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Friday, March 7, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN 5 American students . . . Believe first line defenses are European battle grounds On the first of the month, a delegation of 25 students from Harvard, Yale, Radcliffe, Brooklyn College, Columbia, Vassar, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Sarah Lawrence and Brown went to Washington as representatives of the Student Defenders of Democracy. It was something new in collegiate enterprises for these student leaders called on Secretary Knox, Chester Davis, and their congress men, to let them know that as representatives of their various colleges, they were taking a firm stand in favor of the lend-lease bill. Motto: SOS The Defenders is a rapidly growing organization. Adopting as their motto, SOS which stands for "Share Our Strength,"' they forward the idea that democracy is indivisible, and while doing all we can to help those nations resisting totalitarianism we must at the same time fight for progressive measures at home. In view of the rapidly growing interest in the lend-lease bill on this campus, the DAILY Inquiring Reporter asked for opinions on the measure from students on this campus to find: Leon Hines, business administration sophomore advocating full support to Britain and Greece. Said Hines, "Our democratic front at this time is the battle line in Greece and the Channel in England. Evervtime this line of demo- UN graduate writes ... 'Holy Suburb the story of Uui Place . . . and Wesleyan Using experiences of her own youth in University Place as its basis, Elizabeth Atkins, former UN student, has written a critic praised novel, "Holy Suburb," re cently published by E. P. Dutton & Co. Miss Atkins received her M. A. degree here in 1914 and her Ph. D. in 1920. While living in University Place, a Lincoln sub urb, she attended Nebraska Wes leyan and received her AB de gree in 1912. The book relates the story of a retired farmer who selected the Lincoln suburb for his family's new home because its Epworth col lege offered his children the edu cational advantages they had missed. Upon attending the college, the young people learn to believe loy ally that it is better than the state university. They uphold the "lit- Heir must have when' 25- gets FAYETTE, Mo. (ACP). Obtain a college degree within a year or lose a fortune. That's the ulti matum James Bothwell faced a rmtic defense is weakened or moved back we lose materially and psychologically in this coun try. This is not a war against England and Greece. It is a war against every democratic govern ment in the world." "It is our fight as much as the allies. I say send them every thing we can possibly spare, for it is much wiser to fight off a totalitarian enemy with the aid of ...Vint lAmnrapilie thArp HTft left than later by ourselves. And that vear a& last month- will surely come if we don't give He got the fortune. these countries some sort of aid Bothwell was graduated from and fast Central college at the end of the Adding weight to Hines' ideas sme!r:n1fi! thn a mofnth ahead. was Shirley Russel, junior in en- of a $35W0 deadline But it wasn't . ..i-u , v,av a storybook finish to a romantic plenty here I think we should give all that we can to those countries actively engaged in com bat. I don't see how we can sit VianU nnrl sav that the battle Greece and England is putting up have a degree by the time he was college degree the sheepskin . . . and $35,000 might influence some of my pro fessors," he said then. But now the bets have been called in and Bothwell came out on top after the struggle with final examinations. erary societies" which they join as superior to the national fra ternities imitating them in every possible detail, however. Cigaret-smoking prof fired. Petty snobbery comes into the children's characters when they fear that their father's loud reli gious eloquence and their mother's mousey over-timorousness will handicap their progress in the town's church circles. Representa tive of the towns' attitude is the incident of one of the other char acters, a young Harvard instruc tor, who finds the hearty atmos phere unsuitable for his fine taste Phonetics lab teaches languages with songsters Fifty new song books, French and Spanish, arrived Thursday for use in the phonetics laboratories, Cal Orr, laboratory supervisor an nounced. It is hoped by use of the books to make the laboratory peri ods more interesting to the stu dent as well as to improve his pronunciation. "Chants de France" is the title of the French song book, and "Canciones Populares" the title of the Spanish. thriller for Bothwell. It was the end of the most strenuous year of his life. Bothwell was astonished to learn in January, 1940, tnat he must Students propose program to aid hemisphere solidarity and gentle manners. Finally he was discharged for smoking cig arets. Miss Atkins' book is neither acid nor patronizing, and she pictures the town as lovable tho amusing. Her family's gaiety equals its pi ety. In general, the theme of the book is concerned with recreating a little Methodist college town of 1900 with all its prudishness, its zealous revivals, and its evangel ical approach to all matters. Acclaimed by critics. The New York Times book re view stated that "Tho her book has its touching moments, and is, recurrently, both sensitive and tender, it is her crisp, fresh humor which distin guishes Miss Atkins and which makes this first novel so delect able." The New York Herald Tribune added: "It is wholly unconvention al and likeable, and written with such unforced and even undirect ed intimacy of every day incident, individual character and tender humor as plainly bespeaks person al memory." Now an assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Elizabeth Atkins has written a number of other books, altho this is her first novel. She has also contributed to leading magazines, including the Century magazine and the Saturday Re view of Literature. Weather- now is not our battle. This is a battle between types of govern ment." "We cry that we need all that we can turn out in the way of war materials for our own de fense. Isn't it home defense to aid those who are fighting for the same cause that we call home de fense. I'll cast mv vote for un- 25 to receive the legacy of an uncle. And on Feb. 19, 1941, he would be 25. "I guess my