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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, February 25, 1940
Only the crust is left of
The Jmwr-Scn.cr Prom's Prcsl-Egc Puff
A Result of Campus Taxa tion (For Prom Tickets)
Without Representation (In Committee Election)
Tlu DAILY NKBKASKAN fools Unit tho olor
tion of tho Jimior-Sonior riv,ni committee should
bo in the hands of the .student body rather thnn
the politically-minded Student Council as at pres
ent. To discover whether the student body shares
in this opinion, the DAILY is sponsoring the print
ing of ballots for distribution at Tuesday's election
of the 1040 Prom Girl.
Theoretically the Prom committee is com
posed of leaders in the junior class. Actually
under the present system of election, its member
ship is largely composed of would-be leaders
students who haven't enough activities on their
own hook to qualify for Innocents and Mortar
Board and need another one which is easy to get
(if you know the right people, politically speak
ing), and involves little work, while carrying sup
posedly considerable prestige.
For example, take the ease of Joe D. He never
was seriously interested in activities because he
couldn't see their value in proportion to the work
involved. But Joe's fraternity needs a candidate
for Innocents the coming spring and frankly they
don't have a single junior who can qualify. Joe
is a Corn Cob and maybe was a staff editor on the
Cornhusker when he was a sophomore, but that isn't
enough. Fortunately Joe's fraternity belongs to
the faction holding a majority on the Student Coun
cil, though, and so its troubles are over. He easily
is elected to the Trom committee (along with other
men of the same faction and the women who are
best at striking a baigin or pretending to), and
presto! Joe has another "major" activity for which
he had to do no work at all.
As more and more Joes have sat on Prom
committees during the past few years, lower and
lower has fallen the prestige attached to those
committees until today it Is negligible in the eyes
of activity bigwigs. Elected by the student coun
cil, names of the members of the Prom committee
are generally unknown to students off the council
and consequently their achievement has a hollow
ring.
But if the Prom committee were elected by
general student vote in the fall election, names of
the candidates would be well-publicized and become
familiar to the campus. A new school interest in the
Prom would come when the student body felt that
it had something to say about who managed it.
And committee members inevitably would constitute
the leaders in the junior class because the successful
candidates would be those who had made them
selves best known and best liked by their achieve
ments in other activities. It has been proved many
times that a weak candidate (like our friend Joe)
backed by a strong faction will lose 9 times out of
10 to a strong candidate belonging to a weaker fac
tion if balloting is left up to a general campus vote.
If elected by students, the Prom committee
would more nearly represent the campus as a
whole than at present. This can be proved by
comparing the results of general elections and
Student Council Prom elections: GENERAL
ELECTIONS NEVER RESULT IN A CLEAN
SWEEP OF OFFICES BY ONE FACTION AND
STUDENT COUNCIL PROM ELECTIONS AL
WAYS DO! In other words, if the new system
were adopted and put into effect next year, the
1941 Prom committee would contain Barbs, affili
ated men of both factions, and affiliated women
who were not forced to resort to the degrading
practice of vcte-selling in order to gain election.
THE CHANGE WOULD BENEFIT DIRECTLY
BARBS, ALL WOMEN, MEMBERS OF FRA
TERNITIES BELONGING TO MINORITY FAC
TIONS IN THE COUNCIL, AND WOULD NOT
.WITHHOLD THE RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY
FACTION TO PLACE A MAJORITY OF ITS
MEMBERS ON THE PROM COMMITTEE PRO
VIDED IT STILL COULD DEMONSTRATE ITS
SUPERIOR STRENGTH WITH VOTERS.
Finally, a new system of election would benefit
the Prom committee very materially. It would raise
campus interest in the affair and restore the
prestige of the committee to the high level which
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it rightly and traditionally deserves. Given tho
backing of the student body at Tuesday's election,
the DAILY will cany the issue to the Student Coun
cil from whose hands any change must come. BUT
IF THE STUDENT BODY EXPRESSES ITSELF
AS FIRMLY IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGE,
COUNCIL MEMBERS AS REPRESENTATIVES
OF THAT STUDENT BODY WILL HAVE NO
RIGHT TO OPPOSE IT.
