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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 6, 1940
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
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Svoboda, Mary Kerrigan, Morton Margolin
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AIX DAILT anslraed editorials are the aetata af the
editor. Their views ar opinions to ia way reflect tha atti
tude of the administration of tbe anlversltjr.
Dear Editor:
Dear Mr. de Brown:
Upon my return from Denver, Mr. Reeder, edi
tor of the Nebraska Alumnus, called my attention
to your excellent editorial on alumnizing the stu
dent before he graduates. This suggestion is not
only constructive but it is also pertinent and timely.
Tou have identified the one glaring ommission in
the alumni program.
Dr. Edward Elliott, president of Purdue and
a Nebraska alumnus, speaking before the Charter
Day banquet of the Indianapolis alumni club of
the University of Nebraska stated that members
of the graduating class at Purdue automatically be
come members of the Alumni Association for a
period of one year following their graduation. He
reported that this plan had been highly effective.
The reasons are obvious.
First, it is refreshing to the graduate to know
that he has not tost contact with the university,
that the university is a permanent institution in
his life. Second, after being kept in touch with
the events and developments on the campus for
a year, the recent graduate usually desires to
maintain his connection with the university.
At tbe University of Illinois tbe senior class
and the alumni combine to make what is called the
Senior-Alumni association, thus insuring the pro
cess of alumnizing the senior before he is grad
uated and adding to the strength and progressive
program of the alumni association the construc
tive suggestions and interests of the seniors.
The tremendous task the alumni association
has before it now Is precisely what you pointed
out in your editorial the work of alumnizing the
alumni after many of them have lost contact with
the university and consequently have become di
vorced from the very source of and interest in,
the university. The time to define and establish
the sentiment of enduring loyalty and active inter
est in the heart of the prospective alumnus is
when his impressions and his sentiments can be
vitalized by the actual scenes and happenings of
the campus, by the direct association with tbe in
stitutions of the campus which nome day will be
indelibly etched against the sky line of his campus
memories.
Tax-supported universities need an interested,
active, informed alumni body just as much as the
endowed college or university. Alumni interest is
potent force for helping a university to maintain
a position of eminence. Nebraska's national or
ganization is moving forward in a gratifying man
ner laying tbe groundwork for a permanent or
ganization of our more than 52,000 alumni.
State organization is lagging somewhat, how
ever, and the program of the future will forever
remain a problem until an effective plan for alum
nizing the members of the graduating class before
they leave the campus and for automatically es
tablishing their continued connection with the uni
versity immediately following their graduation has
been successfully worked out
One thing more. We in the alumni office have
a high respect for the part which the DAILY NE
BRASKAN can play in Identifying and bringing
to the student body the value of the services per
formed by the Alumni association for the greater
effectiveness and prestige of the university. We
thank you for your recognition of our program and
cf our problems.
Cordially yours,
E. F. Du Teau,
Secretary.
Dear Editor:
I was very Interested In your recent editorial
tn the department of speedy o4 p irticularly vout
.V3g Davis, Loos, Mahnkenj
ITALIANS JUSTIFIED:
Great Britain has placed German coal bound
for Italy on the contraband list. Two ships, and pos
sibly five, laden with coal for Italy have been es
corted to the British contraband control station.
Italy protested vigorously when Britain announced
this move to put Increased economic pressure on
Germany. That Italy will protest even more
strongly and menacingly this actual seizure of coal
bound for her ports is certain, but that this situa
tion will lead to war between these two countries
is doubtfuL
Italy's action is plausible' when one considers
that in addition to a serious blow at her interna
tional prestige, this British act threatens to re
duce materially Italy's coal supply. For last year
60 of Italy's coal Imports came from Germany,
and railway facilities, especially in wartime, are
inadequate to convey all this essential product over
land. This British act may be designed to find out
where Italy stands before big operations begin in
the spring. If England must fight Italy,' the sooner
she knows it the better.
Oher evidences of a general awakening and
preparation for an active spring campaign in the
German-"Allied" war include England's announce
ment of the floatation next week of a 300,000,000
pound war loan, and the increased attacks on Brit
ish ships by German bombing planes and subma-
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TODAY
nnes.
AH HE.
Members of Hie Amcrlcun Institute ct
(lirnilrnl Km it'""' will meet at 7:30 p. m.
In parlor A of the I'nlon. A movlne pic
ture on "The l'rodurtlnn of Aluminum
In I lie I nlan ballroom. Students must bring
ideutlflratlun rtrili for admittance.
KV MKD BANQVET.
Nu-Med (Miclety will hold a banquet In
parlors Xl of the Inlon at 6:14 p. in.
I'KKSBVTKRIAN STIDKNT8.
1'rcsbyterlan students will meet In par
lor X at noon.
LAW BITJ.ETIN STAFF.
Members of the I -aw Bulletin staff will
meet la parlor V of the I'akm at 12:1
P" m STUDENT COLNCIL.
