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a oeMaewt
This mm
hs m'teeeited tor aesaial
sssartisina by Tb Mafceaaka Tnm
unthinking collegians, who one day swiped
hirse ears and back houses, are jiow KtcaLing
th roseate veilings which rover the skeleton
War?
The nation-wide protest ngtiimtt compulsory
8. O. T. 'C. training, perhaps, is but an indica
tion of this new train of thought, which teaches
nil comers 1 hat war is nothing to he proud of,
but rather an udmihbion of "bull-headed" Mul-
bornncss in refusing to realize that the other
side may potitdhly be right.
And after all, war is an instrument of NA
TIONAL policy, not n mean to international
good will ! t is undertaken by a nation who
seeks to gain by its use. Unemployment, and
the search fur new and broader fields in which
to market goods are two of the major excuses
given for warfare. To coxier up the real pur
pose of any war, much propaganda is dissem
inated. Youth is evidently averse to swallowing such
sugar coated pills as "Xly country, right or
wrong," and believes, instead, that any na
tion that makes an occasional mistake tdiould
admit it rather than maintain its attitude to
the point of international murder. If such an
attitude persists aud grows, there is hope that
international peace may be attained. Respite
the unceasing opposition of the more bull
headed "nationalists."
Little Children j i
Seem to Be Loading.
tierms of hate, agauii!
Two war memorials, to be dedicated soon at
t'ornell and Harvard, roused a stoiui of criti
eism from the editors of the Harvard Crimson.
War memorials in general, said that publica
tion, are wrongly ooiueeived and wrongly dedi
cated. They glorify war, and make of blind
patriotism a virtue rather than a vice. They
assume that "AmeiSca is always right," and
that "God is on our side."
' Additional steam was engendered when Cor
nell and Harvard otfficials decided to omit
from the honor roll to be engraved on the me
morials the names of the students who had died
in the service of the enemy.
! At Cornell, there "will be omitted from the
memorial plaque the name of one Hans "Wag
wr, who had the sad misfortune to return to
hjs fatherland following graduation, and to
le for that fatherland rather than for
America.
"Hans Wagner," says the Cornell Sun,
"was enrolled at Cornell in 190S-1909. He re
lumed to Germany, and died fighting for his
eountrv in the World war. Yet his name is
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njissmg in the war memorial cloister wnica
brars these words: 'On these walls are the
names of those sons of Cornell who gave their
live in the World war'."
It seems he read the wrong sort of propa
ganda. If. now, he had found opportunity to
peruse oodles of "Make the world safe for
democracy," and had blindly accepted tales of
(lerman cruelty and brutality circulated by
propagandists to keep alive the hatred of the
-nemy" so necessary for victory, all would have
lieen well.
At Harvard, three sons of that, institution
.Med in the World war, fighting "on the side
of the devil" rather than for God's chosen
people. Their names, also, are lo be omitted
from the new memorial.
Said President. Lowell, "To give the three
h place beside those who died with the Allies
would mean that there was bo point to the
war. that it was fought in vain, and that the
ideals which the American soldiers had were
worthless."
The Harvard Crimson roundly berated the
decision, protesting loudly. The New York
Times said of this protest: ''The infanta are
bawling again. Th Nation took the Times
to task for its unthinking comment, and sup
ported the stand of the Crimson in no uncer
tain terms: it opposed strongly the idea of
nirmorifils erected to glorify any war.
President Lowell decided to allow the names
of the three "heathens" to remain on the me
morial, though they will be placed on a sepa
rate plaque. They- should be on the memorial,
slid there f;emK lo us to be no real reason why
ihVv should rot be accorded a position along
with the Amentum.
"What is the point, exaetly. to a war in which
iho- viMors re defeated! Were not the
"Meals" of which President Lowell speaks
manufactured by wholesale in the offices of
paid props ganists Both the Allies and the
Centre Powers had ideals. Both gave their
lives for these ideals, artificially created
though, they may hate keen. Daes not oiie side
derv honor as much as the ether?
Harvard's student paper declares the presi
dent's "charge of heart" to be but a "minor
victory," and says, in part:
."Harvard has passed by the chance, to lead
the way in America to 4 better understanding
of the change in thought that has come about
ince the World war. The ehapcl will hardly
he a memorial, pithef to Harvard men or to
1he cause for which they fought. It will be
rather a memorial to the conservatism which
atone time dominated an otherwise liberal and
fair-minded Harvard."
It is not the veterans of the war who oppose
inclusion of the names in dispute. Otfi the con
trary, the Newark American Legion post
termed Harvard's action in barring from its
memorial chapel the three German names, "an
unnecessary waving of the blOody shirt."
Memorials dedicated in spirit if not in name
to the greed, the blind patfidtism, and to the
narrow hatred of wartime" days. . . Two such
memorials are apparently being added to the
scores of others now standing, if student opin
ion does not prevail over tha short-sighted na
tionalism of university authorities.
That university heads laf so far behind stu
dent opinion in sueh a matter is in itself a
stain on educational bankers.
