Vol. 43, No. 22
Lincoln Nebraska
Thursday, March 4, 1943
'Allies To dictate
Terms OIF Treaty7
. . . Dr. H. C. Vedeler
BY MARY LOUISE GOODWIN
''Soviet Russia, the British Empire, China and the U. S.
will be the key nations for world peace, following World war
II," advocated Ir. H. C. Vedeler, visiting professor of Euro
pean history, at the first of a series of post-war planning
forums yesterday afternoon in the faculty lounge.
"Will there be a third world wir which will be brought
about by acts of aggression by Germany and Japan t" Dr.
Vedeler replies that he does not
believe there will be another world
conflict in the next 25 or 30 years
but there may be another war in
volving most of the world within
the 20th or 21st century. However,
history never repeats itself because
history is unique.
Overflow Crowd.
To an audience, faculty and stu
dents, which overflowed the fac
ulty lounge Dr. Vedeler explained
that Cermany will probably not
want to plunge the world Into an
other war. There will undoubtedly
be another revolution after this
war but it will be a complete revo
lution and not a partial one such
as occurred In 1918-19. At that
time the government failed to
weed out of the schools, the polit
ical officers and the military all of
the enemies of the republic.
Dr. Vedeler does not believe that
the fact that Germany will be pay
ing for this war and the last war
will cause her to go into another
war to alleviate her situation.
Rather, it will cause them to guard
against another war for her peo
ple will have learned that war does
not pay. In 20 or 30 years Ger
many will see a much stronger
Russia to the east of her and a
strong Anglo-American alliance to
the west of her.
Watch Japan.
In Japan, Dr. Vedeler feels, war
will bring about the greatest
change. Japan will never give up
until she has been crushed when
Japan is crushed her military lords
will fall into discredit The United
States is bent on a policy of limit
ing the strength of the Japanese
naval forces. There will be a dan
ger that this will bring about an
explosion in the Pacific in a quar
See ALLIES, Page 2.
Cherkassky, Pianist,
Gives Daily Interview
BY GHITA HILL.
Shura Cherkassky, pianist, who
appeared -here Wednesday night
as soloist with the Lincoln sym
phony orchestra, is small in sta
ture, but his hands and fingers
give the appearance of power and
strength.
Russian-born but American by
adoption, Cherkassky credits his
musical talent to his mother. From
the. time he was four and a half
years old until his eleventh year,
she was his only teacher. At
that time Josef Hofmann, then
dean of the Curtis Institute of
Music in Philadelphia, interested
himself in the boy and accepted
him as a pupiL
"Not Nervoua" Anymore.
At the age of nine, Cherassky
gave bis first piano recital at
Odessa, Russia. "I was terribly
nervous," he recalled. "It cured
me completely. Now I'm not ner
vous enough."
He admitted that he disliked
to practice and take lessons when
he was younger. "1 like it better
now. I used to hate exercises and
scales," he confessed.
Education by Travel.
Cherassky acquired his educa
tion from traveling. He has been
twice around the world. In 1935
he made two successful tours of
Russia and the Orient
Because of the war, Cherkassky
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DR. H. C. VEDELER.
Ten ROTC Grads
Receive Marine,
Army Commission
Announcement that ten honor
graduates would be selected
from the university cadet corps,
and be granted commissions as
2nd lieutenants in the United
States army and the marine
corps, was made yesterday.
The military department is
now in the process of selection
of the candidates, and the names
of those selected will be an
nounced later.
feels that America is more musical
now than any other country. All
the musicians have migrated to
the United States. "Russia is the
only other country where music
has not been discontinued. In one
instance," Cherkassky related,
"Germans were sixty miles out-
See CHERKASSKY, Page 4.
'Barefoot Boy' Coming Back
In Style With Shoe Rationing
Pledges are polishing shoes more often;
the shoe repairman is working full-time; shoe
departments are experiencing a run on play
designs. Why! Shoe rationing is the reason t
Now that the old pair of saddles is saved
from its early fate in the incinerator and that
worn-out pair of dress shoes has been rejuve
nated for another season's wear, it's time to
set down a few principles on the care of those
precious foot-pieces.
Shoes Take Beating
Shoes take a hard beating, but they wear
twice as long if a "rest period" is provided
between wearings. A little stuffing wih tis
sue paper or the occasional use of a $air of
Ex-Labor
HeadTalks
At Union
"Conditions in Great Britain To
day" will be discussed by Jack
Jones, former Welch labor leader,
Friday at 4 p. m. in the Union
ballroom. The address is spon
sored by the Uni-Union aeries.
Of Cardiff, Wales, Mr. Jones
came to America on his second
tour of this country, by agree
ment of the British government
and the office of war information
at Washington. He is in Lincoln
by special invitation of Roy
Brewer, president of the Nebraska
Federation of Labor.
As for the war and his mission
over here, the noted playwright
and novelist as well as labor
leader str-ted:
"There is the utmost unity in
the British rovernment at this
time. Churchill, a conservative.
and men like Bevins, a labor party
man, are pulling together splen
didly. I find similar unity over
here, but sometimes a tendency
to underestimate what the Brit
ish have gone thru."
