Tuesday, February 24, 1942
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should not be construed to reflect the views of the ad
ministration or of the nlverslty.
(Into our offices yesterday walked a young
chap who unceremoniously announced himself as
Alpert Lorkins. A lot of people wander into th,e
Daily offices, so we said "hello" and went right on
punching the typewriter. The fellow was persist
ent tho, and besides, he kept peering over our
shoulders which will unnerve anyone. Finally, we
gave up and asked, "What do you want?" He was
a thin stringy kid with a sophomoric complexion
and thin lips from which came, "I'm Gussie's
brother. Maybe, you don't remember Gussie. He
Used to be a good friend of one of your predeces
sors, Harold Nieman. Now, Harold always used to
let Gusie write letters home in the Daily Nebras
kan, and well, I thought that maybe you'd let me
writer a letter or so to Gussie. He's in the army
Dow and I know he'd appreciate it."
Yes, we remembered Gussie. He was quite a
kid a little bigger with more of an inkling of a
beard on his chin than Albert, but the resemblance
was there. So wc decided to let Albert write a
letter to his brother Gussie. It follows:
Dear Gussie:
I've been down here to college now for al
most a year and I like it swell, but everytime
1 think of you in the army I feel kind of
ashamed of myself. Here I am reading about
the English government and how it operates,
while those people across the ocean are fight
ing like eats and dogs trying to keep it going.
They're having a heck of a time, too. I'm also
studying our own government and that's a
job in itself, but it seems to me I should be
out there with you. What's the use of studying
about something we might not be able to keep
if we don't al pitch in and help in this really
big job?
Oh, the professors down here say that
we're doing our share by saying right here
and studying. They say that the war isn't
fought entirely on the battlefield. Some of us
have got to stay at home and learn to run
things like airplane factories, all the govern
mental agencies and stuff. They say that ed
ucation is playing a major role in this war.
Maybe it is, but it seems to me that there
ought to be enough other people to take care
of those things for a couple years or so while
me and al the other young fellows join up and
really show those Japs how to fight a war.
What good's it going to do me if I sit around
here the next three years learning a lot of
stuff that I might never be able to use?
There's always a chance that we might lose
this war, you know.
Of course, there's a lot of guys down here
taking advanced drill and someday they'll get
to be reserve officers like you are. But all of
us can't get the training, there isn't room. 1
can see why the fellows who got into advanced
drill should stick around, but what about the
rest of us? Times have changed a lot since
you've been in school. Education was a mighty
important thing then and still is now, but it
seems to me that winning the war is a lot more
important.
I wish you would answer me right away,
because I'm all messed up in my thinking and
my studying is going to pot. There's another
reason too, I'm out of money.
Your brother,
Albert.
From Soup to Nuts . . .
Evaporated Milk Is Good
For Almost Any Purpose
. . Expert Shows
By Mary Eileen Cochran.
In a thre6 hour demonstration
at Ag college Friday, Miss Mili
cent Atkin, representative for Ir
radiated Evaporated Milk com
pany products, showed girls tak
ing Home Ec 42 how to use evap
orated milk in everything from po
tato soup, to a spicy shrimp dish,
to chocolate cake.
Graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, Miss Atkin has been
demonstrating and testing recipes
for evaporated milk for 16 years.
She stated that evaporated milk is
being used in both the army and
navy because of their advantage
ous features: Low cost, no need
for refrigeration or large storing
space. One colonel told her that he
could "teach any rookie to drink
it in 30 days." It also is used to
take the place of cream in many
places.
Another interesting statement
in connection with the war con
cerned the difficulty in getting
salmon. Ships used for catching
kalmon must be protected by bat-
Palladian
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speakers will talk ten minutes on
a subject of their own choice. En
trants in the contest include Ruth
Anderron, Don Dobry, Warren
Guinan, Betty Hutchinson, Mar
Jorie Johnston, Dave Marvin, and
Hugh Stuart.
Winners for the essay, short
story and verse contests held last
spring will be announced at the
meeting, and their names and the
name of the student who takes
first place in the oratorical con
test will be engraved on a silver
plaque now hanging in Palladian
Hall.
First called the Chase and
Wheeler ccntest, Palladians started
holding oratorical competitions in
tho 1880'a which were very im
portant in university life not only
to Palladians but to the campus
tleships, and, as Miss Atkin said,
"We don't have enough battle
ships to protect both us and the
salmon."
