DAILY NEBRASKAN
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under the supervision of the Publications Board.
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Editor .....Alan Jacobs
Business Manager Betty Dixon
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Managing Editors Ceorge Abbott, Marjorle May
News Editors John Bauermeister. Pat Chamberlln, June jmieoiv,
Marylouise Goodwin, Mary Helen Thorns.
Sports Editor Norris Anderson.
Circulation Manager Don Papez.
What This Nation Needs
"What this country needs is a god five-cent cigar"
Vice-president Thomas Marshall, 1916.
"What this university needs is a first class horoscope"
Alex, 1943.
A horoscope is a 12-sided figure which astrologists use to
predict the future. Alex is a quasi-astrologcr who furnishes
the Daily Nebraskan with Ihe latest news hot off the horoscope.
The process of acquiring Ihe news from the patcnled
pending hoorscope via Alex requires that the editor sit in a
straight backed chair facing the window. The managing ed
itor then enters, strikes him viciously so as 1o cause uncon
sciousness and stars. As the editor views the constellations of
twinkling stars, Alex gets to work like a cheer-leader and
spells out messages.
THE MESSAGE FOR APRIL 13 Since the planet is
in close conjunction with planet Y which meanwhile is doing
half-gaynors toward plenty X-prime, readers are warned to
be beware of a strange man, dressed in strange clothes. He
has strange eyes. And yes, the message for April 13 adds:
The ROTC will be activated. That's no rumor. The stars
will it.
Cradle to Grave
The "cradle to grave" report of the national resources
planning board has been given to congress by the president,
and thus far eon Rress has done little but to consider:
1. The red tape which would be involved.
2. The increase in government questionnaires.
3. More frequent interference in what the people have
come to consider their private affairs.
The criticism appears accurate enough; however the report
of the board is deserving of more careful and serious consider
ation for it does propose "security for all people in the United
States." That in itself is a change in the usual way of life, a
desired change.
If the report were to be accepted, there would probably
rseult more bureaucrats, more taxes, more complaints.
But the social security program provides that maximum
security would be provided for every American, that care
would be given the disabled, aged and unemployed, that fed
eral financial aid in the form of federal grants would be
awarded to all young people who desire and can benefit by
advanced schooling at universities and colleegs.
It is with typical scepticism and suspicion that the plan
is examined and righlly so. Hut it should be examined, con
sidered, discussed.
Wartime is Ihe best time for adoption of such a program
based on such a social-co-operative spirit, It is this waiborn
spirit that should make possible wide adoption of some of the
features of the national resources planning board program
which apear sound and Morth while.
Engineering . . .
(Continued from page 1.)
- 5 PatternMkg. & Fndry., Pr.
3 credits.
6 Machine Tool Pract., 3
credits.
208 Machine Shop Methods,
3 credits.
210 Power Engineering, 4 cred
its. 211 Power Laby., 3 credits.
214 Thermo Applied, 4 credits.
21 5 Fuels & Lubricants, 2
credits.
221 Int. Combust. Engines, 2
credits.
227 Adv. Power Laby, 3
credits.
. 235 Management Eng. ng., 3
credits.
Fellowships . . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
and tuition. Applicants must be
college seniors or graduate stu
dents who have specialized in
drama.
Produces Plays.
In order to provide its students
with valuable practical experience
the school of the Goodman Memo
rial Theater becomes a real thea
ter as soon as classes are over
each day. Every afternoon and
most of the evenings are devoted
Coed Filings
For Councclors
This Week
Filings for coed counselors will
be held April 14, 15 and 16 in
Miss Elsie Piper's office, Ellen
Smith for city campus.
Ag filings will be held in the
Home Ec building.
to the preparation of plays which
are produced in the two theaters
of the school.
Usually four plays are In Re
hearsal. Scenery is designed, built
and painted, costumes and prop
erties are designed and executed
by the students. As soon as one
play is produced, another goes into
rehearsal.
Divide Study.
Students of acting and directing
act in these plays, students of de
sign are responsible for scenery,
costumes and properties, students
of technical production build and
handle the scenery and do the
lighting.
Advanced students in directing
are given an opportunity to direct.
The faculty supervises the work,
itut the students execute it.
Rv ACP Cftllerf! Correspondent
Government Goes Feminine.
WASHINGTON7. (ACP). War-time gov
ernment is a 3-million job industry rapidly be
ing takrn over by the ladies.
At the moment, hiring of both men and
women in many sections of government is
frozen. Orders from the Budget Bureau have
commanded a multitude of important agencies
to bring staffs below ceilings in 30 days or
else.
But this unseasonal freeze doesn't mean
the war boom in government service is over.
Far from it. The need for trained personnel,
especially women, in public service will con
tinue to grow as government war services ex
pand and reorganize.
What's more, the piecemeal withdrawal of
men into the armed forces is just beginning to
hit government where it hurts in the ranks
of 3-A.