Js it possible that, after all. the "little chil
dren" are leading the blind patriots 6f yester
day to a clearer understanding of war and the
new thought that has been built up concerning
its purposes, its uses, and its propaganda Is
il possible thai international understanding
and good will may be. reached only by the
ynuneer minds?
Is it true that 1he younger generation, famed
thus far for nothing more noble than drunken
ness and lax moral standards, arc seeing the
awful destruelion that violent nntioiMlihin
causes everyvlecadc or so J Can it be that the
Never saw so many applications for paid
staff positions on campus publications or so
few volunteers for the unpaid positions!
"Prohibition is the greatest forward step
that civilization has made for generations and
generations." Alphonse la pone, liquor salesman.
"The whole subject of prohibition is into of
greatest difficulty, and there is much to In
said on both sides." (ioorgc W. Wukerslmni.
"The greatest crime wave of all time would
follow repeal of the eighteenth amendment."
Dr. Frederick X. Thrasher. X. Y. I".
These
Sessions'
Alidnight "sessions'' are a terrible waste of
time and energy. If only students would use
some of the fire with which they rush upstairs
or down to attend a three-hour session on
everything from woman suffrage to the popu
lation theory of Mare, in going to classes or in
studying, think how nice it would be! Any
how, does father send son and daughter to
school to listen in on sessions at all hours of
the night a;id day? Or docs he send 'em here
to crack books? The answer sort of favors
classes and bookish pursuits, every time.
Think what college redly means to the stu
dent! Colleee is a serious business. Lvory
moment should be spent in seeking study, and
in avoiding bull sessions!
There! That's what "we're supposed to say
about the things. Now here's what we really
think: First, these sessions are great stuff.
We like 'em, and w e are pretty sure everybody
else does. Of course, they, really are a waste
of energy, but after all they're part and par
cel of a college education. And llitn once in a
long while they get almost educational in
themselves, and someone, stumbles on a good
idea in the course of the evening's talk. -
But whether a constructive, "think" idea
is gained or not, bull sessions are good for a
lot of things. They furnish relaxation and en
tertainment. And sometimes, too. they furnish
more good laughs than Will Rogers!
"These are really good times, but the trouble
is only a few know it." Henry Ford, auto
Legislature might learn a hit about real
politics as she is played, if it came down to the
campus
Most important question of the day or any
day Are these two columns full by this time?
WANTED: One good exchange editor. No
previous experience required. Only one requi
site, a good sense of humor. Coed applicants
must be reasonably good looking. .Salary 0h;
don't be so mercenary!
College Comment
The Motorists Decalogue.
With the increasing uuinber of cars owned
by college student, and the none too-careful
driving of nome of them, it is timely to ruu the
follOMing, vhich is issued as part of the all-
tear safety campaign, dow being conducted by
the North American Automobne assocjatio:
MY PLEDGE. .
Ten Commandments for Hafe Driving.
I will (1) not speed; (2) not drhe over
eight miles per hour near schools; stop at
all boulevards, "stop and go" iiguulg and ar
terial streets; U) not pass a siainliiig Mm't
car; (5)not pass a street car on the left at any
time; (Hi not take advantage of my right-of-way;
(7 1 always drive on the right side of llie
road; not fail to signal my imentions;
not drive a defective automobile; (t"i not pas
another car ou a hill or curve. " Tliou slialt
not kill.'' Wash, rjtate Evergreen.
Predicting for Women.
What could be more appropriate than the
president of Ward-Belmont College for women
taking up the cudgels in defense of modern
women and seeing for them a rosy future of a
combination of home end career. . .
By his own admission he claims that he has
a pretty good slant on the female and her idio
syncraeies, having been the head of girls' edu
cational institutions fof night forty years. Bo
he delivers himself of the following observa
tions :
That women can take the place of about
half the legislators in Tennessee and fill the
positions more efficiently. That Mrs. Edison's
prediction that women will be back in the
home in twenty yearB is extreme. . . That it
tickles him to see women entering politics and
business. That modern inventions which
lighten houses oik are fine since they give the
women more time for a career and family.
He's seventy-two years old and is whooping
it up for the modern women. No old fossil,
that far-seeinjj u hilf-hair'd philosopher.
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tTLECTIONS today. Maybe there
is no dirty work afoot, but there
Is a good chance for gtrls to cut
their own threat as uoon as they
have gained equal representation.
Now don't let your fellow, talk you
Into voting preference lor his
party! This is why.
There in in force a proportional
representation plan. Let us sup
pose hat the Whoozis party only
elects four members to the. coun
cil. But the Whoozis party girls
are talked into polling party pn f
erenee for the Whoozis party.
Suppoo there are 250 Whoozis
gills who vote that way. Then the
party automatically gets two more
men in tne council, one for each
125 votes, in accordance with the
proportional representation plan.
AND what does that do? It kills
our equal representation no
sooner than we have gained it. By
voting for any of the men's par
ties we will be helping them to
gain a majority ou the council.
This may not be very serious, but
suppose some question of feminine
welfare comes up to which the fel
lows are opposed. We don't want
them to be able to vote it down
by having additional power that
we gave them.
