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Thursday, MarcH 28, 1940 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Editorial Opinion Comment Bulletin DailyNedmskan Ollicxd Ntvm 01 Mere Than 7JOOO Wo THIRTY. NINTH YEAR Offices Union Building Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. Journal 2-3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Menibir Nebraska Press Association, 1939-40 Represented for National Advert'sing by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVi,E, INC. 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by stu dents of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are S1..00 Per Semester or $1.50 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. En tered as second-class matter at the postoffice In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized January 20, 1922. Editor-in-Chief Richard deBrown Business Manager -AfUiur Hilt EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Clyde Martz, Norman Harris News Editors. .. .Chris Petersen, Luc!'e Thomas, Haul Svoboda, Mary Kerrigan, Morton Margolin Sports Editor June Bierbover Ag Editor Leo Cooksley Photography Editor George Royal Star Reporters This Month Bob Aldrich, Hubert Ogden, Elizabeth Clark, Marjorie Bruning BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Bi'ilness Managers Burton Thiel, Ed SegrUt Circulation Manager Lowell Michael A I J. DAILT imltnrd editorials are the opinion of the editors. Their view or opinion la no way reflect the atti tude of the administration of the nnlverslty. Another view of the 'Prom problem' My dear Mr. Editor: In regard to a recent editorial concerning the Junior-Senior Prom deficit, I wish to point out two fallacious points which you made in defending the attitude of the majority of the Student Council members. In the first place, you made this statement: "In plain language, no one but a sucker would agree to take over the losses of a venture unless he also were guaranteed the profits." I must admit that most of the great economic theorists from Adam Smith on down would heartily approve this opinion. BUT in its capacity as sponsor of the Prom the Student Council was certainly not a business en terpriser actively motivated by a desire for per sonal profit. I am sure that the ordinary economic laws in no way applied to that body. The members were merely giving the campus a party. Because the group who wanted to give the party had no fund to draw on, no fund from which any bills that ticket sales might not cover could be paid, they realized they had to assume this responsibility IN DrVIDUALLY, a fact which you wrongly refuse to admit, or at least a fact in which you say they were not sufficiently informed. That last is the .second point at which you stray from the facts. "And if they are suckers, it is because the ad ministration officials, who insisted on the signing process as a requirement for staging the Prom, did not make clear to them their responsibility in sign ing." Surely certain members of the Council can not be excused for pleading ignorance of their re sponsibility. Might I ask these members what they were talking about just before they signed the document in question, and just why this discussion led two of their members to refuse to sign because they felt they could not be PERSONALLY re sponsible if the deficit proved too large? If It was the understanding that the shortage would or could be covered by a Council treasury or by budget money, does it seem logical that they would have felt the need of individual signatures? If the mem bers of the Council were acting as a body, why was more than a majority vote and a treasurer's signature deemed to be necessary? There is even the further fact that the failure of two of the mem bers to sign because they were afraid of too large a deficit was treated as a joke by most of those present. "How can the Prom fail?" they evidently thought. Well, it did fail, and its failure has shown some of the Student Council members to be a little bit, shall I say, small-time about the small sum of two dollars. I do not wish to create the impression that I am in agreement with the present handling of Prom funds. I feel that the profits from past Proms should have been made a separate fund to draw from in case of a deficit, and I should like to see such a policy followed in the future. I do not see, however, that any motion of a legislative body can have any validity if it is based on a situation that should exist rather than on one that does exist. Sincerely, CHARLES H. OLDFATHER, JR. la rrply to Mr. M father's letter, the fart mnains that he majority of Council nx-mbers ho underwrote the I'rom did not rraiiM that Uwy were aiwumliic Individual finiinrlul reoniltilty when they slrn-d their names Ferhnps thin was as much Ihe fault of the Council an It was aa avrrslsht on the part of administration official In rhuricr. Members should have found oat exactly what lliey were assuming; upon thrin artvra before signlnc. That Ihry did not Is ohvloos hy the very fact that no sreat effort wan made to seenre the sig natures of all Council member not even all of tlm on the From Committee. Tlwy treated the rrfuutl of certain mem ber of the Council to sign "as a Joke" not only becaane they did not feel that thry woald be called auoa for individual contribution In any event. There seems no more reaon