THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuescfay, May 13, 1940
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By Norbert Mohnktn .
AMEHICAN PUBLIC OPINION
The great mass of American public opinion has
undergone a change of view which on the surface
at least la little short of startling. This shift is best
mirrored in President Roosevelt's denunciation of
the "cruel invasion" of Belgium and Holland, and
his warning against the United States' self-complacent
belief in some "mystic immunity" which
separated us from the dangers of the present
conflict.
The invasion of Norway marked the beginning
of the breakdown of the isolationist sentiment
which until then appeared to be the accepted view
of a majority of the people of this country. The
reversal was completed by the present invasion of
Belgium and Holland. Somehow, Belgium has be
come a sort shibboleth with the American people,
and no more effective method of turning American
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
This bulletin Is for tb. (M of eampu orgnnlntKmrn etw feuKy
members. Notices for th. bulletin must be mi or brought to the DAILY office
by 5 D ra. sv.rr dsy for Insertion ia the paper Um foUowlnK morning. Notice
must be typed or legibly written and signed by soma one with the authority to
hT the notice published. The bulletin wlU appear, dally eicept Monday and
Saturday, on page two of tha NEBRASKAN.
TODAY
OKCHESIS.
niink m.iiipr danca amup. will pre
sent their annual demonstration roclUI In
the Union ballroom at p. m.
PHI DELTA KAPPA.
Members of PW Ielta Kappa. wlH meet
In parlor A of the I'nlon at P-
UNION HOARD r
Student I'nlon Board of Managers will
meet at :0 p. m. in pannr i, oi
InWm.
r.o.
Members of PAD will meet at 1:80 p. m.
la parlor X of tbe Union.
POULTRY 8CIKNCB t'l.UB.
The Poultry Hetenee Hub will meet fur
dinner In parlors i and Z oi uie i moo
at P
HARMONY HOl'B.
Renilar weekly Harmony nonr
In
as 4 p.
tbe
m.
famlty lounge ef
will be
the latoa
Jiloriallif Speahiny
Who has put
TNE On The Spot
...Who buttheTNE's?
That paradoxical secret organization which ap
pears to have an insatiable lust for publicity,
TNE, is in the news again. Although neither
confirmed nor denied by official comment, it ap
pears likely that an investigation of the Nebraska
skull and crossbones group by the university ad
ministration is under way, heralded by stories in
Lincoln and Omaha papers. What will be the re
sult of this investigation appears less certain, since
the exact purposes of those conducting it have not
been made clear. One thing can be taken as a pure
fact, however: Any reprisals which may be taken
against TNE locally can be charged up as the
direct result of that organization's own activities
in so flagrantlly flaunting itself before the univer
sity just after the serious national repercussions
from the Missouri scandal.
Most inopportune and foolish move of TNE
was the recent soaking of the campus with its
painted skull and crossbones signs. For years,
these signs have been placed here and there on
walks, but now the organization seems satisfied
with nothing less than real destruction of prop
erty, and plasters them by the dozens on houses,
cars, and furniture. In the last campaign, TNE
members were so cautious as to use a chalk mix
ture for their signs directly on the campus, in
accordance with university rules. On fraternity
and sorority houses they were not so lenient,
however, and nothing short of blasting would ap
pear to erase the signs now marring chimney
breasts, stairways, pillars, and house exteriors in
general. This has brought a torrent of protests
to the administration against such wanton prop
erty damage and it doesn't all come from
"prissy old fogies" either. The student body in
general feels indignant at having the campus
smeared with paint by an unrecognized group.
At the Interfraternity Ball this winter, the TNE
sign blazed above the orchestra platform as the
most conspicuous fraternity symbol decorating
the coliseum and this despite the fact that TNE
has been outlawed by the National Interfraternity
Council. Even the stately traditions of Ivy Day
were Intruded upon by the group when they sent
a messenger boy up the carpeted walk to the
throne to present the newly crowned May Queen
with a bouquet of flowers prominently displaying
the TNE signature on a ribbon.
And thus has this supposedly secret Boclety
boldly projected itself before the public eye and
thereby caused the university much embarrassment
and concern. TNE is commonly known aa a drink
ing fraternity and as such is In discredit. When it
appears that the University of Nebraska shelters
such a group and la Indeed dominated by it (aa
anyone walking about the campus might come to
believe), then the Institution shares in that discredit
until It makes evident ita desire to atop such sub
rosa activities. That la what Is evidently happening
now. The administration does not feel that It can
afford to allow the organization to continue in Its
' present waya unchecked. What the effect of ita ac
tion win be cannot be accurately forecast. It does
acem that It ahould be able to atop the present de
struction of property. Beyond that it might even
persuade the Nebraska group to drop Ita aspects of
heavy drinking and subversive political activity and
become an officially recognized group based on In
terfraternity good fellowship and fun. Something
along that line haa been done on other campuse".