Members of the Student Connell will
meet at p. m. In room SIS af the I'nlon.
GAMMA ALPHA CHI.
Members of Gamma Alpha Chi will meet
In room SIS of the Union at S p. m.
PHI CHI THETA.
Members of Phi t hi Thcta will meet la
room SIS of the I'nlon at 1:30 p. m.
from Mine ta Metal" will be shows. Foot
ball movies and a business meeting will
alas be featured eu the program.
MATINEE DANCE.
There will be a matinee danee at S p. m.
THURSDAY
COBJfCOBS.
Catleetlon for advertisements Inserted la
the basketball program must be turned la
to K4 Dosek befarn aay hours are awarded
for the work. AH prom tickets must be
cheeked la tonight m Joha K. ticllerk's af-
flee. Workers will asber at tbe matinee
dance at S p. as.
GIRTS BIFLK CU B.
Members of the Girl's Hlfle elab win
meet In the rifle range la Aadrrws at
ft p. m.
LUTHERAN STIDENTS.
Lutheran students will meet with Rev.
H. Erek fur the regular Gamma Delta Bi
ble cam period at ft p. ra. In room 203 of
the Temple.
BARN DANCE CLI'B.
Membrrs of the Bivrn Dance ehtb wM
meet at 7 p. m.
WO.M EN'S B A SK ETR ALL.
All Vnlvrrslty women Interested In bas
ketball are Invited t the basketball lllm
In Social Sciences auditorium at S p. m.
PHI SIGMA IOTA.
Phi Delta chapter of Phi Sigma Iota
will meet at 7:S0 p. m. In the home of
huthrjn Werner, SSUI Dudley St. The
speakers will be Charles Paniell and Hoc
ten v Casndy.
NEBRASKA MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
The executive committee of the Nebraska
Memorial association will meet In the
I'nlon at 7:30 p. m. The purpose of the
meeting Is la reference to rinsing the ac
counts of he association. The association
was organized to raise money for the build
ing of the stadium.
Debate--
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ible to compete. Pairings for the
debates will be made by lot, and
no announcement of winning
teams will be made until two
rounds are completed. Each team
will debate on both sides of the
question before any are eliminated.
Each student will speak twice in
every debate, once In constructive
argument for six minutes, and
once in rebuttal and refutation, for
four minutes.
Judges will be chosen from the
intercollegiate debaters at Ne
braska during the last few years.
One judge will be used in all de
bates until the last round, when
three will judge. Judging points
will be knowledge of the question,
the use of material by the teams,
skill in rebuttal, and speaking
ability.
By spring Russia may be free to consider where
she will stand in this major war at the least, It's
quite likely.
IT IS HOPED!
It is to be hoped that one of the results of Un
dersecretary of State Welles' visit to Europe will
be the discovery of the "war aims" of the various
combatants. In a general way the objectives of the
allies are known, while those of Hitler and his as
sociates have remained hidden. Welles is to spend
todiy and Saturday in the German capital, and con
ferences have been arranged with Hitler and Von
Ribbentrop, the German foreign minister. It is be
lieved that a rather lengthy exposition of the de
mands of the nazis, both in central and southeastern
Europe will be made, for one German official has
expressed the hope that Welles is "bringing a thick
notebook." If Welles has the patience to sit through
the lengthy diatribes of Heir Hitler, who has the
habit of answering every question with an oration,
we may learn something of his specific plans and
objectives.
remarks concerning debate. As I understand it,
you object to the lack of interest on the part of tbe
student body in these activities which may or may
not be a result of the lack of financial support from
the university.
It Is strange that the small state colleges are
able to support debate and speech, both from the
student angle, and also from the financial angle,
to a much greater degree than does our university.
Because of your claims I Investigated a small col
lege, one within our own city, and found that the
students were very much interested in the activi
ties of their department and followed its progress.
Surely our university does not have a smaller
budget than that school. Tet their teams, both
men and women, travel widely and for many years
have held national reputations. These are facts.
Surely there must be some reason for this
wide difference between a school with a much
smaller enrollment and financial backing and our
university which possesses both these things. Can
it be that our school still clings to an outmoded
theory of speech activities and the bent-fits to be
derived from them.
Can it be that our speakers are forced to con
sider so many different questions for discussion
during one year that they are unable to adequately
prepare on any one and thus can not be compared
to the schools successful in speech who only use
one debate question? Can it be that because we
are a large school we feci forced to use many more
people than ran be possibly trained during any
academic year? Or can it be that we refuse to
enter into the actual competitive fields of debate
and for that reason can never determine how ef
fective the efforts of our speakers are? Or is it
that we are fundamentally lazy?
If our speech activities were aimed at com
petitive work with other schools, both large and
small, and If our speakers were given a chance to
develop skill with just one debate question and a
smaller squad, of the best men, than we too could
hold a reputation not only in this stabs but among
all the stats schools. If this was accomplished we
could then easily demand a larger budget if need
be. That's what the school here in Lincoln did.
Hopeful. '
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