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PAGE TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938 ; A I ' it .2 ... t THE DAILY NEBRASKAN EDITORIAL STAFF Mltnr Hltn Fasma Manarlnt Editors Morrlt Llpp, Howard Kaplan Nal Editors M Ntrtvrs, Barbara Rowwalrr, Marjorla Charfhlll, Merrill Knflunt, Fr4 Hsrma, Kick drHrowm. O.N IHIa ItWl B Dctk tdltor Nllht Editor . Lnder dlrectloa ul tha Student rUDIIcatiun Board. Editorial Ottlra Lnlvrslt Hall . Ilaslntsa ffle Lnlrsrslt? Hnll -A, Telephone Day BUM. Nliht B7I9H, BHSan (Journal). 1937 Member 1938 Pssocided Gofle6icrto Press Distributor of GDlle6ideDi6Gst Youth Finds Its Voice Youth has found its voice. Today, to morrow and Saturday, ubout 500 young peo ple will present the needs of American youth to their congressmen when they go to Wash ington on the, second annual youth pilgrim age, sponsored by the Aniericnn Youth con gress together with junior sections of church '.groups, political parties, peace organizations, neighborhood houses and labor unions. Jobs and education form the basis of the demands which young America will present in Wash ington. These are the two demands that must be filled if young people are to find and fill adequately their normal places in society. The American Youth congress which is sponsoring the pilgrimage is made up of more than 30 young people's organizations, ranging from the Student Peace service and National Student Federation of America to .. the National Council of Methodist Youth and the National Negro Congress. Briefly the pilgrimage is being made in order to bring to the ears of the elected represent atives youths' needs for jobs and education and how their needs can be met through legislative action. The pilgrims will ask for extension of the National Youth administration, called for in the Schwellenbach-Allen resolution; passage of the American Youth act; passage of the Nye-Kvale bill to curtail military training in colleges; passage of the Bernard CCC bill, which would put the CCC under civilian con trol and defeat of the Sheppard-Hill bill which legalizes fascistic regimentation during war. The general aim of this program is halting the In making: book lists, the pros pective reader should beware lest he neglect the older books which have withstood the test of time in favor of the current best sellers. Perhaps the best fiction of any century since the battle of Has tings in 1066 is that of the 19th century. Russia hat productd many writ ers of the first class, but topping; them all are Tolstoy and Dos toevski!. The former created "Anna Karenina," a character to be portrayed later by glamorous Greta Garbo. Count Tolstoy's masterpiece was "War and Peace," a magnificent novel of some 1,500 pages, an epic of the Russian pre-war life. Tolstoy in- - eludes every yhase of life In this great work, revealing the sordid peasant existence, and the frivol ous and petty behavior of the no bles. Entertaining aa the best of the best sellers, nevertheless, "War and Peace." is as serious and profound aa the best of the Eln teins and Eddlngtons. Dostoevski!, on the other hand, is credited by many with the world's beat novel of all time, "The Brother Karamazov." One brother is a priest, one a profes sional soldier, and one an an archistic and atheistic journalist. Dostoevskii also wrote "Crime and Punishment," weaving around his philosophic ideas on the basis of . responsibility a atory of the trials and tribulations of the Siberian exile. Though each of these books . endeavors to solve such perplex ing problems as the causes for ac tion of the fallacies of condemna tion, nevertheless the reader should not forget that they are aa - easily read as a Tarzan tale, and a thousand timet more delightful. Dutch Crack Back. Dutch people had an opportunity to crack back at the United States for it dorraan attitude In regard to international courts and Institutions when Margaret Mit chell protested the publication of her prlxe novel "Gone With the Wind" in the Dutch language without permission. The diplomats from the Netherlands replied to the action of the United States that the United Statea had refused to jbln the Berne conference on international ccpyrighta and agreements aa well aa the League of Nations, and that there existed no agreement between the United States and the Netherlanda on this issue. MacMillan, the Ameri can publisher of the book, argued that the book had been published in Canada which country was a member of the Berne c.iference, and consequently the agreement was effective for that book. Dutch publishers, however, eont'nue to produce the