Thursday, May 1, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKA
Here's another first
Students and faculty together have really been on
their toes this year. For with considerable ingenuity they
have planned undreamed of activities and have made
great achievements in those already existing on the
campus.
A list of firsts to be complete would cover the activi
ties of almost every organization of the school. The Stu
dent Council has staged its first Big Six convention; the
efforts of Norman Harris and John McDermott gave
birth to a Senior Council designed to be a severe and
alumnizing body representative of the entire senior class;
new parking regulations hare solved a parking problem
that has been critical for many jyars; a successful foot
ball team won the position of Rose Bowl contestant; and
now the university school of journalism stages its first
all state Journalism Day.
For 17 years Gayle C. Walker, head of the school,
has dreamed oi an assembly of this kind, bringing to
gether on the one hand the leaders In journalism over
the state, and on the other the sizable group of stu
dents interested in either business or editorial work
in this field.
IiOcal informal meetings have been held from time to
time throughout this period, pointing always to a general
Late conference on a Urge scale. This Friday that dream
and the goal of all local conferences will become realities.
In the most elaborate journalism convention ever held
at this school leaders in the state will congregate in the
Union to discuss problems and practices in their fields.
Meetings of this kind get results; and show the state
that there is more to this student body and to the in
stitution itself than just classrooms and textbooks.
It shows them, moreover, that there are students
and faculty members interested in practical problems,
interested in making contributions to the various fields
of business, and are applying the facts they have
learned in their textbooks.
It proves to them that Nebraska after all has a school
of journalism and that that school is making its presence
felt. Friday's meetings are a commendable accomplish
ment for the journalists and add another first to the
splendid record of campus organizations this year.
Commentorials
. . . from our readers $
Defeatism le.uls lo failure,
disintegration of defences
Dear Editor:
I wish to point out an idea contained in an article
by Otto Woerner. appearing in the NEBRASKAN Wed
nesday. In it we may find personified the very feeling
which accompanied and, I believe, partially caused the
collapse of the many small countries now controlled by
Germany.
This feeling might aptly be described as "oh-what-the-hellism",
or, to be more academic, defeatism; at least
it is the state of mind produced by terrifying cataclysms
over which there seems no cont rol. The mind is stunned
by the apparent strength and ferocity of this frightful
thing coming toward us. Some fiend has loosed a ter
rible monster on the earth, devouring everything, bloat
ing itself hourly on new human fodder, and spawning
all the shapes of evil in its wake. It moves like lightning
and nothing can stop it.
This is the ghoulish apparition which materializes
before the eyes of our more imaginative. Even the most
materialistic among us can sense its vague outlines.
But what is behind this diabolic, all powerful thing?
Only men. What is it built on? A patch of land occupy,
ing about three-tenths of one percent of the earth s sur.
face; rather poor land by our standards. And what
drives these men to do such things? Fear, the age-old
lust for power, and revenge. Fear of their enemies who
might destroy them, revenge on them because they almost
did, and the lust for power by a small group of men,
hated even in their own country.
Here, shivering in its underwear, stands whatever
we thought it was, a hypnotic hoax. But no one can deny
that it has worked; the grim evidence piles higher every
day. Yet examine the actions of its enemies, excluding
Britain. A great deal of talk, a show of resistance, per
haps even a sad little war to save their faces. No one
seemed to caie; nothing seemed to matter. Our menac
ing fraud was there, and its presence was enough.
I don't mean to underestimate the power of the
German army; I only mean to say that, given time and
resources such as ours, any country can lick them in
their own back yard. Their victories have been sudden
and their defeat will be sudden. They have grown so
big they are afraid of themselves.
But whoever has to beat them will need pUnty of
those qualities more elitely referred to as intestinal forti
tude. No one can fight successfully if he believes he is
beaten before the battle begins. This German colossus
must be brought out in the open where it can be laughed
at, where one can cut the slender strings which make it
jump. Then half the action will be won, and we may
proceed to the serious business of mopping up.
Sincerely,
A reader.
Toniglil-
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banquet will feature some unusual
entertainment. Col. C. F. Frank
forter, chairman of the Chemical
Engineering department, will be
the toa-stmaster.
Fee award.
The O. J. Fee award to the out
standing engineer will be pre
sented by Dean O. J. Ferguson.
This is the most prized award
given by the engineering depart
ment. Other honors to be given are
the Blue Print Award presented
ly Prof. Barnard, the Sigma Tau
awards which includes presenta
tion of the hall of fame medal
by George Fowler and the fresh
man award by Joe Parker. Prof.
Colbert will name the winners of
the departmental and special
awards, and Dick Hitchcock will
make the field day awards. John
Gate, chairman of this year's
Engineers' Week, will introduce
the winner of the Engineers' Con
test award.
Main speaker at the banquet
Will be Major A. T. Lobdell, re
cently called to duty as head of
the engineering unit in the Ne
braska ROTO. Formerly connected
with the Nebraska State Highway
Department, Major Lobdell will
talk on "Construction and National
Defense."
