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The United States is at war
today primarily because i
can history books have d
young people about the nation's
past, Col. William A. Ganoe, head
of the University of Michigan de
partment of military science and
tactics, contends. Lack of truth
about the price the nation has
paW repeatedly for being unpre
pared for war, Ganoe says, caused
a false sense of security to arise.
Dr. J. L. Sellers, history pro
fessor at the University of Ne
braska, commented on Colonel
Ganoe's contentions by stating,
"There is an element of truth in
Colonel Ganoe's ideas, but any
deception of the youth has been
unintential."
Not Lack of Knowledge.
Dr. Sellers qualified Colonel
Ganoe's statement about false se
curity thus, "I think it is true
that many of us have had a false
sense of security, but it was
caused not just by lack of knowl
edge about past military actions,
but also because of lack of knowl
edge about the activities of neigh
boring and foreign nations."
History professor G. W. Gray
asserted that one reason we ere
at war may be because of our
lack of knowledge of our mili
tary past, but it is not the pri
mary reason as Ganoe had stated.
Dr. Gray expressed the opinion
that our military past is obscure
because "the new history that
began about 1900 has brought out
our political, social, and econom
ical history with the resulting
abandonment of our military his
tory." Reasons Economic.
Dr. Gray elaborated on this
idea, saying, "the last 40 years
of history bring out the fact that
economic reasons have been the
causes for recent wars, thus giv
ing the students of history the
idea that there have been ro
justifiable wars."
Ganoe seeks to rectify miscon
ceptions about the nation's history
in his book, "The History of the
United States Army." He has
just revised the book, first pub
lished in 1924, to bring the ar my's
history up to date. Written in a
popular vein, the history now
covers the pediod from 1775 to
the spring of 1942.
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
J. L. SELLERS.
. . . deception of youth unintentional.
Sigma Oris
Donate Bond
To War Fund
Gift Makes Scholarship
Fund of $675; Collection
Bottles Prove No Profit
, Second social fraternity on the
campus to donate voluntarily to
the university War Scholarship
fund, Sigma Chi added a $25 war
bond to the fund yesterday.
Collected by gathering defense
stamps from members, the Sima
Chi donation swells the total fund
to $675. This amount leaves $1,825
worth of bonds at maturity value
and war stamps yet to be solicited
if the ultimate goal of $2,500 is
to be reached.
Thus far the fund has received
a $500 bond from Arthur Dobson,
Lincoln businessman and former
Nebraskan, a $100 bond from Corn
Cobs, and three $25 bonds from
the Student Foundation, Alpha
Tau Omega and Sigma Chi.
To facilitate individual donation,
the Student Foundation has placed
milk bottles at various vantage
points about the campus in which
students are asked to put stray
fense stamps. Collections from
these bottles have proved disap
pointing to date, amounting to
only $6.
Chem Profs
Speak at Last
Warden Class
W. E. Militzer and N. H. Crom
well of the chemistry department
will explain the chemical phases
of wartime bombing at the last
meeting of the university volun
teer air raid warden class Tues
day, Jan. 19. This meeting will
complete the three-hour course to
qualify attending students as aux
iliary wardens in patrolling the
university.
Those attending this last lec
ture and who have attended the
first two lectures given before
Christmas vacation will receive at
the close of the meeting an offi
cial card giving them auxiliary
warden privileges and duties. Stu
dent wardens are to be ready to
direct direct procedure at the uni
versity during any unannounced
air raids during the day or night.
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Vol. 42, No. 67
Lincoln Nebraska. Wednesday, January 13, 1943
Legislature
To Determine
Allowances
Governor Asks Similar
Grant to Run University
During Next Biennium
Virtually unchanged was the '
budget for the University of Ne
braska asked by Governor Dwight
Griswold in his recommendations
to the legislature yesterday for
the biennium beginning July 1,
1943.
An appropriation from property
tax funds identical with that al
lowed two years ago was recom
mended. Decrease in fees and
cash funds and federal aid funds
accounted for a decrease from
$7,728,913 to $7,685,413 in the rec
ommendation.
Await Federal Contract.
The recommendation was made
"pending the outcome of current
conferences between the Univer
sity of Nebraska and federal au
thorities on possible use of the uni
versity in the war training pro
gram.
The governor added, "1 trust
that before your deliberations are
completed, these conferences will
have cleared the way for a deter
mination of the university s needs
and that full information can be
submitted to you."
An increase of $70,000 for the
university College of Medicine and
hospital was suggested since the
college is now operating on a
12 instead of a nine months' basis.
The governor also recommended
an increase of $10,000 for the ag
college so that "grain improve
ment and research can be car
ried out."
In the "past, this work has been
financed privately thru the Ne
braska Grain Improvement asso
ciation, according to the governor,
(See BUDGET, Page 2.)
