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Vol. 69, No. 57. Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, December 10, 1939
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By bod Aiaricn. ,ng or research he won't, in the
A talk with Prof. Lane w. Lan- end, be as valuable an instructor
CAster. chairman of the political
science department, can best be ,,There are comparatively few
described as a sort of two-man real research men at work- that
bull scssion-with Professor Lan- is- men who are actually digging
caster carrying the heavy end of UP new facts" To many teacn
the conversation. He talks fluently
and easily and his mind is a bub
bling spring of observations, recol
lections, and ideas.
re-
His answer to a question
minds him of something else and,
before you know it, he is discus
sing unrelated matters. But the ernment. "How are we going to
ers, he thinks, turn out quantities
of published material merely to
have an impressive list of writings
to their name. He has published
a good many articles himself.
. . . attitudes.
He Is most concerned with what
is going to happen to free gov-
unrelated matters are far more in
teresting than the original ques
tion, so you let it go.
His build.
Professor Lancaster is short,
slender, loose-framed. He looks
scholarly. His manner is quiet,
rather introspective, almost apol
ogetic ai umes. tie is exiremciy enemy. "If we have peace, we
careful to say exactly what he may get out of our difficulties,
means and he will probably re- if We have war . . . ?" He shrugs
gard this article as a bundle of as though the question were too
misquotations, xei ne is insianuy great a one.
escape it?" he asks, referring to
the spread of strongarm govern
ments. "There are certain things
that you can get only by giving
the government arbitrary power.
These things you must not ask for
if you want to preserve what we
call free government."
War, he thinks, is our greatest
friendly, puts his listener at ease.
In fact, this listener became so in
terested, he forgot to jot down
notes.
Born in Ohio "while Queen Vic
toria was on her throne," Profes
sor Lancaster grew up in the min-
"Government can't offer you op
portunities without your paying
for them." His generation, he re
calls, grew up in a time when gov
ernment was secure, religion un
questioned, the borders of right
and wrong clearly drawn. "Na-
ing town of Belle Aire. Soft coal, turnlly, we are pessimistic as we
steel, and manufacturing: comnan- look at the world now.
ies were the town's industries and
Lancaster says that anybody who
wore a white collar was consid
ered a sissy. "And I find it hard
to get over the idea," he adds. He
has been at Nebraska since 1930.
. . .education.
Ohio Wesleyan included him
among its undergraduates. He
took his master's degree at Illi
nois, his doctor's at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
The strangest thing about his
formal education is that he took
no courses in the subject he
teaches political science. He stud
ied history, later got a job teach
ing poli scl for his doctor's. He
wrote his thesis on political sci
ence. "It was easier to stay on,
take the degree," he says. "You
couldn't make a living teaching
history. I consider myself half his- of communists swarming every
xory ana nair pontics bwi. campus, thinks there is an over
teacher." estimation also of red activities in
...opinions. America. "There is more to fear
"We professors are all monks, from the right than from the left,"
in a manner of speaking. We're he believes. That doesn't mean
paid by the state to lead a quiet, the republicans, he adds. "They've
studious life, away from the strain no representation and no leader-
of ordinary affairs. We were in- snip.
. . . thoughts.
He grows serious about democ
racy, striving to put into words
his feeling for it. "Democracy has
always seemed to me a nnvtly
spiritual thing. If you can't be
lieve in anyltung eise, you surely
can't believe in democracy."
His doctor's thesis is among his
publications. "Not very many
people bought it." His last book,
"Government in Rural America,"
has been well received, has sold
11 or 1,200 copies not bad for a
textbook. He says Nebraska is
not the background of the book
tho he "took advantage" of being
in a rural area. New England, in
cidentally, is hia favorite part of
America.
. . . Interests.
He scoffs at witch-hunter tales
tercsted in intellectual things m
college and this is about the only
way to carry on that Interest."
He Is interested in young peo
ple's minds, troubled by students'
seeming lack of faith in anything.
"What the devil does your genera
tion believe in?" he asks and we
As to the question of whether
a teacher's advancement should b
based on his teaching ability or
his writing and research, Lancas- the stumped for an answer,
ter thinks no clear-cut distinction He fears that the . Je"
can be drawn. "Undergraduate college course that can be turned
teaching is the biggest job," he IntoK'l
says. S Nevertheless he believes egos, the less practi cal courses,
that unless a teacher attempts to "We are Pf
discover new ideas through writ- have to cater to public demand.
ICO. Broody
will preside
at banquet
Guests at Extension
division anniversary
to hear Dr. H. M. Gage
Dr. K. O. Broady, professor of
the school of administration, has
accepted the invitation to be toast
master at the university extension
division's anniversary of progress
dinner Tuesday at 6:30 in the Stu
dent Union. The dinner will cele
brate 30 years of university exten
sion work and 10 years ol super
vised correspondence study.
