Griswold
addresses
legislature
New governor favors
no new, raised taxes;
cites economy types .
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Declaring that he was in favor
of no new or raised state taxes,
Dwight Griswold, newly elected
governor, delivered his inaugural
address to the legislature yesterday.
Elaborating on this theme, the
governor said: "It will be neces
sary that you enact an appropria
tion 'bill, and in this I know that
you will be guided by the desires
of the people of Nebraska who
have gone thru depressions and
who are simply not able to have
additional burdens added to their
tax load. There are many things
that we as individuals would like
to do if we could afford them
There are many things that we as
a state would like to do - if we
could afford them.'
Two kinds of economy.
But the governor did not go all
out in advocating economy. He de
clared that there are two kinds of
economy. One he described as that
kind which results in a direct sav
ing to the taxpayers thru the cut
ting of expenses.
"But there is also another mean
ing of the word," said the gov
(See GOVERNOR, page 2.)
Senior Council
formulation
plans advance
Organization will push
class program provided
all seniors co-operate
Preliminary plans for the de
velopment of the Senior Council
talked of at the end of 1940 will
be promulgated within the next
week, according to Senior Class
President John
M cDermott;
and those plans
will be pre
sented to the
Student Coun
cil for approval
as soon as pos
sible. "A senior pro
gram will be
instituted, de
signed to bene
f i t primarily
this university
and also tc
work up a sen
ior class spirit
that has been
dormant for so
many years at
Vol. 40 No. hi
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, January 10, 1941!
Registration mill begins grind Monday;
UN plans three defense work courses
New program
pending final
authorization
I
Journal ind Slur
John Milfmwll.
Mc-
Nebraska,'
Dermott said yesterday.
Details of the program are not
formulated as yet, but committees
will be appointed to investigate
all possibilities as soon as the
Council begins to function as a
sanctioned body.
The only hitch in any work
that is planned is the cooperation
that is planned is the co-operation
an interest in the Council's work
and in the program that will be
presented to the class. Member
ship on the Council will insure
that every senior, Barb or Greek,
man or woman, is represented,"
Norman Harris, DAILY editor ami
originator of the Senior Council
plan, commented.
Ag WAA picks
Nebraska hall
varsity team
Members of the ag Nebraska
hall varsity team were announced
at the regular intramural meeting
of ag WAA. On the team are
P.arbara Koutsky, Beverly Hindis,
Carol KiUinpT, Jean Burr, Rutn
Fairley, Ruth Frame, Eleanor
Jarka. Lucille Walford, Helen
Frame, and Idamae Sthneeflock
Honorable mention was given
to Mary Jean Jones. Iorna Wy
ers, Norma Rupnrei ht, Lois Riggs,
Barbara Fairley, Betty Koutsky,
Marguerite Lipscomb, Caroline
Pauley, Justine Sutton, Mary
- Humphrey, Dorothy A.'dcrson and
Ilose Wool.
The University today moved a
step nearer direct participation in
the national defense program thru
a proposal by the college of en
gineering calling for three special
courses in defense work. The an
nouncement was made by Dean
O. J. Ferguson of that college.
If the proposal is approved as
set up, the courses will open Feb.
3, provided a sufficient number of
men apply for the training by that
time. Final approval to the plan
is dependent upon action of the
U. S. Office of Education and the
University board of regents.
Men interested are to make ap
plication for admission at once by
writing or seeing Dean Ferguson,
college of engineering, in order
that officials may determine the
demand for the courses which in
clude: 1. Drafting and Shop Practice
Designed to prepare students for
minor positions in drafting or in
production work N after short
"breaking-in" periods to become
familiar with the routine and
methods in particular plants. In
this daytime course of 15 weeks
duration, students will spend 24
hours per week in the drafting
room and 16 hours per week in
shops. Applicants must be Amer
ican citizens, high school gradu
ates, at least 18 years of age, and
in sound physical health. Each
student will furnish his own draw
ing instruments and equipment,
but drawing paper will be sup
plied free.
2. Material inspecting and
(See DEFENSE, page 4.)
Daily honors
staff at special
banquet Jan. 19
Ending the semester with th.;
traditional bang, the DAILY NE
BRASKAN will honor its staff
members and reporters with a
special banquet, Sunday, Jan. 19.
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State Journal.
0. J. FERGUSON,
announces new courses.
Slatr Journal.
W. ROSENLOF.
directs registration.
Grade survey shows first 100
hours are hardest at college
Freshmen who complain of the
tough grind they are subject to
in their courses have valid grounds
for complaint if the report on the
final grade averages released for
the second semester means any
thing. The report shows that the
median grade received m fresh
man courses and courses num
bered below 100 was 79 vhile for
more advanced courses, number
ing above 100 the median mark
was 82. Median grade for all
courses offered in the university
was 80.
In freshman courses highest
marks were earned in music with
73 percent of grades above 80,
pharmacy and agriculture with 69
percent above 80, and teachers
with 58 percent. Lowest marks
were in subjects in business ad
ministration with only 38 percent
of grades above 80, and arts and
sciences with 40 percent. Mortal
ity rate also was highest in
courses of the last two colleges
with failures, conditions, incom
pletes and drops in bad standing
taking 15 percent of those in busi
ness administration and 11 per
cent of those in arts and sciences.
Colleges with highest grades also
showed the lowest percentage of
failures.
Similar trends were evident in
courses above freshman standing
in the various colleges, altho here
courses in graduate social work
claimed 96 percent of registrants
with marks above 80 while law
was low with 36 percent.
Highest median
Departments with the highest
median among final marks were
agricultural .engineering, social
(See GRADES, page 2.)
