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THE DAIT.Y NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY. MAY 1, 193S.
Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln. Nabraaka.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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EDITORIAL BTAFf
Jack Flachar AaaocUta Editor
MANAOINO EDITORS
Irwin Ryan Viromia Saliack
NEWS EDITORS
Frad Nicklaa Arnold Lavln.
Sancha Kllbourn Oeoroa Pipal
Marylu Pataraan Woman a edltoi
Oorthaa Fulton eiatv Editor
Loralne Campball Faatura Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Richard 6chmldt Euamaaa Managai
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Truman Qberndorf Bob Shallenbarg Ropart Funk
The Dailr ISebraikan it the student publica
tion of the In iter tity of !ehratk; and at uch
attempt to expret the bett opinion of the student
body. H hile it riVir may sometimes roincida
uith those of the administration, they are not to
be taken at having either ifa approval or disap
proral. A Sermon
On Cooperation.
T EG INNING tonight with the annual midnight
hayride, Ag college students open half a week of
concentrated activity. Climaxing aeveral weeks of
painstaking preparation, the Farmer's Fair takes
the spotlight over the week end.
At the same time engineers, pharmacists, geolo
gists, and architects will proudly display the results
of much toil, and then top off the whole proceeding
with banquets or picnics.
Interesting for the exhibits themselves these af
fairs serve as an example of the best in school spirit.
Cooperation of every member of the particular col
lege putting on the ever.t Is needed in order that it
be a success. Cooperation of every member Is had.
But when one looks around at most of the other
colleges in the university, or at the student body as
a whole a different picture confronts the eye. No
where to be seen Is that fine spirit of co-operation,
of friendliness, and willingness to work. Instead is
substituted the attitude of "who cares" and "let
George do it"
This situation is met every day. Sentiment
abouv. the proposed Union building and about the
second hand book store seems to favor the proposal
and yet signers for the petitions are appearing but
slowly. Enthusiasm for senior class organization is
practically nonexistant. Support for athletic en
deavors, outside of football, Is not given to the de
gree that It should.
vnHEREIN lies the secret of this difference In
spirit? Such affairs as the Farmer's Fair or
the engineers exhibit are not vital to the continu
ance or betterment of these colleges. They are sim
ply projects, worthy projects to be sure, but nothing
more. On the other hand, a Union building or a
second hand bookstore, or senior class organization
are definitely for the benefit of the school.
The Ag college, engineering college, and pos
sibly pharmacy college of course probably have an
advantage over the rest of the colleges in that the
individual members are constantly thrown into close
contact with one another in the common classrooms.
This aids Immeasureably In building up strong
bonds.
The student body aa a whole has an interest,
however, which should prove stronger than mere as
sociationthe best Interest of the university. And
John Student, after observing the work of his
brother out on Ag college or in engineering college
or any other college in which this fine spirit of co
operation exists, should feel slightly ashamed of
himself.
Congrats to the
University Players.
npONIGHT the University Players open with "Jul-
lus Caesar," the last of their dramatic efforts
for the year. Offered during the course of the sea
son have been numerous outstanding hits fresh off
the Broadway boards.
Not only have the vehicles been of "big time"
caliber, but the work done in ".hem by this group of
student players has been far above average. Mem
bers of the various casas can well feel that they
have performed well.
Support of the Players by the rtudent body this
year has also been above the average. That is as It
should be. The Players fill a definite need in the
cultural life of the university.
And so as the Temple curtain is almost ready to
descend for the last time this year, a small bunch of
orchids would not be out of the way.
"Commentators Fear Alliance of Long, Cougn
lin, Townsend," ssys headline tn The Nebraskan.
There doesn't seem to be much to fear on that
core. Loud talkers are always afraid of being
outclassed.
Politics, Parties
And
Platforms
Editor's Note. Thlt Is the fourth In a series
of articles on national politics written exclusively
for the Daily Nebraskan and the Associated Col
legiate Press. The authors of kthls article ars
prominent leaders of the 3oolalist party, Mr.
Thomas being that party's presidential nominee
In 1932.
The Socialist Party.
By NORMAN THOMAS and JOSEPH P. LASH.
Two great alternatives confror' the American
student today: an economy planned by and in the
Interests of the financial and industrial rulers of the
United States, or an economy planned by and in the
interests of the great masses of workers. The first
represents the economics of fascism, the second that
of socialism.
Under the first the existing property and profit
system is retained and strengthened. Huge sections
of the population are relegated to a bare subsistence
wage with the state benevolently shedding a few so
cial services. Under the second, the existing system
of, private property is shattered. Ownership reverts
to the great masses of people; and standards of liv
ing rise as quickly as our economic machine can be
geared to its highest productive capacity.
