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Thursday, April 16, 1942 DAILY NEBRASKAN 5 t This Year's Council Has Is Successful in Few Activities It Sponsors Pcato and quiet characterized action of this year's Student Coun cil which ended its activity this afternoon. Disputes were avoided, and the few things which, the Council did sponsor were success ful. After the traditional Student Council sponsored migration to Kansas State, which was saddened by the Husker loss on the gridiron, the Council "organized a new pos ition, sophomore president. No trouble was had in this election which was combined with the fall election, mainly because the greeks faced organized opposition. In October, constitution of the national defense committee, organ ized by the Daily Ncbraskan and the Student Union, was approved. Courtesy Hurt 'I In. I. Lincoln Journal Dilli- TlM'oliHld. Later, the Council worked with the committee in several drives, including the Red Cross and the V-Book campaigns. Seeking more wide-open elec tions, the Council approved open participation of women in politics. Okcyed was open party support for vvomen running for office. Most successful undertaking of the Council was the Red Cross drive in October when a commit tee, headed by Mary Rosborough, collected enough money to put UN a way over its goal. Another big activity on the Council's October calendar wa9 ff ' 111 a ; Mi rCoral d V the National Student Federation associations' convention here with members of Student Councils thru out this region sending represent atives. It was not until December, that the Nebraska Council offic ially joined the NSFA. First indication of a barb-greek fight on the Council was given when Bill Da foe, Dave Marvin and unaffiliated members of the Coun cil clashed over the proposed barb amendment to the Student Coun cil constitution. President Burton Thiol charged barbs with playing politics. The proposal, with Council condemna tion was beaten badly in the elec tion. With eves of this part of the nation on it, the Council approved the constitution of the America First Committee after much cam pus speculation on a nd agitation over the matter. Upon the suggestion of Thiol, the Council approved a plan pro viding that all candidates must file a platform and get the appro val of the Council before they ran for the Council. The bylaw was later repealed because of crit icism pointing to ,jt.s unconstitu tionality. Chief Work. Main achievement of the Coun cil was organization of the Stu dent Foundation, a group to publi cize the university to high school students. John Douglass was chos en chairman of the Foundation. Following the suggestion of fac tion president Buzz Dalton, the Council approved a plan for the publication of a handbook on the Council activities, purpose and aims. It was also decided to spon sor faculty-student coffee hours. Recent meetings have been dom inated by quibbling over the physi cal education program and "im provement of educational stand ards." Sidestepped until the last few meetings was action on the election. Change in the usual selection of Student Union board members in order to avoid politics was also passed. Thiol, at the same meet ing, criticized members for la-ck of interest and co-operation. Prospects for a battle for hold over positions between barbs and greeks wree eliminated when Nebraska's Genera Activity for March M CENT 140 r l0 110 BUSINESS ACTIVITY J JV V' IN NEBRASKA JV I93B T 100 I r ---mm - UNIVEKSlTY Or NEBRASKA y DEPARTMENT Of luSlNESS RESEARCH I9S0 1931 Itii IM W lW 1 m I '3T 1 'M 3 W0 IMI I9t HO 100 0 10 TO Business activity chart shows steadily rising line thruout the state. According to the University of Nebraska's index of general busi ness activity, business in the stale once more moved up during March after allowances were made for seasonal variation. Department store sales increased approximately 10 percent which suggests that Easter shopping was heavier than usual this year. In crease in number and value of building permits issued predicts another spurt in construction activity, especially in defense areas of the state. An increase of 10 per cent in bank debits usually represents a comparable interest in general business activity, but for March it reflects to a consid- Bacteriologists Hold Regular Meeting Here The university will be host to bacteriologists from Nebraska, Kansas and western ?Iissouri for the regular spring meeting of the Missouri Valley branoch of the Society of American Basteriol ogists on Saturday, May 2. All interested persons will be invited to attend morning and af ternoon sessions when scientific papers will be presented in Bessey hall auditorium. Dr. Leunis Van Es, chairman of the department of animal path ology and hygiene, will address a noon luncheon