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Don 't Let Down
Since Japan began aerial and naval attacks on British and Ameri
can possessions in the Pacific and it became known that the United
States would declare war, a great many comments have been heard
from students to the effect that "we may have to fight; we might as
well have as much fun as possible now." Many students have said
that they're going to stop studying, because a college education isn't
of any use in a buttle. Many students have said that they won't be
back next semester for the same reason.
These are attitudes that must be stopped. A college education is
even more important now than it wi.s before. Harold Willis Dodds,
president of Princeton University, emphasized this in ii paper read
at the meeting of the Association of American Universities in Lincoln
October 31 when he said: "In 'going all out' for national defense we
must not forget that it is defense against total war of unknown dur
ation and that we will be derelict in our duty, and held accountable
for such dereliction, if we let the immediate demands disrupt any
more than is necessary the performance of those essential services
for which this country depends upon us today and will depend on us
tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Underlining this point he
went on to quote one sentence from a statement made by the Presi
dent of the United States during the past summer: "The message I
would emphasize to you thiyyear is that America will always need
men and women with college training."
We must not let down. We must go on and study even more in
order that our minds will be trained to cope with the situation now,
during the remainder of the war, and after the war. We must not let
down. We must be strong. There has never been a situation so critical
that a strong people, with strong ideals, could not withstand.
News
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strength in the loss of at least one
battleship and some 3,000 lives in
Hawaii alone. That cannot be
laughed off with a shrug of the
shoulder; it is a stark, realistic
Tact that must be faced with a
determination seldom required of
the American people.
How can one account for Ja
pan's action when it obviously
means the eventual defeat of that
empire? As I pointed out in this
column early last week, Japan
does not know that it means their
downfall. They have the supreme
conceit and confidence necessary
to bring about such a bold action.
The thought that they may meet
eventual defeat very likely never
entered their mind, and as long as
that psychology is operating in Ja
pan one cannot judge their pos
sible actions from the American
point of view. It is their own
point of view that has and will
determine their actions.
As long as the U. S. was play
ing such an important part in
the British war effort, and was
threatening Japan's expansion in
southeastern Asia, it was a direct
threat to the axis. As far as they
were concerned toe U. S. had to
be dealt with, and the other axis
partners did not find it too diffi
cult to convince Japan that it was
their destiny to take upon them
selves the task of disposing of the
American threat. Japan has been
hesitating for a long time before
beginning this! task because she
was seeking an opportunity when
the U. S. was occupied elsewhere
and a surprise attack could bt
launched with greater success.
They could not wait too long for
If they did U. S. strength in the
Pacific would become greater and
greater. Apparently the decision
was made at last, not just last
week, but as far back as the time
when the Japanese-American ne
gotiations for PEACE began. They
were nothing more nor less than
an attempt to lull the U. S. into
a state of false security. While
this did not completely succeed,
it did make us wide open for the
temporary successes achieved by
the Japanese in their surprise at
tack. That the successes are only
temporary we can be sure, and we
may be confident that the suc
cesses will soon be ours, not
Japan's.
War Zone
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Charles Albert Copper, '30, is sec
retary of the U. S. embassy in
Japan.
Alum Office Issues List.
Included in the list of Nebraska
alumni in war zones obtained from
the alumni association office are
Maitam Hikajire, '16, Takameteu
City, Japan; Joseph Michail Eyen,
'39,-Schofield barracks, Honolulu;
Harry Adolph Chaim, Pearl Har
bor; G. LaSelle, '30, Honolulu; Paul
Lawrence Martin, Schofield bar
racks, Honolulu; and John Harry
Linson, '10, Honolulu.
Local papers list these Nebras
kans in the war zone: Lieut. Wil
liam A. Fickling, Hickam Field,
Hawaii; Lieut. Harlow Brewer,
medical corps, Manilla; Lieut. H.
V. Dow, Hickam Field, Hawaii;
Lieut. Thomas M. Bn.lie, Fort Mc
Kinloy, Philippines.
