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TTTE DAILY NEBRASKAN
wrrwruY. DECEMEBER 5, 193i.
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The University's
Weak Heart.
The library is the heart of an educational insti
tution, and the University of Nebraska is suffering
from a weak heart.
In a pamphlet distributed to all faculty mem
bers of the university Tuesday the library Commit
tee of the Faculty Senate present the library situa
tion on this campus and sties.-;d the need for a new
building large enough to provide accommodations
for more books than the present building offers.
Student opinion at present is apathetic in regard
to the library problem, largely because members of
the student body do not realize what it means to the
institution and individual to have a good reference
and browsing building on the campus. A glance at
library facilities and buildings on other campuses
such as Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern,
Minnesota, and Iowa would convince the general run
of students that Nebraska lags far behind.
It was pointed out in the library committee's
pamphlet that books are now stored in all sorts of
nooks and crannies on the campus, and that many
of the more valuable volumes are in danger of be
ing damaged by water and fire. For Instance, in
the basement of U hall numerous books are stacked
where water leaking from the roof or through the
leaning walls is likely to cause considerable damage.
Ol -. jv. 8 the board of regents in its biannual
petition to the governor stressed the need of a new
library on the campus, a structure that would very
likely cost well over $1,000,000, but would repay the
people of this state in service, cultural Improvement,
and educational facilities.
As a matter of fact the library on every campus
should logically be the central unit of the education
al plant All scholastic activities should center
around that building and its facilities, and profes
sors should feel free at all times to assign references
to be read in the building.
Students on the Nebraska campus seem to be
quite unaware of the fact that there is a library.
They do not use the library up to its full capacity.
Legislators will cite this fact as an argument
against the erection of a new building. The truth
is, however, that the appearance of the present
building is quite repellant, the reading rc-oma fue
very unattractive and inhospitable in all appear
ances. We must an open our eyes to the fact that there
is a definite need of a new library at Nebraska. Few
of us realize what we are missing. One thing we
don't have is a browsing room, a part of the library
where we may read at leisure, meanwhile resting
cot feet on the window silL This picture may not
exactly coincide with that we have of the real stu
dent, but there are actually such rooms on numerous
other campuses.
This university is chugging along in a half
hearted sort of way. As a football institution it is
a top-notcher, but as a center of intellectual activity
it is fast becoming a "flop." The "don't give a damn"
attitude is becoming more firmly fixed every day.
A new library must be erected. It is imperative
that such a structure, and a good one, be erected
soon, so that this school can serve the state a. d stu
dent body as it should.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contrtbutlona pertinent to matters r,t
student life and tha university are welcomed by thla
department, under tha vsus.1 restrictions of sound news
paper practice, which excludee all libelous aihtter and
personal attacks. Letters munt be elmed. but nan
will be withheld from publication If eo deelred.
Contributions should be titrated to a maTlmiim of Bra
hundred words Is lesgUi.
Babes in
Toyland.
TO THE EDITOR:
On Friday, Nov. 30, a parade was held in down
town Lincoln. It was a parade whose aim was to
present the prospective Christmas wares of the Lin
coln merchant to the lnnocnt bystander in such wise
that they would be beguiled into parting with the
well known shekels to buy a present for little Cousin
Oscar, bless his heart! The city recreation board,
under whose unerring direction this vicarious raffle
was conducted, literally outdid themselves. A Santa
Claus well-nigh as handsome as the gargoyles of
Notre Dame was there, decked out in full regalia.
So was a contingent of the PersMng Rifles, guns and
all, large as life and twice as natural.
A certain university organisation whose avowed
aim is the promotion of activities looking toward
peace, requested permission to enter a float in the
parade. This request was quietly but firmly denied
by the benevolent board, who evidently had inside
information that Santa was an advocate of pre
paredness, which only goes to prove that ferocious
game may lie hidden behind innocent appearing
bushes. Never trust a man with a beard, my dear
Nell!
It seems to me that I dimly recollect my mother
saying something about a Christmai which meant
"Peace on earth, good will to men, ' but then my
mother was somewhat old-fashioned, and besides I
may have Christmas mixed up with the Fourth of
July.
I appear to have been somewhat confused on
these matters. I had thought that the essential
thing about Christmas was the Christmas spirit, and
had identified that spirit with sympathy, tolerance,
understanding, and breadth of social vision. I had
would you believe it! actually been so downright
foolish as to suppose that the giving of presents was
a symbol of that spirit only, in remembrance of the
Magi, who came with gifts of myrrh and frankin
cense in their hands. I had thought that the holiday
referred back to a certain young Jewish lad of the
opening years of the first century, Jesus Christ by
name, who was sometimes called "The Prince of
Peace," and extolled as such by no less a Nebraskan
than W. J. Bryan. I had been taught that the spirit
befitting such an occasion was one of good will and
broad friendliness; and that appropriate music con
sisted of "Silent NighC
But I am a firm believer in progress and civili
zation, so I perceive that I shall have to box up the
above concept (not without some lingering sighs of
regret) and label it "For Sunday Use Only." I shall
put the old gilt star away along with other relics
of the past, and decorate the top of this year's
Christmas tree with a cut of Napoleon, and send my
friends cards with snappy drawings of Pershing,
Caesar, and Alexander, with a few long shots of the
battle of the Marae or the sinking of the Maine.
