tn Home Economics 21.
2 p. ra. to 5 p. m. All section In Mathematics 1, 2, 11, 12, 13. 103, 104, 1U, 111
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2.
1 a. m to 12 m. Claa-.es meeting at t a m., Tuea., Thura., Sat, or any oaa
or two of these daya.
2 p. ra. to 5 p. m. Classes meeting at 4 p. m., flv or four daya, or Hon., Woa.,
Fri., or any one or two of these days.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections tn Economics 11 and 12.
a. m. to 12 m,
2 p. m. to S p. m
t p. m. to 5 p. m
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
Classes meeting at a. m., five or four dayi, or Moa.,
Fri.. or any one or two of these daya.
.Classes meeting at 2 p. m.. Tuea.. Thura., Sat,, or aJky
two of these days.
. All sections in Home Economic 3.
Hobo: 'He
Prof: Wo,
By Paul Svoboda.
'Thar's a nigger in the wood
pile somewhere," figures the staff
of the DAILY. National Hobo Pres
ident J. Leon Lazarowitz wandered
into the DAILY offices yester
day morning with two signed let
ters, simifviner that he had been
gave me a degree9
I didn't!' Who did?
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Lincoln Journal.
KING LAZAROWITZ.
... A degree in one week.
It's a BUM deal.
honored with a degree as Hon
"orary Doctor of Migration by the
Class of Labor Problems and In
dustrial Relations and a life mem
bership in the Association of Social
Work students of the Graduate
SchooL
Not me!
But. . .Prof. C. O. Swayzee, class
instructor, denied emphatically
that he wrote the letter conferring
the honorable hobo king with a de
gree which was authorized by his
class Of Labor Relations. Swayzee
stated that he did write Lazaro
witz a note expressing the "ap
preciation and gratification" of the
class for the lecture which the
hobo president gave last Friday,
but he did not confer any degree
such as the letter exhibited by the
"royal wanderer" implied.
Prof. Swayzee when called at
his home said, "How can I give
out degrees, honorary or other
wise ? I have no authorization to
do so and I did not exercise a right
that I do not possess."
Who signed T
The letter was typewritten on
official business administration
stationary which was signed al
legedly by Prof. Swayzee. A
DAILY staff member copied the
two letters and kept a copy of each
for reference.
The letter read:
To whom it may concern.
This is to certify that in grate
full recognition for a most in
formative and stimulating lec
ture before a class in Labor
Problems and Industrial rela
tions in the University of Ne-
(See BUM DEAL on page 4)
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Lincoln Journal.
PROF. C. O. SWAYZEE.
. . ' i doesn't d'lh out
degrees around here.
With 6.771 full-time students
this semester, the university is the
ISth largest educational institution
in the nation.
This position was revealed in the
annual survey of statistics of
registration in American colleges
and universities made by Dr. Ray
mond Walters, president of the
University of Cincinnati and pub
lished in School and Society. Last
year the university ranked 17th,
with 6,810 students.
State enrollments increase.
The state is 32nd in population
and 2lst in collegiate registration.
Twelve Nebraska educational insti
tutions reported a total of 13,949
students as compared with 13,561
of last year, a state increase of
2.86 percent.
Increase in university and
college enrollment was widespread
thruout.the country in 1938-1939,
with only the six states cf New
Hampshire, Massachusettes, New
York, New Jersey, Idaho, and
Nevada showing decreases. Larg
est increases were made by North
Dakota, West Virginia, and New
Mexico, Trends in college enroll
ment, both in size and studies
selected, were pointed out by Dr,
Walter in his report.
Freshmen in 625 institutions
were 6.4 percent more than in
1938. Liberal arts freshmen gained
2.2 percent, engineering freshmen
gained 34.1 percent, business
administration .4 percent, agri
culture 8.5 percent, and teachers
college 4.8 percent.
2.7 percent over 1938.
Reports from 678 institutions
show a continued national increase
in full-time enrollment of 2.7 per
cent over 1938, which in turn is 6.6
percent over 1937. Fifty-five
universities under public control
show a gain of 2.5 percent this
year.
The largest education institutions
are, in order, California, 26,004
full-time collegiate resident stu
dents; Minnesota, 15,301; Colum
bia, 14,211; Illinois, 13,510; Ohio
State, 13,231; New York univers
ity, 12.745; Michigan, 12,098; Wis
consin, 11,268; University of
Washington, 10,129; Texas, 9,872;
College City of New York, 8,548;
Harvard, 8.209; Louisiana State,
7,813; Pennsylvania, 7,347; Penn
sylvania S ta t a College, 7,200;
Hunter, 7,000; Cornell, 6,949; Ne
braska. 6,771; Purdue, 6,767;
Brooklyn, 6,618; Oklahoma, 6,476;
Boston university, 6,367; Syracuse,
6,294; Indiana, 6,271; and Pitts
burgh, 6,265.
The greatest change in the lead
ing 25 universities and colleges
was reported by Pennsylvania
State college, which with a jump
in enrollment of 896, rose from
15th to 20th place.
Institutions in the middle west
reported: State university of
Iowa, 6,260; University of Kansas,
4,387; University of Missouri,
5,954; Iowa State. 6.398: and
Kansas State, 4,075.
Sinfonia to feature
Christmas music
A special harmony hour built
around the Christmas Spirit theme
will be presented at the Union this
afternoon at 4, under the sponsor
ship of Sinfonia. The program,
featuring music taken from the.
Carnegie set, will be given in
room 209.
The program includes:
A Christmas Concherto by Corel!!; "Sieg
fried idyll" by Wagner; Ui "Gower Waa
saill Song"; "Carnival des Animeaux" by
Saint Saens; and "Good News" sung by
the Hall Johnson choir. The prob'iain la
opea to U jiudenUi