P GE TWO
To Think
Or Not lo Think
The pst week marked 1he observance of
National Defense Week. Pertinent to the ob
servance of this week is the embarking of the
nation's of 1he world on the greatest naval
race ever seen. At the same time comes the
Germany's colonies lost in the World war even
announcement of Hitler's intention to regain
if it must be at the expense of loss of life and
bloodshed. Paralleling war activities in Spain,
the conflict between China and Japan contin
ues to rape. Resignation of Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden in England and the resulting
turmoil in Great Krita'm adds to the upset
picture. Rearmaments in France and the
spread of war propaganda in Italy mark addi
tional warlike measures being taken in Euro
pean ocuntries.
The above situation does not provide us
with an inviting picture, but it does call
forth the need for some calm and collected
reflection on our part. Present trends in Eu
rope point rather convincingly toward war.
Thus, appears the need for thoughtful moves
on the part of diplomats involved and the
developing of a sant attitude on the part of
the people whom those diplomats represent
and who might ultimately be affected by an
European conflict.
To boycolt or not to boycott: isolation or
collective security as the best means of sol t ling
v-nrld problems: support or abandonment of
the Oxford oath : for or against 1 he present
neutrality act : these are the questions that are
ciiga"'in: niii'-h student thought at the present
time.
reports on ways and means of achiev
ing pence and a thoughtful student attitude
have already been brought back to many stu
dent bodies by representatives present at
four undergraduate conventions held recent
ly. Student representatives 'took part in
the panels and discussions of current na
tional problems such as the Ludlow amend
ment, the Panay incident, the Nye-Kvale
bill and the Shephard-Hill bill.
The National lutercollegiale Christian
Council and the Medical Students association
voted at their conventions 1he withdrawal of
1lie present Neutrality Act and urged quaran
tine of aggressor nations. They also favored
1lie prohibition of shipments of munitions and
other war materials lo all aggressor nations,
and advocated collective action on the part of
all democratic countries as Ihe best, means of
settling world problems and for the security
cif world peace.
Such contemplation of the factors which
will affect the peace stability of the world
marks the only rational metrod to follow, if
hasty action, propaganda, and war fever is
not to govern the decisions concerning war.
Only if diplomats are backed by a thinking,
reasoning populace can thev be expected to
view the situation thoughtfully and sanely
themselves. It is conceded that the opinions
of university, students will not sway the
opinion of a nation's population, but effort
directed toward educating and informing
the people about the existing situation is
that much achieved.
Imck of thoughtful consideration of the
situation has been shown in the ranks of the
present-day student bodies, and thus it appears
necessary to emphasize this need. Silk stock
ing bans on a number of camni in order to boy
cott Japan seems foolish and a bit facetious.
Propaganda did its work in those colleges and
coeds and college men seized upon the oppor
tunity to do something different, not so much
in indignation over the Japan-China conflict
as in elation over the chance to create a stir.
The motive back of the move may have been
justified, but it is probable that the majority
of those who participated in the move had lit
tle knowledge of the reasons for their actions.
The need for student interest and
thought was again demonstrated when the
conventions reversed the sentiment of the
preceding year and banned the Oxford oath.
Students are apt to sign a pledge without
thought of what that pledge will mean, and
consequently, vacillate in their opinions
about their promise from one moment to the
next. Serious thought as to just what the
oath "Never to support the United States in
any war it may undertake ' ' may mean would
alter this fluctuation of opinion and result
in a firm stand on either side of the fence.
The whole question seems ultimately 1o
boil down to this: One doesn't have to sign a
petition or see his congressman in order to be
come a valuable part of a peace movement.
Serious thought and conscientious effort to
view the situation as nearlv as it exists will
aid materially in the fight for peace. Individ
ual contemplation, rather than simply follow
ing the spirit of 1he mob would be the most
const rnef ive rule lo observe.
U Hall Experiences
A Genlle Downpour
The melting snow got the best of Univer
sity hall's none too adequate roof yesterday
and as a result Ihree rooms in ihe building
were scenes of a gentle downpour. Conse
quently, already Sadly marred walls and floors
received an additional number of non-erasable
smears.
For the past ti" years, University hall lias
served as part of the classroom space on ihe
campus and today, it is the headquarters of
two universily dcparlmenls. For several dec
ades the building has been used despite the
condemning which has been chalked up 1o its
record by competent architects and carpcnlers.
Yesterday's sun and the melting snow again
proved the inadequacy of the ancient structure.
No casualties resulted from the leakage, other
than 1he distraction of student attenlion and
Ihe smeared interior. But 1hc leakage did de
monstrate again the old, but true plea that
"we need more and better buildings!"
WILILAMS' BAND
RATES CONCERTED
STUDENT ACCLAIM
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Tver night. These records can be
erified by Dorothy Ann Camp
bell, Kappa, who spent two years
on the west coast. Miss Campbell
was particularly enthusiastic about
the chief vocalist. Buddy Moreno.
