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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Suncfoy, March" 3, 1940 rfhl DAILYlVEDnlSEM Oftcul Ntwtpaj Of Mart Than 7.000 Sfufmti THIRTV-NINTH YEAR Offices . . .Union Building Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. Journal 2-3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Member Nebraska Press Association, 1939-40 Represented for National Advert'sing by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVi'E, INC. 4?0 Madison Ave., New York. N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Mondays nd Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by stu dents of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are J1..00 Per Semester or J1.S0 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. En tered as seccnd-ciass matter at the postoff'ce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Octoier S. 1917, Authorized January 20. 1922. Editor-in-Chief Richard de Brown Business Manager Arthur Hill - " EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Clyde Marti. Norman Hun-Is News Editors Chris Petersen, Luc"e Thomas, Paul Svoboda, Mary Kerrigan, Morton Margolin Sports Editor June Bierbower Photography Editor George Royal BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Manager Burton Thiel, Ed SegrUt Circulation Manager Lowell Michael A IX DAILY Bartow taral are the aptatoa af ts 4IUra. Their views mr astaloat sa M a-ay rrfkvt the art. tae af the 4mlaMimttoa af the hHwtty. Why should we hart Big Name Orchestras? Well, why not? Last night Joe Venuti brought hit orchestra to town to provide music for the annual formal season closer, the Junior-Senior Prom. And very nice music K was, as nobody can deny. But whatever Mr. Venuti's national reputation may be, he is not particularly well-known to Nebraska students and so the announcement of his ap pearance here was greeted with considerable groaning and practically no applause. Why? Because students look forward to and expect big name band attractions at the major all-University parties such as the Prom, Military Ball, Inter fraternity Ball, and Mortar Board party, and Mr. Venuti just didn't come up to their expectations. Just why students do expect big-name bands is difficult to explain. Certainly it is not because they have become accustomed to having tViem at these parties in previous years. But they do. As Dwight Fiske would say, it is probably just biological. At the same time many persons cannot understand why on earth students care whether they are danc ing to Joe Blow and his musical oboe or Kay Kaysr and his college of musical knowledge, so long as the music is good. But they do. Students may not be able to distinguish between the music of a good local orchestra and a Big Name band blind folded, but they want Big Name bands at their big dances. They just do. And the DAILY thinks that they should have their way. If they would rather pay a little more for their tickets or would rather be a little more crowded on the dance floor by dint of a stronger band attraction, that is their privilege. If they are lackadaisical about the average 1700 orchestra but could become rapturous about any one of many available for from $850 to $1,000, then they should be given one of the latter. As a matter of fact, the Prom might have had Kay Kyser, Jimmy Dorsey, Vincent Lopez, Duke Ellington, or Jan Savitta had the orchestra com mittee been allowed a little more money. (Vincent Lopei Is playing for the Military Ball at the University of South Dakota this week.) But those who hold the purse strings seem to have a moral scruple about raising the ante and are not at all Impressed by prospective big names waved in their faces by hopeful orchestra committees. But after all who U it that patronizes the dances? For whom are the dances planned? Then why not please these students by giving them what they want? It seems logical that they would re ciprocate by showing more interest in the affairs and boosting attendance figures. The DAILY k now convicting a survey of all Big Six and Big Ten schools and other representative institutions over the country to determine whether central booking agencies aid them in securing better orchestras. There also is a Student Council committee appointed to investigate the possibilities of such booking agencies. But if the real reason that other schools get better orchestras than we do is that they allot more money, no amount of central booking can help the Nebraska situation. Those who have the power simply must allow more money for securing these orchestras the campus wants. And we're for it right along with the several thousand other students who find Big Name bands Impressive evidence that so-called Big Parties are the real article. Davis, Loos, Mahnkenjj UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN This bulletin i for the us of campus organizations, students and tc ulty member. Announcements of meatino or other notice lor ah bullttln may b submitted at the NEBRASKAN offic by 5 p. m. th day before stub, lication t tn registrar's office by 4 p. m. on wcak-day