PAGE TWO THE DAILY NERRASKAN, TUESDAY, MVRCH 22, 1938 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Editor Helm Pa.roa "'" Manacn CharlM lantoa Mana(lnt Editor Mart. Llpp, Honard Kaplan Aailttant Bn.lnr.n Manattr. Frank Johnaon. Arthur Mill Nea tailor. K strevra. "rrnl.tloo Manairr , M(fn, Karhara R.inrn utrr, Marjorto (hun-hlll, Merrill -- tnilund, frrod Harms, Dick drHrown. .NtH.m .,. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Desk Editor i X M ' ,,n' '"' " ' Mtri w.h Frfl,! M.M malM Scant. I..O aamertri Night Editor Churchill mailed Under direction ut the Htudrni rutmratlon Hoard. Editorial dttlre t nlrrralty Hall 4. Hulnr U'tlre Lnlvtraitj Hall 4-A. Telephone Day BUM. Mht B7193, KH.H3S (Journal), 1937 Mc-mbcr 1938 ftssociaicd CollcftidG Press Distributor of GoEe6icle Di6est A Poll Of Student Opinion Two often have college seniors been told, "You are the leaders of tomorrow," yet de spite its triteness, the phrase expresses a real ity. College firaduntes are the lead ts of their generation, and 15 years out of college they are plnyinsj a major part in determining the policies of the nation. As students, these prospective future leaders must bein the process of training their minds on quest ions of vital national im portance, of moulding the opinions which will guide them in formulating policies as citizens. Approximately 12 days ago a nation wide survey of student opinion on peace was started by the undergraduate newspaper of Brown university "to offer an opportunity for the students of the entire nation to de clare their beliefs on five questions of fore most importance in international relations today." All of them bring clearly to the fore the necessity for sound, well-reasoned under graduate opinion which will provide a back ground for development of a constructive American program for peace. The five main topics of the poll concern the Far Eastern situation, R. 0. T. C, peace, naval policy, and willingness to fight. It is hoped to poll the opinions of 1,200,000 college students thruout the nation by April 18, the results to be published by April 25. Among 19 organizations, members of the United Student Feaee committee, which have undertaken co sponsorship of the project, are the American Student union, the League of Nations associa tion, the National Intercollegiate Christian council, and the Foreign Policy association. The Far East threatens to become the storm center of 'a second world war. Russia, the United States, and Great Britain are fased with the necessity of deciding once and for all their policy in China and the Pacific. Shall they join to suppress Japanese aggres IPiiIse Much Ado About Nothing If it is permissible, I would like to put my humble oar into the mess that is the present barb con troversy, which has, incidentally, given me more amusement than anything since the crusade against Pittsburgh a year ago. I would like to point out that tr. Woerner seems to be doing the Greeks a lot of pood, while the Greek writers seem to be doing the barbs just as much good. Not, of course, that it is particularly desirable for either side to be done good. Nobody can agree with Mr. Woerner, and likewise the well studied, cautious replies of the Greeks, who obviously don't let themselves go, cannot do anything except to help the barb cause. I should feel like spanking any Greek who is snobbish enough to cast reflections on the barbs as a class. Also, I look donw upon any barb who will go out of his way to say mean thing about the Greeks. Such things Just aren't nice. Of course, neither the barbs nor the Greeks are like Mr. Woerner Bays. Nor are they like the Greek writers have said. Being a barb is the natural 6tate, whereas, being a Greek is an artificial one. but it really isn't important. I cite the number of former rooming houses rented by fraternities. It has been aaid by Mr. Woerner that the Greeks have a lot of money and the barbs have none. This is gross exaggeration. I know n barn' who spends $150 a month and a Greek who spends $30. However, most Greeks spend a little more than most barbs do. Which proves nothing. So, let's don't become Greek let ter conscious There are some stu dents who benefit by a fraternity or sorority, and some who do not. 1 personally don't feel that I have, but I know a number of students for whom the associations of a Greek house has proven desirable. But let's be good boys and girls and not fight over it. If I had a brother. 