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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, March 1, 1946
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Well Done!
With the retirement of Chancellor C. S. Boucher at the
end of the current school year, the University of .Nebraska
loses an able administrator, a distinguished educator and a
fine gentleman. For seven and a half of the most unsettled
of the university's 20 years Chancellor Boucher has guided
the school and seen that it maintained its reputation as a
truly outstanding state university. During that time he has
given of himself unstintingly, even to the impairment of his
health.
As twelfth chancellor of the university he has con
tinued a carer during which he advanced from professor of
history, to dean of a college, to president and chancellor of
two universities. His ability has been widely recognized and
he has served on numerous national educational and his
torical groups including a term as president of the Asso
ciation of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities.
While at Nebraska, Chancellor Boucher has been re
sponsible for helping the school to grow for the future.
During the last seven years the junior division has been set
up, a faculty retirement system has been started, the school
of fine arts instituted, the new library and several other im
portant buildings added.
He has carried out his aims of fostering both good
teaching and good individual research. He has remained an
enthusiastic supporter of any programs which encouraged
students to take a greater part of the responsibility for their
own education.
Chancellor Boucher has made the University of Ne
braska a better school than it was seven and a half years
ago. He has taken the university over a rough road and
left a firm foundation for postwar expansion. He has earned
his retirement to private life.
In reply to Mr. Sprague's letter:
Does Mr. Sprague feel that an organiza
tion, which on this campus alone has a po
tential membership of 2,200 students, is ex
clusive ?
If he attended the embryonic meting this
wek I can only wonder where he gets the
"mutual admiration" complex. Nothing said
during the meeting indicated that any vet
eran desires to do any postwar flag waving
or compete with the present organizations
on this campus. Neither did I hear anything
mentioned in the way of monuments dedi
cated to this war's servicemen.
The main idea seined to be the formation
of an organization that will help make this
school a better one. No one wants to see
this school improved more than we do. We
believe faculty members' salaries should be
more comparable to those in other schools.
We believe many of our departments are
sadly lacking in facilities and equipment for
demonstrations and for us to gain expe
rience with. JMo one is more concerned about
this school's standing and ability to teach
us the things we so earnestly want and need
to learn, than the veteran.
I disagree with Mr. Sprague's thought
that, "we should forget the experiences this
last war gave us." I don't contend that they
are to be talked about or paraded back and
forth before everyone; however, those ex
periences were grim .teachers and shall al
ways be a silent reminder and a guiding fac
tor in our future endeavors.
We are organizing in hopes of bettering
the campus, the school spirit, facilities for
learning and housing, to help the new vet
eran student in any way we can, to help
each other become better students, and yes,
we probably will occasionally have a social
function; which, Mr. Sprague, won't be "ex
clusive," won't be a "mutual admiration so
ciety" and won't try to "fritter any money
away."
A memorial to the men and women of this
war isn't such an appropriate thing either,
but we have many problems with higher
priorities.
No, Elmer, we aren't going to throw those
discharge buttons away! To most of us they
aren't just so much brass. They are our
emblem of opportunity to free, intelligent,
democratic thinking and action, with which
we must kill and prevent the germs that
start war.
ED YORK.
Dear Editor:
There are a few phases of the vets or
ganization which sem to be discords in
Elmer Sprague's otherwise harmonious
campus life.
He sees us gathering together, apart and
above, the normal students to re-live our
dreadful experiences or to live again in the
fading glory.
He must see us gainging such power that
we will demand special favors. Should we
demand 10 points be added to our final
grades or, say, buses to carry us to and
fro mclasses?
He knows few veterans who need "pro
tection" from the faculty. He's right there,
personally, I've seen nothing but co-operation
from that direction, and I haven't seen
any requests for protection.
In his capacity of spokesman for "most"
of us he has arrived at the conclusion that
we aren't even a problem to ourselves.
He has missed the point. Whether we like
it or not we are a special group. We have
required extra attention from the school
and will as long as we are here under the
educational plan. The point is not to band
together to see who w can force into giv
ing us concessions, but to do so in an effort
to help ourselves and give aid to an under
staffed department that is wrestling with
the questions of subsistence, housing and
the like.
I wonder why Mr. Sprague takes the trou
ble to object. The club sems to be forming
without his support, but then he may be
enjoying the publicity his objections bring
him.
GENE BROWN.
Pvt. Bill Boydston Arrives
At Albrook Field, Panama
Pvt. Bill J. Boydston, former
university student, has arrived in
Panama for duty at Albrook iFeld
with a signal air warning bat
talion it has been announced by
headquarters of the Sixth Air
Force.
Bill was technical director of
the university theater first
semester, 1944-45, and was in
ducted that winter. His home is
in Warren, Ohio.
