DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, April 8, 1943
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FORTY-THIRD YEAR
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News Editors . .John Hauermi ister, Pat Chamher-
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Editor Alan Jacobs
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Day 2 TIM. Night 2-7ir3 Journal 2 333a
Life Is Not A
Bowl of Cherries
Life is no longer just a bowl f cherries;
it has Income insofar as 1 lie UN student is
concerned, a mess of quest ions.
Todny's Daily Nebraskan, for example,
announces the arrival soon of a "STAKS"
unit. Just exactly what a STAKS unit is, no
body seems to know for sure, hut the annoucc
mont docs not clear up the question bothering
a lot of men; when is the KOTO to bo acti
vated? There is a possibility that some definite
answer to that question will he available
following the meeting of army officials with
Colonel .Murphy today. Jt is still a safe bet
however. 1o wager that there will be plenty
of questions remaining following lite meeting.
Forfeiting about the army for the time bo
il m, everybody, especially ihe 2M" girls con
fined in the women's dorm would like 1o know
vhen the scarlet fever germ is going to leave
them alone.
A lol more would like to know how the
perms ever got to work. The innocent sol
diers are being accused, hut it appears t bat
1 bis hunch are not as fast as the Usual soldier
is pictured, for there is no evidence to even
hint that they might be the breeders of the
lever.
Another question that seems unimportant
lilong side the army moving on the campus and
ihe germs moving out of the dorm involves the
broad subject of Mar, and the peace after the
ar.
Seven members of the facully have dealt
villi the backgrounds and development of the
var for today's issue of the Xebraskan. It
vould be worthwhile to students if after they
had read ihe stories on the KOTO and sear
let fever and discussed the latest rumors on
both ihey would give some consideration to
the wriling of ihese professors.
If ihe war and world after the war re
ceived as much attention as soldiers and germs
from students, there would be no concern for
the future.
A Worthy Pattern
Students have a grandstand seat at an
important game involving America's univer
sities. They saw hurried hunglings at the be
ginning of the game, but now they are watch
ing the colleges and universities in this na
tion fall into the pattern which has been set
by universities in Kngland thus far in the war.
Just, as in Kngland, enrolment at univer
sities has fallen considerably thruout the na
tion. Hut the English universities have found
a place in Ihe complete war organization.
Here is Ihe way it was done there: All
young men have been divided into two classes,
the scientists and the actual fighters. Scien
tists are those who are taking special "war"'
courses, are chosen after careful study of
qualifications, records, and aptitudes. They
are given two and a half years of school which
substitutes for a previous four year program.
In addition, every student is required to
participate in one of the many scrvici . it h in
the eominunily such as the Home O lard or
Auxiliary Ambulance corps, etc.
Moreover, men and women already in the
armed forces are being stationed at universi
ties for intensive specialized training.
Kngland has utilitzed its colleges and uni
versities to the place where they provide the
maximum service to their country. And the
colleges have proved their worth.
Ameiica's universities are now being util
ized on a similar pattern. America's, univer
sities must prove their worth.
Student Foundation ' '
University of Nebraska.
Spring is a time of nostalgia and my memories of the Uni
versity of Nebraska are such pleasant ones to recall. 1 had such
a grand time in school there that I am sending under separate
cover a Jr-VOOO War Savings Hond to be added to the War
Scholarship Fund, in order that some ex-student may return
to the Cornluisker campus after the war. The bond will be
sent from the Federal Keserve Hank at San Francisco, but will
not have my name on it, of course.
1 think that this scholarship fund is a great idea, and cer
tainly indicative of the fine spirit of awareness flourishing there
on the Xehraska campus.
1 am really proud to be "Once a Cornhusker, (and) always
a Cornhusker!"'
Sincerely,
Mary Adelaide Hansen, '42.
503 So. Berendo
Los Angeles, Calif.
V . . Mail
Clippings
Pat Chamberin, Censor
H11.L LKXXKMAX has received promo
tion to the rank of corporal, technician fifth
grade, at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
Maryland. According to his Idler, he is in
remote control in anti-aircraft fire control,
ordnance division.
lie received ihe Sigma Tall, chemical en
gineering college honorary, outstanding sen
ior scholarship award his last year at FX in
December. He entered the armed forces im
mediately upon graduation last January.
rvt.L. K. MUKKAY, ATO who left the
campus six weeks ago with the army air corps
reserves is now stationed at Washington U.
in St. Louis. He is assigned to an Army Air
Crew Detachment there which is similar to
ihe one barracked in the new UX library, and
will receive about 10 hours flying time in ihe
three moth training period there.
wkotc ... ,
(Continued from pae 1.)
sent Ihruout ihe counlry as advertising to promote such units in
other universities and colleges in the nation.
Lincoln Papers Cover.
The Lincoln papers will also be taking pictures this after
noon. Katherine Wells. Coed Counselor president, announced that
it is n.it too lale to join the WKOTC Anyone wanting to join
may come to drill or class separately or both. Since so many
members of ihe unit are confined to dorm, it is hoped that as
many house girls will be present as possible so that there will
he a good showing for the pictures.