1 would certainly not pledge him. Instead, I would ad vise him to get a small apartment In a hi;;h chmi apartment house, a room mate who was congenial, and certainly not of the lowest so cial class. However, since, I would be guessing for him. I would prob ably b wrong, and he might be happier in the midst of paddle, officers and the rest of the show. Incidentally, I do not have a brother. But let'i not fight about It. I think, in the Interest of good taste. Mr. Woerner owes society an apology, and the other writers owe it to themselves to be true to their convictions. Sincerely, EX-GREEK NO. 1. Puhll.hm ever fore day, V a d n e a d ay, Tkuriitay, Friday and Nunriay nmrnlnn ot the academic year by atndrnta nf the t nl veralty nl Nrhra.ka, nnder the anprrvlwlnn of the Roard of I'ub-llcatlont. BULLETIN Tassels. Tassels will hold their regular meeting tonight at 7:00 in Social Science, room 105. j Corn Cobs. Corn Cobs will meet Wednesday night at 7:15 in room 107a of So cial Science. Attendance is manda tory at this Wednesday meeting. Bizad Executive Council. Members of the blzad executive council will meet this afternoon in the offire of Dean LcRossignol at 5 o'clock. Evangelical students. The League of Kvangelical Stu dents will meet at 7 tonight In the red room of the Y. M. C. A. All university students are invited to attend. Y. W. C. A. Vespers. Dr. Edna Schrick will address vespers this afternoon on "How We Determine Standards." The services will begin at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. UmVERSIT?TESr" Dr. C. H. Oldfather. dean of the j college of arts and sciences, spoke I to students of Crete Wednesday evening on the present European Crisis. The address was before the International Relations club. April 29 he will give two addresses at Vermillion, S. D., at an educa tional conference of colleges and schools. "Alien Land Rights in Ne braska," and "A Judicial CoiHvil in Nebraska" are the titles of two articles by Prof. L. B. Orfield of the law college appearing in the March issue of the Nebraska Law Bulletin. Dr. Louise Pound of the depart ment of English was in Hastings Monday where she addressed a lay group dinner meeting. Tuesday morning she appeared on a convo cation program of Hastings col lege. Prof. M. H. Merrill, recently of the university law faculty and now at the University of Okla homa, is the author of an article in the Nebraska Law Bulletin en titled "The War Tower as the BHsis for a National Agricultural Program." BARB WOMEN CAST BALLOTS FOR A. W. S. BOARD WEDNESDAY (Continued from Page 1.) elected, are Dorothy A. Anderson, Helen Danner, Betty Ann Duff, Melva Kime, Helen Krejci, Lucille Marker, and Peggy Sherburne. Sophomore candidates are Rho da Chesley, Helen Elizabeth Clay baugh, Jane De La tour, Victoria Ekblad, Dorl Fcpter, Ruth Mae Pestal, Jeanetta Swenson, and Ethel Tombrlnk. Either one ot two senior mem bers may be choaen from the ag campus. One ag member may be chosen from the Junior list and one from the sophomore candidates. Those In charge of the polla will be President Velma Ekwall and the three present senior members, Doris Gray, Mary Byrd, and Eliz abeth Ediaon. Entered at irennd-elMi niattet at the poatottlra in Lincoln, Nrbru.ka, under act it fonrrs, Marrh 8, HI7H. and at (pedal rate ot puilai-a provided for In ertlon 1103, act of October S, 1011, authorlted January 0, mi. National Advertising Service, Inc Celltfr Pnhlishtrt ?ricffir 4a0MADl0N AVI. NiwYokk. N.Y. emcao . aoaroN . an raNciaee boa ANaiLia PonTLAiio imtl- sion, by force if necessary' Shall the United States withdraw from China? What shall our policy be? Do the students themselves desire mainte nance of the R, O. T. C, or do they wish it to be curtailed? What do we think of our naval and military program? What action shall we take in Europe in an attempt to maintain Peace? Will isolation prevent us from being involved in war, or will we inevitably be drawn in? And, a most vital issue: In what sort of war will students be willing to fight? Again a well-worn expression, "It is the youth of the country that fights its wars." Under what conditions will we be willing to fight or shall we refuse our support in any war? Usually in a criss youth stands helplessly before the desires of his elders, the certain vic tim of any move towards war. He lacks the power and money to make himself heard. He is not organized as a group. Therefore this poll offers the interesting opportunity