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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1935.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Daily Nebraskan
ta!lon A, Llnooln. Nebraska.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVER8ITV OP NEBRASKA
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MANAGING EDITORS
Irwin Ryan Virginia Sallec
NEWS EDITORS
Frad Nicklaa Arnold Lavlm
Sancha Kllbourn '! W?'
Marylu Pataraen Woman' Bdlter
Dorthaa Fulton ' " er
Loralna Campbell Ft.hir. Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Richard Schmidt '"'"a Manaoar
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Truman Obarndorf Bob Shallenperg Bobart Funw
The Daily Nebraskan t the student puWics
Hon of the University of Nebraska, and as aiicfc
attempt f express the best opinion of the student
body. While it vieus may sometimes coincide
with those of the administration, they are not to
be taken ai hating either it$ approval or disap
proval. An Issue for
Student Decision.
WTTH the announcement Saturday that formal ap
plication for a Nebraska student union building
la being prepared for submission to PWA authorities
early this week, the union building committee moves
a step nearer its much-to-be-deatred goal. Actual
filing of the application, It is understood, will auto
matically bring the matter before the Btate board
for consideration when Nebraska's share of the
huge public works grant Is allotted to specific pro
jects. Filing of the application, however, only opens
the door for consideration of the project. The entic
ing visions which have lured a few ambitious stu
dents into accepting the labors of a Hercules are
still far from reality. Much work remains to be
done, both on the campus and with the PWA board,
and but little time remains for It. Developments of
the next two or three weeks will probably seal the
fate of the union building one way or the other.
It is a gigantic task which the union committee
has shouldered and a task It cannot hope to suc
cessfully complete without the support of the stu
dent body as a whole. Some few cases of criticism
against the union building. criticism not unex
pectedhave popped Into the foreground during the
past two weeks. The Nebraskan is inclined to dis
miss these as the mutterings of more or less dis
gruntled students who have not foresight or vision
enough to appreciate the multifold uses to which the
building would be put for the benefit of the entire
student body.
The case of the Nebraska Blue Print which at
tacked the project somewhat viciously, we choose to
regard as unrepresentative of the public-spirited
students who comprise the engineering college. En
gineering students would enjoy equal and mutual
benefits from the building with other students.
Criticism has also been made of the proposed
compulsory union tax which may be necessary. In
answer to this, it may be stated that the benefits in
comfort and convenience which the student would
reap Individually, would in themselves more than
justify the fee. It Is furthermore quite possible that
the financial saving effected by patronizing the used
book store which the union building will no doubt
house, will approach the amount of the fee.
It might also be mentioned that there is a
strong possibility that only a very small tax will be
necessary if Nebraska students will get behind the
plan wholeheartedly and build up a strong case for
the union.
Students will have an opportunity to further the
union cause this week when more than two hundred
petitions will be circulated about the campus seek
ing their support. Petitions will also be posted on
bulletin boards In the major buildings on the
campus. Somewhat more than a thousand signers
have been secured to date. This number must be
at least tripled if Nebraska is to have a union build
ing. It is not at all improbable that the success
which attends these petitions may be the decisive
factor for or against the union building in the final
reckoning with PWA authorities.
The Nebraskan is not willing to believe that stu
dents here do not want a union building yet it seems
that a shot in the arm is needed to open their eyes,
rouse them from the lethargy that has so long
claimed them, and spur them Into action. Once es
tablished, the union building would eliminate much
of the disinterest and apathy which today makes
for a decentralized and disorganized student body,
and would furnish the nucleus about which a univer-sity-mlnded
undergraduate body would exist.
Tt Is the duty of every loyal and public-spirited
Nebraska student who looks to the advancement of
his alma mater to step out of the masses this week
and pledge his support to this worthy cause. It la
to be hoped that Nebraska students taken sufficient
pride In this school to push the union building pro
posal over the top with such force that no doubt re
mains as to their determination.
The Nebraskan can only say "God speed the
venture."
Browsing
A nut Kg The
Books
Or
Weldon Kee.
During the past few years revolutionary
tendencies in American literature have made tre
mendous gains. The charge that few excellent nov
el portraying working clasa conditions have ap
peared so far may be explained by the comparative
recency f the movement, and by the muddled and
bigoted state of Marxian critic. Altho auch promi
nent contemporary winters as Theodore Dreiaer,
John Dos Pasta, Albert Hatper, Erskine Caldwell,
. and Sherwood Andt-rson take the side of the worker,
and oppose capitalism. It can scarcely be said that
they ara "revolutionary" writers to the fin aensa
that Granville Hicks and other Communist critic
are demanding.
