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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THUUSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937. TWO . ,x 5 s i f THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THIKTY-SIXTH YEAR EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Managing. Editors.... Nsws Editors Wlllard Wjlcott. Barbara Sporti editor. Otero PI pal .. .Don Wagner, Ed Murray lurntv. Helen Paieoe, Jan Howard Kaplan, Morris Llpp, Rosewster. Ed Steevee 8oclty Editor Vlrflnl Andro ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Wagner Night Editor Paste Under direction of th Etudent Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Off ice University Hall 4A. Telephone Dyi 689U Mghti B6882. BJS33 (Journal). BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Bob hsllenberg Assistant Managers. Bob Wadhama, Web Mills. Frank Johnson. Circulation Manager Stanley Michael SUBSCRIPTION RATE 11. U a year 12.50 mailed Single copy, 6 cent 11.00 a semester 11,60 semester mailed Entered as aaeendelass matter at th postofflc In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 80. 1922. Distributor Cb8e6idoDi6e P u b 1 1 h d every Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Sunday mornings of the academic year by students ef the Unl. verslty ef Nebraska, under th supervision ef the Board ef Publications, MnillNTig FOR NATIONAL ADVSHTIIIN Y National Advertising Service, Inc Crllif PmhUikrrt Rtprtstulttilt 40 Madison Ave New York. N. Y. CHicAeo aesreN ban MANoiseo kOtANSILS POKTLAN aiATTkl ,.. L ' emi t mot mitniti 0: IhsL I ftjlSlM raVlrtiN:-- SUPER SPEED RESULTS Moral Conviction Courses Are Elective at Nebraska "Th way ef evasion it the way ef a coward. . . On can't be neutral in a moral fight. . . , Yeutr, used to retort to prayer when faced by trouble. Now they are more apt to take an aspirin." From a newt story in yesterday's Lin coln Star, reporting the speech at Doane college by Rev. Mr. Dawson of the Vine Congregational church. A university is dedicated to the search for truth. Itt students examine the wisdom of the ages under the direction of trained instructors. They learn of their evolution from a monocellular organism, of the economic forces that regulate In dustry, and the science of indoctrinating men's winds with the tools of public opinion. But the moht puzzling question that man has faced receives no recognition in the curriculum. The meaning of life, and the moral standards that are derived from the concept reached are left for elective, extra curricular consideration. It was not always thus. Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale almost all early American universities were founded as seminaries. But with the rising tide of democracy, freedom of religious conviction was in terpreted to mean freedom from religious instruc tion, and religion, in the broad as well as the nar row, sectarian meaning, was toon ignored by th larger colleges. On the Nebraska campus today, the only organized religious influences are student denominational centers that attempt to extend the environment of outstate churches, and a few asso ciations limited in size; there is no universal influ ence, such as that proposed by those who some day nope to build the great cathedral on this campus. Religion was meant for youth. It offers ideals that challenge that desire for action which charac terizes youth. Religion has less to offer age; the fact that our contemporary civilization is not meet ing the challenge of its adopted faith has done much to close the mind of youth to ideals. But you can't judge a religion by its professed followers. It seems that one glance at the world that our elders are Bequeathing to us hateful, competitive, war torn would convince us that an ethical ideal must oe more than an attitude. Why are Nebraska students unconcerned about religion ? Dr. Charles Patterson, vrrituig in the Nebraska Alumnus last year, attributed it to th fact that "universities are busy places. . . For the average ttudent this meant a buty round of classes, labora tories, and library assignments with special lec tures, outside work, class meetings and social en gagements sandwiched in between." But no ttudent wantt to admit that he neglecte the important for the trivial. He will rationalize, offering some reason such as "A student should be open minded. He should not clofe his mind with doctrinal bias; he should use th scientific approach to life. And we have already teen much in expert enc that contradicts the dogmas and faith of our fathert." They forget that those dogmas were man-made, and that fanatics are not relijrious men Pundits Walter Lippman and Heywood Broun debated this very point in their newspaper columns some years ago. Said Lippman: "It is vain to sup pose mat our problems can be dealt with by rally ing the people to some crusade that can be ex pressed