Vote Tuesday for Prom Girl and Indicate
your wish to be consulted when next year's Prom
committee is elected.
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Editor-in-Chief Richard de Brown
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"DER FUEHRER" SPEAKS
Adolph Hitler, on the twentieth anniversary of
the birth of the National-Socialist party, addressed
the German people from the Braun House in Munich
Saturday. He spoke of his courage in returning
to the city where an attempt had been made on his
life. Then he reviewed the history of his party.
In 1920 Germany was a weak, defenseless, pessi
mistic nation, but she was not defeated. One man,
Hitler, believed in the future of Germany.
He realized that her weakened state was due
to the treaty of Versailles and later international in
terference in German affairs. His party fought
hard and unremittingly for thirteen years until it
defeated all opposition and came into power. Since
its advent to power, Hitler's party has restored
Germany economically and has lifted her culture to
new heights.
The strongest note in Hitler's speech was his
emphasis upon his humble origin, upon the fact
that he and his party chiefs are men of the people.
He contrasted himself, a poor soldier who rose by
his own unceasing labors, with Churchill and the
English leaders, capitalistic aristocrats. "I am
glad these men do not hold me their friend," said
Hitler. In contrast to these men and to the lead
ers of Germany until 1918, Hitler disclaimed he
and his party were of the people. "I want only
the love and devotion of my fellow countrymen,"
declared Hitler.
A new thought in Hitler's speech was his de
nunciation of the capitalistic system. The capital
istic order has collapsed, he shouted.
Comparing Germany's position now with that
in 1914, he showed her to be immensely stronger
internationally-the friend of Italy, Russia, and
Japan militarily we have the finest armament
man can make and the Germans have a new spirited
leadership, the best in the land , and economically
the blockade is full of holes and we can secure
what we need. Hitler further asserted that foreign
propaganda disseminated by Jews was absolutely
ineffective since the German people had graduated
from a school of unknown to any other people,
except perhaps the Italians. "Chamberlain's prom
ises have no meaning for the German people."
"Jews, capitalists, and democrats cannot
think to dictate to us how we shall manage our
affairs, though they drive us to war. We will win,
we must win, we shall win. Our ancestors and
forebears fought and won we too shall win!"
Hitler's condemnation of capitalism, of an auto
cratic ruling class, and his assertion of humble
origin and belief in the people as well as his de
unueiation of the "democratic" countries of the
world who want to rule Germany are powerful
appeals for popular support and will make Germany
hard to beat.
ENGLAND SPEAKS
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain today ad
dressed the people of England on the status and
condition of the Empire in regard to the World
war. Telling little of the future policy of the
nation in regard to the Finnish situation and the
Near East, he devoted most of his remarks to de
nouncing the totalitarian states and their leaders.
Chamberlain was as vehement in his condem
nation of Stalin as he was of .Hitler, for the first
time publicly acknowledging that Russia should be
punished for her treatment of Finland and that
England would do what she could to see that this
was accomplished. For the most part, the speech
hinged around the words "brutality" and "mur
derers" as applied to the policy of the totalitarian
nations.
Meanwhile a last desperate appeal for aid came,
from Finland, who called two more classes to arms
this week. Word was confirmed that the Russians
had amassed an army of 350,000 men on the
Karelian isthmus to continue their drive against
the Mannerheim line. Stalin has come to Leningrad
to personally direct his forces against Finland. The
Finns admit that their supplies And ammunition are
r.inning low.