Two novels stand out head-and-aboulders above
such proletarian works as Mike Gold's "Jews With
out Money," Anderson's "Beyond Desire." and F"ield
tng Burke's "Call Home the Heart." Those two
txtfika are Tba Disinherited" by Jack Conroy, and
he Land cf Plenty" ty Robert CantweH. Ob the
msrlt of his first book, Conroy received capitalistic
gold in the form of a Guggenheim fellowship about
a month ago. Cantweii is writing articles zor - van
ity Fair," which the Communists denounce as a
decadent publication for the haute monde, and a
magazine tor which no decent party member would
write.
Member of the Communist paVty are acting in
their customary damnfool manner: If Conroy can
gat (2,500 from Capital while writing about the ex
ploitation of American laborers, he should get some
sort of medal struck off expressly for such Wonder
Worker. And if Cantweii can have his say In the
shinypaper "Vanity Fair" about demagogs and such,
hi remark will do far more good there than in the
Nsw Masse and like publications, which reach in
the main only the already-convinced.
Jack Conroy' new novel, "A World to Win,"
published this week by Covlcl-Friede, ioes not quite
come off. In reviewing a second novel, a reviewer
ha the choice of saying that "It fulfills the rich
promise set by his first work," or that "In the light
of hi first rich offering, the second book is frankly
disappointing." I am in somewhat of a funk, for
Conroy' "A World to Win" doesn't lend itself read
ily to either of these much-used phrases. It was un
fortunate for Conroy that "The Disinherited" was
so fine a book: he will have some little trouble In
writing another half so good.
"A World To Win" tells of two half-brothers,
one an aesthete, the other a worker. Both might
have had a chance to make something of themselves,
but their environment knocks them down time after
time. It ia only in tho closing passage of the book
that they seem to reach some sort of goal and even
it sms nebulous and transitory. "I'm gonna try
t'tell ever Hvln' soul what I found out," says Leo
to his brother. "We got f get these factories back
and open 'em up, and we gotta get these fields and
orchards raisin' eats fer the hungry people. But
the only one way f do it. That's take 'em and
run em." ! And his brother is convinced. "It is
good to be here, thought Robert It will be good
to move. My body and my mind have been numbing
from disuse, like a foot planted on the floor too long.
It will be fcood to feel the blood tingling and circu
lating once moore."
"A World To Win" should prove satisfactory to
critics who have complained that revolutionary
writers sacrifice truth to deal out propaganda. Con
roy' capitalists are not "Legreesque" villains that
reek of sadism: his proletarians are no idealistic
little Rollos with Hearts of Gold. Conroy in his na
turalism Is the closest thing to Zola that we have
In this country. He writes with vigor and with un
derstanding. His people are oftentimes brutal, sav
age, corrupt and degenerate, and he can be as hor
rific aa William Faulkner ever thought of being.
And he has shown suffering and starvation and
cruelty that exist In good measure In the Land of
the Free and the Home of the Brave, things that
the fatuous Dr. Hoover caiefully overlooked when
he made that immortal statement, "You can't tell
me that anyone is going hungry in this country."
Yes we can, Herble.
Politics, Parties
And
Platforms
Editor's Note. This is the conclusion of the
article on the program of the Socialist party and
its relation with college youth. This article, the
fourth In a series on the programs of the major
political parties, is written by Norman Thomas
and Joseph P. Lash.
rpHERE are three major considerations which
should govern the student's decision with whom
he should line up: his prospects for employment
under capitalism; hU fate and lot as a creative
worker under capitalism; the certainty of war un
der any capitalistic government. Let us take these
in turn.
(1) Employment: the Hoover committee on the
costs of medical care stated two things bluntly
that the general public was not receiving adequate
medical care because it could not afford it; that the
majority of doctors were not making a livelihood.
It further indicated that there is not a glut of phy
sicians by any manner of means, but an undercon
sumption of medical services because of lack of
purchasing power. This same analysis holds good
for every professional worker and artist. The ex
tent of illiteracy demonstrates the great need for
teachers, yet there are unemployed teachers. The
building of schools, houses, libraries, bridges, dams,
roads is needed all over the country, yet there are
scores of unemployed architects, engineers and tech
nicians of every character. Unemployment is the
fate that awaits many students under capitalism.