"In addition to possessing an
V usually fine tenor voice, Moreno
ci s a great deal of arranging and
p ys a very hot trumpet," Dorothy
l-ilys, Griff Williams had the best
liked orchestra on the west coast."
Williams has everything in his
favor to succeed in the world of
dance orchestras. Besides, his hot
trumpeter, he has Leo Kronmer,
who has become the are arrager of
the band since be left the NBC
ptudios In Hollywood. One of the
best all-round mu!"-ians with Wil
liams, Kronman is the orchestra's
concert miintcr, plays lead saxa
T'honc, and takes 8'' of the best
cbrinet solos. Dave Wyckoff, vio
linist, who doubles on trumpet, has
phenomenal memory. When he
bus played a number thru once or
twice, it Is unnecessary for him to
consult the score again, and hence
be has memorized the complete li
brary. Williams became so ahsoilied In
the field of music and h 11 that It
bud to offer, that even tho he fin
ished his pre-rtiedieiil course and
was graduated from Stanford
where he was affiliated with Sig
ma Nil, he Immediately joined An
ton Weeks' orchestra as pianist.
Word has come from Victoria.
Chemical Engineers Plan
Affiliation With A.S.CE.
Chemical Engineers wiH hold
a special session this afternoon
at 5 o'clock in Avery labora
tory, room 102, for the purpose
of discussing affiliation with
the American Society of Chemi
cal Engineers. All chemical
engineers are urged to attend
this special meeting.
Seymour, former Delta Gamma
from Nebraska. Miss Seymour is
now residing in San Francisco.
When she heard that the Junior
Senior Prom committee hud the
opportunity of securing Williams,
she wrote that she had listened to
the band several times a week and
thought it was "topper" as far as
bands, music snd entertainment.
Students Dal Tassie, Jane Wal
cott, and Martha Montgomery
heard Griff Williams at Klitch's
Gardens last summer and agreed
that he was one of the most dance
able orchestras they had every
heard.
William's music is new and dif
ferent. Never losing sifcht of the
Oict that dancers want lo hear the
melody and rhythm that is easily
recognizable, this band is nt the
top when It comes to all events.
Patrons of the famous Aragon and
Trianon Ballrooms in Chicago,
liked Wililams so much that in
creasingly large crowds resulted in
a four months' engagement.
Thursday night, Feb. 24, Griff
Williams is closing his contract at
the Baker hotel, Dallns, Texas. A
special broadcast will be held in
bis honor from 10:45 to 11:00 thru
WFAA. This Nation can be located
over the wave length of KKAB.
Daily Nebraskan
Bntrrea accond-clui matte! at tat
rxwtofflca In Lincoln, Nebranka, under act
of congroi. March 8, 1879. and at pclal
ran of nonage provided for In ectlnn uu3.
act of October a, tin 7. authorized Janu
ary 20, 1822
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DEGER, GUND TAKE
TWO LEADING ROLES
IN HADES' LADIES'
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Adna Dobson as Jonathon O'Hara
Appletree, another harassed hus
band, John Howell as Old Scratch
a bailiff of Hades, and Bob Lead-
ley as ratience Darling, a sweet
young thing.
Phelps, Deger, Howell Repeat
Phelps, Deger, and Howell all
carried speaking roles in last
year's production of "Bar-O-Ranch,"
while Dobson and Leadley
were members of last spring's
pony chorus. Phelps, Howell, and
Dobson are all three Cornhusker
vnrslty footballers.
Several hpeaking parts remain
to be filled from among a group
of men under consideration. Try
outs will be conducted this evening
beginning at 7:30 o'clock in room
101 of social sciences ball to select
the remaining members of the
cast. Cast members already an
nounced should report at this time
as well as persons notified by the
Kluh as beine under consideration
for the unfilled parts.
Try-outs for places In the danc
ing pony chorus and the singing
chorus will be announced In the
near future, according to Winfield
Flias, president of the Kluh. F.ach
chorus will prohubly cany atiout
twelve men.
II HUE'S TO OUK
AGGRESSIVE AMAZONS
Women get what they want
by being feminine and appealing.
And they make use of these two
devices to be aggressive. The
woman on this campus is partic
ularly able in the social graces
in fact, so much so that the av
erage can eat better than she
can cook, can dress better than
she can plan or organize a so
phisticated get-together. She in
tends to charm, but not to sub
due into the background when
ever a hot argument is going on.
FOREW ARD HUSKER WOMEN
Tn the oast 30 years, the move
ment toward woman's suffrage has
gained great momentum. Whether
or not women feel that they have
a New Deal in relation to society,
they are, if we judge by this
younger generation of foreward
Husker women, more independent
than in the days past. A compari
son with the present crop of Ne
braska men could not be hazarded
because the women have merely
lived, inbibed. and lesrned from
association.
Specifically, we can talk about
women's politics on this campus.
Few women will admit that pol
itics in women's activities are
apparent. There is no real rea
son why they should feel con
vinced of this point. Whether
they are or not, they are wrong.
In politics altho we do not out
wardly say that men's politics
of this campus have contributed
to the uncleanliness of women's
activities the women have cop
ied and moulded after the men.
