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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
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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
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