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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
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Jack Fischer Editor-in-chief
MANAGING EDITORS
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NEWS EDITORS
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Arnold Lavln Johnston Snipes
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Big Business Looks
At Education.
gEIXG a college editor has many amusing
angles. For instance it is quite an experi
ence to open the mail in the morning and note
the amount of propaganda which is received
from various agencies for use in the editorial
or news columns.
Of course this material is not labelled
propaganda nor is a request made that it be
used. Instead we are informed that here is an
interesting opinion by famous Mr. So-and-so
or here are some startling facts and statistics
concerning some vital problem. Now these
may possibly be of interest to the paper or its
readers and if so, we are at liberty to use them
as we see fit.
Such was the offer made concerning a
letter written by W. S. Farish, chairman of
the Standard Oil board of directors, which ap
peared in "The Lamp," official publication of
the Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
copies of which evidently were sent to college
editors throughout the nation.
Mr. Farish 's article is "Education A
Foundation for Business," in which he sets
forth his ideas of what American educational
principles should be. It is ostensibly a reply
to an inquiry by a Standard Oil stockholder
concerning the objects of education today.
Says Mr. Farish in opening:
"You raise an interesting and important
question when you ask what aims or objec
tives should be emphasized in the schools and
colleges of the United States."
This, of course, is true from almost any
point of view. But from that of "big busi
ness" of which the Standard Oil company is
but one representative and one mouthpiece, the
statement implies much more than the mere
words indicate, for in the process of educa
tion big business sees a fertile field in which
to sow its seeds of propaganda.
It is therefore very interesting to note
that many ot Mr. Farish s fundamental con
cepts of education coincide remarkably we
with those ideas which bit? business would
have implanted upon the young and pliable
student mind. And it is still more interesting
to observe the paradoxes existing in the set
of principles he sets forth.
Foremost among these aims set down by
.Mr. ransli is that ot individual initiative stun
ulated by the profit motive and free from regi
mentation. In other words "go to it but mak
sure you get plenty in return, and everybody
nanus on while you re getting vours.
Then a little later he says. "I believe that
the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule
are changeless as truth itself that they and
the other fundamentals of living I have at
tempted to describe are just as true today as
they were nineteen centuries ago and will be
centuries hence. '
IJere is a strange combination ! Imagine
if you can, the profit motive, the Golden Rule
and the Commandments brothers in the same
set of ideals. It appears somewhat incon
sistent.
The profit motive originally was all richt
But big business, after choosing it for its cor
nerstone, allowed the profit motive to expand
far beyond limits of reason, so that it became
the way and the light which stifled individua
enterprise, swept the small and independent
concern largely from existence, and created a
society of hired men.
Somewhat inimical this appears to the
Golden Rule of brotherly love and share-the-
wealth which is our Biblical and Sunday schoo
heritage. Of course it is quite possible that
Mr. Farish in speaking of the Golden Rule
was referring to the Golden Rule of big busi
ness which stated briefly is "Do the other fcl
low before he doeth you."
As the Daily Texan remarks, "Mr. Far
ish's article brings to mind the old savins
about strange bedfellows. It is tvpical that
there should be strange ideas thrown together
in propaganda articles the teachings of the
Bible on the one hand, and the law of the Sur
vival of the Fittest on the other. Thev are not
the same law, but parts of both are included
so the teachings of the latter will seem holy."
AVar has been declared on big business by
the present administration. This of course is
not very agreeable to such organizations as
Mr. Farish 's Standard Oil company because
the conflict reveals some very astounding facts
which make people wonder if they are not be
ing deceived. Now this unpleasant situation
might be checked if the rising generation could
be reached in some manner and the hallowed
principles of individual initiative and the
profit motive, free from regimentation, in
stilled in their eager minds. Therefore a mes
sage is prepared for youth and with its ulterior
purposes supposedly concealed, it is p'aced in
the hands of the collegiate press.
