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A Step
Forward.
lyiORE than 700 university students are now
at work on part time jobs which are being
financed by the National Youth administra
tion, according to an announcement in this
morning's Nebraskan. It is estimated that the
annual payroll which will flow into Nebraska
student pockets at an average salary of about
$15 per month will vary between $90,000 and
$100,000.
Benefits brought by the NYA to students
of Nebraska schools and colleges are but a
small part of the huge national program which
is making it possible for thousands of students
throughout the country to further their educa
tion, while at the same time developing their
ability to do specialized work. The NYA is
one of the most worthy phases of the activities
of the new deal, yet even this meritorious proj
ect has been seized upon by political propa
gandists as a grindstone upon which to whet
campaign axes.
The NYA has been accused of being a de
liberate attempt of the administration to buy
the votes and support of the new generation of
citizens while instilling in them what political
demagogues madly brand as socialistic and dic
tatorial doctrines. They point to the expendi
ture of NYA funds on jobs for young men and
women seeking education as a mere campaign
gesture and a lesson in democracy with a capi
tal "D".
Such, criticism is obviously so unjust as to
be a bit nauseating. The NYA has taken hold
of a problem in which the roots of many of our
present day evils are implanted, and is seeking
a way out. It seems odd that NYA critics can
blind themselves to the pressing difficulty it
aims to correct.
Assertions are rampant that the youth of
today is radical, that he is undependable, that
he is insincere, that he is off on a life that shall
surely end, if not with him then with the next
generation, in the collapse of our civilization.
Thinking people have not found it hard to turn
a deaf ear on such preposterous ideas. But
they have found it difficult not to ponder the
problem of how best to set the energies of
eager and ardent young bloods to work in a
world which has shown small inclination to
give them a chance to prove their mettle.
High schools are graduating students at a
much younger age today than a generation
ago. Boys and girls who should still be in the
classroom are thrown out into the world when
they are not prepared for the demands which
being a citizen entails.
Once out of school, what has youth to
face! A comparatively small percentage has
the necessary financial resources necessary to
acquire a college education. what of the great
masses who remain? They are confronted with
two possibilities, either seeking a job for which
there are already many older applicants who
probably have dependents to support, and per
haps getting it at starvation wages, or failing,
to loaf away the best days of their life with
nothing to occupy their leisure time.
Here is the real problem which confronts
our society today. "What is to be done with
this leisure time which pressing circumstances
have forced upon our youth? In what chan
nels is he to direct his energies which surely
must have a release? How is he to utilize his
talents and further his desire to make good if
he has no opportunity?
Youth today can look back upon the last
decade of our national life and see what an
inglorious mess its elders have made of the
business of living and governing. Yet today
youth is given no opportunity to put itself to
work on these problems where its predecessors
have done so miserably, but must sit idly by
watching the show.
Here is a difficulty engendered by a
change in our methods of living. Our society
has speeded up its living, has speeded up its
methods of production but has allowed its ma
chinery for distribution to lag far behind. Jobs
have vanished as a result and it has been the
younger men and women, the very ones whose
ability should be utilized most, who have felt
the axe first. It has been disheartening and
the situation is not a temporary one. It is part
of a new day in our civilization and we must
adjust ourselves in some fashion to take care
of this great surplus of leisure time which now
is ours. For nothing can so stifle the economic,
cultural, and social progress of the race as
quickly as the stagnation of the thinking and
activities of its youth.
The new deal has realized this. It has
moved from its inception to combat this men
ace by various means. First there were the
CCC camps to take young men off the streets
and roads. Later the resources of the FERA
were extended to help needy students of both
sexes in colleges. Today the NYA has gone
a step further by setting up a program de
signed to aid elementary as well as advanced
education.
It is probable that the new deal intends to
go further than the NYA if it can. NYA has
not the resources to help the thousands upon
thousands who certainly need and desire its
aid. But it is another step in the right direc
tion. The administration is to be compliment
ed for having gone so far. It is unfortunate
that a venture so worthy must be tainted with
the stigma of political knavery, and cannot be
furthered by a united -effort of all factions.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters of
student life and the university are welcomed by this
department, under the usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which excludee all libelous matter
and personal attacks. Lettera must be signed, but
names will be withheld from publication If ao desired.
Friendly
But Coldly So.