Other former UN students be
lieved to be in the war zone are
Lieut, and Mrs. Jack Wilson, Pearl
Harbor; Lieut. Robert Fleetwood,
Philippines; Lieut. Robert Carna
han, Manila; Lieut. William A.
Milek, jr., Schofi;;ld barracks, Ha
waii; Dr. L. T. Pope, Kenoech bay,
Hawaii.
Mrs. Robert Tscharner, the for
mer Dorothy Sawyer, now living
with her husband at Hickam Field,
Hawaii, since Nov. 21, date of her
marriage, is also believed to bo in
the center of yesterday's fighting.
Ex Footballers in Zone.
Three former UN football play
ers, Perry Franks, Everett Mead
and John Ems are in the Philip
pines, and Robert McCampbell,
Herbert Glover and Max Carey are
said to be in either the Philippines
or Hawaii.
Roy Proffit, Hi Messmore and
Bob Norris are in Hawaii, and
"Butch" Thompson is now in the
Philippines.
In the question, "Do you make
any of your own clothes?" 28 per
cent of coeds in a recent survey
answered yes.
DAILY NEBRASKAN
QommsmL
AAUP Elects
Prof. Schramm
As President
Prof. E. F. Schramm was elec
ted president of the university
chapter of the American Associa
tion of University Professors at
the annual dinner meeting of the
group in the Union last night.
Prof. Clarence Forbes will serve
as secretary-treasurer during the
coming year. Elected on the ex
ecutive committee were Prof. H. P.
Davis, Prof. Clarence Nutting and
Miss Emma Anderson. Professor
Nutting will also be the chapter's
delegate to the Chicago conven
tion of the national organization
Dec. 22 to 28.
The closed business meeting
of the university professors was
followed by an open discussion
meeting in the faculty lounge to
which all university staff members
were invited. A discussion of
multiple-section courses was held
with Prof. R. D. Scott speaking
on "Standardization of Subject
Matter," and Prof. David Fellman
discussing "Freedom of Institu
tion." Staff Sponsors
Demonstration
For Freshmen
To aid freshmen women in
choosing second semester physical
education activities, the women's
physical education department is
sponsoring a demonstration of va
rious activities at 7 p. m. Wednes
day and at 5 p. m. Thursday.
Five activities will be previewed
by the freshmen women. Mary El
len McKee is in charge of the
archery. Jane Johnson will super
vise badminton. Folk dancing will
be demonstrated by regular class
members in charge of Mrs. Shirley
B. Toman and Miss Clara Loize
Montgomery.
Orchesis will give a perform
ance of modern dances.
Swimming may be scheduled for
a short time during one of the
regular class periods. Arrange
ments for swimming must be
made with Miss Dorothy Zimmer
man of the women's phys ed de
partment. Heaction
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empt from the draft, according to
the military department.
"The Japanese have been prac
tising up on their war moves; they
are not particularly green at this
business," warned Prof. Rob
ert P. Crawford who traveled
through Siberia, Manchuria, Korea
and Japan in 1936. He believes
that this is the inevitable culmina
tion of the Japanese expansion pol
icy. As for students, phonograph
machines in organized houses were
turned off; radio news programs
are eagerly awaited. Bull sessions
took place between broadcasts.
Salutations changed over night.
Instead of "Good morning" or
"Hi", there is 'Got your uniform?"
and 'When ya leaving?"
Students "Low." I
The student body is low. You
could sense it at 11:30 yesterday
morning when groups throughout
the campus gathered around radios
to hear the president address eon'
gress.
At the Union, temporary chairs
were set up in the lounge when
the president spoke. There was
little comment until after he was
through. Then there was quiet
discussion. The same was true at
organized houses.
Most teachers excused 11 o'clock
classes, and many class room dis
cussions dealt with the war. As
signments weren't turned in "list
ened to the radio all night," And
it was all right.
Law College Endangered.