Between intervals of mixing a
salmon dish and stirring cake
frosting, Miss Atkin told of her in
teresting, wide-spread experiences
Her travels take her all over the
United States every three years,
during which time she has biven
demonstrations in a wide variety
of places ranches, school build
ings, basements of churches, WPA
workshops.
Her demonstration was of spe
cial value to the "young cooks"
because they are each required to
give a demonstration during the
next month. Many of the girls
were interested in the large num
ber of possible openings for home
ec graduates that Miss Atkin de
scribed for the field of demonstrators.
as a whole. These events lasted
until the beginning of the 20th cen
tury, when Palladian Hall was
moved from U Hall to the third
floor of the Temple building.
After lapsing Tor about 25 years,
the oratorical contests were begun
again when James H. Hooper,
wealthy real estate alumnus in
Chicago, offered to donate $125 a
yer for prizes and expenses of the
contests. Sixty dollars of this was
used for first prize, 40 for sec
ond place, and J15 for third place.
These contests have continued ever
since.
In 1032 during the depression,
however, prizes were withdrawn,
and the event has been continued
without monetary backing by th
Gavel Club, which donated the
silver plaque in memory of Dr.
B. D. Davis, internationally prom
inent surgeon, who was first presi
dent that club.
Judges will include Lincoln
alumni of the Palladians. The
meeting is open to the public.
Well Drillers
Eleet Officers
At Convention
All officers of the Nebraska
Well Drillers association were re
elected at the conclusion Friday
afternoon of ' the organization's
14th annual convention and short
course on the U. N. campus.
Jens Jensen of Blair Is presi
dent; Clifford Marx of Wisner is
vice president; Andrew Olson of
Oakland, treasurer; E. C. Reed,
University of Nebraska, secre
tary; and Dr. G. E. Condra, Uni
versity of Nebraska, director of
short course.
Fred Salmon of Concord was
elected as a director while Erlo
Cox of North Loup and E. J. Wag
ner of Dodge were re-elected di
rectors. Renamed as district chair
men were F. M. Shaner, Ains
worth; Frank Cole, Loomls, and
Milton LaFollette, Davey. Robert
Melchor of Omaha was elected as
a new district chairman.
Ozark s, Natchez
Star Siesta Hour
The hillbillies of the Ozarks and
the beauties of the famed Natchez
gardens of the south will be on
parade during another Siesta Film
Hour sponsored by the Student
Union today at 12:30 o'tiock in
the main lobby of the Union.
Dehate . .
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sions, entrants will consider how
we can best promote Pan Amer
ican co-operation. From these
events two people will be selected
who will represent the Nebraska
district in a regional discussion
contest. Winners of the regional,
eight of them, will then be award
ed a three month tour of South
America, paid for by the U. S.
government. This section of the
conference is sponsored by the Of
fice of Emergency Management.
No debate decisions will be made
but there will be critic judges for
each event who will rate Individual
contestants. These comparative
ratings wil be announced at the
end of the conference.
An open letter to Mr. Alan Jacobs
and other disappointed sophomores:
I feel some further comment upon your article in Friday
Daily Nebraska n is necessary, first in an effort to clarify the
situation with regard to UMOC's on our campus, and second,
to present some defense of my own actions, if not of Bill
Dafoe's.
This year there isn't much competition in campus politics,
needless to say. The Union faction, inaugurated by some of
the past greats you mourn, has killed any inter-fraternity
controversy. The barbs have apparently given up. As long- as
the function of factions is the election of candidates, it would
seem somewhat illogical to go out and stir up trouble in order
to make work for ourselves.
It's hard on interest in faction meetings, but apparently
the only thing which will bolster the failing spirits of our op
ponents is a split in the Union faction, and 1 remember the fall
election a year ago too vividly. You were just a freshman then;
you probably didn't pay much attention. This dullness is no
part of the program of such politicians as remain. "We have
discussed it in faction meeting, and no solution was forthcom
ing. If you can help us, drop around. The ZBT's haven't had
a representative since Joe left.
