DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, April 14, 1942
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News Editors... George Abbott. Alan Jacobs,
June Jamleaon, Helen Kelley. Marjorie May.
Spurts Editor Bob Miller
Member Nebraska Pi-eas Association, 1941-42
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All amlrncd editorials are the opinions of the editor and
should swt be eonatraeel to reflect Us views of the
salnlstralwsj sr sf the Bnivsrsity.
Discrimination
Against Negroes
1776 lirave hearted men fought with mus
ket and cannon for a freedom which they be
lieved was their heritage.
IS 12 Again their newly found freedom
was threatened by the lion across the sea. They
fought once more to unshackle the chains
forged by greed and lust.
.1863 At Gettysburg Abraham Lincoln
proclaimed all men as free and equal. This
time a nation was fighting not against an in
truder, but against those who would enslave
others. There were other causes, of course, but
the war was fought and won to emancipate
the Xegrn.
1917 Our A. E. F. crossed the Atlantic to
rid the world of a pestilence. They fought to
make the world safe for democracy.
1941 Again the United Stupes was at war.
A new pestilence had arisen and our way of
life was threatened from across the broad wa
ters of both the Atlantic and Pacific. A man
had a Dalian dream for he would enslave the
world.
Each time the youth of the United States
inarched to the battle front they were resolved
to establish freedom. Justice and equality for
all regardless of color, race, or creed were
behind each bomb burst and each rifle crack.
Yes, United .States has battled for noble causes.
"What better crusade can be attempted than to
break the chains of bondage for a nation and
its peoples?
Vet with these battles over and. with the
one still to be completed, the conflict to es
tablish freedom for all men will not have
ceased. We are fighting to free enslaved peo
ples and nations, but here at home there is
racial discrimination. Never before in the his
tory of this country has there been so inop
portune a time for such discrimination, not only
because a democracy fighting for its life
fchould flinjr every ounce of its manpower into
the struggle, but also because the ideal of
quality and justice is besmeared by the dis
criminatory actions and words of persons and
groups at home.
America today is denying groups of Amer
icans the right to fight for their country be
cause of the color of their skin. Negroes are
rot allowed in the marines. In the navy they
may serve as mess boys and until recently the
Negro was not allowed in the air corps.
Such discrimination is widespread outside
To the Editor of the Daily Nebraskan:
A cold, dark world faces the youth of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. Some day they are going to
be called upon to vote in an election concerning
which they have heard two conflicting arguments.
It is going to be a shock to them and what dire
results may come, no one can even dare to think.
This state might even go Democratic, or worse
still, elect an ACO instead of an A TO. But this is
verbiage.
The point is simply this: The present election
rules do not permit a fair election. Ostensibly, the
Student Council puts on an election comparable to
that in the city of Lincoln. We have booths, bal
lots, and political parties everything but decent
campaigns. When the rules state that "No printed,
mimegraphed, typed, or otherwise published ma
terial in behalf of any candidate shall be permit
ted except the impartial announcements of the
candidates appearing in the press," and when "can
didate" is interpreted to mean "political party" as
well, how docs anyone hope to have the Issues
fairly discussed?
The Daily Nebraskan, "the press" mentioned in
the rules, can hardly claim circulation to more
than 1,600 students, or one-third of the University's
4,800. Election material cannot even be posted in
the Dorm (though significantly sorority houses do
have such a privilege). Everything considered,
there are at least 3,000 students who cannot be
contacted before an election, except by word of
mouth. Quite obviously, most of them are Barbs
not reached by "the press." Did the judiciary com
mittee every try to call personally 3,000 people and
explain the issues involved in a political campaign?
My guess would be that they have done so and ac
cordingly interpreted the rules as they did. This is
not, of course, to imply that the judiciary commit
tee is partial or prejudiced in any way. Its record
stands for itself.
My plea, in short, is for a real election one per
mitting campaigning, and one that will let the is
sues at least be known to every student. This is
not a university of babies
Sincerely,
Bob Dewey.