One thing is certain, however, that the modern
machine economy and modern finance with their
maze of interrelationships and interdependences
cannot be left to the hazards of such laissez-faire
laws as "supply and demand" and the "Incentive of
profits" in order to supply our material wants effi
ciently and continuously. Everyone, conservative or
radical, recognizes the need for regulation and plan
the dominant question today is by whom and in
the interests of what class.
The NRA is an attempt to introduce plan and
regulation into the American economic system. Be
cause of the insistence of the Roosevelt administra
tion that the system of profits and private owner
ship is not to be impaired, the NRA has actually
brought us close to a fascist form of economy. It
has done this primarily through the various codes
and code authorities. Theoretically the authorities
are supposed to be the focus of three pressures,
owners, consumers, workers.
They are supposed to regulate production quo
tas, prices, wages and working conditions. Through
the interplay of these three pressures it was as
sumed that the community would receive a square
deal Unfortunately the Consumers Board has been
no more than a plaintive ghost right from its very
beginning. And the rulers of Industry and finance
have effectively sabotaged all attempts to make
labor a strong bargaining force through Section 7A.
So that, whatever Its intentions may have been,
the Roosevelt administration has further concen
trated economic power In the hands of the few in
stead of distributing it. Production and prices are
being regulated, but primarily from tlie point of
view of the greatest profits. NRA minimum wages
are tending to become maximum. Profit and inter
est rates are tending toward stabilization at ex
tremely high levels.
With the destruction of trade union independence
either by the victory of company unionism or by a
government promoted compromise In the form of
government sponsored works councils, we will have
all the important characteristics of a fascist
economy. It was so recognized by a visiting Italian
journalist who called on us recently. It may not
seem like what is ordinarily known as fascism, be
cause the Roosevelt Administration is filled with lib
erals who believe in civil liberties, but in the strug
gle of labor against regimentation, these civil rights
may be withdrawn. That is already the tendency in
the state legislatures as well as in the congress as
represented by the Dicksteln committee. The ad
ministration is now formally considering the depor
tation of John Strachey. Indeed, as we write, so
rapid is the growth of restriction that we are almost
back to the tyranny of 1917-21.
So long as no attack is made upon private own
ership and accumulated wealth, all attempts by well
meaning liberals in Washington to get a break for
labor and the consumer will be vitiated by the power
of money. An attack upon unemployment and pov
erty has got to be an attack upon the private owner
ship of industry and credit Such an rttack will not
be made by a party which wants to preserve the
profit system. Such an attack will not be made by
any party which does not know what and whom it
represents. It will only be made by a party repre
senting clearly and definitely the exploited sections
of our population, in other words, the immense ma
jority of the American people. Such a party will
ay we want a society planned by the workers and
in the interests of the workers.
Between the regimentation of poverty and the
dispensation of abundance the student must make
his choice. The sharecropper, the unemployed
worker, the industrial and farm laborer has no diffi
culty In perceiving where his interests lie. For the
college student the choice he should make is not so
obvious.
(This artielt will be concluded in Thursday's
Dally Nebraskan.)
Contemporary
Comment
Hoover's
Comeback.
TVo years ago, Herbert Hoover
rode down Pennsylvania ave. away
from the capitol and away from
the white house, deeply embittered
by the failure of the American
people to vindicate his adminis
tration and physically and ment
ally worn out by the hardest four
years that a man ever spent In
public service.
Last week be climbed back into
the political ring and precipitated
himself Into the thick of the fight
by addressing a denunciation of the
new deal to members of the Cali
fornia republican assembly. Only
one conclusion can be drawn from
arnch an obviJiw attempt on the)
part 0 the former president to re
assert htmseir as leader of the re
publican party.
Why he wants the presidency
again no one can say. Why be
wants to undergo the villlflcation,
tie injustices, the indignities of an
other campaign is inconceivable,
In many mpecta, Hoover la one
of the greatest men of our times
but never was there an individual
m ho to lacked the politician's point
of view, who so completely failed
ership the popular fancy of the
mass of the American people.
He haa demonstrated this once
again in the selection of the plat
form on which to base a comeback
campaign. His choice has been the
monetary question which prac
tically no expert, much less the or
dinary citizen, understands, and
one or two other Incidental features
of the new deal
The great human issue of pro
viding relief work and the where
withal to live for unemployed mil
lions he overlooks. On these
grounds he met his nemesis be
fore and will continue to do so, un
til he learns that people must eat
The Daily Trojan.