book in great num bers. UKewiae Chilean publishers have nullified their Pan American treaty with this eovntry, and art puDusnmg me book in the Chilean broru. . Margaret Mitchell, the author, should not complain, however, for on this hook alone ahe has made a fortune which runt into tlx figures three timet. War produces Novel. from the horrort of tha Civil war, comes a novel of a woman (a rather typical woman) who finds THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR BUSINESS STAFF Hunnni Manaier tharles Tanton Assistant Huslnsss Manaisr. Frank Johnson, Arthur Hill Circulation Manaier Ntanlej Michael SUBSCRIPTION RATE 11.80 a rent Minnie ropy 11.00 a aenmter Llpp . . deBrown fll.M mailed I.ntered as atciinil-riaas matter at the postufflca in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act ol congress, March , talk, and at apeclal rata ol pone He provided for In aeclloa Una, act ol October a, mil, auihorlud January HO, int. Published even 'lues day, W a d a e d ay, Thursday, Prlrian and Sunday mnrnlnaa ol the academic year by tndrnta nf the I nl. vrrally ol Nebraska, under the supervision of the Hoard of Pub lications. that her desires for love and fri volity must be subordinated to the superior power of suffering and starvation. It is a story of a woman who passionately wishes for those things which are difficult to attain in peace; it is a tale of caprice and gayety riding on the surface of the ever oncoming wave of disaster and death. In "Dancer In Madrid," Janet Rlesenberfr de scribes the war as women sees it, and in so ding creates a novel that should be most entertainine to all readers. Hervey Allen author of the 1 world famous Anthony Adverse, has lust completed "Action At Aquila." Altho the Civil war sub ject has been worn down consid erably by the blows of erstwhile would be greats, Allen weaves the frayed threada into a new cloth that fascinates with its color and glitters with its originality. "Ac tion At Aquila" is aimed at those southerners who still possess some of their ancestoral hatred for the "damn yankees;" It is aimed to pacify the intense resentment against Sheridan and other north ern generala which was fanned into flame by the recent anti-lynching bill. It is aimed, so the publishers say, to embarrass the southerners in the same effective manner that "Gone With the Wind" made the northernera blush in not too fastid ious style. Advance orders fv,r the book which was published last Fri day have far exceeded the first printing. Odds and Ends In the World of Books: James Farley, postmaster general of the United States and chairman of the democratic na tional committee, will soon pub lish his autobiography in the American magazine. Later the book will be published In book form ao that all loyal democrats may get an insdie-looking-out view of their chief tain... The name of Wlllard Price's new book is "Chil dren of the Rising Sun," instead of "Japan Reaches Ouf which this column reported to be the book'a name. Booksellers, thinking that "Japan Reaches Out" was just another book on the far east, refused to purchase the book. Im mediately, the publishers tore off the old covers and paper leafleta, printed new title pages, and of fered the new book "Children of the Rising Sun." The book nows enjoys huge sales, and the presses aregoing full blast to keep supply on terms with demand. . . Perhaps the worlds best known biographers of the present age are Emil Ludwig and Stefan Zweig, The former wrote "The Nile, "The Biography of Napoleon," and the "Biography of President Roose velt" which is running currently In the "Liberty" magazine. Stefan Zwelg is author of "Erasmus of Rotterdam,-' "Marie Antoinette," and "Conqueror of the Seaa," a story of Magellan... In the fiction race for best sellers honors is after the regular place of such notabels aa "Citadel," "The Rains Came," and "The Proud Hearte," Josephine Lawrence's new novel "Bow Down to Wood and Stone." The DAVIS SCHOOL SERVICE "A Ooeel Teaehera Agency" 191S-1938 Coma In ana) Sm Vi M Stuart Bido. Lincoln. Nebr. 6 evnts 11.50 a aemwter mailed National Advertising Service, Inc Coll, ft Fubltihlrt Riprttftatitt 4i0 MADiaON Avi. NiwVodk. N.V. CHICAOO - BOSTON tAN FRANCISCO Los ANaaLsa. Portland pkattli further expansion of the American war ma chine at the expense of the education and economic security of American youth. Houinning Monday and coiitiiniinjf throuuh the week, the delemiles will testify as witnesses in hearines on the American Youth act before 'the I'nited States senate committee on education and labor. The dele gates will interview congressmen from