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Wednesday, December 6,
Council will
act on prom
filings today
Position on committee
would overpoint five;
point board firm
Members of the Student Council
will meet this afternoon to decide
whether to defer the election of
the members of the Junior-Senior
Prom committee and reopen fil
ings, or to elect the members to
day as they previously planned to
do.
After their Monday meeting
members of the point board asked
that the Council defer the election
and reopen the filings because of
the board's new ruling whicn
makes any person who would be
overpointed in the new position in
eligible for filing.
Council to choose 11.
To date, 11 women and 10 men
have filed for positions on the
committee. When the Council
elects, the members will chose 11
of the 21 hopefuls for postions on
the committee. Of the 21 candi
dates five would be Ineligible if
elected. The five are Marvin
Kruse, Leo Cookslcy, George
Frischer, George Gostas, Gerald
(See PROM, page 2.)
YW will hang
greens today
Activity women plan
traditional ceremony
The annual Hanging of the
Greens dinner, sponsored by the
Y. W. cabinet for all women on
the campus governing boards, will
be held at 5:45 this evening in
Ellen Smith halL
Greens and ivreaths, which come
from Estes Park, where the Y. W.
conference is held each summer,
will be hung all over the balcony
and first floor of the building,
in an after-dinner ceremony.
"We urge all women on gov
erning boards to attend the
Greens dinner," said Priscilla
Wicks, Y. W. president. "It is one
time when the so-called activity
women of the campus may meet
together for fun, not work."
No program will be presented
other than the hanging of the
greens, except that during dinner
the Vesper choir of 25 members
will sing Christmas carols, and
Jean Simmons and Faith Medlar
will play a flute duct
Ten debaters
vie for posts
Tryouts for varsity
team tonight at 7:30
Ten men will try out for the
varsity debate team tonight at
7:30 when the first intercollegiate
debate tryouts of the year are held
In room 60. 126 of Andrews.
Contestants will argue the ques
tion, Resolved: That the United
States should follow a policy of
strict (economic and military)
Isolation toward all nations out
side the western hemisphere en
gaged In armed International or
civil conflict
Sides algned.
Speakers were assigned by lot
to defend and attack the proposi
tion. Each speaker except the first
affirmative will have eight min
utes for his constructive and re
buttal speeches. The first affirma
tive speaker will have nine min
utes. Order of speaking will be an
nounced at the tryouts. Students
upholding the affirmative are Ben
Novlcoff, Jack Stewart. Blaine
Sloan, Otto Woerner, Howard Bcs
slre. Negative speakers are Har
old Turkel, Gilbert Hucftle, C.
Lloyd Shubert, Edwin Carraner, L,
Barnebey.
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
1939 Lincoln, Nebraska
Social workers
to hear Sandoz
Marl Sandoz, Lincoln author
whose book "Capital City" has
just been published, will speak be
fore a meeting of the Association
of Social Work Students, Thurs-
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Lincoln Journal and Star.
MARI SANDOZ.
...writes of Lincoln.
day evening on the subject, "A
Novelist Looks at Social Work."
Other recently published works by
Miss Sandoz are "Slogum House
and "Old Jules."
A business meeting will precede
Miss Sandoz'a address. The meet
ing will be held in room 313 of
social sciences and will begin at
7 p. m. Miss Sandoz is scheduled
to speak at 8.
Coeds turn tables.
choose own dates,
-but pay all bills
Saturday, Dec. 16, will be open
field day for the femmes whose
motto has always been get your
man," for that night the eighth
annual leap year date party, spon
sored by the Mortar Boards, will
be held in the coliseum.
The tables will be turned that
night, for not only will the girls
get to go with the men of their
choice, but they will also have to
foot the bills. Ticket sales started
last night when Faith Medlar,
ticket chairman, checked out tick
ets to members of Tassels who
will conduct the sale.
First coed makes training flight
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First girl to make the training exclaimed, "It was glorious." The Lincoln journal and star,
flight at the municipal airport was flights just made were the first In lan pilot training program of the
Jean Robinson, 19 year old sopho- the civilian training course. Jean Civil Aeronautics association. She
more. Bubbling with enthusiasm is one of 50 Nebraska and Wes- was one of the very few girls al
as she climbed from the plane, she leyan students enrolled In the civil- lowed to enroll for Instruction.
Vol. 69, No. 54.
PBK names
14 on 163rd
birthday
Scholarl; seniors hear
Schultz laud university's
fossil-finding prowess
Twelve seniors and two grad
uates, newly elected to the ranks
of Phi Beta Kappa, arts and
sciences sholastic honorary, were
presented at a dinner held last
night in the Union. The dinner
commemorated the 163rd anniver
sary of the founding of the hon
orary at William and Mary col
lege in 1776.
The twelve seniors are Charles
Brockway, Betty Ann Duff, Elea
nor Eiche, James Hush, William
McConnell.
Edith Medlar, Sarah Miller,
George Peter Mueller, Doris Red
dick, Doris Ripley, Ellsworth
Steels, and Lucyle Thomas, grad
uate student, and Frances Beaty,
who was graduated in August,
1939, with the degree of bachelor of
(See HONORARY, page 2.)
NEWS COMMENT
Finn patriots
halt Soviet
aggression
By Woerner and Steele.
