Iebmskar
ABLY
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
VOL. XXXIX, NO. 4
2-408
FKIDAY, SEPTEMBEK 22, 1939
NEWS ROUNDUP.
F.D.R. seeks
neutralitythru
cash and carry
President convinced
that way to peace lies
in repeal of embargo
By Woerner and Steele.
Today, President Roosevelt
asked Congress to repeal the arms
embargo provisions of the prea
ent neutrality act. "I seek re-en
actment of the historic and tra
ditional policy . . . which has
served us so well for a century
and a half."
Today, Mr. Roosevelt asked, in
short, that American makers of
munitions be allowed to sell them
to cash and carry buyers, instead
of being forbidden to sell them at
all. . Today, Mr. Roosevelt asked
that restrictions be placed on the
other commodities of war, such
as half-finished guns. Mr. Roose
velt asked that the U. S. main
tain an attitude of complete par
tiality. Today, he said blandly, "I
give you my deep conviction,
based on years of experience, that
bv repeal of the embargo, the
U. S. will more probably remain
at peace. . . .
Contradiction!
But yesterday, yesteryear, on
January 4, 19.16, Mr. Roosevelt
said, campaigning for neutrality
at a time when impartiality was
popular, "The U. S. is following
a twofold neutrality; first, we de
cline TO ENCOURAGE THE
PROSECUTION OF WAR BY
PERMITTING BELLIGERENTS
TO OBTAIN ARMS, AMMUNI
TION AND IMPLEMENTS OF
WAR FROM THE UNITED
STATES."
But today, during a period of
stress and strong emotions, Mr.
Roosevelt wishes to return to his
"traditional policy which has
served this country so well for a
See NEWS ROUNDUP, page 6.
Annual professorial show
of first-day wit pessimistic
New classes began with a bang yesterday morning as the curtain
was rung up on the annual professorial hhow. Freshman sat and
gaped as the professojs went on exhibit with sundry witticisms and
near shocking class conductions only to decide by the end of the pe
riod that this must be a pretty good place after all.
A philospohy prof walked in
groggily, bid about 20 equally
groggy students an "unpleasant
good morning" and then asked,
"Do you want to stay or should
we all go home?" The shock woke
everyone and with thoughts of not
getting back to sleep in mind, they
decided to stay. The remainder of
the period was given over to a dis-'
cussion centering around the ques
tion: "Do gentlemen prefer
blondes?"
Tcrhaps the most pessimistic
greeting on the campus yesterday
morning ran something like this:
Life is not a bowl of cherries as
some flighty soul once stated. It Is
a cauldron of a mad Inferno where
humanity Is petted and made over
only to be cast Into the fires to
burn.
"Yes, betterment of humanity
movements are talked over but
what is done? We are still the
scum that floats upon a filthy
stream at the bottom of a God
forsaken abyss. Noon has fallen
and I leave for my frigid hovel
where there i no warming love,
nothing to Inspire me and most
of all nothing to eat but a crust
of bread which the mice and I
have shared for a fortnight. My
heart hangs heavy upon its feeble
pillars. Incidentally, don't forget
class, Tuesday."
A certain teacher walked Into
his class, looked over the faces
that he will be staring at for 18
weeks and then remarked: "Some
of you are here to study, some of
See PESSIMISM, page 6,
iregosteir WedlGiesday to set receirdl
. . . Definitely into the swina
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With the DAILY NEBRAS
KAN centering the picture of
newly-opened school activities,
Freshmen Mary Eileen O'Don
nell of Lincoln left, and Marcy
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Why do high school musicians
interest in college? asks fine arts head
"Why is it," Mr. Arthur West
brook, director of the new school
of fine arts, asks, "that students
who take musical work In high
school drop it the moment they
get to college?"
And that is just one of the In
teresting questions that bother
this slender, gray haired man who
Is in charge of the three depart
ments of the new university school
music, art, speech and dramatic
art.
It is easy to see that music is
the subject dearest to his heart as
he continues: "I'd give a good deal
to know the answer to that ques
tion. Nearly all of the hundreds of
schools .thruout the state have
their musical groups, their or
chestras and glee clubs. Yet the
number who keep up their musical
interest in the university is lim
ited." No answer.
As far as the answer to his
question, this reporter "just didn't
know" altho he had been in a high
school glee club.
"There you are," Mr. Westbrook
smiles, "anUthat's rny problem
what to do to increase student in
terest in the many musical groups
sponsored by the school."
