PAGE TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1937 Morrill ? Ln.lu.iJ - The first Thanksgiving ilny was a day for real rejoicing. To the little band of Pilgrims, it meant somi'thing after years of strug gle, tht y had at last won for themselves a home where they could live as they pleased. The 1937 edition of that Thanks giving will be a day for what? Latest model of the Pilgrims' an cestors will probably spend half the day in bed, see a show or a football game, go to a dance, and end up gloriously befuddled in great shape for the week end. In other words, does Thanks giving mean anything today beyond the personification of a turkey dinner? Should it be re moved from our list of national holidays on the grounds that it no longer performs the function for which it was originated? Raymond Bailey, Enginnering Junior: "As far as any holiday is con cerned, 1 don't think it's celebrated for the purpose for which 4t was originally intended. Most holidays have come to be merely days off they have just become occasions when men needn't work. With the possible exception of Christmas, which offers some opportunity for a dispiay of generosity, holidays in general have ho changed. "Nobody ever spends his Thanks giving day in being thankful, or his Armistice day being glad that the war is over. All such days are spent in leisure, and that's all. "As periods of rest, they do per form a valuable service, but that is about ail the function that most of them perform. As rest periods, there is no more reason to abolish Thanksgiving than to do away with any other holiday. Each one is as valuable as any of the oth ers." Georgene Stuve, Ag senior: "Of course it should not be abolished. It is true that the day has changed, but it has not changed so sufficiently to warrant its being observed no longer. "It has degenerated until it has become just a holiday, an excuse for a vacation. So many people, when they think of Thanksgiving, think only of a big dinner and the family all gathered around, smok ing cigarettes in an already too stuffy house. "That picture Is all wrong. The fault is entirely with the people, and not with the day or its pur poses. The trouble with people of toi.ay is that things, come to them too easily to be really appreciated. "So many poor people are helped, who would otherwise be forgotten; it's also a good begin ning for Christmas. Many times, it is the logical time for a family to get together. It is true that it is no longer a day for nipre thank fulness, it has become the holiday of the family. It gathers them all home and cements the family group closer together. "No, it should ha continued." Taylor Lewi, Arts and Sciences freshman: "No, I think it's a pretty nice holiday to have. It has become a family holiday. The whole family usually come? home for that day. Thus, it strengthens the family, which is the backbone of cir coun try; so it strengthens our country, and should for that reason be con tinued. "It also provides a valuable vacation-students and other work ers are gfven a chance to relax. It also may pleasurably be antici pated as the day of the big meal." Althadcne Christenson, Teachers college junior: "1 think wc should continue to have it. College students, for ex ample, are provided with a much needed time out. "Then, there's also the religious angle the thankfulness. It's true that we've outgrown a lot of that, but it is still pleasant to consider. A lot of our people retain the old attitude -they keep the religious vicus which made the day; and as long as some continue to do so, the day should continue to be ob served." M.ik Yates, Engineering sopho more: "It has no purpose any more, it lias become just another holiday, and which we could get along without. People Just aren't hs re ligious as they used to be they no longer spend such holidays in the spirit in which they were origi nated." Hollis French, Arts and Sciences junior: "1 think it should he continued. Despite the talk of abolishing the holiday, if it came right down to doing away with it, you would find that it has become too much of a religious tradition to be clone away with. "It has a great deal of religious significance it is a religious holi day, anil