Editor's nete: Nebraikan circulation figures are c o aside
ably higher thai estimated by Mr. Dewey.
the armed forces. In San Francisco a com
petent Negress stenographer was sent by an
employment agency to a job in an office do
ing defense work. The woman in charge of
the office refused to accept the girl as a work
er because she was a Negress. This is only one
example of this blight on our "free country"
which we are trying to preserve and which
thousands have died to establish.
IS OUHS A FKEE COUNTRY WHEN
LAST YEAR JOBS WERE FOUND FOR
79,617 UXEMPIjOTED, AND OF THIS NUM
HKK ONLY m WERE NEGROES?
IS OURS A FREE COUNTRY WHEN 600
WHITE fJIRL MEMBERS OF A CHEMICAL
AND OIL WORKERS UNION THREAT
ENED TO QUIT IF A CERTAIN FIRM
HIRED NEGRO GIRLS?
IS OURS A FREE COUNTRY IF 24 NA
TIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIONS
HAVE AMENDMENTS IN THEIR CONSTI
TUTIONS BARRING NEGROES?
In 1917 we fought for freedom and strug
gling in mud of France was 34 percent of the
registered Negroes. Only 27 percent of the
white men registered were taken. Three hun
drd and eighty thousand Negroes served the
United States as soldiers that is 10 percent
of the entire American army.
Yes, we are fighting to establish racial
equality in Germany and other occupied coun
tries. We are fighting for the freedom of na
tions. If God is with us, we will triumph. Our
right hand will be the great equalizer, but
where is the left hand?
This is the great American paradox.
Awards
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tors in which he was in residence
tit the university.
Judged by the usual standards,
the applicant's scholastic record
must commend him as a student
capable of doing high grade work
in college. Grades other than pass
ing must be satisfactorily ex
plained. The recipient of a scholar
ship must carry at least 12 hours
during the semester which the
award is made; otherwise the
scholarship will be withdrawn.
The George Borrowman scholar
ship was donated by Dr. Borrow
man of Chicago, holder of two de
grees from UN and formerly a
member of the faculty. Sixty dol
lars will be available next year.
The scholarship will be awarded
to a worthy student pursuing work
In the department of chemistry or
geology.
A perpetual scholarship of $50
hns been established in memory of
the late Edward Lang True of
Schuyler, to be awarded to some
worthy student registered in any
college of the university.
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Clark,
graduates of the university, have
endowed a perpetual scholarship
in memory of the late Jefferson H.
Broady, formerly a member of the
faculty and a prominent Nebraska
attorney. This scholarship of $60
is awarded annually to a deserv
ing student
Walter J. Nickel, 16, of Chicago
has endowed a perpetual scholar
ship of $25 to be awarded each
spring to the freshman, man or
woman, who has overcome the
greatest difficulties In completing
the first year of university education.
War Aims
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4. A demonstration now that
habitual disturbers of the peace
of the world, in the substitution
of force for justice, cannot with
Impunuity disturb the peace of
neighbors and of the world with
out penalty.
5. Establishment of an agency,
open to all peoples and all gov
ernments, for the specific purpose
of re-establishing international
law, now broken down and scat
tered to the winds, and for settle
ment by peaceful means of dif
ferences which may arise.
6. Elimination of a flaming na
tionalism that in trade and com
merce reconstructs the old walls
of China and strangles nations un
til death in battle is to be pre
ferred to death by starvation.
"You will establish a peaceful
world or you will pay the price
of a permanent poverty," said Mr.
Lawrence, referring to the "crush
ing wdght" of modern arma
ments. "You will join in the establish
ment or the re-establishment of
stable governments, acceptable to
the subjugated peoples, or you will
Invite, after all of your great sac
rifice, the continuation of chaos
OtL 0. fampuA. . . .
Vance Piimphrey Takes
Honors in Judging Contest
By Randall Pratt.
Vance Pumphrey took one of
the top honors for agronomy stu
dents at the annual crops judging
contest when he piled up 1,381
points out of a possible 1,400.
