THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday. May 17, 1940
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Tune in tonight as
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Nebraska Goes
On The Air
from coast to coast
Tonight at 9 o'clock a new song will be dedi
cated to the University of Nebraska by Fred Waring
on his broadcast for Chesterfield cigarets. In New
York City several hundred alumni and friends of
the university will be special guests to see and hear
the program as it originates from the National
Broadcasting company studios. Throughout the
land other thousands of alumni and regular lis
teners to the program will be reminded of this in
stitution as its name is sent across the nation.. Here
In Lincoln thousands of undergraduates will tune
in on the broadcast not only to hear their alma ma
ter honored but also to cast judgment on the new
chool song which Mr. Waring has composed. For
pleasant as it will be to have Nebraska receive this
national recognition tonight, much more lasting will
be the pleasure which students may derive from
having another attractive Cornhusker song. Al
though the university now has several good musical
numbers, it is not overly-stocked with them, and
the need has been felt for some time for a song
which would be stirring and tuneful and easily rec
ognized as a Nebraska song wherever it might be
played. Perhaps tonight's dedication will fill that
need.
The DAILY has been informed that the new
Waring number is not restricted in any way for
radio purposes except at the performing right lic
cense is granted by ASCAP, as it done in the
case of all such music. Nearly all stations have
ASCAP licenses, including those throughout Ne
braska. The song is copyrighted by the publish
ing house, Words and Music Inc., with the small
rights controlled by the American Society of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers. In the past, cer
tain songs have been written for th university
which failed to gain wide popularity because their
use was restricted to the extent that they could
not be broadcast or presented at many desirable
unctions. If Waring's number is well-received
by the student body tonight, it may well become
one of the most popular of Nebraska songs. Cer
tainly it may be said to have been written by
popular dem;4 since more than 1,600 students
signed p. iitions asking the noted bandman to
compose it after the DAILY first investigated the
Idea. So listen in at 9 o'clock tonight as Nebras
ka goes on the air in a nationwide broadcast of
the Cornhuskers' newest school song.
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I'll put my imaginative family up against any
one's, any day. Take my cousin for instance.
'
The family disowned him after he was kicked
out of college. He saw a sign "Murderer Wanted"
and applied for the Job. But I still stick with him.
Sheep of the same color stick together.
He got married the other day. I told him that
the best man at the weeding was the one who
wasn't getting married. But he didn't take the ad
vice. The gal he married is odd. I gave her some
beautiful underthings and stuff. She put them
away for a windy day.
Well anyway, after my blacksheep cousin was
licked out of school he went to Barber College.
Got kicked out there too. Putting hair restorer In
the shaving cream. Great guy. Good ideas".
I fee' sorry for him. 11 used to enjoy a nog-
Collegiana
A
ONE LITTLE BILLION.
To the accompaniment of thunderous applause
President Roosevelt yesterday sent his message to
Congress asking for more than a billion dollars for
his new defense program. About $900,000,000 of
this sum is to be appropriated immediately, while
additional contracts are to be let which will be pro
vided for at a later date. The chief presidential
recommendation was for a great increase in the
air forces of the United Stales. The chief execu
tive urged speeding up the production of warplanes
until the figure of 50,000 planes per year is reached.
To meet the threat of modern mechanized warfare
and blitzkriegs the president recommended that the
air forces of the nation be increased until they num
ber 50,000 planes, which would possibly give the
United States supremacy in the air.
Additional funds were earmarked for increased
mechanization of the army, improvement of the
equipment of the army and navy. At the same
time, while condemning once again the philosophy
of the aggressor nations, the president asked Con
gress not to take any action which would hinder
the delivery of warplanes to the allies to which
the assembled congressmen indicated their assent
by deafening applause. The invitation to Congress
to cooperate with the executive in the present crisis
received the same hearty reception.
According to all indications, Congress will
speedily agree to the presidential proposals. Chair
man Thomas of the senate military appropriations
subcommittee was holding open the house-approved
$785,000,000 army supply bill so that the president's
additional recommendations could be incorporated.