ENGINEERS' WEEK
COUNCIL BOUNDS
OUT FINAL PLANS
(Continued from Page 1.)
engineer. Toastmaster for the eve
ning wlli be L. W. Chase of the
Chase Plow company of Lincoln.
Following the dinner, scholastic
awards will be presented to the
various students. John T. Parker
will be awarded the Sigma Tau
freshman scholarship medal by
Prof. O. E. Edison of the Electrical
engineering department Two
trophies, the O. J. Field award to
Edward L. Beachler and the chem
istry engineering scholarship key
to Ray Klckok. will be made oy
Prof. C. J. Frankforter of the
chemistry department
Honors to be announced at the
banquet are: The Clark E. Mickey
award, to be presented by Prof.
Mickey of the civil engineering de
partment; the A. S. M. E. junior
membership award, paying initia
tion dues to the junior society, by
Prof. M. L. DeBaufre of the ap
plied mechanics department; the
Brashear Biography prize of the
national A. S. M. E. by Prof. W. F .
Weiland of the mechanical engi
neering department The latter
award is given to the student in
each school who does the most for
his college during the year. Blue
Print staff members for the com
ing year will also be announced.
The ag engineers have an
nounced as their part of open
house program a large tractor dis
play, which they have described as
one or the largest ever proauceu
in the United states. Located in
the old power north of the E. E.
building on tne campus, tne aispiay
is composed of twenty-five trac
tors, ranging from a 1,000 to 20,-
000 pounds In weight. The Inter
national Harvester company, the
Caterpillar, and the Keltrao com
panies are thoso contributing to
the display in the tractor testing
equipment of the University of
Nebraska Tractor testing lab.,
which was labeled the only official
lab In the country.
DEMONSTRATION
WEEK PRECEDES
ANIMAL AG FAIR
(Continued from Page 1.)
will be the scene of constant ac
tivity until the main fair day on
Saturday. All classes on the farm
campus are dismissed for Friday
and Saturday.
Sponsors Give Dope.
Advance dope on the large array
of exhibits, representing every
phase of the work at the ag col
lege, which are to be opened at 10
o'clock Saturday morning, shows
that the demonstrations are varied
and all inclusive. The exhibits will
be open to the public all day Satur
day in the home economics, agri
cultural engineering, and student
activities building.
The home ec display is divided
into three classes which are lo
cated on the respective floors of
the main building of that depart
ment. At the foods exhibit on the
first floor the various sizes of cans
and the labels thereon will be dis
played. The home furnishings ar
ray on the second floor features a
complete bedroom display and a
design exhibit. The clothing dem
onstration is relegated to the third
floor.
Old Spinning Wheel.
The art exhibit, sponsored by the
Lincoln Artist Guild, under the di
rection of Dwight Klrsch, will be
shown in the activities building.
Other features to be displayed in
this building are the pictures en
tered in the camera contest, the
wool exhibit with the attendant
lady engaged in old fashioned spin
ning, and the meat identification
contest. The ag engineering exhibit
includes the crop and horticulture
displays.
LITTLE GOD'S GALLEY.
(Continued from Page 1.)
a university education. "But most
of all I enjoy the friends I've
made," she said. "I think that's
the most Important part of an edu
cation, to know people." One would
expect that opinion, at least she
has certainly succeeded in that
phase of learning. Everybody
knows Alice.
She has succeeded in other ways
too. Most prominent in her list of
activities is the Awgwan. She is
also president of the Vestals of the
Lamp, a member of Chi Delta Phi,
honorary literary society, and a
member of the W. A. A. council
and of the Panhellenic council. She
is a German major, but she "won't
teach," and she says it emphatically.
What is she going to do when
she gets out of school? "Sleep,"
she answers. And that is lust as
emphatic.
On the question of extra-curricular
activities she has a very defi
nite opinion. "I think activities are
grand," she says. "And I think stu
dents ought to participate in those
in which they are interested, but
only those in which they are inter
ested. No one ought to enter any
activity unless he is sincere about
it."
In her spare time of which we
imagine she has very little, she
likes best to read. Harpers and
Vanity Fair are her favorite mag
azines. Of course, she likes other
things too. She likes to go to shows
and to go "caking." In fact, she
thinks that everyone ought to
spend "one hour "caking" for
every hour spent in the library."
Thit is a new version on the mat
ter. Then she likes to swim, play ten
nis and golf, tho she "must admit,
I do them very badly." And she is
an ardent follower of the varsity
sports Among her other favorite
occupations is "breakfasting on
bacon and eggs." In fact, (and this
was told to us by someone else)
she is always down to breakfast
on time when her Intuition, tells her
It Is bacon and eggs morning. And
she has a marvelously accurate In
tuition.