in a symbol, a phrase, a set of principles or a program. If that is what the progressives art looking for today they will look In vain. The ob jectives to which a nation could be aroused in some thing like unanimity are limited to war or to some kind of futile or destructive fanaticism." Judging trom some of hit commentt on the supreme court controversy, the alternative Lippman proposes is this "open mind" the action of & liberal who weighs both sides and does nothing. Broun answered with allegory: "Mr. Lippman seems to feel that life is a game of hockey in which the only object is to pass the puck back and forth ana never take a shot at the goal. If you shoot, the thrust may miss or be blocked." It's a great thing to be open minded, but it's a greater thing to do something about it after reaching a decision. The only valuable convictions are reached after weighing both arguments, but they are worthless if you haven't the faith to carry them out. There is no quarrel between faith and an open mind. Faith can be reached only thru doubt; those men who hav the strongest moral convictions were once the greatest skeptics. Only those whose minds are closed evade the question of whether we're a cosmic accident, biological mistake, or personali ties wno can make ourselves worth more than 94 cents worth of chemical compounds. This week has been set aside by men for nearly 2,000 years as a time to think about convictions; the "busy" excuse won't be effective for students on vacation. But if lip service to a mystic ritual it ail we acquire from our Easter experience, the next generation will be just it ditillusioned in faithe as we are. To make something of faith requires all the impetuous courage of youth. As Bishop Oxnam told a Lincoln audience yesterday, you have to be willing to gamble your life. There are tome in this "faithless generation" who have had that courage; the volunteers from American universities who lost their lives fighting against fatcitt mercenaries in Spain believed that liberty should be more than an armchair philosophy. It will take more than an "open mind" to hand civilization over to the next generation none the worse tor wear. It will take more than a populace whien admits it was duped in the last war and mer rily arms for the next to hand over any civiliza tion at all. It s a big order for Easter, but it's worth a gambling chance. BahbaAiAirLiu By Joan & John Barb How Long Will the Barbs Stay Down. Monday night taw the firft faint stirrings of Barb political activity in preparation for the coming apriJig election! Whether theee first mildly clamoring whitpert de velop into a rumble and full grown roar by election time is ttill a mat ter of speculation. If past contests are any crite rion by which to jude, there can be little doubt but that the Barb faction will again be pushed off the political scene. As the only hope for Barbs ever getting any politi cal offices on this campus, we fondly cling to a belief in that time worn political proverb which any that, however unaware they may be, people will only stand for so much of anything. Nebraska Barbs bear out the "unaware" stipulation of tht proverb all too well; but, it it well within the realm of possi bilities that worthy Barb "noses" hav so long been kept out of the campus politictl feedbag that the unaffiliatet will fulfill the latter part of the proverb at well, and at least appropriate for themselves tome of th office to which they are entitled and which they could get if they would. We Saved Our Face. At any rate. Monday night, the never despairing Barb Inter-Club Council was hopefully discussing ways and meant of increating its present one man representation of the Student Council. Many and varied were the proposals, but they all depended on support from the unaffiliatet of the campus and hnce were practically valueless. One suggestion, which was turned down by a narrow margin of only one vote, waa a petition Involving not only a change In the consti tution but necessarily in the elec tion procedure at well. The propo ed amendment required that at leaat five of the 22 member! of the council should be unaffiliates, not stipulating as to whether they should be sophomores. Juniors or seniors. By voting down th proposal the Council saved itself from be coming the political laughing stock of the campus and also materially increased its chances to put some of its candidates in to office. Certainly no one would deny that the present one, or ven th proposed five it not suf ficient representation for the 4,000 unaffiliate! on the camput, but no one it sanguine enough to tuppote that the unaffiliatet would support such a proposal any mor than they can be counted upon to elect Barb can didates directly by coming out and voting at the election. Having put away the tempta tion to "beg" offices the council can now spend itt time on or ganization of Barb