Friday, December 19, 194?
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Christmas Again . . .
It's Christmas time agaii?
Yuletide 1947 possibly is a little different than many of us had
planned. Almost like groping for a light switch in the dark, it's
there, we know what it's like yet it can't be found.
The store windows are bursting with a kaleidoscopic brilliance,
homes and lawns are mirrci-'g the gaiety of the approaching day,
yet behind all this there sounds an ominous note, a rumble of an
uneasy world.
A rumble of cannon hurling death at mankind. The rumble of
millions of feet, some in cadence marching to war, some unsteadily
attempting to flee; b ' Ml of them moving, marching, pacing, tramp
ling the spirit of C. as, t.,e spirit of Peace under the cold steel
of a hob-nailed ht...
It's Christmas time again but where?
Men live and make destiny, men die in obscurity but Christmas
is immortal, too immortal maybe because we're drifting away from
the spirit, we're actually forgetting the meaning Christmas.
Christmas isn't something sold at a toy counter, tinslcd on an
evergreen tree or wrapped with "a gay ribbon, but what is it? Can
you remember? It's time we all tried. Not so long ago the scent of
young pine was replaced by the stench of cordite and death and the
angel's song was the rattle of a machine gun and the star in the east
a burning tank or razed village. Four years of those Christmases
makes remembering difficult.
Christmas isn't one day, it should be every day, it should be
living. One generation forgot this; our generation cannot and expect
to survive.
Nineteen hundred 'and fortyvseven years ago the birth of a child
brought hope to a worrying world. The Saviour of the earth. He
walked among all men, the war-like and the meek, just as He walks
today.
Don't confine the spirit of Christmas in a wrapped package,
pause a moment and be thankful that there has always been a Christ
mas despite the evil that men do and have done. Remember the
spirit of Christmas that the weary, marching, fleeing feet may walk
in peace again. Walk and remember o'er all the earth . . .
It's Christmas time again.
New Year's Resolutions .
Number 1
Jty Phaednta
This officially opens the season
on the university Student Coun
cil. The group meets dutifully each
Wednesday. Since September the
lack-luster council has sur
mounted all odds to fill its jjanks
which were depleted in early fall
by AWS point board rulings.
A week passed without an in
ternal crisis to meet and the
council was ready for the world.
It rose to new heights last week.
As guardian of campus liberties
it lashed out at the "Persians,"
an evil threat to free elections and
the incumbents' welfare.
In all seriousness the council
hear factioneer Bob Wenke re
port a proposed barb political
party as a "secret political fra
ternity." Like children, the few
uninstructed council members
debated this view, making a farce
of what was already a mock dis
play of democracy.
Wenke, a main straight from
the inner party line, damned the
Persians as "undemocratic" and
"exclusive" (of Greeks). As a
committee chairman, he too, up
half the hap-hazard meeting
without reading the constitution
which was "too long to read be
fore the council."
From out of the night and the
Sigma Chi house the words of the
,jvise men still ring:
"They shall not pass! '
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The council has committees to
do its drudge jobs. The commit
tees have a slogan to get it done,
tc wit: "Let Dale do it."
Most of the public works so
nraised bv faithful reader last
week stem from the personal en-
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With this, the last edition of The Daily Ncbraskan before the
turn of the year, we'd like to make a few suggestions to organiza
tions and companies connected with the university on resolutions L,.gjes Df one Dale (fire) Ball
for 1948:
1. Resolved that the Student Council will continue in its ener
getic, active ways and remember that it is a representative student
body.
2. Resolved that the Lincoln City Bus Company thinks up a better
excuse for raising their rates. Pushing up the cost of a ride to 10
cents because coin boxes can't handle pennies doesn't help a student's
pocketbook.
3. Resolved that the administration will take a little more time
on handing out suspensions of social privileges. Office efficiency is
fine, but so is equal representation at a trial.
4. Resolved that Big Seven faculty members, excluding Ne
braska's Fullbrook, try to reconcile their negative tabling of the race
question with the Missouri Valley's positive end to discrimination.
Also to reconcile the ring of cash registers with Presdenti Truman's
committee on racial equality.
5. Resolved that Duane Lake and his staff keep up the good
work done during the first semester. Topping off a fine year with
the Union Christmas party, the Union staffs chief worry in 1948
might well be a cut in food costs.
6. Resolved that the university as a whole act on the question
of affiliation with the National Student Association and that a posi
tive move be made as soon as possible after the holidays.
' 7. Resolved that Rod Franklin and his Interfraternity council do
something about the proposal to set up a scholarship for university
students who desire to study in foreign countries. This might shut up
some of the fraternal system's critics, or a least slow them down.
8. Resolved that A. J. Lewandowski follow through on his state
ments to The Daily Nebraskan on rental fees for the Coliseum. And
keep following through . . .
9. Resolved that every student and professor give some thought
to "There is no place like Nebraska," and then come back to campu?
on January 5 ready to help make the statement fact.
10. Resolved that everyone has a very merry Christmas.
J. H.
war, he exclaimed that he cer
tainly "would wait until the
composer had been dead" before
he would bring out any such
compositions for the public. His
own strong emotions against op
ponents of the democracy which
he embraced four years ago left
him undecided if a correspond
ing situation if the voice of
Flagstadt might be recorded now
for release after she personally is
dead. "If I have to draw the line
between the music I love and
the social ideals I profess, I would
draw it nearer the side of how
I live and expect others to live."