RE
DANCING RECITAL
Annual Club Drama Will Be
Held May 17; 22 to
Participate.
Rehearsals for the annual dance
drama to be given May 17 by Or-
chesls, girl's .honorary dance or
ganization, have been very Intense
for the past week, and the twenty-
two members of the group who
are taking part, have been work-ino-
hard tn nerfect their program,
according to Miss Claudia Moore,
sponsor of the society.
On the program are four pre
classic dance forms, and a dance
to Vachel Lindsay's "Congo,
which will be read by a member cf
the dramatics department. The
group is also giving tne aance,
"Fantastic Rhythms." The accom
panying music was written by
HnwnrH Hanson, formerly Of Wa-
hoo. Neb., and now a symphony or
chestra composer in New York.
This is the same aance given Dy
the girls at the physical education
convention in Omaha, recentlv. The
Negro spiritual given by the group
in tne ijoea t omes, win aiso oe re
peated in the dance program,
rirrhpsla members have been
giving recitals ever since their or
ganization at the university in tne
spring of 1927. Beatrice Richard
nn who was head of the organ
ization for three years, is now In
charge of experimentation in
Rhythm at the Wisconsin school
for deaf and dumb children. Clau
dia Moore is the present Orchesis
sponsor. She has studied with
Martha Graham, who recently gave
a recital in Omaha, and with
Martha Hill. She also attended the
Benington school of dance and was
a student at the dance school of
Charles Wldeman and Doris Hum
phrey.
RUY MI LIS.
K byname
Always Ji
i x asK ror
There's a CAUCUS coming
to townll
The C?rnhusker Council Boy Scouts Circus
is to be at the University Stadium on the
evening of
Friday, May 3, 7:30 p. m.
Mere Than 3,000 Boy. Scouts Will Take Part
14 BIG ACTS
THREE RINGS ALL UNDER THE LIGHTS
Admission: Adults 25c Children Under 12 Year 10c
BOX SEATS SO CENTS
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Barb Leaders.
Barb leaders will meet May 1, at
4 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Ag
representatives are asked to attend.
Pageant Rehearsal.
There will be a dreBS rehearsal
for the Farmers' Fair pageant,
Wednesday at7 o'clock.
Social Staff.
Members of the Y W. C. A. so
cial staff must be on the grounds
north of the library Wednesday at
7 o'clock.
Intramurals.
Intramural representatives must
report at the- Intramural office
from B to 6 p. m. on Tuesday or
Wednesday to obtain tickets for
the Orchesis dance drama.
Prospective participants tn In
tramural swimming must complete
five practices by Friday, May 3.
Ivy Chorus.
Ivy day chorus practice will be
held in Morrill hall room 219, at
4:30 p. m.
Lutheran Students.
Lutheran students will meet
Wednesdav at 7 d. m. for Bible
study with Rev. Erck In room 203
at the Temple.
Girls Commercial Club.
Girls commercial club will meet
Wednesday at 7 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall. All members are urged
to be present.
Red Cross Meeting.
The meeting of the Red Cross
Life-saving Examiner club, which
was scheduled for Wednesday
night at 8:15 o'clock in the Lincoln
high school, has been postponed for
one week.
BIG SISTER BOARD 10
NITIATE 125 MAY 14
Ruth Matschullat in Charge
Of Services at Alpha
Xi Delta House.
Initiation for tne 125 women who
are to Bcrvo as big sisters next
year will be held Tuesday evening,
May 14, at the Alpha XI Delta
house, according to Elizabeth
Moomaw, prer'dent of the Big Sis
ter Board who announced the date
following a meeting of the group
Tuesday noon. Arrangements are
In charge of Ruth Matschullat.
Fifty freshmen, thirty-five
sophomores, t-.venty Juniors, and
twenty women from ag campus
will be invited to act as Big Sisters .
to incoming freshmen next fall.
The women will be Invited to be
big Sisters by means of letters
which will be sent out Tuesday.
May 7 by board members, and
must notify the board by May 10
as to whether or not they will par
ticipate in the activity.
Board members announced Tues
day that the first mass meeting of
the organization would be held at
5 o'clock May 16 in Ellen Smith
hall. At this time each Big Sister
will be given two sheets of paper
and two envelopes on which she
will write letters to lie sent out to
freshman girls who are planning to
enter the univer-'ty next fall. The
group will discuss r::ial activities
to be held in order to make fresh
man women better acquainted
with the Nebraska campus.
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