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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, April 28, 1940
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A IX DAILY Bntlttx-d editorial, are the optnloa f the
editors. TW-lr view or opinion In no way rrflert the stll
t4 of the adnilnintrmtioo of the uiilvrmllj.
Power is there!
Why not turn
factional unity
to worthwhile ends?
The power that lies in the student body of this
university has heretofore been untapped. And where
it has been sounded, it has been exhausted in worth
less factional disputes.
Student opinion is a power a great power. It
Is a reservoir of strength with potentialities that
even the foremost of dreamers hate not fully com
prehended; it is a force that no man, no party, no
interested group would dare to stand against.
If dame of factional discontent and petty in
dividual and fraternal interests that show up in
any and all student organizations could be broken,
if this student opinion could be regimented be
hind worthwhile objectives, and K student lead
ers could think of the betterment of this univer
sity as the object of their endeavors, rather than
the supremacy of some petty political faction,
then the university the administration and the
students combined could together work for in
stitutional unity, a new library, or higher educa
tional standards as the case may be.
This is no idle dream no Utopia, The organiz
ation of the student body has already been proved.
The power to regiment student opinion behind fac
tional candidates, behind fraternal interests and be
hind club activities on the campus is more highly
developed than It has ever been in the past.
Figures will prove that statement. Only a week
ago the largest student vote ever recorded for any
Ivy Day election was balloted in the orator contest.
Three political factions went to the poll en
masse in support of one object, in support of the
candidate wearing their party colors for the orator
ship post True, most of those voting didn't know
the candidates personally, true most of those vot
ing had never before heard their names. Yet better
than 95 per cent of the affiliated factions, and an
unprecedented large percentage of the barbs came
to the polls.
We don't by any means decry campus elec
tions. They have their place. We use this merely
to illustrate the regimentation that is already be
ing demonstrated in behalf of objects or candi
dates in which the students have nothing but a
party interest.
How much better would be the unity, how
much better would be the spirit; yes, and how
much more could be accomplished if these parties
would unite behind a common object, forgetting
factional interests, and devoting themselves for
once to the welfare of this university,
I'ut the Innocents and Mortar Boards at the
bead. They best represent all the varied interests
on the campus. They are above politics. Support
Uiem In their endeavors to reform the prom com
mittee elections; support them in behalf of non
partizan objectives, in behalf of better university
social functions, in behalf of whatever objects the
students themselves want support them or for that
matter any Joint party group, with the same zeal
that you now show In support of our athletic teams
end political parties.
It should be easy. Ifs Just another wsy of
looking at campus yah. But kt is conMructive,
rather than destructive; and eventually it will fur
ther the interests of all students, all factions and
all departments.
C. O. M.
College Days last
stop before exams
Weather permitting, the campus Bwings into a
full week of celebrations, with more sideshows and
entertaining gaieties than a five ring circus.
Tuesday, university singing groups combine in
the presentation of Carmen.
Wednesday, Larry Clinton and his famous orches
tra swing in the Coliseum at a four hour dance
festival climaxing in the presentation of Cornhusker
beauty queens.
Thursday brings Ivy Day and the opening of
Engineering and Pharmacy weeks with demon
strations in the evening for all who wish to at
tend. With Ivy Day comes the clash of fraternity
and sorority groups for the Kosmet Klub and
A. W. S. song trophies, the Ivy Day oration by
Bryce Smith, the reading of the Ivy Day poem,
the planting of the Ivy, the presentation of the
May Queen and, with the usual pomp, the mask
ing of the Mortar Boards and the tapping of In
nocents. With a number of classes dismissed the fol
lowing day, the engineers and pharmacists round
off their activities, while the agsters open their an
nual fair, with sideshows of every sort.
It is a week of celebrations, of goodwill, of
communal activities. It is a week when the whole
campus should rejoice. As was the May-pole an in
dication that the winter was past, so should this
week's activities be a climax to one more year of
college work.
With the Ivy Day spirit in their hearts, stu
dents should get out and enjoy this last brief inter
lude before exams.
C. O. M.
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NEBRASKAN.
MONDAY
TOWNK CM B.
Mrnibrni of the Town Club will mrrt
at C p. m. In parlor A of the I nlon.
SIGMA Al.rilA IOTA.
Plr ) vf Mlgma Alpha lota will mrfi
at 4 p. m. In iwim 316 of the I nlon.
INTKKrRATKR.MTY fOI'Nf II
The Interfraterity Oiunrll will mert at
p. m. In Munill Hall nudltorlnm.
VW VKSFKRS CHOIR.
W VniH-n Choir will rehrarw a
. m. la r.llrn Mmllh.
Colon ballroom at 11 a. m.
AI.I'HA KAPPA PHI.
Member of Alpha Kappa Pill WIS nm-t
at :Sa p. m. la parlor A of the I'nWm.
TUESDAY
VNION HI J.
A lm M Melro will be nhnwn In In
BARB INIOV.
Members of the Bark 1'nkia will inert
I 1:30 p. m. hi parlor B of tke Cnlon.
VIII BETA KAPPA.
Phi Beta Kappa win meet parten
Yl of I Sr. I mm at :1S p. m.
