Friday, October 4, 1940
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It's Constitutional,
but not so -wise
Last week, at an anti-conscription meeting on the University of Cali
fornia campus, a communist speaker was plastered with tomatoes; auto
mobile horns were turned on full blast to prevent hearing of his remarks.
On the campus of the University of Oklahoma, several students were
tossed into ponds by national guardsmen, who resented being called tin
soldiers while marching through one of the Norman streets.
That California communist's remarks (tot more publicity than they war
ranted beeau.se a few excited students tried to stop him. Had they just walked
away and left him without an audience, had they allowed him his .democratic
right to speak a.s he pleaseil, his words would have had less effect, would have
fallen on deaf ears, would have been a waste of time. As it is, lovers of demo
cratic principles, who see in this incident a violation of those principles, may
w.ften what was once a rel hatred of communism. We don't blame those
California people for not wanting to hear the communist, but we don't pivc
them anv credit for acting a they did. Neither communism, nor any other
"ism" is much of a threat to our system if the only means it can propagandize
itself through is a soap-box campaign.
The suhversivencss and illegal methods employed constitute the danger
and the threat. Why should raliforninns waste their time on an insignificant
speaker? The control and investigation of the fifth column is in the bands
of the FBI. The best of watch should act as actively interested onlookers.
What we can do to help the FBI, we should do, but never should we lake the
law in our own hands.
At Oklahoma, students jeered at the national guards. That's something
for Oklahoma to he proud of. Yes. indeed, something to be proud of. A man
joins the military service ami his fellows make fun of him. A man has cour
age enough to slay in the guards when he had the opportunity to ask an
honorable discharge and bis fellows make fun of him.
Yet. democracy savs those students can jeer all they want, so let them
jeer all they want, so let them jeer. Democracy, we see, affords people the
opportunity to make others applaud their actions; and it affords people ihe
opportunity to make fools of themselves. Hut that's all right too. If a man
wants to make a fool of himself, why not let him go aheadt
On. J Jul ScAll
1 Rob Aldrich
The "people who publish Vogue
magazine sent, a few copies of
their College Number to the R ,
pardon us. the DAILY office and
we've been perusing them during
our idle moments. (Our idle mo
ments last from 1 to 6 p. m. with
a half hour off for cokes, thank
you.)
Vogue is designed for female
consumption which may be the
reason it fascinates a mere male.
It is pleasantly intriguing to wan
der through a world where the
only apparent problems confront
ing humanity are whether the
hooded cape for evening wear
may also be worn at football
games, on a bicycle ride, and on
the campus, and whether inverted
pleats ate preferable to kick
pleats In the glnssily expensive and
highly colored pages of Vogue
there is no hint of wars, foreign
or domestic, sharecroppers, low
wages, relief. Mayor Kelley of
Chicago, or even the high cost of
living.
Going with a typical Vogue girl
would be exciting but any man
would be too awe-stricken to open
his mouth after the first meeting.
When you called to take her to
a milk-punch party (whatever
that is you'd find her all decked
out in a brown-and-natural striped
wool dress ($16 95) and a Beaver
dyed niouton coat ($89).
After the milk-punch party. It
ne-ems the Vogue girl goes tan
dem bicycling. But don't kid your
self! She's not wearing that
t rown-8tried thing and that Bea
ver coat on any bike ride. Not her!
Quick as a flash she changes to
a Jacket of Stroock's Glenplaid
4(22.95) and Flannel culottes
(19.95). Please don't ask us about
culottes.
Well, it's time for lunch, but our
Vogue girl wouldn't be caught
dead eating lunch in culottes.
Abacadabra! She's changed to a
black rayon crepe dress with
apron of royal-blue crepe $25
and a Mack velvet hat ($10.50).
After lunch it appears there's
an air meet and away we go- but
not before Vogie has slipped into a
cute green velveteen beret
($10.50) and beige wool jacket
and skirt with striped blouse,
three pieces ($22.95).
