TWO
TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936
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Agriculture
WUl Fight.
' I itE Middlewest and other agricultural reg
' ions where the AAA had brought for the
first time a square deal to the farmers were
still echoing to the repercussions of the su
preme court decision nullifying the Agricultur
al Adjustment Act. Political enemies of the
New Deal smiled triumphantly and predicted
that it was the beginning of the end; adminis
tration authorities began a hastv search for
some means of replacing the shattered pro-
sioned statesman. To tho melody of disappear- their barbarous ancestors." .
wg rears, be once again took up the old refrain This is a sad commentary on present-day
of an unchanging; and an unchangeable consti- American government. After an epoch-making
muonai government. He sings today, loudly century that has changed the nation from a
and lustily, where yesterday he held his head simple agrarian society into a highly complex
and gazed through eyes filled with tears and urban machine, government is still attempting
misery. He's a great guy, this brave un- to meet the needs of its people with a set of
daunted industrialist; this great financier, in rules that were intended to be revised every
lair weainer; out n tne record of recent years twenty years by its maker.
means anything at all, he's a hell of a poor Those centlemen in Dublin life who hv'steri
pilot in a storm. cally champion the document of 1781 would get
scant sympathy from its maker when they
uniortunateiy, this pilot's post with its carrv their "Constitution" banners into the ad.
armtrary subjection ot agricultural interests pron dim g presidential campaign.
will not be so easily acquired again. If the "Twelve hundred fortv-fivo more students
j 1 1 , i r . ... I . . . ... "
country minus tne iarmer is ironic; to take are on the Jlichip-nn State m m eauiDiis to
what he took before the AAA was instituted dav than two vears aero." declared President
without a murmur, it has another think com- Robert S. Shaw recently in discussing the 'en or.
ing. The American farmer is going to fight
this time and fight hard. He is going to carry
the fight to his opponents. This battle is not
to be fought under Democratic or Republican
Danners. it will be fought under the banner of
agriculture and it will bind rural members of
mouB increase in enrollment. Michigan Daily.
British
'Conservatism.
Another such victory, said King Pyrrhus,
both parties into a single force which shall con- and we. are undone.
tinue to exert its influence until agriculture
is finally given the recognition and treatment
it deserves.
America's industry, its finance, its busi
ness, its entire economic structure, can be no
stronger than the position of American agri
culture. If our constitution prevents the en
actment of legislation that will insure to agri
culture the benefits it received under the AAA,
which, after all, were not riches but securitv.
the birthright of every citizen, then most sure-
y the economic fate of every enterprise and
class of people in this country will suffer in
turn the reverses of agriculture until dire ne
cessity will bring about constitutional change
or some manner of revolt.
The AAA may be legally dead but the na-
ion may count safely on one thing: Its princi
ples will be the motivating force of a militant
and aroused agriculture which will not relin
quish the fight until it has won some measure
of equality with business, industry, and fi
nance, which it rightly deserves.
gram; farmers and ranchers throughout the
Shake Off
nation were glum as they pictured return to
the deplorable conditions that have been their T 13 not 811 uncommon thing to see students
lot in recent years. racing madly about the campus in search
Politicians will hpiza onnn the rtnumfnll nf f chaperons for a social function Oftpn this
the AAA as an event about which to build business of securing c)uperons takes so much
. . . . . . . tltMA I ' 1 1 ,...
tneir campaign structure this year. The AAA, accompanied ny so many dilticul-
the administration's part in creating it, the ties tliat students rightly grit their teeth and
Sunreme Court's rjart in crushing it. will all mutter epithets beneath their breaths.
eome in for their share of criticism as both par- lne main cause for this unhappy condition
ties blast away withenngly in the bitter cam- 8eem 10 D three. Uiten faculty members are
British conservatives, rejoicing over the
recent election, may well be haunted by the
same thought.
The .British liberal party since the war
has been wiped out. The two-party system is
in. And it finds conservatism - I socialism
face to face, the latter represent' ihe labor
party. The liberal party had J its chief
support among the middle class, the backbone
of any democratic system. And with the
steady diminution of a middle class, politics in
the United Kingdom now tends to the two ex
tremes. As has so often come to pass in such a sit
uation, the conservative party wins elections,
but the radicals gain their points. The radical
ism of yesterday becomes the conservatism of
today and of tomorrow.