"You don't have to be especially
Iff
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Bauer, Los Angeles, exchange
their news and views of the ex
citing (?) business of going to
first university classes. Right at
home on the steps of sosh, Mary
Nebraskan staff to meet
tomorrow afternoon
All reporters, those Interested
In reporting, and staff members
of the DAILY NEBRASKAN
will meet at 1 p. m. Saturday
in the NEBRASKAN office,
basement of the Union. Re
porters' assignments will be
made at this time.
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Lincoln Journal.
ARTHUR E. WESTBROOK.
talented to enjoy and contribute to
musical groups," he continued. "In
a large organization a few defects
in individual voices will be
drowned out by the power of the
entire group. We are not looking
Lincoln Journal,
and Marcy have already taken
on the Nebraska coed appear
ance, even down to the pledge
ribbons and plaids.
Roosevelt set to run again
believes 30 student body
Tulsebeats of student opinion on the Nebraska campus regarding
favorites for the 1910 national political battle placed Roosevelt at the
head of the likely candidates, with 30 percent of the undergraduate
otcrs behind him.
Encompassing about one percent of the student enrollment of the
lose
for more competition among the
professionally talented. What we
are trying to do is to appeal to
the amateur, the untrained stu
dent with a pleasing voice."
Singing clubs.
He Is lso "anxious" to organize
a number of small mixed ensemble
groups. Boys and girls both, he
thinks, should make up the sing
ing clubs. He suggested also that
the band Is missing a lot of in
strumental talent by being a
strictly masculine affair. (This re
porter thinks he's got something
there.)
Mr. Westbrook, formerly of Il
linois Wcsleyan at Bloomington.
emphasized the fact that the
school was still In an embryonic
state and no definite plans could
be laid down. "These are merely
ideas that we'd like to get under
way," he says. "It's impossible to
tell exactly what we'll be a year
from now." He has been here
since the first of July, "getting ac
quainted," as he puts it.
The university chorus, he
thinks, is especially fertile ground
for the amateur who Just likes to
sing. With the year's first re
hearsal set for Tuesday night at
(See WESTBROOK, Tuge 6.).
Expect total
enrollment to
exceed 7000
Changes in schedules
may be made today,
Monday, Tuesday
With 5,605 students regis
tered by the end of last Wed.
nesday in contrast with only
5,474 students registered at the
corresponding date last fall, a
new all-time record was set
this year for first dav enroll-
ment in the university.
it is expected that this year's
final registration may reach a to
tal of over 7,000 students. This
tentative figure is 200 students In
excess of last year's record of
6,810 students enrolled in all the
schools and colleges of the uni
versity. Same budget as for 6,800.
Although the university is be
ginning its 70th school year with
a first day enrollment figure
which exceeds that of last year's
by 131 students, the unicameral's
appropriation to the university for
the coming biennium is essentially
the same as that for the last bien
nium when the enrollment was
lower.
Those students who completed
registration last May and who
havV paid their fees will be per
mitted to change their registra
tions beginning this morning. Reg
istration changes can be made at
the west door of Grant Memorial
from 8:00 to 11:30 a. m. and from
1:00 to 4:00 p. m., Sept. 22, 25
and 26.
Counselors meet today "
Coed Counselors will meet today
at 4 p. m. in Ellen Smith for as
signments to "little sisters.". The
Counselors, "big sisters," will get
in touch with their "proteges" over
the week end.
university taken from all corners
of the campus, from all sexes and
from all colleges, the DAILY NE
DltASKAN survey found many
prominent candidates in the field,'
Not far behind Roosevelt In pop
ularity was the republican, Thomas
E. Dewey, with a combined dem
ocrat and republican support
amounting to 28 per cent of tlw
ballots cast.
Tarty strength evened off as
50 per cent of the students backed
each of the major factions. Though
there was some doubt in the minds
of a few, as to which would be
the "favorite son" for the presi.
dential chair, there was no con
fusion Bhown in choosing the party
that each preferred. '
The opinion of all was sought
on the principle of a third presi
dential term for any man no mat
ter which party he was affiliated
with. Better than 58 per cent de
clared that the principle behind a'
third term was right and proper
though many of these said they
wouldn't stand to see Roosevelt
taking advantage of it; 16 per
cent of the voters agreeing with
the principle of the third term
were republicans.
The remainder of the vote
showed support for both demo
crat and republican candidates as
follows: Nine per cent for Sen
ator Vandenbcrg from Michigan,
four per cent for the former pres
ident, Herbert Hoover, 14 per cent
for Paul McNutt, four per cent for
Ohio's Taft and smaller number
See ROOEVELT, page 6 ,
4.