Vol. 47 No.. 89 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, February 27,- 1947
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Fund Increase Requested
For Expansion Program
(Editor's Note: This is the
third of a series of four articles
to be published by the Daily
Nebraskan dealing with the un
iversity's 1947-49 budget, now
being considered by the state
legislature. Today's article
deals with the reasons for an
increased university budget.
The Nebraskan urges students
to clip this series of articles and
mail them to their parents. In
this manner it is hoped that an
increasing number of persons
will become acquainted with
the university's problems.)
Why is the University of Ne
braska asking for an increase in
tax funds for its support during
the next two years?
Provisions.
In general terms, the University give university officials an oppor
has increased its over all budget tunity to appear before them to
9i nt in D.nviHp- (1 Retter testify. After the hearings, the
instruction, and teaching equip
ment, to accommodate the largest
enrollment in its history: (2) to
strengthen and expand its pres
ent program of research; (3) to
strengthen its program of public
services to the citizens of the
state; and (4) to improve the ap
Dearance and efficiency of its
buildings and campuses.
The over-all budget of the uni
versity has been fixed at $10,103,-
194 for the 1947-49 biennium. Of
this sum, Nebraska taxpayers are
asked to pay $6,500,000 in state
taxes. The remainder is supplied
by student fees, federal funds and
endowment income.
Since student fees, federal
funds and endowment income are
fixed items in the university's
budget, it is evident that increases
or decreases in what the univer
sity is askine of the state are de
cided bv the legislature in appro-
priating state tax funds for the
university.
Snecific Reouests.
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its budget to provide the lollow-
mg: 204 new employes at a com
bined salary of $958,946; a 7.8 per
cent increase in present salaries
totaling $431,090; an increase in
maintenance and equipment funds
totaling $629,134, and an increase
in funds used to hire readers, lab
assistants, etc., totaling $113,876.
The increase would be met by
an increase of $1,969,266 in state
taxes over the 1945-47 appropria-
Stolen Money
Box Recovered
. The Kappa Sig treasurer's
money box, stolen from the house
two weeks ago, was returned to
Randy Ewing, house treasurer,
Saturday by the Lincoln police.
The box had been found by
two hunters along the side of a
road north of Omaha, and was
turned in to the local authorities.
Approximately $98 in cash was
missing, but all the government
and personal checks were still in
the box
Important Notice
To Veterans
Veterans who have not yet
submitted V. A. Form 7-1961,
entitled Estimate of Compen
sation from Productive Labor,
or V. A. Form 7-1963, entitled
Report of Compensation from
Productive Labor (whichever
one pertains), will .risk sus
pension of subsistence allow
ance until one of these forms
has been properly executed
and filed with the Veterans
Administration. These forms
may be obtained In the office
of the Consultation Board, 101
Mechanical Arts hall, and must
be filed not later than March
5, 1947.
Veterans Consultation Board,
J. P. COLBERT, Director.
tion; and an anticipated increase
of $300,000 in student fees during
the 1947-49 period as compared
with the current biennium. This
would permit a $100,000 operating
reserve.
Legislature to Make Study.
The university's budget has
been submitted to the state gov
ernor to assist him in making rec
ommendations to the legislature
The governor's budget, however,
when presented to the legislature
recently, recommended a reduc
tion of $1,012,000 in the state tax
fund appropriation for the univer
sity.
The governor's budget, together
with the budget submitted by the
university, is now before the
budget committee of the legisla
ture. It will study them, and
university s budget is incorpor
ated into the budget for all state
agencies of government and sent
to the legislature as a whole for
final action.
K.K. Plans
Spring Show
Cast Trvouts
Kosmet Klub will hold tryouts
for its spring show, "Aksarben
Nights", from 7 to 9 Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 4 and 5 in the
studio theatre of the Temple.
Both male and female charac
ters will be enacted according to
Kosmet Klub's tradition, by men
The cast includes 28 parts, and
any male student now enrolled for
12 or more hours eligible for
try-outs.
-Each man interested in singing
is requested to bring a song and
to be prepared to audition it. An
accompanist will be provided.
The show, a musical comedy in
two -acts, was written by David
Andrews and Bill Wiseman and
will run at Temple April 18 and
19. Announcement of the cast will
appear in The Daily Nebraskan
March 6.
