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THE DAILY NEBRASKA
Friday, April 5, 1940
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AM. MII.T nmlmrd editorial are the opinion of the
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tude of the administration of the university.
How familiar
is the tune
?J ioriaflj tali in
"If Canada can bring about the active par
ticipation of the United States of America in sup
port of the allied cause, particularly at the pres
ent time, she may go down in history as the savior
of democracy, of liberty, of freedom, of civiliza
tion itself." That statement made yesterday by
Gordon Conant, attorney general of Ontario, is
the most direct appeal for the sympathies of this
country yet made by one who may be taken to
represent the thought of England and France in
Vond." But the democracy of the United States
miliar ring to them that the effect should be to
put Americans on their guard at once.
"We have prided ourselves and rejoiced in the fact
that we have been good neighbors. But now we
have a greater responsibility, a greater duty," says
Mr. Conant. What greater responsibility or duty
could the United States possibly have than the pre
servation of the welfare and happiness of its own
citizens? Would it not be forgetting this duty if
it attempted to police the world? Would it not be
sacrificing the welfare, happiness, and even the lives
of Its citizens if it were to plunge them into a strict
ly European war? And what would be the end
of this sac -ifice? To make the world safe for dem
ocracy, liberty, freedom, and civilization itself? We
are hardly so naive about such a belief today as we
were 25 years ago. You see, we followed it out once
before and what did we get for our trouble ? Nothing
but a world in which democracy is even more
threatened than before by dictator-rulers who make
the old heads of monarchies seem to have been quite
reasonable in their ambitions. Nothing but exist
ence in a world so upset by the most expensive,
most destructive, and most unsettling conflict in
history thqt it seems doubtful if an approach to
equilibrium can ever again be quite reestablished.
"The allies. .. need the moral and particu-,
larly the material resources of our great neigh-,
boring republic to the south. In the last war their
entry undoubtedly turned the scales and resulted
In victory. With their vast resources and ma
terials and MEN and their industrial capacity
added to those of the allies, there could be no
question as to the outcome." And for whom
would such victory be most beneficial? Not for
. America, remote in its philosophy of living as
well as In its geographical position, but for Eng
land and France who live next door to the threa
tening dictatorships and whose prestige and power
are now at stake.
"Every day the United States delays in joining
the illies will only prolong the war and increase the
effort and the sacrifice that the United States may
yet be called upon to make to save herself from the
ate that now threatens all the democracies of the
world." But the democracy of the UUnited States
is not threatened half so much while she remains at
peace as it would if she went to war. With Europe
in such dire political and economic straits before the
war, what will be her condition afterwards regard
less of the outcome? It is bound to be worse and.
its reflection on the United States would only be
heightened if this country took part in its misde
meanors. The idea that Minister Cromwell ex
pressed two weeks ago to the effect that a victory
for the allies is necessary to the welfare of the
United Stales Is, exaggerated at best, It requires
considerable imagination to conceive of Germany's
being so strengthened by victory that she could se
riously menace the United States. There would still
be Russia and Italy to contend with, to say nothing
of the French and English who would by no means
be wiped wholly from the earth by defeat. We are
appearing as irrational as Herr Hitler himself if we
are frightened by the idea of the entire world's be
ing dominated by one power. History just doesn't
support such an idea any more than does logic and
common sense.
"A clear declaration of policy at this time, sup
porting the allies and declaring it to be the inten
tion of the United States to enter the contest in
her behalf, would materially affect the whole situa
tion, probably to the extent of bringing an end to
hostilities. Germany would see the futility of her
mad project, and seek an early peace rather than
risk the ultimate extermination that would be her
fate."
That is pure conjecture, even though of a
very persuasive and powerful (and therefore dan
gerous) type. Perhaps action by the U. S. would
end the war, but perhaps it wouldn't at least
not until we had sacrificed much of our money,
men and internal stability. But most important
is his allusion to the ultimate examination of
Germany that would be her fate K defeated. If
that Isn't a reiteration of the spl-it of the Ver
sailles treaty then that treaty isi't one of the
prime factors for the chaos in pot-war Europe.
It would seem that once again Europe demon
strates her inability to learn fron history. It
has been proved beyond doubt that European
methods of making war and of m?xing peace are
utterly foreign to the nature of this country and
that when we attempt to interfere n them we are
out of our proper element and erne off badly.
Let us hope then that the Unite States is not
so obtuse about the lessons of history.
Iowa finds one awy
to solve problem
AVERAGES
One of the toughest problems confronting Amer
ican college fraternities has been that of scholastic
averages. As individuals, the merrbers of a fra
ternity may be as little or as much concerned with
academic standing as any average student, but.
the fraternity as an organization is very vitally
concerned with its scholastic average from the
standpoint of prestige on the campus, at national
headquarters, and, of course, in the dean's office.
Very recently, the fraternities at the University
of Iowa, have formulated a plan which In theory,
at least, should not only benefit the organizations
and their members, but should give material as
sistance to worthy graduate students. The scholar
ship plan provides that each of the fraternities
shall give board and room to a graduate student,
who in return will conduct about six hours of
classes per week for the benefit of the members.
This plan of tutorial help may possibly be the
answer to the fraternities' prayers. Particularly
among pledges, where the scholastic mortality rate
is alarmingly high, may this idea prove a boon. It
has sufficient merits to be encouraged on other
campuses, for the scholastic problem among fra
ternities is universal. There is not guarantee that
the plan will work successfully, but it certainly is
worth a try.
Oklahoma Daily.
Jo. JhsL frdttox.
Dear Editor:
Recently I wrote a Utter to the Daily Nebras
kan concerning the dances in the Student Union.
Since writing that letter, I have talked with Mr.
Kenneth Van Sant, directing manager of the Union.
It is now that the problem of the management is
realized. They can check the identification cards
with the sale of tickets, but they cannot prevent
students from loaning their identification cards to
persons who are not enrolled in the University.
A great part of the success of our Union dances
lies in the degree of co-operation received from stu
dents. We should value the student identification
card and it should not be used for conniving against
the Union management and the student body. There
are many complaints to the paying of (3 for Union
fee at the time of registration, but this could be
overcome, were the students to make the identifica
tion cards & cherished possession for only personal
use.
With the co-operation which Union officials are
willing to give and are giving Union dances could
be made student affairs and a greater number of
students would partake of their privileges. Unless
the students do take heed to this situation, the
Union will more and more become frequented by
non-university students. Let's make the Union a
meeting place for students and take pride in having
an identification card with a picture.
Respectfully,
Cltt Jurgcwsow.
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