for members and their guests in the Student Union. He will reminisce on developments and personal experiences in the field of veterinary bacteriology. A business meeting for election of officers willN follow the scien tific program. Present officers are Dr. N. R. Ziegler, University of Missouri, president; Dr. C. E. Georgi, University of Nebraska, vice president; Dr. C. A. Hunger, Kansas State Health Laboratory, secretary-treasurer; Dr. L. D. Bushnell, Kansas State College, councilor; and Dr. K. H. Lewis, University of Nebraska, archivist. Friday! IIis nosc ets ' caught in the draft.!! Second Bi( Feature! "THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DIVORCE" T.jTin llnrl Mary Reth Hurhe Fewer Disputes; greeks took every holdover post with no barb opposition. The week before, barb attempts to fill va cancies in the Council, had been accepted as a sign of opposition. Officers of the council this year Lincoln Journal crable degree the larger income tax payments made this year. Postal receipts, on the other hand, decreased 5 per cent during the month. State Ranks Fourth. Although business in the state slumped noticeably in February, it compares favorably with busi ness activity reported in other states. Among 34 states, Nebraska ranked fourth with a 16 per cent increase in the value of retail sales as compared with a year ago. Independent retailers in small towns of 2500 or less have been reporting the largest increase in dollar sales for a number of months. According to a depart ment of commerce report for Feb ruary, they again experienced a substantial gain. 21 per cent, over the corresponding month of last year. This is significantly more than the increase enjoyed by re tailers in larger population cen ters. In the state, Grand Island reported the greatest increase, 15 per cent, over February 1941. This differential expansion in retail tively greater increase in purchas sales provides evidence of a rela ing power in rural districts. I B mm wjismmm 'I K 6 The University is located in the foothills of the Roclcies, a mile above sea level, in sight of per petual snow, in an unsurpassed summer climate. Organized re creation: Hikes, steak fries, visits to glaciers, mountain climbing, weekend outings, excursions to Pocky Mountain National Park. Trout fishing nearby. TWO TERMS: June IS to July 17 July 20 (o Aug. 21 Dean of Summer Quarter, Dapt. 2tBO VLDEK, COLORADO Please send complete information and Bulletins checked: Q Summer Quarter Catalogue FJ Summer Recreation Bulletin (including Graduate School) Q have been Burton Thiol, president; Chris Peterson, vice president; Ruth Iverson, secretary; Mary Rosborough, treasurer; and Dala Theobald, chairman of the judic iary committee. usmess Increases A recent study of the trend in prices reveals that formal controls, such as price ceilings and ration ing, of key commodities is inade quate to prevent a general rise in prices. By the middle of Decem ber those key commodities consti bureau of labor statistics' index at tuted less than one-fifth of the value of the commodity in the wholesale prices. From March to December inclusive the index ot controlled prices rose one per cent. This slight increase is attributable, in part, to rise in the prices of un controlled raw-materials which' price schedules, such as textiles, automatically lifted some of the Furthermore, an upward revision was made in some price schedules. Over the same period, the index: of uncontrolled prices rose 16 per cent. Further analysis of price trends of commodities subject to no controls showed no discernible difference. Informal controls con sist of suggestions, warnings, fair price requests, or freeze letters sent to the producers. Evidence of this nature may cause Price Administrator Henderson to freeze, all wholesale and retail prices. Good Volume Falls. It is estimated that the total physical volume of goods and services purchased in 1942 will fall slightly more than one-tenth be low the record volume of last year. The bulk of this decrease will be in the durable consumer goods, for the output of these goods Mfill be curtailed -to about one-third of last year's volume. The decline in consumption as a whole during the present cal endar year is not expected to be drastic. Sales over the past few months undoubtedly reflect some forward buying on the part of consumers. Furthermore, about 85 per cent of the consumer ex penditures in 1941 were made for nondurable goods and services. The production of these goods and services will continue for some time, for the production equipment is not adaptable to the output of war materials. However, a short age in the total labor force will eventually reduce the output of these civilians goods and services. 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