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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1941)
DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, February 27, J941! QommsmL Sulhihv It's a bargain! A paper for every student ter, but the problem of campus coverage will b solved and the quality received by each subscriber Is more than doubled. That's a bargain! And It's a bargain no one can afford to turn down. The action of the Student Council yesterday in en dorsing a plan for automatic subscription to the DAILY Bet the ball rolling for more amiable Greek-Barb rela- tions in the future, and for a far reaching improvement in the quality of the paper Nebraska students can put out. With an expression of support from the student body, the proposed subscription plan stands a good chance of being accepted by the regents. Already the proposition is receiving the endorse ment of influential groups. Last week the University Board of Publications recommended the slight addition to tuition fees In order to get the paper to that large group of non-subscribers which has a just demand for an organ of information. Such action would further more increase the size and quality of the Nebraskan to a par maintained by the large majority of university publications. At the present time this institution stands almost alone as a university with neither automatic subscription nor an activity ticket to support its student paper. Students have expressed considerable interest in the proposal in the Commentorial columns of the NEBRAS KAN, and voted rather favorably (considering the nega tive wording of the question) last fall in the general election for just this type of arrangement. The potential backing that is required is there. It is only necessary now to point out to the skeptics the many arguments for automatic subscription and secure an expression of their support. The latter will be taken care of through petitions by the Student Council' within the next week or ten days. The instructional part is the duty of the NEBRASKAN. That every person may know the relative advantage f an enlarged circulation such as the plan will give it is advisable to review the arguments briefly. A paper for every student. Through such a setup administrative announcements can be carried to the entire student body with comparative ease, and the paper can serve as a communicative organ for newt and expressions of opinions of all factions and all or ganizations on the campus. Thereby It will in reality become a "student" newspaper. The staff can insure Its readers a paper In creased in size, and improved in quality. As most uni versities with automatic subscription plans are doing now, we would have eight pages of news and feature material daily. Add-packedT" newsless papers would be a thing of the past. By a change of this sort, the paper will be Immensely more valuable to the student reader. Before elections it will be possible for every party to state its aims, to support its candidates and to carry general election news to its readers. The human interest and personal ' stories which ads have heretofore crowded out will find the place in the paper they deserve. It is this type of material that makes any paper interesting to read. But where space is lim ited they must go into the wastebasket in preference to announcements. A vast new series of features could be inaug erated. These would probably include "Washington Col legiate Press" letters, telling how national administra tive and legislative policies are going to effect stu dents here. This service now gives advance "dope" on the trends in conscription bills. Also included would be cartoon services, and more pictures to vitalize the stories. And if we could be assured of the needed space, and if advertising responded to the increased circulation as is anticipated, the NEBRASKAN could possibly in stall a "pony" wire service bringing late national, and international news flashes to its readers. That these Improvements may be better under stood, every student is Invited to come to the NE BRASKAN office and look over our exchanges. The difference between papers supported by automatic sub scription and activity tickets and those that are not, is so pronounced, that It is comparatively easy to sort out each group. Remember the price is still only 75 cents a semes- Commentorial . . . from our readers Must speakers serve wafers lo get themselves hearings? Dear managing editor: At first, I thought one of us ought to quit! Remember when you told me to cover the convo cation at the Union Tuesday morning. You said, "In the liallroom at 11, be sure to be there." And I was there. But at 11, there were no more than a dozen others. I wondered, "Did I hear right? Maybe, she said the coliseum." But my hearing was good. For I saw Cal Rollins of the drive committee and George Goataa of the Union and they were talking about moving the convocation to the faculty lounge. You were right And so was I. But, by now it was after 11 and the crowd had grown to about 50 counting faculty members and it was finally decided to get underway in the ballroom with the score: 600 seats empty, about 50 seats filled, Claud Nelson up, two strikes against him. His talk was informative. He told the functions of the World Student Service fund, of which he is national director, in aiding students who, because of war, are now refugees, internees, or prisoners of war. He must have arouse some interest for the fifteen minute question period following his speech was filled with queries, and those present seemed to be satisfied with Nelson and his organization. After hearing the speech, I got some satisfaction. I was satisfied that the WSSF is a worthy organization, and I was satisfied that neither of us shoull quit. We both knew the time and location of the convocation, and ,1 was there. That's more than the majority of students did although a story about the convo has been in the J DAILY for the past couple of days. , One out of fifty. Bulletin BARB DANCE. A War Autre win be held In parlor X, Y. Z of the Unto Katnrda? night from lo It p. m. Admlnatoa bjr barb activity or tea eenta. fKRKItlNO BJFI.KS. The member ( i'rrehlug Rlflre wttl met today at g p. m. In N. II. ARCHITECTl'RAL BOCIETT. The Arehiteetnral Rorletr will 1-.3V p. m. la ine imoo. MEN'S RIFIf CMTR. Member of men'i Rifle (lab win meet la Nebraska hall at 6 p. m. tomorrow. SKETCH CI.AK8. Sketch rlaa will inert today at 4 p. m. In room 315 of Ine I nkm. AO DANCE. The Student I'aloa matlae dan will be hrld at A p. m. today In the (Indent artivltlr building at ag eampm. tree checking. t , SB The Daily Nebraskan 3' 1 XTV S't pi A Safe Combination . . . ARROW SHIRTS AND TIES m 4 Arrow's grouped color set of shirts, tie and handkerchief! ... and even short . . . originate on design sheets long before tbe fabric are woven. Thnt each complementary color tone and motif i controlled from the beginning. The ensemble sets are in three basic (hade to harmonize with bine, brown, or gray rait. Yon get, too, Arrow's superb tailor ing, exclusive fabrics, and that inimi table Arrow collar. Load up on these handsoLae Arrow foursome today. Shirt, 12 p - Ties, $1 $1.50 ShorU, 65c Handkerchiefs, SSe rORTIKTU f EAR. BnbaertptfcM Hatea are Sl.M Pre Bern ter or Sl.bo for tb College Year. S2.M Man. MagSe ropy. Onte. Entered a serond-eiaa matter at the paatoffk kg Uneoln, Nebraska, ander Act of Con gress. 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