Mr. Farish does make some good points in
his article but he makes the mistake of letting
his object outshine his message. "Whatever it
was the Standard Oil company intended to set
college students thinking about through Mr.
Farish 's letter, would appear to require a dif
ferent vehicle for dissemination. The college
press has no intention of becoming a transmit
ter of propaganda.
COUNCIL GRANTS
BALLY POWERS TO
STUDENT GROUPS
(Continued from Pa&e 1.)
student union building; were not
very bright since no more govern
ment loans were being granted at
the present time.
Hill Reads Letter.
President Hill read a letter from
the National Student federation
which invited the Nebraska coun
cil to become a member and to
have representatives present at the
organization conference in Decem
ber. Frank Landia moved that the
council adopt a resolution condemn
ing the Lincoln Journal for recent
publication of pledge llsU before
release by the Interfraternity
council. After discussion it was
decided to refer the matter to a
committee before taking any ac
tion. Hill appointed Faith Arrold,
Marylu Petersen, and Bill Marsii
to look into the matter.
President Hil) announced that
two vacancies are open in the
council by Franklin Meyer and
Lawrence Beckman. Since the
council ruled last spring that va
cancies are to be filled by the fao
tion the replaced member belonged
to. Hill urged that the Progressive
faction make the replacements im
mediately and warned that it
must be done before the next
council meeting.
Permanent committees which
have been appointed to serve for
the following year yere announced,
They are as follows: Migrations
committee; Mary Yoder, chairman,
Sancha Kilbourn, Walter Blum,
and T. E. Schoeni. Organizations:
Eleanor Clizbe, chairman, Eliza
beth Buahee, Bill Newcomer, and
Eleanor McFadden. Judiciary com
mittee; Sancha Kilbourn. Book-
'Lst Times TODAY Jean Arthur "Public
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of Jericho Felll
store: Virginia Selleck, chairman,
Frank Landis, Jean Walt, and
Vance Lelninger. Eig Six confer
ence committee: Marylu Petersen,
chairman, Mary Yoder, Jack
Fischer. Publicity committee; Ar
nold Levin, Bob Bulger, Marjorie
Bannister, Margaret Phillipe. Ath
letic board: Burr Ross. Rally com
mittee member: Arnold Levin.
Forums and convocations: Bill
Marsh, chairman, Jean Doty, Jack
Fischer, Kathleen Hassler. Eligi
bility: Jean Walt, chairman, Vin
cent Jacobsen, Elizabeth Moomaw,
Melvin Heins. Senior class commit
tee: Arnold Levin, chairman; Lor
raine Hitchcock, Jim Heldt, Burr
Ross. Junior class committee: Jane
Keefer, Bill Newcomer, co-chairmen;
Marylu Petersen, Vance
Lelninger.
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land, gliding from there has been
stopped by the courts.
If all the land in the world were
equally divided, each person would
receive approximately 18 acres.
Women are never half as vain as
they are vain enough to think men
think they are.
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RAMBLINGS
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by
Rob Laurens
This is not primarily a movie
column, nor is it intended to be a
movie guide, but the temptation to
comment on the Stuart's current
offering, "Anna Karenina," is too
great to be resisted. Without mak
ing any attempt to compare it
with Tolstoy's novel, one can only
say that this is one of the pictures
that steps out and away from the
mass of filmland productions and
utilizes to a promising extent the
potentialities of the medium.
From a directorial standpoint it
is certainly a triumph, its faults
fading before its achievements.
There is a detailed thoroness, a
genuineness all too rare in most
attractions. Strikingly realistic in
portrayal and effects, it still is not
offensive in its realism. The great
est objection would be that per
haps it is a little too smooth, verg
ing on the mechanistic.
From the acting standpoint it
seems best to pass lightly over the
performance of Frederic March,
hoping that he will redeem him
self in the future, but fearing that
possibly tiie surplus accumulating
around his waistline has also taken
into its embrace that bit of burning
torment that makes a character
ization live and breath rather than
merely move thru apparently
meaningless lines and situations.