there are few enough of them now, without abolishing an other one. The real purpose is still there, it remains for the people of this country to uncover it." Joe Schwartzman, Arts and Science Junior: "I think it's outworn its original purpose, but there Is no reason for leaving it out. Once gone, It is gone lorever. Attempts should be made to revive it thru church and civic organizations. "It'a purpose is still here, but the public has so far failed to recognize the need for the giving of thanks." Pilgram Fathers Entertain In dians at First Thanksgiving in America (Continued from Page 1.) and a few young girls and children to prepare the feast for the 40 odd English men and 90 gluttonous aavages. Fasting at First Ceremony. Yet another account, "Famoua dtiqhliqhhu Ojv Uisl Civc By Elwood Randol. Campana's First Nighter will be celebrating his eight year in the Little Theater Off Times Square Friday evening when Les Tre- mayne and Barbara Luddy co-star in a return engagement of Uunard Hjerstedt's show "Broken Mel ody, one of the most popular dramas ever presented on the broadcast in seven years. The show which is heard on WOW Fridays at 9 p, m., began in 1930 on Thanks giving night. With its policy of presenting original scripts written especially for radio, the First Nighter productions have built up what the sponsor believes is one of the most remarkable audiences in radio and the broadcast has be come a tradition in the NBC Chi cago studios. "Broken Melody" is the story of a former newsboy who is trying to become a famous orchestra leader because he was once saved from drowning by an orchestra leader who lost his life in the rescue. Shep Fields Coming. Shep iFelds, "rippling rhythm" and all, wl soon be heard again over the Mutual hookup. He is scheduled to take the air on Dee. 14 from the Empire Room of the Palmer House in Chicago. The broadcasts will be originated by WGN. Bob Byron, who whistles, sings, plays the piano and whatnot on Columbia, came running into the studios the other day, so the story goes, and told a receptionist he'd got a great idea. "Go on," said the receptionist, who listens to great Ideas all day long. "I found out what to do with my fan mail. It got so bulky I did not know how to manage with it; and I wouldn't throw it out for the world. I like to read in bed, you know." "Yes, I'm listening." "I'm papering the wall with it." "Uh-huh.' Wrong Track. Margaret Shanna. of Arnold Grimm's daughter cast, does more than watch her step when board ing a train. She always checks with the conductor to make sure she is on the right one. The reason for such caution goes back to the time not so long ago when she was changing trains in Chicago. She got on a steamliner bound for the west with a ticket for New York and had to get off at the first sta tion which was Omaha. Some Instruments. If the music of the La C'onca Cuban orchestra heard on the NBC Friday nights sounds weird, may be it's because the instruments they play aie weird. Their Instru ments are a conga, a male drum; lepicador, female drum; a bongo, which is two drums attached to each other; concerros (Cuban cow bells); and the quijadas, the Jaw bones of an ass. Two ma pur Canadian radio sta tions. CBM and CBF. in Montreal, largest population center of the Dominion, are recent Hffiliates of the National Broadcasting com pany, having joined the network on Nov. 14. The association of these two stations will make avail able complete NBC mrvi.r to both the French and the Knghsh speak ing Canadians of QueU-c. First Facts." by Kane, says that the first actual thanksgiving serv ice as such wasn't held until Feb. 22, lti."0. The pilgrim fathers had appointed that day as a general f.ist as no ships hail arrived in a iieat length of time, and the colo nist' provisions were nearly ex hausted. At a critical moment, a vessel arrived from Fngland laden with provisions and the day was changed from one of public fasting to one of public feasting and of giving thanks. Thus this was the first time that the Thanksgiving observance combined both the ele ments of feasting and giving thanks. At any rate, no matter Just when or where that first festival was held, It was the prelude to frequent days of