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'DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, December 15, 194T)
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Thanks Mr. Howard!
Thanks World-Herald!
Support for the University in its quest of an appropriation adequate to
suit its needs has begun to come in from out-state, particularly from influ
ential newspapers.
We are gratified to find such a quick recognition of the problem which
the state legislature will have to solve this spring. Edgar Iloward, editor of
the Columbus Daily Telegram, a writer and a statesman who recognizes val
ues, has come to the University's side.
In a signed editorial on Monday, December 9, Mr. Iloward writes, "What
is the name of that greatest of all Nebraska public institutions? It is the Ne
braska State University."
This friend of ours, whose career and prestige are a source of pride, or
should be, to all Nebraskans continues by presenting; the problem, but ad
mits he does not know how the legislature will find the funds necessary
to grant an increase. Mr. Howard's responsibility surely is not to suggest
where the funds are to be found. That job falls in the laps of the legislators.
He has done his most to aid. We pray that the weight of his opinion is
enough to be recognized when the 43 legislators meet. , 4wVM.,,.i
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' The Omaha World-IIerald, admittedly Nebraska's only truly metropol
itan newspaper, has come to the side of the University too. A week ago today,
the lead editorial, captioned "University in Decline" was published. After
summarizing conditions and agreeing that economies, even in granting the
University appropriation were necessary during the last few years, the World
Ilcrald writer states that "there is a limit to the length of time one can sur
vive on starvation rations. A first class university cannot operate indefinitely
on a third-class budget. Some time the peoples must face the question: Shall
we maintain an excellent University or a poor one."
And that, directly, is the question the legislators will have to answer.
Properly so, the World-Herald could do no more than Edgar Howard in
suggesting specific remedies or budgetary changes in order to get the Uni
versity what it needs. The World Herald did say this: "On the assumption
that the people of Nebraska are not yet ready to accept a permanently .
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third-rate University for their children, we say that it is the job of the new
governor and the new legislature to find that money in whole or in part'
The job is not easy, states the editorialist, but, he continues, "And yel
we harbor the notion that a legislature resolved to rescue its University from
decline could find the money somewhere."
The World-Herald editorial is a sample of what we would like to see
all Nebraska newspapers printing, and so is Mr. Howard's. For reasons we
do not know, some of them hesitate. Surely, if they believe in the Univer-.
sity and trust that its administrators are not pulling some kind of a gag,
or are not lying about the University's needs, they will come to our aid,
;
Not only should a first-rate school be maintained because of its influence
on Nebraska's youth, but it should be maintained to provide Nebraska offW
cialdom with trained, intelligent, and wise men. Not all of that officialdom is
trained, here, but enough of it is to insure that in the long run a third-rate
University may become the fountain from which spring third-rate administra
tors of government.
School scum
Tickets to the Pasadena Bowl game are gone. Students hold as many
tickets, probably more, than there arc students going to the game. But many
of those students are not going to the game. And most of those who are not
going to the game, and hold tickets, hold more than one or two tickets.
No, they aren't going, but they're sure enthusiastic about going wten
they call for their tickets at Mr. Selleck's office. They swear up and down,
in the manner of the most polished and able liar, that they are going. And
who is Mr. Selleck to challenge their statements? He hasn't the authority
to call them liars or to use a lie detector on them. If he used the latter, he
would be shocked to find the number of cheats and petty thieves that at
tend this school.
Scalping is a federal offense, because the scalper doesn't pay the extra
10 tax on the price he gets. There is no way of apprehending the scalpers.
But we can have our say. We think the scalpers are the scum of the school.
Prairie Schooner appears
featuring state authors
Contributors to the winter num
ber of the Prairie Schooner repre
sent 13 states: Nebraska, New
York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, Kentucky, Wyoming,
Oregon, Georgia, California, Mas
sachusetts, Florida, and Oklahoma.
Three articles, six stories, and
13 poems appear in the issue.
"Notes of a Recommender," writ
ten under the pseudonym of Lath
rop Q. Merriwell, contains the hu
morous reflections of a college
professor on recommendations he
has given for students and friends.
"Memory of a Church," by Martin
S. Peterson of the university Eng
lish department, is a reminiscent
article on Sweden before the war.