Stealing while stealing is easy
and in style, Russian troops are
battling their way across the bor
der of the little "Scandinavian
country of Finland, seeking to cap
ture the whole country, or only to
gain concessions, only the future
can. say. Aided by favorable
weather conditions, efficiency and
a sound knowledge of the terrain
the Finns at present appear to be
holding their own against the 'Big
Bear. Bombs have been cropped,
Helsinki has suffered from fires
Russian troops have broken thru
thin ice to' frigid death, parachute
troops have been machine gunned
and Red casualties are reported to
be high.
The world is Indignant over the
soviet move. Argentina and Ura
guay are demanding that Russia
get out of the League of Nations,
or they will kick her out. The
U. S. is encouraging a Pan-Amer
(See NEWS COMMENT, page 2.
'Italian neutrality is
absurd hypothesis, '
Salvemini declares
At forum, speaker
defines democracy,
describes dictatorship
Democracy Is the guarantee of
equal rights to all classes, re
ligions, creeds and races, said Dr.
Gaetano Salvemini answering the
question "What Is Democracy?"
before a Union forum yesterday
afternoon.
From his initial definition, Dr.
Salvemini went on to say that all
rights are divided into two classes:
(1) personal rights rights to
freedom of religious w6rship, free
dom to go where one pleased, free
dow to work as one desired and
(2) political rights the rights of
freedom of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of assembly and as
sociation. Self-government and the
right to elect officials are also es
sential to a working democracy,
although self-government does, not
guarantee a democracy. Finally,
an essential of democracy is the
right of a minority to disagree.
Compares basic philosophies
Salvpmini compared the basic
philosophies of dictatorships and
of democracies to show the ele
ments which make a democracy.
He cited the Bismarkian regime
in nineteenth century Germany as
an example of partial self-government,
through the Reichstag, but
an upper house and a chancellory
which could overrule the Reichs
tag. The noted Italian refugee said
that this rule of a small autocracy
is not necessarily bad, and gave
as an example a banking law
made to benefit a small group, but
which eventually benefited all.
The dictatorship, said Salvemini,
is based on the infallibility of the
class and one man. It presupposes
that one class has a monopoly on
the intelligence of virtues of the
social order.
It is essentially selfish, the pro
fessor said, because it reflects the
interests and desires of one small
group.
Minority suppression is another
feature of the totalitarian state,
because books, journalists, teach
ers, judges, parliaments, all must
agree with the "man-god." "Ev
erybody is for me or against me
is the dictator-philosophy," said
Salvemini, "and whoever is against
me will find himself in jail." The
Harvard professor said that he
didn't believe that government by
the majority was sufficient reason
to give away a constitution. In
summing up, Salvemini said that
"dictatorship is the autocracy of
a democracy."
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Historian says eight 1
billions in armaments
prevents such action
"Italian neutrality is the most
absurd hypothesis that can be ad
vanced," stated Prof. Gaetano Sal
venmini in a convocation lecture
yesterday morning in Temple.
"Italy has
spent more
than $8,000,
000,000 for mil
itary purposes
since Mussoli
n i's rise to
power," he con
tinued, "a n d
cannot afford to
remain neu
tral." After spend
ing the larger
share of his
time in tracing
the nature of
Italy's position
Dr. G. Salvemini.
Journal & Star.
in the present
European conflict and her moves
in recent years, the gray-bearded
Italian exile presented the follow
ing "guesses' as to Mussolini's
plans for coming months. One: if
Italy does not complete prepara
tions for European military opera
tions within the next few months
and peace is declared during this
time, Mussolini will be acclaimed
for his neutrality. Two: if peaco
is not declared before Italy's mili
tary preparations are finished and
if Italy does not receive important
concessions from England and
France, she will fight side by side
with Germany.
He voiced the belief that "the
(See CONVO, page 2.)
Singers add
show Sunday
Popularity necessitates
second performance
A second performance of the
'Christmas Rhapsodie' will be
scheduled in the Union Sunday at
5 p. m. Heavy demand for admis
sion tickets and the limited capac
ity of the ballroom has necessi
tated the additional concert.
Eight hundred white admission
cards have been distributed, and
that many more blue cards will
be given to students, who call at
the Union office for the later per
formance. Tickets are free.
First of kind.
The "Christmas Rhapsodie,"
sponsored by the Union, is the first
of its kind to be given by the Uni
versity Singers, assisted by the
men's glee club, under the direc
tion of William G. Tempel. The
stage will be set to simulate a
lighted cathedral window, sur
rounded by pines.
The singers will be assisted by
an ensemble, directed by Frank
Cunklc, and composed of Betty
O'Brian, cellist, Mary Jean Knorr,
organist, Virginia Franklin, harp
ist, and Thomas Pierson, violinist.
Schedule.
Four tableaux will be presented
during the concert. Students in
the tableaux are Betty Joan Al
fred, Verna Jean Kreuscher, Jo
seph Hart, Richard Johns, Aubrey
Pettit, Hugo Zimmerman, Elmer
Bauer, Robert Sandberg, and
Keith Sturdevant.
A male octet will further aug
ment the program. Nina Arm
strong, contralto, will sing a carol
written by Mr. Cunkle, and Brydls
Whinnery, soprano, will be the
soloist in "Vigil" by Christiansen.
Narrator In the choralogue is Mar
cille Poppe, and soprano soloist la
Hazelmae Ogle.
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