Sunday, April 20, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
KGrad' student
Sophie
describes life
Nebraska child development studies may be reflected In family
life in far avay Syria if and when the present war permits Sophie
Wakim to return to her homeland. Miss Wakim is now a graduate
student at ag college.
If life in Syria settles down to normal again, Miss Wakim plana
to accept the offers she has had to introduce home economics into
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the American Junior college for women there.
This would 'be 'a difficult task she realizes, not only because it
is a new field but also because she would have to cope with the
natural desire of most any peoples to cling to their age-old customs.'
Miss Wakim came to the United States two and a half years ago
just a month later than her brother who is now a doctor at the
Mayo Clinic. After receiving her B. S. degree in home economics at
Ohio University, she chose the University of Nebraska as the place
to study for her masters degree. "It seemed to me the home eco
nomics course here was one of the best in the nation," she commented.
Her major, interest.
Her major interest is in child development and alongside her
booklearning on that subject she has obtained a wealth of practical,
first-hand information from observing youngsters in the child develop
ment laboratory on ag campus.
Speaking with an ever-so-slight accent, she compares the climate
In the United States with that of Syria, pointing out that the climate
in her native land is so mild that one may drive for miles through
fields of banana trees.
'May seem strange."
"This may seem strange to
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yria in terms o( its mulberry
tVes and silkworms," she stated.
"But the development of rayon has
reduced the demand for mulberry
leaves as a food for silkworms. . .
reduced it so much that the farm
ers have cut down the mulberry
trees and planted banana trees In
their place."
Fashions along the coast of the
Mediterranean sea are much like
those In the United States she ob
serves. But in the interior of Syria,
people still dress much as they did
centuries ago.
Men's hats, or "fezzes" are
made of felt, have a tassel fast
ened to the top, and look much
like an inverted flower pot. The
men wear pants that fit tightly
around the ankles and have a
bright colored sash around the
waist.
No co-education.
Miss Wakim pointed out that
one of the differences between
de educational systems of Syria
and the United States Is that co
education is not practiced in her
native country. When asked if this
would make it difficult for the
boys to date the girls she replied,
"It probably would in America,
but in Syria, strange as it may
seem, boys and girls do not date.
From that strange look on your
face, you're probably wondering
how marriages take place.
'"When a boy gets old enough
to undertake responsibility his
parents make it their duty to help
him find a wife. When a prospect
is found, the parents arrange for
the two to meet. If the boy's par
ents and the girl's parents are sat
isfied, the two are persuaded to
marry." '
Wherever she may be in years
to come, Miss Wakim will carry
Iy'ith her one unfailing bond with
Ahe "average American." She likes
Jy hamburgers. "We have something .
) ti A. x. i i r l i-
similar to them in Syria... but
they don't have all the trimmings
of pickle and onions, catsup and
mustard."
from Syria
Wakim
in homeland
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anyone who had learned to think of
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Union party ...
Committee
to renovate
coliseum
Improved sound system,
new band shell, lighting,
reworked floor planned
To assure the best possible con
ditions for the Student Union
Cornhusker birthday party, Ivy
Day eve, Union officials have con
ferred with the university custo
dian staff and yesterday an
nounce plans for an almost com
plete renovation of the coliseum
for the party.
To accommodate the 21 person
Noble aggregation a new three
level band shell is being built to re
place the one used at former uni
versity parties.
In addition several new micro
phones will be installed for the
party, and to insure perfect acous
tical conditions two extra banks of
loud speakers will supplement the
usual sound system. Sound ampli
fication for the entire coliseum
will also be stepped up for the
party.
Renovate dance floor.
To make sure the coliseum floor
would be in excellent dancing con
dition, Dale Holsendorf, Union
ballroom custodian, last week in
spected the coliseum floor, and
with the help of the coliseum staff
will rework the floor to give it uni
form danceability.
Highlight of the changes will be
embodied in the special ballroom
lighting plan, calculated to trans
form the prosaic coliseum into an
electrical fairyland for the Noble
party and presentation of the 1911
Cornhusker Beauty Queens.
Tickets for the nartv .Aoril 50.
may be secured from Corn Cobs,
members of the Union staffs, the
Cornnusker staff, and Union board
of. managers. . .
