Ibbmskan
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
2403
Vol. 40, No. 106
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, March 21, 1941
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Luckey tells collegians
in convo address
of war trends in America
Denouncing: the mounting national debt and the "drift toward
war," former Congressman Henry C. Luckey, in his address yester-
day afternoon at an ag college convocation, warned that the American
people are about to commit suicide.
"If we get in this war and
be in the front line trenches, and
you, your children and your chil
dren's children will ultimately
have to pay the debt," he declared.
Clean up here, first.
Arguing that the United States
should clean up her own back
yard before trying to set the wholj
world in order, Luckey listed
crime, highway deaths, continued
surplus and want as domestic
problems still to be solved.
"Our first duty is to show that
democracy will work in our own
country," he said. "These prob
lems are above party. They cannot
be solved by political bias and
ballyhoo."
Free own people.
Asserting that President Roose
velt had announced the goal of
helping to establish freedom of
speech, of press and of worship
from want throughout the world.
Luckey declared that this nation
has been trying to free its own
people from want for the last ten
years and has not yet succeeded.
It was wholly unnecessary for
the United States to have fought
the Spanish American war, said
Luckey, who has made an exten
sive study of the roots of war,
"which reach far back into his
tory." Preview from
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These three pert Stephens women will be among the group
which will visit the campus Tuesday. Approximately 650 will be en
tertained at a dance in the Union. Left to right they are Elizabeth
McGeorge, Hallie Ladd, and Jackie Hamilton.
The DAILY'S former sports editor will escort Miss Hamilton to
the affair on Tuesday.
Colonel requests
all eadet officers
to eseorl 'Susies'
Members of the Nebraska ROTC
units, 'tenshun! The military de
partment has announced that all
cadt't olficers are asked to act as
escoils for the girls from Stephens
college Tuesday.
Major R. H . Offley, in his re
quest, stated that "it is felt that
this is a very fine opportunity for
the Corps of Cadets to demon
strate their ability to entertain."
All those desiring to act as es
corts must submit their names to
the military department not later
than 11 a. m. Monday. The stu
dents should also give their ap
proximate height.
All cadets attending this func
tion, to be held in the Union be
tween 3:30 and 5:30 Tuesday,
should be in uniform. Cadets at
tending will be excused from mili
tary science af-r 3 p. m.
we're already in it you boys will
Lincoln Journal.
HENRY C. LUCKEY.
. . . speaks at ag.
Universal subscription
to o on sarins ballot
Five weeks from now students
go to the polls. And among other
questions on their ballots these
students will be expected to vote
either for or against universal
Stephens . . .
Lincoln Journal.
Prairie Scbooner
Wimberly
Dr. L C. Wimberly, professor
of English and editor of the
Prairie Schooner, will be rnter-
viewed this afternoon at 5:15 over
KFOR on the university's regular
weekly book newscast. Wimberly
is a member of the radio activ
ities committee which helped in
augurate the program.
Frank Egan, assistant univer
sity reference librarian and com
mentator on the program, will
question Dr. Wimberly regarding
the history of the Schooner and
the part it has played in the de
velopment of Nebraska writers.
Many authors contribute.
Many famous authors from all
parts of the country have con
tributed articles for the Schooner,
published by the university and
considered among the country's
foremost literary quarterlies.
America
AWS judges
Best Dressed
y tOlll ilt
Final tryouts for the selection
of the Best Dressed Girl on the
campus will be held in Ellen
Smith tonight at 7. Candidates
are instructed to wear campus
clothes.
Presentation of the Best Dressed
Girl is the climax of the annual all
girls' show, the Coed Follies,
which will be given in the Temple
theater next Thursday.
There have already been several
reviews of the BDG candidates In
different costumes date dresses
and formals starting with Roy
er's judging several weeks ago.
AWS sponsors the Follies, under
the chairmanship of Dorothy
White, and board members will
select the BDG.
j j
JOr Stlldent Okay
subscription to the DAILY NE-
BRASKAN.
This question has been pre
sented to the students through th
NEBRASKAN and in the form of
petitions distributed by the Stu-
dent Council. But as is the case
,, , , ,
with all proposals for Chang-
many prejudices have arisen, and
mn? like f
about what can be guaranteed
them, and how much the pro-
posed plan would actually cost.
Thiel. chairman of the
Burton
Student Council committee, urges
anyone wishing information about
the plan to turn in questions to
his committee or to the DAILY of
fice. These questions will then bo
answered every day in the NE
BRASKAN and in a special question-answer
publication which
Thiel's committee is preparing.
Patterson to e-peak
in three Indiana cities
Dr. Charles H. Patterson, of the
philosophy department, will speak
in three Indiana cities March
24-29, on the school of philosophy
program for agricultural workers
sponsored by the bureau of agri-
cultural economics of the U. S. de-
partment of agriculture.
editor . . .
speaks
on
Uneoln Journal.
