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'DAILY MEBRASKAN
Wednesday, January 7, 1942
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Help Wanted
Organizations the country over are now sending
out urgent calls for volunteer workers to help with
various defense activities. The Daily Nebraska-Student
Union defense committee will soon issue a sim
ilar call for volunteers on the campus. Students
should be thinking of what they would like most to
do as there will be several choices offered. A large
number of women students are now engaged in
knitting for the British War Relief society and
many students assisted with the sale of tickets for a
movie sponsored by the society in the fall. Now that
the United States is involved directly in the war
there will be a much greater job to do and Univer
sity of Nebraska students are needed to help in this
great job.
Victory Books
Beginning January 12 the American 1 ibrary as
sociation, the Red Cross and the USO will direct a
nationwide "Victory Book" campaign to collect gifts
of books for men in all branches of military service.
The goal is 10 million books for USO houses, army
day rooms, ships, naval bases, camps and canton
ments. All students and faculty members here have
been asked to contribute books to the drive. r
This drive is just another f". ur'the efforts to
make life more agreeable ior men in the service.
Everything porsibie should be done to accomplish
this en Tor even a little bit of comfort goes a long
way for our fighting forces. Here's hoping students
and faculty members of the University of Nebraska
will cooperate fully in this drive and contribute as
many books as they possibly can.
Behind the News
By David Thompson-
The President of the United States yesterday
delivered his annual "State of the Union" address to
the reassembled 77th Congress. In ordinary times
such speeches by the President are of little interest
to the population at large, and are largely sum
maries of the previous year and executive estimates
of the year to come. Such was not the case in this
year 1942.
For some 18 months the U. S. has been making
humdrum estimates of the amount of defense mate
rials that could be produced in the days to como.
None of these estimates any where near match the
figures the President presented to congress as the
amounts to be produced in 1942 and 1943. 60,000
planes in 1942 and 125,000 of the same in 1943,
45,000 tanks in 1942 and 75,000 of these in 1943,
these are the major weapons of war that will be
forged to meet the threat of the Axis. It will not be
done by sitting around and bemoaning present loss
es, but only through the all-out effort of every
American. More than one-half of the nation's in
come will have to be spent every year in comparison
to the 15 which has been expended to date. War
means privation and hardship, but the U. S. will not
shrink from the task which faces it.
The President's address was heard by most of
you, and it is too long to condennce in the space
available to this column, and so I will confine this
discussion to a few of the more important features
of the epoch-making address.
It was stated by the Chief Executive that Am
erican forces, land, sea and air, will be used at any
point where they are needed. He mentioned the Far
East, the British Isles, and on all oceans. The feeble
discussions pro and con about another American
Expeditionary Force that were heard prior to De
cember 7 never contemplated one of such vast pro
portions and spread over such an area. The U. S.
is not only the arsenal of the democracies now, but
a main source of man-power as well.
Great Britain herself has only a population of ap
proximately 40 million, while Germany has nearly
double that amount. The main source of the man
power prior to the entry of the U. S. came from
the Dominions and Crown Colonies. The English
armed forces are necessary to forestall an invasion
attempt and must of necessity remain on the Is
land fortress. In addition, to make sure of the in
vulnerability of the British Isles, whichjyill some
'.'ay , .rei ve as the base for an annihilation attack
upon the continent itself, such U. S. troops as are
necessary will be sent there.
The President is a realist and made no attempt
to paint a rosy picture of this war. His speech was
not meant to bolster our uorale, that certainly is
not needed, but was meant to indicate what must
and will be done to win this war. It is a grim task,
but it will be accomplished in a minimum of time
if everyone does his share.
Former Students Write
T. II. Hrokaw Announces that . . .
Ag Extension Service Shifts
Work to Meet War Demands
. . . Through Education Program
Work of the agricultural ex
tension service will be shifted to
meet the demands of the present
war situation, it has been an
nounced by Director W. H. Brokaw
at the Universtiy of Nebraska col
lege of agriculture. The big job of
all extension workers and co-operators
thruout the state, he taid,
will be to help farmers meet the
production quotas set up for Ne
braska in the "Food-for-freedom"
drive of the U. S. department of
igriculture.