Pumphrey competed in the senior
division, which included all stu
dents trying out for the team that
will try for honors at the inter
collegiate contests at the Kansas
City Royal and Chicago Interna
tional next fall.
Allan McCall scored 1,302 points
to win in the junior division. Willis
Ervin totaled 1,318 to place first
in the freshman competition.
Top ten in the three divisions
included: Senior: Vance Pum
phrey, Dave Sander, H. Wolfe,
Willard Visek, Ardon Balten
sperger, Phil Miller, Konald Jer
auld, Curtis Johnson, Melvin Sahs
and Clarence Schmadeke. Junior:
Allan McCall, Wayne Keim, Joe
Koudele, John Sautter, Neal
Shafer and Walter Langhofer
(tie), Ray Starostka, Homer Tur
ner, Dean Kelm and Dale Wolf.
Freshman: Willis Ervin, Ernest
Reiner, Keith Johnson, Lee Mes
sersmith, David Rinne, Bob Meade,
Clyde Maddocks, Bob Oswald, Art
Svoboda and Dwight Johnson.
Tickets for the Block and Bridle
club honor dinner to be held this
coming Friday evening at the Stu
dent Union, are now on sale at
the animal husbandry office and
the finance office.
The honor dinner, held annually
in connection with Feeders' Day
at the college this year will honor
Elmer E. Youngs, of Lexington.
A portrait of Youngs will be pre-
J - J 1 A 1 I .
seiiieu wiu laicr iiun in animal -Jt
husbandry hall alongside portraits
oi me iaie tjnaneeuor k. a. Bur
nett of the University and others
judged to have contributed much
toward betterment of Nebraska
agriculture. For the past 40 years
Elmer Youngs has been a success
ful farmer, feeder, and livestock
breeder.
Members
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er, are a large power windmill, a
more effecient water turbine, new
alloys that withstand higher tem
peratures and thus permit higher
steam temperatures, the mercury
steam turbine the high-compression
airplane motor with its super
chargers, and gas turbine.
The Diesel engine alone, he re
marked, has shown no important
improvement in thermal efficiency
in the last thirty years, but it is
still the most efficient small or
medium-sized engine.
The first large power windmill
is being put into operation on a
mountain summit 2,000 feet above
sea level in Vermont. Its capacity
is 1,000 kilowatts over 1,300
horsepower. Instead of the usual
"wheel" it has but two blades like
an airplane propeller designed ac
cording to aerodynamic theory.
These blades, 16 feet ii maximum
width, sweop out a circle 175 feet
in diameter. They haw a variable
pitch controlled by a governor
which maintains a constant speed
of 39 revolutions per minute for
wind velocities from 15 to 70 miles
per hour.
Turbine Uses a "Wheel."
The new Kaplan water turbine
likewise uses a "wheel" of the pro
peller type with variable pitch and
maintains a high efficiency at light
loads as well as at heavy loads.
Development of new alloys that
maintain good strength at 1,000
degrees Fahrenheit have made pos
sible the construction of a steam
turbine plant that takes super
heated steam at thjs temperature
and at 2,300 pounds pressure per
square inch.
A still higher efficiency record
has been made by the mercury
steam turbine higher than that
of any other power plant, includ
ing the Diesel engine, he said.
Perhaps the most remarkable
achievement of the power en
gineer, Professor Marks said, is
the development of the modern
airplane engine with its exacting
demands of maximum reliability,
economy, light weight and com
pactness. Both power and effi
ciency have been increased by rais
ing the compression, necessitating
high octane fuel, and the use of
superchargers.
Prof. J. B. Burt, president of
Sigma XI, presided at the meeting.
Prof. Dwight Kirsch is president
of Phi Beta Kappa.
The complete list of members
and confusion in Europe, Asia,
and parts of Africa, with years
of internal civil strife and anarchy."
elected to the societies follows:
Phi Rets Kappa.
Warren Guy Bosley, Palisade, arta and
sciences.
Mary Eileen Dalton, Lincoln, arts and
sciences.
Elizabeth Ann Davis, Lincoln, teachers.
Harold Emll Dreyer, Norfolk, business
administration.