(2) But suppose he does get a job. Then he dis
covers that, if he is a journalist or a teacher, he
cannot speak or write the truth, but must exprets
the viewpoint of the dominant class. If he is an
architect or engineer, he will discover that not tech
nical consideration or those of health and comfort
must govern his draft and construction, but the
dictates of profit. Every profession and art undfr
capitalism is blighted by the green stain of profits.
And finally the student mutt realize that if he
chooses capitalist society, he Is choosing war. Kor
capitalist natiorus beget surpluses which must be
sold abroad. The United States now is engaged in
a bitter economic struggle with Japan for the po
tentially huge Chinese market So bitter is this
struggle and so likely ia it to end in mar. that capi
talist America is ready to ally even with soviet Rus
sia in the coming war against Japan.
How else shall we interpret the Poosevelt mili
tary budgets, the provocative maneuvers in the Pa
cific, the establishment of air bases in the Pacific,
but as preparations for that war with Japan ? Only
the adaptation of production to consumption within
our country win obviate the need for such an imrx-r-iallstic
war. But uch an adaptation is possible only
under socialism. Unemployment, war, perverted
professional careers are the lot of students if the
two capitalist parties continue in power. Abundanre
and the good life are the lot of tudiits in a soarty
democratically run by workers, consumers and tech
nicians. Today the issue is clearer than it has ever been.
The student cannot stall. He must align himself
immediately, on hi own campus, with the Student
League for Industrial Democracy which 1 dedicated
to a sew social order la which production win be for
use and not for profit In politic the student must
throw In his lot not with the parties of a disintegrat
ing capitalism: not with the demagogues who, per
haps unconsciously, ape the earlier Mussolini and
Hitler in their appeal, not so much to workers as to
little owners, but with those who are building the
Ce-cperatJve Commonwealth based on planned pro
duction for u, not profit.
That is the Socialist Appeal
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Courteiy Lincoln Journal.
ANNE LORRAINE
TICKET. HITCHCOCK.
UNIVERSITY CADETS PRE
PARE FOR REGIMENTAL
INSPECTION.
(Continued from Page 1.)
130 men in advanced drill and
they have now exactly doubled
their number. He praises the co
operation of all university depart
ments with the military depart
ment, and pavs tribute to the stu
dent attitude toward military work
as well as to student courtesy
toward instructors.
"University authorities have
their wishes carried out," he re
marks, "without trouble and pro
test by the students. Inspecting
officers often comment on the
courtesy of the cadets for their su
perior officers at Nebraska. It is
no boot licking." says the Colonel,
"but just common courtesy."
Although this is the year for
Colonel Oury's retirement the
board of regents and Chancellor
Burnett have requested that he be
retained another year on active
duty. He would like to stay even
longer than that he says, with a
smile.
It was back in the Colonel's stu
dent days that Pershing Rifles had
its beginning at Nebraska. Char
les A. Elliott, now of Chicago, was
commanding the Varsity Rifles in
1595, when that group became the
Pershing Rifles. It was named
for the man who was then in com
mand of cadets and first lieutenant
of cavalry, who received his de
gree of bachelor of laws at the
university, and later became Gen
eral Pershing of the American
forces.
Twenty-three Chapters.
Now twenty-three companies dot
the United States with the name
of the World war general. This
year four new ones have been
added: At the University of Ak
ron, the University of Cincinnati,
Michigan A. and M. and the Uni
versity of Maryland. National
headquarters remain at Nebraska,
with Tom Naughtin of Omaha, a
student in the University, as
major general. Cadets find a rig
orous tryout and examination
barring their way into the Rifles.
From the test results they are
chosen by the company for mem
bership in this honorary society of
basic course cadets. Jack Wick
strom, Omaha, was honored recent
ly with the Pershing medal as be
ing a former Persr-'ag Rifleman
most outstanding in the advanced
military course.
"Compet" as a student knows it
or rather annual competition anil
and final examination in military
science, closes the wofk of cadets
on Wednesday afternoon. May 29.
Then 13 companies will compete
for nonors in military penorm
ance. It takes the nature of a
half holiday from classes, but no
holiday from work. Each battal
ion of the university unit has its
own tent to set up on the "Flats."
Orders, boots, drills and march
ing will again be much in evidence.
Apain there will he the tests of
military knowledge and ability to
put it into practise. Just as last
year the company sponsors, who
are popular university women stu
dents, serve lemonade at the tents
to the warm and weary cadets. It
required 400 gallons of lemonade
to quench the cadet thirst a year
ago, and the amount will have to
be increased this time, say the
drink-makers sadly.
