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Vol. 49 No. 113 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA .. Wednesday, March 23, 1949
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LEADING THE PARADE which will mark the opening of the 15th
annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show at the Fairgrounds Saturday night
wil be Richard "Dick" Hudson, of Lincoln, with his pinto and plas
tic saddle. Dick will be carrying an American flag.
Allen, Ednioiidson Named
UNESCO Meet Delegates
Nebraska's delegates to the national UNESCO confer
ence will be Sue Allen and Bill Edmondson.
Their names were revealed today by Marion Crook,
chairman of the UNESCO executive council which is select
ing University representatives to the meet.
They are the first two delegates for whom funds have
been provided. By Tuesday after
noon, two hundred dollars had
been collected by the executive
council lrom campus groups,
houses and individuals.
THE COLLECTION of money
for delegate expenses will con
tinue, announced Miss Crook in
revealing the two delegates, in
the hope that additional repre
sentatives can be sent from the
University.
The national meet will be held
in Cleveland from March 31 to
April 2. Its purpose will be to dis
cuss community and national as
pects of UNESCO activity in or
der to train qualified leaders and
teachers of the international edu
cation commission.
OTHER UNIVERSITY students
eligible for the trip with Univer
sity support are: Tony Eistetter,
Lynn Hutton, Dale Flowerday,
George Wilcox, Irene Hunter,
Clause Ugla, Adolpho Arrocho
and Paul Rider.
When funds are provided for
additional delegates, $100 each for
expenses, the following commit
tee will name representatives
from the group: Dr. Frank Soren
son, Dr. L. T. Laase, Don Kline,
Marion Crook, Shirley Sabin
Quisenberry and Eloise Paustian,
all asked to serve by Chancellor
Gustavson.
A LIST OF all contributors to
the UN Lb 'O delegate fund will
be printed in Thursday's Daily
Ncbraskan. All gifts turned in to
Miss Crook by 5 p.m. Wednesday
will be included.
Miss Allen is a sophomore psy
chology major in the College of
Arts and Sciences. She is treas
urer of Tassels, YW cabinet mem
ber, Coed Counselor board mem
ber, vice-president of Alpha
Lambda Delta, and a member of
the Union Entertainment commit
tee. She has been a member of
the UNESCO executive commit
tee and has received much praise
for her part in the model confer
ence held on the campus in Feb
ruary. Edmondson is a junior in Arts
and Science majoring in inter
national relations. He repre
sented Belgium during the plen
ary conference.
Navy Interviews
Will End Today
Lt. Commander Klaus will con
clude interviews with all male
students interested in appoint
ments after graduation as ensigns
for U. S. Navy flight training at
Pcnsacola, Florida, on Wednesday,
March 23.
Appointments for interviews
may be made in Room 104 in
Administration hall. Interview;:
will be held between 9 a. m. and
4 p. m. Lt. Commander Klaus be
gan between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Lt. Commander Klaus began the
interviews Tuesday.
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Schedule of Student Meet
Proposal Gives Procedure
Aggies Register
For Slubble Tide
All men who wish to enter the
Farmers Fair whisker contest
must register today, clean shaven,
in the Ag Union office.
The man judged to have the
best growth by April 29, Farm
ers Fair time, will be crowned the
Whisker King at the Cotton and
Denim dance, along with the God
dess of Agriculture.
Whisker King and Goddess of
Agriculture are both revealed in a
unique fashion during intermis
sion at the Farmers Fair eve
dance. Both dress in a manner
befitting rural royalty.
Last year's Whisker King was
Jack Dewulf.
Wcnke to Head
Political Party
University Party members met
Tuesday afternoon to set up the
organization of the new campus
political group.
Election of officers revealed the
following slate: Bob Wenke, presi
dent; Jerry Druliner, vice-president;
and Dewey Davis, secretary-treasurer.
The nominations and platform
committees were chosen by party
affiliates. Skip Stahl was ap
pointed chairman of the nomina
tions committee and Winton
Buckley was named chairman of
the platform committee.
Other committees will be
formed in the future when
deemed necessary, said Wenke.
He announced that the commit
tees will meet sometime this week
to write the party platform and to
recommend candidates for party
backing in coming elections.
Neither the University Tarty
nor the Student Tarty have been
approved by the Faculty Senate,
though both have been accepted
by the Student Council.
Johnny Long Will
Play al Turnpike
Johnny Long and his band, the
only college band in America to
have recorded "White Star of
Sigma Nu," will be featured this
Friday and Saturday night at the
Turnpike.
One of the best-known bands
in the nation, it includes 18 pieces,
starring Natalie, the Beachcombers
and the Glee club.
University Asks 20 Budget
Hike to Cover Research Costs
One of the fields in which ex
pansion nas taken place on an
unprecedented scale is scientific
research.
This is one of the factors on
which the Untversfty has based
its request for a 20 percent in
crease in its operating budget.
The ingredients of research are
scientists, equipment and supplies.
