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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1935.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Ntbraik.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
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We Hope It's
Not a Precedent
CONTRARY to the wishes of certain parties
-who figured in the refusal of Nebraska
to accept an invitation to play in the New
Orleans Sugar Bowl contest, students and the
general public are still not satisfied with the
explanation given for Nebraska's sudden de
mise as a prospect for the New Year s Day
encounter. It is the wish of some that the as
sertion that Nebraska never had the real bid
to the classic be accepted as true, but such
an assertion is as unjustified as it is decep
tive , , ,
The facts of the case are that Nebraska
did get the bid and that sentiment, supposed
to be representative of the faculty altho its
source is rather vague, defeated the approval
of the Sugar Bowl bid here.
" It now appears that while a goodly por
tion of the faculty apparently stands and for
sincere academic reasons behind the decision
as it was made, another group of the faculty
is of a different mind and resents (and right
fully so) any share of the blame which may
have come to rest on the faculty generally as
a result of the Sugar Bowl decision. To these
progressive and Nebraska-minded members
the Nebraskan wishes to apologize for any in
dictment which may have concerned them be
nonoo nf tho o-pneral nature of its rjrevious at
tack; to those strict; interpreters of education
who still live in a by-gone day and whose in
fluence either directly or indirectly was re
sponsible for rejection of the Sugar Bowl bid,
we repeat our previous assertion that the in
terests of the university and the student body
were given a distinct setback.
Downtown business men for obvious rea
sons refuse to be quoted, but disgust with the
refusal of Nebraska to participate in the Sugar
Bowl game is freely expressed. And while the
facts of the case, due to some unprecedented
hushing of the matter so far as the sports press
is concerned, have not reached many Corn
husker fans and followers, they are still won
dering why after three days of lead sport stor
ies on Nebraska's prospects as the Sugar Bowl
choice, the matter suddenly fell thru and the
death comments usually accompanying such
a result were strangely lacking. Could it be
possible that the matter was hushed on pur
pose because those responsible for the situa
tion knew what the inevitable reaction in
Husker sportdom would bet The Nebraskan
is inclined to believe that this is the case.
The incident, of course, is now past and
nothing can be done to rectify the harm done
the university." The danger of the thing lies in
the fact that it may set a foolish precedent.
Schools are not asked to the Sugar Bowl let
alone the Rose Bowl every year. As a result
of our recent refusal, it may be long until we
are again favored with such consideration.
Participation in such contests does not
entail loss of academic prestige or pride. Uni
versities can be capably represented in both
academic and sports worlds simultaneously,
as a glance at the records of the Rose Bowl
selections for the past will indicate. Perhaps
before taking a poke below the belt at foot
ball, its critics should seek to remedy a few
intellectual ills which lie in their own domain.
Football need not be and is not the upper
most thought in the minds of students here.
They seem to remain here for some five and
one-half months while the grid sport is hiber
nating. The Nebraskan feels that football
should be permitted to stand on its own feet,
however, and give the school whatever bene
fit Jt has opportunity to do. It is our sincere
hope, that if Nebraska is ever fortunate
endugh to rate another genuine bid to a clas
sic grid contest, that the forces of hidebound
conservatism will retire in favor of a progres
sive and constructive spirit upon which future
advancement of the university in all fields
most surely lies.
'Pioneering'
In Russia.
Editor's Note This is the last of a series of ex
clusive articles on Youth Movements in Europe writ
tea for The Daily Nebraskan and the Associated
Colleg-iats Press by Jonathan B. Bingham, chair
man of the lale Daily News, who has Just returned
from an extensive tour of the Continent on aa as
signment from the New York Herald-Tribune.
By JONATHAN B. BINGHAM.
" It is extretasly difficult to convey in
words an idea of the spirit of the Russian
youth movement. Although as in Germany
snd Italy the movement is organized from
above, the enthusiasm and friendliness of it
all is even more striking than the prodigious
number of privileges afforded the young peo
ple. To take but one instance, the joie de
Tivre, the interest in everything from fishing
iz America to a Pioneer camp in Russia could
not be in more striking contrast to the harsh
discipline and militarism of a German or Ital
ian camp. .
The Pioneer organization in Soviet Rus
sia is administered by the Young Communist
League, with headquarters in Moscow, but
the grouping is not along military lines as m
the Fascist countries. Instead each factory or
productive unit in a town has its Pioneer
group for the children of its managers, engi
neers, and workers, and the factory operates
itm nwn PimiBAi nmn.
At the same time the Pioneers are elected
in the schools, for the ages are parallel. When
a class first enters a pchool at the age of eight
or nine, it elects from among its own number
those who are considered fit to be Pioneers,
the chief qualification being "good citizen
ship." Thereafter the Pioneers elect others to
their membership, and in some-cases classes
may be 90 or 100 per cent Pioneers before they
finish school. At present there are roughly
9,000,000 Pioneers, or about one-third of all
the boys and girls of such ages.