At law college where almost
forty-five men hold reserve offi
cers' commissions, tension is quite
high. With the loss of these men
in addition to those possibly
drafted, it would be doubtful if the
law college could continue next
year, college heads said unoffici
ally. The situation last week when
the future held certainties cer
tainties of war has changed. The
future now is nothing but ques
tions, and that is why UN students
along with students in college
campuses all over the nation are
I worried.
Tuesday, DecemEer 9, 1941
SulMiiL
Expert on Far Eastern
Affairs Speaks in Union
. . . Next Sunday Night
When far eastern affairs expert
Carvcth Wells speaks in the Union
next Sunday night, his prediction
will already have become a reality.
"The Coming Battle For Tin and
Rubber" was to be his topic; that
battle has come,
No more opportune moment
could have been chosen for Wells'
lecture. The distinguished explorer
engineer and author has traveled
extensively thruout the areas which
are now American-Japanese battle
scenes.
Wells spent six years on the
Malayan peninsula. He was com
missioned by the British govern
ment to survey the route for the
Singapore to Bangok railroad, the
same railroad which is now trans
porting British Australian and
Indian troops to the Siamese
border.
Union Displays
New Purchase
Of Art Group
The painting, "Window Clean
ing," by Aaron Douglas univer
sity graduate of 1922, was pur
chased recently by the Nebraska
Art Association from among an
exhibit of 24 pieces executed by
Douglas now showing in gallery B
Morrill.
Now hanging in the Union,
"Window Cleaning," has been
chosen as the December picture-of-the-month.
Douglas, the only ne
gro graduate of the university
art department who has gone on to
gain distinction as a professional
artist, teaches half of each year
at Fiske University in Tennessee.
He also done a number of murals,
book jackets and illustrations for
poetry volumes.
Other exhibitions scheduled for
Morrill hall in the near future
are:
Dec. 7 to Dec 13. Special ex
hibitionWinter In Art, by Lin
coln artists, sponsored by the Lin
coln Artists' Guild and the Garden
club of Lincoln.
Dec. 7 to Jan. 6. Exhibition of
Silk Screen Prints.
Dec. 8 to 13. Exhibition of stu
dent work from the Traphagen
School of Fashion, New York.
Dec. 14 to Jan. 5. Ninth Annual
Exhibition of the Lincoln Camera
club.
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Just a few months ago the lec
turer published his most recent
book entitled "North of. Singa
pore." Wells gathered information
for the work recently when he re
turned to the far east and traveled
extensively over the entire Ma
layan area. He was there when
England declared war on Germany.
The talk will be supplemented by
technicolor moving pictures of the
Malayan jungle.
The convocation speaker's trav
el? have not been limited to the
Orient. He made an expedition
to the Mountains of the Moon in
Central Africa and was at the
head of the Milwaukee Museum
expedition to Kenya and Tangany
ika. Wells has explored the Rus
sian Caucasus Mountains, Pan
ama, Mexico and Japan.
Geology Prof
Writes Article
On Daemonelix
Prof. A. L. Lugan of the ge
ology department has an illus
trated article on "The Origin of
Daemonelix" in the October
November number of the Journal
of Geology. The article was re
vicwd in Time magazine's Dec. 1
issue in the science section. Dae
monelix or "Devil's Corkscrews"
are spiral shaped "fossils" dis
covered in Nebraska 50 years ago
by Dr. E. H. Barbour, director
emeritus of the university mu
seum, on the first museum field
trip.
Considerable controversy has
arisen over whether Daemonelix
is of animal or vegetal origin.
Professor Lugan holds the theory
that the spirals were formed by
petrified liana vines which grew
and were naturally buried in an
cient tropical Nebraska, and that
later beavers dug out the rotting
material inside the buried cork
screws to make burrows.
Statement
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Americans are united in our de
termination to see this war re
sult in a successful victory for the
American cause.
"With Christian tolerance may
we proceed with our duty. Let us
look forward to a better world
for all the peoples of all nations.
May we hope that we will temper
our justice with mercy and secure
a just peace for all mankind."