thanksgiving thruout the New England colonies. Sometimes such a day was ap pointed once a year, sometimes twice, and sometimes a year or two were skipped according to whether or not reasons for giving thanks presented themselves. The reasons were usually victories over the Indians, the arrival of a ship, or a bountiful harvest. Since the day was appointed more frequently for the last reason then for any other, August was the customary month for the holding of the fes tival. In JtS4 it became an annual affair in Massachusetts and the other New Fngland states soon follower her example. Loses Local Aspect During War. It was during the Revolutionary war that the day lost uome of Its local New Fngland character and took on nice of the color of a national festival. The continental congress recommended no less than eight days of Thanksgiving. They fell in April, May, July and UeeemlH'r. Business was usually suspended for the observance of the day. Washington Issued a proclama tion for a general thanksgiving by the continental army on Thurs day. Iec. IN, 1777, aiid again nt Valley Forge on May 7, 1778. The next big boost toward mak ing Thanksgiving a national holi day was also given by George Washington, first as president of the Constitutional convention and later as the first president of the United States. At the close of the constitutional convention, one Ellas Boudlnot moved that the pi-esldent should appoint "a day of Thanksgiving for the favors of Almighty God in giving them an opportunity to es tablish a government for their GAY'FfilSTNEll - - TON1TE Mott popnl&r twin i Mm fpnm tht Channtt and Qlgddnn. NAT TOW LE Thursday Thankacklng rentlva! Danr, Ijidlei c (ienllenien 4 (If funtlnuoni Bin Hervlea to lh Door, Xov. 'J4. :lj:!7. Almighty God, Main Throne, Heaven. My Dear God: "Well Sir, Thanksgiving day lias rolled around again and the usual inventory of blessings received and expression of grul'itude due seem to be in order. I suppose You are pretty busy up there as always. And we keep going down here too. If it isn't one thing, it's another. 1 trust the reverberations of the conflict ing theories of fascism, communism and de mocracy have not been troublesomely reflected amonjjTour angels. You know, tlie problem of power and prestige is always eausinj; a lot of trouble. 1 remember when You had some difficulty Y ourself several eons atro with this dictator crazed fellow, Satan. Of course You know about our Hitler and Mussolini. It seems that we Earthmen, and Uess ians in particular, owe You an apology on the score of Your present labor and judi ciary troubles. We unthinkingly got a cou ple of pretty good wars started, one in Spain and one in China. A lot of men, women, and children are uncircumspectly sent to heaven. Your reception committee has to work overtime and it begins thinking about the wage and hour problem. Then along comes Archangel Michael with his CIO or ganization to challenge Peter's old A. F. of L. setup. And that's not all. You have to reward the soldiers on both sides, because after all they're all fighting for a righteous cause. You railroad thru legislation that is in contradic tion -understandable under the circumstances with the 150 eon-old covenant of Heaven to send the soldiers from both sides to bliss. The judiciary begins nullifying Your bills, ,nnl what have we? You and Attorney (Icncial St. Thomas Acquinns have to reorganize the judiciary io bring 'in new blood. m-ll, as I say. You have tions up there. But we have ours too, and we want to thank You for keeping us from each other's throats as well as You lour own troubles. Here in the state of Nebraska there is especial reason for gratitude. Of course we haven't had more than half of a normal corn SiujcknL (puL&si Elmer Has Some Good Ideas for a Better School Dear Mister Editor: I read your editorials everv dav, and think they are very nice, but some of them sound funny. Are you serious about them? Like this here editorial you wrote Friday about the students knowing so niut'h about international affairs that they didn't have to go to the convocation. Do you really think so? I hope you won't think me previous, but I think some students are sort of dumb, and don't care much about