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Invasion
' Testifying before the house foreign affairs committed on the
lease-lend bill, Secretary Stimson, re-iterated Secretary Hull's warning
as to the concern with which the United States must view the future.
The secretary's concern for the future well-being; of the country
led him to say, in answer to a question from Representative Fish of
New York, "I think we are in very great danger of an invasion by air
In the contingency that the British navy should be destroyed or sur
rendered."
Never before in the history of this country have its high officials
xnressed such concern over its future as thev are doing: now. Not
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even in the grim days of 1913 when people generally feared that the
Germans would smash the French and the English, was there such
concern as is now daily made manifest. The reason for their con
cernand likewise for the insistence with which they are advocating
aid to Britain is the fear that should Britain be defeated, the Ger
mans may succeed in paralyzing our nascent military machine before
it can become operative.
That the Germans would like to do so can readily be gathered
from the pronouncements of all their officials, from Hitler on down.
Their attitude, &s expressed by their leaders, is that the democratic
and totalitarian worlds are in complete conflict, and one of them
must pass away. And the United States is included in the world the
Germans utteny arc committed to destroy.
Power of the Germans to do so rests on their successes in the
next three years. American aircraft production as at present planned
will not be in a position to match the German output until 1943 at
least. Our proposed two-ocean navy will not become a reality until
1946. Consequently, Americans must seek to estimate the power a
victorious Germany would have. Such is the basis of Stimson's
analysis.
American ihir.klne- in general seems to be heavily behind the
President in his attitude that the United States can never counte
nance an axis victory. Acceptance of that view is only the first, and
the easy, step in the direction of making a policy designed to pre
vent that, a success.
(See HEADLINES, page 2.)
Senior Council
meeting gets
obation
appr
Student Council elects
O'Connell treasurer;
plan Big Six conference
Approval for calling a meeting
of a proposed Senior Council was
granted by the Student Council
yesterday.
An earlier meeting of interested
members of the senior class was
held before Christmas vacation and
It was decided that such a plan
would render advantageous service
on the campus. Norman Harris
presented the plan which he was
responsible for drawing up.
Later, Harris DAILY editor, and
John McDermott, president of the
senior clsss requested from the
Student Council permission to
call such a meeting and formulate
plans for the senior orga'i'zation.
When such plans are mae they
will be presented to the Student
Council for ratification.
Purpose of the Senior Cmmeil
will be to planactivities and make
the senior class more unified and
stronger on the campus. It will
also aid in building up school
spirit.
Members will automatically be
named to the council If they head
an organization or if they belong
to the senior honoraries. This plan
will make the organization free
from politics and will therefore
make a more unified body.
Other business taken up yester
day by the Student Council in
cluded the election of Bob O'Con
nell as treasurer to replace Teas
Casady who resigned because of
graduation. Plans for the Student
Council convention which will be
held Feb. 13-15 for all schools In
the Big Six were discussed.
Senior students
guests of Lincoln
dietetic' s group
Senior students majoring in in
stitute administration and hospital
dietetics and Lincoln General hos
pital dietetic internes were guest"
of the Lincoln Institute of Direc
tors and Dieticians association at
Its annual meeting at the chamber
of commerce last night.
Miss Ruth Mehoner, home serv
ice director of the Iowa Nebraska
Light and Power company, and
Miss Elvira Haas, food service
secretary of the Lincoln YWCA,
spoke on pointers for home econ
omists and their relations to jobs.
Prom committee
meets today
All junior members of the
Junior-Senior Prom committee
must meet at 2 p. m. today In
the editor's office of the
DAItY N EBRASK AN. Ac
cording to Norman Harris.
Prom busines manager, the
meeting is extremely Impor
tant and of vital concern in
the staging of the Prom. In
nocents who are members of
the committee must alto attend.
Co-op meeting
postponed until
next semester
Stmlent Council sponsors
housing project; students
to answer questionnaire
Because inclement weather kept
enough students from turning out
for the Student Council-sponsored
mass meeting to organize new
co-op houses on the campus Wed
nesday nieht the meeting has been
postponed until next semester.
Names of those students who
did not attend were taken and they
will be contacted individually as
prospective members of the new
houses. Also to be contacted are
those whose names apnear on the
overflow list of the Pioneer and
Cornhusker Co-op houses.
A mimeographed questionnaire
will be given students when they
psy fees in order to find anyone
else interested in joining a co-op.
Three houses near the campus
are being considered by the Stu
dent Council for the prospective
co-op for next semester. Because
of a need for boarding clubs, the
housing conr mittee, headed bv Dor
othy Jean Bryan and Ray Murray,
also hopes to establish a new
boarding club by next semester.
Rifle eluh meets
engineer frosh
The girls' rifle club challenge to
ten freshmen from the engineering
unit to a small bore rifle match
was accepted this week according
to Ruth Coordes, president.
The meet is scheduled for Sat
urday at 2 p. m. in Andrews.
The girls' rifle club team will
consist of the following girls:
Marge Stewart. Helen Claire Kil
bury, Arta Fruth, Marian Marcks,
Louise McPhersoA, Meda May Al
fcrecht,) Patricia Weiler. Hollyce
Copple, Ruthann Robertson, and
Barbara Flebbe.