Although none of the various opportuni
ties offered the young people are restricted
to Pioneers, in the camps, where the facilities
are of necessity limited, the best boys and
girls only are sent, and these are usually near
ly all Pioneers. The camps vary considerably,
from a simple country house, made over for
the purpose and accommodating less than ft
hundred, to well laid out camps for three or
four hundred with cabins and tents and solar
iums and multiple shower-baths.
In the smaller camps Buch as one we saw
in Odessa, the boys and girls were grouped
according to interests, such as botany, fish
ing, work on the wall-newspaper, etc. Where
numbers prevent this, age groups are organ
ized, but in both cases there is a Young Com
munist, trained for the purpose, in charge of
each group of from 12 to 20.
Besides the camps, clubs are provided for
the young people, organized for the purpose
of allowing them to follow out their interests
and for training artists and technicians. In
Kharkov the old Club of the Nobles has been
made over for this purpose, with 280 rooms,
some filled with technical equipment for phy
sics, transportation, aviation, etc., others for
music lessons, still others for reading (one or
two of these sound-proofed for very young
readers-out-loud) and for games. The club has
accommodation for 5,000 boys and girls at a
time.
Then, too, there are sanatoria for the
weak, theaters for children in every city, and
Pioneer stadiums, where all sorts of sports
equipment is provided. Groups of Pioneers
are sent on excursions here and there (we met
twenty Armenians in Leningrad) and thus
have the privilege of travel. Perhaps the most
charming of their activities is the group danc
ing, which one sees taking place at all hours
in the parks, always with nn older boy or girl
on hand to organize and lead.
Obviously some of the institutions that
we saw, notably a magnificent sanatorium and
the club in Kharkov, represent only the ideal,
and there are as yet probably few like them.
Yet one can not but be impressed when the
ideal is so right.
Of course, it must not be forgotten that in
every phase of their activities, the doctrines
and spirit of Communism are being taught the
young, and this is reflected in their unques
tioning enthusiasm. In the words of Comrade
Muskin, chief of the Pioneer Section of the
Young Communist League and hence director
of all Pioneer activities, "We aim to educate
and build communistic society. The young
Pioneers in their camps and clubs are learning
to forget the meaning of private things. They
are learning to hate exploitation in any form.
Their parents and teachers aTe continually pic
turing to them the dark life of former times,
and what will be and must be the way."
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
What We
Really Meetl.
American youth docs not need to hear the
utterances of mealy-mouthed orators, gifted
perhaps with unctuous eloquence, but whose
words are merely those of insidious criticism
which suggest no constructive aim. We do
not want to hear all about the dangers of
fluttering socialistic tendencies in an Kpic
California; we do not want to be warned that
Communistic mutterings are gaining ground.
We do not want to be told again and again
and again that American youth has no chanc
to succeed in this present 6tate of world con
ditions. We do not want to be continuously
told what we may not do. We want to be ad
vised what we can do.
What we really need is busin leaders
with every confidence in the capitalistic sys
tem and in the future who wi'J show those
unversed in economic policy that they are not
being oppressed, as the political demagogues
would have them believe. Yes, what we really
need is the knowledge of the opportunities and
possible openings which now exist and which
are to become a reality with adjusting condi
tions. No amount" of political meanderings
which are aimed at exploitation, and at per
sonal and sectional profit will gain our sup
port. We want to hear some constructive ideas
on capitalism. Daily Pennsylvania!!.
Give Neusreels Enough Footage
'They May Hang Themselves.
Of all modern communication agencies the
newsreel is the most offensive purveyor of pro
paganda. Always a p:-.verful factor in form
ing public attitudes, newsreels have become
even stronger since the invention of the talk
ing screen gave them a voice.
No longer must newsreels rely only on
selected, staged or faked shots to give desired
impressions. Now "commentators" make such
of the right slant by working themselves into
a fine adjectival frenzy about everything from
the winner of the annual San Francisco dog
show to the president's Boulder dam address.
Effective also is the device of helping the
public to the right conclusion by the use of
the interview or statement. A veteran speaks
of the bonus, a farmer gives his opinion of
AAA, a Legionnaire touches on the deporta
tion of radicals. Such opinions, unless nicely
balanced by opposing views, inevitably point
to a decision in favor of the side best pre
sented. The newsreel, while limited to a somewhat
smaller public, is far superior to tho news
paper as a propaganda vehicle. The college
studenta comparatively sophisticated crea
ture is apt to reject a newspaper account of
a controversial subject with a cynical "Oh,
well, that's just what the Gazette says about
it, and you know what the Gazette is." But
his attitude may be shaken severely when he
sees the same event pictured unfavorably in
the movies.. The newsreel skillfully creates
the illusion of objectivity; the spectator is not
likely to realize that he often watches an in
terpretation rather than an event.
