DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, MarcK 9, 1941
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Post-mortem of the Prom No place like Nebraska
News that Waldo Winter, 6-4 Jackson basketball flash of a year
ago Is returning from California to win glory for Nebraska athletics
should cause some enthusiasm among our coaching staff. But the
significance of his action is more than just the fact that this univer
sity will probably have a remarkable player on its squad next year.
A native son is returning home because of a loyalty for the
Scarlet nd Cream than grows up with Nebraska men, and forever
gives proof to Ellsworth DuTeau's slogan that "Once a Nebraskan,
always a Nebraskan."
This university has no subsidization; it has something far more
potent. It wins victory after victory on the gridiron, on the track and
wherever the Nebraska athletic program is found by a driving spirit
of loyalty among its men. It's the spirit that brought Bob Sauer back
from a scholarship to Alabama; that brought Red Littler home from
California to break record after record en the Nebraska track, and
caused Harry Ankeny to return likewise, from the coast to take his
place on our tennis team.
It Is the spirit that is responsible for Nebraska football teams be
ing 100 percent Nebraskan and for fans driving all the way across
the state to see the university teams play.
In words It is the attiiuae among aai iNt-DituiKans uiai nounng is
so significant as winning glory for this university. In action it is the
force that has made Nebraska and its athletic program what it is today.
Tho we have always known it, and always felt it, when a fellow
iike Winter sends word to his parents that "it's Nebraska for me
- from now on out," it brings to our minds the truism that
There is no place like Nebraska.
Unbridgeable chasm'
Exception has been taken to the
use of the phrase "unbridgeable
chasm" as describing the differ
ences between the modern Amer
ican and German systems. Follow
ing are some of the reasons for the
applicability of the words as we
used them.
One of the cardinal differences
is in the nature of the legal sys
tems. In the United States a man
cannot be arrested without a war
rant, has a right to habeas corpus,
the privilege of counsel for his de
fense, and a trial by jury. The
system is built on the principle of
equality before the law of all per
sons, regardless of sex, creed or
color.
In nazi Germany the exact an
tithesis of this prevails. Law en
forcement is in the hands of nazi
party officials, who can arrest
suspects at will, incarcerate them
where neither family, friend nor
counsel can see them, and torture
them until "confessions" are ob
tained. Nazi legal system
The nazi legal system is based
on inequality and discrimination.
Certain groups have no legal
status, and are beyond, the protec
tion of the law.
Still more apparent are the po
litical differences. In Germany,
what we call individual freedom is
dead. The ordinary man is re
sponsible to a swarm of petty of
ficials who make him report every
time he travels to another city, de
duct party requisitions - from his
income, and forbid him to express
an opinion contrary to those of
the government.
Press monopolized
Not only are the press, radio,
and all mediums of communication
rigorously monopolized by the
party leaders, but for a man even
to think criticism is made a crime.
Active religious affiliation is an
offense against the state. Racial
persecution is a cornerstone of pol
icy. It was Julius Stretcher who
said a few weeks ago that one of
the two greatest crimes against
civilization in the last few cen
turies was the liberation of the
blacks from elavery.
The Prom went off with a bang Friday night as more than 650
couples danced and applauded to Count Basle and his 'famous orches
tra. With Income adequately covering all expenditures, the party's
success at last proved that student sponsored dances can bring to Ne
braska "name" bands and at the same time break even financially.
Other than paving the way for possible increases in party budgets,
Friday night's party brought to light three important realities of which
this university can be proud.
Tho elected thru factional support last fall, the Prom committee
under the guidance of the nonpolitical senior honorary divorced itself
of all party ties and personal interests and sought to put on a first
class party that would please the entire student body. Comparing the
Prom this year with the one last spring, the effect of politics becomes
evident.
. Furthermore, a centralization of duties under a business manager
produced unity on the committee and gave to it a business-like ap
pearance in place of the conflict and irresponsibility that so often char
acterizes committees of this kind.
The fact that over 300 filled the galleries as spectators opened
up an altogether new party angle. It showed that students are inter
ested in watching "name" bands perform as well as dancing to them.
In the future this angle will probably be emphasized, and Increasingly
larger groups will fill the galleries.
And finally, a cross section of those on the floor showed that
Nebraska can stage truly all-campus parties at which all groups will
be satisfied. Those bent on formality appeared in tuxedoes and eve
ning clothes; those who, for financial or other reasons, did not wish
to attend a strictly formal party, thronged there in business attire. And
the large number of colored couples mixing freely with the crowd in
dicated that no discrimination is shown at this university in its all
campus social program.
The formal, the informal and the colored couples associated with
one another, all having a feeling that this party was theirs. A spirit
of that kind is something worth striving for at every party or in ev
ery activity wherein conflicting groups can take part.
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BUX'H AND BRIDI.K.
There will be a meeting for all thoae
that hare mad application for member
ship Into Block and Bridle in Animal Hus
bandry Hall at 5 o'clock, Monday.
Dcg your pardon
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G. Greenamyre and John Me
kota whose names were mis
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AWS and Union
Monday, March 10
11:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
6:45
University convocation in Union ballroom,
Lew Sarett, woodsman poet, to speak on
"Slow Smoke.!'