forces. With a smooth functioning organiza tion and united Barb sentiment the unaffiliates would not need to make alliance with Greek or any other faction but perhapi that It becoming too hopefully tpeculative. HANGING fire for several months, diplomatic r e 1 a- tionship between England and Italy became strained Wednesday The British higher-ups are at tempting to censor their press so that the populace will not become inflamed with any militaristic at titudes. Press and radio reports In dicate that the straining of re lations between England and Italy resulted from th recent non-intervention pact drawn up on th continent in regard to the Spanlth civil war which de veloped Into a toy "world war" for European countries. PEACEMAKER Governor Mur phy of Michigan brought together Walter P. Chrysler, automobile manufacturer, and John L. Lewis, number one industrial organizer, for a strike settlement of the Chrysler sitdown Wednesday. At press time there was no report of a settlement but earlier reports in dicate an immediate settlement. The CIO's generalissimo hasn't failed to come to terms yet which should make the strike outlook cheerier. Meanwhile all "vertical" forms of labor organizations are eye ing the bushy-haired workers' leader in Detroit to learn the next move in the greatest indus trial turmoil in American his tory. PRINCETON'S prexy Harold W. Dodds, appearing before the senate judiciary committee, added his voice to the ever-growing roster of hoarse opponents to President Roosevelt's judiciary re form by asserting that the reor ganization plan is "a scheme by which he hopes to control the opinions of the court." President Dodds declared that such adoption would be a "long step" toward the establishment of an "authoritar ian government without popular or judiciary restraint." In other words the Princeton educator is fearing a dictator ship In America. A few more verbal attacks and they'll be coming d a 1 1 y on President Roosevelt's political aspirations, and this column, democratic to th core, will blossom out with some sort of back-slapping for FDR. STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS SECOND BROADCAST TODAY (Continued from Page 1.) musical comedy as "Lil," a Mexi can dancer, will appear on the pro pram for a taD dance number. Portia Boynton and Prof. Wilbur Chenoweth will accompany tne musical numbers. Chenoweth to Play. Aa additional features of the program, Prof. Chenoweth, com poser of the new university song, "Hail Varsitv." will plav his com position on the piano, and Robert Wadhama and Floyd Baker, presi dents of the junior and senior clases respectively, will present a summary of their plans for class organization and activities. The third and final broadcast to be given by the publicity commit tee will be held on April 1. rippenTenglund earn top honors in dairy judging (Continued from Page 1.) second in the Guernsey class. Don Rodenbaugh was second high in all classes, with Russell Pfeifer, third; Al Moseman, fourth, and Paul Fid ler, fifth. Placing in the individual classes was as follows: Holstein, Tom King, first; Loyal Cormann, sec and, and Floyd Carroll, third. Jer seys. Tom King, first: Don Roden baugh, second, and Ivan Frantz, third. Guernseys, Carl Swanson, first; Tom King, second: Al Mose man, third. Ayrshires, Tom King, first; Paul Fidler. second, and Rus sel Jacobsen, third. Professor Talks on Traffic Problem at Lutheran Student Meeting. The policy of getting mora out of an automobile than waa put into it waa given as a csuse for car accident by W. F. Weiland, professor of mechanical engineer ing, at he discussed the problem before a group of 80 Luthern club students, Weiland pointed out that Indi viduals react slowly and that it was everyone's desire to get the most out of an automobile, and therefore If the car is built for speeds of 85 and 90 miles per hour, it is perfectly natural that individ uals should try tov attain that speed. Super speed made by super pow erful motors is one of the causes of accidents states Professor Wet land, who has made a study of the factors which contribute to auto crashes. Safety education, law en forcement and drivers license laws plus brake and light tests have accomplished very little toward reducing accidents, Weiland stated He classifies these as "dilly dally efforts-' ana said that we have not attacked the real prob' lem until we reduce the power that is bum into automobiles. In con elusion it was stated that the hu man mind is a ao or 40 mile an hour mind, yet we travel at speeds m excess of 60 miles per hour. Aik Dad for 50c uhen you go home for Spring vacation. Ticket! for the Kotmet Klub thoxc uill go on tale a toon at you get back, end they uill be told out before you can tend a letter home. Rott Martin told me to. He thould know cause he't the Butinett Manager, Last day: "Head Over Heelt In Love" tnd "Counterfeit Lady" v sljj