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TTIE DAILY NEBRASKAN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1934.
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In Construction.
In the Thursday, October 11 edi
tion of the Daily Nebraskan ap
peared an editorial entitled "Study
ing the Living World," the content
of which was a plea for the estab
lishment on this campus of a Cur-
' rent Events course, with some of
the more prominent newspapers of
the nation as texts. If the univer
sity would take up the burden of a
. practical education along this line,
intelligent news paper reading
would be developed, and the uni-
.verslty would place itself in a still
higher position as virtually the
only available institution for the
'dissemination of knowledge of the
present.
) One of the crying needs In the
country today is that of adult edu
cation, education not through par
tial propaganda, but from an im
partial source aiming to offer true
.and complete knowledge.
In today's Student Pulse column
R. K. has suggested the institution
at this school, and for that matter,
at others, of a course devoted to
study of methods of abolishing war
over the world. He, along with
many other students interested tn
the world they will enter after
graduation, sees that compulsory
military drill is entirely out of
place on the campus of an institu
tion of liberal learning. He also
points out that the University of
Nebraska administration la being
very uniair in offering education
lor war without granting: the stu
dent opportunity to train himself
lor peace.
Although R. K. doesn't sav so he
obviously recognizes that the only
vairaoie point or tne fans Peace
Pact of 1928 is the fact that its
Ideal is desirable. The spirit of
the thing is wonderful, but in case
some individual interest of ore-an
ized money were trampled on the
world would be soon up in arms,
regardless of how many pacts have
been made.
When treaties became scraps of
paper in oniy ror tne waste basket,
and entirely useless as prevention,
at tne start or the World war In
1914 disillusionment came. Moun
tains can't be moved with paper,
and in this case financial interests
pulling strings of national admin
istrations found it to be to their
own advantage to throw the world
Into living hell. Those interested
In peace must work with the view
in mind of binding the hands of
such selfish pigs. Peace-minded
folk are every day becoming more
aware of that fact, and their nlat-
forros are rapidly becoming more
practical ana sun retain the old
Idealism.
am I extolling the patchwork of
nations as a Utopian Paradise, de
void of suspicion or ill-will. Yet it
seems to me there is room for ap
preciable Improvement in main
taining "Peace on earth, good will
toward men."
On Aug. 28, 1928, fifty-six na
tions of the world made a p aise-
worthy attempt to create a Bociety
free from armed struggle when
they drew up the Paris Peace Pact,
renouncing war as a means of set
tling disputes and resolving that
"no settlement of controversy shall
be sought except by pacific
means."
The United States senate rati
fied that treaty by a vote of 95
to 1. Obviously, having given a
pledge, the obligatory course to
pursue is to act as if we meant it.
The only method of carrying out
that anti-war compact is to insti
tute in the minds of the people of
the world a state of mind so op
posed to violence as to coincide
with the terms of that Kellogg
Brland treaty. We need to culti
vate peace psychology.
But an outstanding obstacle
stands in the way of that cultiva
tion the preparation for war. The
university has gone a long way in
overcoming that stubborn difficul
ty by excusing conscientious ob
jectors from compulsory military
drill. But, the practice of elimi
nating the evil of preparation for
war must be carried a great deal
further than this preliminary step.
wnat a tar greater service it
would be if she were to abolish
military drill entirely! Admittedly,
every one abhors war. How much
better it would be to require that
all male students spend three
hours weekly for two years in
studying methods of abolishing
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war over the world instead of
learning to march and fight in pre
paration for a possible war. What
greater training in citizenship her
scnoiars would receive. What an
advancement toward the obedience
of that commandment "Thou Shalt
not kill."
And what a better place to live
in tne wona win tie'. h. k.
Innocents Show
Partiality.
TO THE EDITOR:
The Innocents society purports
to De a senior men s honorary com'
prised of the most outstanding
senior men on the campus, doesn't
it i its members desire to be rec
ognized as democratic and repre
sentative of the highest type of
manhood, don't they?
When I saw in the Dallv Ne
braskan for October 10th the head
lines "Innocents Start Loan Fund
To Aid ROTC Students" I was
rather rudely shocked and disillu
sioned.