A POINT BETTER
"Women are to rule the nation
1,000 years from now. The next
hundred years will see the begin
ning of an American matriarchy
a nation of amazons in the psy
chological rather than physical
sense. In 500 years, thre will be
a ser ious sex battle. In 1,000 years,
women will definitely rule this
country."
This is the prediction of Dr. Wil
liam M. Marston, a psychologist
formerly of Harvard university.
Altho we have no sympathies with
psychology especially with it in
its present status of an art or a
science we admire Dr. Marstonls
prediction. And this Harvard man
is not the only one who feels the
coming aggressiveness of the wom
en. Our philosopher of tne jncw
School, Will Durant, makes some
what the same prediction In his
"The Mansions of Philosophy."
JUST A FAULT FINDER.
Since we are accused of being
petty, glamorous, and pseudo-sen
national, since we are accused of
being at fault with the Old System
because it is old, and since we
subscribe to the new because of
its newness, we can be even more
petty. Let us, then, take the women
of this campus and see what makes
her the aggressive amazon that she
is.
But the women, we think have
gone one point farther. They can
be the most poker faced of all poli
ticians on the campus. Watch a
woman and learn how to learn
without yielding any pertinent In
formation. No psychologist, even
if he were a good one, could de
termine the presence of a political
minded woman unless he tapped
the wires to a sorority house
phone.
The women, too, as we have
said before can get things done
by being feminine and appeal
ing. Outwardly they appear
just that, but on the inside there
is politics enough to scare any
unsuspecting freshman away
from this institution of higher
learning. Seven females have
applied for the honor of being
Prom girl. Watch our words,
politics will pUy an important
part.
The girls of this campus, then,
are aggressive amazons. So well
trained are they in politics that
they have adopted the back yard
policy. P-ut unless the psychologist
hides behind the sorority house
couch, he will not be a tile to de
tect it.
KOSEMU ASKS FURTHER
FACTS ABOUT BOOKSTORE
Prom Committee Presents
Publicity Plan Outline
To Student Council.
That the one chance of chang.
ing the bookstore policies was to
present prooi ot lnernciency or un
reasonable prices to the bookstore
manager was the opinion voiced to
members of the Student Council by
President ai Moseman at a short
business meeting last night.
Moseman urged council members
to place any complaints or infor
mation about the bookstore that
they might possess at the disposal
of Richard McGinnis, co-chairman
of the bookstore committee.
A report of the progress of
plans for the Junior-Senior prom
was presented by Edmund Steeves,
co-chairman of the prom commit
tee, who outlined a proposed pub
licity campaign and related the ar
rangements that had been made to
promote ticket sales. 1
Barbara Rosewater presented a
report for the publicity committee
and Eva Jane Sinclair told of
changes in plans for a council
sponsored radio program over sta
tion KFOR.
Prof. H. R. Davis Shows
lantern Slides Today
At First Ag Assembly
Agriculture college students and
faculty will meet today in the
first convocation of the new se
mester at 4 o'clock in Ag hall.
Prof. H. K. Davis will show
slides of European countries and
explain them with his first hand
information of this past summer's
experience in Europe.
CHIPS
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thus indirectly, that of the
crowd.
But if a group of interested
and interesting co-eds could be
organized to lead cheers, the col
iseum would be much noisier.
We might even make up a math
ematical law on that principle;
thus: The volume of cheers is in
direct ratio to the squad of the
number of pulchritudinous cheer
leaders.
We have only one objection.
Sixteen is too many. They couldn't
keep together when leading cheers.
Two on each side would be plenty.
(We admit, however, that there
should be some reserves handy in
case the N club starts to indulge
in bits of badinage and way rep
artee.) Sixteen would be a good
number to have for a drill forma
tion to put on a floor show in be
tween halves but eight on a side
would be far too many. Every
time they wanted to lead a cheer,
they would have to get out on the
floor (which takes time for eight
girls), scatter and announce the
type of cheer to be yelled, try to
synchronize their movements, and
by that time, the time-out would
be over and the floor full of cheer
leaders, officials, and players
would look like the check-room on
the night of the Military ball.
Political Plums for Peaches.
One of the best ways to arouse
Interest In uch posts, would be
to make them of political impor
tance. This would eliminate sen
ior girls, who probably would re
gard cheerleading as frivolous,
anyway.
When it comes to football games,
a full crew of eight girls to a aide
would be quite effective. For head
cheerleader, however, the best bet
would be an acrobat who could
really acrobat hither and yon. The
two opposing captains of the foot
ball teams could also use him to
flip for choice of goals instead of
a two-bit piece. If he lit heads up,
Nebraska would win, If he lit
well, you aee what we mean.
A Drum Major?
And while we're on the sub
ject, how fcbout a stream-lined
female drum-major? Other uni
versities have them, why not us?
If the answer is a definite "no,"
then we say that would be carry
ing Nebraska's "white spot of
the nation" advertising program
a step too far.
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THAT PLEASE
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