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You can help!
The facts about the university budect have been nrcsento.1. Throneh th
DAILY, by means of personal contact with leaders of organizations, and in
columns of daily newspapers in this territory, university students have been
informed of what this institution is up against, what it needs, and what it
asks of the state legislature.
There are still many students who are ignorant of the facts, either be
cause they have not read the DAILY or do not care to inform themselves.
Whatever the cause of such ignorance may be, we are sure that many of
you know what the problem is, and that you are willing to help.
The administration, the faculty, and this paper asks no one to go beyond
the truth in explaining the needs of the university. These promotors of uni
versity interest ask first, that you take an interest; and secondly, that you do
all within your means to honestly and sincerely promote the university's
program.
Christmas vacation is approaching, and during the two weeks of rest,
it would be a fitting expending of energy if students who care for this uni
versity would talk to parents and friends about the university, show them
what hampers its successful operation, ask them to help if they believe in
the university, in whatever ways they can.
All the while, we must again urge that students stick to the truth. Don't
exaggerate our needs, don't color the situation . . . simply tell the truth. Tho
university lias man', many friends over the state whom students know per
sonalty. Those friends, regardless of their kindly thoughts toward this school,
arc likely, in most cases to think that the university just goes on, and needs
no support other than what it receives from students. But those friends can
help by showing an active interest.
Talk up the university when you are home! Explain its needs, its prob-
lems. Use facts, but before you can use them, learn them, for your own
benefit as well as the university's.
Be proud of this school for what it was, is, and promises to b We hope
the institution is on the way back up. It will never get back up unless the
people of this state are for it. And people cannot be for something enthusias
tically unless they know everything about it. It's up to us, as loyal Nebraska
undergratuate and graduate students to tell cur friends and parents the truth
about the state's most important educational plant.
Behind the Headlines
by Olson and Ordal;
The squeeze on Nippon
Uncle Sara placed additional economic pressure on Japan Wed
nesday as President Roosevelt proclaimed a system of strict licensing
for virtually all iron and steel exports.
The proclamation did not mention any country specifically, but an
accompanying announcement exempted Great Britain and the western
hemisphere nations from its provisions.
Since the beginning of the European war Japan has been
second only to England as a customer for 149 separate items
on which export licenses must now be obtained. The list of ma
terials includes 10 basic chemicals; 13 basic metals and ores;
16 basic manufacturing materials and alloys; motor fuel and
lubricating oil; 32 types and kinds of machine tools; 18 poison
gases; 29 types and kinds of fire control instruments; all types of
arms, ammunition and implements of war; all planes, drawings
and designs for motors, airplanes and parts; tanks, guns and
other war equipment; refining or oil cracking plants.
Thus the proclamation places virtually all Japanese purchases of
war materials in the United States on a strict day-to-day basis.
United States commercial relations with the Land of the Rising
Sua gradually have lessened in recent years as American sentiment
against the "New order in Asia." has increased.
At the outbreak of the war with China the Japanese had unre
stricted power to purchase any and all commercial war materials in
this country. The American state department, in an effort to stem
the flow of goods, secured an unofficial "moral embargo" against
the export of planes, arms and ammunition. ,
tJndaunted, the Nipponese de
voted their energies to securing
other types of war material in this
country and Japanese purchases
of scrap iron, petroleum products,
cotton and copper skyrocketed un
til their mechanised war machine
depended upon the United States
for 54 percent of all its supplies.
Thus, while official American
diplomacy condemned the Japa
nese as an aggressor, adhering
to the Stimson doctrine never
recognize territory gained by
conquest hi actual practice,
American economic aid kept
Student soloists
present parts
in Messiah'
The 45th Christmas season per
formance of Handel's oratorio,
The Messiah" wiU feature 13
student soloists when it is pre
sen ted at 3 p. m Sunday,
A different person will do each
of the songs rather than one for
each voice part, as was formerly
done. Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook,
director of the school of fine arts,
Is bi charge of the production
which will combine six choruses
the University Singers and chorus,
the Grieg male chorus and men's
rlee club, the ag college glee club,
and the girls glee club. Some 400
voices will thus form the chorus
The 40-piece symphony orchestra,
under the direction of Don Lentz,
r,1Il accompany the performance
Preceding the oratorio two brass
quartets will play Christmas car
ola from 2 to 3.
The soloists selected and their
numbers are:
Sopranos.
