Friday, March 7, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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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
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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.
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