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SUNDAY. NOVEMBER IT, 1931.
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In Memory of
Lost Generations.
TODAY citizens of the world will be honoring and
remembering men who gave their lives fighting
- -for Ideals. They will be bowing their heads in rev
; erent consideration of lost generations, particularly
that generation that gave its best in the World War.
Some consideration will be thoughtful, turned
toward the future and the ultimate solution of the
war problem; some of it will be marked by blind
, and narrow patriotism.
Sixteen years from the day that brought an end
to the World War another generation is facing the
future hoping and attempting to apply its ideals
and liberal thought practically and effectively to an
ailing world. War clouds hang over the world to
day, and nations, at least many of them, are travel
ing the same terrible path followed so much preced
ing the catastrophe of 1914 and other holocausts
preceding that one.
" AU over the world today the clergy will be
preaching doctrines and principles of peace from
the pulpit Some of these men will dogmatically
offer solutions, and others will admit that there is
no solution to the problem of war at hand, and that
the difficulties inherent in causative factors of war
are yet to be weeded out.
In 1914 young men thru-out Europe were or
dered to fight in a war to end war force to end
force. War has not been eliminated. In 1917 the
United States entered the conflict to defend what it
called its honor, and to save the world for democ
racy. The allies won the war, but democracy is
fast becoming a lost quantity, and where it exists
many leaders are losing faith in that form of gov
ernment. It is the desire of every one to end war. But
different schools have varying methods aimed to
do away with that terrible element in human so
ciety. There are two groups with widely differing
principles the pacifists and militarists. They are
fighting a war to end war. Proponents of these
two ideas as to solution preparedness and alliance
opposed to the theory of international cooperation,
conciliation, and arbitration resort to personalities,
generalities, and nasty catch-words in fighting each
other. By thus evading the issue, and refusing to
consider each other in a broadminded way these two
groups are delaying solution of the war problem.
Both groups pacifistic and militaristic have
their drawbacks both in point of attitude and meth
od. The former is too intellectual and lacks any
aart of action; the latter is too conservative and
fatalistic. Many gentlemen and scholars belong to
each group, and both schools of thought harbor
scoundrels of insincerity.
The editor of the Nebraskan has pretty well
convinced readers of this paper that he is a pacifist,
and that be is. But be isn't full of the idea that
militarists are in the majority or even a good sized
minority a bunch of ignorant blood-thirsty
wretches. There must be some common ground or
middle path to be travelled in reaching a solution.
Today our hats are off to those men who fought
for an ideal in the World war. Our heads are also
bowed in memory of those who fell in that terrible
conflict These men sacrificed much on the gory
field of battle. Let's hope and see to it that history
will never again see the record of the human family
thus blotted.
AN OPEN LETTER
William Randolph Hearst
from
The Association of College Editors
MY DEAR MR. HEARST:
In a recent interview, you challenged all Amer
icans: "If Americans have not lost their common sense
and balance of Judgment entirely, they will stop fol
lowing sweet singers and smooth talkers some day
and settle down calmly and reason out a few things
for themselves.
The Association of College Editors, as stated
in its Covenant is dedicated "to stimulating the in
terest of students throughout the world in promot
ing international understanding and cooperation in
the hope of ultimately achieving and insuring inter
national peace and security ..."
A number of us are settling down calmly to
reason a few things out for ourselves. It struck us
that one of the most pressing of today's problems
Is the controversy between "nationalists" and "inter
iULiioDauists. You may recall that Beverley Nichols recently
wrote a book called "Cry Havoc." Determined to
delre to the bottom of the controversy between "in
ternationalists and "nationalists . Beverley Nichols
bit upon the Idea of bringing together a recognized
spokesman for each side.
lr Norman Angell, probable winner of the
Kobel Peace Prize for this year, was selected and
consented to brief the case for internationalism,
jjprd Bearer-brook, owfcrf of the London Daily Ex
press and associated papers was asked to state the
i tot nationalism.
Lord BeaTerbrook wrote to Mr. Nichols: "If
you will get Angell to ask me questions, I will an
swer them."
Sir Norman Angell drew up a set of questions,
a cross-examination of nationalism. Nichols sent
those questions to Lord Beaverbrook.