These will speedily go into the measure.
An increasing number of political figures are
urging these days that the United States adopt a
more aggressive foreign policy. In the senate
Democratic Senator Pepper of Florida and Repub
lican Austin of Vermont have been urging that the
country's neutrality policy be modified. Both have
recommended that the Johnson Act, which at pres
ent forbids loans to war debt defaulters be repealed.
One at least of the presidential candidates has also
taken a positive stand on the question of foreign
policies. Wendell Wilkie, dark-horse candidate for
the republican nomination, In a speech at Indianapo
lis Tuesday evening urged that the United States
should furnish all aid, "short of war" to the allies.
All of these proposals are straws in the wind, indi
cating the way which public opinion is shifting..
NOTHING DOING MUCH.
There were no startling developments on the
battle fronts during the day's fighting. The 600,000
troops involved in the battle were locked in a ti
tanic struggle, with neither side making any great
gains. In Paris a war ministry spokesman an
nounced that German motorized units had pene
trated deeply into France in the Sedan sector, but
at the same time expressed the hope that these
units would speedily be rounded up.
At other points along the 110 mile front no
spectacular gains were made by either side, though
the Germans continued their slow, determined push
at several points. Whether this indicates that the
allies have succeeded in halting the German offen
sive, or whether it results from a temporary con
solidation of gains by the invading forces will be
indicated by the course of today's fighting.
One new note was sounded by Premier Reynaud
of France. Speaking to the French chamber of
deputies he said, 'The war has brought lessons and
perhaps we may have to change methods and men."
In certain quarters this was interpreted as meaning
that there may possibly be changes in the high
command of the French army..
gin of ale occasionally. Now he doesn't dare spend
money for a noggin. His wife makes him account
for every scent.
He claims that he didn't know what real hap
piness was until he got married. Now, it's too late.
This is his obituary written ahead of time. I'm
sure that he isn't going to be with us much longer.
It's his smoking. Smokes one after the other. Can't
quit. To make a long story short, he got a job
in a dynamite factory the other day. Yes, I'm sure
that he won t be with us long.
The purpote of college education it telf-tlr-
velopment more than an , impoted development; the
strengthening of character and the unfolding of tint
tchide pertonalily are mora vital thmm errn the train
ing of the mind. However, youthful mineonccgtioni
the mem freedom are undermining many ttrong
nervoui lyttemt. In liberating the body from many
harmful convention!, the new freedom hat not lib
erated the hody from the timeleu totereignty of
the moral law, which the freedom of m university
' rannot impend." Dr. Frank P. Graham, pre$ident
of the L'nitertity of Morlh Carolina, sounds a note
of caution on the subject of college freedom.
yOUNGEST
WEATHER MAN
IN THE U.S. IS STANLEY
PETERSON U. OF WORTH
DAKOTA FRESHMAN. WHO
HAS CHARGE OF TTE
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OBSERVATIONS AT 6A.M.,
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O-THlRD0F1UE
ENTIRE COLLEGE
POPULATION OF THE
US. IS WITHIN A 500
MILE RADIUS OF
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Largest rdstcard
TO GO THROUGH THE
US. MAIL WAS SENT
TO FRED WARING BY
UPSALA COLLEGE STU
DENTS REQUESTING HE
WRITE THEM A SONG
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FRESHMAN CLASS
UPSAUk OfJUtC
E. ORANGE, H J.
Mr. Fred Waring
new york. n.v.
Spiced QejLUy.
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Saturday, on pege two of the NEBRASKA!.
TODAY
VMON DA.NC K.
Dave IIhim and hi orrheolra wlH pU'
for it ( niea daace to be held h the I nloa
ballroom at 9 p. m.
Al.rHA DKI.TA Tt.
Alpha Drlta PI alumnae will meet at
8:30 p. ni. in parlor A of the I hIm.
COACH KS IHNNKB.
Annual eonrbra dinner will be held at
0:4 p. ni. In parlor XVZ of the labia.