TO THE EDITOR:
Reading about Iowa State's student union
in the other day's Daily Nebraskan has brought
the old issue into our minds again, but dis
cussing it further would be futile so I would
like to mention something which, although re
lated to it, is still an open problem. Perhaps
it is only because I came to Nebraska from a
small college where everyone knew everyone
else and had considerable contact with them;
nevertheless I feel safe in saying that Nebras
ka is about the loneliest, coldest friendly school
to be found in these parts.
When I say coldest, friendly school I am
not being contradictory. Nebraska is a friend
ly school, at least her students are friendly.
Nearly any of them from the most canonized to
the most lowly will be found courteous and in
terested if approached in the right manner.
The trouble is that there are so few opportuni
ties of approach in any manner.
Let me explain myself. During the years
I spent in a small school I was thrown into di
rect and personal contact with the school lead
ers, both in athletics and scholarship. No one
can help but be inspired to some extent by such
acquaintances. Other friends who were not so
prominent did me almost as much good. Since
I have been in the university I have made a
great many speaking acquaintances and a few
closer friends but far too few. It is quite pos
sible or even probable for a non-affiliated stu
dent to go through the university without hav
ing any real social contact with more than a
half dozen other students. It is equally likely
that one belonging to a fraternity will be ac
quainted with only those in his own group.
-Please do not ask me how to remedy the
situation. The student union was one answer
but that has been taken from us. Activities
partially solve the problem but even here the
business to be accomplished precludes the free
interchange of ideas which is so productive of
personality growth. If one possesses enough
tact, ambition and perseverence he may seek
these contacts out on his own initiative but
that does not aid the new student who needs
those contacts to become imbued with the de
sire to seek more. Of such things are great
men and great movements created, or, if this
be too general and sweeping a statement, we
may say that personal relations are the essence
of real college life. Perhaps if the lack of op
portunity to establish numerous friendships on
the Nebraska campus were remedied we would
have a stronger university and most certainly
the interest of alumni, now sadly in arrears,
would take a decided step forward.
O. P.
A Barb
Speaks.
TO THE EDITOR:
"With more than half of the students on
this campus unaffiliated with any type of or
ganization much can be said in regard to the
situation. The backbone and initiative dis
played by these Barbs is astounding. There
can be no complaint as to opportunity for a
consolidation of these students into a cohesive
group which can work for greater social bene
fit of the participants.
Last week a mass meeting was held for all
Barb men. The turnout was the weakest show
ing of interest witnessed for quite a while.
Whv the men did not attend this meeting is
beyond comprehension of those in charge of
the affair. Here was an opportunity to those
unable to join a fraternity. The response was
disheartening to say the least to those trying to
do something for the unaffiliated students.
There are two groups attempting to mold
the Barb students into some sort of organiza
tion with the aim of making various activities
available to them. With such a fertile field
for recruits one would expect to find these
croups growing. The contrary is the rule.
After three years of desperate struggling, these
erouDS are still barely above the existence
point. With so many complaints of the domi
neering attitude of the Greeks it would be cor
rect to expect some response to these activi
ties. As yet. no one has succeeded m awaken
ing the drowsy Barbs. Years ago, not so far
past, the Barbs were the outstanding influence
on this campus. It can be so again with a lit
tle co-operation.
F. H. J.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Sigma Delt Chi.
Sigma Delta Chi will meet In
the basement of U hall at 5 oclock
Tuesday. It Is necessary that all
members be present.
Interfraternlty Council.
Interfraternlty council is sched
uled to convene at 7:30 o'clock In
Morrill hall. Jack Fischer, presi
dent, stated it was urgent that
every member attend.
Bizad COuncll.
Ralph Nollkamper, president of
the Bizad Executive council, has
called a meeting of council mem
bers for Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 8 in
the commercial club room in sosh.
Plans will be made for the bizad
honors banquet to be held the last
of this month.
Official Bulletin.
Lutheran students will meet for
Bible study with Reverand Erck
at 7 p. m. Wednesday in room 203
at the Temple bldg.
Y. W. C. A. Tea Hours Changed.
Hours of the Y. W. C. A. mem
bership tea to be held Friday, Oct.
18, have been changed to 4 p. m.
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Sarah Louite Meyer
Horned Toad Object
Of Intense Interest
A$ Zoology Specie$
A lire horned toad, aiacovercu
In an alley near A street by a
grammar school boy, baa been
cauainj a great deal of Interest
ia the toology department at the
university.
The homed toad, which? la really
more of a lizard than a. toad, la
a native of tba deserts In south
er r ft cm United States and it ia
rarely found in this section of the
country.
