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Thursday, January 16, 1941 2 DAILY NEBRASKAN tBullsdiYL diiouaL Speaking of nuisances Oeat oaks from little acorns sometimes grow. . The little aeom, in this instance is The Barb, that irregularly-published, four-page leaflet dealing with barb polities, and incidentally, with barb news. Not that we mean to be sarcastic, but there is a limit to everything. Issue after issue of The Barb has been devoted to raking the DAILY NEBRASKAN over the coals. The Barb, financed by publication fund money, most of which is DAILY profits from the last few years, has been the political house organ for the barb faction this past semester as the editors, managers, and report ers of that paper will admit; and have admitted often. So what if it has been the political house organ t The DAITjY doesn't care whether it plays politics or whether it devotes itself to printing jokes. So long as it doesn't butt into the DAILY 's business, everything is fine. But yesterday, the editrix of the Barb, with the finesse and judgment of an unfinished editorialist, wrote the following: "Last fall the DAILY NEBRASKAN stated ihat sol(l)iciting new spelling of advertising by the Barb would bankrupt the 'official campus newspaper. Perhaps it would be fitting to point out that the DAILY NE BRASKAN has carried an excess of advertising in proportion to news. Certainly the amount of advertising required by a weekly paper would not harm the DAILY which already has excess advertising. Is it unfair, then, for The Barb to request advertising so that it may continue its policy of free distribution?" And that, my friends, coming from the editor of another paper, who.se sole business is the management of her paper; and none of whose business is the financial detail of running the DAILY NEBRASKAN. If the DAILY had carried excess advertising this semester, there would have been more eight page papers. The reason many editions carried more than their share of advertising was to assure support of the paper during the last part of the semester, when the advertising does NOT even pay the cost of printing, let alone salaries and overhead. And by the way, the DAILY is still THE official campus newspaper (without quotation marks). Ask the publications board, the administration and anyone else who counts if you don't believe it, you 307 "journalists." Students on this campus, if they were required to pay as part of their tuition foes a nominal sum for subscription to the DAILY NEBRASKAN, would find no need for a sheet like The Barb. Many large universities have compulsory subscription to the campus paper. The DAILY carries all the barb news that The Barb carries ; and most of it is printed earlier. It has a barb editor, whose responsibility it is to turn in barb news of every kind, covering all barb activities. Those barb news items important enough to rank with other news or above it arc printed. If the offset paper financed by publication funds scoops the DAILY, it is only because the barb editor of the DAILY" has shirked a responsibility he promised to carry in good faith. The DAILY NEBRASKAN belongs to the student body. It represents no personal interests, Greek or Barb. The new3 it prints is not, and has not been colored, as some barbs accuse. Your editor and his staff have tried their darndest this semester to present an impartial volume of DAILYS. We think we have succeeded: and what's more, we believe that most of the barbs who think rationally and consider more than their own personal interests will agree with us. The DAILY has 40 years behind it. Forty years full of tradition and service. Had it fallen down on the job during that time, it would not have lasted. We predict another 40 years of successful work (and another 40 after that) will be the DAILY 's future. At times in past years the personal opinions of DAILY editors have, it is true, been conducive to unfair and unwarranted publicity for various groups, among them the barbs. But the little group running The Barb this year, not satisfied with improving last year's bulletin, not satisfied with finally being granted a means of promoting the political organization, not satisfied with being granted a means of disseminating news to those who don't read the DAILY, have taken it upon themselves to interpret -the DAlLY's financial problems and to provide the DAILY managers with inestimable opinions con cerning the cost of publishing a DAILY COLLKflK NEWSPAPER ! With only the last-mentioned development are wc concerned. The others don't worry us. But the last development! We suggest the Barb editors and managers file for the job of Business Manager of the DAILY, collectively! The pub lications board meets in