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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1944)
Frrdcrr, MarcK 10, 1544 THE NEBRASKAN JJisl 7bd)AaAkaiv rORTT-rOUHTH YEAR Saastrlptiaa Katea art 1.0 Par Semester er fl.M for tk College Hear. tl.M Mallei. Sinr'e eopy, S Cenlt. Entere u econd-elasa mailer at the iaffice In Lincoln I, Nebraika, ndrr Act af Conrresi March 8. 1879, and at special rate of postage provided (or in Section IIOX Aet of October t, 1911, Authorized September SO, Published three times weekly d urine arhool year, ex cept vacations and examinations periods by Students of the University of Nebraska under the supervision of the Publications Board. For the Records . . . A former editor of the Nebraskan recent ly charged us with being afraid. We are afraid, he said, to print a hot story, to cham pion a "cause," to break away from conven tion and restrictions and enliven the news columns. This is for the record: We are not afraid of telling the truth. We are not afraid of printing the facts when the facts are not injurious to individual or group undeserving of criticism. We welcome the chance to par ticipate in clearing up a misunderstanding or righting a wrong. We try to get the avail able news. But any reader who has a complaint should consider the difficulties to be over come in publishing a student newspaper. The Nebraskan staff s used to rebuffs from faculty members and student organizations. It is used to days when news is non-existent because its readers will not cooperate to in sure full news coverage. It is used to bury ing hot news which would injure university reputation. If the reader has been among those who have not hampered Nebraskan efforts toward a better paper, then he has every right to criticize its policies. The Nebraskan is not not afraid. It is lim ited only by the cooperation of its readers. Hell and High Water By Guest Columnisf Since Les Glotfelty was running down a TNC story yesterday, the assignment of writing Hell and High Water was shuffled from one person in the Nebraskan office to another. This undesirable task was finally given us, much to our anything-but-pleas-ure. One of the women's organizations finally came out with a slate namely WAA. We are still wondering what AWS and Coed Counselors are hatching up between them. Anyway, to get back to WAA, the slate is quite a deal. Such monotony in candidates. t After typing the first few names on the slate, our typewriter just automatically started writing "Delta Gamma" and "Tas sel." Three out of six candidates are mem bers of DG. Granted, the DG's are good kids, which nobody can deny. It is a cinch they can't lose out completely, and from the looks of things over Grant Memorial way, they don't have a great deal to worry about. Noticed the usual number of men trying to get into Coed Follies last night. Coeds' coats, head scarves, and old skirts with trouser legs hanging out from under them, were in evidence. Far as we noticed, only Don Keough, member of the stage crew, and Harold Andersen of the. Nebraskan staff made it as far as we noticed, ya' under stand. Some of the laughs were a pretty deep base, but then everyone has a cold these days. Research Fund Inadequate For Creditable Grad School KHtr-a note: Thla la the elrhth In th criea of article. In tlwt aaivrnJIy bulletin of MHtwar plana for I'N which wae pre pared by the. chancellor", faculty advianry committer, the administrative council af dcane, and the hoard nf rerenta. It la hoped by Um Nrbraakaa that theae ar ticle may aeaaalat mm public with he nlvenlly'a need far more aoe,at appro prtatloaa.) As far as research costs are con cerned, one of the serious weak nesses of our college and school budgets for many years has been the small amount of money al located, even Indirectly, for the support of research projects. With me exception or tne agricultural experiment station, research allot ments are, and long have been, al most nonexistent; and even In this station the state tax funds that have been available for research have been little beyond what was necessary for us to qualify, on the matching principle, for federal re search giants. And yet, research is the distinguishing feature of a university as contrasted with a college; it Is" the activity that de velops and maintains a creditable graduate program. One of the ways in which to reduce the scope of the university's activities in order to prevent too great a spread of available re sources, would be to discontinue one or more of our colleges, schools, or departments. Graduate College, An Asset. One of the first of our colleges that many uninformed persons would suggest for elimination is our Graduate College. If this is seriously considered it must be with full realization that if the graduate program were abandoned we would immediately have to surrender