How many women will be needed before
the year ends is anybody's guess, No author
ity will venture an official estimate. Hut
whatever the number, it 's sure to be large.
The march of women into government is
a peace-time Ircnd quickened by war. In 1933,
15 percent of government positions were held
by women. By 1942, Ihe proportion had risen
to 24 percent. Now nearly 70 percent of all
new appointments and re-appointments go to
women.
There are virtually no jobs in government
today tliit women can't fill. Thus far, there
are comparatively few women in the higher
technical and administrative services and in
the field services of such activities as forestry
and certain aspects of public health work. But
that doesn't mean women with the right train
ing can't hold the jobs. Even in industrial oc
cupations, a Social Security board survey
shows, 1468 of 1900 war occupations are wholy
suitable for women and 276 partially suitable.
Nor does a government job necessarily
mean a Washington job. At the first of the
year, only 263,692 of the government's 2.687,
093 employes were in Washington. Twenty
four percent of the women, howevr, worked in
the capital, indicating the field services still
have less than their share of women.
Donald C. Stone, assistant director of the
Budget Bureau, is unequivocal about the op
portunities for college women in public admin
istration. "Government offers exceptional op
portunity for administrative work in every
field of endeavor imaginable," he says.
"The recruitment of several thousand
graduates under the examinations for junior
professional assistant is having a profound ef
fect. These young men and women have
moved up to more important duties at a rapid
rate. My fear is that with Ihe dearth of ade
quately trained persons, promotion of many of
these young employes to high positions has
come too rapidly.
"In any event, there is a desperate search
going on by all agencies for persons qualified
for administrative work of all grades from
juniors to heads of bureaus and divisions."
The American Council on Education has
made a study of the general needs of a woman
planning to enter government service. All
such students should be trained in report-writing,
the council believes. Knowledge of re
search methods and the elements of statistics
in simple form is helpful. Also recommended
is some study on war-time economic problem
and the fundamentals of American govern
ment and public administration.
With these tools i supplementing special
ized training, a woman entering government
today may expect a long career in public serv
ice. The shortage of trained personnel has
turned government attention more and more
to training on the job. The career system idea
has been gaining ground, too. Higher profes
sional positions are coming to be filed more
frequently by promotions from within.
All appointments now are made for the
duration and six months after. Doubtless some
women will be replaced when peace comes.
But chances are extremely good for a contin
uing career in government for women who
start on their way now.
V.., Mail
Clippings
Pat Chamberliitf Censor
Pfc. HAROLD SCOTT is home on leave
from Camp Bowie, Texas, where he is eon
nected with a special service group of the
infantry. He has been in the army ten months.
MARIE KNICKREHM, who was gradu
ated in 40, has enlisted in the army and re
ceived a lieutenant's commission. She will
enter the service May 1, when she will W
stationed at Camp Carson, Colorado Springs,
and will probably be in charge of dietitian
rk in the armv hospital.
O
BY GENE BRADLEY
Intelligence Quotient.
With all Nebraska young men preparing
to enter either the armed forces or an essential
government industry, 1Q examinations and
classification tests have become as numerous as
activation rumors.
Often these quizzes are so important that
they determine whether a fellow receives a
comission through OCS, or joins the colors
wearing the scratchy khaki. Therefore, we of
fer the following test so that we may all brush
off the mental cobwebs and make our brains
as nimble as Gypsy Rose Lee at a mosquito
convention. 7
Check the correct answer in each question.
1. Milk comes from:
a. A bottle
b. A milkman
c. A dairy
d. A cow
2. What would you do if you found a horse in
your bathtub?
a. Order him to move over or get put.
b. Realize that something must be wrong.
c. Recognize him as a Phi Delt pledge.
a. Refuse to drink the water.
3. Paulette Goddard wears a sweater because:
a. She cannot afford more expensive cloth
ing. b. She chills easily.
c. Her parents requested that she wear
sweaters.
4. Why does a chicken cross the road?
a. To get back into the Gamma House.
b. To get away from Bob Schlater.
c. To tell John Anderson: "Sorry, I have a
date. And becides, I've heard about you."
d. Because it wears red, white, and blue sus
penders. 5. What historic event occurred in 1492?
a. John Smith hung his Sigma Nu pin on
Pocahontas.
b. Daniel Boone first made the immortal
statement: "Ah, Wilderness," thus paving
the way toward the invention of the seven
cylinder radial engine.
, c. Martha Washington began selling cardy.
d. John Masori started sticking his fingers
into campus politics.
6. If you have a private school, and I have a
private school, then why does a polar bear
sit on a cake of ice?
a. To keep his private school.
7. The new library is:
a. A big, new building.
b. A military reservation.
e. A potential new home for a lot of us.
If you have similar IQ tests on hand,
friends, we will all appreciate it if you vwill
mail them to the following address:
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