You may be pretty well fagged
out after the air meet but the
Vogue girl is just getting into sec
ond gear. All day long shea had
her mind on that outfit for the
Big Dance. To be specific, it's a
black rayon net with a rayon vel
vet bodice ($39.95). The magazine
goes to say, "If a dreaa that
calls for cut-ins" and you can bet
your sweet life it will be a miracle
if you get one dance with the
Vogue gal after the music starts.
Hey, wait a minute! In the ex
citement we left out a soccer
game. Well, even Vogie must be
a little done-in, what with the Big
Dance and all. But if the editors
say she's going to a soccer game,
by gosh, she's going if we have
to drag her by her dresa and
jacket of black Forstmann wool
with red rayon faille gilet
($39.95).
She's also wearing a felt hat
15.00). And you can keep the
Change.
Ag publication
appears Oct 10
The first edition of the Corn
husker Countryman will appear on
the ag campus October 10, fea
turing a description of Betty
Dunn's trip to the Rotary con
vention in Cuba. An inside view on
the new Love dormitory being
constructed on that campus as
well as the usual run of grad and
alumni news will appear in the
issue.
This year's staff remains the
same as last, with the exception
of the editorship. Wendell Thaek
er, past editor, did not return, so
co-editors Dwight Pumphery and
Dale Theobald will see the first
edition out. Sylvia Zocholl has
been appointed chairman of the
publicity board.
Frolinian Bible cla
inet) mohi1 time
The second weekly meeting of
the freshman Bible class sponsored
by the University YMCA will be
held in room 6 of former museum
at 12:15 p. m. today. All freah
men are invited, whether or not
they are members of the "Y."
Cocoa and sandwiches will be
served for ten cents or the student
may bring his own lunch if he
desires.
A similar class for older stu
dents will be started soon, accord
ing to C. D.' Hayes, general secre
tary of the University YMCA.
Mtuhls. Zilch, check
name for directory
Name, telephone number, ad
dress, college, year in school, and
home town should be checked by
all students whose names begin
with M to Z in the Temple lobby
or ag college hall Friday and
Saturday morning. Students whose
names begin with M-R should
check names Friday noon, and
those beginning S-Z will find
names posted until 5 p. m. Mon
day. Be sure your name is listed cor
rectly so that the Student Direc
tory will be complete.
By Chris Petersen '
THE MERMAID TAVERN.
It was a mawkish, maudlin mid
night and thin blue snakes of
smoke twined lazily in the hary
glow. The lights ot the room
winked and teetered like the eyes
of a Singapore woman. Shadows
blotted out the walls, moved
sinously across the ceiling. From
the narrow circle of our booth
came the merry clink of glass and
our voices, laughing, jeering,
fought the shadows of the room.
Then we heard a woman singing
as no woman sang before. Sweetly
her voice rose, warm and thrilling,
like the sunrise on the ocean. Then
as soon, it sank and whispered like
the motion of a wave. Now it
stirred us, now it soothed us and
at last hushed to sing no more.
So they sent me forth to stumble
out that voice.
There in a twilight corner I
found her. Her eyes were green
like the sea, and her hair was a
golden flame. Her lips were of
reddest coral and her cheeks were
soft as rain. She was a mermaid!
Her voice was tender as she spoke
to me. "Will thou bear me com
pany, kind sir," No," I said and
went back to the booth. The
others were waiting. "Well?" they
asked and sighed.
"She was just a kSnesome
woman" I replied. "You look" they
choked with laughter, "like the
man who has seen a mermaid."
The words slid out ere I was
aware.
We stole thru the trembling
shadows. Smoke eddied in ghostly
currents about the lamps. Like
wraiths of moths. We peered into
the dimmest, farthest booth and
there she was! "You take the tail,"
they told me. We took her on our
shoulders and carried her away,
and dropped her gently off the
bridge into the blackness of the
swirling waters below. When we
came back, the waiter asked us
where we had been. We told him.