for college groups to formulate some statement of opinion on a subject which concerns them so vitally. At the least a poll is an effective method for getting people to make up their minds on cur rent issues. The sense of solidity promoted by mutual opinions might possibly encourage col lege students to stand their ground against the propaganda and pressure of an expansionist government. Statistics are valuable information. The opinion of the student group, if it is well enough established by this poll, cannot be ig pored by a government, even a military-dominated one such as our own. The expressed beliefs of over a million college students could be a tremendous fore? in support of these policies favored by youth. The effec tiveness of the survey depends entirely upon its magnitude. Students of Nebraska will have an oppor tunity to voice their opinion by marking bal lots appearing in today's Daily Nebraskan. Think and having thought, let the world know your answers. Musical Footnotes How does it feel to be treated like royalty? About 50 members of the university symphony's traveling section could tell you how it feels, for during the past weekend they were given the treatment of royalty, and visit ing royalty at that, without any of the regal worries. From the time we left Lincoln at 12:30 Friday noon, we were shown every consideration, even to free candy bars and apples apple-polishing in reverse, as it were. At Ansley, too, where the Custer county music fetival was in progress, we received every con sideration. At the local hotel, where the members of the sym phony dined, every table and booth was reserved and beautifully dec orated for us, despite the fact that there were nearly 400 high school musicians in town for the festival. Our program, about an hour In length, was very well re ceived by about 800 people, the capacity of the Ansley auditor ium. The program was not especially 'deep' or difficult, and so, tho the stage was rather hot, even that part of the bar gain was not unpleasant. Due to delays, the university portion of the evening's concert did not start till about 9 o'clock, and so we did not get started back to ward Grand Island till aboit 10:30. As most of the players were asleep on the road back, we thought that they would 'hit the hay' as soon as the hotel was reached. However, 1 o'clock found a good portion of them in the ho tel coffee shop, enjoying life at it fullest, and dining of combi nations which would give an os trich Indigestion. An hour or so later, some of us were still hang ing out the windows, bantering back and forth, but presently even the most confirmed night hawka turned in for some sound sleep. At 8 o'clock all hands were called for breakfast. We were told that we might order anything on the menu, and proceeded to do so. By 9, practically everyone had fin ished, and the business of loading luggage again occupied our at tention. In another half hour we were started on our way home, happy if somewhat sleepy. After only two hours we were back In Lincoln, without mis hap or illness (a surprising thing considering some of the combinations which passed for food). Everybody was safe and sound, but when wa were scarcely more than four blocks from our destination, the Tem ple, on of the front tires en the smaller bu went flat, leaving ua to walk the 'home stretch'. Ones again we were normal hu man beings, devoid of glory, but In possession of innumerable inemorie from 23 hour of royalty. On the s$r 18,000 Ideas Sent; 20 Ideas Used! The postman calls early and often, at the office of James F. Burke, assistant to the vice presi dent in charge of broadcasts for the Columbia Broadcasting sys tem. It's a rare day that doesn't see at least 40 or 80 manuscripts, submitted by ambitious writers from every walk of life and from every corner of the globe, depos ited on Burke's desk. Of the almost 18,000 manu scripts which clear thru the CBS ldca-man every year, no more than a score, about one-tenth of one percent of those submitted ever get on the air. "The reason why so few are selected is because so few are practical," according to Burke. He says, "Ideas are cheap, they're a dime a dozen, but ideas that are practical are as hard to rind as the proverbial needle in the haystack." The writers don't realize that a radio show must first, attract an audience, and second keep that in terest sustained usually the ap peal is to a limited group," states Mr. Burke. Among