Thla specimen, which la fully
grown, measures about three and
one-half inches in length. Its
rough dry akin is completely cov
ered with spines and is the color
of desert sand.
The only explanation for its ap
pearance in Nebraaka ia that it
escaped from someone who
brought it back from the south
west as a curia
From an enrollment of 191 In
1900, registration in the Univer
aity summer school has mounted
steadily. In 1928 it had reached
3.401.
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Rich In Music And Romance I
"Atlantic Adventure"
with Nancy CsrroH
Matin SOe Nlffhta tS
One of the joys of running a col
umn is that people contribute the
glories of their intellect for its bet
terment. This bit from L. C. is
at once enlightened and enlighten
ing, and pictures picture Life as it
is not often seen:
"Back to more material things.
It takes but a stroll about two or
more of Lincoln city blocks to con
vince the stroller there are a few
persons balmier than himself. A
nonedscript gentleman, looking
neither to the right nor left, passes
talking glibly to himself with the
words, "I don't think so, I don't
think so."
The next block sees a woman
on bended knees reaching with
both hands into a garden fish pool
speaking to a swimming goldfish
with the words, "Come, now dearie,
you've had enough for today.'
It came to us Just like this a
vast deal of nothing:
In the science which studies "be
havior and consciousness" we have
learned a bit about that terrify
ing but fascinating abnormalty
dubbed the 'split personality."
Just as the slapstick comedians
of old must have wondered, in
wardly at times, when the two
horses supporting them gradually
approached a more and more dis
tinct parting of the ways, so we've
watched our figurative left foot
separate widely from our figura
tive right with vague misgivings.
The right and righteous pedal
extremity bless its several flat
tening arches is always happiest
when battering itself to callouses
and blisters on the rocky straight
and narrow. But the left ah,
there's a foot for you! has a dis
tinct affinity for primroses.
The state of public or private
morality has, of course, no place in
a column of this sort. Some ex
planation is due my kind readers
both of us. This morning we
found ourselves quietly disinte
grating between our journalistic
duty to read about Italy's new
magnanimity and a relentless at
traction toward the drama section
of last week's 'Times,' for which
we are just finding time.
The things that hypnotized our
wandering left orb were two
genms, one commentative and one
quotative. The first: "Those ves
per services which George White
celebrated under the name of
'Scandals' . . . ." The second (from
Maxwell Anderson's poetic drama,
'Winterset').
"This is the glory of earth-born
men and women,
Not to cringe, never to yield, but
standing,
Take defeat implacable and defi
ant, Die unsubmitting.
Which seems to indicate also a
split in the left-foot personality.
Life, I say, Is too complicated.
SPORT BITS
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Competing his third season in
football at Kansas. Plays a half
back and is an outstanding punter.
Is a guard in basketball and runs
the high hurdles in track. Most
versatile athlete in the University.
Favorite sport is baseball. Law
rence is his horns.
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Fan Mail Places Caravan
Star With Radio's
Celebrities.
Deane Janis, titian-haircd song
stress with the Camel Caravan,
seems likely to win a high place
for herself in any future polls to
determine t&C.j favorites of the
college men and women.
A large proportion of the fan
mail she received following her
debut this month with Walter
O'Keefe, Glen Gray and the Casa
Loma orchestra and Ted Husing
came from the colleges and uni
versities. And this fan mail be
spoke a college world of approval.
Miss Janis was practically un
known to the nation's radio fans
prior to her signing with the Cara
van program. She had sung pro
fessionally for only two years, ap
pearing at Chicago and Detroit
theaters and on the air as an or
chestra soloist. When she audi
tioned for the Caravan program
Bhe had competition from 87 other
girls almost all better known
than she was. The sponsor's choice
was almost as much a surprise to
her as to the radio public, which
is just beginning to recognize the
merit in the selection.
Young young enough to be in
college herself and full of enthu
siasm for the great career ahead
of her. Miss Janis is the first one
to attribute her overnight success
to "the breaks." She says, "I've
been awfully fortunate fortunate
to be picked for the show and to
have Walter and the Casa Loma
boys on the same show, because
that means the audience is sure to
be a happy, as well as big one."
Miss Janis and the Camel Cara
van can be heard every Tuesday
and Thursday evening at 9 p. n.,
e.s.t., over the WABC-Columbia
network. .