It Kl KST rmw.RAM.
Rt-gular weekly program of requeat niale
will be played mm Ihe Carnegie Movie art
In Ihe fnrully louage at 4 p. an.
Par-
MONDAY
KXTRNHION IHVISIOV.
Menihtm ot Ihe etlenaion diviako) will
meet In the I nloa ballroom at 6: SO p. in.
TO VI N K CI.IB.
Towne ( tab member will meet In
tor A of Ihe I nloii at p. m.
KACl I.TV MEN'S (M B.
Member of the faculty Men'a Hub in
meet at p. n. la parior C f the Cabin.
H ABA COt NCI I..
The Barb ConneU will meet at p. m.
In parlor X af the I'nloa.
KFQt EST I KOtiBAM.
Begalar Moaday reaueat pragram will be
plajrd on Ihe Carnegie Mulc !Set in Ihe
family lounge of the Inlon at 4 p. m.
TASEI.N.
Tael win meet at S . m. m room
SIS of the I alaa.
si;ma Ai.riiA iota.
Sigma Alpha Inta pledge will meet la
room SI af the lataa at 4 P. m.
Danzig coed refugee affirms
lack of freedom' in Germany
A
"You cannot understand your
freedom until you lose it," stated
Fmmi Fichtmann, graduate of
the University of Danzig, in ex
plaining to sociology clas.sos Wed
nesday the life in her country
"We were free in Danzig before
the war but didn't realize it until
we were placed under German
rule." To illustrate the 'lack of
freedom" she mentioned rationing
and clothes purchasing. No
amount of money will buy over a
quarter pound of butter per person
a week or over one egg, and to
buy a pair of stockings govern
ment permission must be obtained.
Getting to America.
"You must have $5,000 to come
to the United States or a written
guarantee from someone already
in the United State that they will
support you if you are unable to
support yourself," reported MLss
Fichtmann, turning to the difficul
ty of getting to America.
'Even after you have this guar
antee and the country to which
you belong does not have its quota
filled, you may come over only if
German officials will peimit it,"
continued the refugee.
Only after many delays Miss
Fichtmann, accompanied by 15
other Danzig citizens, obtained
permission to cross Germany, The
Netherlands, and to embark for
America.
State owns children.
Mis.t Fichtmann stressed the im
portance of the state and the
leader in Germany. "Children be
long first to the state and then to
their parents," she explained.
Boys from the public scheols spend
three years working for the state,
one year on a farm, one year as
a workman, and one year in the
army. Girli spend a year in
camp in the country learning how
to be good mothers and house
wives and put their lessons into
practice In homes on surrounding
farms.
Miss Fichtmann has traveled
widely. While in school she
j.irneyed over much of Germany
as all other German children do.
Later she toured Fiance, England,
Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia.
She spent much of her time study
ing foreign languages. ML.i
Fichtmann is now studying at
Bancroft school and has applied
for her first naturalization pa
pers. 1,000 see 'Emil'
outwit villain
in German movie
About one thousand persons at
tended "Emil und die Detektive,"
last of this year's scries of pic
tures presented by the department
of Germanic languages, which was
shown yesterday afternoon and
last night in the Union ballroom.
The riot of the picture was very
easily followed and understood; '"L
the nicture. itself, according to
W. J. Weiersheuser, Germanic
language instructor, one of the
best of its kind yet shown here
and well-deserving of its large at
tendance. The fine acting In most places
and the many varied scenes in the
picture helped to make it one of
the most interest-holding yet
shown. In the picture a little boy
on his way to Berlin has his wal
let stolen by a thief. Emil and a
group of neighborhood kids called
"di- Detektive" captude the bandit
and get the wallet back.
Ag to hold open
house of dairy
facilities in June
The ag college will stage "dairy
open house" June 1 and 2 as a part
of the National Dairy Month ac
tivities. The creamery and Ice cream
factory will be open for Inspection,
several calve will be shown, and
cattle of all popular dairy breeds
will be exhibited according to pres
ent plans.