for Council members to "Hive the campus a parly-1 than for any other students to do so. The Cotinrtl budget or treasury or ope rutins: fand or what ever name It oes by seems to be a rather haiy proimsllkia. It Is maintained hy aNesrm-nt made asalnxt rumpna ac tivities and there does not seem to be any sharp line divid ing what the Council may and may not do with II. r'nr ex ample, take the recent Kilt of the Council to the lnlon of SI .00ft worth of motion picture equipment should the Council receive the credit for the Sift sr the arhool activities whose contributions made it ammlblr? And If the money may be aed to send delegates to a convention, why may It not be ed to underwrite the I'rom the staging; of which up to now certainly has been among the Council's annual "duties"? To arcuae the Council of bring "small-time about the small sam of two dollars" Is hardly fair. Many members feel that the action taken oa the present business may In fluence future derKInn of a similar natnre and that there fore it Is lmnrtant beyond the two dollar In question. Per haps the whole thing comes to this: f Marti members erred 1 us not ascertaining their rxuet status as underwriters; (J) in not taking a greater Intercut In the I'rom toward the end of making It a success socially and financially. Point t may be ascribed to the tart Hint the Council ia loo large a body fur Its members to feel personally Interested In a side ventnrn and to the fart that It Is Intended to render service to the unlvcrxlty primarily as a legislative and Judicial student govrraing body rather than as an nrgnnliattnn to do anrh odd joint as "giving parties". .Now una II lite Council members be forced to my for their error through their Individual porhets or shall the deficit be met from money avnllahle In the Coun rH badge! T la view of the general condition of mlsandrr standing and nilxnp rhararlrrUtng the problem (including the recent finding that the budget on which the Council turn bcea operating nil year has never been officially approved), the ItAll.V feels that the latter anlattaa woald be the fairer and the more logical owe. fcd. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN This bulletin Is for th. uoe of urspui ,'"jJt iiX" uKy members. Announcements of meetings or other notloo for the MMWa may be submitted at the NEBRASKAN office by I . as. tho day befoea assb. licatlon or at the registrar's office by 4 p. m. on week-days and 11 a. m. on Saturday. Notices must be typod or legibly written sn4 ono with the authority to have the PJ. J n?brAKsn" pear daily, except Monday and Saturday, on pago two of the NEBRASKAN. TODAY KINFONIA. Members of Slnfonla will meet at nooa In parlor Z of the Lnlon. GAMMA LAMBDA, (lamina Ijinihda will meet at 1 p. an. In room 91$ of the l nlon, NAMK. Memlwr of the hoclely of America Military Kiiglni-ers wW meet at 7 p. in. In room HIS of the l nlon. KKKTC1I VIAHH. The sketrh clsos will meet today la room 31 A of I lie l nlon at 4 p. in. The rlaas I open to beginners snd advanced stndrnts. Materials and Instruction are free. KOHMKT KLUB. Kosmet Klub workers will meet at t p. m. In the Klub office. All work en arc to turn la their advertising. FRIDAY RK.tjl KHT I KOORAN. There will lie a record request prtmram (a the Carnegie Music Net In the faculty loange of the In Inn, r'rldny at t B. m. ".ARB I'AKTY. A Barb party will be held at S:M p. at, la parlors XV. of the I nlon. VOt I II COI .NCIU 1 nlverslty student are Invited to at tend the IJiiiolo Volll'i Council's second tnn Mxht at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce at a p. lu. Ivan Oould will ba the guest of honor. Nomination Blank ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGF QUEEN CONTEST DAILY NEBRASKAN: I hereby nominate the following student, who Is In good standing, an entrant In the All -American College Queen contest and submit photograph for Judging. Nominee's name Ada reus HL Wt Age Signed Address (NorainatUa blanks ana bs la DAILY Office net later than I p. at., March II.) Believe it or not! NU still has one 'pipe7 course Most students who take super vised correspondence courses can be expected to complete their work satisfHctorily, according to a recent survey by Earl T. Piatt of the extension division. Checking matriculation records for three different school years, he found that 75 percent of 3,824 individuals who had registered for one semester courses during this period finished their work and were given entrance credit to the university. H PROUDLY PRESENTS AT THE NEW AND HEAUTIFUL g KING'S BALLROOM Thursday, March 28th 1 Henry Dusse "Hot Lips on the Trumpet" 2 and his 16 VERSATILE ARTISTS Starred at the Hotel New Yorker 5 Chez Paree, Chicago Coconut Grove, Los Angeles H Advance Sale SCHMOLLER A. MUELLER MUSIC STORE Limited Number of Tickets Adm. 55c ea. Including TaK Door 83o ea. Including Tax lUaHaonri I j i - "TV ' ;' i i, t. ,. !la - 0 ONLY Vsl i i it I i Saturday Night Nat Towles CAN SATISFY There It no substitute for quality In cleaning. Use The Evans scientific serv. Ice and you'll be de lighted. Save 10 Cnsh and carry on botn laundry and dry cleaning. a mm A Ride in the Park? NO, TO THE COED FOLLIES! to .' t,rtxntalioti f the IJit DrtM tl (,irl Style s1hh nilli nioilt-ls from 23 orpuiiyoitionis RVK hkiti; FOUK curtain acts Thursday EycTiOO P.M. Temple Theater Admission 25c MM a ra. .iir' i