A London cablegram says that the Bald
win ministry will make fresh gestures toward
liberalism by extending the dole so that the
right to it shall not be denied because a son or
daughter is at work. It is expected, also, that
the basis for old age pensions will be broad
ened to include clerks, traveling salesmen,
shopkeepers, musicians, tutors and ministers
of religion. A settlement of the unemployed
in depressed areas will be undertaken. And a
public works scheme, involving 150 million dol
lars for improving the railroads and 500 mil
lion for highway improvement, is to be put
into effect immediately.
i
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When what is contemplated is conxiaereu
in the light of what already exists the meaning
of British "conservatism" becomes clearer.
The New Republic lists some outstanding fea
turcs :
Almost complete unionization of labor,
with few company unions.
Minimum wage laws.
Unemployment insurance and old age
pensions.
"No court has the power to declare an
act of parliament unconstitutional."
Unlimited authority of the national gov
ernment over all subordinate units.
Subsidization of housing for the workers.
Government ownership and regulation
of business "much more extensive than in
the United States."
Extensive public ownership of public
power, transportation and communication.
A currency, like our own, devaluated by
abandonment of the gold standard.
There is little of the laissez faire of the old
time orthodox political economists of Britain
in that. And it is a program accepted though
not originated by the conservative government,
which makes no proposal to abandon any part
of it.
The British have something, however, that
we have not. uespite heavy and continuous
government expenditures there is a balanced
national budget. The government is living
within its means thanks to careful adminis
tration and extremely heavy taxation of in
comes and inheritances, ranging irom tne
smallest to the largest.
And because public finances are on a
sound basis, "large amounts are now being in
vested in new productive enterprises in Great
Britain, in spite of the existence of a mass of
social legislation, heavy taxes and considerable
governmental 'interference with business.
The answer appears to be that private in
dustry and enterprise are able to adjust them
selves to policies however radical it they are
conservatively, wisely and economically administered.
Which explains the paradox, that while
radicalism moves forward in Great Britain
business adjusts itself to its demands, moves
forward with it, and faces the future courage
ously.
The British democracy, by the skill with
which it adjusts itself to an environment of
new conditions, attests the high degree of its
civilization. Omaha World-Herald.
ioo Dusy ana cannot accept the invitation to
chaperon. On this score there can be no com
plaint. Then there are a number of faculty
members who don't want to officiate in this
capacity and instead of refusing outright, con
coct all manner of flimsy excuses to iiiNtifv
their refusal. If thev do not. carp to ant n
Scientists Deny
Carrel's Proofs
Of Clairvoyance
paign that promises to come,
It is not the AAA in its political sense that
appealed to farmers and ranchers in the years
of its operation. It is not its political signifi
cance which sees them disappointed but al
ready planning to build a new structure now
that it has fallen. The imnortant. thine is that i"r reiusai. ji thev do not care to jint
the AAA. unconstitutional or not. brought for chaperons they too may be justified in rpfns.
the first time to the American farmer an op- Mn but students would appreciate a straight
portunity to enjoy the blessings of this' civili- jforward refusal instead of false excuses. Fin-
ration on a plane near that of his city cousin. ali7 those faculty members who have the time
The AAA endeavored, as the Lincoln Star and inclination to officiate as ehanerons hi-p
Tim'nta nnt "tn roaAinat tho uinnnmin Hcrnrit-ir I Often Unknown to the RtllHpnts iirhnco focL- 1 intelligent Study.
which for vears existed between rural or farm- s to secure chaperons. J1.1.8 0: an.
ing, and urban or industrial populations with- This same chaperon problem cropped up Brothers, Dr. Carrel proposes the
m the country. It is not surprising that the 0'" jears ao on tne ieorasKa campus in establishment of a new science, to
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Scientific
men thruout the country this week
were either shying from the issue
or flatly denouncing the conclu
sion of Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel
prize winner and world famous
research worker for the Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Re
search, that such purported phe
nomena as telepathy and clairvoy
ance are proven facts worthy of
the Un-
by Harper
om.il lhuuuiijuiis mat a Biuuenr. ponnci mm.
mittee conducted an exhaustive investigation
into the matter, covering many months and us
ing data from many colleges. It was found
that faculty members who disliked to chaneron endowed with this telepathic power
usuany mused because they either were
st rangers to the other chaperons or were al-
farmer balks at parting with it.
It is interesting to note where the opposi
tion to the AAA lies. Industry, finance, busi
ness, these were the forces which most active
ly sought its downfall and which cheered the
lnnrlect at ita rnsh f)n npprla lnnlr nnlw tn th
selfish business interests which today seek to "?ost entirely neglected during the evening in
aoDronriate impounded nrocessing taxes for . "ailcl "l nnn,smP ana social ma
f Vi Amapli7ioa f a Hiafim7.a tltVitt ihav 11010 en on it or
to have the death sentence cast upon the AAA. . . ron) il! da,a gathered during this inves
This selfish "rugged individualism" is a stand "gation by the council, the committee devised
that these forces have assumed in the Dast and ? nPeMi program for Nebraska which has
hope to assume again today. Why it was re
be known possibly a the "science
of man."