It. 1 like convocations mvself. but I didn't gn to the last one because I thought the rally was going to be on Thuislay, so I went in front of Social Science hall and waited and waited but it cot cold so I went home. 1 think convocations are swell, but I think that wunethlhg should be done to give them more action 111.. ., , .. i-ikc ii uie mum-ins couiu give yens j i.ciwcii ppeecnes ami nave me Danu play Hail Varsity as we march out. And that reminds me. We've got snme swell yells at Sandy Crust high (that's my alma mater, that means Hint's where 1 graduated from! that we could use here by haying Nebraskl instead of Sandy Crust high. Like this Rugadabailaw Ragadabadaw Sandy Crust, Sandy Crust Rnh, Rah, Rah. Well, I didn't Rive you the right one, and they sound a lot better when you yell them out, but you see what I mean. I've been reading a heck of a lot about the band not giving as good a drill as other school bands. You should of seen our ' high school band back In Sandy Crust. We even did wand ''rills and Indian club maneuvers. Say, this here Awgwan sure is a dirty magazine, isn't it though. And the I'ralrie Schooner, oh my, I though that Celia story wa.i dreadful. Say, who is this Sarah Louise Meyer anyway? The way she keeps writing aliout the young generation being so different from her's. she must be somebodies gramniuw. (Ha-Ha.) Well, my fral brothers are knocking on my door. They want me to learn this new fancied truck ing so I run dance to Shep Flclda, whoever he U, so I will dose. Yours truly, . . Elmer Blaine. P. 8. Don't tell my frat brothers I wrote you this. safety and happiness." Aedamus Hurke of South Carolina till not like "this mimicking of Kuropean customs"; and Thomas T. Tucker of Virginia intimated that it might be as well to wait for some ex perience of the efficiency of the constitution before returning thanks for it." In spite of objec tions the motion wus carried and Washington issued a proclamation appointing Nov. 20 as Thanksgiv ing Day. Washington Gives Proclamation. Again in 1789 when Washing ton was president of the nation he again repeated his proclama tion. Several of the presidents who followed him issued general proc lamations on special occasions, but it was usually left to the governors of the states to determine whether 23c IP II K HMMHHNMMMMHHM crop since 1930. We've had some drouth. You remember that morning when there was an inch of dust on the floor of heaven. That was one of our dust storms. And we in Ne braska didn't get our share of the pork from the federal barrel for buildings because the state couldn't match the amounts. And the ten year building Jevy bill was defeated by our excellent new unicameral legislature. But, God, all this is nothing in light of what we have to be thankful for. Hoping You won't think us like the Publican of old, we feel that we are incomparably better off than our sister states who have been spending themselves poor and enjoying rrads, buildings, dams, parks, etc. Almighty Clod, we thank You that wc are a debt free state. "We haven't been softened by the luxuries obtained thru modern financing. And when the other states have their debts wiped out by inflation or freeze them into permanent deficits, and start spending again for more roads and buildings, we in Nebraska will still be untainted by too much comfort. For our own immediate situation at the University of Nebraska, God, we are truly grateful. We are grateful that our ex-professors have such good positions. Former Librarian Doane is comfortably situated at Wisconsin and Professor Stoke is enjoying a year of plenty with the PWA, from which we hope he can tear himself to return to us. Yc are thankful that the library has not collapsed and killed many of our number. And we are thankful that the majority of students have been so easily dissuaded from nn intelli gent and intensive use of library facilities which we do not have. Furthermore, we thank You lhat University and Nebraska halls arc disintegrating so slowly over our heads, mak ing it necessary to turn away thus far only a few engineers from the benefits of college education. i "Well, Sir, there You' are. We won't men tion our efficient military department, our