If the Innocents intended to es
tablish a loan fund for needy fresh
men students couldn't they have
instituted some areneral scholarshln
fund, one applicable to any depart
ment on tne campus, rather than
one utilized by only one division of
tne scnooi r in catering to the mil
nary department and in a way in
corporating themselves with that
department Innocents have taken a
drastic and wholly undemocratic
step. I have heard that the pur
pose of Innocents society is to
serve the best interests of the uni
versity, and it certainly can't do
that by olign'ng itself with one
section of the institution.
It would have been better, in my
opinion, if Innocents had followed
the Mortar Board custom of offer
ing a scholarship of a general
character, and thus avoided the
partiality.
Even though compulsory milita
ry drill is very much out of nine
in a so-called institution of higher
iciwnng wun iiDerai principles,
au il is an eternal nniKnnr.
iresnmen needing financial ih
don't we have other more-impor-
icim. iuug-ieii neeas : j. E. F
Orchids to a
Fine Team.
Again our Huskers have tanta
lized Iowans with a one point de
eat In football. Hawkeyes swear
it is a jinx; Nenraskans aren t do
ing; a great deal of worrying about
it.
Nebraska fans, Coach Bible, the
team, and John K. Selleck are
overjoyed over Saturday's 14 to 13
victory, t ne Husker team left un
blemished the record of no defeats
on the home field since 1930, and
between 35,000 and 40,000 football
followers filled all available space
at Memorial field.
Student spirit has been aroused
to new heights. Friday nights
rally was a howling success, torch
light and all. It might be suggest
ed, however, that the seats in the
middle of the stadium be reserved
ror students attending the rallies,
so that the yells might be more ef
fective, and rowdy youngsters
can i aisturD tne proceedings.
Cooperation in the card section
between halves Saturday was none
too good.- To people in the west
stands, and others coming from
out of town this mass exhibition is
a great spectacle if handled prop
erly. The situation would probably
be better if all drunks In that sec
tion would kindly vncte their
places for the few minutes between
ha'ves.
Students are pretty well con
vinced following Saturday's vic
tory over Iowa that Coach Bible
nas turned out another of his
sp.en..c tcsms. Coi.gratuitjCria
team, ana gooa iuck :
STUDENT PULSE
A Call for
Pence Education.
TO THE EDITOR:
I am not despairing the ills of
tnlirnatlonal society, swing the
world as a soothing pot of militar
istic preparation for conflict Nor
GKANDEUR OP NEBRAS
KA'S MONUMENT TO
FOOTBALL, MEMORIAL
STADIUM, IS UNMARRED
BY INVADING GAME
CROWD.
(Continued from Pate 1.)
in naggard, slightly bewildered
groups. In the Hall of the Ele
phants, the Lincoln County Mam-
moutn, greatest of all known mam
mala, gazed with scorn unon
baby-faced platinum blonde, lean
ing alluringly on the arm of her
uapper escort. The heads of pre-
nistoric men gazed unflinchingly
awcu quartette or young
women, while nearby overalled
Doys recognized each other in the
BCUHS.
At the "Moon." Veim tti. nt.
lege boys' friend, was busy bring-
iuk ucvt-ittL-es io noaraa or the nn.
couth invaders, while the cokes for
college students lacked their usual
perfection. On the benches out
side, the usunl array of lettermen
was replaced by exhausted grads
miu mnmmas ana papas, who Jour
neyed from the business section to
me stanium by degrees, watching
wun aimost sorrowful eyes the
nuarious rooters in pasting Fords.
On the SOUth Side Of the arnrHtim
alleged enemy stronghold, a lengthy
me ui uoy itnoi-noiers, Dravlng the
noon sun to display their emhlem
Mveaiers, leaned against the knot
hole plugged fence, to await the
opening of the gate, an hour and
a nan nence. By the west side
ticket booths a loyal Nebraskan.
aged five or thereabouts, was sell
ing the Ladles Home Journal to
those In line. By the central west
entrance, not heeding the offer of
an attractive parking place from
across the street, drooping patrons
slumped on the retaining wall and
berated the fate which gave them
scats on the 10 yard line, while
the imposing concrete walls rising
beWnd them reflected the sun's
wsrm welcome.