their states to impress upon them the local as well as national needs of youth. During the stay in Washington there will be an interchange of ideas and experience nriong the pilgrims and between them and people in the govern ment which will be reflected in the further co ordination of youth work in the coming year. The idea behind the pilgrimage harks back to the days of "town-meeting democ racy," or when the electorate could express itself verbally and in person. At the meet ing of the American Youth congress in Mil waukee last July a declaration of rights of American youth was drawn up and said in part: "Our generation is rightfully entitled to a useful, creative and happy life, the guarantees of which are: Full educational and recreational opportunities, steady em ployment at adequate wages, security in time of need, religious freedom, civil liber ties, and peace." This is their way of vital izing these "rights." To many the move on the part of n.'Hional youth organizations may seem only an attempt to create a sensation. To others it may appear in a ludicrous light. And to still others it may demonstrate that youth is becoming organized through realization of its needs. The week's events in Washington will probably reveal that youth is more coherent, if not more artic ulate than the little business men who were the last to move on Washington. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL CHOIR NOTES The Lincoln Cathedral choir, composed of University of Ne braska students and alumni, is one of the outstanding Nebraska organizations. It has repeatedly brought credit to the university and the state. The choir has attained national prominence by its two trips to the east in the past and the forth- broadcasts. In New York the cnoir appeared at Carnegie hall, Riverside church, and Rockefeller center plaza. A series of weekly, non-commercial broadcasts will begin March 11 over CBS at 2:45 p. m. central standard time. The recent action toward af filiating the choir with the uni versity has not yit been arted upon. According to a student vote, the popular opinion is for surh action but no formal step has yet been taken. Hold Sunday Vespers. During- the last two seasons, the choir has been conducting Sunday vesper services which have ex emplified its spiritual objectives, i. e., the founding of such a Great Cathedral where people of all faiths and races may unite in worship. John Rosborough, direc tor of the choir, state that it is not the purpose of the vesper con certs to found a new church or a new religion, but rather to help the student grow stronger and better in the light of his own faith. The broadcasts, entitled "Whith er Youth," will be divided into two parts the music of the choir and the spoken word. The latter uses a theme in which youth is portrayed as starting on a pil grimage in search for the reali zation of a beautiful dream. Youth views the Bible story of Ruth por trayed in a series of pictures (one in each of the six broadcasts). From these he draws a spiritual interpretation and each leads him nearer to his goal. At least he re afcee his dream a Great Cathe dral where all mankind lays aside credal and racial barriera to wor ship God in unison. Liaroln Star. Dr. Barbour Improved Dr. E. H. Barbour, director of me university museum, was re ported as showing some improve ment over his condition Tuesday. Announcing Opening of 3fie Campus FEATURING BING MILLER AND HIS 11-PIECE UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA Dancing Tuesday, i ' ' St iii'XV-.fi'?: NEWS PARADE by Marjorie Churchill JiAt '"tasai-i 'YOU TURNED THE TABLES ' Guerilla warfare and turning of the tables by Chinese armies at last take effect. Heavy snow and "scorched earth" tactics combine to check Japanese armies on all fronts, And now Japanese diplo mats are seeking a third power willing to step in to help negoti ate peace. It seems they are not going to finish up their alleged world supremacy policy aa yet at least they're going to take a Drier breathing spell berore gird ing their loins for the little Job of conquering the world, DOWN BUT NOT OUT Threat of a presidential veto fails to stop the house from strik ing off the 20 percent surtax on closely held corporations, By a vote of 180 to 124 in committee of the whole a combined republican and democratic opposition amends the tax bill to. kill the levy. Predictions are that the amend ment will mean a showdown be tween the administration and re action democrats. The dodging of taxes, says Lewis of Maryland, de fending the levy, la bound to "lead to printing: press money" to meet