about a week and would be greatly interested in seeing the statistics and proof of the DAILY'S operations presented to thcra by persons who don't even know the advertising rates! Sketch class draws melodies Recordings inspire group By Marjorie Brunlng. We always thought we appre ciated true art. Till yesterday. Tuesday the Union sketch class strayed a little from the natural course of thing and drew what they heard! That is, recordings of well-known music were played, and the would-be artists were in spired, and drew. They drew green trees with pink fences around them. They drew blotches of blue, just plain blue, "Sweet Lorraine" blue, according to the m;;iiic. One of the painters waltzed around his chair to get in the "Sweet Lorraine" mood, then turned out an eight-pointed star in violet and orange. Lizst's "Hungarian Rhapsody" brought on a flourishing feather in Cobb- (Continucd from page 1.) of my favorite stories. When I finished I had 1,100 of them." Asked what his own pet work was. Mr. Cobb replied that he has so favorite one, but A shy little lady approached, blu.ihed, smiled, assumed the stance of a novice fencer and held her autograph book out as far as possible, as if it had a bad odor. Returning to the conversation: "But I know damn well what my worst one Is." The old Ken tucky colonel has Just completed his autobiography the title: "Ex it Laughing." Published by Bobbs Merrill company, the book will be on the market soon. Having prepared a bright intro ductory remark in advance, the nth autograph hunter came for ward confidently: "Excuse me, but may I be the next to bore you by asking for your signature?" "Some of my best friends are stars," continued the red-faced comedian, after signing his name, "for example Leo Carillo and Pat O'Brien. As to humor: "People who don't laugh or sing are doomed." The refugees of Europe have crushed souls and broken hearts; their only songs are songs of sorrow. That's what's great about Amer ica, our sense of humor." He started to comment on the temperament of cinema great but "Here we all come!" chorused half a dozen members of the la dies' circle who arrived at that moment to secure Mr. Cobb's slg- blue and orange. It grew and grew, adding a new color with each record that was played. Well, such is art. We can't all be crazy. Bulletin INTKRIIOl NK COIX1U Barb Interhntjv Council will meet M 1 p. m. twday In thr Itarb offler. BARB DANfK. A inner pnnMtrrl by the Barb Coanoil will hr hrld Katnrdny from 11 p. m. All RtiKlcBtn are Invito to attrnd. Trn rcnt nr a harb artlvitlm rard will be thr dmlMkin. nature for their offspring. "Temperament. ..." A flustered matron and two companions appeared. "You'll never guess," one of them an nounced grinning, shoving a card toward the movie star, "there's always a penalty when you're fa mous!" Fifteen minutes later we were alone with Irvin S. Cobb. "What," we asked, "do you think of signing autographs?" "I don't mind it," he replied, un perturbed over the fuss about his appearance. "Wait'll they quit bothering me then I will be worried!" Day- (Continued from page 1.) Commercial Arts 26, Section I. Commercial Arts 126, Section I. Ec. 3, Section III. Ec. 12, Sections II, VI, VII, and VIII. Ec. 63, Sections VI and VII. Eng. 1, Section IV. Eng. 2, Sections III, IV, V, and VII. Eng. 4, Sections III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and XIV. Eng. 12, Sections I, II, and III. Eng. 22, Section V. Geography 62, Labs C and E. Geography 72, Section II and Labs. A, D, E, F, M, I, J. Math. 22, Sections I, II, and III. Math. 40, Sections I, V, and VII. Math. 104, Sections II and IV. Mod. Lang. 2, Section 1. Mod. Lang. 4, Section I. Mod. Lang. 52, Section IV. Phil. 10, Section II. Physics 4, Quiz I and Labs. A and C. Physiol. 10, Section II. Pol. Scl. 2, Sections III and IV. Soc 53, Section 1. Palladian holds banquet Palladian Literary society held its annual boys' banquet Saturday evening in the Union; with a dance following. At the banquet Judge Fisher, Lincoln, acted as toast-master. Soc. 54, Section 1. Speech 109. Sections I. II. III. and IV. Speech 110, Section II. Mil. Sci. 146, Section III, Co. B and C, and Drill 2 and 3. Mil. Sci. 148. Section II. Co. A. C, E, and F. Mil. Scl. 42, Co. C and E. Mil. Sci. 44, Co. C, D, E, and F. Wil son- (Continued from page 1.) makes its own final decisions. Point to aliens. "America has a more dangerous fifth column element present in the country than is realized," com mented Wilson in revealing fur ther danger signals in business. "There are over seven and a half million unnaturalized aliens in the United States and more than half of that number have entered the country illegally." Wilson said that legislatures in the U. S. should