and M a. m. on Saturday. Notices must be typed or legibly written and stoned by mo one with the authority to have the notice published. Tr:? bulletin wHI aa. peas- daily, except Monday and Saturday, on pno two of th NEB"AKAN. TODAY WOOD LKCTl.SE. Grans Waoa' wiH totar hi the V hall room at 1 a. m. an Rrgioaal Art. LITHKRAN STIDKNT CL.VB. Rev. Frrt Wk-rmaa. pmidrat af Mid land cnllrice at Fremont will speak at the Lullxraa 8t4rt Hoa Snnnday, at S p.m. an at the C.rac lithrraa eharra at 1 p. m. M "Standard af Uvlnr." He ha jn4 rampMed a soar af rhnrrhra aa he nutations an the went ct. HITLER FOR HITLER No official reports of the discussions between Hitler and Roosevelt's trouble-shooter, Sumner Welles, have been published aa yet Via the. visual grapevine route, however, certain reports of Hitler's demands have filtered out, and none of them indi cate any possibility of the European war being terminated at an early date. If Welles had any hopes that he might find a basis upon which negotiations might be begun be tween the belligerent powers, those hopes were ap parently shattered at the very outset. More than ever it is apparent that the only peace treaty which Hitler would consider would be one negotiated by Hitler, signed by Hitler, for the benefit of Hitler. The United States has been eliminated aa a possible mediator, Hitler says, because its neutrality can V questioned. It is rather commonly admitted that there is no other nation whose position would make it more acceptable as a mediator, so it appears that Hitler has chosen for himself the alternate of a "dictated" peace, dictated either by a victorious Nazi leader, or by the conquering allies. Hitler's demands are spectacular. His sugges tion for disarmament envisions British surrender of Gibraltar and the Suez canal, and the dismantling of such "pirate hangouts" as Malta and Singapore. In other words, the Fuehrer's first objective still remains the break-up of British sea might, and the dismemberment of her colonial empire. The Scandinavians are to be "benefited" by the Germans, for Hitler insists that the British and French must not stir up the Swedes and Nor wegians. Doubtless they are to be left to the benevolent care of Hitler's ally, Stalin. A "Monroe Doctrine" of a new type was also proposed, this one to recognize the German hege mony in Central Europe, particularly in Bohemia Moravia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary, which should be pleasing news to the Hungarians. All the reports leaking out seem to indicate that little spectacular is to be expressed as a result of Welles' visit Hitler's determination not to re treat frojn his advanced position is evident, and the thing most striking is that his position regarding the disposal of the British empire is more intran sigent than many first believed. The discussions serve to emphasize the fact that inactivity on the fighting fronts will certainly not be paralleled by quiet on the diplomatic or propaganda fronts. OUR DISCARDED DOCTRINE While Hitler was proposing a "Monroe Doc trine" German style, America's Monrone Doctrine was shoved a bit farther into discard. President Roosevelt, just returned from his visit to the Canal Zone, emphatically stated that no further acquisi tion of territory in the vicinity of the Canal Zone was being contemplated. Proposals have been ad vanced during the last few weeks providing for the creation of a long-range system of defenses for the Panama Canal, and the question lurked in the back of the minds of some individuals aa to whether or not this might not involve the acquisition of additional territory. These fears, if they are worthy of being dignified by the term -fears," were thus decisively put to rest Of all the policies of the .Roosevelt administration, none has been more consistently followed than tV "Good Neighbor" policy in dealing with Latin America, and yester day's presidential pronouncement will doubtless be greeted in the Central Americas as confirmation of this policy which they so view with favor. MONDAY YKftPKR CHOI. T. W. 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Arndt's favorite vacation spot Is southern California, particularly the mountains of the Sierras where he goes to hunt and fish each summer. New deal fteede scheoitng. "But the New Deal aa mad many mistakes. It does not hare the knowledge of the social sci ences which it needs to make its trials more frequently successful . . . Personally I am not afraid of a change in the economic sphere . . . nor in education." As far as the current political scene Arndt "hasn't made a per sonal choice of ranilidates." He has some he would rather not see run but thinks that the whole question of who is to be president is "exaggerated beyond its impor tance. It is the policy involved that matters. I don't think a choice now will Involve a very fundamental change in policy." Besides teaching, Arndt is chair man of the convocations commit tee, and president of the Student Union Board of Managers which he speaks of as though he had a violent headache. 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