many ideas submitted were aome dealing with the fol lowing things: An old maids program, where the apinsters would go before the mike tell ing the why and wherefores of their single-blessedness; hypno tists' programs, ask-me-another programs, but the best of all was this: An ambitious young man sent In a script In which two people were supposed to have been knocked unconscious In an auto mobile accident, and were to de scribe their experiences while under ether. To make the effect perfect for the studio audience, ushers were to parade up and down the aisles, wafting ether over them with spray guns! Wow; Jack Oawie makes his last ap pearance on the Camel Caravan array tonight as does Benny Goodman's band, (altho Benny and his quartet will remain.) Oakie, whose fate this column reported some five weeks ago, has shown considerable improve ment in his last few programs, but Goodman and Co., still kept the program on the air Ed die Cantor, pop-eyed nut of stage, screen, radio, and what not, will replace the fat one Deanna Durbin, Edgar Fair child' orchestra (of unknown quantity AND quality), Benny Goodman, his clarinet, and his quartet; Bert Gordon, the Mad Russian; and announcer Walter King will compose the rest of the cast... first program. . .next Monday night, 9:30, KF-AB "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" will appear on the radio yessirreeeee Al Pearce will oe Snow White, Carl Hoff, Grumpy; and the rest of the cast in other roles tonight at 8:00 ....KFAB on the Ford program. Actually the headiiner of this program will be Arthur Tracy, the "Street Singer," who has just returned from a three year engagement In London. . "Kampus Kalendar" will again take the air (no insinuations in tended) tonight at 7:15 in the in terests of the A. W. S. board and the Co-Ed Follies. Sarah Louise Meyer, former Huskerette of the first order, will be mistress of cer emonies, describing the follies dress rehearsal, with sound effects provided bv members of the follies cast KFOR...7.15. Al Jolson, mammy's boy, will feature the English character ac tor, C. Aubrey Smith, on his musi cal variety program tonight over KFAB at 7:30 p. m. Martha Raye, Parkyakaikus. Victor Young's orchestra and oth ers fill out Or. Joseph Jastrow, noted psychologist, will present a se ries of talks in a popular vein on the problems of social adjust ment to be heard weekly over the NBC-blue network from 6:15 to 6:30 p. m Listen to him next Monday night maybe you'll learn something . . espe cially you pin hangers and wear ers Tonight's radio highlights: KFR 8t:l p. m. rlnakr Carter 7;0ti p.m. l.aMrl ,. Bobiuaua la "Bit Ifmn ' 7:H . m. Al J.il.on. S:m . m 41 I'rarnr. . m 4ark Oaklr S:imi p. m. Hrnny (.fioaman't nrrhpafra. 1:IH) p. m, Mint fiaini villi the Andrrmt altrr. KKlR. 1I:1 p. m. taiulrrrl liiiriicm. :! p. m. HnMoa Hirhllrlita. 7:1ft p. ni. kaniMiu Kak-lider. :H0 p. m. Hitrh , 11:111 p. m. Alw l.ymiin'a orrhrntra. il:llt p. m. Namni) Kjr , arrhxlra. Kllll.. : a. m. rlrraklant l"h. :IW P. in . h. Marin rlana. :ihi p. m. r;M Am ' mi p. m. H in k, n..nr. S:WI p. ni. Home Hrldl and HI, Hrita oVm. 11:30 p. m. UhMin Jmim-' urrhratr mm. !t:4S p. ni. Mull nn Hip HtrM-t, ::w p. ni. Kuan HutHM, arwamalrr, sunt p. m. lot 'M. :4II p. ni. llnlr arni'tlr 111:311. p. ni. WOW Nrwa Tiw..f. San Diego State college has ex tension course in navigation and nautical astronomy. Sailors, ahoy! The nation' largest college wind tunnel is now being completed in University of Mmneota labora tories. It'll make a 150-mile "breeze." Merle Norman Ccsm:t!:j Only Authoruid Studio in l.inrnln Courtesy Demonstration by appointment 1242 So. 21 r 4786 A Gcrs:.:i SSigliway conc MAGDEBURG -U00KM HANDOVER 225KM -.. J .,. . .1" ; tVULr I 500 KM AACHEN 579 KM PARIS 1000 km r The above picture, secured hy Dr. J. E. A. Alexia and Dr. W. K. Pfeiler of the Germanics faculty for their revised edition of "In Deutschland," indicate that the (L TJtuAkaL dfdttQL New York City. Dear Mr. Frank, One Eleanor Arnett has taken it upon herself to corelate the arts in a series of abstract paintings which currently disturb mosic music lovers in the Town Hall lobby. Even the fact that half the proceeds of sale (they are priced from $200 to $300) is to go to the Town Hall Endowment Fund Is not sufficient excuse for their hanging there. It was noble of Miss Arnett to undertake the task, but she has assumed an overwhelming respon sibility. Perhaps Rimsgy-Korsakov is not