The DAILY NKRRASKAN
Wednesday, November 22, 1939 (
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We Live Our Own Lives
We frequently hear criticisms of the so-called "country
club", life led here at the university. Recent publicity, A
isn't big: news unless it is anti-university, lias magnified those
beliefs. These criticisms come from the thousands whom we
have left at home people who read their newspapers and have
ventured to the campus once or twice for a football week-end.
They question the value of the vegetable existence they sec
many of us leading here in the idyllic surround in s of .$50,000
fraternity and sorority houses located in this peaceful, over
grown country town. Many times Ihey question our freedom.
The university man and woman are isolated. They are
free- ' 3
from the harsh realities of the outer world from the
disaster of the markets that might not open, from the horrors of
man destroying himself in the old world, from the feeling of in
scurity that comes when a bank account is no longer there.
And most of all, sheltered as they arc from these realities,
the university man and woman are free free to ponder Plato
or drink a glass of beer free to make what he will of his op
portunities, free to live the life of his own choosing, be it the
"country club" variety or otherwise.
Under the supervision of no one but themselves, the Ne
braska man and woman get a taste of the real freedom they
are to know later. The issue lies squarely with them as to how
they shall use it.
And so we meet the present criticism that life on this cam
pus is a life of ease the "country club" variety with the
firm conviction that those who make it so here would do no
differently elsewhere; and that all the youth of a generation
are getting an opportunity to find out the true stuff they are
made of. v
"Democracy trill not be sarrj by
generations to Europe to fight. To
house in the United States. We must gain unity of purpose and solre
our pressing problems. All the slogans in the world will not help a
useless democracy." Dr. C. A. Dykstra, W isconsin.
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A I.I. DAII.Ir mUgnrd editorial are
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Neutrality
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win the war, with aggressive pol
icies which are unneutral in spirit
if not in law, the stage is set for
trouble," Stoke declared.
Four steps the United States
might take to lessen the threat
of internation conflict were enu
merated by the university dean
decide in advance that our
entire international trade is not
worth fighting about; make the
defense of this country a matter
of study by an independent com
mittee; decide now that the
Philippines shall be liberated in
194S according to schedule, and
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Norman Harris. Ed Wittenberg, Lucile
Chris Peterson.
June Blerbower
Rex Brown
Jon Pruden
Margaret Kraue
the spin Inn f tin editor. Their views
of the administration of toe anivmliy.
Dictatorships
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and exercising totalitarian con
trol for purposes of war. He
pointed out further that dicta-
that thereafter the United States
btaies assumes no political re
sponsibility for them; and sat
urate our minds with the view
that the European war is an at
tempted readjustment of a bal
ance of power which is inevit
able, and that we can guide our
selves in order to remain aloof.
In Ktoke's opinion the defeat of
Lritain and Fiance would not con
stitute any Immediate threat to
the peace of this country or to the
western hemisphere not a threat
so great, at any rate, as to justify
our entering a "preventive" war.
However he emphatically declared
that the pursuit of policies which
give the United States the re
sponsible role of protector of for
eign Interest in the Far Fast
might Involve us In difficulties.
DAfJGE SATURDAY
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UNIVEKSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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GRKKNS lUNNK.K.
All women on the poverninn boards of all
women's organizations are invited to attend
tlie traditional Hanging of the Greens
dinner sponsored by the Y. W. on Pec. 6.
Tickets, whieh are :15 cents, should be
bought from the presidents of the organiza
tions or in the Y office this week.
BARN DANCE.
The weekly barn dance will be held In
the tyru, Thursday from 7 to 7:00.
RIFI.K (LI B.
Rifle club will meet today and Friday of
this week in Andrews' basement at 6 p. m.
(iRADl'A TE COFFEE IIOl'R.
To Kive graduate students to the differ
ent colleges an opportunity to get together,
the Union will hold the first of a series ot
graduate coffee hours this afternoon at 5.
The coffee hour, which will be held in the
faculty lounge, will be informal and will
be closed to all but graduate students.
INION" 1'ING PONG.
All matches in the third round of the
Union ping pong tournament must be com
pleted by 10:30 tomorrow night. The third
round marks tlie quarter finals for the
players in the advance and duffer classes
of the singles tournament.
V. M. c. A. scrrER.
The annual Y. M. C. A. membership
supper will be held at 6 p. m. Thursday
torship does not recognize free
dom of association or debate,
and that men living under dic
tatorial governments are dis
ciplined units whose only func
tion is to obey the commands
of their superiors who are in
pursuit of a definite end.
