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News Editor! Leslie Jean Glotfeltjr, Betty Loa Huston,
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Bacietv editor Helaa Goodwin
Political Forum!
In spite of the Dewey majority in the all-campus poll,
Roosevelt supporters will have one last chance on the
campus to win at the Nebraskan-sponsoreci Kepuoncan
Democratic political forum Wednesday night at 7:30 in
Sosh Auditorium. Before and after the debate a vote will
be taken of the audience to determine any shift of opinion
to either side of the political fence. The audience will be
requested to vote as non-partisans as nearly as possible
and base their "after the debate" opinion purely on the
merits of the facts presented by the debaters.
Students are allowed to bring placards bearing the
names of their candidates; faculty members are asked to
come; and of course, every student interested in learning
the main issues of the current campaign is urged to at
tend the forum. Tonight. 7:30 p. m. Sosh Auditorium.
A Spi
ring Vacation?
A committee in the Student Council is currently investigating
the possibility of having a week's spring vacation this school year.
The appointment of the committee was made with the unanimous
approval of the Council who apparently felt that students needed
a rest period in the middle of the .year.
At the present time, the Student Council's request for a spring
vacation is awaiting decision by the university administrative coun
cil who will meet within the next two weeks. Then, if the ad
ministrative council recommends the plan, the proposal will be
referred to the Senate for final approval or disapproval.
The principle objections to a spring- vacation are (1) that it
would necessitate changing: the date of commencement to a week
later than has been scheduled on all university publications; (2)
that the university is still on a wartime accelerated basis.
The date of commencement could not fall on the fiow sched
uled date, May 21, if the university had a week's vacation because
a week of classes would be omitted. The university, in order to be
an accredited school, must comply with certain minimum regulations
set down by various accrediting associations. At the present, UN
is down to the absolute minimum requirements, so to cut out
one week of classes would destroy the university's standing as
an accredited institution. Furthermore, has the Council obtained
a representative student opinion as to whether or not they would
like to go to school one week longer in the summer in order to
have a spring vacation? Or is this the opinion of the Council
members?
In regard to the second objection, Chancellor Boucher con
siders it "doubtful" if the curicula of the various college, espe
cially the college of medicine and of dentistry, could be adjusted
to the rearranged schedule. Moreover, he expressed some surprise
that university students, still on a wartime basis, should want a
spring vacation.
With these considerations before them, is the Student Council
sure that the majority of students are in favor of a spring vacation?
Student Rally
Starts Team
Off to Iowa
The student body, cheerleaders,
Tassels and a volunteer band will
meet at the Union at 6 tomorrow
evening to march to the Burling
ton station for a farewell rally
when the football team leaves for
Iowa.
The rally will march down R
street to the station where there
will be songs and cheers led by
the cheerleaders and speeches by
Coach Ad Lewandowski and Jack
Selzer.
All organized houses are being
asked to delay dinner to permit
all students to attend the rally.
Mary Russel, Tassel president, an
nounced that the Tassels should
be at the Union by 5:45.
Gamma Phi Beta,
Delta Gamma Win
Free Yearbooks
Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi
Beta were awarded free Corn
huskers this week for having
completed membership pictures
first.
Governor and UN
In a recent radio speech Governor Griswold
listed among problems facing the next legislature
and the people of Nebraska for the M5-'48 bien
nium the consideration of construction plans for
new buildings at the university and other state
financed institutions. The governor also pointed
out that the state general fund has a surplus of
about ZVt million dollars, which the legislature
could vote for a building program. Definite plans,
he said, are being developed for the university by
the Board of Regents and the normal school board.
Such plans will undoubtedly be placed before the
legislature's committee on appropriations this
spring.
Apparently out of a blue sky, the governor in
the course of his speech introduced a bombshell
over which the state, Lincoln, and the university
are bitterly divided. He proposed that the new
building for the State Historical society, to build
which an appropriation was made at the last ses
sion of the legislature, be placed on the university
campus. "It seems to me," he said, "that we could
use a little first hand state history in our educa
tional program." He admitted, however, that he
had not discussed the idea with the regents.
The governor's stand is greatly encouraging to
university students and faculty. .Their long strug
gle to obtain sufficient funds for an adequate long
time building program and for salaries large
enough to attract and hold more top-flight educa
tors to the faculty has often seemed an up-hill
fight. The battle for funds Is not yet won by any
means, but the governor's recognition that the
problem does exist is a step forward toward the
ultimate goal.
