TWO THK DAILY NKKKASKAN FIUDAY, Al'Mfi 30. 1937. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TlllltTY-SIXTII YEAR LDITOIUAI. STAFF Editor aeoifl Plpal Managlnq Editors Don Wagner, Ed Murray Nsws Editors Wlllard Buney, Helen Pasco, Jans Walcott. Howard Kaplan. Morris Llpp, Barbara Rosewater, Sports Editor Ed StsevSs Soclsty Editor Virginia Anderson ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Night Editor Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A, Telephone Day! B6891I Nlflhti B6882. 6333 (Journal). HUSIINESS STAFF Business Manager tob Shellenherg Assistant Managers Bob Wadhams, Web Mills, Frank Johnson, Circulation Manager Stanley Michael SUBSCRIPTION RATE ...... ..Wagner Walcott $1.50 a year $2.50 mailed Single copy, 6 cents 31.00 a aenies:er 11.50 semester mailed Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103. act of October S, 1917, authorized January to, 1922. f4JTJ Keenfoef ftjsocfcted GotteeSicte fta DkMhbutors W CbfleeidoDidesf Published every Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Sunday mornings of the academlo year by students of the Unl. verslty of Nebraska, under the supervision of the Board of Pub. Ilcatlons. National Advertising Service, Inc Calttf Pmblithm Kttnttnttttvt 420 Madison Ave. NiwYokk. N.Y. CHIC0 BOSTON IAK FHANCIICO LS ANOSLSS PORTLAND SSATTkl On the Comparative Cost Of Sticking Pigs The Nebraskan bows to the inevitable. For some weeks, we have been sticking out our collective necks, trying to get a rise out of the local war lords. We've ranted and raved about slowing down the next mass murder, but, as Dean Foster's boys would say, nobody has joined the issue. Put we must mention one exception. A mem ber of the faculty did dispatch a letter thru the campus mail the other day, indicating that we were guilty of extreme incompetence in mentioning that Minnesota and Wisconsin had abolished compulsory drill in land grant universities, without telling the public of similar action by the North Dakota legis lature last month. Unfortunately, the letter was unsigned. We have never viewed the editorial columns of the Nebraskan as an instrument with which to evangelize, convert, or" reform. Writing editorials is a certain type of employment, more remunera tive than other newspaper positions for some un known reason, and your money is well earned when you interpret certain trends of public thought which interested groups prevent from finding full expression in other media of public opinion. Since there is seemingly no latent desire to direct the widespread, apathetic sentiment against war into channels of action, we bow to the inevitable. If we must continue to prepare for slaughter, there is but one intelligent editorial approach that slaughter must be conducted with a maximum de gree of efficiency. Since nothing must be wasted in the next war, our efforts in the future will be directed toward the promotion of an intelligent and economical type of killing. Research is a primary duty of any conscien tious editorial staff. We have had a certain amount of background instruction; we can still remember the lectures in military science classes on effective firing control. It seems that since the Civil war, when it cost but a few paltry dol lars to kill a man, the expense of blowing off heads reached the appalling average in the World war of $27.65 per fatality. It is clear that if our country is to continue to pay off the national debt, we must train our soldiers to cut down their flagrant waste of lead bullets. If a packing house laborer can kill 400 steers a day at $30 a week, there is no justification for requiring $27.65 to blow off a single foreigner's head. In our opinion, countries could save billions of dol lars if explosives were outlawed and only bayon ets were used; there is undoubtedly some con spiracy of the munitions makers behind it all. But the munitions makers are in the minority; we must reflect the opinion of the latent mass. The first plank In our new editorial platform, then, will be: Cut down the high cost of human slaughter! But more of this research business. We studied up on the local military department's "R. O. T. C. Infantry Manual." an invaluable aid in any cam paign for economical butchering. In fact, the edi tor. Col. P. S. Bond, makes no bones about its worth. On the frontispiece, he has inscribed the motto: "Knowledge is Power." The first point Colonel Bond makes is the need loss quantity of shell fire wasted on friendly troops. He explains: "Unless otherwise ordered, gunners cease firing when the friendly troops reach the safety limit. Note the point at which the line of aim strikes the ground. If this point is in the rear