Explaining the inner logic of
totalitarianism, Dr. Fcllman de
clared that "A dictatorship state is
either engaged in war or is about
to do so. It must have an enemy,
and if one does not exist, it must
be created."
The individual and social eco
nomic aspects of dictatorships
were considered by Dean LeRos
signol. He mentioned the little re
membered but significant fact
that the individual economic needs
of agitators and prospective dicta
tors encourage ambitious men to
gain dictatorial powers in hope of
personal profit. Moreover after
dictators acquire power they seek
to retain it in order to assure eco
nomic security for themselves and
rtheir followers.
The economic condition of the
people is closely allied to the rise
of dictatorships according to Dean
LcRossignol, who declared that.
"Lenin and his Eol.sheviks prom
ised the soldiers and peasants of
Russia land; Mussolini promised
liberal benefits to the masses; and
Hitler offered similar inducements
to all and sundry."
In evaluating the economic in
fluences exercised by dictatorships
he stated that, "All dictatorships
have done some economic good but
the economic harm they have done
outweighs the good."
Taking up dictatorships from
the historian's standpoint, Profes
so Winnackcr called attention to
the fact dictatorships vary with
the prevailing ideology of the time.
Some governments are labeled as
dictatorial because of the means
used in the rise to power, others
because of the means used in the
exercise of this power and still
others because of the ends for
which they use their power.
"Similarly," he declared, "the
names applied to such govern
ments differ. Tyrants and absolute
kings arc terms which were used
in the past."
Discussing the belief that gen-
llurryt . . . Fndt Tanltet
(arj Caliper Andrea Leeds
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new members will be welcomed. Dr. War
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will be Prof. L. A. Uingham, Dr. B. Hen
dricks, nr. C. Rosenquist and Dr. C. II.
Patterson.
A. S. C. E.
A motion rlcture, "The Ancient Ptory
of Wrought Iron," will be shown under the
auspices of the American Society of Civil
Kngineers at 7:30 in room 315 Student
Union by a Byers Co. representative.
ORCIIESIS.
Orehesls tryouts are scheduled for to
night. All university women knowing any
thing about modern dancing are eligible to
try out. They will be Judged on technique,
ease, adaptability and originality. Candi
dates will 1 led by Miss Shirley Bennet,
dance instructor, and will be Judged by
Orchesis members. . .
CORN COBS.
Corn Cobs will hold a meeting at 7:30
tonight in room 313 of the Union. At
that time Cornhusker money is to be
checked In an dalso money from the
Homecoming luncheon and party. Credit
will be given for work at matinee dances.
PI Ml Ki-xiroN.
Pi Mu Epsilon, the honorary mathe
matics society, will meet Thursday. Nov.
23 at 7:30 p. m. in mechanical arts 307.
Delbert Christenen will discuss "Tlie His
tory ol Pi." All interest are welcome.
First nighter
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have been interesting and enter
taining. The family with its bick
ering, its petty strife and its big
otry could believably have existed
anywhere from Nazareth to Ver
mont, if it had been realistically
presented.
High moments should have been
Judah's turning against his favor
ite brother, and the scene in the
room where the last supper was
hold. Judah, however, said in a
loud tone, "I hate Him," and the
curtain fell on what was supposed
to have been a dramatic moment.
All together, the drama was a
modern interpretation of a middle
class family, which might conceiv
ably have been the family of
Jesus. If this family had been
portrayed simply as the author
intended, it would have been mar
velous, but the cast seemed to be
so overawed by the idea of that
family of Nazareth that the
showed an unconvincing mixture
of conventional and modern inter
pretation. Barbour
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and extends to the present day, ac
cording to Mr. Branch. In 1032
Dr. Harbour received one of the
highest stout awards and cita
tions.
"No man," said Ceorge Rosenlof.
"who devotes as much as CO years
of his life to his work, as Dr. Ear
bour has done, can be anything
but a pure scientist."
A bronze plaque was presented
to the guest of honor at the con
clusion of the testimonials.
eralizations can be made about
dictatorships, the history professor
pointed out that even attempts
to analyze the conditions surround
ing a specific dictator, such as
Hitler, are futile.
He concluded his address by
warning, "In the past dictatorial
government has been more pre
valent than democratic govern
ment, and we must not be content
to merely sit back and engage in
wishful thinking."
The speakers were introduced by
Prof. G. W. Cray, of the history
department.
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