We don't mean that giils
shouldn't vote. Far from it. Vote
and vote tor the man who you
think is best, and the best girl.
Or vote for men listed as Yellow
jacket or Blueshirt or Barb, if you
vote by party. But when they
hand you a ballot on which you
are supposed to check your party
preference, throw it away. You
are giving the boys a break if you
register in favor of them, and you
aren't hurting their individual can
didates any of you don't. You are
just wise to a catch that would
give them a big advantage.
IT would be great if there were
an organized women's party to
cast preference for but there
isn't and it's going to be a long
time before there will be because
of the proportionately small num
ber of women in school. So re
member for gosh sake vote for
anybody you want to on the can
didate ticket, but throw that party
ballot away. Or, if you are
Scotch, just keep it.
IMAGINE our chagrin when the
column we wrote for Friday's
paper appeared under the head of
Shucks on the spoit page. The
makeup man played a diabolical
trick on the news editor, who hap
pened to be the author ; of No
! Man's Land. The only worse-thing
v e c:n lh-nk of would "be a genu
ine Siucks column appearing un-
j der our No Man's Land head.
The worst of it was that we
really wanted to follow up a re
mark we made about the constitu
tion. We also wanted to help
Georgia Wilcox find her Kappa
Sig pin by mentioning its loss in
larger type than that used for
want ads. Besides. Cliff Sandahl
had been hounding us to give him
some publicity, and we had finally
come thru. And now we will prob
ably have it al to-dtrovergin.;
GOMON EXPLAINS
STAND TAKEN BY
YELLOW JACKETS
(Continued from Page 1.)
Gomon pointed out that the issue
rests in the man to be elected
rather than on any party platform.
The student council must of ne
cessity be composed of capable
representatives, he said, especially
since the new constitution -will re
quire careful -administration-.- Both
parties hav goed .men in-the. field
in bis opinion. .
Yellows Came Last.
In the previous votings of this
year ihe Yellow Jackets have been
completely snowed under by Blue
Shirts. This is probably due
largely to the fact that men have
made up the major portion of the
vote and the Yellow Jacket fac
tion being considerably weaker nu
merically has naturally taken a
back seat. Today's election, how
ever, will see an extraordinarily
large number of women voters at
the polls since they too have a
complete slate of candidates. If
things turn out. as they did at the
student council election last year
the Yellow Jackets may fare- bet
ter than previously this year.
Whatever the outcome, it is con
ceded by Neal Qpmon. Yellow
Jacket leader, and Art Wolf, Blue
Shirt president, that voters have
a representative slate of men to
choose from. Sentiment amor.g
women voters is that a fairly
evenly distributed council should
be chosen in order that its pro
ceedings will be dominated by no
one faction in particular.
Girl May Call For
Rig Sister Positions
..Any girls who received invi
tations to become Big Sisters
and were unable to attend the
meeting. Thursday, afternoon,
may call Evelyn West or any
other member of the Big Sister
advisory board to receive in
structions it. was. announced
yesterday.
BIRMINGHAM WOMAN
WINS ALPHA PRIZE
(Continued from Page 1.)
ficntions. The applicant la not
limited to any particular field of
work.
Miss Bradley received an A. B.
from Birmingham Southern col
lege, and her A. M. from Rad-
chffe college in 1930. She expects
to do her graduate work at Rad
cliffe college pursuing her re
search in the drama of the Eliza
bethan period in preparation for
her doctor's thesis.
Last year, this fellowship was
awarded to Miss Illotse Keefer of
Lincoln, who is now working for
her Ph. D. degree in history at the
University of Wisconsin at Madi
son. Miss Kecfer has been award
ed a fellowship In history at the
University of Wisconsin for next
year.
YELLOW JACKET FACTION
OBJECTED TO ITS NAME
AT FIRST
(Continued from Page 1.)
Side and "South Side" were dis
carded because many of the fra
ternities had moved. Before the
organization of these factions poli
tics had been more or less of a
free for all.
Stingers!
The Yellowjackets now accept
their name gracefully, with nary a
whimper. They interpret the name
to have a connection with wasps
and associate the industrious hab
its of that insect with their own ac
tivities. Also they try to sting the
opposite faction. The slur that
was intended by the Blue Shirts is
forgotten and with a justified priae
the Yellowjackets flaunt their ban
ners, (ttsh! tishll. After all, it isn't
so much the name, it's the way in
which it ia interpreted.
PERRY MEREDITH
ELECTED HEAD OF
FARM DAIRY CLUB
retry Meredith, sophomore in
the college of agriculture, has been
elected president of the varsity
dairy club on the ag campus for
the coming year. John Rhodes ia
the new vice president while Vc.
tor Redlger is the secretary treas
urer. The dairy club was revived this
year and quite active in activities
on the agricultural college campus.
They sponsored a dairy judging
contest among students.
Dow Writes Article on
Rainfall Distribution
Omicron PI.
C. L. Dow of the department of
geography is the author of an ar
ticle entitled. "Distribution of
Rainfall in Nebraska" which will
be published in an early issue of
the Geographical Review, periodi-
She was a member of Alpha cal of the American Geographical
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