Climaxing Engineers' Week, a
dance will be given at the Hotel
Cornhusker Saturday night when
the Engineers' Sweetheart will be
introduced. Voting booths at the
mechanic arts building and in the
agricultural engineering building
on ag campus will be open to all
engineers from today until the
dance.
Sweetheart candidates.
Candidates selected by Mrs.
Barney Oldfield, wife of the Lin
coln newspaper columnist, are
Betty Malone, Louise Howerter,
Mary Fredenhagen, Alice Black
stone and Louise Eppinger.
Every department in the engi
neering college will be thrown open
for public inspection tonight. In
addition, each department has pre
pared .special exhibits for the
occasion.
Among the most outstanding is
the display planned by the elec
trical engineers under the direction
of Frank Slaymaker. At the elec
trical engineering building, there
will be a number of exhibits in
which spectators can participate.
Included is a magnetic tape re
cording, a voice controlled train,
an electrical water fountain and
many other unusual displays.
An X-ray demonstration and
voice recording will be among the
features prepared by the electrical
engineers in another exhibit at
the physics building.
With Wade Paschke chairman,
the mechanical engineering de
partment has planned an exhibit
showing all phases of mechanical
engineering. Use. of polaroid in
J Jul Scduhdcu dCdtcL
By Raymond E. Manchester.
Dear Friend:
You have read of empires. You
have heard of empires. You know
empires by name, Roman, Brit
ish, etc. But what about the em
pire of "They?" That invisable
wonderful, powerful, intangible,
fascinating, universal, convenient
empire of "They!" Tangible em
pires come and go, rise and fall.
The empire of "They" goes on for
ever. Tangible empires can be
seen, heard and felt, but the em
pire of "They" is like the "man
upon the stair" and the citizens of
"They" are always not there when
gentlement with statistical incli
nations start nosing about.
But. invisible things are real and
the "They" empire is as real as
limburger cheese. Last evening a
speaker said (when discussing the
European situation) "They" had
better look out or there will be a
great surprise." For a full hour
afterward the listeners attempted
to discover the identity of "They"
but with no success. Last week an
employed man said, "They" can't
do this to me," but to date no one
knows just who is referred to by
"They." Today a student said,
"They" should give students more
chances for extra-curricular activ
ities." Was he referring to the
president of the university? No.
Was he talking about the faculty?
No. Did he duett his remarks
toward trustees? No. Was he
thinking of the student body, the
voters of the state or of the stu
dent council? No. Just that vag'ie
unnamed group made up of folks
called in total, "They."
We hear,
"I notice They' need a r.?w
road."
" 'They' are having quite a
time."
" 'They' are having a late
spring."
" They look for a big wheat
crop."
" 'They' had a cyclone in Geor
gia." " 'They started a new s hool in
Texas."
" They' are having a famine in
India."
" "They had an argument in
council meeting."
" 'They' had a big crowd at the
fair."
"They," people everywhere -scattered
all over the world! Who
are the "they" folks? What do
they (the "They" meni look like"
Can't see them, can't hear them,
can't locate them, but how nice
to know we have them always at
hand to accept all blame for proj
ects that go wrong and (by never
objecting) to make it unnecessary
to be specific when we amuse our
selves by talking all around th
mulberry bush.
castings and the stroboscope in
studying moving parts will be ex
plained. Eleven other exhibits
have been made.
Chemical engineers.
The main lecture room of Avery
laboratory will be the scene of
the demonstrations of the chem
ical engineers. Starting promptly
at 8 and 9 o'clock, the demonstra
tions will vary from the discussion
of high explosives to explanation
of sugar refining. Prizes for Fpec
tators with the best sense of sm 11
and pictures of interested onlook
ers, will be given. They also prom
ise that a miniature volcano will
erupt.
Importance of civil engineering
in aviation, photography, road and
bridge construction will be ex
plained in that department's ex-
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The architectural engineers' dis
play, under the chairmanship of
David Wink, will feature the re
sults of a local survey on Lincoln,
architecture. Motion pictures and'
an exhibit of work done by stu
dents during the year will also be
on the program.
David Roach, chairman of the
Engineering Mechanics depart
ment, has announced that a com
plete series of engineering draw
ings illustrating all phases of me
chanical engineering will head
that department's exhibit. In addi
tion, several tests on the strength
of materials and on the difference
between bituminous and non-bituminous
highways will also be per
formed. The military engineers have
prepared an extensive exhibit as
have the agricultural engineers
who yesterday returned the 40
inch combine to its position south
of the Pharmacy building. Insur
ance company officials fixed the
combine after lawyers' seizure of
the machine early Saturday
morning.
Friday afternoon will be high
lighted by a field day when all
varieties of athletics including
some original games will be
played.
Student council at Fairmont (W.
Va.) State Teachers college is
sponsoring a awing band.
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