of the feet of the friendly troops, it is not safe to fire." If we could only teach college graduates not to fire on friendly troops, think of the money we'd save! (Just because the Nebraskan wants to bal ance the budget, don't conclude that we are politi cally partisan.) The pistol is another weapon frequently mis used. Take a lesson from Colonel Bond: "The pistol is a weapon of opportunity. Pistol firing is a purely mechanical operation that any man who is physically and mentally fit to be a soldier can learn to do well if properly instructed. Un less properly instructed, men instinctively do the wrong thing. All authorities on shooting agree that the trigger must be squeezed with a steady increase of pressure. If a man knows when his pistol will go off it is because he suddenly gives the trigger all the pressure necessary. A great deal of practice is necessary to strengthen the muscles of the hand and arm to fix the habit f correct trigger squeeze." Think of the ammu nition dissipated by some dumb Mucks who graduated from college without knowing how to squeeze a trigger properly! We must close today's discussion with a few generalizations. As Colonel Bond says: "Warfare Is far from being a precise science. There is prob ably no other line of human endeavor which is less subject to fixed rules and rigid methods of pro cedure. We shall first consider certain truths re lating to the art of war and then under combat principles consider the application of these truths by the various small infantry units in different combat situations." Tomorrow we will consider the truths of ef fective machine gun fire, the waste of ammunition on snipers, the necessity for having a definite tar get, and the fallacious theory of attempting to stop the war by shooting the colonel. Students, an emergency confronts us. We must cast aside such petty problems as whether Vike can heave the apple further than Sam, or whether the promoters will really come thru with a Louis-Brad- dock match. We are going to have to bear the debts of the next glorious adventure that is, if some 44-40 doesn't release us from the obligation so we must demand that they are held to a mini mum. Only education can succeed in this. Ai Colonel Bond says, "Knowledge Is power." How the United States Keeps the Peace During the current year the United States is spending almost 4 million dollars a day for war preparations. It is adding to its aircraft, it is in creasing the personnel of the regular army and navy. It is building new ships at a cost of about 51 millions each, it is expanding the various or ganizations by which it trains a "civilian" army for the approaching debacle. The budget estimate for the war department in 1937-38 calls for an increase of $26,208,744 over the figure for the current year. The grand total comes to almost 5 million dollars. The curve of appropriations for war purposes is still on a higher level than it has been during any other time of peace. Yet, despite this appal ling fact, there are those who can still doubt the necessity for a student peace strike. "Why is it necessary," ask these innocents, "to worry about war in time of peace?" Why, then, we ask in turn, this huge war appropriation In time of peace? Why is the United States, safe from invasion, arming as rapidly as it possibly can? The answers to students who cultivate their pacifism in silence "until the time comes," lies in these figures. Daily Northwestern. West Point Is Peace Education , , . Drew Pearson and Robert Allen in yesterday's Merry-Go-Round discussed "one of the most worth while educational projects in government." They referred to the Disney bill to establish a government-Servant university after the manner of West Point and Annapolis. This institution would perhaps rival the two service academies for the caliber of students it would attract at least so Representative Disney believes and thereby lift the profession of a gov ernment career out of the muck of politics, the view most young persons hold of government work. Consider the place held by the United States in power among the nations. Our high standing is not attributable to any degree of education offered for aspiring government officials. Only in late years has there been any appreciable Interest in training for the public service. This interest has demonstrated actually that we are behind in such training. We may have excellent government men, but the system must still draw from a below par field. The politics scare and lack of knowledge of what government service offers among college and university students the most likely persons to as sume government careers are the main factors in holding back the cream