spend more time repealing old laws than trying to make new ones, because too many laws are on the statute books now. He also reported that capita and labor must realize that neither can get along without the other, and that co-operation must be practiced to make business suc cessful. Likes draft plan. "There is one bright light in the world today, however," assert ed Wilson. "The new selective service plan. It is a very great step toward assuring our national defense and will serve as a reli able national institution. A na tional plan is now In the making to enlist more members in the Boy Scout organization each year. Un- The Daily Ncbraskan rORTIETH TEAK. MMamttfVia Bat art Sl.M " Www tT or tl.M tor la CaUffra tear. fl.M Mall-a hrncl ran?, S (rwU Rnlrrtv a wond-dax matter at I to aaatoffto tm Maeala, Nrwraaka. aaarr Art at -crraa, Mftrrh S. 1871. ana at nrlal rate Art of Ortnlwr S. I til. aatborhvtf gfp tambrr M. IK! at aoftaia arovldrt for fei rVetlaa 1IM, Behind the Headlines ;by Olson and Or do I AbsolntcIy necessary . . As the first witness before the house foreign affairs committee on the historic lease-lend bill, Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged a speedy enactment of the legislation, declaring that the question was "whether, in the face of a universally recognized movement of force to invade and conquer, peaceful nations shall wait until the invader crosses their boundary lines-or whether they shall recognize that this is a world movement of conauest. and invoke the law of wlf defense before it is too late." Declaring that aid to Britain was "absolutely necessary" for this nation's defense, he said that if the Atlantic ocean fell into German control it would offer little or no assurance of security. If Britain were defeated, the secretary contended, Germany would easily cross the Atlantic, especially the south Atlantic, unless this country were ready and able to patrol the seas as Britain is doing now. Thruout his testimony, the white-haired secretary urged a real istic view of current developments as the only sane view. If the nation at large will adopt a similar view they will give his testimony the most careful consideration. Mr. Hull is no alarmist; but rather traditionally cautious in expression. Furthermore, his oppor tunity to know the facts is unequalled in or out of governmental circles. The issue of possible violation of international law was raised during the committee's session. This issue also has been raised by the German press in connection with the lease-lend program. Hull vigorously condemned Germany's "effrontery and cynicism" in insisting on the observance of international law by other nations while she is violating it herself. There seems to be do doubt that such German action is purely a diplomatic and political technique used in the hope of encouraging dissension and controversy in countries like the United States. Since ....... ...... .,nw,i,ijr ui Kuvernmcm is lounaoa on a negation 01 inter national law their remarks concerning potential breaches of such law are ludicrous. They have consistently violated every significant canon of inter national law. It is they who attacked neutrals without provocation and without notice. It is they who have sunk ships without warning or provision for escape of passengers. It is they who have engaged in indiscriminate bombing of civilian populations and have refused to observe the Hague provisions concerning disposition and treatment of prisoners. Hitler's own attitude toward international law is the same as his well known attitude toward treaties observance is dictated purely Ly considerations of momentary advantage. In the light of such views it should be clear that the problem be fore the United States is to decide at once upon such measures as may most effectively carry out the official United States program of aid ing those fighting the aggressors, and not to permit various techni calities to obscure the issue der the plan 300,000 scouts would attain the age of 21 each year and be eligible for military conscrip tion." Eight seniors in the bit ad col lege received highest honors when they were initiated Into Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary biz ad fraternity, last niglit in parlor B of the Union. The students hon ored are : Robert Aden, Cecil Hal lowell. Cecil Hemming, George Johnson, Melbourne Johnson, Eliz abeth McGeachin, Frank Roth and Robert Simon. G. R. Hawkes, vice president of the organization, acted as toast- master for the meeting. New members were presented with gold keys and certificates by Profes sors E. S. Fullbrook and K. M. Arndt, treasurer and secretary of the organization. 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