FIRST NIGHTERS
ACCLAIM YENNE
IN OPENING PLAY
(Continued from Page 1).
ise of future work. Margaret
Straub playing opposite him as
Hester Grantham was weak in the
first act, with too many words and
gestures and not enough depth to
the character. She started the
third act with good sympathy but
dropped later in the same manner
as Mr. Perkins.
Third Act Strong.
Clare Wolf as Guy Waller some
how failed to convince, doing his
best work in the third act but still
too much force without a definite
character. Portia Boynton, por
traying Mrs. Waller, handled tran
sitions quite well but was uncer-
Philippine Islands in Position
To Guard Their Independence
"The Philippine Islands are in a
position to safeguard their inde
pendence, and anticipate the year
1945 when the United States w 11
give them their freedom," said
Lazaro Gomez, one of six ftudents
attending the university this fall
who comes from the Philippines.
Mr. Gomez, who is the only new
student this year from the far-off
possessions, is specializing in in
ternational affairs, and peeMa
with authority on conditions in his
native land.
"There is a small element, per
haps 10 percent of the population,
which has stirred up agitation for
immediate independence, but the
majority of the people are content
to wait until the 1945 date set by
the United States congress for
their 'liberty,' " the Philippine stu
dent added.
"We do not fear Japan, because
we feci the United States will con
tinue a protectorate over us even
after they have severed legal pos
session over us," Mr. Gomez also
Members of the Sakdalistas
party are the agitators in the Phil
ippine Islands at the present time,
demanding independence at once
for the islands. Political condi
tions there are relatively calm
now, with the recent election in
stalling Manual Quezon as presi
dent; after November Governor
General Murphy will have his title
changed to High Commissioner,
and will not exercise the duties of
the executive. Another shift in the
Islands is from a bicameral legisla
tive body to a unl-cameral one.
Mr. Gomez feels his native coun
try is showing rapid improvement
both politically and economically.
The son f a large plantation
owner, Lazaro Gomez is spending
his seventh year in the states. He
came over in 1928 to attend Holly
wood, Calif., high school. After
graduation In 1931 he returned
home for the first time ,and re
turned in the fall to attend San
Jose State college; he also spent
some time in the Reedlcy Junior
college in California before coming
to Nebraska this fall.
"I find the students on the cam
pus friendly," Mr. Gomez stated in
his decided Tagalogoan account;
Tagalog is the most generally used
of the eighty-seven dialects spoken
in the Philippines.
He is working for a Masters de
gree, with a major in political sci-
tain, also doing her best work in
the third act.
Era Lown as Red Egan ap
proached a more definite character
but still needs a little more crude
ness and roughness, failing at
times to take advantage of the op
portunity of contrast. Richard
Rider as Collins gave a satisfac
tory interpretation which could be
stronger and Delford Brummer as
Frcnchy could handle the accent
with more ease.
As a whole, the play was slow,
dragging in all but a few places.
There was too much unnecessary
and districting movement of the
characters,, movements of hands
and props and heads. Stage pic
tures and groupings were on the
whole effective and continuing run
will undoubtedly smooth out many
of the other weaknesses. There are
strong indications of excellent di
rection but a lack of definiteness
and unity. The English atmos
phere, especially in the first act,
fails to carry through.
Settings Good.
Settings are indeed worthy of
mention. Carrying over from the
first act, the second act set comes
as rather a sharp contrast, but the
colors are' blended in such a man
ner as to present a pleasing picture-.
Their genuiness, too, is not
too emphatic. They are not of
fensively noticeable.
"The Bishop Misbehaves" is an
evening of excellent amusement
and a performance which the Uni
versity Players may well add to
their already long list of excellent
achievements.
SUITS
Cash & Carry
GLOBE
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ence. At the present time he is not
certain whether or not he will take
his degree at the university.
CAMPUS STUDIO
The following groups and
organizations are ordered to
appear at the campus studio
for pictures for the 1S35.
Cornhusker at the specified
dates this week.
Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Coed Counsellor s 12
o'clock noon.
Innocent 12 o'clock noon.
Wednesday, Oct. 16.
A. W. S. Board 12:30 p. m.
Federation of Religious
Welfare 12 noon.
Y.W.C. A. Cabinet 4:45
p. m.
Thursday, Oct. 17.
Nebraskan business staff
1:00 p. m.
W.A. A. staff 5:00 p. m.
W. A. A. council 5:00 p. m.
W.A. A. Intramural 5:30
p. m.
Corn Cobs 12:00 noon,
Friday, Oct. 18.
Barb A. W. 8.-12:00 noon.
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