Second officer Cwemlolyn ll.ry of the WAACs will
again assist Lieutenant. Adams ilh the drill.
Filiform should be worn. It consists of a white blouse, dark
skirt, and low heeled shoes.
Coeds Brighten Days
Despite Man Shortage
Lack of men on the campus is
revolutionizing college women's
social fun.
Instead of whirl-wind rides in
convertibles with favorite boy
friends, girls are swarming the
Lincoln riding academies. Soror
ities have turned out en masse in
riding habits and jeans.
These spring days bring fills
with their knitting needles, cokes
and cards to the front lawns.
Really a better way of watching
the few boys that are left any
way, as well as looking over the
marching cadets.
Revise Bull Session Topics.
Girls' bull sessions are assum
ing a more important part in col
lege life. The topics seemed to
have changed from the clothes
problem for the Saturday right
date, to lieutenant's bars, V-mail
and letters from the bloody battle
fields of Leavenworth.
Friday nights see groups of
lovelv ooeds taking in the movie
together, since Uncle Sam has
priority on male escorts.
Picnics Ah Yes!
Still holding the popularity
spotlight are picnics. Former girl
scout training is finally showing
its vslue when it comes to building
flKS.
The first robin, bicycles and
Teller skates arrive simultaneous
ly. Skinned knees and stiff
muscles soon follow.
So, obviously gitls can have fun
and continue some college activity,
d spite the manpower shortage.
UN
inaea
War Program
lleginning Unlay, the Daily Mebraskan will
print in a serif of articles the "W or and
trar Program of the University of Xehraska" as
formulated by the Chancellor's faculty adt iry
committee, the administrative council of deoni
and the hoard of regents.
The statement wa issued to suggest some
problems that confront the university and to pro
pose a Wiry that would keep Xehraska abreast
vf rising standards at other schools.
For the duralion of the var the Hoard of Kc
gcnls ami the staff of Ihe universily must be guid
ed primarily by what the United States government
lnay ask or suggest lhat we do to promote the cause
of victory. Among oilier reasons, Ibis war is being
fought by 1he United Slates and ihe United Nations
for the preservation of the opportunity for univer
sities to exist in a manner compatible with the his
toric and true spirit of a university.
The army specialized and the navy collegiate
training programs are being activated through a
series of contracts with a list of colleges and uni
versities that is being progressively enlarged. Most
of these contracts are for the housing, feeding and
instruction of specified numbers of trainees with
tpecified curricula through definite periods of time.
The university will have two or more such eon
tracts which will constitute our primary institu
tional participation in the war program.
Enrolment Probably Down
Tt is likely that our colleges of engineering,
medicine, and dentistry will be used to capacity in
the war program for the duration. It is likely lhat
some departments of the college of arts and sci
ences will be used to capacity in connection with
one or more of the army specialized training
programs.
It seems likely that enrolments in our other
colleges will be materially reduced and in one
instance may almost reach the vanishing point.
It is advisable, wherever possible to keep each
college alive with at least enough staff members
to serve the students who can and should con
tinue their education and be ready for rapid
rehabilitation at the end of the war. It is quite
generally predicted that when the war is over
there will be a very large student demand for
higher education in all fields just as there will
be a great demand for consumer goods of wide
variety.
Must Consider Changes
Many writers and speakers are daily urging
our people and our leaders to g'ive thought to the
necessary readjust merits to the peace that will fol
low the war. Similarly, those concerned with the
future welfare of the University of Nebraska should
now give thought to any and all eventualilies with
which the university may be confronted after the
clash of arms lias ceased.
There was a time in the history of universities,
many generations ago, when the academic "ivory
lower" into which a university could withdraw in
time of stress was something of a reality. The
"ivory tower" notion was long ago relegated to
the status of a myth. Approximately seventy years
ago our nnicrsity le;dtv stw that these institu
tions must be active and .m ful parts of the sociely
in which they lived, Mid must he sensitively respon
sive to 1he ideals ami neods of the democracy that
supported ihem.
Endure Challenge of Change
A university must endure the challenge of
change with the rest of our democratic institutions.
The remarkable b clopniont of our universities
during the lat fifty jears dios the success wilh
which Ihey have pursued this policy. Our univer
sities have demonstrated that they can and Mill
respond to each change in social ami economic con
ditions with ihe same alertness as our industry, our
agriculture, ami our go eminent.
In harmony wilh ibis policy many staff mem
bers of the Universily of Nebraska have already
begun a restudy of our program that will continue
wilh increasing intensity into the postwar period
in order that our courses of study may be brought
abreast of the times and may best meet the needs
and interesls of our constituents.
Whether this university will be able to offer
ihe wide variety of educational programs that will
be wanted by the greatly enlarged student body
that may be expected, and whether our scholars
and scientists can undertake solutions of the great
variety of research problems that they will be
asked to undertake by the various agricultural, in
dustrial, and commercial groups of the SUte, Mill
depend very largely on the amount of money that
may be made available.
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