government expenses. Drew of Pennsylvania comes back with the assertion that "there are 3 million business men In America, and they are against this tax. Eighty per cent of them make less than $20, 000 a year and this tax won't affect them. But they are afraid." a a a AND NOW, MY CHILDREN .... Britain continues her diplomatic pattlngs on the head of recalci trant continental states. France shows signs of coming Into line. At least she agrees to Italy's de mand for non-intervention control of the French-Spanish border. Italy is expected to come thru now with removal of troops from Spain. And then Italy and Britain will come to terms and everything will be smoothed out again. Germany is next on the list of dtplomatir parlies. Chamberlain invites Ribbentrop, former German ambassador to London, to meet with him at a luncheon to talk things over. Hopes rise that peace may be in the offing, at least a temporary peace, with rt- turned colonies and other conces sions as the probable stop-gap to Italo-German demands. Symphony Goers Hear 'Voice In a Century Friday Night (Continued from Page 1.) richest contralto voices that has been heard in the United States for manv a year." This Friday, accompanied by Kosti Vehanen, Miss Anderson will sing In St. Paul church, presented by the Lincoln Symphony orches tra association. The program: Te Peum. Handel. Tulu Rsccnita. Hanrtrl rer FWte Welch Oefufhl. Hanilel. A Kruno Veetit, rarrlsmml, )lle Voel. Schubert. Ami Maria, Schubert. CMta l"iva from "Norma," Bellini. Some Time. Roanotto. Krne, Cohen, lole WUhes. Flhellun. Finnish Sailor's Pone;. Vehanen. lonne Foun' My Sheep, Johnson. Honor, Honor. Johnson. Were You There. PurlflKh. There's No Hldln' Place Down There, Johnson. COLLEGE W ORLD. But before this gets you down in the dumps too far, we'd like to introduce you to the University of Washington's Dr. E. R. Guth rie, who's been doing research on the "Big Apple" of all things! Sez he: "The popularity of the big apple in America ind'eates a redblooded race above all, and it Is probable that such a dance could not have originated in any other nation which is considered civilized." Go ahead! You've a logical ex cuse for saying your collegiants are just a part of a program to determine how dates should be se cured. Now that you are all nicely set tled in your dormitory room and have been attending classes for at least five months this school year, we are giving you a gentle jolt from an educating easterner that maybe it's all a waste of time. Simmons college's president is the jolter, and here's the Jolt: "Don't assume that your . . . life la blighted ... if (you don't) go to college." But, if you're al ready there, says he, "college work should be above all, an inte'.lectual experience." Kettering to Kollege Kids Club 1126 P St. Thursday, Saturday Dear Mr. Herbert; On behalf of our readers, a thousand thanks for your promise to write up Paul Hindemlth'a concerts in Chicago, and for your pilgrimage there to the American Music Festival. The latter seems to have made a dour and mournful impression. Your criticisms were in diverting contrast to a message from our friend Vlnce, that fairly bubbled over with confidence in the future of American music. Outside of what can be gleaned from phonograph records, we suf fer here from a dearth of native music. The jazi orchestras of the vicinity pretend to ' be nothing more than dance bands, hence they are scot-free of the least artistic merit. In the same way Mozart's mlnuett, Schubert'a dances, and Chopln'a mazurkas did not make much headway till these composers had transcended the narrow limits of music in tended merely for dancing pur poses. Conoertt Draw from Europe, Our local concerts have contin ued to draw from the treasure house of European music. Largely out of eastern Europe came the program that Mr. Lentz conducted last Sunday with the University of Nebraska's Symphony Or chestra. The Russian composers Moussorgsky and Glazounof were buttressed, in the afternoon's se lections, by three central Euro peans, Goldmark, Smetana and Haydn. Haydn't difficult and probably spurious 'cello concerto In D featured the orchestra and a soloist from the school of music, Miss Bettie Zabriskle. Most of the other European climes were heard from in concerts and recitals taking place here lately. A concerto gross by the Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi, formed the nub of some music that the Lincoln String orchestra gave last week in the Cornhusker hotel. Both the program and the ren dition did the performers much credit. Those of us who attended were therefore