Mr. Jones is well qualified to
speak of "what the British have
gone thru," as his three sons and
son-in-law are all in the service
of their country. One son, Law
rence, was killed in action with
the British Eighth Army, the day
it began to drive Rommel back to
Tunisia at the edge of Egypt
Another son, Clifford, was
wounded in southern France early
in the war. A third is with the
RAF in Tunisia, helping pave the
way for both American and Brit
ish ground forces in that sector.
See EX-LABOR, Page 4.
Greeks Pledge $1.25 to $2
For Red Cross Campaign
. . . Drive Closes This Week
Almost without exception the
sororities and fraternities pledged
a definite amount per member to
the Red Cross War Fund in their
meetings Monday night according
to Bob Henderson, chairman of the
drive. The average sorority con
tribution will be approximately
$2.00, and the fraternity contri
butions will average $1.25.
The total fund received from
both groups will be $2,000 or more.
This amount is more than twice
the pledges made last year in the
membership drive by the houses.
Alpha Chi's Give $112.
The Alpha Chi Omega's contri
bution of (112 was the first large
shoe trees does
up toes."
Suede shoes
me nap.
See
Council elbsiftes
. . . But Forgets to Vote
BY JUNE JAMIESON
Student Council cleared up all flagrant violations of its
constitution last night in regard to the perpetuation of the
body through the war years, but it forgot to vote upon the
suggestion.
Meeting with Prof. E. W. Lantz, faculty adviser, the com
mittee investigating the situation drew up a plan to abolish
the spring election and elect as holdovers the six members of
the Council who will return to school next year. The holdover
members would act as an election committee next fall. New
members of the Council thus elected would elect their own
officers.
Approve Holdovers
Sandwiched between nomination and election of a treas
urer to fill a vacancy created this semester, the program was
enthusiastically acclaimed by the plan-weary Council. The busi
ness of voting upon the vacancy stopped all action on the sub
ject and it was not put in the form of a motion.
Evidently the Council thought it had been passed for they
See COUNCIL, Page 2.
UN Rifle Team Competes
With Iowa State Saturday
. . Only Shoulder Match of Year
The rifle tear, 's first and only
shoulder to shoulder match of the
year will be fired against Iowa
State, Saturday noon.
Despite the fact of losing three
of their high point men in Her
bert Miller, Oscar Powell, and
pledge to be turned in. The re
mainder of the contributions must
be in this week in order to keep
the campus drive in line with the
city campaign.
Those fraternities and sororities
which have reported contributions
to date are as follows:
Kappa Alpha Theta $2.00
Alpha Phi 2.00
Sigma Kappa 1.50
Sigma Delta Tau 2.00
Phi Beta Phi average 1.50
Gamma Phi Beta 1.25
Delta Gamma average 1.50
Delta Delta Delta average 1.50
Alpha Omicron Pi 2.00
See GREEKS, Page 2.
wonders for a pair of "turned
Hateful news for the shoe-polisher, but
good shoe polish helps keep leather soft. Pat
ent leathers may be cleaned with a damp cloth
and neutral soap, dried and then rubbed with
petroleum jelly to prevent cracking.
Cleaning Devices
and other nappy leathers can
be cleaned with a leather or bristle brush, or
with a rubber sponge, but wire brushes are
not recommended because they break down
RATIONING, Page 4.
Ralph Bradley to the services, offi
cials of the military department
expressed confidence in a good
showing of the team.
Teamwork Important.
In lieu of continual losses to the
services, both Captain E. C. Rich-
ardsijp and Sgt. L. E. Du Charme3,
captain and coach of the rifle team
respectively, placed emphasis upon
developing a well rounded team in
stead of individual stars. Com
menting on the situation, Col. J.
E. Murphy stated, "Emphasis is
being placed on the building of a
body of good rifle shots rather
than a small number of team
shots."
Possibly the final match in
which they may participate, be
cause of present war conditions,
the team is pitching for a victor
ious afternoon. At the order of
the commanding general of the 7th,
Service Command, all Postal In
tercollegiate matches have been
abolished, except three special
matches fired under the jurisdic
tion of the national board for tha
promotion of rifle markmanship,
namely the 7th Service Command
Intercollegiate match, Hearst's
Trophy match and the National
See RIFLE TEAM, Page i.
Minnesota U.
Coeds Donate
Dorm to Army
Giving up their living quarters
this week to solders are 250 coeds
of the University of Minnesota.,
according to an announcement
made by the university's President
Coffey.
The coeds are residents of San
ford Hall, one of the women's
dormitories, and are giving up
their rooms to a contingent of
army engineers. The girls are
moving into the other women's
dormitory, which will increase the
population of this building from
270 to approximately 500.
University of Minnesota has al
ready given their stadium and old
student union building to air force
p re-flight trainees and ar form
ulating plana for turning over th
fraternity houses for the same pur
posa.