"Clairvoyance and telepathy are
a primary datum of scientific ob
servation." he declares. "Those
linquished temporarily is so clearly and boldly
xpressed by Editor James L. Lawrence of the
Lincoln Star that we quote here from his edi
torial :
"And yet, it would be unfair in this col
umn not to record that here in this region, in
the very heart of America s agricultural do
main, there was a lack of unanimity in the
viewpoint toward the Triple A. There were
broad smiles and chuckles on the streets in
Lincoln, in Omaha, even on the farms, as news
of the Supreme Court's decision was flashed
from Washington Monday. Nor was all of that
elation to be attributed to pure blind, stupid,
and unreasoning political partisanship. Some
of it was genuine, although that which was
genuine was far less vocal and audible than
that which was partisan. We are inclined to
believe that the Missus, who does the thinking
in our family, propounded rather a pertinent
question of the way down town last night:
If all this was unconstitutional and n
been deemed by other colleges and universi
ties the most practical and sensible plan thus
far devised. The plan provides for the con
geniality which often is lacking among chap
erons today and the lack of which occasions
many a refusal. It more or less gives one
couple the position of chief chaperons and
delegates to them considerable nriviWe in thp
choice of remaining chaperons. Other sugges
tions as to bettering the fate of chaperoning
faculty members are contained in the renort
and should be utilized.
The only difficulty concerning the renort
is that for two years it has remained untouch!
in the council files, ignored by both last year's
and this year's council. The snlendid work of
the original committee has thus far come to
naught and the problem is once again begin
ning to perplex Nebraska Rludents to an an
noying degree.
Ave suggest that the student council shake
the dust from the report and supply all or
ganizations and all social chairmen of the
legaL" she asked, "why didn't they start these cainPus Wlin t,0P1PS 01 cnaperon program pre
suits sooner; why didn't they even attempt to Par?d ,two T,ears flR- Jt 8 needed by both
bead it off before it was inaugurated, through
appeal to the court?"
"The answer is they did not have the
nerve and the courage.
"The boys in the great cities, the captains
of industry, the captains of finance, the super
men of business, were frightened pretty badly
in those days when the Triple A was born. They
were shaking their beads dazedly, gloomily, de
rpairingly while they looked out from ornate
offices upon darkened and silent factories,
and listened to the echoing footsteps of millions
of men and women trudging the streets, with
out work, without funds in their pockets, with
out .the prospect of food, clothing, or shelter,
and without hope.
."The boys in these great cities, now chor
tling and snorting with glee, were a wee bit
shaken in their self-assurance back in those
days when cans of milk, and now and then a
dr"p or two of blood, were being spilled
ivy angry mobs of holiday farmers along the
highway, when corn was 8 cents a bushel,
wheat 40 cents, oats bad no market, hay, both
wild and tame, was a drug, pork brought 1
cents, and beef 5 to 6 cents. These boys, now
to brave, now talking so loudly about constitu
tional government, in those days had gelatine
pines and foggy brains. And it was but yes
terday I How short is memory, and how fleet
lag is that tutoring to which the swaggering
conservative, when he is able to talk at all,
refers to as experience !
To the tune of advancing prices, be once
ia became the bold leader and the far-vi-
students and faculty members alike. Given
the proper initiative and Rupport, this plan,
we believe, will reduce complaints on the
chaperon system to an insignificant number.
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
Mr. Jefferson
On the Ark.
"Some men look at Constitutions with
sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like
the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be
touched ... no society can make a perpetual
Constitution or even a oernetual law . . . ihp
earth always belongs to the living generation."
inese words which would make a dhj-hard
conservative quake in terror, did not cottip
from Bughouse Square or a JIoscow pamphlet.
THESE WORDS ARE FROM THE PERSON
AL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MAN
"VTHO WAS LARGELY INSTRUMENTAL TV
WRITING THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
THOMAS JEFFEESON.
In the short space of his onblic life Jeffer
son was able to see that "laws and institutions
must go hand in band with the progress of the
human mind." and that "institutions must ad
vance, and keep pce with the times." He il-
ustrates his point well bv the statement. "W
might as well require a man to wear utill th
coat which fitted him when a boy. as civilized
society to remain ever under the regimen of
grasp the secret thoughts of other
individuals without using their
sense organs. They also perceive
events more or less remote in
space and time (clairvoyance).