of the young blood from competing for honors in serving the United States directly. The Disney bill deserves congressional approv al, in a large way. It deserves approval of Amer ican institutions of learning, which have been in creasing their courses in government and empha sizing the government service. The University of Illinois has a well balanced curriculum in this work. Next Wednesday Leonard D. White, member of the federal civil service commission, will appear here on the Edmund James lecture series, to speak on "The Civil Service and the University Gradu ate." This subject, by a man who is among the best qualified to expound it, means that his lecture will be one of the best that could be delivered here. It will correct much of the mysticism that sur rounds working for the government and give a helpful impetus to government training. We hope Mr. White's appearance may some day better the government service of the United States. Daily lllini. ?V ft.,, VJ L " V tjnii sun ejutiroi 5 JhsL filQAA Ry dnqjuvriw I aw iLT . iy,- ., ..... ACCEPTANCE of the United Automobile Workers of America as the exclusive bargaining agency of Packard Motor company em ployes was announced Wednesday. Workers over 3 to 1 to accept the UAW in the first election in the automotive industry since the Wagner labor relations act was declared constitutional by the supreme court. A "little Wagner act," designed to prevent recur rence of labor disputes such as those which tied up Michigan s auto industry this year, was pre sented to the Michigan legislature yesterday by Governor Frank Murphy. v m CIVILIAN population of bom barded Bilbao may be evacuated by Britain and France under the protective guns of their warships in order to save the people from mass slaughter. Besieging in surgents are advancing upon the city while the Basque loyalist army is making no bones about retreating. Fall of the city is inevitable since the insurgents have launched their devastating offense that has destroyed numer ous towns and mowed down thousands by rebel bombs and machine gun fire. Should tne British and French warships be forced to shell the insurgents to protect the 200,000 non-combatants, that may be the spark that will turn the present miniature world war into the real thing with every country taking part in the embroglio sails the pretence of neutrality. NEBRASKA has two men rep resenting: the state in the nation's hall of fame, following the rnveil ing of bronze statues in the cap itol rotunda Tuesday. The men are William Jennings Bryan ana J. Sterling Morton. Leading ad vocate of free silver, orator ex traordinary, thrice democratic presidential candidate and Presi dent Wilson's secretary of state, Bryan is perhaps the Cornhusker state's greatest figure. Of im mortal importance too, is Morton who was a pioneer homesteader, secretary of the territory under President Buchanan, President Cleveland's secretary of agricul ture and founder of Arbor Day. Prominent Nebraskans attended the ceremony and high tribute was paid the greatest figures of whom Nebraska can boast. a Morbid tho it may seem, college j, students have spent some time in tne consideration of the manner in which they would or would not prefer to leave life. "What is the most horrible death which you can imagine? How would you prefer to die?" Robert Chatt, arts and sciences sophomore: "When you get into this subject you can really think up some messy deaths. I'd sort of hate to die by either of the chief methods used by the Spanish conquerors of Central and South America the slow toasting process over a hot fire, or the binding of each arm and leg to one of four wild horses and then turning them loose. "The Chinese have some good ones, too. The "water" or "bell" deaths, that drive a man insane by the slow dripping of water on his head, or the incessant clanging of a bell, are pretty ingenious. Death on a rack like those used during the time of the Crusades, being sort of pulled apart, would be far from pleasant. "However, if I've got to die, I'd rather go by gas. It seems rather easy to go to sleep and not wake up again." W 9 W Katherine Hunting, arts and sci ences freshman: "The most unpleasant death that I can imagine would be falling down a pit. lined with spikes, so that a little piece of you would be torn off every time you hit one. If I knew that I was going to die, I would want to be doing some thing I liked, and just have death sneak up on me." Bob Hall, pharmacy freshman: "The worst death that I can imagine would be to be sick for a lone time, knowing that there was no cure for the disease and that death was iminent at any time, yet not knowing exactly when. I would hate to have