Sunday. October 3, St3
THE NEBRASKAN
People Are Talking . .
Another boost to the university'! plea for more
funds was given Wednesday by J. & Lawrence,
editor of the Lincoln Star. In his lead editorial,
he declared: "A study of educational needs in
connection with the physical plant of the Uni
versity of Nebraska would represent a genuine
legislative contribution."
"Nebraska's policy of 'paying-as-you-go has
been a magnificent fortress in icu&h times,' the
editorial asserts. Depressed prices for farm prod
ucts and land foreclosures during the '20's and the
drouth years of the 30's have necessitated the
extreme care taken in financial legislation during
these years. "It was a case of doing only the
little which could not be avoided. No university
. could have gotten along on less."
Now, however, when the people of Nebraska
see what some of the other state universities are
doing for postwar expansion, there can be no
doubt that the pace for the postwar years will be
swift and the plans for the future will be tre
mendous in scope and development.
For instance, Iowa has drawn up postwar plans
eallinr for an expenditure of $19,000,000, ten
million of which will be spent for the state uni
versity at Iowa City, and nine million at the agri
cultural college at Ames, including Its associated
experimental stations. In Arizona, Editor Law
rence also points out, plans have been outlined for
the state university there involving the construc
tion of buildings on the campus to the tune of
$2,500,000. Oregon is another state with tentative
plans incompassing tremendous expansion.
Since 1920, the building program at the Uni
versity of Nebraska has been an extremely cau
tious one and what has been accomplished has
been done the hard way, says Mr. Lawrence. In
that 24 year period, only three major buildings,'
financed thru tax funds, have been built on the
campus. They are: Andrews Hall, built in 1928,
costing $300,000; the heat and power plant, 1930,
costing $110,000; and Morrill Hall, 1925-26, con
structed partially thru state treasury funds but
with 15 percent of the $300,000 costs furnished
thru a gift of the Morrill estate.
It is, of course, by no means the complete
Mulcwiff program In connection with th
versity ol Nebraska,
Other buildings Include:
Carrie Bell Raymond hall, 1931, $217,350, built
thru bond issue.
Coliseum, 1925, $445,500, athletic receipts.
Stadium, 192S, $502,900, by popular subscription.
Student Union, 1938, $400,000, federal funds and
bonds.
Love hall and Northeast hall, 1940, $202,600,
conversion of funds from Love estate, federal
work program and bonds.
Love Memorial library, 1942, $780,844, gift from
Love estate.
Fieldhouse, 1942, $283,000, federal funds and
athletic" receipts.
Bancroft school, purchased 1941, $77,000, depart
ment fees.
School of music, purchased 1930, $55,000, bonds
and state tax funds.
In the same 24 year period, two buildings, the
college activities building, costing $128,000, and
foods and nutrition building, at $160,000, have
been built at ag college. Smaller developments in
the physical outlay of ag campus bring the total
up to $578,959. At the college of medicine in
Omaha, a hospital unit, a nurses' home and an
addition to the nurses' home, were financed by
appropriations of state funds amounting to $510,
000 in that 24 year period. .And slightly more
than $200,000 has been appropriated for expansion
at the Nebraska school of agriculture at Curtis
and at he" North Platte experiment sub-station
The total outlay for physical plant developments
for all branches of the university for this 24 year
period since 1920 has been $1,790,040, which is
an average of less than $80,000 a year.
"The figures speak for themselves," concludes
the editorial. "They are proof that one measure
of postwar planning which should concern all
Nebraskans is a long-term building program for
the state's largest educational institution. There
is economy and efficiency in any program of
long-term character ... By spreading costs care
fully over a period of years, there is the added
advantage that no especially crushing burden de
scends at any given time."
Horry James . . .
It seems a fellow student
got jammed into the baggage
car with Harry James and
his band on their way to
Lincoln last week end. The
maestro was deeply en
grossed in one of Thomas
Huxley's books, while the
sax player was reading "Look
Forward, Angel" by Thomas
Wolfe, and Band Manager
David Hilton, who inciden
tally delves deeply into the
subject of metaphysics, was
concentrating on Emmet
Fox's "Sermon On the
Mount." We always wondered
what the James outfit did to
relax!
ment, division, branch, or activity,
or major part thereof, resulting in
a saving of funds which are not
required for general operation and
maintenance of the university,
such funds shall be saved and re
main intact, and be reported to
the next session. (2) If the Board
of Regents shall receive from the
U. S. government or any other
source, for training or facilities
furnished in connection with fur-
Appropriations .
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ending June 30, 1945, the Board
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Pure Rumor . . .
Members of Theta Sigma Phi, women's national Journalistic
honorary, have been much upset lately by a rumor that unveisity of
ficials were considering a plan to put the school of Journalism under
the college of business administration, thus taking it out of its present
arts and science.
This move would make journalism students take bizad require
ments, instead of the broad background subjects now required for
journalistic training under the arts and science college. Recognized
as best training for a future newsman or woman is to "know as
much about every subject under the sun" as possible. If the school
of journalism were under bizad requirements, this type of course
would be extremely difficult to obtain.
Theta Sigma Phi, however, has been worried over nothing.. In
vestigation by officers of the organization has proved there are no
grounds for the rumor, so journalism students may again rest easily
on this score.
fund, are appropriated for the
most part from university student
collections. An estimated balance
of all money received and unex
pended during this biennium
amounts to $3,000,000. This figure
includes a total of $4,600 for two
annual audits by the Auditor of
Public Account.
Apropriations from federal
funds total approximately $1,091,-
000. Endowments ' and income
funds not used during the pre
vious biennium may be included
in this division.
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