It strikes a great many American college edi
tors as a singular and significant fact, that in the
wording of these questions, the word "AMERICA
may be substituted for the word "BRITAIN"; the
name "WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST" may be
substituted for the name "LORD BEAVERBROOK,'
without altering the spirit of the questions, without
lessening the tremendous importance to our genera'
tion of having an answer to those questions from the
most intelligent champions of nationalism.
Through the rourtesy of Doubleday, Doran and
Company, publishers of "Cry Havoc," we reprint
here the questions which Sir Norman Angell drew
up (the underlined words, the substitutions are mine,
the questions of my generation):
,
11. Does WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
agree that if we pile on our already shaken and dis
ordered economic system the further dislocations,
unpayable debts, revolutions, which we now know
are the necessary legacy of war and which so shook
the relatively sound system of 1914. then it will
probably finish off the present order in chaos?
"2. Is it WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S
general view that the best way to prevent that re
currcncc is to continue the old armament competi
tion and decline to discuss international agreement
or organization? If so, on what grounds does he
believe that the old method will not produce the old
result ?
"3. For a nation to be secure under the com
petitive principle it must be stronger than any pos
sible rival. What becomes of the rival? Is he to
go without defense? How shall defense of each be
managed under this plan since the security of the
one means the insecurity of the other? Does Wil
liam Randolph Hearst think that there is some
system by which each can be stronger than the
other?
"4. If, in order to be secure, AMERICA must
make herself stronger than a rival, does WILLIAM
RANDOLPH HEARST suggest that that rival will
accept the situation and not resort to alliance mak
ing? And if that rival makes alliances, is AMER
ICA to refrain from resorting to the same weapon ?
An alliance is an arm, like a battleship, or a sub
marine, adding to a nation's power. Are AMER
ICANS to leave this arm entirely in the hands of
prospective rivals?
"5. From the time of Columbus to Lindbergh
there has not been a single century in which AMER
ICA has not been drawn into the affairs of
EUROPE. Does WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
really believe that, if isolationism was not possible
. . . . even in ancient times, a great Power, a CRED
ITOR NATION SUCH AS AMERICA, in, the days
of the aeroplane can continue to pursue isolation
ism? "6. To keep AMERICA free of general or per
manent commitments and be guided by each circum
stance as it arises, was the method pursued before
the War. Altho AMERICA had no League Com
mitments in 1914 and men up to the last, WILLIAM
RANDOLPH HEARST AMONG THEM proclaimed
how free their hands were, America was drawn in.
Does WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST THINK
THAT AMERICA could have kept out. that her en
trance was a mistake?
"E. If he thinks AMERICA'S entrance was a
mistake, would he have regarded the victory of the
Germanic powers, the creation, that is, of an hege
mony so preponderant that AMERICA could not
have resisted any demands that it cared to make
upon AMERICANS, as a matter of indifference?
If so, why trouble about armaments at all ... . if
it is a matter of indifference that combinations,
much stronger than AMERICA, should arise?
"8. If, on grounds of national security, AMER
ICA cannot accept the preponderance of a foreign
combination, why should AMERICANS expect for
eigners to accept THEIRS, especially as their pre
ponderance (the Allies) resulted in imposing upon
their rivals a Treaty which MR. HEARST himself
refers to as the 'UTTER INJUSTICE OF THE
VERSAILLES TREATY?"
"9. On the eve of the War, Sir Edward Grey
declared that the only possible alternative to the
see-saw of the Balance of Power, by which the pre
carious defense of one was achieved by the depriv
ing the other of all defense, was for both to pool
their power to secure the observance of a common
rule of international life, like arbitration of dis
putes: To build up what Asquith called the com
munity of Power behind the law. On what general
ground does WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST dif
fer from that view?"
Lord Eeaverbrook replied to Beverley Nichols:
"Thank you for your letter, and the enclosures
from Sir Norman Angell.
"When I said I would answer his questions,
I had no idea that I would be confronted with such
an immense catechism.
"It would take roe a great deal of labor and time
to answer the questions as they should be answered.
In the busy life I lead, I So not have the opportunity
to do so. It is too big a proposition for me.
The significance, the importance of those ques
tions is increased because there are TWO powerful
men in TWO powerful countries to whom those
questions may be put as to ONE man. Particularly
for that reason, they must have an answer . . . not
for the readers of the newspapers of either Lord
Beaverbrook or WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST,
but for US, toe generation of young Americans who
might have to fight another war if Lord Beaver
brook and WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST hap
pen to be wrong, if "PREPAREDNESS" does not
preserve peace.
