Sunday, November 5, 1939
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Brief reviews of
New and interesting books
available at the library
By Consuelo S. Graham.
Hea4 ( Circal&Uoa nefatrtaneat Vahrer
mi ! Nrbrsaka Ubrari.)
"Inside Asia" by John Gunther
ia similar to "Inside Europe." Like
the earlier title this book ia built
on a thread of personality. Out
standing persons who receive a full
chapter are the emperor or japan,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek,
the Soong Sisters (the chapter is
called the Song of Soongs)
Manuel Quezon, Mr. Gandhi, Jaw
aharal Nehru, the Shah of Persia,
King Ibn Saud, and Dr. Weizmann
Politics and intrigue on the con
tinent of Asia are enlivened by bits
of local color and anecdotes. Social
and economic conditions receive
considerable attention. About half
of the book is concerned with Jap
anese policy and the undeclared
war against China.
"Thoreau" by Henry Sidel Canby
is one of the most important bio
graphies of the fall publishing sea
son. Mr. Canby has unearthed new
I acts ana jriven a rresn mierpre
tation to known material. His
treatment modifies the conven
tional idea of Thoreau as a hermit
and misanthrope. The book is di
vided into two parts, the first trac
ing the growth of the uncompro
mising individualist until his early
30s. The second part deals with
his last 12 years which were de
voted largely to the study of na
ture. Thoreau's native town of
Concord. Mass. and his circle of
friends make an interesting and
human background for the man
who believed in doing what he
wanted to do.
"Autobiography" by A. A. Milne
is written with the wit one expects
of a humorist. Some will think of
the author as the man who wrote
the famous children's books "When
We Were Very Young" and
"Winnie-the Pooh." Others will re
member him for "The Red House
Mystery," for his plays or for
"Peace With Honour." Those with
memories extending back to the
days before World war L as Time
puts it, will think of him as the as
sistant editor of Punch. All will
be interested, I think, in this
happily written biography of a
happy man. More than half of
the book concerns his childhood
and early youth. As he says,
"heredity and environment make
the child, the child makes the man
and the man makes the writer."
"Forces in American Criticism"
by Bernard Smith is a study in the
history of American literary
thought More than eight years
ago the author became interested
in finding out to what degree one
could relate the history of Ameri
can literature to the history of
American life. To him criticism
seemed to be more closely related
Pre-meds must
take physical test
"It is imperative that all stu
dents intending to enter medical
college next fall should take the
medical aptitude test this month,"
Prof. O. Wade, adviser to pre-med
students stated yesterday.
He added that the test is a nor
mal admission requirement of all
members the Association of Amer
ican Medical Colleges. This year
the test will be given at 2 p. m.
Nov. 23. There will be no chance
to "make up" the test.
pr. WaJe recommends to stu
dent who still have another 3ear
jt pre-med training that they too
take the test this year, in case
that they should be unable to take
it on the prescribed date next fall.
All stjdents who Intend to take
the medical aptitude test should
notify Professor Wade immediate
ly in order that he may order a
sufficiently large number of forms
for the test. A payment of one
dollar must be paid Nov. 28.
to social history than are poetry
and fiction. Consequently this
study of American literary criti
cism resulted. Mr. Smith is an
editor at Alfred A. Knopf. Inc.
"Tour City" by E. L. Thorndike
is the result of a three year study
or 3iu American clues. Dr. Thorn
dike draws conclusions as to what
qualities make some cities better
than others for good people to live
in. Almost a million separate facts
were treated by modern quantita
tive methods. Some of the sur
prising factors which were consid
ered were the ratio of dentists to
lawyers, the excess of physicians,
nurses and teachers over male do
mestic servants and the deaths
from appendicitis. Lincoln is
among the cities scored for "Gen
eral Goodness."
Musicians
plan recital
Faculty series opens
with prog ram today
First music recital of the fac
ulty series will be presented at
the Union, Sunday afternoon, Nov,
12, at 3 o clock.