"Maybe," he whispered, and his
eyes grew round and dewy like
ailyIUNebiiaskaiv
Boucher explains
educational aims
at poultry meet
Contrasting the aims and objec
tives of educational institutions in
America and the dictator coun
tries. Chancellor C. S. Boucher,
j speaking at the convention of the
I Nebraska Poultry Improvement
i Association yesterday, revealed
1 that the university is taking the
steps necessary to make its pro
gram fit the needs of the times,
' and to make it fit properly into a
I well integrated and coordinated
j state system.
j With the statement that the edu-
cational system of the U. S.. from
! elementary to higher education, is
: now the best system in the world,
j Boucher declared that, "It is now
j the only educational institution in
I the world still having the privilege
j and duty to keep lighted the torch
I of higher learning."
i Explaining the work and pur
j pose of the Junior Division in ad
j justing the educational program
j to the needs of the individual stu
; dent, the chancellor admitted that
j while the university is several
j years behind some of its more ad-
!vanced contemporaries in the edu
cational field, it is still far ahead
of other institutions in meeting its
I obligations to the students hon
j estly and effectively.
Social clul-
( Continued from page 1.)
tures of each meeting. Over 70
members now comprise the club,
with Marian Beardsly as presi
dent. A dinner with the Towne
club as been promised by Marian
in the near future for the mem
bers of the new club.
Unaffiliated students.
Similar in many ways to the
Towne club, the Lincoln men's
group will be organized "for the
purpose of extending to unaffili
ated university men living in the
city the opportunity to have the
same social, athletic, and extra
curricular advantages of other so
cial groups on the campus," ac
cording to Blaine Sloane, presi
dent of the Barb Union, sponsors
of the new club.
Assisting Dewey with the or
ganization of the club are Robert
Schaufelberger, Frank O'ConnelL
and Noman Capsey.
Bulletin
Ballroom dance lessons for all
men and women students who
want to learn to dance will begin
Oct. 1 in the Activities building
on ag campus. Classes will be held
from 7 to 8 p. m. City campus
series will begin Oct. 4, and will be
held in Grant Memorial from 8 to
9 p. m. Six lessons will be given
for 75 cents.
Barb Men wishing to play in
intra-mural touch football should
have their teams registered at the
Intra-mural office in the coliseum
and with the Barb Union before
Oct. 8. Registration is now open.
A. I. Ch. E. will hold a dinner
meeting Oct. 2 at 6:15 p. m. in
parlor X of the Union. The dinner
will be free. All Chem student
are invited.
Scabbard and Blade will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the
Union to discuss the activity pro
gram for the coming year. All ac
tives must be present.
School Administration club will
hold its first meeting of the year
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. K. O.
Broady Thursday' evening at 6
p. m. A picnic supper is planned
after which a discussion of plans
for the coming year will be held.
Election of officers will conclude
the evening's program.
Barb men: No barb hour dance
with Kappa Delta for Friday. Oct,
4, because of the migration to
Minnesota.
Palladian Literary Society will
hold an open meeting Friday eve
ning in the Temple at 9:000. at
which guests are welcome. A pro
gram will be furnished under the
direction of Eith and Er ic Riisness
by the agriculture, business ad
ministration, lay, and graduate
college students.
Radio annuoncert wanted: Any
man student interested in working
as a part radio announcer may
audition at radio station KFOR,
Lincoln hotel, at 3:30 p. ro. Monday.
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two melon balls. "Maybe it wasn't
a mermaid at all!"
We thought this funny, and we
felt relieved. "Oh, it wasn't a mer
maid, it wasn't a mermaid, it
wasn't a' mermaid at all." "Wait,"
I cried, and the skin on the back
of my neck grew tingly. and the
light and shadows spun and
swirled like sailors in a siren's
mocking dance. "What." I cried.
And the others grew silent and
still. "What the hell did we throw
in the river?"
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