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Prof. R. H. Winnacker who will lead the first student panel to be
held this year in the Union. A group of seniors and the DAItY
news columnists will attempt to answer the question, "What Stand
Should America Take in This War." The panel is scheduled for 4
p. m. in the faculty lounge of the Union today.
Nebraska . .
Entries win ten
divisions at Denver stock show
Nebraska's winnings at the Na
tional Western Stock Show in
Denver were boosted impressively
according to additional reports re
ceived late Wednesday at the col
lege of agriculture of the univer
sity. Entries from ag collsre won
ten honors in nine different divi
sions, in competition which repre
sented entries from all over th
country.
Out in front of the list was a
university steer, UN Premier
Star II, which walked off with
the championship of the Shorthorn
breed. The same steer placed third
Daily staffs to celebrate Sunday
Celebration from soup to nuts
nuts from the Nut House - soup
from the Alpha and Omega rooms,
"where smart collegians go," will
characterize Sunday, the day when
DAILY advertisers play host to
journalists for a round of the city's
entertainments.
The DAILY staff will meet at 3
p. m. in the DAILY office, from
whence editors, star reporters, and
business men will start making the
rounds. First stop is the Stuart
theater, where they will view a
matinee showing of "Second
Chorus" with Fred Astaire and
Paillette Goddard, as guests of
Bill Huffman, theater manager.
OKI Goodies.
From the Stuart, staff members
will trek over to the Hotel Capitol
for a buffet dinner, and what a
dinner! (We hope). And Business
Manager Ed Segrist, from whose
idea this whole festive occasion re
sulted, never forgetting a single
detail, will partial out packages of
Double-mint gum, with the com
pliments of Wrigley and company,
pany.
Dancing with the compliments
of the Turnpike, where DAILY
members will hear Howard Becker
and his Pennsylvanians, will cli
max the celebration of a day of
truce between business manager
and editorial side after 18 weeks
of clashes, and the final wind-up
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honors in nine
in his class at the International
show at Chicago last month.
In addition to the champion
shorthorn which was first in tht
1,000-1,150 pound bracket, univer
sity steers also placed third and
fourth in the same weight and the
Shorthorn herd ranked second.
In the senior Hereford bull calf
division, a university calf placed
ninth while additional winnings by
steers entered by the university
found placings in the 750-875
pound class of Angus steers with
(See LIVESTOCK, page 4.)
of a semester's publication of the
DAILY.
"It pays to advertise," chanted
Segrist when plans were com
pleted. "It pays" echo hard-working
journalists.
Defense work
attracts fifty
Courses to start Feh. 3;
carry no credit, fees
About 50 applicants for three
defense vocational training courses
in the college of engineering have
been received, according to Prof.
W. L. DeBaufre, chairman of the
department of engineering me
chanics. The courses in drafting and shop
practice, in materials inspection
and testing, and an evening course
in drafting, were approved for the
second semester by the board of
regents, which met Saturday.
The courses previously were ap
proved by the federal office of
education and will start Feb. 3 at
the beginning of the second se
mester. They carry no credit and
no fees will be charged. Appli
cants for admission should write
or see Dean O. J. Ferguson in the
college of engineering.
Group to air
war views
of students
Winnacker, Daily news
columnists take part in
discussion in Union today
Answering the question, "What
Stand Should America Take in
This War?" students will have a
chance to air their views at a
panel discussion to be held in tha
faculty lounge of the Union today
at 4 p. m.
Four or five seniors, including
Norman Harris, Sarah Miller, Bob
Aden and Tess Casady; and the
DAILY news columnists, Olson
and Ordal, will take part in a half-
hour discussion, after which stu
dents may ask questions. Prof.
R. H. Winnacker will lead the dis
cussion. All UN students are invited to
attend the discussion. If enough
people show interest in the panels,
(See DISCUSSION, page 4.)
Publications
filings open
Applications for Daily,
Flash due next Thursday
Applications for second semester
appointments to the DAILY NE
BRASKAN and the Awgwan
Flash staffs will be received by the
student publications board until 5
p. m. Thursday, Jan. 23, Gayle C.
Walker, chairman of the board an
nounced yesterday.
Positions which will be filled on
the DAILY are editor in chief, two
managing editors, sports editor,
and five news editors. A business
manager and two assistants will
also be appointed. An editor and
business manager for the Flash
will be named.
Application blanks may be ob
tained at the school of journal
ism office in U hall, room 104. Ma
terial already on file need not be
duplicated in another application,
Walker stated.
Daily Nebraskan
Advertising Party
Sunday, Jan. 19
3 "00 Meeting of eligible
staff members in the
DAILY NEBRAS
KAN office.
3 . 1 C Delicious peanuts
furnished by THE
NUT HOUSE. "Gold
en brown tidbits to
tempt the taste."
330 Matinee showing of
"SECOND CHORUS"
starring "The Tip
Tops in Toe-Taps."
Fred ASTAIRE and
Paulette GODDARD.
This show should be
on everyone's "must
see" list!
5:30 Buffet, supper from
the usual expert cui
sine of the HOTEL
CAPITAL served in
the exclusive AL
PHA OMEGA room.
6:30 Dl ivc 10 the turn
pike for an evening
of dancing to the
rhythmic rhapsodies
of HOWARD BECK
ER and his PENN
SYLVANIANS.