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Vol. 40, No. 138.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, May 9, 194T
Polo game, intersorority Historian to address conva
riding feature ag rodeo p Americanism today
. . . tomorrow at I
A polo game on draft horses Barbara Ernesti, Kappa Alpha
between the ag and city teams is Theta; Gwen Orr, Kappa Alpha
headlining the attractions of tna Theta; Betty O'Shea, Kappa Alpha
Farmers Fair rodeo to be held to- Theta; Mary Kier, Alpha Phi;
morrow at 2 p. m. on the ag cam- Betty Orme, Pi Phi, and Joan
pUS Metcalf, Kappa Alpha Theta.
The two teams that will mount
their prancing draft steeds and do
battle with their broomstick mal
lets include Bob McNutt, Paul
Svoboda, Chris Petersen, John
Theison, and Dick Young from the
city campus and Dale Theobald,
Warren Hutchinson, Keith King,
Miles Cadwalder, Charles Marcy,
and Arlo Wirth from the ag campus.
Other contests.
Other events in the rodeo are
the Intersorority riding contest,
steer riding contest, calf roping
contest, western stock saddle rid
ing contest and bucking Ford con
test. For students that are mechan
ically minded, the bucking Ford
contest will provide a new wrinkle
in the afternoon's events.
Finalists in the intersorority
ride will be: Betty Ann Nichols,
Kappa Kappa Gamma; Mary Bee
son, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Sue
Woodruff, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Unemployment
office places
many students
Looking for a job? The Nebras
ka unemployment office in Lin
coln annually places many stu
dents in positions after they have
graduated from university, or who
need part time work.
The office is operated by the
state and federal government and
therefore does not charge for serv
ices. Office and sales workers
have been placed to a great extent
in Lincoln and over the state as
well as in the United States.
Workers have been placed in
the Panama canal zone and Wake
islands from this office and at the
present time many are being
placed in defense industries.
Students interested should go to
the office at 138 North 11th street
and obtain more information. Of
fices aie located in every county
seat so that students can make
contacts during the summer.
Alpha Rho Tau
elects Hunter
new president
Armand Hunter, of the speech
department, was elected president
of Alpha Rho Tau, honorary fine
arts fraternity, at its annual meet
ing Wednesday.
Linus Burr Smith, of the archi
tecture department, was elected
vice president; Marguerite Klin
ker, of the music department, was
elected secretary-treasurer.
As part of the program, which
included the initiation of new
members, contemporary poetry
was read by Dr. Leroy Laase, act
ing chairman of the speech depart
ment, and an original piano com
position was played by Betty Koeh
ler. The new members include:
Thomas McClure, Robert Wolfe,
Jon Pruden, Marylouise Baker,
Albert Gregory, Betty Joe Koehler,
Alden Marvel, Imogene Mastin,
Ada Miller, Harriet Pugsley, and
Adele Wenzlass.
Awards for creative work were
given to Mildred Manning, Clar
ence Flick, Tom McClure, Robert
Wolf, Blanch Larson. Elizabeth
May, and Robert Buddenburg.
Hays heads
band group
Elected new president of the
honorary band fraternity. Gamma
Lambda, at their meeting yester
day was Preston Hays, bass vio
linist. Chosen vice president of the or
ganization was saxophonist Rol
and Urbanek. Baritone soloist
Bob Slemmons will hold the post
of secretary-treasurer next year.
Members of the society sched
uled their annual picnic for Sun
day, May 18.
Dean Wong
to speak here
Theologian addresses
Religions Welfare group
Wallace Wong, dean of the West
China Union Theological school in
Union university, Chengtu West
China, will tell about his experi
ences in the Far Ea3t before a
meeting of the Religious Welfare
Council Tuesday, May 13.
During the past year Wong has
been studying at Union Theology
Seminary in New York, and re
ceived his Master of Secret The
ology from there. He graduated
from the School of Religion of
Yenching university at Peiping,
North China with his BD degree
and received his BA degree from
West China university in Cheng
tu. Holding the position of general
secretary of the Student Christian
Movement of Changtu for five
years, Wong was also general sec
retary of Szechuan Christian
Council for two years until he be
came dean of the college of The
ology at Chengtu.
Cox speaks in Temple at 11;
leads panel forum in Union
Tiof. Isaac J. Cox, chairman of the history department at oNrth
western University, will discuss "Pan Americanism in the World
Crisis" before a university convocation this morning at 11 in the
Temple theater.
The public is invited to hear Professor Cox who is being brought
to the campus under the joint
sponsorship of the university con
Vocations committee and Econom
ica, faculty and graduate student
club. Guests from a number of
Nebraska schools and colleges are
planning to attend an all-day con
ference planned by Economica
Friday, including representatives
from Creighton University, the
University of Omaha, and Doane
College.
General discussion.
Dr. Cox will discuss "Building
Up Pan Americanism" at an in
formal dinner meeting of the con
ference in the Student Union.
From 3 to 5 p. m. the program will
feature a general discussion of
"Economic Theory in a World o
Controlled Enterprise."