fine student government, our active honorary organizations, and our thousands of serious minded students. It's Thanksgiving time and we are thankful. Gratefully, A Penitent Sinner. Your complica do, considering Crawford! Share The Wealth Flan. Dear Editor: If Robert Ripley of "Believe It or Not" fame were to run across the following incident, he'd spread it on billboards from Maine to Cali fornia: Prof. Robert R. Crawford, au thor of a $2.70 hook used in his Magazine Article Writing elass re funded his profit of 40 cents per new text to all purchasers. Orchids to you, Brother Craw ford. And. so you'll not think I'm working for an "A" in the course, I remain AN AMUSED STUDENT. there should be a day of Thanks giving and what day it would be. The most unflagging efforts to make Thanksgiving a national day, and the ones which were most productive of results, were made by Mrs. Surah J. Hale, who came down from Boston to Philadelphia I to edit "Godev's Ladies Book." She realized as she had not in New Kngland how limited was the observance of the day, and so every day she wrote letters to gov ernors of all the states and ter ritories suggesting that they should, by proclamation, appoint the last Thursday of November as a day for thanksgiving so that the celebration might be given a national character. Custom Lags During Civil War. Year after year she wrote until in the governors of all but two of the slates issued such proc lamations. As vet. however, there was no widespread interest among the people as a whole. During the Civil wt.r the custom lagged, and in the South it almost died. Im mediately after the battle of Get tysburg in July 18ti3, Mis. Hale sent Lincoln a copy of W ashing ton's proclamation anil suggested that he should apoint a certain tlay for thanksgiving. This he did ofT Starti THANKSGIVING DAY! lz$ (Lfll klr gflSaS nM , nuts! f taW in - FJirCM three of -em . . . in the ' & VaS 10 ACTS I tlJ" ' S Laff ingest Riot of fun and A V M J VQJ I fl I T"i &Jfs ' 'dy. these American V V I Li I y'r ' ,,n " were ever in.i rCtZK. f?mffiMk tern i 6 to 60 rHS nt W yj I Hert't more fun! 9nd Oth 1 I hs" 3 I ' I POPEYElgL A $ I n in n....- u.u... 11.. If f V.1 y I M m 9,uLF?LircrYedy JSEKL . Ill "ALFALFA" tavl. "You If 11.11... FnHa Tli. I I 1 I don't wnn'na ml(i Jf aaa "BACK IN this ontl" AT UV llll I P, M. CIRCULATION" Daily Nebraskan Kntered as aecond-rlaM matter at the PHMlolflce in Line. In. Nehrat-ka, tinder n:t of congress. March 3. 1R79. and al a Bpe rinl rate of postage provided for In nectlon 1103. act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1022. on July 15 with a proclamation "for the observance of Thursday, Aug. 6, as a day for national thanksgiving, praise and prayer." In 1864 Lincoln issued a procla mation appointing the fourth Thursday of November with a view to having the day kept thereafter annually without interruption. His assassination almost caused the suspension of his own plan, but President Johnson was prevailed upon to appoint the same day. Since then the presidents have appointed the last Thursday of November, exchanging the local and variable observance of the early days for one truly national in character. Thus we may say that since 1865, Thanksgiving Day has been an annual national holiday. "The Psycholphslcs of Mental Test Difficulty" is the title of an article by Dr. Joy Guilford of the department of psychology which appeared in the late Issue of Psychomestrika, nationally known physchological journal. Here's The BIGGEST Thanksgiving Show In Town! LIBERTY l-nt Timrl Today: "CHAN ON BROADWAY" nnd 'Over The Gonl Inierira'l Daring Ir Are Rrlno t Mile a Minute Thrill! In the hereen! "ATLANTIC FLIGHT" .PLUS lie Uoi hit Mu ol Hell :j K I A Vtf yJAM . -)T, l I 'sn !" v . -..v . -n - I NtWb PARADE by Marjorle Churchill Thanksgiving and the 'Tramp of Marching Feet.' Thanksgiving is a different story this year in the homes of millions of once unemployed persons who are now drawing regular salaries. Unemployment figures have de creased greatly since the begin ning of the "business recession" in 1929. Yet there remain one-third of the persons in the United States, now "Inadequately , clothed, fed, housed." To these the "Thanksgiv