Catherine T u n i s o n, Omaha,
"Come Unto Him."
Dorothy Carlson, Lincoln, "Re
joice Greatly."
Janet Regnier, Lincoln, "I Know
That My Redeemer Liveth."
Alto.
Hester Whitemore, McCool Junc
tion, "He Shall Feed His Hock."
Nina Armstrong, Emerson, "He
Was Despised."
Tenors.
Richard Johns, Lincoln, "Com
fort Ye."
Richard Koupal, Ord, "Every
Valley."
Alden Marvel, Giltner, "Thy Re
buke Hath Broken His Heart."
Reiner Andreesen, Filley, "Be
hold and See."
Baritones.
Charles Oldfather, Lincoln, "For
Behold, Darkness."
Richard Morse, Lincoln, "The
People That Walked in Darkness."
Cleve Gensllnger, Burr, "Thus
Baith the Lord."
Jack Ahderson, Lincoln, "But
Who May Abide."
their war machine going.
Steadily increasing numbers
of Americans have come to hoM
the two policies incompatible.
This disapproval, accentuated by
the pressure of the European
war and the exigencies of Amer
ican defense oceds, gradually
has developed a policy of clamp
ing down or Japanese pur
chases. Major step preliminary to pres
ent rigid control was abrogation
of the United States-Japanese
commercial treaty last January.
Since then steadily increasing re
strictions have gone into effect.
They have now so been extended
that the next step if taken is
embargo.
Sentiment in Japan, according
to recent dispatches, is that war
between the two nations is to be
expected in the near future. Pub
lic opinion in the United States
combines moral disapprobation of
Japanese war aims with the belief
that they should give tip their de
termination to dominate the orient.
The
Daily Ncbraskan
FORTIETH riCAK.
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of JMMtaKc provided for In tirtlnn lifts.
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Palladiaii elects
officers, initiates
six new pledges
Helen Claybaugh of Lincoln was
elected president of Palladian Lit
erary Society at a business meet
ing early this week. She will hold
office for the coming semester,
succeeding Vernon Wiebusch of
Broken Bow.
Other officers elected were: Eric
Riisness, vice president; Hugh
Stuart, treasurer; Edwin Carrahcr,
recording secretary; Elsie Kamin
sky, corresponding secretary;
Betty Toothaker, program secre
tary; Janet Swenson, critic. Those
holding over from the first semes
ter are Marjorie Johnston And
Marguerite Harvey.
Six pledges were initiated into
active membership. They are Har
riet Black, Edwin Carraher, Charl
ton Stuart, Alberta Timmaa, Mar
ine Thompson and Betty Tooth
aker. Palladian will hold a Christmas
party at Palladian Hall Saturday
after the basketball game.
Prof addresses
science group
Militzer describes cost
of progress at Doane
Speaking before a banquet
meeting of uie Doane college sci
ence club to Crete Wednesday on
the subject "What Price Prog
ress," Dr. W. E. Militzer ut the
chemistry department emphasized
that although it is a great bene
factor of the human race, science
has left a series of problems which
most be solved if America is to
remain strong.
"Unemployment has at least
part of its origin in the disloca
tions caused by new (discoveries,"
he stated, "while a flood of inven
tions has made the competition
for markets an even keener strug
gle. As a result, business has been
forced to adopt new methods
methods which in general favor
big business."
The American people will have
to decide on a definite policy con
cerning new discoveries in the
near future, Dr. Militzer said, and
"due to a high productive ca
pacity, they will also be (jailed
upon to decide the issue of mar
ket division by legislation."
Theatre
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with him," supply the intended
comedy scenes.
Ah, the romance of the
drama! Louise Lemen, wiahy
washy, a definite type, the name
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Dear Editor:
This is about my roommate. My
roommate is a member of the var
sity band. My roommate wants to
go to California, He wants to pick
oranges, breathe Uie sun-kissed
air. . . .
So you see, there is pressure be
hind this letter. But, there is some
thing else.. . .
Frankly, I dont give a damn
whether my roommate spends New
Years to California or Columbus,
except for one thing: Nebraska is
on top really on top for once
and I want the world to know it.
I want to get up on the Sierra
Madre mountains and yen, "Hey,
look at us we got to the Rose
Bowl!"