The speaker is the author of a
number of books including "Nica
ragua and the United States,"
"The Early Exploration of Louisi
(See TODAY, page 2)
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ROF. I. J. COX
. Pan Americanist.
Student sees Spain at war
. .
Writes illustrated book on experiences
From the scene of the Spanish
civil war in 1937 to the university
campus in 1939 is the experience
of Phillip Ainsworth, sophomore
in the school of journalism.
Ainsworth was a cadet on an
American merchantman plying
Mediterranean waters while Fran
co was taking over Spain, and
is writing and illustrating a book
called, "Freighter to Spain," con
cerning his adventures during the
summmer of 1937.
"At the beginning of the Span
ish war," Ainsworth asserted,
"Hitler and Mussolini were sort
of uninvited guests on Franco's
side. But, as it is well-known to
day, the rebels soon openly en
enlisted the dictators' aid."
Aboard the freighter, West
Quechee, bound for Oporto, Portu
gal. Ainsworth's duties were
learning to be a ship's mate. He
did everything from piloting and
charting the course of the vessel
to swapping its decks.
Seasoned traveler.
His trip to Spain was not his
first voyage. He had earlier ship
ped on the freighter, Margaret
Lykes, from Houston, Tex., in the
Caribbean to Cuba, Central an J
South America, Panama and thy
West Indies.
He tells of the weeks he spent
touring the shipping offices befoia
getting a birth. He remarks smil
ingly that one of the companies
finally gave him a job just so he
"wouldn't be coming around both
ering them any more."
The voyage to Portugal aboard
the West Quechee, traveling be
tween 12 and 14 knots, took about
19 days. Ainsworth's camera atvl
writings record experiences th-it
would meke the heart of the
(See WAR, page 7)
WW
IMS
Seventy-five percent oppose
active US participation in war
"Definitely not" was the emphatic reply on most students asked
the question, 'Do you favor immediate participation of the United
States into war?" by the DAILY'S interviewer.
Seventy-five per cent answered negatively. Of the various rea
sons given, some stated that we should do everything "short of war"
and try an arbitrary means of ending the war; many of these same
students believed that we are not prepared.
Those favoring participation thought that since "we're going to
get into it sooner or later, we ought to start fighting while we can
still do some good."
George Goslas, unaffiliated senior, hesitated for a moment then
declared:
"If we're going to get in the war we'd better get in it damn
quick, otherwise we'd better stay out."
Expressing the opposite opinion, N. C. Ecklund, graduate stu
dent, said "Definitely not. We would be taking on the champion, while
heretofore we have tatten on minor nations or those in a state of
decadence. I don't think we realize how far Germany has prepared.
It would be suicide for us to enter the war now."
Dave Holland, freshman Farmhouse, stated, "I think we should
wait until we're better prepared. The war's in a deadlock for at least
five years anyway."
"It seems to me that a civilized nation should find arbitrary
means to settle international difficulties without resorting to war,"
(See OPPOSITION, page 2)
Convo speaker
leads war, peace
discussion today
I. J. Cox, who speaks at a con
vocation today, will lead a forum
on "Role of the United States and
Latin America in War and
Peace" this afternoon at 4:30 in
Union parlor Z.
Assisting on the panel discus
sion will be Dean of Women Helen
Hos'p, who visited South America
last year and is organizing a tour
to travel there for this next sum
mer. Following this Jose Carvallho,
graduate student from Brazil, and
James Olson and Rolf Ordal,
DAILY news columnists, will dis
cuss proposed combined action of
United States and South America
for a half-hour and then the dis
cussion will be opened to include
the audience.
Refreshments will also be
served, Pat Lahr, Union social di
rector, announced,
Majority of UN students polled
favor cargo convoys to England
Growing in intensity every day is argument over the question:
Should the United States use her navy to convoy cargoes to Eng.
land?"
To a majority o fthe cross-section of UN students polled the an
swer is an emphatic "yes." And sentiment in favor of convoys here
parallels a growing sentiment thruout the country supporting the
measure.
To a majority of the cross-section of UN students polled the an
swer "yes." And sentiment in favor of convoys here parallels a grow
ing sentiment thruout the country supporting the measure.
Asserting that Britain will lose unless she gets the full benefit of
our supplies, Bob Mizera went on to explain: "We should see that ouc'
cargoes arrive at their destination or we are wasting our money."
Expressing the same sentiment in a different way freshman
George Wright declared: "It seems useless to produce goods that we
can't deliver and convoy is the only way to deliver them."
Disagreeing with the majority was senior Bob Priest. He ex
plained his stand this way: "Convoys are another step toward war. If
our ships are sunk (and they will be) public opinion will be stied up
to support total war against Germany."
Sophomore Jim Englund agrees with Priest that convoys will
mean total war but he nevertheless favors the proposal. Says Eng
lund: "We're going to be in this thing all the way anyway. We might
as well preserve an ally to fight with so convoy of course."
(See ENGLAND, page 1