This quality develops In only a
small number of human beings."
In opposition to this conclusion
of a man of science who has re
ceived acclaim the world over j
were the views of academicians i
who ridiculed his findings.
"No reputable psychologist be
lieves in spiritualism," Dr. A. R.
Gilliland of Northwestern univer
sity declared.
Not Proved.
"Spiritualism, and particularly
mental telepathy, has not been
proved," said Dr. Harvey Carr,
University of Chicago psychologist.
"Positively not," Dean Stevens,
Northwestern psychologist, ex
claimed. "There haa never been
a study that gave any positive
evidence. The whole weight of
science is against it."
Pointing out that Dr. Carrel was i
a medical man invading the mental !
field, Dean Stevens deplored the
tendency of men to be "so very !
exact in their own field but so :
very careless In any other field." i
The anatomist's viewpoint was j
supplied by Dr. Leslie Arey, of j
Northwestern. Said he:
No Reason For It.
"We haven't any reason to think
it (spiritualism, mental telepathy
or clairvoyance) should be so.
There is no mechanism for it that
you can put your finger on. But
that does not mean we should Just
rule It out."
At Duke university Dr. William
McDougall conducted experiments
with marked cards and obtained
results "beyond the element of
chance." The experiments also
found a force, however, which they
said could do mind reading.
The Duke studies were dis
counted, other scientists said, be
cause they were never duplicated
elsewhere.
Dr. Carrel, however, said that
this objection "simply Is Incor
rect" and declared that there have
been many similar experiments
which have resulted la positive
proof.
year was The Nebraskan's strug
gle for student pep. The result
was a couple of new songs. Then
too there was the drive to make
the students appreciate The Prat
rie Schooner; and one never passed
a Tassel wltbout buying some
thing. Also, the Student Council
renewed the Student Union drive,
but that isn't history yet. Among
tne other council activities was
the first student forum, where the
New Deal went on trial.
We regret that exams were left
to mar 1936, and also that we can
not supply the name of the first
person to open a book after school
started. Neither do we know who
first laughed at an Awgwan joke.
nor the first person to fall asleep
in ciass. tsut sucn tnings are un
important as compared to the first
candy passing, which we believe
took place at the Chi O house. And
that is all of 1935. Rather a short
year, wasn't it?
ANNUAL AO MEET
ATTENDED BY 300
STATE FARM MEN
(Continued from Page 1).
to be served on first floor of the
College Activities building. Ne
braska farmers and university stu
dents are especially Invited to at
tend the dinner.
Instructors in the college of ag
riculture are free to dismiss any
classes they feel would be benefit
ted by attending various sessions
of Organized Agriculture week.
"Many worthwhile speakers and
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Well Drillers.
A state meeting of the Nebraska
Well Drillers Association will be
held in Nebraska hall at the uni
versity on Feb. 6 and 7. This
meeting occurs annually.
Tankiterettet.
An important business meeting
of Tanksterettes will be held
Thursday at 7:30 o'clock. All
members must be present Including
those who attend Wednesday's
meeting.
8oabbrd and Blade.
Scabbard and Blade will hold its
annual rush smoker at 7:30 Wed.
nesday night in the Lincoln hotel.
All members must be present.
Corn Cobs.
Corn Cobs will meeet Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock in University
hall. All members are urged to be
present, as Important business will
be discussed.
Student Codsjcll.
The Student Council will not
meet Wednesday.
Publication Board.
Student Publication board will
meet Thursday, Jan, 9, at 4:00
in University hall. All members
are requested to be present.
Dr. Wilson To Speak.
Dr. Clara Wilson, professor of
primary and elementary education,
will speak in umana rnursaay
evening at a Jt. x. a. meeting oi
the Dundee school.
exhibits are a part of the pro
gram," statea miss Margaret
Fedde, chairman of the Home Eco
nomics department, "and I voice
the faculty's opinion by urging the
students to recognize this oppor
tunity." German Lessons Broadcast
Over KFAB Discontinued
Because of technical difficulties.
the German lessons presented over
radio station KFAB had to be
dropped recently, according to Dr.
W. K. Pfeifer, professor of Ger
man. Many letters of inquiry have
come in the German department
regarding the discontinuance of the
lessons.
Only a small percentage of the
freshmen at Massachusetts State
college primarily an agricultural
school, inherit the love of the soil
from their parents, according to a
survey at the college.
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