Tuesday, April 30, 1940
Editorial Opinion1
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Bulletin
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Editor-in-Chief Richard deBrown
Business Manager Arthur Hill
Today we are trying; out a new sort of editorial
comment which may he used during the rest of
the semester from time to time. The idea will be to
give a lighter, more informal treatment to subjects
of general campus interest to relieve by contrast
the more weighty and formal type of editorial.
Campus humor yesterday (with the exception
of the new Awg-wan) was centered around stories
concerning the latest adventures of those old rakes,
the TNKs. As everyone could see, the boys were
out early Tuesday morning to inaugurate their
spring paint and mess-up campaign. It seems that
they were spotted by a fraternity man who was re
turning back to the house after a late bite down
town. The said collegian was mildly curious about
this group of men in white coveralls so busily en
gaged with paint and brush, but not until he
reached his fraternity did it occur to him who it
was. Then he roused some of the brothers who lay
in wait until the little band reached their house.
As the TNK clan mounted to the porch, lights blazed
on and out strolled the fraternity members in fond
greeting. The look on the collective TNE pan is
said to have been something wonderful to behold,
and when one of the welcoming party clicked an
empty shotgun the retreat was both quick and un
dignified. Of course they returned later to retal
iate with an extra heavy and varied paint job.
Caught in the act, they looked neither daring nor
mysterious nor glamorous but only slightly ridicu
lous"... in the manner of six-year-old Hallowe'en
ers," as the Lincoln Journal recently editorialized.
For the first time since Joe E. Brown was
filmed running out of a Memorial Stadium dressing
room at a national A. A. U. meet in Lincoln, the
university is to figure in a movie. This time Ne
braska will be more than a cinematic flash in the
pan, however, for the entire story of "Thrte Cheers
for Miss Bishop," to be produced this summer, is
laid at Midwestern university, Hollywoodese for
N. U. Present plans call for shooting to begin about
June 1 with completion by August 1 and a Lincoln
premiere in late September or early October. A
camera crew is expected to visit the campus late
this spring to pick up scenes of the university, and
if school is still in session the student body may
get a chance to appear as extras. Margaret Sulli
van, Richard Carlson, and Alam Curtis are being
mentioned for the cant, and all In all it promises
a happy day for alma mater.
The DAILY feels quite a personal Interest
in the matter, of course, since "Miss Bishop" is
the work of Bess Streeter Aldrich, noted Ne
braska author whose home it In nearby Elm
wood. Bob Aldrich, Mrs. Aldrich's son, is now
attending the university and Is one of the
DAILY'S star reporters, having received the Sig
ma Delta Chi feature story award just last Hon
ors day.
Latent stunt announced for the second edition
of the New York fair comes from an air condi
tioning firm. The company's exhibit will feature
"foot-cool-rn" in which tired exposition treadera
may get t reverse hot foot Publicity thus far does
not stat s whether patrons are to stick their feet
Into the coolers with or without shoes but relief Is
guaranteed. Anyone who visited the 1939 fair can
foresee a strong competitor for the long lines which
waited outside the popular World of Tomorrow
panorama last summer.
With yesterday's Ivy day edition of the Awg
wan, "Nebraska's humor magazine," a new low
was hit in the so-called campus tempo feature. All
year the aim of the page has appeared to be not
so much toward providing amusing small talk about
campus personalities as toward sneering disparag
ing remarks about various individuals. Monday'a
Issue was nothing short of libelous and not even
misspelling half the names helped much. If the
Intent of the magazine is to alienate as many per
sons as possible In the Ln.ited number of Issues at
the editors' disposal, success seems assured. Some
persons, however, hate to see all the possibilities
of such a publication sacrificed in an attempt to
paint the university as a drunken hang-out of the
most obnoxious collection of people Imaginable. In
a 24-page issue, only 16 pages were localy written
and of these only three contained story material.
The other 13 were filled with reams of Platter and
Chatter, miscellaneous short jokes, and gore. Prob
ably it does not become one publication to criticize
another, but such an issue can lead only to complete
reader apathy and possible suspension of the maga
zine again.
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TODAY
TbuvA. (RjoundufL
By Norbert Marin ken
NEW AMBASSADOR.
Berlin nazis can take comfort from the appoint
ment of a new Italian ambassador to Germany,
Dino Alfieri. Nazi press dispatches describe him
as being more favo-able to their government, and
this assertion is generally accepted as being true.