the illness spread out over a period of years feeling that I was a burden on my family and friends and having no hope of recovery in sight except the extremely remote possibility that some day a cure would be found. "When I die, I want to be in good nealth and just have it come suddenly and with neither warning nor pain." Veleran Pilot of Movie Thrillers, Forest Patrol, Non-Stop Flights To Lead Air Maneuver Saturday Major K. L. "Ernie" Smith, serv ing as flight dispatcher for Trans continental and Western Air in ci vilian life, will be one of the pilots with the army reserve aviation unit r inijiiiiiiiiiiiiiwMiiii I imiiiu ml ii "iwiiiiii "is' r from Kansas City flying here on a cross-country training trip May 1. The air corps fleet will perform combat maneuvers and flight for mations over Union airport at 10:30 a. m. for 30 minutes. N. U. Students Invited. Sponsored by the Lincoln cham ber of commerce, university stu dents interested in the latest type of army observation planes will be permitted to inspect the latest developments in aviation at the airport upon presentation of iden tification cards before 10:30 a. m. Major Smith is among the famous pilots awarded the signal honor of having their wings "nailed" to the famous fliers' wall of the St. Francis of Assist chapel In Riverside, Calif. Other pilots, such as Major Kingsford-Smith Art Goebel, General H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air corps, and Bernt Balchen, famous arctic flier, have also been awarded this honor. Pioneer Patrol Pilot. Trained in the army school at Berkeley, Major Smith, after being located at the air corps schools at San Diego and Riverside, was an aviation pioneer on the west coast. He piloted the first army forest patrol plane and later, after his resignation from the army, flew for tho agriculture depart ment's forest patrol. When Hollywood conceived the idea of filming spectacular air thrillers, Major Jones performed much of the thrilling flying for air scenes. Among these films of the post-war days in which he parti cipated, "Hell's Angels" was out standing. Flight to Hawaii. With Emory Brole acting as navigator. Major Smith made tho first civilian flight from the United States to the Hawaiian Islands. It was for this history making flight that he received the honor of hav ing his wings in the St. Francis of Assisi chapel. Major Smith entered commercial aviation when he accepted a po sition with Pacific Air Transport, flying airline schedules from Los Angeles to San Francisco. He re signed this position to fly with Maddux Airlines, predecessor com pany of the present TWA organi zation. His appointment to the TWA flight dispatcher's position came in 1935. this occasion, recognition is being given to the group of student sing ers and especially to John Ros borough, the director, who for many years has worked unceas- ngly without compensation to perfect the work of this choir that might earn the right to call itself "The Great Cathedral Choir." This program presents the pub lic with an opportunity to hear this choir which, since its trips to the eastern coast, has been ac claimed by some of the best known eastern critics the finest A capella hoir in the country. In order that the broadcast, which has been ar ranged for by KFAB station of Lincoln, may begin on time, the doors will be closed promptly at :00 o clock, and traffic for four blocks surrounding the church will be controlled by the police , AROUND AND ABOUT (Continued from Page 1.) criterion is only "Does it reflect class struggle or economic war the life of the forgotten man 7" To these persons "some thing is good if the down-trodden man doesn't get the job, poor if he does." A sociologist held forth on the docility of the student body. "You can't make 'em mad on anything. Sometimes I try to anger or shock em Into an argument. If I should say the moon was composed of green cheese they would Just iook blank ) or write it down." The ex planation for this unhappy situa tion is In the education system in both upper and lower brackets. Youth today 's intellectually "spoon fed." Ttxhers are con stantly Improving their technique for making believers rather than thinkers out of their students." Emphasis on the Practical. In similar vein a political science professor complained of the increasing tendency to turn institutions of higher learning Into trade schools. The growing emphasis on practical, money making ccurscs, vocational cur ricula has mad it tough sled ding for those teaching purely cultural classes. "I feel utterly defenseless against the question ing of students as to how a certain subject will help them to earn a living. An educator shouldn't have