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DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939
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IS MERCY LIMITED?
Kutlianasiii, mercy killinr, which created
such controversy in the state legislature two
years aro, has a train heen brought before pub
lic attention, Ibis time in iho interesting allho
not particularly enliirliteninj; form of a na
tional poll taken by the Institute of Public
Opinion.
Altho men and young people more gen
erally seem to approve such permission with
judicial acquiescence, the country as a whole
is almost evenly divided with opposition
holding a slight edge. A contrast to the vote
of the average man and woman it the result
of a special survey of the nation's doctors, it
reveals a slight majority favoring the plan.
Euthanasia as advocated by interested
groups thruout the country, obviously is not
the economic cure-all suppested by a retired
army major who would eliminate all people on
relief rolls who are over 70 or 75 years of ape.
On the contrary, practice of euthanasia would
appear only in the few isolated cases where
victims suffer horribly from some malady or
mishap from which recovery is hopeless.
Science has made seemingly unbelievable
advances in the field of medicine. They have
produced remedies for diseases which had been
incurable for centuries. They have snatched
from the very arms of death .thousands who in
earlier days would have given up without a
baltle.
Sedatives and anti-toxins have been dis
covered which to a certain exlcnt relieve and
offset the tortures of physical pain. But even
these are of little aid to the victim who is so
weak as to be close to death.
Man is naturally a fearful animal. But
not financial failure or death itself approxi
mates his fear of pain and suffering. Sacri
fice with an end in view is admirable and
tolerable. But to endure the torments of a
thousand hells with nothing but death as the
possible outcome, is merely adding torture
to unbearable torture.
If we believe in mercy, why can't we prac
tice it in physical as well as in moral and men
tal cases? ('an it really be wrong before the
teachings of a just and merciful religion to re
lieve suffering because the only method means
to die?
Legislation requiring consent of patient,
doctor, and the court will eliminate any
possibilities of criminal use of this permis
sion. With such a safeguard, euthanasia can
alleviate unnecessary suffering and eliminate
the horror of the closing hours of life of a
hopeless broken body. If a mother, who
knows best in all the world what suffering
means, can advocate this movement, then
merciful it certainly must be.
Dear Editor:
ATTENTION!! All men between
the ages of 18 and 30!
In view of all this recent propa
ganda concerning America's "in
evitable participation in any for
eign war in the future" (as Presi
dent Roosevelt says), we think
some anti-war organization on the
part of the university students
the cannon fodder of the next war
should be put into action. We
think that such measures would
tend to avert any such foolhardy
meddling in the bloody throat
rutting among jealous foreign na
tions as was exhibited in 1917. Af
filiated and unaffiliated men alike
should unite in one integrated or
ganization to fight propagandists,
munition manufacturers, grasping
politicians and pompous war lords
who are attempting to increase
their personal status at the ex
pense of innocent humans. Are we
going to stand idly by and watch
a handful of schemers use us as
chips in their game of fortune ?
Yours for a sane America,
TWO PEACE LOVERS.
Delta Phi Delta
sponsors art sale
Delta Phi Delta, honorary Fine
Arts fraternity, puts a premium
on art work next week, aa stu
dent paintings go on sale at the
Fine Arts carnival in Morrill Hall
at 7:30 o'clock May 4.
Under the direction of the art
honorary, interesting features of
the evening's activities include
side shows, legal horse racing,
refreshment stands, portrait
sketching and caricatures. Senior
art work will be auctioned to the
highest bidders.
A special relay race for portly
fraternity men has been scheduled
for the University of Vermont in
terfraternity track meet.
New York U. man crashes
Hitler caravan in Munich
NEW YORK, N. Y. (I. P.i. The
story of how a New York univer
sity administrative officer unwit
tingly "crashed" a Hitler parade
in Munich last sumer and "shot"
himself out of his predicament
with a motion picture camera was
revealed to the student body by
Harold O. Voorhis, secretary of
the university.
Mr. Voorhis drove thru Europe
last summer, with his family, in
an American station wagon. "One
day, while driving down a country
road in Germany, we tured on the
radio for diversion and heard Hit
ler exhorting the multitude," Mr.
Voorhis said. "A few minutes later
we were in the outskirts of Mu
nich, inching thru an avalanche of
humanity . . .
"I thought I could make better
time to our hotel thru a side street
So I got into a narrow lane and
followed it quite a distance until
it opened on a broad avenue.
There was a line of tin-battred
troopers acros the exit I tooted
my horn vigorously, but none too
hopefully. To my surprise the line
wavered and we pushed thru.
"Just ahead of us, a large open
car was filled with men in uni
form. Behind us was a long string
of military cars. We had crashed
unwittingly into the middle of Hit
ler's caravan. There he was in
person in the car in front of us.
Ours waa car number two as we
sped along."
When the motorcade finally
pulled up in front of Hitler's hotel,
officers instantly swarmed at Mr.
Voorhis' running board, he said.
Pointing to The Netherlands li
cense plate, and with some nonde
script papers from his wallet, up
permost of which was a Jersey
Central railroad commutation
ticket Mr. Voorhis explained that
he was a visiting dignitary from
Holland especially invited to par
ticipate in the festivities of the
day.
"I then unslung my motion pic-
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Saturday, April 29
a p.m.
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Grant Memorial
ture outfit and went into action.
It's a well known fact that a Ger
man officer is always at his hap
piest in front of a camera. Their
vinegar pusses began to sugar un
der my lens and they were soon
trying to soothe my impatience at
Hitler's delay," Mr. Voorhis said.
