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EDITORIALS
The Yisws expressed in these columns
are those oi the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
Our Children'
By Mrs. W. B. Davis.
Are You Trying Too Hard ?
Children often show an un
canny understanding of the way
a parent feels deep inside him
self.
Sometimes a child knows bet
ter than his own mother what
her feelings are, and no amount
of time spent with him or ad
vantages provided for him will
make up to him for the tension
and apprehension which are his
if he knows his parents are un -
happy or do not love him.
Many of us try so hard to be
good mothers that we forget how
necessary it is, first of all, to be
happy, well-adjusted persons in
our own right. All of us know
that we have limits of physical
endurance, and most of us keep
within them. What we often do
not realize is that we have limits
of emotional strength, or rather,
that we each have our person
ality pattern, which we must
take into consideration. We can
not work against the grain of
our own personalities, our tastes
and interests without making
serious mistakes.
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Barnard Students Named
Chairmen of 47th Greek
Game Observance
NEW YORK.—Lynn Kang, Chi
nese, and Marguerite Mair, Negro
students at Barnard were elected
chairmen of the 47th Greek Game
I observance at Columbia univer
sity.
Columbia university has been
listed among the “big three,” of
universities, listed as the acad
emic strong-holds of communist
frontiers. Joseph B. Matthews of
Chicago who made the study
claimed, Columbia, Harvard and
the University of Chicago, were
among those institutions who had
a large number of professors sup
porting communist-front organ
izations.
Rally Captains
Sponsor Babies
In Contest
The Rally Captains at Quinn
Chapel are sponsoring a baby con
test as part of the campaign to
raise funds to pay for the redeco
ration and repair work that is
still continuing at the church. Un
Fir it Door North Vanity Theatre
Elgin and Hamilton Watches
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INFANTS' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR
Birth to Six Yean
h MM1I C. OLSON# Superintendent
• TATS ■ UTOAICAl SOCIKTY
The early communities of Ne
braska Territory, ever alive to the
importance of attracting addition
al industry, carried on aggressive
promotional campaigns designed
to sing the praises of Nebraska
to all parts of the nation.
A good example of the litera
ture put out as a part of these
campaigns was the pamphlet, “Ne
braska,” published in 1866 by the
Board of Immigration for Ne
braska.
According to this pamphlet, Ne
braska presented, “a great and in
viting field for the introduction of
manufacture.” The booklet went
on to say: “Hundreds of streams
throughout the State, which are
squandering their energies, should,
at an early day, be set to the
music of machinery. Tens of thou
sands of artisians and laborers and
millions of capital could be pro
fitably employed in this direc
tion.”
Being more specific, the pam
phlet stated: “flour should be pro
duced here in large quantities,
supplying not only the home con
sumption but contributing largely
to the western demand.”
Likewise, “the great amount of
black walnut and oak timber
growing in almost every section,”
furnished material from which to
manufacture farm implements,
furniture, and wagons, “and all
other articles required for the
house or farm.”
In addition to publications such
as the one cited above, local news
papers devoted a great deal of
space to publicizing their respec
tive towns. Frequently, the news
paper was nothing more than an
organ of the town company.
As Fred W. Heskett pointed out
in a master’s thesis written a num
ber of years ago at the University
of Nebraska, these early news
papers had a much wider circula
tion than one ordinarily would
suppose.
Travelers from eastern states,
after a visit to Nebraska—usually
in the interests of “spying out” the
prospects—would subscribe to the
territorial papers in order to keep
themselves informed regarding
current progress in the territory.
In addition, a large part of
many issues were sent by the town
companies to agents in the east
where they were distributed to
prospective settlers.
der the chairmanship of Mrs.
Jewell Kelly, the contest will in
clude 17 infants and children, but
a complete list was not available
at presstime.
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seas, moreover, a number of
mutinies of slaves which, the
proslavery element believed, re
quired intervention on the part
of the United States. One of the
most significant of these cases
was that of the Amistad. There
were cases on board the schooner
fifty-four Negroes who were be
ing carried coastwise from Ha
vanna to Neuvitas on the island
of Cuba in 1839. Under the lead
ership of the African, Joseph
Cinque, the Negroes murdered
the passengers and the crew with
the exception of two Spaniards
spared to steer the vessel toward
freedom. After roaming the high
seas a few days, the vessel came
ashore for water and provisions
at Culloden Point on the east
end of Long Island, and was
espied and taken possession of a
short while thereafter by Cap
tain Gedney of the United States
Navy. Cinque, the leader, un
dertook to escape but finally
yielded. The captives were then
brought before the United States
Circuit Court in Connecticut,
presided over by Andrew T. Jud
son. As the proceedings lasted
fdr some months, Cinque with
some companions was turned
over to certain abolition teach
ers, who so thoroughly grounded
him in the fundamentals of ed
ucation that he developed into a
man of considerable intelligence
and showed natural ability as an
orator. The outcome of the case
was that, although Van Buren,
was ready to remand them, the
supfeme court on appeal decided
that the Negroes, being free
when they left Havanna, were
violating no law in killing tltose
trying to enslave them. They
were therefore set free.
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