This whole letter of mine is being sent to the
editors of 644 college newspapers in America, and to
the editors of the college papers in Canada, for
simultaneous publication as an open letter on or as
near as possible to the day rf November 11, Armis
tice Day.
Yours is a tremendous influence in America.
More than any other man you represent the "Power
of the Press." What you believe, you have the
power to lead minions of other Americans to be
lieve. That is why it is so tremendously important
that you explain and defend "nationalism" aa op
posed to the "internationalism" embodied in the
spirit of the League of Nations, to those of my gen
eration who are about to believe . . . one way or the
other.
FRANCIS G. SMITH. Jr,
Editor, The Daily Princetonian.
President, the Association of College Editors.
Browsing
Among The
Books
Br
Maurice Johnson
DH. FRANK G. SMITH
IS GUEST OF CHOIR
Dr. Frank G. Smith, noted lec
turer and writer will be the gues.
of the Great CathevaJ choir in a
jntyei service to be held Eundey
afternoon at 4:00 In the Westmin
ister pretbyterUn church. Admit
tance is secured by Invitation.
Dr. Smith will speak on "Music
and Ethics, or the Contribution of
harmony and character."
This is the acnual fall presenta
tion of the choir under tbe direc
tion of professor
ough.
John Rosebor-
Field hockey, the newest of the
popular women's sports, is sow
played In thirty-one countries of
the world.
"ORDER YOUR CORNHUSKER'
Certainly nothing is please nter than reading
someone else's letters, and if the letters are as
meaningful as Gamaliel Branford's the pleasure is
doubled. Van Wyck Brooks has edited this new
volume of Bradford's letters written from 1918 to
1931, and his selection is admirable, for Bradford
is said to have had some 5,000 correspondents.
Among the persons to whom Gamaliel Brad
ford wrote were H. L. Mencken, Vachel Lindsay,
Carl Sandburg, George Jean Nathan, Robert Bridges,
V. F. Calverton, and M. A. DeWolfe Howe. And in
all his letters to these men and others, Bradford was
the supreme egoist. As he had searched the souls
of so many dead to write their biographies, so does
he in his letters, as in his Journal, search his own
soul. The main topic in "The Letters of Gamaliel
Bradford" is Gamaliel Branford. But one does not
resent this, for he is aa interesting a subject as any
he chose to write of in his "psychographs."
Biography was not Bradford's first love, but his
novels and poetry were unsaleable. He wrote to a
boy of fifteen that the literary career is full of mis
ery, and quoted to him Voltaire's saying that if he
had a son who was determined to be an author, he
would wring his neck out of pure kindness of heart.
Bradford had more than a dozen plays, eight novels,
and vast quantities of poetry asleep in his drawer.
Biography, however, to which he later turned, has
made him renowned.
When Bradford wrote to H. L. Mencken it was
of himself, as always. "What is the trouble with
me? Am I dead? I live in an eddy quite outside
of the great current of the world, in a constant
whirlwind of great, strange thoughts of my own."
Again he wrote of himself in a letter to the
poet Vachel Lindsay: "Humanity, to me, means the
farmer and the street-car conductor and the me
chanic, and I had far rather chat with those than
with the banker or the clergyman."
These bits of Gamaliel Brandford's credo are
typical. He was vitally concerned with his reac
tions and the state of bis soul. He submitted him
self to the same psychological microscope through
which he examined Woodrow Wilson, Benedict Ar
nold, Samuel Pepys, and D. L. Moody.
Always, Bradford wrote in his letters of the
principles of Biography. Biography's first great se
cret, according to Bradford, is that one must put
into it "an inexhaustible, universal interest in human
nature and love for all its forms."
To Mencken he wrote: "Only some day, damn
it, I will do something that will be real and solid
and violent and human, if I am over fifty."
Bradford's biographical "psychographs" were
real enough and solid enough, but it seems to me
that this volume of his letters is the most human
thing we have from America's foremost biographer.
Political Factions Platforms
PROGRESSIVES.
The Progressive Party submits
the following platform to the stu
dent body of the university.