to defend the one thing young people ar suppos edly in university for namely, an education.' A note of pessimistic optimum was struck by one Shakespearean authority who talks in terms of "many years" and "I'm too old." He says that crusades aren't much good unless something construct ive is suggested In place of the unhappy circumstance to be remedied. And adds, "I'm a sort of optimist, you know; I'm aware that lots of things are wrong, but I'm surprised that there aren't more." CATHEDRAL CHOIR WILL OPEN MUSIC WEEK BROADCAST (Continued from Pagd 1.) large in music. America in the past has lagged behind some of the foreign nations in stimulating and supporting music. In choosing the Great Cathedral choir to open FROSH MENACE HARVARD INTELLECTUAL BALANCE Persident Conant Tells of Increasing Preference for Social Sciences. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ACP). The surge toward social sciences by Harvard University's freshmen in "prelim" choices of major fields may upset the intellectual balance of the college, it was disclosed by Pres. James B. Conant. About 36 percent of the sopho mores to be have shown prefer ences for economics, government and history. The trend toward the social sciences is revealed by the decline of other subjects. Last year English attracted 109 freshmen in this vote; this year only 86. Romance languages also dropped from 53 to 37 and classics from 20 to 16. The definite about face in stu dent interest from English to the social sciences is highly significant stated Dr. Conant. Ten years ago, English dominated the other fields. This trend, "if it continues in the same direction at the same rate for another decade might well prove disastrous." explained the Harvard president in his annual report. "From the point of view of maintaining a proper intellectual climate in Harvard college, the distribution of the student body among the various subjects is of great significance. "I am convinced that many of the most Important effects of an education are brought about Indi rectly. "But clearly if certain Important subjects have almost no represen tation, then the Indirect influence of these branches of knowledge be comes negligible. "If all the students who come Into contact with each other so cially In a certain group are Inter ested in the same general field of study, the conditions for a liberal education are not favorable. Dr. Conant expressed the hope,, however, that "we have reached the end of the movement away from the arts and letters and toward the social sciences, and that such Important traditional studies as philosophy and classics may soon show an increased en rollment. " Helen Severa, arts and sciences freshman: "I Just don't want to die when I'm young. As long as I live to be about 80, and don't have any more teeth and can't get around to have any more fun, I don't care how it happens." . Evelle Younger, arts and sciences junior: "I don't exactly live to eat, I just don't want to starve to death. If I had to die, I'd want It to be from indigestion, caused by eat ing too much strawberry short cake." Howard Curtiss, Bizad sophomore. "I like to eat; so the most hor rible death I can imagine would lie that of starvation. If I were going to die, I would want to let nature take its course. I have no preference as long as it's not pain ful or slow. Freezing, or getting shot either would be quite all right, just so it's speedy. I don't care how messy it is, I won't have to clean it up." Stanley Deines, arts and sciences freshman: "Drowning and burning are about as bad as any that I can think of. They take too much time and are too painful. Shooting would be as good as any death. It's not so much the dying that I am afraid of, it's the knowledge that it is coming and waitinz for it that would worry me." Edythe Krasne, arts and sciences freshman: "I would hate being captured by Chinese bandits and killed by slow torture. I hear that pulling finger nails out by the roots is quite popular on such occasions. The Chinese "boot," the little device which crushes all the bones in a person's foot, does a pretty com plete 10b, too. "When I die, I want it to be quick, with the least possible pain. I prefer to be here one minute and gone the next out like a light." Jesnette Polonsky, arts and sciences freshman: "I read a story once. It was about the hero getting staked out on an ant hill with honey poured all over him. Of course he was rescued, but it made quite an im pression on me. I would very much dislike to be treated in such a fashion. "I prefer to die in bed, hale and hearty, after a ten course meal." Josephine Rubnitz, arts and sciences sophomore: "I'd rather not be boiled in oil. I