His performance lacks sincerity,
sensitiveness, and depth, and when
these things are noticeable only
by their absence we must pause
and weep. But are there, perhaps,
'wheels withm wheels ?
Greta Garbo is excellent. The
power, the minute details of her
interpretation, they all give the
impression of being unconscious,
of coming naturally from a living
person. Her silences speak, her
smallest gestures carry with them
the thoughts of the person. And
this is very seldom science, being
usually attributed to the little
Known quantity, art.
Basil Rathbone gives a very con
vincing protrayal, without the
usual impression, of indifference
that the word often conveys. The
suggestion of the man concealed
behind the outward shell is some
thing effective and convincing in
his hands, but in the hands of a
lesser actor would evoke the cry
of that portion of the pig usually
hung in meathouses to cure.
Freddie Bartholomew is good, but
not equalling his performance in
the recent Dickens adaptation.
The dialogue was only fair,
probably the weakest part of the
whole, lacking as it was in re
straint and smiling slightly toward
ye burning melodrama." But per
haps the writers had just written
vehicle. The ending was some
what unsatisfactory but excusable
in view of the questions evoked
and the existing imitations.
Greta Garbo, no matter what
various opinions may be, is still
one of the screen's greatest ac
tresses. Even above the rather
too scientific planning of the pro
duction, her performance was that
of a dramatic artist. She has re
ceived more than her shaxe of
ridicule, unfavorable publicity and
adverse public criticism but still
sets her personal life aside as her
own. Often the nature of the ridi
cule reflected more on those ridi-
uling her than on her, but this
consolation seems a bit lacking in
full-bodied flavor when a sincere
performance ia drowned out in de
risive laughter. In a community
where the majority devotes Itself
to losing tne person in the artistic
efflorescence o: pseudo-individu
ality, she still ''mains a person
and a very definite one.
The theater in Germany, once
famous for its superior achieve'
ments, under the loving care of the
Hitler has become a woebegone
shadow of its former self. Rea
sons, of course, are many and
varied and can be considered bet
ter as contributing factors. Race
discrimination, delineation of Ary
ans and non-Aryans, are undoubt
edly influential. The one really
efficient producer left in Berlin
now, Gustaf Gruendgens, would be
excluded were it not for a divorce
some years ago from a 50 percent
Aryan wife.
The polite voice of the govern
men! also aids in the selection of
actors, being very regretful when
war veterans or party members
are still unemployed after produc
tlon schedules are completely ar
ranged. This may be very con
siderate, but the people of the
theater at times show an annoying
lack of fine discrimination in their
choice of race, creeds, and their
very beings, also in their refusal
to be more numerous. There is a
quaint idea current among such
circles that one should accept them
for what they are and thank God
for them.
The results in Germany of de
parture from this are rather strik
ing. Of those who maintain that
the alms of present Germany are
or tne future" are correct, then
I fear that those poor individuals
who find themselves completely
engrossed in such impractical
things as the interpretation of life
will be treated with an indulgent
smile, as one would heed a way
ward child.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
BarL Mass Meeting.
Barb men will meet en masse in
Social Science auditorium Thurs
day, Sept. 26, at 7:30. All unaffili
ated men please be present.
Corn Cob, Tassels.
All Corn Cobs and Tassels are
requested to. be at Freshman con
vocation at 10:50, Thursday morn
ing in the coliseum.
Phi Chi Theta.
There will be a meeting of Phi
Chi Theta, Thursday evening at 7
o clock in Ellen Smith hall.
China? Answer: The first authen
tic literature about chess comes
from the Arabs and Hebrews about
the eleventh century. It w also
known to the Mohammedan na
tions but the game probably orig
inated in India. From there it
spread to Persia and was carried
by the Arab conquerors into
Europe.
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