1. The Progressive party sianas
for honesty in student government
We feel that unquesuonaDie non
esty is particularly important m
the conduct ot campus elections
Student government can never
function at maximum efficiency
nor can it have the support and
trust of the student body as long
as there is suspicion, distrust or
actual malfeasance in the conduct
of elections. We pledge ourselves
to a continuance of our existing
political standards which are above
reproacn.
2. The Progressive party prom
ises that any canaiaate eiecieu
under our banner shall be held
strictly accountable to the party
and to his duties.
3. The Progressive party depre
ciates the incessant political man
euvering and "wire pulling" prac
ticed by the aspirants to the senior
honorary societies, we neartny
endorse the recent stand of t h e
Mortar Board in this respect We
oledee ourselves to support all
methods of reorganization of stu
dent government which will tend
to minimize this very cogent evil.
4. The Progressive party de
preciates many of the blind and
ante-dated restrictions which gov
ern campus social life. We pledge
ourselves to an active campaign
for the liberalization of those re
strictions. We favor mixed swim
ming, a more reasonable closing
for the sorority and organized
houses, and the continuancy of
progress in the social life of the
campus.
5. The Progressive party de
mands virility and true represen
tation on the part of student offi
cers.
6. We advocate more potent and
stringent methods of recall for
cases of laxity in office.
7. The advancement of any pro
posals as may, during the coming
ear, be adjudged as to the bene
fit of the best interest of the stu
dent body.
In the foregoing planks the Pro
gressive party has taken an open,
clear cut stand on the contro
versial issues before the student
body. The slogan of our party is
Progress Not Politics: The Pro
gressive party was created to re
store honetty to student govern
ment and to bring about the aboli
tion of the evils and undercover
maneuvering which always ac
companies the planning of politics
With these purposes in mind we
have drawn up our platform for
the coming election. With confi
dence we submit it to the student
body.
FALL FASIIIOS TOPIC
AEAT CHARM SCHOOL
Cirls to Hear Dhcuttion
at Tuetday Xight
Meeting.
Fall Fashions" will be the topic
of Charm school when it meets
next Tuesday evening: in Ellen
Smith Hall from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Winstrand, from the girls'
campus corner from a down
town department store, will be (be
main speaker.
Charm school meets every sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evening of
the month in Ellen Smith Hall.
Miss Elsie Ford Piper, assistant
dean of women, is its sponsor, and
Anne Pickett assisted by Muriel
Hook, is in charge.
AY SCHEDULED TALK
CONVOCATION DEC 6
Bernard Far. professor of Amer
ican civilization at the College de
France, is to be tbe next university
general convocation speaker on
Dec. 6. His lecture will probably
concern a comparison of modern
literatures. Famous in his field,
Mr. Fay has been on the faculty
of the University of Iowa, Colum
bia and North western.
Katherine Faulkner, Sara
Green Paintings Shown
Katherine Faulkner and Sara
Green of tbe department of draw
ing and painting at the university
have been invited to exhibit oil
paintings of their own compoat-
ton at the Little Gallery In Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Later the exhibit Is
to be sent on circuit
LEARH TO DANCE
isuaramee ,N , lessons
ALSO LESSON COURSK
Private Li ana by Appointment
LEE A. THOENBEEEY
BJ635 frUi Vke 2300 V L
GREEN TOGAS.
We the members of the Green
Toga faction realizing that certain
conditions existent on the campus
of the University of Nebraska are
diametrically opposed to the de
sired practices of enlightened stu
dent life and that the present state
of student government is not all
that it could be to achieve the ends
for which it was devised pledge
ourselves to this permanent plat
form in an attempt to better those
practices and conditions.
Plank Number 1. We believe
that the present duties of the
senior class president are not suf
ficient to require an election to
that office, and we pledge our
selves to work for the establish
ment of a senior class organization
the chief function of which shall
be to supervise and conduct a
Senior week prior to commence
ment which shall serve to instill
class spirit in the hearts of the
graduating seniors.
Plank Number 2. The fact that
the bookstores have by short prac
tices made the cost of owning
books prohibitive leads us to tbe
conclusion that the present Stu
dent Council, Innocents, Mortar
Boards, and other student govern
ing or executive bodies which were
formed to further the interests of
the students have been lax in not
eradicating the second hand book
racket and we pledge ourselves to
organize the proper entity to pre
vent further exhorbitant expenai-
tures for books and supplies.