The 1942 program of education
with farm men and women and
young people will serve the needs
of the time. A statewide food pro
duction campaign for the family
itself is expected to be launched
immediately. The Pasturc-Forage-Livestock
program will be con
tinued. Four-H club work will be
expanded to carry the work to
Slarti Tomorrow!
ROSALIND RUSSELL
WALTER "piDG EON
"DESIGN FOR
SCANDAL"
STUART
Latt Day!
Bin CROSBY Mary MARTIN
"BIRTH OF THE
BLUES"
more young people. The "how to
do jt" angle of increased pro
duction will be stressed by all
county extension agents and spe
cialists. "We realize that tiie agricultural
extension service has a definite
responsibility in the present emer
gency," said Director Brokaw. We
intend to mert that test in our
year. Aready, we are asking our
workers to so plan their work."
The family food supply program
will be continuation of past work.
Emphasis will be laid upon en
couragement of more farm gardens
and production of recommended
varities of vegetables. Home can
ning will be strongly encouraged
again.
All other activities of the agri
cultural extension service will be
keyed to the present emergency,
concluded Director Brokaw.
Louisiana Prof
Says War Crisis
Lowers Grades
BATON ROUGE, La. (ACP).
War exerts its ugly influence
even unto scholastic averages of
university students. One of the
reasons why grades drop during
times of conflict, Dr. E. K. Zingler,
Louisiana State University profes
sor of economics, savs. is that stu
dents feel that an "A" student is
just as likely to be shot as a "C"
student. Increasing occupational
opportunities and reduced morale
of a war-time world also enter
into the lowering of the academic
averages, he believes.
There's a bright side to the war
picture for women students, Dr.
Zingler points out, since it means
the widening of their vocational
fields.
Franklin and Marshall college
will receive about $30,000 from
the estate of Benjamin F. Facken
thal, jr., former chairman of its
board.
A Mystifying, Entertaining Magician
John Mulholland
4:00 P.M. Sunday, Jan. 11
Student Union Ballroom
Unbelievable U. S. Heroism,
Courage Minimized Treachery
A story of American courage
and heroism in the war zone has
been received . from three former
UN architecture students now em
ployed as designers at "a Pacific
naval air base" whose letter to
Nebraskans was received recently.
Jack B. Thompson, '39, and Gil
bert R. Golding, '38, and Herbert
J. Wittman, '39, both of Lincoln,
sre the three Cornhuskers in the
war zone. Their letter was in re
sponse to a holiday greeting sent
to them by more than thirty archi
tecture students and faculty mem
bers. 'Scurviest Attack'
"Hawaii was subjected to the
scurviest attack ever launched by
the so-called government of any
civilized nation," wrote the three
young men. "Almost unbelievable
Ed Calhoun Calls
Business Meeting
All mebers of the 1942 Corn
husker business staff will meet at
5 p. m. today in the Cornhusker
office. This is a very important
meeting, according to Ed Calhoun,
business manager, who urges all
to be present.
Dr. Louise Pound
Attends Meeting
At Indianapolis
Miss Louise Pound of the Eng
lish department attended meetings
of the Modern Language associa
tion, the Linguistic Society of
America, and related organiza
tions in Indianapolis Dec. 28-31.
Professor Pound, president of the
American Dialect Society, is on
the advisory board of the Amer
ican literature group of the Mod
ern Language association, and is
chairman of the nominating com
mittee of the College English
association. She expects to attend
a meeting of the National Council
Anglian '.Teachers.
. of Jap Attack
American courage and heroism
here minimized the destruction
that might have been wrought due
to this terrific advantage of
treacherous surprise. American in
genuity and patriotic inspiration
have effected a near miracle in
repair of the damage and in prep
aration of a warm reception for
possible future attacks."
The greatest loss in the Pacific
was in personnel, said the letter,
many being "murdered in their
bunks, at mess, or in preparation
for chapel."
In their letter, architecture de
partment members declared, "Al
though we are worried concerning
your individual safety, we are
proud that graduates of this de
partment are so valuable to our
government that they are in places
of danger. When the goyg gets
tough, remember that we are 101
percent behind you."
The Nebraska trio replied, "With
all this good old Nebraska fighting
spirit behind it, America, as
always, will prove invincible."
Presenting a New Band
Harry Collins
Orchestra
Friday, Jan. 9
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