L. C. WIMBERLY.
If f y .'w-..
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to feed Europeans?
.
Roundtable group to discuss
question next Friday in Union
. . . led by Prof. Gray
The war is on !
With Dr. (!. W. flray, man -
affairs, keeping the discussion
one another on the question of
the starving peoples of Kurope
faculty lounge next Friday afternoon at 4 p. m. The occasion
Flight board
to interview
UN students
Examining group arrives
tomorrow ; to sponsor
film on cadet's life
For all students interested in
becoming pilots or navigators, a
government examining board will
be on this campus all day tomor
row to interview any applicants.
They will be in Nebraska ha'.i,
room 7.
When the board was here before
there were so many applicants
that it was impossible to interview
everyone. The board will give
pnysicai examinations. A motion
picture on the life of a flying
cadet will be shown this afternoon
at 5 p. m
110.
in Nebraska hall, room
If a student is accepted follow-
ing stiff scholastic and physical
tests, he is admitted to train
ing as a flying cadet. If he passes
the basic course he is eligible for
a reserve officer's commission and
may advance as an officer in the
rar &rmy
Fullbrook finds
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111 Nebraska is III)
Wholesaling in Nebraska is on
the uptrend, according to an an
alysis by E. S. Fullbrook, pro
fessor of marketing which ap
pears in the current Nebraska
Business Review.
Basic data on wholesaling for
1939, used by Fullbrook, has just
been released by the Census Bu
reau. Total sales volume was 10
percent over 1935 (the last preced
ing census date), while service
and limited function wholesalers.
or "wholesalers proper," reported
gains c 19 percent The total
number of establishments increas-
ed 9 percent in the four years, the
number of employees gained 11
percent, while the total pay roll
was up 17 percent.
radio show
The book broadcast, inaugu
rated a few weeks ago and be
lieved to be the only one of its
kind on the air, regularly features'
news of books and writers. A spe
cial feature of the program is the
awarding each week of a new
book as a prize to the listener
sending in the most interesting
question for discussion by the com
mentator. Union will give
dancers flowers
Free gardenias will be given to
the first 100 girls attending the
"Welcome Sweet Springtime"
dance given in the Union ballroom
tonight from 9 to 12.
Johnny Cox and his orchestra
will play for the dance. Admission
is ten cents a person.
of - lhe - hour - stiulcnt on Kuronean
organized, the camps opposing
whether America should feed
will wage an oral battle in the
is the third student roundtable of
the year, sponsored jointly by the
DAILY NEBRASKAN and Stu
dent Union.
Defending the Hoover and other
programs for setting up relief
commissions where they are
needed will be Ralph Schroeder
and Lowell Johnson, chairman and
associate respectively of the Ne
braska branch of the Committee
on Food for the Small Democra
cies, and Currin Shields, senior
honor student in political science.
Defend England
The negative side, which will
defend England's stand, will be
supported by James Olson and
Rolf Ordal, graduate students in
history and DAILY news com
mentators, and by Charles Old-
father.
The intense feeling and
weighty pro and con arguments
aroused by the discussion of the
problem in the editorial columns
of the NEBRASKAN suggested it
last week as a good roundtable
topic.
The six man panel, led by Dr.
Gray. wUI Pn UP tne g"na on
lhjlu siues, uruiguig loiin me ma.-
(See PANEL, page 6.) -
Ag students
to hold spring
party Saturday
Henry Mattison to play
lor affair: to present
Si
Goddess of Agriculture
The ag spring party, traditional
social event on ag campus will be
held in the college activities buil J
ing Saturday night.
It is during this evening of fun
and festivities that the 1941 Cod
dess of Agriculture and her six
attendants will be presented. On
May 3 she will reign over Farm
ers' Fair and all its activities.
The Goddess has been electel
by Home Ec girls from a list of
the eligible senior girls in ag col
lege. Until she is presented at the
spring party in a very new and
different manner the identity of
the 1941 Goddess will remain a
secret. Last year's Goddess was
Gwendolyn Jack of Tekamah.
Henry Mattison and his orches
tra, featured at several university
parties this year, will play for the
dance. The theme of the party Is
the portrayal of a grape arbor.
For the first time in the history
of the annual party the fellowj
won't have to worry about what
to do or where to go in order to
find refreshments during intermis
sion. The ag college cafeteria in
the home economics building less
than one short block from the ac
tivities building will be open at
least an hour and a half at inter
mission time during the party Sat
urday night, March 22.
According to Mrs. Rippeteau,
cafeteria director, soft drinks,
ice cream, candy, and sodas will be
available when the cafeteria opens.
Checking and re-checking ar
rangements will be made with the
check stand and the cafeteria to
avoid confusion with coats and
wraps