used to watch my mother make doughnuts in hot fat, and I got the idea from watching them squirm when they were dunked in the kettle. If it's absolutely necessary that I die, I guess I'd rather have it happen while I'm asleep." Robert Freeborn, blzad fresnman: "I'd hate to die any kind of a death that I knew was Inevitable and yet I didn't know exactly when it would happen. If I bad to die, I would prefer that it hap pened in an instant no warning, no pain. Just a flash and then it's finished." Wayne Baden, arts and sciences freshman: "I'd hate to be burned to death. It takes entirely too much time, and I've heard that it is rather painful. I'd a lot rather die In my sleep." "Hair-raising," was the com ment of Prof. Anthony Zeleny, of the physics department at the University of Minnesota, regard ing the passage of a million-volt current through his body. The current, at 10,000 cycles, changes direction so fast that It can do no harm, he explains. 10 ENTI Bulletin 7-8 Barb Council. The Barb Interclub council will hold its regular meeting Monday night at 7:30 in U. Hall. Prof. J. Alexis to Read Paper at Meetings Next Week. The 26th annual mpeting of the Societv for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study will be held Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, on the university campus, with several of the large middle west ern universities represented. Ses sions will be held in Andrews hall, room 229. Chancellor Burnett will welcome incoming delegates at the open ing session May 7 and at 2 p. m. Papers will be read by Prof. Jo seph Alexis, chairman of the de partment of Germanics at the uni versity; Prof. Karl Litzenberg of the University of Michigan; Prof. Einar Haugen of the University of Wisconsin and by Prof. Richard Beck of the University of North Dakota. In addition to the general pro gram visitors will be taken on a tour of the city, including a trip thru the state capitol. The business session is scheduled for Saturday morning. May 8, at which time there will be an election of offi cers, the reading of reports and other unfinished business. Other papers to be heard during the con vention will be those by Prof, A, M, Sturtevant of the "University of Kansas and Prof. Lee M. Hol lander of the University of Texas. Professor Alexis is secretary treasurer of the organization. VAN ROYEN TRANSLATES, ADAPTSEGGINK ARTICLE Writing Upholds Geography As Fundamental Part Of Education. That geography as a funda mental part of the school curricu lum is becoming more widely accepted in schools thruout the world is substantiated in an article by H. Eggink of the Municipal Lyceum for girls at Amsterdam, Netherlands, which appeared in the Journal of Geography and was translated and adapted by Dr. William Van Royen of the geogra phy department of the University. The practical value of geography appeals to the modern educator," says Mr. Eggink. "It is hardly possible to read intelligently a newspaper or a serious periodical, and it is extremely difficult to appreciate many of our present problems without a good geo graphic background. In our modern world, where people travel with increasing frequency, how much more enjoyable and fruitful do theses travels become when one has learned to read a good topo graphic map and to observe and analyze the physiographic and social geographic phenomena. And more and more geography is recognized as one of the most valuable subjects in a high school curriculum." The Hollanders take their geo graphy seriously If the number of their geography excursions are an indication. One Dutch school group visited Paris, London, the mountains in Germany, parts of Switzerland, and Flanders. Anoth er group made a bicycle trip thru the island of Wight. "Geography is a subject which must be considered as Invaluable for the training of Intelligent citizens." says Mr. Eggink. ENGINEERING HONORARY INITIATES TEN MEMBERS Sigma Tau Holds Banquet, Ceremony at Lincoln Hotel Thursday. Ten newly elected members were initiated into Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, last night in a ceremony at the Lincoln ho tel. A banquet was held afterwards honoring the new initiates. The new members are Roy E. Bailey, Will W. Rudy, George C. Mallon, Earl W. Osterdorf. Walter F. Stolle, Richard G. Merlin, Rich ard J. Rose, Alfred L. Chase, James H. Riisness and Einar S. Dahl. You mislaid your application blank, or you fail fo receive one! ' ..'inPeron-- r . Murine ..,.cJy Or,., Rote 35c in MRS 4 c, May s Spec iai Sruder seats prn b0 . vr." e,::.curch you tick- 'Teaser or pareni- Fill out above ad together with 35c and you will be admitted to the Year's Most Outstanding Road Show Attraction!