Tuesday, November 28, 1939
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
Former Nazi
Analyzes Hitler regime as
destructive, revolutionary
By Consuelo S. Graham.
Head of Circulation Department, Univer
sity of Nebraska Ubrarle.
"The Revolution of Nihilism;
Warning to the West" ia by Her
man Rauschning, a one time mem
ber of the nazi party. He was
president of the Danzig senate,
but found himself in opposition to
Hitler's orders. He was forced to
resign and later become an exile.
He analyzes the Hitler regime
originally for the purpose of ex
posing it to German readers. He
contends that the ostensibly na
tional movement is really a de
structive process of revolution of
a new and extreme type. In the
English translation, Hitler's for
eign policy is stressed. One of the
more sensational predictions which
has already come to pass is the
Russian alliance. The author as
serts that Hitler does not aim at
peace, or merely at dominance of
eastern Europe, but at a world
. wide totalitarian empire.
Dr. Martin S. Peterson of the
English department published a
detailed study of "Joaquin Miller,
Literary Frontiersman," in 1937.
Miller Is one of eight major lit
erary figures prominent in Cali
fornia during the years 1849 to
1869, who are sketched in "San
Francisco's Literary Frontier" by
Franklin Walker. The other best
known characters treated are Bret
Harte, Mark Twain and Ambrose
Bierce. In addition some 40 mi
nor figures move in and out of
the scene. Their experiences are
laid against a background of the
social history of these exuberant
years. Emphasis is laid upon the
sixties because the most important
writers did not mature until then.
Authentic and picturesque inci
dents and personalities enliven
this critical study. It adds to the
information dealing with the in
fluence of the frontier on Amer
ican life and letters.
"Frontiers of Enchantment" by
W. R. Leigh gives an artist's ad
ventures in Africa. Mr. Leigh
accompanied Carl Akeley on an
expedition for the Museum of
Natural History of New York. He
studied and sketched the unusual
native animals, such as the kli
springer a small antelope which can
leap 20 feet into the air from a
standing position and the black
buffalo, which is the mightiest
killer among the native animals.
The first expedition came to a tra
gic climax in the gorilla country,
14,000 feet above the sea where
Carl Akeley died. Later the author
returned to Africa with a second
expedition. The illustrations in the
book aid the word pictures In pro
ducing the "feel" and aroma as
well as the romance and adventure
of Africa.
"Fascism for Whom?" by Max
Ascoli and Arthur Feiler is of
allied interest to "The March of
Fascism' 'which was reviewed by
Miss Osborn last Friday. It under
takes to examine some of the in
ternational aspects of fascism. The
two different forms of fascism
which have developed in Italy and
Germany are evaluated. The prob
able influence of fascism on other
countries including the United
States is discussed. The part deal
ing with Italy was written by Dr.
Ascoli and that with Germany, by
Dr. Feiler. The first and last
chapters are collaborative. Both
men are members of the faculty
of "The University in Exile." This
is a graduate division of the New
School for Social Research in New
York. The division was established
six years ago to offer postgradu
ate opportunities which were tradi
tionally sought in pre-nazi Ger
many. The faculty are selected
savants, mostly German, who were
forced to flee their fatherland.
Why vacation?
By Bob Aldrich
(With apologies to all the people who
try to wrlto poems like Ogden Nanh.)
It teems to me that the leant thin any
teacher can do (or Thanksgiving va
cation Is to extend to the poor, overworked
student a hearty invitation
To take It easy and sleep and forget
all about books
On account of anybody can tell by the
average student's looks
That a few more weeks of this and
he'll look like one of those guys
who's ,Just escaped from Devil's
Island
And no on and so forth and something
to rhwme with Island
But, no, not for a moment can pro
fessors stop thinking about intel
lectual attainments
And the stuff they are piling on over
vacation Is enough to wreck any
body's bralnments
And my Idea of the Jolllest thing to do
over Thanksgiving vacation
Would be to give all my books to a
redcap In the Union Station
And hop on the train for Los Angeles
or Palm Beach or even Fond du Lac
And from there take a boat to Ber
muda and, Incidentally, forget to
come back
And the chances are that Just as soon
as I lt nded on the beach at Walklkl
I would find one of my professors row
ing around In a boat that would be,
I hope, rather leaky
And I would scream at him thusly.
"Ila, you do not seem to be en
gaged In any scholastic endeavors
"What's the Idea of wasting your time
pushing them oars, (or. as they
would he more correctly called,
levers)?"
This Is merely a warning that my schol
astic endeavors are going to be
badly forsaken
And that If my professors think I am
going to study between now and
Monday they are badly mistaken.
Brook wins
cash award
Painter of picture in
NU display gets $1,000
The judges at the recent Car
negie Institute's art show at Pitts
burg automatically increased the
cash value of Alexander Brook's
picture, "Peggy Bacon and Meta
physics," by awarding him the
51,000 prize. This picture is one of
the most recent paintings added to
the F. M. Hall art collection at the
university. Brook, famous New
York artist, won the Carnegie
prize for his painting "Georgia
Jungles."
According to Professor Dwlght
Kirsch, chairman of the depart
ment of art, "Peggy Bacon and
Metaphysics," an oil reproduction
of Brook's wife and her pet cat,
has increased the university's
stock at least 25 per cent.
This picture, the only sample
of Brook's work owned by the uni
versity, was purchased at the close
of the last Nebraska art associa
tion exhibition. It has been chosen
to hang in the Union during the
month of December.
Brook competed with celebrated
artists from England, France,
Germany, and Italy, in winning
top honors at the art show.
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