Lcs Said The Better
By Les Gtotfelty
Last week the total city campus war
stamp sales were just a very little over
$30.00. In editorial writing class we have
been taught never to preach to the reading
public, but this time we are going to preach
all over the place.
Thirty dollars worth of purchases by
3,000 students is just about ONE CENT
per person. That is nothing short of dis
graceful. In order for the stamp sales to
equal the purchase price of an ambulance
which is the goal set by Tassels, there must
be 200 dollars in sales eich week, and even
that entails only the purchase of a ten cent
stamp each week by every person on this
campus. There are a number of students
who buy a set amount each Wednesday,
such as one dollar ,two dollars, and so on.
The rest of us just smile sweetly at the
Tassel salesman and say "I'm broke," or "I
bought mine earlier," or "My dad buys
bonds." OK fine, if you actually haven't got
cent or if you really have bought them
earlier. But there are darn few students on
this campus who cannot skip a coke or two
and help their country. Tassel salesmen
have noticed consistently that it is stu
dents who have to sacrifice something to
buy stamps that do buy them. The gals and
guys who have plenty of money seem to
prefer to spend their money for enjoyment
rather than in trying to preserve that en
joyment and bring back pleasure to the fel
lows who can't drop in for a coke at 3 p. m.
every day.
We are so far removed from the actual
war and so complacent in our own little sel
fish interests that we seem to feel th adhere
is no reason for us to be interested in this
war. Last week we really sacrificed and
LETTERIP
To Pvt. Neilly &nd all of the rest of the
Pre-Meds, the abused darlings
Dear Pvt. Neilly,
I admire your wit and the skill with the
pen which you displayed in your letter to
the editor of the Nebraskan, but haven't
you missed the point, first in your interpret
tation of the editorial you were endeavor
ing to answer and second in the attitude of
the student body toward the army person
nel on this campus?
In regard to your attitude concerning the
editorial in question, you not only misin
terpret what was written, but also you read
in things which were not even implied. That
editorial was an expression of a suggestion
one person had to make concerning the
quartering of army personnel, and was in
no way a reflection of the attitude of the j
students toward the army.
Now about the suggestion that the army
ba moved to the Field House and the li
brary be returned to the civilian authorities
for remodeling to be used as a library. Have
you any good reason to oppose such a plan?
Or is it that you would hate to walk an
extra block or two to get some place? This
is no attempt of the students to put the
army out in the cold, but do you really think
you deserve to stay in the library? Do you
remember that the officers have found it
necessary to close the third floor latrine,
then the frst floor latrine because of mis
use of facilities ,and to impose various
penalties and restrictions upon some men
for downright destructive acts such as tear
ing the linoleum off the sides of the stair
cases? These men who treat any building in
that fashion deserve to live in pup tents on
the mall.
And that statement about colds in the
Field House Dr. Lyman, head of Student
and Army Health, doesn't quite agree with
you, and he has the figures, Mr. Neilly.
As for the attitude of the student body
you brought that upon yourselves. The at
titude of civilians toward armv men last
year was a far cry from what it is today.
Last year the men stationed here made
themselves wanted. They entered into so
cial activities, they participated in educa
tional and athletic activities, the wrote and
edited one page of the Nebraskan, exclusive
ly for army news. That is what you should
be doing with your creative genius, Mr.
Neilly, not stirring up feeling with sarcastic
letters directed at the student body.
Our football team wasn't as spectacular
last year as it was in its first home game
last Saturday, but the army was with us
last year, not organizing a cheering section
for the opposition merely to spite the stu
dent body. Rather childish and poor sports
manship, wasn't it?
This year instead of cooperation between
army and civilians, we have friction. The
student body is composed of almost entirely
the very same people it was last year. I
leave you to deduce where the fault lies.
It will be a long hard winter, Mr. Neilly,
but your attitude and literary enterprise
only agitate the conditions.
Pvt. Bill Rotton, ASTRP.
a few students bought enough stamps to
make it look as if all 3,000 of us spent one
cer.t. We ought to be proud of ourselves for
being such fine Americans. For Pete's sake,
kids, wake up!
The schedule for the week,
Oct. 30 to Nov. 4, includes: .
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Theta Xi.
Xi Psi Phi.
Pictures are being taken at
the Cornhusker studio, 133 South
13th St.
The average telephone pole was
tree 60 years old when cut.
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