In the no man's land, to the
north of the football arena, the
pecuniarily embarrassed fans were
picking their tree and telenhone
pole vantage points for viewing
ine i ray, iu rrc:s a slimy sedau
floated ths query. "Anne, would
you care for olives?" from penny
wise spectators-to-be. Young love
bloomed as a sailor lad, displaying
four stars on his breast pocket.
talked to his blushing sweetheart,
who was also very excited about
the game. Ths strains of "I-o-way '
from an enemy trio met with a
retort of "Yea Nebraska!" and the
battle between opposing camp,
which is twice as fierce and pro
longed as the team fracas, began.
in "The Folks" we have been photographed,
and the picture is a good one, clear and revealing.
The 727 page novel shows our commonplace Mid
dle Western way of life in all its aspects and shad
ings, ana moreover, even the most casual reader
finds the book fascinating.
Now in heavy seriousness comes the question
as to whether Miss Suckow's "Ths Folks" does bell-
ringing for any profound Cause. Well, no, it does
not. The book cannot be labeled proletariat pro
paganda, it is not of the stream-of-consclousness
school, and neither does it espouse the cult of pretty,
pleasantness. For if this photograph in full color
is a perfect likeness it has not been beautified by
retouching, and all our blemishes and irregular fea
tures stand out. Ruth Suckow has concerned her
self with honest realism, and if there is a dearth
of thought-provoking Ideas in "The Folks" it is be
cause its Iowan author does not deal in thought-
provoking ideas, nor do the people of whom she
writes.
The Ferguson family, whose story is told in
"The Folks," scatter far and its members are
caught up by vastly differing environments. But
the heal home is in Belmond, Iowa. The children
are glad to leave the stuffy little town behind; Mar
garet, the elder daughter, finds refuge in Greenwich
village, smokes Armenian cigarettes, and manages
to lose her unexciting vlginity. But to old Fred Fer
guson and his wife, Belmond is the one comfortable
place. "Belmond was his own stamping ground:
and it was there that his sunset lay, in the somber
glow that followed the long working day of the
prairie."
We in Iowa and Nebraska meet Mr. and Mrs.
Ferguson every day and they do not appear to us
as subjects for major fiction. We are more Inter-
ested in their children; frustrated Carl, "the good
son;" rebellious Margaret; Dorotny, the dutiful
aaugnter; ana oiaisn un who came home with a
strange, firm-fleshed Russian wife.
" Chief among the delights of Ruth Suckow's
"The Folks" is the sense of almost breath-taking
recognition with which one reads its pages. Old
memories arise from the depths of subconsciousness.
In Marcel Proust's sounding of certain chords to
bring forth forgotten segments of the past he made
for himself an enviable reputation among literati.
Marcel Proust wrote of decadent French society, its
glittering parties and long sophisticated conversa
tions. Ruth Suckow writes of an Iowan family,
Jelly-making, the sloughing off c-f MlcWr '.V?sf?rr j
prejudiced, aci to Americans she is the tu- ints'
ligible, tf course, far and cway.
The Fergusons attend church: "Church was just
me same as aiways. xne old Fer&usoiv. a. up in hjl
front on account of Grandua Ferguson a hear!"! ft
The grown folks couldn't get much more than the
children out of Reverend Santley's long, theologl
cal discourses, but they listened with respect be
cause he was the minister. The Presbyterian church
was small in Belmond . . . The keys were Streaked,
like old finger nails, on the dark organ. The small
choir sat, vacant and uncomfortable, on dininc
room chairs facing the congregation. . . They got
up to sing the last hymn, the voices sounding above
the pumped-up loudness of the old organ. Mr. Sant
ley raised a large, bony hand for the benediction.
The organ broke out again into reluctant music.
Then the audience broke up. The Fergusons moved
out of their pew into the aisle among people. . ."
In what Ruth Suckow has tried to do she has
succeeded, and surely she has succeeded to a greater
degree than any of the many authors who have un
dertaken similar tasks. "The Folks" puts Sinclair
Lewis' "Main Street" to shame in every respect:
style, plan, story itself, all are superior.' Thomas
Wolfe's "Look Homeward Angel" is heavy with
small-town detail, but it is on no such generous scale
as that of which "The Folks" can boast. Miss
Suckow's fine novel stands alone.
Teachers Hear Morion.
Dr. W. H. S. Morton, principal
of teachers college high school at
the university spoke Saturday at
Pender before a meeting of the
county teachers institute there.
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