membership in the As sociation of American Universities, for we would then be reduced to the clasa of undergraduate four year colleges. At the same time the standing or many or our profes sional colleges would be placed in jeopardy, because professional pro grama can be supported adequate ly only as part of a true university program which encourages and supports research and graduate study. During the last dozen years the drain on our best staff personnel by loss to institutions with better opportunities for research and with better salary scales has txt-n too heavy for the welfare of the institution not to suffer. If we were to abolish the graduate col lege we would immediately lone most of the best of our present staff members who would not wish to remain in an institution that was merely an undergraduate col lege. The best universities of the country attract the best scholars of the country just as the bright est flowers attract the bees. With the loss of our brst scholars, the quality and reputa tion of our undergraduate colleges would suffer. There is no incom patibility between teaching and re search; they are odne best where they are done together by the sam persons in the same institu tion, and it is particulary the teching that benefits from associa tion with research because it is thus enlivened and kept up to date. If our Graduate college were to be discontinued, such action should be taken only after mature con sideration of the resulting effects upon each rf several other colleges and schools. (To be MHitlnnrd In Monday'. Nerafcaa.) WAA (Continued From Page 1.) of Pi Beta Phi and a sophomore in school. Voting in the WAA election is limited to the WAA council, intra mural representatives, sports board, promotion board, conces sions board and clubs board. Since the WAA office is not open at all hours, votes will be cast in the physical education department of fice from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Pi Phi's (Continued from Page 1.) every appearance. In addition, Jeanne's slacks were rolled up a bit farther each time she stepped on the stage, thus adding a bit of spice and suspense to the show. All in all, men, you would have seen a fine show, but maybe it's best that you didn't try to take it in high-heels, bandana and bor rowed dress. Some of your fellow male students did, and they were politely btu firmly tossed out on their masculine ears by AWS Board watch dogs. Judges of the skits and acts were AWS advisory board mem bers, Miss Clara Raush, Miss Catherine Schwake, Miss Mary Guthrie, Miss Emily Schossberger and Miss Jeannette Fraiser. Acknowledgements: Stage crew; Don Keough, Virginia Seacrcst, Jean Cowden, Anne Wellenseik, Barbara Berggren and Mary Helen Thorns. Pianist: Ruth Way; sign chang er, Jeanne Swarr; sign maker, Dorothy Black. Service Men . . . (Continued from page 1.) officials under the federal law passed in September, 1942, the member of the armed service must meet requirements of a civilian voter in his own state. That is, in Nebraska the voter must be 21 years of age and a qualified resi dent of the state. The serviceman is not required to register or pay poll tax. Serviceman Mails Card To obtain a ballot, the service man mails a card to the secretary of state of his state. These cards are furnished by the army and navy. An officer must witness the card, proving the eligibility of the sender. Congress is trying to amend this federal bill now. Voting for Nebraska state offi cials is left up to the state. The present bill, while allowing for absentee voting, makes such re quirements as: The application can't be made before 30 days be fore the voting; the ballot must be returned by registered mail and must be here for the first meeting of the canvassing board, five or six days after election. Such re quirements eliminate overseas men and men in the navy from voting. Special Session March 27 The governor has announced plans for a special session of the legislature on March 27 to con sider amendments to Nebraska's present bill. The new draft, which will be presented to the legislature, if and when it is called, applies to any absentee of Nebraska, al though it would only affect those in the armed service. A.S.T. Chorus Concert Donald Smith, Director Robert Henry Cr Donald Frey, Soloists 3:00 P. M., Sun. March 12 in the Union Ballroom Wctch for "FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, ' ' MAR. 19 EOARDMAN ROBINSON LECTURE, MAR. "EAGLE SQUADRON," APRIL 2 JOHN JACOB NILES LECTURE, APRIL 16 26 ! -. - The0 Sprio9l V It Says Here in Fine Print You're going to look completely feminine this Spring, in soft, little printed crepes. These jun ior size charmers from Magee's Third Floor have enchanting ruffles and graceful lines that do much, much for the form divine. 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