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DAILY NERRASKAN
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1930
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD KAPLAN
BUSINESS MANAGER RICHARD M'GINNIS
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IVY
DAY ORATION. .
During the Golden Spike Celebration one
week ago today, the president of the Union
Pacific railroad in an interview said, "The
railroads were built by strong men. The cow
ards never started and the weak fell by the
way." In celebration of those builders, Omaha
dressed up in frock coats, beaver hats and cal
ico dresses. But we all knew that a frock coat,
a beaver hat and an unshaven face does not
make a strong pioneer. Rather the garb was
symbolic of those qualities.
But we do know that a black robe, and
square hat, and a sheepskin do not make a
scholar. Do we know that even as the cos
tume of the 60 's did not conceal the weak and
the cowardly of Omaha, neither will the cos
tume of the scholar conceal the weak and the
cowardly of this graduating class.
And do we realize what will happen to
this class upon their graduation. There are
between eleven and sixteen million young men
and women, between the ages of nineteen and
twenty-nine, living on relief. . .
These are the only unemployment statis
tics I'm going to give you. Unemployment
doesn't seem to mean much any more... For
.what we do not comprehend we substitute a
word and let it go at that. That's what we
have done with youth, labeled them "The Lost
Generation," and let them go at that.
But the maladjustments in living which
v have come as a direct result of these economic
facts may not be so easily ignored. Richaid
Hellman, as a Ph.D. candidate in banking and
finance, points out with the cold candor of the
scientist that this so-caled lost generation con
stitutes a rotting population, and he concludes
with a tocsin of warning, "Hot Spreads."
No one in this audience is untouched by
this problem. No man who speaks from this
platform can be sure that he will not join this
lost, this rotting generation. . . "We can't get
jobs we are fitted for, we're lucky to get any
job. . .Enforced idleness inevitably brings mal
adjusted living conditions which in turn intro
duce a third social corollary; namely, crime.
Crime is becoming increasingly a youth prob
lem
brown shirts, Sturm Abteihmg; and the
Schuttz Staff eln chant the "Song of the Black
Banner:"
"Black is our bread and our misery
Black is the flag of the peasantry
And black is the earth of the plowshare
throws,
Black goes the peasant in mourning clothes."
You don't think that American youth
would ever put on a shirt and take up a
song deafening their ears to liberty. I hope
you're right. But there are radical and dis
contented elements at 'work in society. If you
doubt this statement, go to the library; pick
up the reader's guide; look under the head
ing, "Social Revolution 1" From 1900 to 1920
there were only two articles on social revolu
tion... Since 1930 there have been one hun
dred thirty-eight.
Is it unreasonable to suppose that young
people may join this radical element demand
ing a change from a political system, which
doesn't give them an even break?
The government can't force youth to
stand idle like the land the Kansas farmer
failed to put to wheat. . .Solution? I would
like to be able to tell you that the solution to
the problem of the lost generation lies in the
colleges and universities of today. I believe
in all truth that educational institutions could
offer the solution to the problem and I be
lieve, too, that they are not today doing all
they could do toward the solution.
We must admit that today, since the great
American Desert has been colonized we still
have the strong and that now we have also
the cowardly and the weak. And we must ad
mit, too, that our colleges are compelled to of
fer entrance to all who wish an education. But
I submit that the type of education we receive
in mdergraduate colleges does not make the
cowan Uy more fit to face life's problems and
it does not strengthen the weak
And these are the discouraged, bewildered
"yes-men" who are willing to trade liberty
for security.
The same type of "yes-men" used by Hit
W. Mussolini and Stalin in rebuilding nations
The same type of "yes-men" Mussolini spoke
to when he said, "You don't want liberty, you
want jobs." I submit that the solution of the
educational problem will be the first step in
trip solution of the problem of the lost gen
eration if there are more young people in the
United States on relief or unemployed than
there are inhabitants in the entire dominion
of Canada I submit that among them you will
find era duates of colleees and universities
men and women who went to college and were
given the false security of a degree men and
women who are dissatisfied with the cold re
ntinn thiv have received men and women
who are willing to trade liberty for a job... I
submit, that the solution to the euueauona
problem lies in bursting the bubble which says
that every person has an inherent right for a
rolleire deeree. If you roust admit every per
enn nun ified for admittance as a freshman
admit them with the understanding that only
one-half of them will be permitted to come
bark as soDhomores.