UiXiVEKSITY OF NERKASKA OFFICIAL ISULLET1N
Tills hull-'.::) la for the u.-.e of crrooj orc.-.nlritljns, etudent and f
ulty irci'.ilicri. Annoi.T.cciv.eiit cf mect'nia cr ctVcr notic- for the bultstfcn
miy be eubmit'.ed sit tho NEBRASKAN offlca by 5 p. m. the day before, pva-l'c-'.!3ii
or nt the registrar's office by 4 p. r.i. en weck-dnys and 11 a. w.
en Sif irday. Notices must he typed or legibly written and slrwied by torn.
ens wILIi t:e minority ti hive the no'.ico pvibllrlicJ. TIm l:u'etln will ap
pear t'nily, except Monday and SaturJay, cn p.-iqo two of tho NEBRASKAN.
MONDAY.
I'M EPISCOPAL ( Ill RCII.
Confirnmllon nnd arrvlre will he held nt
the I nlvcmlly Kplnropal church at 11 a. m.
I MON PROGRAM.
Tarlicll. Ihr niiulclan, will perform at
4:1.1 In the I nlnn Ivllrcxim.
G1KI.S Kin.K. (M R,
Mrmlwr ii f (lie girl rlfli Huh will meet
4 A p. in. ii n the rifle range In Andrews.
TOW NIC fi.ru,
Towne rlub members will meet la Parlor
A nf the I ntn at S p. m.
KM) I KMT PROGRAM.
A program nf retinml music will he
plityril nil the Carnegie munle net In the
facility loange nf the I'nlon at 4 P. m.
OBSERVATORY.
The ouorrvatory oa the elly campus will
he opea for studi-nt for an hoar after
'Advocates'
to hear judge
Justice Simmons speaks
on court system Tuesday
Chief Justice Robert G. Sim
mons, of the Nebraska State Su
preme Court, will speak on the
Nebraska court system at the
meeting of the "Young Advo
cates," association for pre-law stu
dents next Tuesday evening at 7
in Social Science 201. The meet
ing is primarily for members of
the association, but any one may
attend.
"Young Advocates'! was organ
ized in January, when the consti
tuUon, now in the hands of the
student council committee on con
stitutions, was adopted. The or
ganization has 20 charter mem
bers, and 15 other students have
joined since the association was
begun.
The meeting Tuesday night is
also for the purpose of launching
a membership drive, under the
leadership of Edward McConnell,
chairman of the membership drive
committee. Any student who in
tends to take law, whether or not
he is registered in law college,
may become a member. .
Hiinilunn If the ly I Hour fur the pur
pose of urchin the five evening; stars la
(he wrxlern sky.
TASSKI.8.
TiihhcIs will meet at 5 p. nt. In mom Ml
of Ui I nlon.
MDMA ALPHA IOTA.
Mi n'bcr of Kigm:t Alpha lulu will ne4
In mom 816 af the Union al 4 p. at.
TUESDAY.
11 Ml) KPNILON.
Mi-ntni-rs nf PI Ma Knsllaa wM anse-i la
the Dnlnn at t:M p. m.
IRE-I.AW ASSOCIATION.
Kirn regular monthly meeting af Mm
rre-l-aw axooriiitlon will meet at 7 p. na.
In room 201 Mortal Nrlmren. t hief Jh
tiee Robert G. Wmnwm of the Hint Ha
prrnte onrt will deliver aa addrtia oa
the marts.
NIGMA ALPHA IOTA.
Members af Slims Alpha Iota pMtM
nnd artlves will meet for lunch with
alumnae al the Ualoa In the family Ma
in room.
HARMONY HOl'R.
Weekly harmony hoar will be aeM la UM
faculty kmnge at 4 p. m.
KM! MA ETA CHI.
Sigma Eta Chi active will meet la room
Sl:i of the I'nlon at 1 p. m. Pledges wHl- .s
meet In room 305 at thn same time.
PHALANX.
Members af Thalans will meet at 1:M
p. m. In room Sit af the I'nlon.
LKAGIK OF EVANGELICAL STl'DENTS.
I .ensue of Evangelical rltudrnU will meet
at 7 P. m. la roam SIC af the Union.
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