cerise and green to the rest of us, nor Schumann pale lavender, grey and blue, nor Chopin a jumble of black, blue, white blocks. Will Miss Arnett provide a suitable an tidote for. our nightmares? Some of the canvasses are fairly obvious. Even you and I might have thought of Sibelius in terms of rust, brown and black, tall pointed crags rising from a grey sea with green waves. De bussy is mostly white with sug gestions of green drops spouting from a fountain, a lone goldfish in a bluish sea, some tiny Doubles, and three brownish squares or blocks "(La Cathedrale Englou tie"). Brahms looks like a loud speaker, red, purple, blue, black, white, with much emphasis on rhythms. Perhaps the most ohvious of nil is "Shostakovich Concerto" with its heroic figures of Beethoven standing firm in the midst of gird ers, steel towers, dynamos. If Bach really fulfills Mis Arnett's pur pose, I am in thorough disagree ment with her for this representa tion is the most abstract of all, sharp black lines from ascending planes on a white srround with a narrow streak of red (religious zeal I winding its way from left to right. For a more meaty experience in music, one has only to drop in and see Marc Blitzstein'a "The Cradle Will Rock." Although those who commune only with the great, who close their eyes and just listen to sweet, soul-stirring harmonies, will deny that this is music, they must at least admit that it has musical e 1 e m e n t s plenty of fancy rhythmic effects, ome melody, ex cellent dynamic changes, sprightly tempos, and more color than Miss Arnett could posibly harness in many canvasses. It is music as a useful art. The composer at the piano sometimes conducts his "opera," sometimes accompanies. sometimes acts. There is neither costume nor seen er, and all of the characters sit j on the tage thruout the entire per formance, in a sort of bleacher-; fashion. The subject of the play is the ordinary man and his everyday ac tivities, which in the eye of the composer are not alway honest, just, sincere, nor bounded on all sides by that mysterious, all pow erful demon, Love. I'm afraid It is based on folklore and it is al legoricalbut its figures come out of the folklore of capitalism (apol ogies to Mr. Thurman Arnold) and are in the best (or worst, depend ing on your point of view) tradi tion of our native land a lOO1 American opera! It is low-brow enough to concern itself with the labor movement and high-brow enough for an article in "Modern Music" by Virgil Thomson, While on the subject of art for use, I must mention the current union made and union played "Pins and Needles." This snappy, original revue at Labor Stage is owned and operated by the Inter national Ladies' Garment Workers' union. II cast were just ordinary cutters, eewers, finishers, etc., from the garment trade. The early performances took place only once a week, with the cutters, etc. still on their old Jobs. Finally, how ever, without ballyhoo it became such a hit that the cast had to for sake cutting and finishing, and play not only every night but sometimes even Sunday benefits. Its music is mote in the "revue" tradition than that of the Blitz stein work, but the pace and lyrics are unusually swift. It cajoles even the most relentless of em ployers with such ditties as "Sing Me a Song of Social Significance," "Once I was on the Daisy Chain, But Now I'm the Chain-Store f ft Kb- a . - . (: r r 1 , 1 ".'" 2:"' I I aT",i I .-at.yaaaam, I Sunday Journal and Star. Germans are master highway builders. The wide two way lanes are separated by several feet of parking with a huge highway marker in the center, CAMPUS GROUPS TO FILE CONSTITUTIONS BY APR. 1 All campus organization art requested to have their consti tution filed In Professor E. W, Lantz's office by April 1. The organisations who fall to do this will be considered Inactive and will not be allowed to par ticipate In the activities of the Student Union building. The purpose of this ruling is to clarify the purposes of the active organization and to clear the campus of tht Inactive ones. Those organizations whose constitutions are not filed by April 1 will automatic ally be considered Inactive. BIOLOGISTS AT1D L Several Nebraska Faculty Men to Participate In Programs. Several members of the N. U. faculty will have a part in the an nual program of the Federation of American Societies for Experi mental Biology to be held at Bal timore, Md., March 30 thru April 2. Among those on