ing of the Unemployed," written in 1931 by Lorcn M. Tacey, still holds good. Thanksgiving of the Unemployed. We are thankful, O our God, For light that smoke palls can not quite conceal, For air not yet too thick to breathe; We are thankful for the grain we may not grind, A bounteous harvest we may not gather in. For feet that endlessly, fruit lessly tramp, Day after day To find the lost again For these we thank thee, and for the breath of life, The dooged urge within, The hope that dauntless will not let us die. On This RiiMiic! of Cotton Hosiery. . American girls In various sec tions, they tell us, are wearing cot ton hose as a protest against. Japa nese aggression. Labor's two major organizations approve the boycott. Manufacturers of course, running in competition with Japanese im ports, add their sanctions. What are the chances for suc cession of such a boycott? The pros and cons of the situation are given inxa recent research bulle tin issued by the Institute of Pa cific Relations. Sales of hosiery will reach their peak within the next month and a knlf. Hence, the time is ripe for such a boycottthe greatest sin gle use of Japanese silk is for hosiery. There would be little trou ble in identifying Japanese silk. Virtually all the raw milk used in the United States comes from Ja pan. On the other side of the scales is the difficulty of arousing en thusiasm among women scattered thruout the United tSates. Manu- STARTS THANKSGIVING DAY HlNTKIl , by the I . VI HUM I. b. World dHHTCR Wfi&UC BEERY SLAVE SHIP Willi Elizabeth Allen Mickey Rooney Added Featui Edw. E. Horton Vild Money Special Bargain Hour Thanksgiving Day 12:452:00, 10c SUN MADAME X" with Gladys George f 4ea J L Hurry.' Tottih! What a Show for The gayest of girl-filled revues ! DE LANE 'Acrobatic AZLA 'Surprises In Comic Magic' LAMAR and VE0LA 'Exhibition Laugh Duo' THE 3 VALENTINES r 'Sentntlonal Comedy I LIBERTY BELL 'Mistress of Ceremonies 11-PIECE STAGE BAND 'Toe-Tapplng Swing Rhythm' GARDEN Or GIRLS 'Eight Dancing Darlings' S33IME.n IN TIIK INFIKMARY Jerome Neprud, Verdel. Julia Powers, Lincoln. Robert Chatt, Tekamah. Doris Swensen, Davenport. facturers, also, would find them selves faced with the problem of machinery which could not be con verted for making silk substitutes. Some of the purpose of the boy cott would be defeated, since it would be the agricultural sections of Japan which would suffer, and these have had no part in Chinese aggression. Silk, moreover, is not the Japanese life line that it once was. Exports now include manu factured goods to other countries. The boycott might exert a con siderable Influence on Japan, but on the other hand, unless supported wholeheartedly by persons of '.ery section, it might very likely result in the United States' sitting on the side lines in all the glory of lier cptton hosiery while other coun tries reaped the profits of an in creased Japanese trade. Government Offers Joh to Soil S i v Worker Marlon M. r, who has worked on thf ' i ika soil pur vey about two years has been ree lected for work in" the United States department of agriculture. He will leave Lincoln the end of the week. His future address will be in Indianapolis, Intl. NOW! The whole limn I, "(iaisu" Mill! IiiiikIiIit! tun nlinl picture rer made! . I'lTT Kmitliiill Hreni1 12 In I PM'll to ::t(l iAfter B:H0 201 II -4 II HI 15c ANY SEAT 15c 2-FIRST RUN HITS r 1 Hi! Co-Eds! it the hay f rlrnd nnd line on clown nnr) -'VtJ iiiher cnlleite g lr) iu lit h mm-h in llH nil nbmt i'n! It'i mnr tun thiui jon've h r d nine? !N Imivkfl poured H Mil lllUft. 2ND BIG HIT! OlRI.s! Learn thf Inwrinun on ttu- vv nj!hif,-f reii'k-'t tii.it i'vr nn'rnri n nMtnn! It mtivcs thi mtrrv of tlmie ni inn ing taxi (tJincrrs: "PAID TO DANCE" Willi DON TERRY Jacqueline Wells Rita Hayworth I iiMllltK SlIIKlllV PINKY TOMLIN SmcltiK "The Ixive Bvif Will Bile You" In "ThuriK For I.Menlnc" WILL ROGERS in n "JUDGE PRIEST" j Thanksgiving!! BERNARD & LANGDON Romancltifl In Hollywood' THE 3 CHANDLERS 'Uniaue Ad.-gio Trio SPEED BAYES 'Dixieland Accordl.m Man and RANDALL Swing Stylists' I 25C from 1 to 2 p. m Cyclists' I f Rough-and-ready " romantlo fun! 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