As for conducting itself, with
all its interpretive demands upon
the man on the podium. Director
Fellner finds it not unlike the
study of language or stage acting.
"In language you have a diction
ary and grammar book that lay
out the basic rules, but beyond
BY LOTS OF PEOPLE.
Walt Dorothy is planning to
spend most of his Christmas va
cation in Omaha .visiting his
flame Dorothy Kent. Maybe the
folks at home would net a kick
out of seeing you, too, Walt.
Brother Cury Elwood, is taking
off this weekend for Wymore.
Feature attraction there Miss Jo
Feese.
Fcudin' & Fussin'.
Lois Phillips and Jerry Johns
ton, still are carrying on their
Xmas feud. Lois and Fank deliv
ered their "spokes for the wheel."
in person at the Phi Gam house
Wednesday night. The two girls,
counting on a free meal, were
promised their supper as jtoon as
that . ?" he shrugged, indicating
that there the conductor steps in.
The musical idiom is flexible just
as language is. "Different actors'
vocal inflection will give differ
ent interpretations to the same
lines in Shakespeare," he com
mented, and similarly, theh con
ductor, once familiar with the in
tent of the composer must then
give as authentic an interpreta
tion as possible.
In fact, this need for the con
ductor to be familiar with the
composer's intent is the reason
that Fellner has studied music
ology, taking a master's degree in
it at Chicago Musical college.
Four things Fellner lists as es
sential to correct interpretation:
Familiarity with the technical
demands of the particular score;
acquaintance with other scores of
the same composer; a knowledge
of the stated desires of the com
poser, when available; and a
study of the times in which the
composer lived.
the new issue
was delivered.
We are wondering whether Jack
Bryant, Fiji, is taking Ping-Pong
for an extra curricular activity
because he enjoys the game or is
it because Bev Williams, Theta,
is at the other end of the table.
Movies evidently aren't a waste
of time. Just ask Babs Stenger,
Alpha Phi, who walked out of
the Stuart theatre Wednesday aft
ernoon with a diamond on her
third finger left. Take it from
Kenny Damon, A. T. O., it was an
expensive movie.
Marking Time.
Nancy Miller, Theta pledge,
has finally learned the truth
about Brick Paulson, Phi Psi. 27
dates without any "lovin" is quite
a record. Brick. Is it because
Nancy is cold or whether the Phi
Psi's are bashful.
Betty "fustle" Fessler and Rod
Lindwall are dating again. Last
summer it looked like a steady
deal, but then something hap-
pened. Can it be that Rod is par
tial to red? Give out Rod is it
Fissler or Feesler for Saturday
night.
Crete-bound now is Dick "The
Male" Folda. It seems that Mari-
ann Srb is teaching there, , and
Dick has been putting numerous
nicks and scratches in his Ford
traveling back and forth. Having
discovered hidden talent, Jack
"88 keys" Yeager, is switching to
the school of music this semes
ter. To Your Marks.
D .U. pledge Dick Satterfield
will find a portable radio under
his tree Christmas. It's a present
Hum a llkuc 11 1 in uiu vs i ivy w
seems to be going all out for Dick.
Lmie juay uoorway naa Deuer
move fast if she wants to stay in
the race.
Since Chuck Hemmingsen could
not pass up spending two hours
with Joan Bergman in a movie,
he handed Mary Jo Schmale the
shovel. It must be getting deep,
naughty boy.
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Musician Also a Citizen, Says
Symphony Director Fellner
BY SAM WARREN.
Hpeolul Features K'lttor.
In a world that purports to
be one-world minded, there can
be no separation of the musician
from the society in which he
lives, regardless of what great
talent he may possess. That is
the firm belief of Lincoln Sym
phony Conductor Rudolph Fell
ner who directed the orchestra
in its first appearance of the sea
son Tuesday night at the Stuart
theater.
In an interview earlier in the
week the Viennese-born conduc
tor who served with the Second
Armoured division of the U. S.
army from 1941 to 1945 stated
that his preferences as a musici
an give way to his responsibili
ties as a citizen when it comes
to the question of allowing fam
ous musicians who collaborated
with nazis to perform in the
United States. ,
Becoming an American citizen
in 1943 winie in me army, rcu
ner regarded the current affair
over opera singer Kirstcn Flag
stadt as "name calling" that we
really don't know the whole
story about. "But when the of
ficial Norwegian consul in Wash
ington declares that she shouldn't
sing here, we ought to take his
word for it," he said.
Participating in the invasion of
Europe, the 34-year-old conduc
tor declared that having risked
his skin "more than one time" in
a struggle agains tthe forces with
which Madame Flagstadt appar
ently displayed her sympathy, he
thinks it "a crime" for her to per
form in this country. She sang
the role of Isolde recently with
the Chicago Civic opera company
under Artur Rodzinski's direction
before a packed house.
Admitting that he would not
favor the destruction of worthy
manuscripts by . composers who
had collaborated during the late
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OlTfl CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Here's to you!
May Christmas cheer. . .
Warm your life
throughout the year...
And the bliss of this
fine Yuletide . X
Ever in your hearts
abide.
FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU
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