There is no question that much newsreel
propaganda is deliberate rnther than unin
tentional. During Upton Sinclair's EPIC cam
paign, for example, rivals found it helpful to
take newsreel shots of carefully grease painted
bums, who appeared to be overrunning the
state. And one must be a sturdy soul, indeed,
to be able to walk out of a newsreel show
without humming "the army and navy for
ever." News film propaganda might be cont
rolled by a film censorship such as is enforced
in England. But the difficulty in selecting
non-partisan, impartial censors makes such a
plan undesirable. Besides, only a baby con
test and a horse race or two would be left
if all propaganda were cut. The problem
may solve itself as newsreels continue to fill
themselves with nauseating propaganda.
Public opinion is becoming aroused. Jf news
reels are given enough footage they may hang
themselves yet. Minnesota Daily.
A 0ff the
Campus
Lynn Leonard
Three European Power s
appeared ready to fight at the drop of a sanc
tion last week. Mussolini declared that an oil
embargo would gravely prejudice peace ef
forts. The most coarse and straight-forward
threat of which the silky-spoken members of
Great Britain's government seem to be cap
able was, "If Mussolini should do anything
silly we would have to look into it." Premier
Pierre Laval of France repeated the pledge lie
gave Inst autumn that should England have
occasion to enter the war, she would be joined
by France.
Canadian Proposal
was the title given to the proposal to add oil
to the sanctions. In the hands of the League
public relations experts it was made to look to
the whole world and to Italy as if the strong
est sanctions mqve was being demanded from
the other side of the Atlantic. The League's
Committee of Eighteen will consider the oil
embargo Dec. 12. What is termed the most
feverish serious rumor of the week indicates
that the title is not deceiving Mussolini. It is
that if the proposal is put into effect he will
sny "Yes" to 125 fanatical young aviators
who have asked whether they may strike a
suicidal blow for Italy by diving 125 planes
each loaded with a bomb into 125 of the 200
British Royal Navy ships in the Mediterran
ean. Emperor Haile Selassie
emerged unscathed from the second airplane
attack on Dessye, war headquarters of the
ruler. Officials said that more than fifty-five
persons were killed and more than 300 wound
ed. An affidavit signed by seven Red Cross
doctors accused Italian aviators of bombing a
hospital and Red Cross ambulance although
they were plainly marked. Remaining neutral
might be difficult under those circumstances.
Delegates of Five
nations will meet in London Dec, 9 for a naval
conference, the fifth since the World war. The
United States will be represented by Norman
Davis, Admiral William Standi ey and William
Phillips. A notable lack of optimism prevailed
as the delegates prepared to leave for the par
ley. Japan will demand absolute parity with
England and the United States. They are now
on a 3-5-5 ratio. Italy wants a larger navy. So
do France and Britain. The United States has
two aims: (1) to secure a treaty which will en
tail no further naval construction; (2) to main
tain the present naval tonnage ratio. Hence,
there are grounds for lack of optimism. The
Americans face four nations which oppose
their first objective and at least one which
opposes the second.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Interfrst Council.
Interfratemlty Council will
meet in the council room tn Mor
rill half Tuesday evening at 7:30.
PI Mu Epsilon.
Pi Mu Epsilon will meet In
room 308 of Math building Tues
day evening at 7:30.
Theta Sigma Phi.
There will be a meeting of
Theta Sigma Phi Tuesday at 6
o'clock in the basement of Uni
versity hall.
PROFESSORS TALK TO
IRRIGATORS OF STATE
Faculty Mem hers Speak
at Scottsblufjf
Meeting.
Several university faculty mem
bers appear on the program of
the Nebraska State Irrigation as
sociation being held at Scotts
bluff. Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, chairman
of the geography department,
spoke Monday afternoon on "Is
Nebraska Rainfall Decreasing,"
Prof. W. H. Brokaw addressed
the group on "Programs for Ad-
justmcnt of Farm Production."
On Tuesday morning Prof. E. B.
Lewis of the department of agri
cultural engineering, and Prof.
H., J. Gramllch, chairman of tha
department of animal husbandry,
will speak on "Rural Electrifica
tion" and "Livestock Production
in Irrigated Areas," respectively.
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Peter Lorre, Marian March and Edward Arnold in "Crime and Punish
ment." A masterpiece for four generations in every language Dos
toievsky's deathless drama of human passions now reaches the screen
for the first time in an all Engiisn-speaKing version, siarung ai me
Varsity Wednesday. The story of a perfect crime betrayed by a
tortured conscience.
Students Voice Resentment
Over Sugar Bowl Rejection
(Continued from Page 1.) '
athletic department as is believed,"
declared Fellman.
Faculty Wrongly Blamed.
"The denial of the trip south
ward was only one of the actions
unfairly attributed to the faculty,"
stated Arndt. "The voiced feelings
for the student union building
were near unanimously for the
project," he continued.
To complicate t n l n g s even
further, the athletic heads implied
that the Athletic board of control
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siana jaunt. "Nebraska was given
a preliminary bid along with sev
eral other schools," stated Coach
Bible remaining consistent with his
previous statements.
He too pleaded not guilty as he
claimed absolute favor concerning
Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl.
"Some of the boys were ineligi
ble, as you have probably heard,"
he said, "but they all vowel to
burn the midnight oil and get up
in their down hours."
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