Contrary to public opinion,
hitchhiking was outlawed in 1846
in the kingdom of Zurabia be
cause the subjects refused to pay
thumb-tax.
The Hopi Indians knew noth
ing of radio.
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Churches . .
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ty, about life in Costa Rica. The
party will be at the Methodist
Student House at 8 o'clock.
At the Sunday Evening Forum
for Presbyterian students, held at
5:30 at the Student House, Earl
Luff, general manager of the Lin
coin Steel Works, will speak on
"Management Problems and Labor
Demands." This is the last of a
five week series of discussions of
labor-management problems. After
the discussion a buffet supper will
be held at 11 o'clock. Bible study
for Presbyterian students will be
held at the Student House at 9:30
Sunday morning.
Sunday Services.
Worship services at the First
Evangelical church will be at 11
o'clock Sunday morning, and eve
ning services begin at 7:30. The
Ag College Student Fellowship of
the Evangelical church will meet
at the church at 5:30 Sunday.
ine "university or Lire" series
at St. Paul Methodist church Sun
day evening will feature a Stu
dent Forum on "Marriage and the
Family," one of the three quest
groups. Preceding the forum, the
Inspiration hour, beginning at 6:30,
will consist of a script reading,
by students, of Channing Pal
lock's,-"The Fool." At 5:30. a fel
lowship supper will be held at
the church. Sunday morning serv
ices are at 10:55 at the church.
Lutheran chapel service will be
held in room 315 of the Student
Union Sunday morning at 10:45,
with the Rev. Henry Erck in
charge. The regular LSA meeting
will be held Sunday at 5 o'clock
at the student center.
Services in Union.
Services at the Universitv Enis-
copal church Sunday morning are
at H-.iii ana n. msct. oeorpp
Schuster will say mass for Cath
olic students in parlors. X, Y and Z
of the Student Union at 11 o'clock
Sunday morninff. Masses during
Lent will be said In the Student
Union at 8 o clock every Wednes
day and Friday morning.
The Rev. Thomas Pavne npw
Baptist student pastor, will meet
with the Roger Williams Fellow-
snip lor the first time Sunday
evening at 6 at the Student House
Sunday morning services at the
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at clubs, but that was the only
service they ever had to paw for.
He explained that the club drew
rations from the Army and
charged for the food on the in
sistance of the army, but the
minimum rate was always asked.
"Another criticism often re
peated is that men had to pay
for cigarettes, which are given out
free by the Red Cross. I believe
the rumor started in a North
Africa hospital when neither the
hospital nor the Red Cross had
any cigarettes. The lady in charge
that day offered to go to the PX
and try to buy some for the men.
She bought several cartons from
her own money and sold them to
the men who had asked. Other
men saw her taking the money
and jumped to- the wrong con
clusion," he declared.
Blood Donors.
One of the most important serv
ices offered by the Red Cross
was the blood donor service, ac
cording to Read. "If they had
done nothing else during the war,
the blood donor service was worth
it," Read concluded.
Assisting Miss Engle in this
drive are Ethelyn Lashinsky, in
charge of solicitation; Mary Clair
Phillips, treasurer; Marilyn Stahl,
clerical; and Shirley Jenkins, publicity.
four Lincoln Baptist churches will
be held at 11 o'clock. The young
people's meetings are scheduled
for 6:30 Sunday evening at the
Second Baptist church, 28th and S
streets, the Temple Baptist church,
27th and Holdrege, and at the
Baptist church at 40th and Sheri
dan, at 6:30. Evening services at
the First Baptist church, 17th and
K, the Second Baptist church, and
at the Temple Baptist church, will
be held at 7:30.
Youth Fellowship.
Members of the University
Christian Youth Fellowship will
hold their regular meeting Sun
day at 5 p. m. at the First Chris
tian church. The study of the Old
Testament, led by the Rev. Lowell
Bryant, will be continued. Re
freshments and recreation will
follow the meeting. The sermon,
given by Mr. Bryant, for the Sun
day morning service will be "The
World Vision." The service will
be held at 10:45. The university
church school class, led by Mrs.
Ray Rice, will be held at 9:30.
Intervarsity Christian Fellow
ship will continue studying the
Book of James at its Tuesday eve
ning meeting in room 316 in the
Union at 7:30. There will be group
singing and a flute solo by Betty
Ann Wendell.
Alpha Gamma Rho's Hold
Open House Tomorrow
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity
will hold open house Friday at
the chapter house at 3605 Holdrege
from 8 p. m. to 12 p. m. The eve
ning will be spent in dancing, and
refreshemnts will be served.
All ag students are invited to
come, either with a date or with
out, according to the president,
Charles Marcy.
Ques. "What is so rare as a
day in June?' Ans. The 30th of
February.
Don't be caught look
ing like this for the
Inter-Fraternity Ball.
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