We might as well be honest
about it. Nebraska has taken con
siderable kicking around. A lot of
fog-brained easterners and sun
stroked Califomians have the idea
we're a hick school. Witness Time
magazine and its slinr pickings"
crack.
There are two possible reactions
to insults of this kind. You can get
a flying start and push the mor
on's teeth down his throat, or you
can advertise!
And, believe me brother, the
Babbitts are right it Pays To Ad
vertise! Yes, I know, it takes money.
And the university has everything
else but I've heard also that Cali
fornia doesn't want any other
band cluttering up the Bowl
between halves. I plead ignorance
on these matters.
But, if there's a chance in the
world, if California does give per
mission, if we can possibly use
part of toe money from the ath
letic fnnd, which I understand is
separate from the university fund
and not subject to appropriation
worries.... Then, let's take the
band to the West Coast!
Important? It's important to
every student, to every alumnus.
What means more, it's important
to every citizen of this state, a
state which supports Nebraska's
team with amazing fervor. Look at
the spontaneous contributions for
the proposed trip. School children
in one small town brought dimes
to send to Omaha for their band
fund!
The chance tc boom Nebraska
to the U. S. skies may never come
again. I'm not for riotous expendi
ture my ancestors were Scotch
but I'm for Nebraska and I hear
Opportunity Knocking Loud!
Sincerely,
Bob Aldrich.
of which we can't discover, fell
instantly m love and remained
in that insipid condition
throughout the play, while her
lover Glenn "Goldilocks" Nelson
wooed her.
Romulo Si'deviuVs walk-on
in the third act was a delightful
relief from what had gone be
fore, and the audiecne found
themselves hoping for his re
turn, for Soldevilla as an irate
doctor made things really move.
Then there was Ruth Mae
Millan who shook her head and
her bustle, enacting 20th cen
tury mannerisms in 17th cen
tury costume, but still was
pleasingly entertaining. Anne
Kinder, as the deceiving and un
scrupulous wife of Pruden, did
the best Job of any woman in
the play and was especially
good in her crying scenes.
Moliere's satire was the first
attempt of the Theatre on this
type of broad, exaggerated
Dear Editor:
Maybe well feel differently
after we cool off, but right now
we're mad! California, here we
come minus any tickets!
So we didn't go over Monday or
Tuesday. So we didnt know we
could go west till Wednesday. So
we can't afford to pay from ten to
twenty bucks for tickets or go on
the train's 900 tickets. So what?
So even if we're Tassels we don't
fro-
Who supports the team? WTio
freezes at rallies? Who misses
dinner or chokes over it every
time there are speaking tours for
games?
Who yells when nobody else
yells? Is it the alums, the peo
ple in California, or the railroad?
Five hundred student tickets out
of 5,000!!!
Jean Echtenkamp
Bonnie W en n erst en
Carl one Hohensee
Military Ball-
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In that year also donations were
made to such organizations as the
Community Chest and the Salva
tion Army. Pictures in the Com
hwsker drain this fund annually
as do expenses of parades and
compel.
The military department is
yearly fired with questions as to
expenses of the ball and where
proceeds are used. In 193T the de
partment in co-operation with the
DAILY NEBRASKAN published
the audit which proved to the
question askers that the Military
Ball is a party that requires the
spending of money.
Prices for tickets this year were
the same as last year, when they
were materially reduced for stu
dents, $1.50 per couple and the
members of the ROTC paid 75c per
couple. The price for outsiders
was raised to $S.OO since the ball
is essentially for the students at
the university. Spectators paid SOc
to view the party.
The ball, which annually opens
the formal season at Nebraska,
went over with the usual success
as in the past. In a memorandum
all connected witti the affair, Col
onel Thuis complimented those
concerned with the excellent re
sults achieved by their work.
Altho figures of expenses are
not available for publication in
the DAILY NEBRASKAN, stu
dents with questions concerning
expenses should stop at the MUi
tary office.
Union mecl-
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vention program on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, were seminars
concerning union problems. Dis
cussed were social, religious, co
recreational, management and
government activity within the
union.
Suggestions received in these
seminars will be presented to the
Nebraska TJnion board at their
next meeting, according to Miss
Lahr.
farce, and in general the efforts
of Director Armand Hunter and
his cast should be commended.
When the actors attempted to
act in the mode of an ordinary
drama they did very well, but
the whole trouble lay in the fact
that the play was just a little
difficult for wwateurs to at
tempt to do elf actively.