doubly flabber gasted at the small audience pres ent. It ia now known that the concert was deliberately boycotted by cliques because of the orches tra's alleged sympathies, and the cliques' counter sympathies In the Cathedral Choir debate (still go ing strong on our campus). Warfare Shows Vitality. Doubless this guerilla warfare Is a sign of vitality and aware ness; not controversy but indif ference Is the real enemy of music, as of any other art. Yet one feels only derision and scorn for big otry; and it was sheer bigotry that mislead many into absenting themselves from such a splendid concert as that of last Tuesday at the Cornhusker. Since you have always carried a soft spot for French music, there is one other bit of news that sould strike home. The French Club and its viva cious faculty advisor, Monsieur Jean Tilche, became restive the other evening; during the club's regular bi-monthly meeting. It must have been spring fever. In the twinkling of an eye, they pro mulgated a full agenda of activ ities for the coming months that sounded like a university in minia ture: private stagings of plays, art exhibits and lectures, gallery excursions, movies and slides, weekly teas, dining out at French cuisines, poetry recitals, conversa tion and discussion groups, truest lectures from various departments, and a Romance language depart mental newspaper. Club To Study French Music. Best of all, they are scheduling concerts to illustrate the develop ment of French music, for which the club will draw upon the vast repertory of phonograph music as well as play host to leading soloists in campus musical circles. The series opens on Wednesday March 16th. Mozart's adventures in Paris will be related by a guest speaker (Madame de Pompadour had designs on young Mozart, you know), and then his heavenly D minor Piano Concerto will be played. This is only a starter! What a joy It will be to hear the master works of Roland de Lassus, Jos quln de Pres, Lully, Gluck, Berlioa, Debuivsy, Faure, Ravel, and the French opera makers such as Gounod, Bizet, and Saint Saens! The concerts will take place in congenial surroundings. Indeed the French club hopes to decorate the hall with famous paintings con temporaneous with the music to be played on a particular evening, Admission will be free, and every one is welcome except petty poli tics and the cathedral controversy, which will be banished to the cold depths of the river Seine! Joseph Frank. awiraai um mr coen leotnM rwsstn IS YOUR SPRING COAT READY FOR SERVICE? LET US SAMTOXE CLEAN YOUR COAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE NEW AGAIN. We clean Ilats, Gloves, Suede Jackets. Modern Cleaners Soukup & Westover 21 & a Call F2377 "34th Year in Lincoln Mm (umpa GUSSIE FINDS A 'RED' LETTER Gussle Larklns, our mniill town friend from up northwest way, is beginning to like the atmosphere around here. "Everything seems and smells so home like around here," Gussie says. But Gussie, who Is the laziest creature we have ever aeen, sat down in the office yesterday, A mouse ran across the cement in front of him. Feeling a due sense of chivalry toward the women of the office, Gussie went right after the little mammal. He dug his hand into the jagged hole. Cockroaches, clgaret butts, and a piece of paper was all ho could find. He opened the paper, read it, and came to us breathlessly, 'There's a red on this campus. The decrepit letter read: Hat the university a place from which every student who attends will come with a well rounded "liberal education," or more important, hat It become an institution which will serve as an "employer" to the student who it not wanted loafing at home? The university is no longer the Institution for only those desiring an education; it now opens its doors to all young men and young women who at tend because they have nothing else to do, and feel that they might just at well enjoy the pleasures which only a group of students desirous of having a good time could bring about. When the depression brought about a scarcity of positions and conditions in which the high school graduate would no longer be thrown Into a job, the university immediately argued that "if a per son were not a college graduate, his life's work would be of a low order." On the curfare, such an argument seems logical. If wealth is set up as the yardstick of suc cess, however, observe the educa tions of Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Mr. Instill, or Mr. Mel lon. The knowledge that these men attained did not come from a uni versity. Mr. Ford, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Insull