Wednesday, MarcK 13, 1940
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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A reply to 'the cynical,
skeptical, supercilious'
1912 Av. B,
Lincoln, Nebraska
The Daily Nebraakan
Lincoln, Nebraska
Editor:
I Just arrived home from Lincoln this morning
and my wife handed me a copy of the DAILY NE
BRASKAN of March 5th, with red penciled marks
about a certain article on page four. Its headline
Is this: "Economist, candidate . . . Claims he has
panacea for world's Ills in simple form".
If the person concerned as the subject of this
article Is a stickler for anything It is for accuracy
not a bad hobby, don't you think?
"Mr. Hunt, a candidate for state senate from
BoottsMuff" Please, where did the reporter get
that? On the folder It was stated, "It. S. HUNT
FOR CONGRESS, Scotts bluff, Nebraska". Even
this was a pretext, permissible or not, for getting
this "panacea" before the public which surely needs
something: to mitigate the stabs of economic and
social affairs as they exist at this time. Do yon
agree ? Then the motive cant be far wrong, can H?
I am not quite sure that I discern a little of
the cynical, the skeptical, the supercilious back of
the exposition of this event before Profesnor Arndt's
203 economics class. You should learn that there
are such things as paradoxes. Things which on the
surface are true, but which upon deeper discern
ment are found untrue. It can't most always some
times be told from a casual glance just what a
thing is or Is not. This "panacea" is just one of
those things that It is not quite safe to judge too
casually. Please recall that Abraham Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address was looked upon as being vapid,
senseless twaddle by nearly all of the reporters and
editors at the Immediate time it was uttered. It is
not so looked upon by us, is it? Then why the
difference ? Have the contents or sentiment of those
words changed? ... or have the minds of present
people changed from having the same discernment
as those of Nov. 19, 1863 T
You note the ridicule of Mr. Baboon. That stands
for future vindication not time or space here for
it. Suffice it to any: There is what is analogous to
a flat-economic earth; also a globular-economic
earth. The flat conception is wrong and the globular
right. Any premise built on the wrong basic con
ception is false to start with. No conclusion derived
therefrom can be right whatever the quality of
thinking.
Mr. Babson's premises are built upon the wrong
flat-economic earth conception. Therefore any
thinking from that wrong premise can't be right
any more than any thinking from the old Ptolomaic
flat-earth, or earth-the-center-of-the-solar-system
conception could be right or relevant. We must get
the Copernican round-earth economic conception be
fore our straight economic thinking gets us any
where . . . anywhere worth getting.
One more comment should be added. It' Is that
Mr. Arndt was to attempt to explain the theory at
his next regular class. With all respect to Mr. Arndt
end all of the other faculty members of the Uni
versity of Nebraska as well as Dr. Hutchins and
Dr. Taul Douglas of the University of Chicago with
whom exchanges have been made on the subject,
let it be said that they may not as yet have given
sufficient study to this new conception to have ac
quired full understanding of it to the extent of
adequate evaluation of it.
It is a historical fact that such minds as those
of Tycho Brache, an eminent astronomer; Francis
Bacon, Martin Luther never could comprehend the
Copernican conception of the solar system. And
how many scientists couldn't ever believe in the
Evolutionary theory of Darwin and Wallace. Some
minds petrify in a belief which cannot stand the
light of logical thinking through. Too many people
think, i. e., believe that that stage of intolerance has
been passed but that is not so. The best current
treatise on this subject as far as the writer is aware
is by Alexis Carrel, pp. 39 to 41 of "Man, The Un
known." Another is Jas. Harvey Robinson's "Mind
In The Making," the first or introductory chapter.
The writer trusts that this response to the ar
ticle in the NEBRASKAN will be taken in the spirit
in which it ia sent. We are all seeking the same end
a better world in which to live.
The world is all right. What is wrong is what
people have done with the human relations which
are imperative to life and society. In this nation
there arc
(1) Ample raw materials natural resources,
(2) Ample processing facilties,
(3) Ample man power (brawn and brain) to
produce all that all can use.
Only the brain has defaulted in the adjustment.
Isn't that right? If we can produce, why can't we
buy and use ? We can. The writer has the formula,
believe it or not Your part, dear reader, now that
it is declared possible, is to give your best honest
effort to learn what that formula is and not con
demn it until you have made sure that you do un
derstand. Edmund Spencer says this: "There is a
principle which is a bar to all information; a proof
against all argument; and which can not fail to
keep a mind in eternal ignorance; That principle
is CONTEMPT prior to examination". Think the
thing through, reader, think it through. You have
a responsibility. The world owes you nothing more
than you owe yourself. Pay yourself what you owe
yourself and see if this doesnt become all the world
you would have it But it is up to the youth. The
present generation now passing off the stage are
leaving the oncoming generation a lemon squeezed
dry and the rind is becoming plenty rotten.
