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KU Nea'd Speaks
Chancellor Doane W. Malolt of the University of Kansas
will address the annual university honors convocation April 2J,
according: to the announcement made Tuesday by Prof. L. B.
Smith, chairman of the convocation committee.
The convocation will honor top ranking students in each
class and student organizations whose members have main
tained high scholastic averages.
Vol. 41, No. 100
Chancellor Malott became head
of the University of Kansas In
1939 after attaining: prominence In
the business world. He received
his BA degree from Kansas in
1921 and his MBA degree from
Harvard university in 1923.
From 1923 to 1929 he was as
sistant dean of the Harvard busi
ness school and associate profes
sor of public utility management.
He returned to Harvard as assoc
iate professor of business in 1933
until 1939 when he become head
of the University of Kansas.
He was a member and director
of the executive committee of Gra
tion and Knight, and has been on
the president's board of the Wil
liam Rockhill Nelson Trust since
1939. He is a member, of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity.
Among Chancellor Malott's
books are "Problems in Agricul
tural Markctine": "Problems in
Public Utility Management" (with
Philip Cabot); "introduction to
Corporate Finance" (with J. C.
Baker) ; "On Going Into Business"
(with J. C. Baker and W. D. Ken
nedy); and "The Agricultural In
dustries" (with B. F. Martin.)
Heifetz Here
For Lincoln
Recital
This vear's concert season will
reach its climax tonight when Jas-
cha Heifetz, renowned concert vio
linist will appear in a recital in
St. Paul s Churcn.
Among the numbers presented
will be Beethoven's "Spring So
nata", the Vieuxtemps Violin Con
certo, and "Hexapoda" Studies in
Draft Board
Ponders Farm
Labor Problem
Workers Ask Deferment;
Classification Officer
Advocates Personal Rule
Problem for local selective ser
vice boards is what to do with
farm workers, and this week
county war boards, headed by AAA
committee chairman, joined the
army in seeking a solution to the
situation.
Manv farm workers have asked
selective service boards for occu
national deferment, insisting that
their farms produce good supplies
in substantial quantity, that they
cannot be properly replaced, and
that his service on the farm is
worth more than his service in the
armed forces.
"Mai. Frank O'ConnelL chief
state classification officer, has ex
plained to the local boards that
there isn't any -blanket formula
which will give the answer to this
question. Each case must be de
cided individually on its own
merits.
It is hoped that the AAA board
can furnish local records on farm
cultivation, production, labor needs
and labor supplies so that draft
officials can have facts on which
to base Judgement.
Local boards have been ham
oered i reach ine a decision in
many instances because they don't
know whether the farm worker's
evaluation of his agricultural sta
tus has been accurate.
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Jascha Heifetz.
...renowned concert violinist.
Jitteroptera by the American con'
temporary Russel Bennett The lat
ter piece will give special enjoy
ment to the Jitterbugs among con
cert groups.
Em&nuel Bay will be at the
piano.
Immediately following the con
cert Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, na
tional music fraternity, will enter
tain Mr. Heifotz at a chapter re
ception in the Cornhusker Hotel
YW Freshman
Cabinet, Staff
Leaders Meet
YWCA cabinet members, staff
leaders and the freshman cabinet
will hold a joint meeting in Ellen
Smith hall tonight at 7 p. m. in
place of the regular cabinet meet
ing. All staff heads are required
to be present and give a brief re
port of their staffs,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, March 11, 1942
(Caflll&g IZaDunttlhi Sees
V&urfieafl. Wsm Mesills
Nationally . .
By Student Opinion Surveys.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 11. Four out of
every ten college students believe that the
United Nations are fighting this war for the
same reason usually given for fighting "World
War I to preserve democracy, a national
sampling of Student Opinion Surveys of Amer
ica shows.
Taken on college campuses all over the
country, the poll reveals that 40 per cent of the
students, a group more than twice as large as
any other group giving a different answer, be
lieve that World War II is being fought for
the continuance of democracy or, as some put
it, "for the Bill of Rights," or "for freedom
and liberty." Eighteen per cent, the next larg
est group, think we are fighting primarily to
defeat the Axis powers.
Without suggesting any possible answers,
interviews were asked, "What would you say
we are fighting for in this war?" The complete
results, shown in eight different groupings of
answers, follow:
To preserve democracy 40
To defeat the Axis ...18
For economic reasons 10
Self-preservation 9
For England 4
Because of Pearl Harbor 4
For a lasting peace . , 5
Other reasons or no opinion .... 10
(See NATIONALLY, page 2.)
On This Campus . . .
By John Bauermeister.
Compared with a survey of student opin
ion on college campuses all over the country,
conducted by the National Weekly Poll of Col
lege Thought, the opinion on this campus is
the reverse of that of other college students.