uncle just wanted to be sure I had a college educa tion," he said, "but up until last year I had no idea of the terms of his will. And you see, I'd been out of college for three years." He had taken enough work in limited aid to any nation fighting tne University of Missouri to give against the dictator powers. him a major in mathematics, but A different view came from stili acked 45 hours of graduating. Clark O'H anion, law school frosh, So in January he closed his candy who speaks from the non-inter- snop in Columbia, Mo., began com- ventionist standpoint. "I think muting to Fayette and enrolled in that we should send any country 18 hours of courses at Central, food that needs it. Beyond that. There could be no loafing; each I am all for keeping things at three-hour course was worth more home and building up this nation tnan $2,300. but if he lost one he to tne point mat it win De tne )ost everything. The blue chips most powerfully equipped and best manned country in the world. Under such a set-up we would have nothing to fear from any enemy." were down. Toughest hurdle was the lan guage requirement. "I never could have made it," Bothwell says, if the dean hadn't let me take fourth MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (ACP). An opportunity is at hand for practical co-operation by college students in the federal govern ment's program to promote West ern Hemisphere solidarity. It comes direct from the depart ment of state in Washington, which has requested Associated Collegiate Press to give it wide spread publicity among its hun dreds of member newspapers on college campuses throughout the nation. The state department's com munication reveals that the Fed eration of Colombian Students (Colombia, South America) is seeking material for publication in the national student organ, "El Estudiante." Information about the requesf reached Washington through the American ambassador at Bogota, Colombia, who reports that the federation is especially interested in articles written in Spanish by American students, dealing with the general culture of the United States and with student life and campus activities in our universi ties. Pictorial material would also be especially welcome, and the fed eration hopes to interest Spanish club groups and university stu dent newspapers in exchanging publications. "El Estudiante" ap pears weekly and is disseminated to the leading colleges and uni versities of Colombia. "Since the federation is a newly founded organization which is nation-wide in scope," writes Charles A. Thomson, chief of the division of cultural relations of the depart ment of state, "there would appear to exist promising possibility for the creation of much good will among student circles in this coun try and in Colombia through the implementation of the suggestions mentioned above." Dr. Paul F. Kerr, professor of mineralogy at Columbia univer sity, is on a six month letcure tour of several South American countries. (Continued from Page 1.) cember all but one Monday brought snow, the following two Mondays in January brought either rain or snow. "No scientific reason." "No scientific reason can ex plain the why of this," declared Prof. Blair. "Most changes in weather occur every three days, the time a storm requires to cross the country. The usual occurrence of storms at seven-day intervals this winter is purely accidental." Since the record is now broken, however, it appears that March may continue to be the lion this year if it continues as it began. Forecasts for radio. Other than ascertaining the amount of snow and rain that falls on the campus, the bureau estab lished by the national government in 1897 is the center of a state wide organization of 150 lesser bureaus, for which the main of fice furnishes the instruments. Because of these "local" weather reports, the main office is able to prepare maps for the newspa pers and forecasts for radio broadcasts. "You never see a lamb attacking 8emester Spanish without having a lion. He knows tnat tne non had the first three 8emesters." is too big, too powerful for him And only a language student can to ever hope of subduing it. That imagine how toUgh an assignment is the way that this nation should that was be. We should have thousands of Summer school followed, with guns, the best of planes and ships, Bothwell taking the maximum and the best trained army in the nine hours. and then last semester world. Then let someone come up he again took the 18.nour capacity to us and say, 'It's no use. You d load When the new school term better give up now. I feel that started he moved to Fayette with England and Greece will get along his wife and 10 month old all right. In the meantime let us Earlier in the year Bothwell was worry about building up the reluctant to talk about his unusual armed forces of our own nation so need for a degree. 'Tm afrai(j it that we will never be just another France.' On the fence to speak is Gen Harmon, arts and sciences senior. "I think that we should give Brit- flnnounccmcnTs steiloic cmsossinc CRCSTCO STATIOIURV roRm LITTLE PROCRRmS PARTY BIQ5 V ain and Greece some aid, but let's not rob our own warehouses to feed another nation. I would sug gest something like a two to one ratio. For every two ships that America builds for America let her build one for Britain. "For every two planes that America b'iilds-for America let her build one for Britain. In this man ner we will be doing a great part in helping Britain and at the same time will not neglect the de fense of this land. However, to give Britain and Greece unlimited aid means only one thing to me and that is war. War means men going away and men going away means ." Sally Rand recently lectured a student group at the University of Minnesota on "The Value of White Space in Advertising." A course in Latin-American his tory has been added to the curric ulum at Lafayette. ALL MAKES OF TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE OR RENT NEBR. TYPEWRITER CO. Winner Receives Fifty Bucks in Clothing. Each Candidate Will Receive Tickets for Himself and the One and Only to HAVE YOU ENTERED ' 1 ;A) 1 1. i 1 . Ill I-, la I i M 1' i A I B M . - 1 AM r ' fif I Vmtrt L M no if j kv Just an Idea l: THE TURNPIKE SATURDAY, MARCH 22 Everybody Wins. There Are No Blanks. It's All in Fun, and It's All on Entries Must Be in Not Later Than Wednesday, March 12 , m 130 NO. 12th t 157