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one until the frequency of the
reports made the story plausible.
Some women were an hour or
more late as a result of the long
delay in the battle for hats and
coats. A checkup of some sorority
houses revealed that Alpha Chi
Omega led with six girls arriving
after the clock had struck one.
Alpha Omicron Pi reported two
girls arriving after hours. How
ever one of these gave the addi
tional excuse that the air-conditioned
truck she was riding in
had broken down. Alpha Phis said
two of their girls got in late due
to checkstand congestion. One of
them was "five or ten minutes
late," the other got in unnoticed.
The general concensus of opin
ion among the so-called weaker
sex was: "This is a man's job
and they can have it!"
Lutherans hold
service, parties
Reverend Erck, University Lu
theran pastor, will speak on
"Abraham's Faith" at the regu
lar Lutheran service in Union par
lors T and Z this morning at
10:45.
At 5:30 the Lutheran Student
association will meet in parlor X
for their annual Christmas gath
ering featuring a candle light
service and Christmas caroling.
Following trte service gifts will be
exchanged by members of the as
sociation. Gamma Delta will hold a
Christmas party for Lutheran stu
dents in parlors T and Z from
7:30 to 10:00 p. m. Persons at
tending are requested to bring a
email gift,
Other Nebraskans who have
written for the issue are Clarence
Lawson, student at Kearney State
Teachers college, ana Norman Bol
ker, student at the university col
lege of medicine, poets; and Leo
Sonderegger and Tim Parker, Lin
coln newspapermen, M a x i n e
Shanklin.of Lincoln, and William
K. Pfeiler of the university de
partment of modern languages,
who have all written reviews.
Love will find a
way and it did
Maybe pastures are greenest
across the fence.
At least it would seem that
way with Elizabeth Whitney,
daughter of Prof. D. N. Whitney,
who left Lincoln some time ago
on a world tour.
And the former Miss Whitney
will be home this Tuletide, bring
ing with her a husband, Curt V.
Vollnhofer, a steel salesman in
Singapore, whom she met in
Africa and married in Peiping.
If she wants blue orchids, okay,
hut there are no lilies of valley
By Marjorie Brunlng
Any lilies of the valley in your
Military Ball corsage last Friday
night ? We 11 bet there weren't and
you probably won't be getting any
during this formal season either.
You want to know why? There
aren't any.
It seems the kind of lilies of the
valley used in corsages grow from
bulbs which must come from Ger
many, and Germany just isn't
shipping any to the United States
bulbs in this country which have
been treated for forced growing,
they cost twice as much as they
did last year, and fellows refuse
to pay an exorbitant price for a
flower similar to the ones they
see growing in season in the gar
dens of their own homes. Accord
ing to Lincoln florists, the lilies
which grow in everyone's vard
may be lilies of the valley, but
they don't have the long, strong
stems or carry as many bells as
the florist shop lilies which grow
from German bulbs. The few bulbs
of German variety left in Amer
ica won't be able to meet nearly
the demand, so until horticulturists
can duplicate the method of pro
ducing lily of the valley bulbs
which can be grown out of season,
you coeds who yearn for this now
rare flower will have to be satis
fied with some inferior corsage
made of orchids or gardenias, or
just wait until next summer when
American boil can produce its own
variety.
Did you think you'd have hya
cinths or tulips for your center
piece on Easter Sunday? You're
going to be disappointed again be
cause these bulbs come from Hol
land and the war has enforced
preventive measures against
Dutch - American shipping. The
supply already In this country
won't be enough to furnish us as
lavishly as we would like, and the j
beautiful varieties which come'
from the great fields of Holland
will be scarce and high-priced,
Conditioning of American bulbs
for forced growing in green houses
out of season is the only solution
to the most current problem of
florists, and a new field is open
to aspiring horticulturists. Until
then, if you crave the scent of a
lily of the valley, a hyacinth, or a
tulip, you will probably have to
pay a premium that will make you
wince, or be deprived of it alto
gether. Rally to send
Huskers off
Ciant pp fest wl
for Tliurwlay night
"Regardless of how cold it Is,
we'll put the football team on the
Rose Bowl bound train with an
exhibition of the hottest spirit this
school has even seen," said Gerald
Rpahn, Corn Cob president, today,
as he announced a giant rally for
Thursday night, starting at 7:3(i
at the Union.