Yes, my solution is delivered with youth
ful enthusiasm and Swedish egotism. I'll ad
mit it's theory and idealism too and yet
what of democratic government idealism
once but a theory relicion? idealism. Ka
dio. television, the airplane theory formed by
an idealist.
You may accuse me too of being an un
grateful Mudent because of the accusations
have leveled against the undergraduate eo
lece of this and other universities. I am sorry
if I have given that impression. lut l uo
not apologize for making this statement. Since
the legislature has seen fit to cut the approp
riations of this and other schools, only one re
sult can follow. Either lowered standards
Miss Keefer first freshman
ever to be Ivy Day poetess
THE IVY
A symbol:
The Ivy symbolizes growth;
Slow growth, but sure.
Her seeking arms climb halt
ingly Across and upward on the wall.
Among the cracks and crevices.
Of each and every brick
She makes her way sometimes
Seeming to stop, but ever
Going upup to seek the light
And freedom there beyond.
The ivy clings to wall or tree
To seek a foothold strong and
sure,
On which she pins her every
hope
Of life of growth of shelter
and
Of strength.
Just as the ivy, so must we,
Seeking - the meaning of our
lives
Seeking the light and freedom
There beyond
Reach ever up, halting, aye,
But pushing on o'er every brick
or wall.
Just as the ivy, so must we
Cling to some strong foothold,
some
Belief or lasting thing.
New generations melt into the
old
New customs, habits, penetrate
our lives
But the -'mbol of the never
changing truth,
Of worth and value and the
ageless growth,
The ivy shall our Insipration be.
The ivy: symbol of this day.
As the Ivy Day poetess, Fran
ces Keefer, teachers college fresh
man, broke a long standing prece
dent for she is the first freshman
ever to deliver the Ivy Day poem.
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College must
teach thinking
aims Wilson
Altho freshmen
are not barred .
from submitting; S
entries, the Ivy
Day poet has
been an upper
classman since
the origination
of the Ivy ritual.
fi ua f acifaf a
DAILY NE- I :
BtiAsr.APi re
porter, delivered
her poem from
the dais where
was seated the
Mav Queen and
her attendants. J.
Her poem was broadcast over the
KFAB-KFOR hookup.
Was very surprised.
"I was never so surprised in
my life, I didn't think I had a
chance," was Miss Reefer's only
comment when interviewed.
The Ivy poetess is the partici
pant in many college activities.
She is a member of the Delta
Delta Delta social sorority, a Coed
Councillor, Y. W. C. A. staff mem
ber, freshman A. W. S., Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman honorary
scholarship fraternity, and Sigma
Alpha Iota, musical sorority.
Miss Keefer is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keefer of
Lincoln.
When van and I of this graduating class
were throwing our rattles out of our cribs, of training, or good education for the best stu
the average age of the criminal was thirty-six. dents. . .Such a policy on me part 01 euuu
When we were boy scouts the average age was
twenty-six. Now that we are about to receive
our degrees from this University, the average
age of the criminal is less than twenty-one.
- Such social factors as idleness, maladjust
ment and crime, culminate to form a political
tional institutions would injure only the pro
fessor who is not capable of teaching.
The majority of professors are those who
have made this square hat and gown a thing
of respect, that we may be clothed in a shadow
of that respect. They are the instructors wno
problem which cannot be overlooked. Ixok at teach us they are fair minded they treat us
the youth of olhfr nations under hunger and with respect. To them we owe our thanks,
uppression. Russia found herself in the grasp And finally, to our parents who have been
f o vnnntr miih ahmitinir "We are chaneine nroud of our accomplishments who have
the world." Italy's Lost Generation donned helped us financially, some day maybe we
black shirts and cheered II Duce when he can show our appreciation in some other way
shouted, "You don't want liberty, you want for now, believe us when we say thank
jobs." German youth swell the ranks of the you.