Students desire vote
on fighting abroad
Editor'! not: Timely Indeed l thl
survey ot student opinion ( the poiwl
blllty of war and American participa
tion if war should come. In F-ngland,
J'rtme Minister Chamberlain ha Invoked
conscription of all young men 20 yeari
of age, "war bahles" born In the last
year of the World war.
Todav in Berlin, Adolf Hitler will
make his speech to the relehstag for
which the world has been waiting. He
Is expected to reply to President Koose
velt'a request for a guarantee of no
further aggression, in the negative. Will
his apeech give greater plausibility to
the suggestion In the following article
that by fall, American youth will he
preparing to enter the trenches Instead
of going back to college?
ly Student Opinion Surveys of America.
AUSTIN, Texas. April 26,
Many a college student of fighting
age has been pondering the presi
dent's Warm Springs statement,
"I'll be back in the fall if we
don't have a war." And well might
these American young men apply
the statement to themselves. Will
they be back in college next fall
or will they be behind one of
Uncle Sam's new guns?
A startling series of events have
focused in the public mind the one
important question, "Is there
going to be a war, and if there is,
how can we stay out of it?" Col
lege and university students, ,r4.3
percent of them, join with the ma
jority of the people of this coun
tryl in favoring a national refer
endum before the United States
drafts men to fight away from our
shores. This is pointed out in the
Field company gives
book to Colonel Oury
A valuable historical lxok of
Nebraska, "A Sod House Fron
tier," was presented to Colonel
Oury by Col. Kermit Hanson,
commander of the Comhusker
Field company, as a going-away
present from the Comhusker
company, at their banquet last
Tuesday. Colonel Oury gave a
talk on his experiences over-seas
and Major Ayotte complimented
the members of the company on
their fine work this semester.
About 80 attended the dinner.
New competitive sport: S;ilcm
College students recently held a
Chinese checkers tournamen
The Daughters of the American
Revolution have given a $110 loan
fund to University of Aknn stu
dents who are "100 per cent
Americans."
Fashion
Right
New
Spring
Styles
tec?
HAT SALE
$
Two Very Special Groups
In This Month End Sale
$3 to s5 Straw Hats
$5 to 750 Straw Hats
Hats from regular stock that we have been selling at the
comparative prices quoted. They are wonderful hats and in
them you will find inspiration for any costume for now and
away into the summer.
$7
FOURTH . FLOOR
y
latest of the coast to coast studies
of the Student Opinion Surveys of
America, the national weekly poll
of student thought of which the
NEBRASKAN is a member.
However, opposition to the pro
posal is quite widespread, for 45,7
percent declared against the ques
tion asked, "Should the constitu
tion be changed to require a na
tional vote before the country
could draft men to fight over
seas?" In the southern states a
bare majority, fiO.9, gave approval,
while the west eentrnl group was
the most in favor, 61.2.
A large portion of college stu
dents, then, appear to agree wilh
the administration, which 1ms
taken a strong negative stand on
war referenda. As shown by other
opinion polls, the voters of the na
tion - 61 percent like the idea
even better than the Ludlow reso
lution, which would require a vote
before congress could declare war,
for which they have been polled at
58 percent in favor.
The student survey points to this
fact: College men nrc ns a whole
against a referendum by a small
majority; women are for it by a
large majority.
The attitude of many collegians
was neatly phrased by a Wayne
university student who said to the
interviewer there, "If we have to
fight in the defense of our country
there will be no need for a refer
endum; if it is proposed that we
join a foreign conflict, absolute
ly!" The sentiment against draft
ing men for battlefields abroad
evident over the country is closely
paralleled in this survey, which
clearly exposes the state of mind
of many of the young people who
may have to interrupt their educa
tion should an international con
flict arise.
Come to
Church
Sunday, April 30
First Baptist
141k ft
CKftoa H. Walertt, sitaMiK
9:4." A. M. Student Class.
M.-"A Worthy Cnwreh Coal"
M. Roger Williams tuk. Il
lustrated travel talk by
H. A. Grtm.
10:45 A
6:o0 I,
First Christian
ICtfc
Raj E. Has, Mlatate
9:45 A. M. Three Church Sehool
Classes foe University
Students.
11:00 A. M "Ho We 4X What We
Pay For?"
6:30 P. M. College Orttp, "The
Christian Family and the
Iloma."
First-Plynontb
Congregational
fth D
kayuMMd A. Me MWkt
H OD A. M. "Christian CttruMhla."
on P. M Youth Rapper.
7:00P. M.-lr Kstherlne Taylor,
'What Is SemrHyT"
University Episcopal
13th ft
Rev. I W. McMillan. Trie SB 4W
8 30 and 11:00 A. VI.- Hegular Services.
First Presbyterian
17th P
Or. FdmunJ r. MIDer, Mlafcfc-f
9:40 A. M - Bll.le Class for College
Age Prof. K. W. ll.
11:00 A. If ' Heal Religion ana Bold
ness." 6 00 P. M. Mr. Jaanea lAwrenee.
"The Chamber la la "-
lly."
Westminster
Pesbytcrian
Hherldaa ana South
Mrlvln V. Oggel, D. I)., MM
11:00 A. M "Meaningless Whirlpool "
t lb P. M. Fellowship , Supper with
Mother! as Uuesta.
7:00 P. M Chapel Choir Cantata.
7:45 P. M. I'nlversity ptaruaaton. Dr.
Pte'ler.