When Santa Claus comes in, I shall snap to atten
tion with a stiff military salute, and cry out "Heil,
Hitler," or words to that effect. And we shall close
the evening with a few old friends gathered around
the piano singing "Just Before the Battle, Mother"
and "There's Something About a Soldier."
I am so glad to have learned these things, so
that I can keep up with the times. Away with musty
and shopworn traditions, down with the hollow sen
timents of yesterday! Let our motto be henceforth
"In God We Trust; All Others Cash."
G. H. A.
Methodist Stand
On War and Peace.
(Tins is the first of a series of national and re
gional church resolutions and declarations in regard
to questions pertaining to war and peace. Starting
with the Methodist stand, because a large percent
age of the student population on this campus is
Methodist, the Nebraskan will publish in the Stu
dent Pulse column statements from campus church
groups.)
TO THE EDITOR:
The following statements are quotations from
t!. 1932 Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal
church pertaining to the subject of war and peace:
"The Methodist Episcopal church stands for
equal rights and complete justice for all men in all
stations of life. . . . We beiieve in making the social
and spiritual ideals of Jesus our test for community
as well as for individual life; in strengthening and
deepening the inner personal relationship of the in
dividual with God, and recognizing his obligation
and duty to societ3'. This is crystallized in the two
commandments of Jesus: Love thy God' and 'Love
thy neighbor. Translating this ideal. . . . into inter
national relations (it) means: Discouragement of
all propaganda tending to mislead peoples in their
international relations or to create prejudice; the re
placement of selfish imperialism by such disinterest
ed treatment of backward nations as to contribute
the maximum to the welfare of each nation and of
all the world; the abolition of military armaments
by all nations except for an international police
force; that the Church of Christ as an institution
shall be used for the prevention and abolition of
war; a permanent association of the nations for
world peace and good will, the outlawry of war, and
the settlement of all differences between nations by
conference, arbitration or by international court."
(Paragraph 561, Social Creed of the Church.) "All
international disputes should be settled by judicial
process and war should be outlawed as a world
crime. War is unchristian and indefensible." (Para
graph 567.)
f ... We believe it to be the duty of the
churches to give moral support to those Individuals
who hold conscientious scruples against participa
tion in military training or military service."
"We petition the government of the United
States to grant to members of the Methodist Episco
pal church who may be conscientious objectors to
war the same exemption from military service as
has long been granted to members of the Society of
Friends and other similar religious organizations.
Similarly, we petition all educational institutions
which require military training to excuse from such
training any student belonging to the Methodist
Episcopal church who has conscientious scruples
against it"
"... and further to plead tor the abolition of
compulsory military service in countries where it is
now required." (Paragraph 52.)
Lyle A. Rolefsen,
Pres., Methodist Student Council,
University of Nebraska.
Dr. Harry Kurt, Romance Lan
guages Chairman, Addresses
Phi Beta Kappa Meeting;
Discusses Modern Theater.
(Continued from Page 1.)
Ins; music. There hve been. TT!ny
attempts st simultaniety or the
combination of personalities in the
modern theater.
"But these trends all depend on
the expression of subconscious
thought, and the spoken word Is
not enough to carry out this pur
pose." commented Dr. Kurz. "By
the use of some machinery, such as
the talkie now, we rosy be able
to attain these two alms of the
modern theater in the future, but
to the state of unrest now, it is not
possible," he continued.
In answering the questions asked
him at the conclusion of his talk.
Dr. Kurt stated that the French
theater is non -commercial and that
thr Fys do not reach the perfec
tion of tnose produced over here.
ROBBERS TAKE $29
FROM PHI MU HOUSE
Members Believe Theft
Occurred at Time of
Chapter Meeting.
Four members of Phi Mu soror
ity were the victims of thieves woo
entered the sorority house at 1520
R street between 6 and 9 o'clock
Monday evening and obtained J 19
from their purses. Members of
the sorority believe the theft oc
curred while they were in chapter
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meeting. Entrance to the house
apparently was made thru a rear
door which was unlocked at the
time.
Victims of the robbery were
Mary Virginia Brown, Ruth Pyle.
Leah Nelson, and Alice Standeven.
CMANTS
BY CHANCE.
A vocal quartette consisting of
Vera Upton, soprano; Parvin
Witte, tenor; Charlotte Hullhorst
Hummel, contralto, and Hermann
Decker, baritone; assisted by Edith
Burllngim Ross, pianist, will pre
sent the eighth musical convoca
tion this afternoon at four o'clock
in the Temple theater. They will
sing Cadman's "Morning of the
Sear." The public is invited.