Kosmet Klub was organized as
a men's dramatic society in 1911
by members of the Junior class.
Its purpose was to produce a
musical comedy wth an all-male
cast each year, but, until 1927,
women were allowed in the' pro
ductions. Since then, the Klub has
followed its original policy and
has produced only all-male shows.
Rev. Wichelt
Will Conduct
Tent Service
Highlighting the events of
Christ's last week on earth, a
series of six Lenten worship serv
ices by the Vespers group will be
held each Thursday at 5 p. m. in
room ol5 ot the Union.
Begun last week, the non-
denominational series speaker to
day is the Rev. Mr. Wichelt, who
will discuss the Passover. His
topic is, "My House Shall Be a
House of Prayer." Virginia Pierce
will assist him and Joan Fank-
hauser will be in charge of music.
The other five of the series, cen
tering around pre-Easter events,
will deal with Gethsemane. Peter's
denial, Pilate's conducting of the
trial, and the significance of the
crucifixion as all are related to
current circumstances. The Rev.
Messrs. Tishkins, Wichelt, Wick
and Hale, Dr. C. H. Patterson of
the philosophy faculty, and Miss
McKenna, executive secretary of
YW, are included in the speakers'
list. . ,
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Alvino Rey
Ball Tickets
Now on Sale
Orchestra Stars
Singers, Harpist
Tickets are now on sale in the
Union for the Alvino Rey dance
to be held March 5 in the Union
ballroom.
To insure couples ample room
for dancing, sales have been
limited to 425. Admission
price
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ALVINO REV
will be $5 per couple. Cokes
brownies and popcorn will be sold
in the main dining room thruout
the evening.
The Blue Reys, four boys and
a girl, will be featured with Jo
Ann Ryan and Jimmy Joyce on
the vocals. Luise King has joined
the association as harpist.
Aivino Key s most recent re
cording for Capitol is "That's How
Much I Love You" and "Why
Don't We Say We're Sorry.
"Guitar Boogie" and "There's No
Breeze."
Getting his start with Phil
Spitalny's orchestra, Rey was
later featured with Horace Heidt,
Key's orchestra starred on two
radio programs, the Coca Cola
show and the Fitch Bandwagon.
Angel Street
Draws Four
Curtain Calls
BY SAM V.AilREN
Advance publicity billed "Angel
street as a Victorian thriller, and
thriller it proved to be last night
when the University Theater pro
duction opened its four-performance
run on the Temple stage to
a raw iour curtam calls.
The mounting suspense of the
main. Plot was heightened bv ad
ditional moments of episodic sus
pense, not the least of which
was the imminent discovery of
our nero hidden in the closet!
The entire show was so well di
rected and the three acts moved
along so steadily that when the
villain was roped and tied in
the closing minutes, the audience
ail but stood up and shouted.
While this means, that first of
ail, Patric Hamilton's play was
well-written, it also means that
those who carried the leading
roies came thru with the de
mands made upon them. And this
is exactly what happened.
Toss-Up.
It is not an exaggeration to
say that it was a toss-up as to
who was most best among the
three leads, Bill Lucas as the
criminal Mr. Manningham, Bar
bara Berggren as his cowering,
impressionable wife, or Rex Cos
lor as the inspector who solves
a 15-year old crime and prevents
another.
In portraying the scheming, un
ruffled killer, Bill Lucas' perfor
mance was restrained and cool
thruout so that to one who was
unfamiliar with the story, his
conniving was not obvious, but
unfolded gradually, and thereby
effectively. Even in the last act,
See ANGEL STREET, pare 8.
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Teaching Staff
Wires Lilienthal
Petition to Solons
608 Signees Affirm
Unofficial Memorial
The faculty committee on the David E. Lilienthal
Memorial announced late yesterday that 608 signatures of
faculty and administration members were affixed to tele
grams sent to Senator Arthur Vandenberg, President pro
tern of the Senate, and Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of the
combined House-Senate Atomic affairs committee.
Students Will
Hear Crosby
Speak Today
Federalist Group
Sponsors Coiivo
Lt. Gov. Robert B. Crosby will
be the speaker at a Student Fed
eralist sponsored all-university
convocation in the Union ballroom
at 3 p. m. today. His tonic will
be, "A Nebras
kan Approach
to World Gov
ernment."