SIGMA :TA CHI.
HI i in KU Chl piedse will meet hi nn
SIM of the In ton at 7 p. m. Arrive will
meet In room SIS.
rHAI.ANX.
Member of Phalanx will mrt at 7:i
p. m. In room SI of t'e I nlon.
YlsiwA JhiuidufL
By Nonrt MaknktMi
Wc.oUR AMENDMENTS.
Monday will probably bring some definite action
in the house of representatives on the important
question of the modification of the present wage
hour bill. During the past few days debate has been
raging over the various proposed amendments, and
unless obstructionist: tactics are followed some
definite action will doubtless be taken on the va
rious proposed changes.
It seems at present that the house will prob
ably adopt the Norton amendments reported by the
house labor committee. These amendments provide
for exemption from the provisions of the present
law for certain groups of "white-collar" and agri
cultural processing laborers. The Norton amend
ments make only minor changes which do not ex
empt the great number of groups which another
bill proposed by Representative Barden of North
Carolina would have freed.
By following the middle-of-the-road couie and
passing the milder Norton proposals, Congress
doubtless plans to appease somewhat those people
who have raised such a hue and cry against the
wage-hour bill, while at the same time saving all
the main features of the act.
Almost every progressive from President Roose
velt on down has criticized the Barden amend
ments, since they can be nothing but the first step
in the direction of complete destruction of wages
and hours legislation.
At the same time the line-up of the groups fa
voring the various proposed amendments should
vince John L. Lewis better than any lecture could
possibly do that whatever hope he may have had
lingering In the back of his mind regarding the pos
sibility of a farmer-labor coalition must be forgot
ten. For while both the AFL and the CIO opposed
any drastic revision of the legislation as it now
stands the two most powerful farm organizations,
the American Farm Bureau and the National
Grange, both supported the Bard-n bill.
FOR US TO SWALLOW.
Thrown out at a sop to American opinion
comes the Allied announcement that henceforth
Great Britain and France will do everything "prac
ticable" to ease the effect on American trade of
their blockade and other wartime economic policies.
The specific promises are at best limited, however.
Some slight concessions are promised In the case
of the blockade of German exports exports of
goods which cannot be obtained elsewhere, such as
optical and precision equipment.
Combined with this is a promise not to incon
venience neutral trade in any way that does not
lessen the effect of the contraband control which
means exactly nothing. Blockades have developed
remarkably In the last few years, aaul with the wag
ing of today's "total war" the lot oi Ue neutral
trader is a difficult one.
Farmers Fair
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met in tournaments. Heavyweights
Royal Kahler of Grand Island and
George Seeman of Omaha, Husker
footballers, will tangle in the main
wrestling go. This show will be
held at 7:45 p. m.
A street market will be dis
played as home economics stu
dents exhibit fabrics, designs, and
textiles. A puppet show featuring
plays written by students will
headline the girls' portion of the
fair.
Foods will also be displayed as
student cooks display their wares.
Design, home furnishings, and
household equipment all will have
their place.
Livestock, crops, and other agri
cultural department; will be dis
played. Guided tours of the campus
ijuildings and points of interest
.'ill be conducted from 3 to 7
p. m. The fair is the culmination
jf the year's activities for the
students, ;md they will be on
;arade.
Twelve students serve as a
board in charge of the fair. Senior
members: Rousek, manager; Fred
Whitney of Fullerton; Will Pitner
Stratton; Peggy Sherburn of Lin
coln; Ellen Ann Armstrong of St.
Paul, and Annabelle Hutchi son of
Omaha. Junior members: Betty Jo
Smith of Ashland; Jane Brinegar
of Alexandria; Sylvia Zocholl of
Kxeter; Robert Wheeler of Nema
ha; Keith Gilmore of Callaway,
and Ganis Richmond of CampbelL
Prof. Ross Miller and Prof. F. E.
Mussehl are faculty advisers.
Prof of the week
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college, affiliated with the univer
sity, graduating in 1915. After
serving as instructor at Lincoln
Dental, then at Kansas City, he
became an instructor at Nebraska.
Movies and radio make demands
on modern dentists, Dr. Hooper
fays. The cinema hero has to have
perfect teeth and radio listeners
can't have their favorites lisping
in the midst of a tense dramatic
scene. And, as an internationally
known specialist in the art of
making artificial teeth look real,
he finds increasing interest in ap
pearance on the part of the public.
"People are taking better care
of their natural teeth," he re
marks. "No doubt, in coming
years, there will Ik- fewer younger
patients having artificial dentures.
The profession gives much time
and thought to preventive meas
ures. If people would only listen
more to their dentists they could
preserve their natural teeth even
longer."
Socialized dentistry? "When
medicine becomes socialized, den
tistry will go along with it. How
ever, if we get the type of social
ized medicine and dentistry seen
in foreign countries, it will be dis
astrous for Uie profession."
"The school is not trying to turn
out large numbers," Dr. Hooper
says. "Our job is to see that stu
dents are really qualified to prac
tise. We want to turn out students
the public can depend on. The en
tire faculty works to keep up with
modern trends ho students may
know up-to-date methods."
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