Gail Marvin Foster, Mllford, arts and
sciences.
Nellie Forrest Gaden, Omaha, teachers.
Margaret Louise Griggs, Crawford, arts
and sciences.
Timothy Gleason Hlgginn, Crawford, arts
and sciences.
Frances Keefer, Lincoln, teachers.
Clara Malster, Aurora, arts and sciences.
Marilyn Helen Maxey, Lincoln, arts and
sciences.
Monetha Nadlne Newman, Stromsberg,
home economics.
Peggy Marie Pounds, Blair, nursing.
Charlotte Lillian Quick, Lincoln, arts
and sciences.
William Vance Ruyle, Lincoln, arta and
sciences.
John Robert Sandberg, Lincoln, arts and
sciences.
John William Stewart, Lincoln, business
administration.
Jean Elizabeth Thompson, Salem, arts
and sciences.
Hugh Francis Wllklns, Geneva, arts and
sciences.
Dorothy Helen White, Lincoln, home
economics.
Hlgma XI.
Alan H. Andrews, Falls City, chemistry,
physics.
Merle M. Andrew, Falls City, elect,
eng'g., physics.
Daniel Edward Atkinson, Pawnee City,
agronomy, chemistry.
Dale Wlnfred Bell, Lincoln, geology,
chemistry, eng'g mech.
Maurice Franklin Blaster, Lincoln,
physiology, pharmacology, pharmacy,
pham. cheat.
Warren Guy BoaHy, Pallaade, zoology,
chemistry.
Willis Nela Bruce, Lincoln, entomology,
chemistry.
Lewis Madison Camp, Lincoln, agron
omy, plant pathology.
Robert William Davry, Hastings, me
chanical eng., engineering mechanics.
Lloyd Donald Davis, Lincoln, zoology,
botany. '
George Edward Edison, Lincoln, elect,
eng., engineering mechanics.
Gail Marvin Foster, Mil ford, botany,
zoology.
Melvtn Roy Gibson, 8t. Paul, pharmacy,
pharm. chern. physiology, pharmacology.
John Joseph Hanway, Broadwater,
agronomy, chemistry.
Lyle Henry Harvey, Lincoln, geology,
chemistry, mathematics.
Donald Walter Lynch, Pawnee City, elee
trical engineering, physics.
Arlene Majorie Mann, IJncoln, chemis
try, zoology.
Donald Clark Moore, nman, physics,
mathematics.
E rt Andrew Pence, Mound City. Mo.,
mechanical engineering, mathematics.
Red LaVern Patterson, Reynolds, agron
omy, botany.
Elizabeth Pltsch, Lincoln, zoology,
bacteriology.
Robert Wyman Rlvett, Lincoln, chemis
try, mathematics, physics.
William Vance Ruyle, Lincoln, chemis
try, mathematics, physics.
Richard Draper Smith, Lincoln, zoology,
chemistry.
Norman Edgar Tllden, Lincoln, civil en
gineering, engineering mechanics.
Hugh Francis Wllklns, Geneva, geog
raphy, chemistry.
Burns Eugene Woodward. Cheater, bac
teriology, chemistry, dairying.
Jesse Younger, Jersey City, N. J.
psychology, chemistry.
Phi Beta Kappa members an
nounced last December are:
Ethel Elisabeth Groth, Lincoln.
Mary Jean Lauvetz. Wahoo.
Edith Jean Omer Carthage, III.
Charles Henry Olrifalher, jr.. Lincoln.
Mrs. Jeaale Bergman Bnnnell, Kimball.
Harriett Jane Bowman, Lincoln.
Millard Fillmore Cluck, Jr., Hcottsbluff.
Roger Robb Cox, Lincoln.
Edgar Rohwer Geesaman, Fort Calhoun.
Arlene Marjorie Mann, IJncoln.
Father Mae Patterson, Grand Island.
Frank Blaine Sloans, Geneva.
Richard Draper Smith, Lincoln.
Janet Bterkelberg, IJncoln.
Richard Eugene Sullivan, Donlphaa.
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