To refer to your article ,the details were slightly less than
authoritative. I could explain why Brandy Backlund didn't re
turn to UN for his senior year; the fiasco that ushered out Dob
son's and Englund's term as Innocents in which their brave
little plan for insuring a Progressive majority in the Society
was scotched; and the qualifications of Jawn Mason as a 'fac
tion politician it's a cinch you didn't attend meetings last
year. A good deal of time could be used in demonstrating why
your choices of BMOC's were poor, but you could find things
out by some concentrated research.
You would find that your idea of a BMOC vanished with
the entrance of the point system, and the deterioration of
Theta Nu Epsilon into a social organiaztion. (You might
check with Ernie Weintraub on that. The statement came di
rectly from him.) Or even better, you might investigate the
careers of Bob Wadhams, Al Moseman, Doc Elias, and others
who came before the point system. Their scope of activity
would throw cold water on your heroes. THEY were the last
of the ballot-flushers, the extra-punchers, the slaves-all-night-over-a-hot-multigraph.
And by the way, I'll smoke cigarettes with any of thein,
and I imagine I've done as little studying as anybody. I'm
sorry to disappoint you so badly in the matter of the beer, but
Fred has frowned on me ever since the draft came in.
In an effort to save space, I'll not dwell on the values of
an efficient Student Council, not a faction-run Student Council,
which may come when council members become interested in
student government instead of activity points.
You might, next time, draw your material from some
source other than your own year and a half of personal ex
perience when you write an article on campus politics.
Sincerely,
Buzz Dalton.
P. S. If you could get us some competition for the spring
election, I'd appreciate it.
Sellers
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world powers than any other vol
untary agreemnt in history.
Trend Toward Disarmament.
With a world trend toward dis
armament and instigated by such
men as Senator Borah, the confer
ence at first consisted of only the
U. S., Japan and Great Britain but
all nations having interests in the
Pacific including France, China,
Portugal, Belgium and The Neth
erlands. Russia was not invited.
France and Japan were not too
anxious to attend the meetings,
according to Prof. Sellers who
pointed out the desire of France
for land disarmament because of
her fear of Germany. Japan's al
liance with Britain was ready to
expire( and she feared an embar
rassing situation.
Professor Sellers pointed out
that there was no restriction upon
construction of auxiliary vessels,
and in January, 1932, the Japs
had more underage vessels of less
than 20 years service than any
navy in the world. After ten years
under the Washington agreement,
she had 184 such ships compared
with 140 of Great Britain and 101
of the United States.
"As late as 1939, more than six
years after the Japanese had
terminated the naval treaties and
had invaded Manchuria, congress
rejected an appropriation for im
provement of facilities at Guam
and the Philippines. All Nebraska
members of the house except Mc
Laughlin voted to kill the appro
priation." Professor Sellers closed by re
minding the audience that the
lack of ports and bases in the far
Pacific is the great embarrass
ment of the United States. Aus
tralia and Great Britain offer
some assistance, he said, but it
will take a lot of time before
much action can originate from
their ports.
Bulletin
Prophet. IW tnmp In eharge of line
Oatniaa, and the RlaM dlnemwlon pear
and punt-war reesnstrwetlon beaded by
Margaret Add Onbara, will iwt today In
Kllea Hnillh at 4 'Wa.
A ranipas VW will bold their regular
Tuesday noon nmllsf today. The meet
Ins 1 op a to every ax member.
Krgular meeting of the league of
Kvangrllral KlndrnU will be held at 1
p. m. tonight In room Sid of the I'nlnn.
Mr. Jan-, Dawbaay. of . Minneapolis,
Minn., and frrmrrly an Kaglloh champion
prizefighter, will speak on "Kkks."
Address .
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lecture tour, she served as chair
man of the women's group dealing
with evacuation problems, and at
the same time was deputy chair
man of the voluntary service com
mission. Shu has formerly served as
chairman of the general Trade
Union congress, and delegate on
the British Trade Union congress
to Russia, and was labor advisor
to the international labor confer
ence at Washington and Geneva
six different times. In 1930 the
University of Bristol conferred
upon her an honorary degree of
law.
Miss Banfield will be entertained
at lunch before her address, and
will fly to Denver directly after
wards to fulfill an engagement
there.
Daily Filings
For News Ed
Close Today
Filings for the position of
news editor of the Daily Net
braikan are open until 5 p. m.
today In the school of Journal
Ism office in U hall. All regu
larly eligible students with 27
hours in the university and ex
perience on the Daily are quali
fied for the job.