Members of the faculty appear
ing on this program are Miss
Marian Wolfe, cellist; Mr. Frank
Cunkle, organist; Mr. Hermann
Decker, vocalist; and Mr. Earnest
Harrison, accompanist.
The program will consist of the
following numbers:
Three Chorale Prelude Bach
la Thee Ii Joy
O Sacred Head Now Wounded
Rejoice Christiana
Mr. Cunkle
Three Salt-Wnter Ballad Kiel
Port or Many Ship
Trade Wind
Mother Carey
Mr. Decker
VoealiM lUcfemantnoff
Uunfinu Rhapnadte Paym
Mm woirc
A Caravan From Chl.i Ooim. .Baraett
Pilgrim 8ooc Tsebalkowakj
Mr. .Decker
Toccata, Thou Art the Back Mulet
Mr. CaakaJa
This first recital In sponsored
by Mu Gamma chapter of Ma
Phi Epsilon, national music so
rority. The second redtal of the
series will be held on Nov. 19 and
the third on Nov. 2S.
Barb bulletin
discontinued
Denied sale advertising
space; plan election rally
The Barb Bulletin, official pub
lication of the Barb Council, has
discontinued publication because
of lack of finances. The student
publications board denied permis
sion to the barbs to finance their
paper by selling advertising space.
iwo amendments nave been
made to the constitution of the
Barb A. W. S. One provides for
the filling of vacancies by the
board and the other insures the
filing of some member of the Ag
College A. W. S. board, no the
Ag campus will have a renrmt-
ative. Helen Klatt, president of the
Ag group, is filling the position
left open by Jean McAllister.
A barb election rally will be held
Monday niM at 8:30. starting at
the Union and proceeding around
the campus district. There will be
a band and torchlights.
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RADIO
Serious tunes
replace jazz
on musicals
Music events loom large and
important on the current radio
broadcasts . . . This last week the
emphasis was on the grid classics
and swing sessions . . . Today we
are offered a variety of serious
and classical music . . .
. On the New York Philharmonic
Symphony prosrram Mario Castel-
nuovo-Tedesco. famed Italian
composer-pianist makes his air
debut in this country as 'soloist
wim me orcnestra . . . For the
first time his Piano Concerto No.
i Is played over the air waves .
other features of the program
which begins over KFAB at 2
3. m.. are the Overture tn
Twelfth Nieht" and Tsr.haikow-
sKys popular "Komeo and Juliet"
raniasy uverture . . .
jascna neuetz, renowned vio
lin virtuoso, plavs to an interna.
uonai radio audience as e'uest so
loist on "Ford Sundav Evpninr
Hour" at 8 p. m. ... His solos
include Saint-Saens' "Hajanaise"
(Op. 83), Kreislers' transcription
of the perennial favorite, "London
derry Air," the Irish folk-song,
and a Scherzo Tarantelle by Wien
iawski . . .
At 11:30 the Salt Lake City
Tabernacle choir and organ pro
gram will be broadcast . . . 1:30
will bring the "So You Think You
Know Music" program . . . Leon
ard liebling, music editor of
Radio Guide, reports on the re
sponse of musiquiz listeners and
Guide readers to the question
asked on the program three
weeks ago: "Which of the living
composers will be immortalized
100 years from now?' . . .
Paul Robeson, America's most
famous negro baritone, heading a
large Lyn Murray mixed chorus
of white and colored voices, is to
sing Earl Robinson's inspired folk
oratorio, "Ballad for Americans,"
in its first radio presentation oa
the "Pursuit of Happiness" broad
cast at 3:30 p. m. . . . This pre
sentation of young Robinson's bal
lad opens up an entirely new con
cept of American music with its
freshness of spirit . . .
Tomorrow's music is high
lighted with Daniel Ericourt as
the week's "Concert Hall" piano
recitalist with Howard Barlow's
orchestra . . . Curtis Institute ar
tists perform instrumental and
song compositions by Brahms,
Wolf and DeBussy at 9:30.
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