If the weather is not too cold
and the streets are not too ley, a
parade led by the varsity band
from the Union, thru the down
town district and then to the stn
tion to shout off the team at 8 Is
included in indefinite plans.
Bad weather will mean no pa
rade but the rally will continue as
schedulated at the station, ac
cording to Spahn.
Spahn urged all groups to co
operate In making the rally the
most enthusiastic one of the year,
and Patrica Lahr, Union director,
announced that the Union pro
gram planned for Thursday night
at 8 will be changed until 8:30 on
account of the rally.
Co-op-
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ing co-ops. Their costs run about
$4 or $4.50 a week, for which the
men receive three meals a day dur
ing the week.
In each case the housemother
receives from 15 to 25 percent of
the income, with most of the duties
of managing taken over by the
members of the club, including
purchasing of food. Complete facts
on the various organizations, such
as the number of men necessary,
division and. organization, work
for board, relative costs, and social
aspects, which will be available to
those interested in starting co-ops
or in being members were pre
sented at the conference.
Program outlined.
A definite program was planned
for the present and coming semes
ters, in preparation for next year.
The poll conducted by the DAILY
NEBRASKAN indicates that there
are a number of men who are will
ing to join co-ops. This gives en
couragement to a plan for calling
a mass meeting of all interested
men, at which they may give their
names for reference.
Members of present co-ops will
present ihe advantages of living
in such an organization; personal
calls will be made on house own
ers and renters, describing possi
bilities and benefits to them, ac
cording to the members of the
housing committee Dorothy Jean
nryan, Kulh Ann Sheldon, Phil
Weber and Ray Murray.
Cooperation between the staffs
of the Barb and the DAILY is
planned in publicising the efforts
of the sponsors of the program.
Parly-
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The two senior girl members of
Ag Executive Board. Bettv Jo
Smith and Sylvia Zocholl, will
light the candles for the opening
ceremony. The buildinir will h
decorated with an array of colored
iigma, candles, and pine boughs.,
Members, of th lnntnimontn)
trio are Norma Jean Campbell,
'olllMt; Ardlth Hackman, violin
ist, and Miriam Hackman, pianist.
Soloists include Mark Allen Mnrv
June Buck, Nina Armstrong, Rob-
en Bchmer, George Rupp, Duane
Bcebc, and Harold Brown.
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Messiah-
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thru the use of microphones and
special amplifying equipment. The
first experiment of this type was
made at the performance of Car
men when only one microphone
was used.
At the Messiah, three micro
phones will be used with control
set in the first row of seats. This
plan of amplification is made pos
sible thru the cooperation of local
broadcasting studios, the univer
sity studio and the electrical en
gineering department which has
contributed some of the material
necessary to the experiment.
Soloists and their numbers are:
rVtpraaoa
Catherine Tunlson, "Com Unto Him."
Dorothy Carlson, "Rejoice Greatly."
Janet Rennter. "1 Know That My Re
deemer Llveth."
Altos.
Hester Whitemort, "Ha Shall Feed His
Flock."
Nina Armstrong, "Ha Was Despised."
Tenor.
RIchaM Johns, "Comfort Ye,"
Richard Koupal, "Kvery Valley."
Alden Marvel. "Thy Rebuke Hath
Broken His Heart."
Reiner Andreenen, "Behold and Bee."
Uarrtonrs.
Charles Oldfather, "For Behold, Dark
Bess." Richard Morse, "Ths Peopl That
Walked In Darkness."
Clevs (Jeisllnrer, "Thus Salth Ua
Lord."
Jack Anderson, "But Who May
Abide."
Instructors in charge of direc
tion are: Mrs. Altinas Tullia, Her
mann Decker, Mrs. Lenore Van
Kirk, Don Lcntz and Dr. A. E.
Westbrook. Earnest Harrison will
be at the piano and Myron Roberts
at the organ.
During the hour before the per
formance, two brass quartets will
play Christmas carols.
rsychology-nilnded gardeners at
New York City's college are work
ing on the theory that "a beautiful
campus stimulates the appetite for
knowledge."
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