Ivy orator blames
system of education
for "lost generation"
Lashirle: out in oratorical fury
against the 5 percent of the col
lege professors who seemingly
spoiled the very purpose or college
Wlllard Wilson, Ivy day orator
declared that college was a place
where young . men and womer
should learn to think and not tc
memorize as the small percentage
of university instructors compe
their students to do.
By learning to think, he implied
college students thus learn to live
And with great emphasis the lv;
orator declared, that the youth o.
the nation today wants to live nov.
and not to waste years of life ii
preparation.
College holds back youth.
At the present time a college
life is partially used as a means
of slowing the flow of youth into
the already crowded business and
professional life, he declared. Con
tinuing, he opined that if the
period of preparation is to be
lengthened, the youth of today
cannot become the normal citizen
of tomorrow.
Turning to the effects of the en
forced idleness, he said idleness
inevitably brings maladjusted liv
ing conditions, which in turn in
troduce crime. More than ever
before, he pointed out, crime is
becoming increasingly a youth
problem.
When the graduating class oi
this year were babes in arms, the
average age of a criminal was 36.
Ten years later the average age
was 26, and now, as the graduating
class is about to receive its diplo
mas, the average age of ths crimi
nal is less than 21. Ironically
enough, the Ivy orator stated, our
penal institutions are graduating
more than four times as many
graduates as our colleges and uni
versities. -
Educators can help solve problem.
As to the solution of the prob
lem, the blonde orator believed
that the problem of the "lost gen
eration" can be found in the col
leges and universities. He accused
the educational institutions of not
doing all they could toward solu
tion.
The education that a college stu
dent receives today in an under
graduate college does not, he em
phasized, make the cowardly more
fit to face life's problems it does
not strengthen the weak.
Not prepared to face problems.
Since it has been the recent
policy to reduce educational appro
priations, the result is to lower
standards of education, the result
of which merely gives the strong
a chance 'and lets the weak fall
into the already enormous "lost
generation" of youth who are not
fully prepared and educated by the
system to face present problem,
both social and economic.
Come -to
Church
l orrcy receives
Nicman award
1 926 Nebraskan chief
' among 12 honored
Volta W. Torrey, DAILY NE
BRASKAN editor-ia chief in 1926
and present news review editor
of the New York Associated
Press office, stands among 12 se
lected newspapermen in the United
States who were awaraea meman
fellowships Tuesday night
An endowed fund of over a mil
lion dollars bequeathed by Mrs.
Agnes WaM ri-iwin to the Har
vard foundation ...nu'inoialing
her Milwaukee publisher husband,
makes advanced education possi
ble at it jrilar salaries for a group
of outstanding newspapermen ev
ery year.
As work may be carried on in
any field desired, Torrey will take
advanced Study in political ecpn
omy, . . ' ' ' ; j- . .
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Sunday, May 7
First Baptist
14th a a
WHS WaJeett, Mf tire
1:45 A. M.BWHent Class.
10:45 A. M. "Candles tha Lord."
S :0O P. M. Rager Williams Club
Rev. Rajr Magnuson.
First Christian
istsi a a
Bar E. Baat. HUMrr
:45 A. M. Three Church School
Claw for University
Students.
11:00 A. M. "The Church and the
Oood Life."
30 P. If. College tlroup. Rev. Hunt
"Marriage aad tbe Cfiru
tlaa lloroe."
First-PI) Donlb
Congregational
tot a o
BUrinea A. MrCeaarU, M In let
11:00 A. M. "A Plea lor Intolerance.
7:00 P. M. Interpretation of "To
baeM Road." Ray Ms-
Owned, it.
1:00 P. M. Social Hour.
University Episcopal
IStb B
BY. U W. MrMlllaa. frteat M ( barge
8:30 and 11:00 A. M. Keguiar r
toes.
First Presbyterian
17th t
Dr. Boanaad f. Miller, Mia let
t:40 A. M. Bible Class for College
A ae. Prof. E. W. Lanta.
11 -no A. If. "Unat and Camels."
6:00 P. M. Meet at church for Pte-
nlc at pioneers rara.
Westminster
Pesbyterian
SberUaa a4 Baatb
Merrla V. Ossel. D. D., Mlnl.ter
11:00 A. K. "Innlde Braces for Out
side Preiwure."
6:00 P. If. Fellowship Picnic., , . i