The DAILY, for one, doubts that the alogan
coined by city newspapers to tha effect that TNE
will hava to "pay op; clean up, and shut up" will
te effected to the extent that the society will Ibe
completely abolished. But it does look like It may
have te mend Its waya at least to the extent of
dropping those activities which may be credited
with stirring up the present fuss. As Onfuclus
might have said, "He whe Invites trouble can ex
pect much company."
Kin MA CTA CHI.
Klrma. KU Chi actives WHI
public opinion against themselves could have been , 305.
GAMMA ALPHA CHI.
Ham ma Alpha CM 1II meet at S P. m.
devised by the Germans than their invasion of last
week.
Historians of the future will doubtless argue at
great length over the question of whether the presi
dent could have changed the direction of public
opinion by an isolationist proclamation just at this
time. Certain it is that any statement of that type
would have been a complete reversal of the policies
of the state department. In all probability it would
not have reflected the recent trend of public opin
ion. The almost unanimous approval with which the
most recent presidential statements have been re
ceived indicates that he has rerlected the change
which many have come to feel in the last few
weeks.
Even congress, long distrustful of anything con
in room SIS of the Union.
PHALANX.
Phnlnni will meet la room sio oi
I n km at 1:30 p. m.
(AMMA LAMBDA.
Gunm Ijiiiibda will meet ia lrniftr
306 at 6 p. m.
WEDNESDAY
MATINEE DANCE.
Regular weekly matinee dance will be
held In the Union ballroom at p. m.
Mtadents most present identification cards
for admission.
PRESBYTERIAN STUDENTS.
Presbyterian student will meet kt par
lor X of tbe Union at noon.
PI TAD SIGMA.
PI Taa Sifmft, engineering honorary, WlH
hold a banquet la pnrlor X of the Uaiea
at :S0 p. m.
TANKSRKKTTE8.
All Tanksterettes are invited to the
picnic. There Is ao charge. Meet at Grant
Memorial where rars will leave at S and
A p. m. Hign op at the gym by Wedaee
day noon if won are planning to ge.
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Members of the Student Council will
meet la' room SIS of the Union at p. m.
ASCE.
The American Nne.lrty of CIvH Engi
neer will meet In room SIS of the Union
at 1:11 P. m.
MU PHI EP8ILON.
Members of Ma Phi Ennilon will meet
at 1:3 p. m. In room 816 of the I'akon.
HK'MA ALPHA IOTA.
Sigma Alpha lota will meet at S p. m.
In room SIS of the Union.
Filings
(Continued from Page i.j
One person will be elected from
the graduate college.
Four seniors: two men and two
women elected at large by the stu
dent body.
Pub board posts.
riihiiHrns hoard posts are
nected with European affairs, appears to be shaken opcn f0r one sophomore, one jun
u.. iu o r.f 11,0 urooir .n, i Pmm various inr. and one senior man.
J . Dne senior man. one senior
members of congress nave come proposals wmcn I men. tw0 jun.
spring from a consciousness of the seriousness of ior womeni one sophomore m?.n
the nresent world crisis. Some of these aim at nd one soDhomore woman will be
modifying the present Johnson act by loosening the elected to the barb council for next
present cash-and-carry restrictions. Proposals of y orranizaUon, ex
this type at the present time, however, are prob- tive board. Coll-Agri-Fun
ably a bit premature. Other congressional leaders board, and Farmers Fair board will
would like to have an expansion of our national de- have members to serve for next
.. . ..... ... i- vi- .. vear eiecieu iu uirm.
rense, parucuiariy me navy, so as u ua . , . from
safeguard the western nemisphere. it is aouoness tnc pi.esent freshman or sopho
true that lust at the nresent time an examination niore class will be eiecieti 10 ag
,ict. u t,Qnvlf,.i 'ith on nrmv executive board, anu one mn nnu
Ul UUI utAClifC nvuiu iituini . ...v.. j .
one woman irom wie pirnnii jun
ior class will be elected at large.
ouu wouia ne neeucu uu ut-icuu "cw vu; Aari-Fun board
alone, wun an army mat. nas equipment ior un.y Coll.Agri-Fun board will have
75,000 men, with a slow, aged navy, laden with top- one man anJ one woman from the
heavy battleships, Congress might well put one of present sophomore class elected to
ito mnnv "invpstiHtinp- committees" to some real It.
work.