f nr z v( v Another Hilariou. Homfc- V.t'PJ MhttU ny in, airrcior oj l,'-lr "Cockeyed World" and ' "What Price Glory" Funnvl Romantic! . Thrilling! On V with WALLACE FORD ANNA LEE Qrae BratfUy MATINEtt 20c NIOMTS Lwr Balceny 25e 20o Companion Feature It fairly threibt with suspense PAMDL1E i-il J Roeallnd Keith Paul Kelly Rain, the argicultural cure-all seems to have arrived at last. While an inch or two of moisture is not sufficient to assure the crops for the coming year, it can arouse a lot of hopes. hat does this rain mean to students on the campus? Some of the replies may seem just a little far fetched, but all of them ex press a definite opinion. tugene Atkins, engineering college sophomore: "I have a feeling that this sum mer will be a prosperous one, so that the fellows who want to work can get out and do so. Of course I don't like to get my feet wet, but the benefits of the rain over balance those drawbacks. Then, too, the rain shows up the leaks in the roofs of some of the di lapidated buildings on the campus, and helps make people on the out side conscious of the need for new buildings. My folks own a farm, and a good wheat crop means an other year in college for me. Then, if everyone has a good crops, it will be a simple matter for those who need money for education to earn it during the summer months." Mary Jean Westcott, Teaehert college freshman: "Every time I go home, some catastrophe occurs. Last time, there was a blizzard, and now the Missouri will probably flood. The best thing that the rain will do, is fill up Crye-tal lake, so we can swim all next summer. Maybe it will be deep enough so that the cows, can't get in at one end, and it would be more sanitary. Of course, it's good for the crops. Then, too, a lot of children that have been born during the past few years know what rain is like, now." Frank Day, Arts and Sciences sophomore: "It means a probable good crop this year. But it seems almost a shame to wsste this good water on land tha$ won't grow much, when it could 'he of so much more benefit if it fell on more fertile soil. Altho our legislature will not appropriate money for the uni versity on the strength of one crop, it will help a lot toward turning their minds in that direc tion. Then, it will tettle the dust, so we won't have to go thru many more dust storms. Katherine Hunting, Arts and Sci ence freshman: 'Both of my parents own farms. and if they have good crops, I might get quite a bit out of it. I can sleep better when it's raining. It might effect the legislature; in any state when they want to pull something, they wait for favorable weather conditiont to put tne legis lator! in the proper frame of mind. ' Bud Davit, Artt and Science! freshman: "It means that I'll have to dig down into my pocket and come up with money for a new nat. aiso, it's made me feel that th univer slty ought to start checking out umbrellas to tht students studying in the upper floors of the library. I live out in the sand hills, that's real cattle country. My father is a depot agent, and If the farmers ship a lot of cattle, it will help my dad s job a lot, and that will assure me another year at the university if I can make my grades this year." Jeanne Rows, Teachers college junior: "Personally, I don't like rain, it gets my feet wet. But I'm willing to undergo a little personal dis comfort if everyone is being bene fited. Every rainy day brings money into the state of Nebraska, and perhaps some of that money will be spent on the University of Nebraska." Robert Beaver, Arts and Science junior: "Mans good crops. W can't be prosperous unlesi the farmers have money. They are th bails for our national financial struc ture. My father is in business and his salary depends directly on the amount of money that the farm ers have. If the farmers have plenty of money, so will my father, and I'll get another year at the university." Steutevill twins, Artt and Sci ence! freshmen: "We like rain, altho it ruins our hats and wets our shoes, it's good for the corn. We want you to know, tho, that we don't live on a farm. A lot more students will come to the university, so we pre diet an increased enrollment for next fall. Maybe the legislature will relent, and shovel away a cou ple of these wrecks, which now adorn the campus, and give us a new University hall." Max Arnold, Arts and Sciences freshman: "It means that I'll have a chanoe to come back to school next year. My folks are farmers, and a good crop would mean that I'd get an other year at the university." Georg Young, Arts and Sciences sophomore: "This is a farming community, and most of us are benefited di rectly in a commercial way thru the farmer. We've all had enough of Oklahoma and Kansas mixed up with our apring weather, so that a little moisture to hold these states down wouldn't hurt our feelings one bit. 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