Paul Althouse, leading tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera company,
assisted by Ph'lllp Gordon, pianist,
presented the second concert of
the current season before members
of the Lincoln Clvlo Music associa
tion Monday evening at 8t. Paul's
M. E. church. For years Mr. Alt
house has occupied an eminent
position among the celebrated
tenors of the world: but If his re
cent performance here Is an Indi
cation of his merit, it would seem
as though he were slipping. The
two distinct qualities In his tone
production did not Illustrate a
flawless Interpretation of his selec
tions. Although the program was
composed of works by such artists
as Handel, Schubert, Strauss,
Mana-Zucca, Ernest Charles, Jes
sie Moore Wise, Easthope Martin,
Jacques Wolfe and Deems Taylor,
the compositions were not well
known, and the choice of the selec
tions was too similar. Being a
grand opera singer, it was rather
disappointing that the artist sang
but two arles, the programmed "O
P a r a d I s o" from Meyerbeer's
L'Africana," a n d an aria from
Wagner's "Die Walkure" as an en
core. Mr. Cordon, a pupil of Ernst
von Dohnanyi, played two compo
sitions by the Hungarian master,
The pianist's Interpretation of his
solos was better than his accom
panying, as he didn't always quite
hit the same notes Mr. Althouse
sang. However, both artists were
generous with encores, giving six
in all. The singers rendition or
two negro songs was convincing
and the large audience received
the concert graciously.
Carl Frederick Steckelberg ana
Mrs. Steckelberg gave a violin and
piano recital over KFAB yester
day. Former students of Mr.
Steckelberg, Mr. and Mrs. F. Val-
lette Hill, have been most success
ful in the leadership of the music
department at the Nebraska School
of Agriculture at curtis. xney
have organized a chorus of 120
voices, a 30 piece band and orches
tra in addition to quartettes and
octets.
Over the recent holidays, stu
dents from the school of music
have been unusually occupied with
public appearances. Helen Luhrs,
student with Emanuel Wishnow,
accompanied by Marion Munn,
student with Earnest Harrison, ap
peared on the program given by
the Railway Mail club Friday aft
ernoon. Paul Schlife, student with
Clemens Novlus, sang several
songs for the Carrie Jacobs Bond
program of the Bethany Woman's
club recently. Helen Hewit sang
Thursday afternoon on the stu
dent recital given In the Temple
theater, and Marjorie Thomas en
tertained for the 81 club Monday
evening. They are students with
Mary Hall Thomas. Irene Rem-
mers and Margaret Klmmel were
Initiated Tuesday into Mu Phi
Epsilon and Miss Klmmel accom
panied by Miss Remmers sang for
the musicale which followed the
initiation. Lu Ganzel was soloist
recently at the Warren M. E.
church and Sylvia Cole Diers, so
prano, appeared on the program of
the Elks memorial exercises last
Sunday morning.
at 5 o'clock In U hall room 8.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Hobby Group.
Dramatic hobby group will meet
Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p. m.
Home Ec Association.
Home Economics association will
have the group picture for the
Cornhusker taken Wednesday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock at the Campus
studio.
Nu-Med Banquet
All pre-meds who desire to at
tend the Nu-Med banquet Wednes
day, Dec. 5. 1934. must have pur
chased their Nu-Med membership
from Dr. Wade, Besaey hall, before
that time.
Peace Club.
Peace club will meet in the Tem
ple -Wednesday -evening at 8
o'clock. There will be a debate on
a pertinent subject. Anyone inter
ested is invited to attend.
Lutheran Students.
Lutheran students will meet for
Bible class with Rev. Mr. Erck
Wednesday night at 7 p. m. in
room 205 Temple building.
Barb Council.
There will be a meeting of the
Barb council Wednesday afternoon
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Gamma Alpha Chi.
Gamma Alpha Chi will meet
Thursday evening at 7:30 at Ellen
Smith hall. All members must be
present.
Art Club.
The art club will meet Wednes
day evenlug at 6:30 in Morrill
Hall.
Sophomore Commission.
Sophomore commission will meet
at o'clock Wednesday, Dec. 5, in
the southwest room of Ellen Smith
hall.
ROBERT AYTON, 31,
LEAVES FOR TULSA
Chemistry Grad to Work
For Mid Continettt Oil
Company,
News reports of university grad
uates reveal that Robert Ayton,
chemistry grad in '31, left Satur
day for Tulsa, Okla., where he will
be a chemist for the Mid Continent
Oil company.
Herman Kich, who graduated in
1933 with a masters degree in
chemistry, and who was also a
captain in the university R. O.
T. C, is company commander of a
CCC camp at Ely, Minn. In a let
ter to Prof. C J. Frankforter of
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Abashkin, Brown Return
From Soil Survey Work
B. J. Abashkln and Dr, , L. A.
Brown have each completed a soil
survey of Loup and Hayes coun
ties and have now returned to the
conservation and survey depart
ment of the university to write up
their reports. Dr. E. H. Tyner who
is working on a soil survey of
Gosper county will return soon.
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