Three men and three women
from the present junior class will
be elected to the Fanner's Fair
board.
Eligibility requirements require
27 hours carried in the university
for the two preceding semesters
with an average of 75 for all pre
vious semesters, anil to be regis
tered for 12 hours in good Ktand-
A little lament that has been passed around for ing the present semester.
.quite a few years now is the one from the weeping
wygoons who see their lawns go to pot with the
seasonal dirge whom we all know as the dandelion
Pertly poetic, it goes something like this:
Schap. Qhonif
I look around the yard
With dandelions encrusted,
Although I envy them their gold
They leave me qui.e disgusted.
Why can't the tulips that I plant,
The peonies and the iris
Spread like those cussed dandelions,
With such vim and virus?
I love their color In the spring
Before they stretch to seeding,
But why don't roses bloom like that?
Is It Improper seeding?
I hoc them out, I dig them up,
I spray with damn strong mixtures.
But despite what I may do to them
They establish themselves aa fixtures.
Then whafa the use to fight them so?
It seems no use to try.
So let's pretend that we planted them,
And then I suppose they will die.
It la In the warm weather that things like this
come up. Dandelions and dandy rhymes. That ter
rible time of the year when every aoul aspires to
become another Virgil or Longfellow. We thought
this was goodt one time. Maybe when you alt
at your breakfast table aa you are now doing and
as I alt at mine aa I am now doing, we will both
be wondering bow auch a thing ever got into print,
And I will say that I don't know. And I don't.
uIIal lh persons put through thm euur$e in
UruH-d Statet ithooli cannat ebunb inUructioni, At
vther ten per cent doe$n't know tchat to Jo srifh the
information when it it abtorltd." Dr. E, A. Iloolon,
Her peri anthropologic, exprttte concern over tchal
he term $enelei mvhiplicatlon of humanity telth
out economic or ocial ute or reaton.
Speech-
(Continued from Tage 1.)
Izaak Walton, Dean Lrllossignol
pointed out that like "the Ideal
angler," Uie complete business
man "must le more or less huc
cessful In a matenal way, else he
cannot claim to be a business man
at all."
Qualities of angler desirable.
Drawing his analogy to a close,
IieRossignol staled the many qual
ities which the business man, like
the angler, should have, including
"strength, ambition, determina
tion, courage, self-control, cheer
fulness, kindliness, and all the
other qualities which make up that
Intangible, composite character
known as personality, which is
the basis of success in business or
any other field of life and activity.
ROTC-
(Continued from Page 1.)
soldierly characteristics which de
note the admired and respected
leader. During his ROTC course
at the University of Nebraska, he
received various awards for mill
tary excellence, and was promoted
with distinction thru ascending
grades to that of cadet colonel,
marksman and expert rifleman.
The outstanding senior ROTC
cadet officer, 7th corps area,
school year 1939-40."
Active in military.
Pillsbury, active In military af
fairs at the university thruout his
four year course, was last year a
second lieutenant of the Cornhusk
er field company, and last sum
mer at Fort Crook won the best-kept-area
award and prize for the
best automatic rifle score in his
platoon.
To participate in the inspection
activities this week will be some
2,000 students. Reviewing officers
are Colonel Raymond W. Briggs
of Omaha, field artillery ,.7th corps
area ROTC officer; Colonel H. R.
Odell, Iowa State college, field ar
tillery; Lieutenant Colonel C. F.
McKinney and Major E. E. Brown,
both of Kansas State college, in
fantry; and Major L. E. Gordon,
Missouri School of Mines, engi
neers' corps.
Waring
(Continued from Page 1.)
premier presentation of the song
for those present at the dance.
The broadcast in the ballroom is
open only to those persons attend
ing the dance.
At de Brown's request
Chesterfield's composer Waring
wrote the song at the request of
DAILY editor, Richard de Brown,
with the signatures of 1,600 stu
dents to back him up. When War-,
ing consented to write the tune,
he offered an invitation to alumni
in and near New York to attend
the broadcast. Richard Patterson,
jr., president of the New York
Alumni association, contacted the
approximately 700 alumns there,
and a reserveed section of seats
will be filled with New York
Huskers.
Irving Kultlin
Pretentt kit
DANCE REVIEW
ct Tempi Thcatrt
Tiles May 14
Featuring, The Rolling
Rockets, Mortonl The Ma
gician and Irving Kuklin
doing his Roller Skating
Stairstep dance.
1:15 P. M. Aim. 25e
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