OPERA COMPANY
TO SING 'AIDA' IN
COLISEUM MAY 6
(Continued from Page l.i
"Aida." which will be presented ia
English, rather than the original
Italian, for the tnefit of thoae not
acquainted with the opera, are
Teodor Lovich, of the Chicago
Grand opera, who will sing the
part of the "king;" Kathryn
Browne, of the Chicago Civic op
era, who will give the role of
"Amneris;" and James Wolfe, of
the Metropolitan opwa, who will
appear in the role of "KamphiB."
Marceila Laux will tke ibe part
of the "Hifrh Priestess." one of the
two minor roles that will be ung
by local musicians, according to
Mr. Kirkpatiick. The tenor part
of a messenger will be sung by
Parvin Witte, instructor of voice
and director of the glee club. Mem
bers of the unh-ersity football
team will be bp en in th roles of
jrunrds in the production and mT;
ters of the tjKnd. under the direc
tion of Billy Quick will take part
in the Triumphal march.
University atudmt will corn
pone toe chorus and the orches
tra. A group of students of Flaiia
Waters Charope will take part
the ballet
Clarence E. Cramer, well known
Chicago producer, mill have the
performance under his personal
supervision, cringing rrom v-ni-cago
all the necessary equipment
with the Festival opera company,
Including elaborate scenery, gorg
eous costumes, ana an me various
paraphernalia required to stage it
in a complete and elaborate man
ner.
GASOLENE
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HOLM'S
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COUNCIL SUBMITS
PWA APPLICATION
TOR UNION FUNDS
(Continued from Page 1.)
an advantage. We feel that both
projects are very worthwhile and
should be supported by everyone,
because the benefits derived would
extend to every registered student
in the university," Miss Selleck
stated.
Jack Fischer, chairman of the
union committee, added, "There
might be some hesitation concern
ing signing the union petition be
cause of the compulsory fee paid
at registration, not exceeding
three dollars ($3.00) per semester
...'This fee is not definitely set
because it depends entirely upon
the federal grant It might be aa
low as $1.50, but absolutely no
more than $3.00. We find that the
student union fee at schools that
have such buildings averages m.du
per semester."
r'lmiintnra are to be advised
that petitions are available at the
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Dally weDrasaan once aim buuuiu
be turned in immediately after be
lne completely filled out at the
same office.
Eleven Students Obtain
Teaching Jobs in State
Eleven university students and
former students have receivad
tenrhin? nositions durine the week.
Bprnrdinir to the department of ed
ucational service, nermao aiiuci-
son, Lincoln goes to North Bend;
Klsie Beschorner. Lincoln, to Hen
derson; Jeanette Bisset, York, to
Pawnee City; Wendell Dodd, Bel
irrflde. to Fairmont as superintend
nt- h R Grow. Loud Citv. to
Lexington as superintendent; Ma
bel McGinnis. Alvo, to Union;
Ruth I. Peterson. Fullerton, to
North Platte: Junior high; Paul
Folmantier, Omaha, Norfolk junior
hirh: Elton Reinmiiier, tiiue nm.
to Scribner; Grace Schroeder, Fair
hurv. to Tekamah: and J. P
Weisensee. Tekamah, to Onawa,
Iowa.
phi Lambda Upsllon.
An imnnrtant business meeting
of Phi Lambda Upsllon will be held
next Tuesday evening, my i, m
Room 102 of Chemistry nail at
7:30 o'clock.
Corn Cobs.
irwtinn of Corn Cob officers
will be held in Room 8 of U. hall
Wednesday evening at 7:30. Ev
eryone must be there.
ARMY OFFICIALS
ASSIGN SPOERRY
TO PANAMA POST
(Continued from Page 1.)
R. O. T. C. instructors at any one
point.
Captain spoerry s array career
so far ha taken him to Oregon
A crrlmHitrnl rnllpp-e. Fort Wrlsrht.
Washington, Alcatraz, Philippines,
China, Fort Douglas, Ariz., ron,
Bennlng, Ga., and Fort Crook. This
will be his first period of service
in Pimn He has been in the
service since 1917, before which he
was in the national guard ror a pe
riod of eleven years.
Transfer will be effective at the
close of the present semester.
Members of Captain Spoerry's
family who will go with him to
Panama are his wife, a daughter,
Barbara, who has been connected
with tho French department this
year, and a son, Phillip. Another
son, Jack, is now stationed with
the R. O. T. C. at Fort Benning,
Ga.
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