Alfieri has long been close to Mussolini, and ac
cordingly his appointment may well be viewed as
a strengthening of relations between Mussolini and
Hitler. Alfieri last fall seemed out of touch with
Italian public opinion, and in taking too advanced
a position on the matter of Italy's position with re
gard to the conflict which was then beginning. As
a result he was assigned to the diplomatically un
important porft at the Vatican. As a result the
late crystallization of public opinion more definite
ly in favor of Mussolini's axis partner Alfieri seems
to express the position now taken by the attitude
of the Italian government, or, more properly, that
of Mussolini. Italy has not yet turned her back on
her allies. For over the weekend trade negotiations
were renewed between Rome and London. The
British foreign office, while declining to give any
of the details of the talks described the meeting
as a "very friendly discussion." The fact that the
talks, which had been broken off several months
ago when the allies began halting shipments of
German coal destined for Italy, were resumed just
at this time was regarded in Lonkn as a "good
omen."
It thus appears that Italian foreign policy will
not yet follow one definite direction. Various fac
tors are reionsible for this apparent indecision.
The customary method of explaining it is to empha
sise the Italian determination to be on the winning
side. While this is true, and although Mussolini
would certainly be the last person to fail to realize
that to back a loser would mean the end of his
reign, there are other factors involved.
Italian public opinion is no more definitely
agreed upon which group of combatants it favors
than it was at the time of the World War. This
difference of opinion is known to extend high into
the inner circles of the Fascist leaders. It is an
open secret, for example, that among the Italian
representatives at the Italian legation in Washing
ton sentiments is all in favor of the allies. It will
doubtless take some little time until anything re
sembling a perfect unity of Italian public opinion,
which is necessary for the successful prosecution
of war, is achieved.
ScAafL Qhonx
$44CAru Petrm$&
Me? I've been dead for three months now.
I was married too. My wife mourned her loss. It
was really my gain. But she'll never know. Wished
that I could tell her.
She had me cremated. And put in a silver urn.
And then put the urn on top of the piano. I'd like
to be alive for just a minute or two now. I have
words that I would like to say about the fellow who
wrote "Chopsticks."
My wife 'now has suitors. Vlelng for the place
that I used to hold. She entertains them in the
parlor. The piano in the parlor. I'm on the piano.
I see everything and hear everything. But that
isn't my gripe.
The thing that burns me la to have these "gen
tlemen" flick cigar and cigarete ashes into my
urn. Ash trays all over the room. But still they
put ashes in my urn.
Throckmorton smokes Philip Morris. He flicks
his ashes into my urn. Belloiae smokes cigars,
Van Dykes. He too flicks his ashes into my urn.
Ashea, ashea, ashes.
partem
UNION FILM.
A film on Mexico will he ilwmn In the
I nlon hullnmm at II n. m.
ALPHA KAI'I'A I'M.
Member of Alpha Kappa Pl mill meel
lit : p. tn. In purlnr A of the I'nlon.
RAItn I NION.
Member of the llurb Inlnn mill meet
nt 1:30 p. in. In parlor n of the I nlnn.
rill HKTA KAI'PA.
Ihl Br I a Knppa will meet In
l of the Inlnn at :l p. m.
SHI MA KTA (III.
HUnta Eta Chi pledge will meet In room
SOrt of the I nlon at T p. m. Active will
meet hi room SIS.
I'HAI.ANX.
Member of I'hnliinx will meet at 1:S0
p. m. In room SIA of the I nlon.
IIOR.NK SHOW TRVOt'TM.
Ilorne Show tilrl who are eoiitemplatln
riding In the hnrne how at the t' armor
I'alr will ride In the prrllmlnarle at 6
p. ni. lixluy at shreve Sliihle. I'r fur
thur detail rail Utile UitUin at the Al
pha I'M houw,
MAY MORNING RRKAKFAST.
Ticket ace now on aale f the May
Morning Krcukfunt nhlrli will he bckl Sun
day at 8:4A a. m. In the I nlon. Ticket
are So cent and may be purrhaaed front
all omaiilrrd bue, dor or the V fflen.
WEDNESDAY
MVriNKK l Nl'K.
I nofl matinee daJice will be held In the
ballroom at A p .in. MiMienl munt prraeat
Identification card for admlmkm.
rilOTO(.RAI'IIV (.KOI I'.
