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2 THE DAILY NEBRASKA Friday, April 5, 1940 .J ,..'.W' Editorial Opinion Comment Bulletin! Daily(Nedmskan 0ioo Ntwwapm 0 Mvt Them 7.000 Stud THIRTY. NINTH YEAR Offices Union Building Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. Journal -2-3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Memb?r Nebraska Press Association, 1939-40 Represented for National Advert'sing by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERV. ;E, INC. 420 Madison Ave., New York. N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during th school year except Monday and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by stu dents of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are 11. .00 Per Semester or 11.50 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, S Cents. En tered as second-class matter at the postoffice In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, K79, and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, Authorized January 20, 1922. Editor-in-Chief Richard deBrswn Business J.l.tnager. Arthur Hill EDIT Orfl lADEPART MENT Managing Editors Clyde Mart, Norman H-rrls News Editors. .Chris Petersen, Luci'e Thomas, Paul Svoboda, Mary Kerrigan, Mort-jn Margolin Sports Editor June Bierbover Ag Editor Leo Cocksley Star reporters this month . . . Don Bower, Bob Schlater, Ralph Combs, Alex Mills. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Bi'jiness Managers Burton Thiel, Ed SegrM Circulation Manager Lowell Michael AM. MII.T nmlmrd editorial are the opinion of the editor. Tliolr views or opinion In no way reflect the atti tude of the administration of the university. How familiar is the tune ?J ioriaflj tali in "If Canada can bring about the active par ticipation of the United States of America in sup port of the allied cause, particularly at the pres ent time, she may go down in history as the savior of democracy, of liberty, of freedom, of civiliza tion itself." That statement made yesterday by Gordon Conant, attorney general of Ontario, is the most direct appeal for the sympathies of this country yet made by one who may be taken to represent the thought of England and France in Vond." But the democracy of the United States miliar ring to them that the effect should be to put Americans on their guard at once. "We have prided ourselves and rejoiced in the fact that we have been good neighbors. But now we have a greater responsibility, a greater duty," says Mr. Conant. What greater responsibility or duty could the United States possibly have than the pre servation of the welfare and happiness of its own citizens? Would it not be forgetting this duty if it attempted to police the world? Would it not be sacrificing the welfare, happiness, and even the lives of Its citizens if it were to plunge them into a strict ly European war? And what would be the end of this sac -ifice? To make the world safe for dem ocracy, liberty, freedom, and civilization itself? We are hardly so naive about such a belief today as we were 25 years ago. You see, we followed it out once before and what did we get for our trouble ? Nothing but a world in which democracy is even more threatened than before by dictator-rulers who make the old heads of monarchies seem to have been quite reasonable in their ambitions. Nothing but exist ence in a world so upset by the most expensive, most destructive, and most unsettling conflict in history thqt it seems doubtful if an approach to equilibrium can ever again be quite reestablished. "The allies. .. need the moral and particu-, larly the material resources of our great neigh-, boring republic to the south. In the last war their entry undoubtedly turned the scales and resulted In victory. With their vast resources and ma terials and MEN and their industrial capacity added to those of the allies, there could be no question as to the outcome." And for whom would such victory be most beneficial? Not for . America, remote in its philosophy of living as well as In its geographical position, but for Eng land and France who live next door to the threa tening dictatorships and whose prestige and power are now at stake. "Every day the United States delays in joining the illies will only prolong the war and increase the effort and the sacrifice that the United States may yet be called upon to make to save herself from the ate that now threatens all the democracies of the world." But the democracy of the UUnited States is not threatened half so much while she remains at peace as it would if she went to war. With Europe in such dire political and economic straits before the war, what will be her condition afterwards regard less of the outcome? It is bound to be worse and. its reflection on the United States would only be heightened if this country took part in its misde meanors. The idea that Minister Cromwell ex pressed two weeks ago to the effect that a victory for the allies is necessary to the welfare of the United Stales Is, exaggerated at best, It requires considerable imagination to conceive of Germany's being so strengthened by victory that she could se riously menace the United States. There would still be Russia and Italy to contend with, to say nothing of the French and English who would by no means be wiped wholly from the earth by defeat. We are appearing as irrational as Herr Hitler himself if we are frightened by the idea of the entire world's be ing dominated by one power. History just doesn't support such an idea any more than does logic and common sense. "A clear declaration of policy at this time, sup porting the allies and declaring it to be the inten tion of the United States to enter the contest in her behalf, would materially affect the whole situa tion, probably to the extent of bringing an end to hostilities. Germany would see the futility of her mad project, and seek an early peace rather than risk the ultimate extermination that would be her fate." That is pure conjecture, even though of a very persuasive and powerful (and therefore dan gerous) type. Perhaps action by the U. S. would end the war, but perhaps it wouldn't at least not until we had sacrificed much of our money, men and internal stability. But most important is his allusion to the ultimate examination of Germany that would be her fate K defeated. If that Isn't a reiteration of the spl-it of the Ver sailles treaty then that treaty isi't one of the prime factors for the chaos in pot-war Europe. It would seem that once again Europe demon strates her inability to learn fron history. It has been proved beyond doubt that European methods of making war and of m?xing peace are utterly foreign to the nature of this country and that when we attempt to interfere n them we are out of our proper element and erne off badly. Let us hope then that the Unite States is not so obtuse about the lessons of history. Iowa finds one awy to solve problem AVERAGES One of the toughest problems confronting Amer ican college fraternities has been that of scholastic averages. As individuals, the merrbers of a fra ternity may be as little or as much concerned with academic standing as any average student, but. the fraternity as an organization is very vitally concerned with its scholastic average from the standpoint of prestige on the campus, at national headquarters, and, of course, in the dean's office. Very recently, the fraternities at the University of Iowa, have formulated a plan which In theory, at least, should not only benefit the organizations and their members, but should give material as sistance to worthy graduate students. The scholar ship plan provides that each of the fraternities shall give board and room to a graduate student, who in return will conduct about six hours of classes per week for the benefit of the members. This plan of tutorial help may possibly be the answer to the fraternities' prayers. Particularly among pledges, where the scholastic mortality rate is alarmingly high, may this idea prove a boon. It has sufficient merits to be encouraged on other campuses, for the scholastic problem among fra ternities is universal. There is not guarantee that the plan will work successfully, but it certainly is worth a try. Oklahoma Daily. Jo. JhsL frdttox. Dear Editor: Recently I wrote a Utter to the Daily Nebras kan concerning the dances in the Student Union. Since writing that letter, I have talked with Mr. Kenneth Van Sant, directing manager of the Union. It is now that the problem of the management is realized. They can check the identification cards with the sale of tickets, but they cannot prevent students from loaning their identification cards to persons who are not enrolled in the University. A great part of the success of our Union dances lies in the degree of co-operation received from stu dents. We should value the student identification card and it should not be used for conniving against the Union management and the student body. There are many complaints to the paying of (3 for Union fee at the time of registration, but this could be overcome, were the students to make the identifica tion cards & cherished possession for only personal use. With the co-operation which Union officials are willing to give and are giving Union dances could be made student affairs and a greater number of students would partake of their privileges. Unless the students do take heed to this situation, the Union will more and more become frequented by non-university students. 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