Dr. Harry M. Gage, president of
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
the main speaker of the evening,
will be introduced by Dr. G. W
Rosenof, professor of secondary
education, who is also secretary of
the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Toasts will be given by repre
sentatives of vocational education,
the National University Extension
Association, of supervised corres
pondence study of the life enrich
ment courses, and of the state de
partment of public instruction. In
addition, a number of representa
tives from other educational and
related organizations will be introduced.
Boucher extends greetings
Greetings will be extended by
Chancellor C. S. Boucher, and Rev.
Edmund F. Miller, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will
give the invocation.
The University Men's Glee Club,
which will be directed by W. G.
Tempel and accompanied by War
ren Hammel, will furnish the mu
sic for the evening.
An open house to be held from
2 until 6 Tuesday afternoon in
the faculty lounge of the Student
Union, will rive all friends and
students of the division a chance
to meet its director, Dr. A. A.
Reed. A tour of Extension Division
offices is also planned.
Harriet Meyer, cello; Ada Char
lotte Miller, violin, and Maxine
Maddy, piano, students in the
School of Fine Arts, will play
during the reception.
Union shows
French film
'Mayerling' gets two
screenings Thursday
Combining; a superb cast, excel
lent direction, haunting music and
a true story, "Mayerling" comes
to the screen in the Student Union
ballroom Thursday for two show-
ines as the second French movie
sponsored this year by the univer
sity French club.
Charles Boyer, Dannielle Dar
rieux and Vladimir Sokoloff head
the cast of French actors in the
production of the true Viennese
romance of the Archduke Rudolph
and Marie Vetsera, based on the
novel "Idyl's End" by Claude Anet.
Boyer's impersonation of the ill
fated archduke has been acknowl
edged as the greatest performance
of his notable career. With a
triumphant six months' run on
Broadway behind it, "Mayerling"
is acclaimed as the most distin
guished foreign film of the past
year.
The screen play was written by
Joseph Kessel and J. u. Cube.
Music is by Arthur Honegger who
wrote the score for "Fygmaiion,
Anatole Litvols, one of Holly
wood's most prominent directors,
was the director.
The two showings of the movie
will be at 7 and 8:45 p. m. Thurs
day. Jean Tilche, of the French
department and sponsor of the
French club, is making arrange
, ments.
Students
to air gripes
in session
Student gripes about campus af
fairs will be heard wholesale in
an open expression of student
opinion, when the DAILY spon
sors its first all-university "gripe
session Thursday afternoon.
"Our purpose in opening the
complaint conclave is to bring out
general university opinion on
problems of current interest and
to stimulate the interest of the
students themselves in the admin
istration of their university," said
Editor Harold Niemann in an
nouncing the plan.
Niemann stressed the Impor
tance of student attendance in
particular, since it is expression
of student opinion at which the
session is driving. The meeting
will begin at 4 p. m. in Union 316.
To be specific.
The gripes will be classified and
See GRIPES, page 2
brings band
Saturday
Tickets to vice-versa
party sell at $1.25;
gala party promised
Frankie Trumbauer, styled as
the All-Amerlcan saxophonist, and
his orchestra will set the dancing
pace for the Mortar Boards' an
nual leap year affair Saturday,
Dec. 16, next large party of the
new formal season.
Trumbauer has just finished
playing at the Biltmore Bowl, Los
Angeles, the Nicollet hotel in Min
neapolis, and the Congress hotel in,
Chicago. Before organizing his
own band the swingy saxophonist
was one of the standout attrac
tions of the Paul Whiteman band.
Trumbauer starred for many sea
ions as the leading soloist of the
band. He also played all of the
symphonies that Whiteman was
engaged for and proved to be an
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Lincoln Journal and Star,
Elizabeth Waugh commands
ROTC at 31 st Military Ball
Elizabeth Waugh, Lincoln arts of light, a sign dropped from the
and sciences senior, was presented
as 1939 Honorary Colonel of the
Nebraska ROTC to a crowd of
more than 4,000 spectators and
dancers attending the 31st annual
Military Ball staged last Friday
evening in the coliseum.
Friday night's presentation, one
of the most dramatic in the his
tory of the Ball, took the form of
a "rescue," simulated machine gun
fire from the wings of the stage
"cutting away" the door of a stage
fort from which the new Colonel
stepped forth to receive the cheer
ing acclaim of those present. Si
multanooir.lv with the appearance
of the "rescued" Colonel in a burst
roof revealing the name of the
successful candidate.
Arch of sabers
Immediately after the presenta
tion Cadet Colonel Charles Pills
bury escorted Miss Waugh through
a coliseum-long arcade of sabers
to the south end of the floor, where
she was presented to Gov. R. L.
Cochran, standing in his balcony
box. After a smart exchange of
salutes with the governor, the new
Colonel returned to the stage.
During the presentation march
and return, she wns accompanied
by her staff and their sponsor,
See MILITARY, page 6