Division work
speeds frosh
assignments
The registration mill starts
grinding Monday as almost 3,000
students meet with their advisers
and deans. This excludes th
freshmen who had their pre-reg-istration
conferences before Christ
mas and are thru with much of
registration already.
The first step in the procedure,
according to Registrar Rosenlof, is
seeing advisers during their office
hours. Credit books, which may be
obtained by presenting identifica
tion cards in the registrar's office,
must be presented to the adviser.
Advisers will help students fill out
"application for registration"
forms.
Step two.
When the "application for reg
istration" forms have been signed
by advisors and the dean of the
college they must be taken to the
assignment committee. This com
mittee meets in the YMCA room
in the Temple. Here class assign
ments will be checked and ap
proved. At this time students will
fill out their class cards.
Registration is not completed
until all fees have been paid. Fees
may be paid Friday, Jan. 24, 9
a. m.; Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a. m.
12 noon- Monday, Jar.. 27 to
Thursday, Jan. 30, 9 a. m.-4 p. m.
This includes the noon hour.
Late fees.
A late fee will be charged all
students who do not see their ad-
(See MILL, page 4.)
Fifteen reporters who have
shown special interest, and apti
tude during the semester will be
honored at the banquet which will
be held in one of Lincoln's leading
hotels. In addition, paid members
of the editorial nd business staffs i
will be invited, according to Ed ;
Segrist, business manager, who is j
in charge of the affair. !
Cornhusker puis in call
for ROTC snapshots
Informal action snapshots
taken in ROTC camp this sum
mer are what the Cornhusker
needs for the ROTC section of
the 1941 yearbook, according to
Jack Stewart, Cornhusker man
aging editor. Any ROTC cadet
who has such pictures and
would like to have them in the
new yearbook, should bring
them to the Cornhusker office
as soon as possible.
Draft hill is under fire
Legion asks 18 to 21 age limit
Prom committee
meets Monday
Members of the Junior
Senior Prom committee will
meet at 2 p. m. Monday in the
editor's office of the DAILY
NEBRASKAN, Norman Har
ris announced Thursday.
Donald MacMillan tells arctic
experiences in Union Sunday
Augmenting his lecture with
movies and slides, Commander
Donald B. MacMillan, Arctic ex
plorer, will address a convocation
in the Union ballroom Sunday at
4 p. m. on 'Beyond the Arctic Cir
cle." Veteran of the U. S. Navy,
explorer of the frozen North, and
expert on scientific studies of an
imal and plant life in the land of
polar ice, MacMillan will tell of his
experiences in both the Arctic and
Antarctic regions.
Was instructor.
The Commander began his ca
reer as an instructor in Worcester
Academy, in charge of a nautical
Intercollegiate Washington Press.
Washington, Jan. 10. The
American Legion proposal to limit
compulsory military service to
young m-n between 18 and 21
currently K"irif the rounds of
Capitol ll.il in si-arch "f support
is belatedly forcing an out and
out decision on the real purpose
of the selective service law.
Although support for the substi
tute measure is still extremely
shaky, passage of the amendment
is by no means to be classed
among political miracles. Legion
forces are mobilizing in a con
certed effort to secure decisive
backing for the bill.
The "Legion Amendment" to be
considered by congress this ses
sion, would rewrite entirely the
selective service act substituting
the age limits 18 to 21 in place
of the existing 21 and 36 limits.
Draft registrants naw 21, pre
sumably, would escape the possi
bility of military service.
Whether or not the proposal
turns out to be nothing more than
a "trial balloon," debate on the
measure should follow a strikingly
different pattern than the pro
longed wrangling that ushered In
the first peace time conscription
bill. Then, debate on the general
aspects of military conscription
and its hint of "totalitarianism"
greatly overshadowed efforts to
discuss the merit of the particu
lar conscription bill before con
gress. ...
Now most authorities agree that
there is much to be desired in the
existing law; criticism until the
present having been aimed chiefly
(See DRAFT, page 4.)
Junior division students
follow those direction
City Campus.
Students should call for their
work sheets and class programs
at their advisers' offices as
early in the week as possible.
The work sheets and typed
forms should then be presented
to the assignment committee in
the YMCA room In the Temple.
After the assignments have
been checked and approved, stu
dents should report at the Jun
ior Division office for valida
tion of their programs thru the
signature of the dean.
Agricultural College.
Students call at their advis
ers' offices for their typed pro
grams and then report to Coun
selor Wiggans at the college
activities building for valida
tion by the dean's signature.
school. Later he became Rear Ad
miral Robert E. Peary's assistant
on the latter's trip to the North
Pole. In past years he has made
regular voyages to Iceland, La
brador, and Greenland, where he
and his party once spent four
years before they were rescued.
MacMillan is a member of the
American Geographical Society
and the British Royal Geographi
cal Society. He was awarded the
Elisha Kane gold medal for "dar
ing explorational scientific re
search." His books include "Four
Years in the White North," "Etah
and Beyond," and "How Peary
Reached the Pole."
Cathedral choir
starts '41 vesper
series Sunday
The 1911 series of choral vespers
of the Lincoln Cathedral choir will
begin Sunday at 5:30 p. m. in the.
ballroom of the Cornhusker hotel.
Built on the theme, "The Foun
tain of Living Waters," the chord
services will be held each Sunday
until March. Reveries around the
central theme will be given each
Sunday. First reverie on "The
Fountain of Youth" will be given (
this week by Ruth McMillan,
speech department student.
John Rosborough, choir director,
has extended an invitation to stu
dents, alumni and faculty member
to attend the services.