Forty percent of the students interviewed
on the campus yesterday, a group twice as
large as any other group giving a different an
swer, believed that World War II was being
fought chiefly to defeat the axis powers or, as
some put it, "to crush dictatorship and exter
minate racial prejudices, "or to squelch totali
tarianism," or "to shift the balance of power
in our favor." Twenty percent, the next larg
est group, felt that we are fighting primarily
to preserve everlasting peace among the na
tions of the world.
Some felt that the cause was the same as
the last wear, to make the world safe for de
mocracy, and a few expressed the opinion that
it was for economic reasons. One interviewed
thought our entrance into the war was pri
marily for self preservation of something that
was forced upon us, and another, very uncer
tain as to what the real reason was, finally ad
mitted, "I don't know, making your sorority
average is enough for any freshman."
Some of the thought expressed in inter-
(See UN STUDENTS, page 2)
Dr. Jenness Finds Appeal
To Values iwPropaganda
By George Abbott.
"In propaganda campaigns the attempt is
made to appeal to human values and then to
try to tie up these values with the people," Dr.
A. F. Jenness, chairman of the university psy
chology department declared in discussing
propaganda in an interview with a Daily re
porter. The appeal is made to what "people think
is good," Jenness declared. "Democracy is a
good thing and the people of this country will
do almost anytthing to preserve is."
He pointed out that today's propaganda
keeps the people from thinking about the spe
cific action being called for, illustrating this
point by saying, "You don't say, 'Enlist in the
marines because we want you to drill, and
learn discipline; we want you to go to a pllaca
where you may very probably be killed' but
you do say -Enlist in the marines to preserve
the American way of life.' "
Skepticism Prevalent.
Jenness pointed out that in the last war
people "were pretty much debunked" and
since then have been suspicious, passing this
skepticism on the the present generation.
"In this war," the psychologist declared,
"it looks like the propaganda deals pretty
much with facts," and indicated that recent
atrocity stories have begun to appear.
"It is better in a democracy to give most
of the facts," he said, "iind I think that so far
the American people have taken the war seiv
iously, and have shown a readiness to do any
thing saked of them.
(See PROPAGANDA, page 4.)
Famous Poet, Essayist, Anthologist
Speaks at Convocation Sunday
. New trends in music, architecture, drama,
painting, and literature will be discussed with
typical charm and wit by Louis Untermeycr,
world-famed poet, essayist, and lecturer, at a
university convocation Sunday, March 15, at
3 p. m. in the Union ballroom.
Most versatile of modern poets, Mr. Un
termeyer is particularly qualified to tell aud
iences about "The New American Arts": why
American music U dominating the world;
what gave rise to the new American forms in
architecture, painting and the dance; whether
or not America is developing an art not only
distinct from that of Europe, but completely
independent from foreign influences. He will
also speculate in his address as to what the cul
ture of America will be 50 years from now,
and whether today will be known to future
generations &a the Golden Age of American
culture.
Unable to be graduated from high school
because he failed in five subjects, Mr. Unter
meycr worked up to the position of manager
in a jewelry business, only to quit at the age
of 37 to write and lecture. Since that time he
has won acclaim not only at home, but abroad.
His books have teen published in London, Paris
Hamburg, and Milan.
Anthologies by Untermeyer have become
standard equipment in public libraries thru
out the country. His "Heavens" was acclaimed
by critics and the most brilliant work in recent
American fiction, while "The Donkey of God",
another recent book, was awarded the Enit
prize for the best book on Italy by a non
Italian. A new anthology will be printed this
spring entitled "A Treasury of the World's
Great CaemV-
Board Announces
Of Annual Essay Contest
Topi
cs
With the recent announcements '
of the topics for the "Saddle and
Slrlon" contest and the contest
sponsored by the National Live
stock and Meats Board, golden
opportunities for Btudents will be
afforded.
For the boys, there is the an
nual "Saddle and Sirloin" Con
test The topic for this contest as
announced by the club will be
"Program for a Livestock Farm."
This topic gives the writer an ex
cellent opportunity to express
ideas which have been gathered
from reading and at the same
time gives him a chance to use
his own ingenuity in determining
what a program for a livestock
farm should be.
Professor Loeffel, chairman of
the Animal Husbandry depart
ment, stated that it was hi3 de
sire to have a Nebraska man
bring home the gold medal and
urged that all students interested
should feel free to consult mem
bers of the A. H. department if
they wished. "The A. H. depart
ment is more than willing to be of
any assistance they can," said
Loeffel.
But the boys are not the only
(See CONTEST, page 2.)
Final Payments
Due on Yearbook
Ed Calhoun, business mana
ger of the CornhUHker, yester
day warned studenta that fin
al $2.75 payment for 1942 Corn
huskcrs, bought on the Install
ment plan, is due by March 15.