Nu-Meds To Hold
January Banquet
Tonight In Union
Nu-Meds will hold their January
banquet tonight at 6:30 in par
lors A B and C of the Union.
Officers for next semester will
be elected and Dr. J. J. Hompca
will give the address, and movies
taken by Dr. Hompes while in
India will be shown.
Members planning to attend the
banquet should register at 308
Bessey hall.
Rosenlof Asserts Some High School
Seniors Should Be Able To Enter UN
. . . Before Graduating
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Further clarification of the oc
cupational deferment status of
UN students was revealed yester
day by Dean T. J. Thompson, in a
bulletin issued to all faculty mem
bers of the university.
According to recent amendments
to the Selective Service Act, the
manpower commission has set
forth general and specifice re
quirements to all students in col
leges and universities who merit,
or are in position to merit occupa
tional deferment from the armed
services.
As a result of the recent amend
ments, in order to be given con
sideration for deferment as a stu
dent in training, he must be en
rolled as a full-time student in a
recognized college of university.
He must be in good standing, be
certified as a competent student,
and capable of successfully com
pleting his course and acquiring
the necessary degree of qualifica
tion or skill.
Students Apply.
To apply for occupational defer'
nient, all undergraduate and iad
students should be filed in
the office of the Dean of Student
Affairs in the Administration
building. Such requests should or
dinarily be made when the regis
trant receives his selective &erv
ice questionnaire and not later
than the time he is ordered to take
his first physical examination.
The minimum requirements for
occupational deferment for stu
dents in each of the colleges have
been set forth by the commission
as follows:
1. Engineering all branches
May be considered for occupa
ri.'fprmont who has com
plcted one academic year.
2. Prcmedical, Fmlental, Pre
veterinary, and Preosteopathic:
May be considered for deferment
when he has completed one acad
emic year.
3. Bacteriology, Chemistry, Geo
physics, Mathematics, Meteorol
ogy, Naval Architecture, when he
has' reached a point in his course
where there remains not more
than two academic years for him
(See DEFERMENT, Page 4.),
Declaring that the University of
Nebraska is in a unique and for
tunate position to carry out the
policies of acceleration of educa
tional study for high school sen
iors and university freshmen, Dr.
Regents Name
Stanley Long
As Board Head
Stanley Long of Grand Island is
the new president of the board of
regents of the University of Ne
braska, succeeding Frank Johnson
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Courti-ay Lincoln Journal.
STANLEY LONG.
of Lexington. The regents elected
officers at their meeting Saturday.
C.Y. Thompson of West Point
was elected to the vice presidency
and R. N. Devoc was elected to
represent the regents on the Uni
versity of Nebraska Foundation.
George W. Rosenlof, registrar at
UN and secretary .of the North
Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools; does not
believe that "blanket permission
to allow students to eliminate
their 12th grade work and take
college training" is justified.
A proposal of the Education
Policies commission to the effect
that high school seniors be allowed
to forego their final year of high
school to become university fresh
men was opposed by the Central
association at a meeting in Chi
cago over the weekend.
Some Qualified.
"The North Central association
acknowledges, however," ex
plained Dr. Rosenlof, "that certain
of the more mature and more cap
able high school students within
a few credits of graduation are
capable of handling college work
and Justified in pursuing it. There
must be proper supervision of se
lection of such students."
Recognition of the importance
of productive employment in the
war effort is of value, and it may
be in the best interests of the na
tion that some youth now in school
be guided into fields of service
before completion of high school.
Selection of these, however, should
be made thru closest co-operation
of educational authorities and em
ploying agencies.
Create Junior Division.
At Nebraska, Dr. Rosenlof
pointed out, the junior division
was created two years ago with
the specified aims of keeping in
very close contact with Hie fresh
men students, neiping mem out
line their courses of study, and as
sisting them to successfully and
properly outline their college lines.
This is one of the best such setups
among the nation's colleges.
The office of admission enjoys
a very close tie-up with secondary
schools over the state, too, so that
thn holler cmalified high school
(See ROSENLOF, Page 4.)
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Dr. G. W. Rosenlof
, No Blanket Permission.
A. W. Peterson
Resigns Post
At Ag College
Dr. A. W. Peterson, professor of
rural economics at ag college, has
resigned to accept the post of re
search economist at Washington
State college, Dean W. W. Burr
announced yesterday.
Dr. Peterson, a Nebraska grad
uate of 1934, will report to Wash
ington State Jan. 15, where he will
do research work the remainder
of the academic year. He may
assume some teaching duties next
fall.
A graduate of distinction, he re
ceived his bachelor of science de
gree in agronomy, and wa ex
tension agronomist during 1935
and 1936.