Crosby re
sumed his place
in Neb r ar s k a
po 1 i t i c s and
public life upon
being released
from the navy
last March af
ter two years of
active service.
He was a mem
Courtesy Lincoln
Journal
ber of the 1941 legislature and the
speaker in the 1943 and 1944 spe
cial sessions before his service
career.
Crosby, in an opinion poll sent
to all members of the state gov
ernment by the university's chap
ter of the Student Federalists, ex
pressed the belief that the United
States should make the goal of
world government the core of our
foreign policy, adding that he is
personally helping to forward this
idea by speaking about the subject
and publicly expressing his views
on the situation.
Belief.
In regard to his beliefs con
cerning the peacetime world con
trol and development of atomic
energy, he stated that it should
be controlled, "by a commission
with civilian membership from a
federal world government with
out, of course, any veto power
being reserved to any member."
Aware of the fact that the goal
of a world government will take
great deal of work to be ac
complished, it is Crosby's opinion
that the chief obstacle to world
government is, "Nationalism; the
symbolism which grips man's
mind and coerces him into vis
ualizing the earth as being in
habited by national states rather
than by human beings sharing
much the same fears and aspira
tions." A question period will follow
See CROSBY, page 8.
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Vet Panel Sneakers to Talk
On Athletics
"Should College Athletics Be
Subsidized?" will be the topic of
the Veterans Views forum in the
Union lounge at 4 p. m. today, it
was announced by Bud Levinson,
radio director for the vets organ
ization. The half hour program
will be broadcast over KFAB Sat
urday at 10:30 p. m.
Harry C. Good, Eddie Schwartz-
kopf, Norris Anderson and Jack
Norman will comprise the panel.
The speakers will air their views
on the subject and will answer
questions from the members of
the audience.
Coach Standpoint
Harry Good, head basketball
coach of the university, will dis
cuss the issue from the coaches'
standpoint.
Eddie Schwartzkopf, a three
year football letterman and mem
Announcement was made by Dr.
David Fellman, political science
professor and one of the original
six men who formed the Lilienthal
Memorial committee. Other mem
bers are committee chairman J. L.
Sellers, Dean C. H. Oldfather and
Professors M. L. Baker, J. L. Say
lor and T. Jorgensen.
Experienced Public Servant
Referring to Lilienthal as "an
able, experienced, trustworthy and
devoted public servant," the Me
morial urged that members of the
senate confirm his appointment.
This stand, taken by the uni
versity faculty at their own moti
vation, is believed to be the first
of its kind made in the United
States.
Organization and distribution of
the Memorial began Tuesday
when a meeting of all interested
faculty members was called by
the " committee. More than 100
professors and administrative staff
representatives attended.
Circulated Yesterday
Actual circulation of the mes
sage took place yesterday, and the
final copy with a large percent
age of faculty signatures was
wired to the Senate last night.
Final decision on Lilienthal's
assuming the chair of the atomic
control commission will be made
this week, news sources in Wash
ington predict. Committee hear
ings will probably end today and
the highly controversial appoint
ment should be voted on by the
end of the week.
Union Plans
Bridge Class
On Thursday
Activities at the Union this
week will begin on Thursday at 4
p. m. with a bridge class in room
316.
All students are eligible to at
tend the class instructed by Dale
Ball.
Smith Warren's band will fur
nish the music for a dance in the
ballroom Friday night from 9
p. m. until midnight. Admission
is 44 cents per person, and no
dance is scheduled for Saturday.
Sunday activities will begin
with the usual coffee hour at 5
p. m. in the ballroom. There will
be no variety show this week.
Members of the Nebraska Art as
sociation will attend an exclusive
meeting Sunday afternoon when
a movie will be "shown.
Subsidization
ber of the Athletic board, will
speak on the players attitude to
ward subsidization.
A veteran and sports editor for
the Lincoln Star, Norris Anderson,
will give his ideas as a news
paperman. The fourth speaker Jack Nor
man, a veteran and sophomore
in arts and science college, will
discuss the question from the
fans' viewpoint.
Moderator
Dr. Ralph C. Bedell, professor
of educational psychology and
measurements and faculty advisor
for the veterans will be the mo
derator on this weeks' program.
He will substitute for Paul Bogen,
who is attending a radio confer
ence in Oklahoma this week.
Subject for next weeks' pro
gram will be "Does Our Univer
sity Meet the Needs of the State?
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