the program are Dr. A. R. Mclntyre and R. F. Sievers of the medical college staff, who will discuss their chni' cal tests with several new ane.i' thetics. J. C. Burke, also of the college of medicine, will read paper concerning- the vitamins B nd insulin tolerance in the albino rat. Dr. Harold G. O. Hoick and E. L. Smith of the pharmacology staff on the citv campus, will read a paper entitled "A Con trast of Ether and Nembutal as Anesthetics in the Cat Method of Assaying Digitalis." Burke will also discuss the effect of thiamine on the weight of male albino rats. Dr. Mclntyie and Burke will also appear before the biochemi-l cal sectional meetings to tell about I their experiments with growth promoting pituitary extract in the thiamine deficiency. REGENTS STAGE NINTH ! SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST 443 Nebraska High Schools Register to Compete For Awards. Extension officials of the univer sity announced Satur'ay that 443 Nebraska high schools represent ing 2,196 student have registered to compete in the ninth annual regents scholarship contest this year an all time high. A year ago only 428 school had registered and 1,880 students. A total of 250 scholarship val ued at about $70 each for the freshman year are available for 1938. During the year the scho lastic awards have been made to high school seniors over the state more than 1.000 student have been declared winners. As In the past awards will be made again on the basis of scores made in several test including English, both composition and classifica tion examinationa, two psycholog ical test and one testing reading ability. In addition to the 250 scholar ships a number of honorable men tion certificate will be given, the recipient of these being given the opportunity of taking advantage of any of the unclaimed scholar ship next fall. Daisy." and "If not Cricket to Pirket, Not Cricket." With this picture of our musical activities, I bid you au revoir till my next letter. Florence Kyor. WANTED Gayest GERMANREADER SOON Dr. Alexis, Dr. Pfeiler Revise Popular Collegiate Book, 'In Deutschland.' Scheduled soon for publication Is a revised edition "In Deutsch land," popular collegiate and high school reader written by Dr. J. E. A. Alexis and Dr. W. K. Pfeiler of the Nebraska department of Ger manic languages. Dr. Alexis and his family spent all of last summer in Germany se curing pictures and information to bring "In Deutschland" com pletely up to date. So popular has the German reader become In the United States that it has been of ficially adopted by 600 high schools and colleges. It was first published in 1930. Only Useful Word Used. "In rewriting 'In Deutschland,' '' stated Dr. Alexis and Dr. Pfeiler, "special attention was given to the vocabulary. Only the most useful modern words and everyday expressions have been introduced. We have aimed to inspire and teach the student by providing him reading material which is practi cal; by developing his ability to read and write the language and at the same time give him valu able information concerning the country as it exists today." One of the feature of the book is a group of several Gx.rman folk songs, which the student may learn by singing and playing on the piano. "Students who feel the need of using something to keep them awake so they may study during the examination period would do well to resort to the good old fashioned cup of black coffee at repeated intervals." University of Minnesota's Dr. Ruth E. Boynton warns against use of drug-stimulants for midnight-oil burners. College handball players In Ore gon have organized an Oregon State inter-collegiate handball league, one of the first of its kind in the U. S. f..Uf VTMt.S V01V4.Y 'Fnrbldilm "Kla.h ftorton'a Trip ti Mar." Vallry Wl.h" STARTS WEDNESDAY! JANE WITHERS "WILD AND WOOLLY" CI. AI.FU.F.-' SWITZF.B 2 hits -eT i-ftarwel . J3 a 1 .- Bob Baker Fuzzy Knight Alaraya 4 Meat for Ends tomorrow J" itk wrf . CI a.a i"' '" r. n' THURSDAY! A "Progging- party a tropical moon over Miami or It . would never have happened! ri Stars Galore! Jimmy Fidler's "Personality Parade" . SweeVhea" i i a t ( ' - ) Lid A BLIND DATE! CUPID SAYS ... "It makes me dizzy, but it is worth 10 hours credit toward a MRS. Degree!" 10,000 BLIND DATE CARDS are on the campus. Find two with the same numbers and the lucky couple will be admitted FREE to ee . . . DETTE DAVIG in "It's LOVE I'm AStcr" Romantic Comedy of the Month! oru?iiEur.i