and Mr. Mellon needed no "university education to be suc cessful." If they were to attend a university today, however, no doubt they would be students de sirous of securing an education. Because the depression brought about, at first, then, a decrease In the number of pupils, the university was forced to adopt a tystem of advertising comparable to that of a chain store. Later, when the stocks "had hit the rocks." proud fa thers who had placed their money In tafer tecurities were told that the university wat the place for their tont and daugh ters. The idea that "to be suc cessful now a student must se cure a university education," gained momentum, and more and more ttudentt attended the university every year. Studentt attended school when they were seemingly unable to exist in their stingy basement rooms that reeked with oil stove fumes. Students attempted to attend the university by living on a dally diet of hamburger loaf, others lived In luxury, having good-looking clothet and shiny new automobiles., Eduactort everywhere urged that every Sg Jill fi. 1 ' 1 -ifr The Twolo Have... Ira Creations Highlighted FIRST for Spring! The very newest! Rich, tawny COPPER CALF for your suit shoes! Gleaming BLACK PAT ENT LEATHER for dress wear! Both with "peeping toes". . . pinhole perforations . . . and a smart flair that shows they're CONNIES! boy and girl attend a university and "make himaeif a better equipped person for after life. When the university found it. self flooded with students, it realized tnat its advertising had been successful, and soon It ve. allzed the fact thnt the greater the number of students, the more fruitful Us appearance would be to others desirous of securing a "liberal education." The university became aware of the fact that it could become an institution of great Importance, Under the false assumption that the more students securing a "liberal education," the more educated the nation might become, the institution has made itself Into one of profit and bus instituted somewhat degenerated influences to appeal to every "would-be" student. Today some universities have hired football teams to play under the colors of the school in order to present a show window of the Institution. We find, then, a university of today entirely different from the university of ten yean ago. The purposes are different, the metodi are different, and the results are different. University leaders argue that economic conditions today are different from those of the early days of Mr. Ford, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Insull, or Mr. Mellon. Such an argument is false. Competi tion today may be greater, but the real competitors today are no greater In number. Although the university turns out many more ttudentt than It did ten yean ago, It turnt out ne more capable students than It for merly did. The dogma that "a university education It neces sary in this day and age" has been an outgrowth of the de pression. The solution to the problem falls fully upon the university. How ran such an institution deal, on one hand, with the student really desirous of securing an education, and, on the other hand, with the student who attends the university because he has nothing else to do? Only whon the university be comes an educative Institution In place of an economic institution, and only when the serious minded student is freed from the rulings made for the "playboys" will the university accomplish the purpose for which it was founded. (Unsigned). COLLEGE WORLD. Newark university officials this month opened a drive for an en dowment of a million dollars to meet pressing financial needs. The University of Minnesota, one of the largest U. S. state uni versities, last year spent 10 mil lion dollars. St. Mary s college in California has three official names, but all begin with the name by which It is known from coast to coast Both houses of the Massachu setts legislature have passed a bill to kill the teacher's oath law. A new curriculum and teaching materials laboratory has been es tablished at Syracuse university. Michigan educational authorities are considering establishing grad uate divisions for the state teach ers colleges. Louisiana State university jour nalism students have completed the histories of 18 newspapers in that state. Tulane university officials are considering instituting a non compulsory course in naval science and tactics. A shop in which students may spend their leisure time pursuing their hobbies has been opened at Massachusetts institute of tech nology. Haircut 35c Bill Barnett 1017 P Pi- It . . Br and 4.95