The newly formed photography (reap
will meet In parlor ' of the I'nlon at
4 p. ni.
Mi'inbcr of I'l Tan Miiiiia, mechanic!
engineering honorary, will meet In parlor C
of the I nlon at 0:13 p. in.
FRKSRVTKKIAN STl DKNT8.
Presbyterian Student will meet at km
In parlor Xof the I nlon.
NI' MKOS.
Na Med will meet for a banquet at
p. m. In parlor X and V of the I nlon.
GAMMA Al.rilA CHI.
Member of tiamina Alpha Chi will meet
at A p. m. In room SIA of the I nlon.
Mil PHI KI'SIION.
Mu I'hl Knllon will meet ai 1:90 p. aa.
In room all) of the I nlon.
Ex-NU band
leader dies
William T. Quick passes
on from heart ailment
The death of William T. Quick,
leader of the university band for
nearly a quarter of a century, yes
terday brought grief and sorrow
to both students and alumni. He
died of a heat ailment.
He was known as "Billy" to the
thousands of students who played
in his campus bands. To football
fans he was the familiar "Get
Hot" Quick, because of his tire
less efforts to pep up student en
thusiasm at rallies and athletic
contests.
Retired for three years.
Although ill health forced him
to abandon direction of the var
sity band three years ago, he con
tinued leading the freshman band
whenever he was able to visit the
campus.
In 1918 when Quick took charge
of the band, it numbered less than
70 musicians. It now numbers 200.
He liked both circus music and
marches and especially favored
selections which gave the brass
section full play.
Mrs. Pike speaks
at publicity meet
Mrs. Ruth E. Pike, associate edi
tor of the university extension pub
lications, was a guest speaker and
co-chairman of the publicatkms
roundtable at the convention of
the American College Publicity as
sociation. Her subject was "Col
lege Publications as Extension Me
dia." Some of the other speakers at
the annual convention held in Des
Moine.s, la. last week-end were
Co-chairman Kingsley W. Given
Park college, Parkville, Mo.. Fra'ik
S. Wright, University of Florida,
and Bruce E. Mahan, extension di
rector of the University of Iowa.
PBK-
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pean War Patterns and Other
Things."
Forty-three of the newly elected
group and those announced last
December will be initiated at this
banquet. One newly elected mem
ber whose name has not been
listed previously is Angeline Helle
berg. The initiates will be inducted
by a committee of chapter officers.
They will be assisted by Dr. R. J.
Pool, botany department head,
who will present keys to the new
members.
The program includes besides
Dr. Whitney's address, a vocal solo
by Mrs. J. R. Wadsworth.
Approximately 130 members and
friends are expected to attend.
Reservations must be made at the
secretary's office in S. S. 324.
Political science
essay contest
ends tomorrow
Deadline for submission of pa
pers for the William Jennings
Bryan $25 prize essay contest on
political science topics is tomor
row. Papers of between 5,000 and
6,000 words on any subject related
to political science, will be judged
by a committee composed of Roger
W. Shumate, David E. Fellman,
and Harold Stoke, all of the polit
ical science department. Essays
may be specially prepared for the
contest, or they may have been
written for any political science
course. No prize will be awarded
if the judges do not feel the papers
are worthy.
The award was established by
the late William Jennings Bryan
to encourage student Interest in
government and world affairs.
Snyder is finalist
in vogue contest
Charlotte Snyder, arts and
sciences senior has been selected
as one of 20 finalists in Vogue's
Prix de Paris contest Over 1,000
girls entered the contest last fall,
and all but 20 have been elim
inated over a. period of several
months.
First prize In the contest is a
year's work in Paris if world con
ditions permit, and several other
prizes are offered.
That's my gripe. Why do they have to put
more ashes where my ashea are. It's put me in
one bad spot With rhlllp Morris, Van Dyke sjid
mv ashes all In the same soot I'm lonlne m tden-
' ir-- . . . .
tlty. I don't know whether I'm Philip Morris, Van ,, p - , American Aa-
rvvMAMVii aa. uiUTCIOUJ TV CM lit: II vJIl
Pound addresses AAUW
Miss Louise Pound of the de
partment of English spoke re
cently before the Washington,
Dyke or Chris Petersen!
the subject "The Literary Scene.1
Mills Teachers Agency
S. E. Mills, A.M., '29, Manager
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