The demand for these things
plus inflation have tremendously
boosted the cost of competent re
search. The University is now at
work on the largest research pro
gram in its history.
BUT UNIVERSITY salaries lag
far behind those paid at other uni
versities. The experienced scien
tist at Nebraska is paid an aver
age salary of $4,188. At the
typical Big Seven university he
is paid $4,331, and at the typical
Big Nine university he is paid
$5,102. If he is employed at one
of the 24 universities taking part
in the atomic energy program, he
is paid an average salary of
$4,728.
Similarly, inexperienced scien
tists at Nebraska are underpaid in
comparison with salaries offered
at other schools. The inexperi
enced scientist at Nebraska re
ceives $2,800. At the typical Big
Seven university he receives
$3,025; at the typical Big Nine
university, $2,905; at the atomic
energy program university, $2,997.
The graduate student who re
ceives a salary for part-time work
in research at the University is
also underpaid. lie receives an
average salary of $1,000 to $1,200.
The typical Rig Seven university
pays him $.000 to $1,100; the typ
ical Big Nine university pays him
$1,200 to $1,400.
INFLATION has greatly In
creased the cost of research equip
ment. In 1940 a microscope cost
$155; in 1946 it cost $222; in 1948
it cost $267. The price of an
analytical balance rose from $180
in 1940 to $264 in 1946 to $321
in 1948. Stirring meters cost $24
in 1940. In 1946 they cost $29,
and in 1948 they rose to $36. The
cost of TH motors was $235 in
1940, $275 in 1946 and $320 m
1948.
Research supplies have kept
pace with research equipment in
rising costs. Glass tubing cost
25 cents in 1940, 28 cents in 1946
and 31 cents in 1948. Denatured
alcohol rose from 52 cents in 1940
to 62 cents in 1946 to $1.17 in
$1.48. Metallic salts, which cost
12 cents in 1940 and 14 cents in
1946, now costs 21 Vi curi.
Open letter to ihe Student Council:
in order to put some flesh on the skeleton of an idea
one of having a student assembly to consider changes in
the Student Council constitution The Daily Nebraskan to
day outlines a plan of procedure which might be used by
the Council (with its own revisions, of course) in sponsor
ing the student convention.
The method of authorizing students as delegagtes is, as we
suggested before, by presentation of petitions signed by students,
the number of which would be determined by the Council. For
example, a delegate wuold be required to have the signatures of
fifty University students. No student could, of course, sign more
than one petition.
The day by day schedule of proposed events is as follow:
FIRST DAY
12 noon 5:45 p.m.
Registration: presentation of authorization petitions.
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Welcome to delegates by Student Council official.
Speaker: University administrative official.
Explanation of procedure and goals of temporary chairman ap
pointed by Student Council.
Second Tlenary Session
7:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m.
Speaker: Nebraska state governmental official on subject, "Rep
resentative Government."
Tentative acceptance of report of temporary credentials com
mittee. Roll call of delegates.
Election of permanent assembly officers and admistrative com
mittees: Chairman Drafting committee
Secretary . Steering committee
Tarliamentarian Credentials committee
Naming and election of working committees:
Representation convnittoe
Election rules committee
Duties and administrative organization of Student Council
Adoption of assembly rules for:
Method of acceptance of constitution
Minority report presentation
SECOND DAY
Meetings of the working committees to consider proposals to
be presented to the assembly. Each committee shall elect its own
chairman.
THIRD DAY
Third Tlenary Session
3:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m.
Consideration of proposals drawn up by the working committees
Fourth Tlenary Session
7:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m.
Continuation of discussion and consideration of working com
mittee reports.
Between fourth and fifth plenary sessions, there would be
meetings of the drafting committee to draw up proposals accepted
by the assembly.
FOURTH DAY
Fifth Tlenary Session
7:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m.
Consideration and adoption of draft constitution.
Completion of business.
Let us restate that the proposed assembly stems not so much
from a dis-satisfaction with the present constitution as from a
need to interest students in student government and to enable the
student body, rather than just the present Council, to have a hand
in the solution to the current problem of student government.
By outlining the procedure of the assembly, The Daily Ne
braskan docs not mean to imply that this is the procedure which
should be used. It is our means of being specific and showing in
a clearer way than we have previously just what the proposed
assembly entails.
NU Enrollment
Drops 700;
Non-Vets Lead
Non-veteran students outnum
ber veterans at the University for
the first time since the first
semester of 1946-47 according to
enrollment figures for the second
semester of the current academic
year announced by Dr. G. W.
Ro;:crilnf, director of admissions.
A consolidated table of enroll
ment, by clashes, prepared by the
B'.iroau oi i i;in;il Research,
show a fcinfi oi vcU'ian enroll
ment from the freshman-sophomore
level to the junior-senior-graduate
level.
The total number of students
is 9,377, compared with 10,073
for the first semester of 1948-49
and 9,476 for the second semester
of 1947-48. The figures also show
approximately three and one
third men enrolled for every
woman.
The figures for the current
semester:
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