Plank Number 3. We reiterate
our previous stand in holding that
for the full benefit of the swim
ming pool which the students paid
for to be gained, supervised joint
recreation swimming periods for
both men and women be initiated.
Plank Number 4. We condemn
the action of the present Student
Council which by an unjust usur
pation of power has attempted to
deprive the Barbs of their tradi
tional right to hold and conduct
Varsity parties and pledge our
selves to preserve this right.
Plank Number 5. We feci that
the University parties have lost
their former attraction due to the
arbitrary low maximum orchestra
rate fixed by the faculty and
pledge ourselves to do in our power
to remedy the unhappy situation.
BIG, LITTLE SISTERS
Christopher Morley
Speaks November 14
In Town Hall Series
Opening Lincoln's first Town
Hall series, Christopher Morley,
on of the greatest essayists and
stylists in American humor, will be
the first speaker on me series
which is for the benefit of the
Junior League baby clinics. Mr.
Morley is scheduled for November
14.
Other noted lecturers include
Dorothy Thompson (Mrs. Sinclair
Lewis) conversing on conditions
of Germany where she was re
cently dpnorted: Merrvie Stanley
Rukeyser, financial columnist for
the New York American, who will
speak on "An Audit of the New
Deal;" Dr. Glenn Frank, president
of the University of Wisconsin and
Alexander Woolcott, town crier of
radio fame.
The money which is received
fnnm thin nrnWt will CO to SUn-
port the clinics which have cared
fnr many babies in and around
Lincoln which otherwise could not
have had suitable medical attention.
Mlas Louise Pound Is auoted as
saying, "Hardly a more attractive
list for a lecture course couia oe
found."
The lectures are to be held in the
ballroom of the Cornhusker hotel.
Tickets may be secured from mem
rwr of thp Junior league begin
ning Wednesday, or at Ben Simon
&Sons.
Tickets for Dinner Nov. 15
Distributed at Mass
Meeting Thursday.
Big and Little Sister Supper
Cruise plans were announced to
all the Big Sisters at a mass meet
ing held Thursdny at 5 o'clock in
ISllcn Smith hall. Tickets for the
annual affair which will be held
Thursday, Nov. 15 in the Armory,
were distributed by Lorraina
Hitchcock, ticket chairman. Re
port blanks on Little Sisters, un
der the direction of Marjorie
Smith, were also given out.
Miss Arelene Bors, president of
the board, urged that everyone at
tend the event, including Big and
Little Sisters, anf sorority moth
ers and their daughters. Doris
Riisncss was appointed to take
charge of the seating; Rowena
Swenson, entertainment; Florence
Buxman, food; and Ruth Mats
chullat, publicity. Closing of ta
bles by organized houses will bo
arranged by Ercta Tctcrson; Bar
Kim DePutron. special Invitations:
and .Marjorie Smith, waitresses.
Big Sisters win serve at mi
supper, dressed in a nautical style.
F-ntertftinment and decorations
will be as if on shipboard.
A second mass meeting of the
Big Sisters will be held Novemlx r
22, when the reports issued at
Thursday's meeting will be re
turned to the board. These reports
are concerned with the activities,
scholarship, home and school life,
and church activities of the Little
Sisters.
All the Big Sisters are asked by
Arelene Bors to call their board
member on or before Tuesday to
report how many tickets have been
sold so that reservations can be
made.
"ORDER YOUR CORNHUSKER"
Alumni Pay Visit to
Engineers' College
Alumni visitors in the college of
engineering recently have been:
Ezra Andresen, Omaha, a gradu
ate in the college of mechanical
engineering in 1918; Tom F.Whit",
electrical engineering graduate in
1932; Philip W. Pepoon, Waver lv.
graduate in mechanical engineer
ing in 1933; and Robert A. Rait.
Nebraska City, who was graduate i
in civil engineering in 1933.
Edison Gives Demonstration.
O. E. Edison, associate professor
of electrical engineering at t"ie
University and some of his stu
dents gave a demonstration of
electrical transmission of sound
and light at Irving high school last
week.
"ORDER YOUR CORNHUSKER"
Morse Speaks to Forum Club.
Prof. C. K. Morse, assistant di
rector of university extension.
spoke last week before the Uni
versity Plsce Forum Club. His
subject was 'Crossroads of the
World."
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