But there are plenty new, fresh lemons coming
on. Take them and throw- the old away. You can
do it if you have the stuff in you. When you do
your stuff you will be cheered to the limit and
you win enjoy every minute of the doing. Try it
and see.
From a loyal alumnus and the best of wishers.
Hail to the future of U. of N, Nebraska, and the
U. S. A.
R. S. Hunt, M.
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TODAY
UNION CONVO.
Ijwrence M. Jndd, former roveriK.r of
Hannii. will speak on "Hawaii. Hoot
the I'ariflc" la the Inlan ballroom at 11
a. m.
AIKR.
The American Inftttue of Electrical En
gineers will meet at 7 P. m. In room 206
of Mechanical EnnUieerln. TrofMsor Wet
land will speak on "The 8ry of Steel."
This meeting will be riven aver to sopho
mores. AH sophomore are Invite tn at
tend. PRKHBYTKRIAN STl'DKNTS.
PrebyterUui students will meet la parlor
X of the tnlon at noon.
AO ENGINKKKS.
The American Society of Arriraltnral Kn
rlnerr will meet la mom 90s of the t'ntna
at 7:S p. m.
GAMMA ALPHA CHI.
Member af Gamma Alpha CM wffl meet
la room Sit of the I nloa at ( p. m.
MAT1NKR DANCE.
There win be a mntlne dam la taw
Union baitrwmi at p. m.
CORNCOBS.
AS men wfc aoM advrrrMnc far tke
baaketbaH program mnt tee K4 Doaek Im
mediately.. Workers writ check Irienttflra
tloa card at the matlnne dance tw artrr-
p. m. In the Krnb office.
HOME EC ASSOCIATION.
The Home Economics aaaoriattoa will
meet at 6:45 p. m. In room Z06 of the
Home lCrnnanilra nuildln;. Mrs. Roocne
Hill wiU spenk. All Home Kcnnomtet sta
dcata are Invited.
GIRI.8 RIFLE CMTB.
Girls line r.tnb will meet at the rifle
range In Andrew baemewt at p. av
THURSDAY
RELKilOl'H WLU AEK OOVNCSL.
Member of the Rcllnlon Welfare Ooan
rll will meet In parlors X and X at the
I nton at noon.
SINfONIA.
Members af Blnfoate wMt inert partar
Z af the Inhm at anon.
GAMMA LAMBDA.
Gamma I-ambda, will meet la room Its
af the I nloa at I p. m.
ALPHA KAPPA P8I.
Members af Alpha Kappa Pl wtl mart
at 7 p. m. In room SIS of the Untoa.
SOAP CARVING CI -ASS.
Soap Carving rbuui will meet at i p. ai.
ks room III af the I'nioa.
KOHMKT KM ft.
Kaamet Krab worker win meet at 6
BARN CLUB.
Tin Kara crab will convene
AH aiatrmlty snea an1
Tited.
1 P. a,
are k.
Flying students take
civil aeronautics exams
Students taking the pilot's fly
ing course took civil aeronautic
authorities examinations in civil
air regulations, meteorology, and
navigation last Saturday. Of the
40 regularly enrolled, 38 were
present for the exam. The papers
were sent to Washington, D. C
and will be returned about April 1.
In addition to the subjects al
ready mentioned, the student pilots
Btudy theory of flight, history of
aviation, aviation engines, instru
ments, and radio.
A. slum clearance course has
been added to the curriculum of
the University of California.
Nomination Clank
ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGE
QUEEN CONTEST
DAILY NEBRASKAN:
I hacacry nominate the follawlna student, wna la In toad standing, aa an
ntraat In tHa A4t -American Co I lap Ouacn content and submit pluUaiap
for Jwdfllnf.
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tamrUkr letter. Ed,
Davit. Loos, Mohnkoti))
HATCH BILL HOLDS THING S UP
One of the most important measures of the
present congress, the farm-appropriation bill is be
ing sidetracked these days by the senate's contin
ued discussion of the amendments to the Hatch
bill. For almost a week the senate has been busy
ing itself with the discussion of the present mea
sures which would prohibit political activity on
the part of state employees paid in part by federal
funds.
Some opposition to the measure has sprung up,
supported in part by those groups which hesitate
to see the activities of state political machines limi
ted by the passage of such a measure. Threats of
a filibuster against the measure have been heard.
Yesterday the senate voted against shelving the
measure and taking up the farm bill. So it appears
that the discussion will go on until the Hatch
amendments can be disposed of, and the more im
portant matter of farm appropriations are consid
ered. The farm appropriation bill promises to be one
of the most Important of the current session of
congress. I', will indicate the fate of the president's
economy program. The greater share of the reduc
tions in the budget for the next year have been
made at the expense of the farmer. It la equally
obvious that when the bill reaches the floor of the
senate tnany of the reductions which have been
made will be restored by the senators who are none
too eager to reduce the appropriations for their
farming constituencies in this election year. To
their point of view not only the fate of the economy
program is at stake but also the political future
of the senators as well.
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