YM-YW leadership class, panel discussion,
Ellen Smith.
Barb Council meeting, barb office, Union.
Towne club meeting. Union parlors A and B.
Faculty men's club, Union parlor X.
Union Board of Managers annual dinner,
Union parlor C.
Tuesday, March 11
Honors convo
candidates
attention!
All students wishing to be
eligible for recognition at the
Honors convocation, April
22, should remove any in
completes, conditions and
"no reports" before March 17,
according to an announce
ment made by G. W. Rosen
lof, director of admissions.
12:00
1:00
4:00
5:00
7:00
12:00
4:00
5:00
5:45
7:00
7:30
Ag YM Bible discussion group, 302 ag halL
Pre Social Worker s luncheon, union par
lor X.
YW girl reserve training course, Ellen Smith.
Union sketch class, room 315, Union, free
materials.
Newman club, Union room 316.
YW vespers, musical meditation, Ellen
Smith.
Delta Phi Delta meeting, Union parlor B.
Phi Delta Kappa meeting, Union parlor Z.
Union dancing lessons for beginners, Union
ballroom. Identification cards must be pre
sented for free lessons.
Sigma Eta Chi meeting, Union room 313.
League of Evangelical Students meeting,
Union room 315.
Newman club meeting, Union room 316.
Phalanx meeting, Union parlor X.
Pharmaceutical club, Union parlor Y.
Barb Union meeting, Barb office in Union.
Time and place9
deadline 2 o'clock
Thursday
Wednesday, March 12
1:00
2:00
5:00
6:15
6:30
7:00
7:15
7:30
Faculty women's club, Union ballroom.
State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
YM-YW personal relations group meeting.
Temple.
Senior Recital, Temple Theatre.
Tanksterettes, coliseum pool.
Matinee dance, Union ballroom identification
cards admit.
Graduate students' coffee hour, Faculty
Lounge, Union.
Rifle club meeting on range in Andrews.
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
meeting. Union parlor A.
State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
Phi Chi Theta meeting, Union parlor Y.
Orchesis meeting, Grant Memorial hall
Corn Cob meeting, Union room 316.
American Society of Civil Engineers, Union
room 315.
Economica, Union Faculty Lounge.
Union offers
Fairbanks film
Second in the current se
ries of Union Flickers will
be presented Sunday, March
16 at 4 p. m. in the ballroom
when the original version of
"The Thief of Bagdad" is
shown.
This picture, filmed in
1924, cost two million dol
lars to make, and is remem
bered as the peak of Fair
banks, Sr.'s career.
The show will also feature
songs, music, and peanuts In
the usual style.
6:00
6:30
7:00
Best
par-
Thursday, March 13
Religious welfare Council meeting. Union
parlor X.
Sinfonia, Union parlor Z. .
Ag YM-YW luncheon forum, "Dating
Around the World," home ec building
room 202.
State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
Ag AWS meeting, home ec parlors.
Ag Union matinee dance, activities building.
Barb activity board for Women, Union
room 307.
Gamma Lambda meeting, Union room 313.
Book review. Union Book Nook.
Rifle club on range in Andrews.
Upperclass AWS and candidates for
Dressed Girl. Ellen Smith.
Freshman AWS meeting cancelled.
Vocational education meeting. Union
Iors X and Y.
State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
Advanced ballroom dancing lessons, Union
ballroom, free.
Ag YM International Relations committee
meeting, speaker, Dr. M. V. Ogle, Westmin
ster Presbyterian church.
Interhouse Council meeting, Union room
307.
7:30 Christian Science meeting, Union room 316.
Friday, March 14
8:00-5:00 Women's activities election, Ellen Smith.
12:00 YM Bible discussion cmnn. fnrmpr museum.
Book Newscast over KFOR, Union book
nook.
State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
Alpha Delta Pi alums, Union parlor A.
Union dance with Johnny Cox, ballroom.
4:15
6:30
8:00
9:00
Any university woman wishing to ride with
the WAA riding club call Virginia Chambers,
5-4580, she will make the necessary arrange
ments. Riding schedules will be arranged among
the group.
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Saturday, March IS
6:30 Phi Sigma Iota banquet and Initiation,
Union parlors XYZ.
7:00 State High School basketball tournament,
coliseum.
8:00 Barb Union dance, Union ballroom.
Sunday, March 16
10:45 Lutheran Chapel Service. Union parlors
XYZ.
2:00 Lambda Gamma meeting, Union room 316.
3:00 Delta Omicron concert. Temple Theatre.
4:00 Union Fuckers, "Thief of Bagdad" with
Douglas Fairbanks, ballroom.
Lutheran Student association, Union par
lor X.
4:00-8:00 Estes Powow at Ili-Y building.
6:00 Gamma Delta meeting, Union room 316.
All women students will vote for AWS Coun
cil members, Coed Councilor board. Mortar Board
candidates, BABW members and May Queen can
didates Friday, March 14, in Ellen Smith.
See the Nebraskan bulletin for late announcements and changes