Mowat speaks on present war
tactics at convocation Friday
U S, English
federation is
necessary
"Peace will have to be based on
a United States-Great Britain fed
eration to insure the permanent
peace of the world ... I see no
other way," said Prof. R. B. Mowat
of the University of Bristol in an
interview Friday afternoon.
Prof. Mowat stated further that
the people of the United States
need have no fear of curtailment
of their liberties or power as a
member of such a federation, since
obviously they havs the greater
power because of their larger pop
ulation. "World War I ha3 forced
us to believe that, such a federa
tion is the only sure hope for con
tinued peace," declared Mr. Mowat
When questioned as to whether
public opinion would not rally more
quickly if the allies would set forth
the objectives and indicate what
sort of restoration of Europe
would take place by which demo
cratic forms of government and
institutions would be maintained
and encouraged, Mowat stated
that he thinks that is reasonable
but it is difficult to elaborate
that this is a desperate war and
the government of England is too
busy keeping its head out of the
water to work it out. He ventured
the suggestion that if a private
group were to work out the de
tails, it would be desirable.
As to convoys ...
As to the extremely pertinent
question of U. S. convoys, Mowat
laughed a bit wryly and then ven
tured, "To be absolutely certain of
speedy and complete supremacy
we should like to have the coopera
tion of the American navy. I agree
with you that the American navy
would be extremely useful."
The class distinctions of Eng
land are greatly exaggerated in
America, according to Mowat, but
he states that all the big fortunes
are being wiped out, that there are
no war Drofits in En eland, and
that the income tax on large es
tates is as high as 99 V2 percent. "I
think that the war will wipe all
class distinction (insofar as that is
possible) away."
Inevitably, of course, the war
has had a tremendous effect on
education in Great Britain. There
has been almost complete evacua
tion of the bombed London and
Bristol schools, whose students
have gone to the country.
The University of Bristol, how
ever, is still operating, although
they have lost their auditorium as
a. result of bombing. The curricu
lum of the University of Bristol is
very aimilar to that of the univer
sities of the U. S., and the war has
produced little change although the
examinations have been adjusted
to the one year system which now
prevails.
Boys do not go into the army
(See NECESSARY, page 6.)
Dialights
Public affairs '
1 :30 p. m. The World of To
day KFAB.
6:15 p. m. Headlines and By
lines KFAB.
7:15 p. m. Elmer Davis and
The News KFAB.
10:15 p. m. Walter Winchell
WOW.
Drama
1 p. m. The Free Company
CBS. ' 5 p. m. Silver Theater
KFAB.
7:30 p. m. One Man's Fam
ily WOW.
9:30 p. m. Helen Hayes
Theater KFAB.
Varitey
4:30 p. m. Ned Sparks Show
CBS.
6 p. m. Jack Benny WOW.
7 p. m. Chase and Sanborn
Hour WOW.
9 p. m. Take It or Leave It
KFAB.
Music
2 p. m.New York Philharmonic-Symphony
KFAB.
8 p. m. Ford Sunday Eve
ning Hour KFAB.
8:30 p. m. American Album
of Familiar Music WOW.
9 p. m.Hour of Charm
.WOW.
Danish society
presents movie
in Union Tuesday
"Denmark at Work," a full
length sound film will be shown
in the Union at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday
by the Danish Brotherhood Soci
ety. There will be no admission
charge.
The film was produced by the
Danish government in 1937 and
shows everyday life. Natural re
sources, shipping, fishing and
farming will be shown. The out
standing feature thruout the film
will be the abundance of coopera
tives. Danish farming has become
world famous because of the effi
cient cooperative system.
The film is closed with scenes in
their capital, Copenhagen, which
was one of the gayest tourist cen
ters before the occupation of the
country by the nazis.
National Union
convention will
be held here
Gostas, Ayres extend
invitation for meeting;
expect large attendance
The executive board of the As
sociation of College Unions has
officially accepted an invitation to
hold next year's national conven
tion here.
At the Philadelphia convention
last December, George Gostas,
president of the Student Union
board of managers, extended an
invitation for the convention and
it was unofficially accepted. This
was the third invitation from
Nebraska.
Ayres at meeting.
Joyce Ayres attended the execu
tive board meeting which was held
in the new Illinois Union at Cham
paign, 111., and returned late Mon
day night.
This will be the first time the
convention has been held this far
west and it will be held here be
cause of the light attendance at
previous conventions from th?
western schools, particularly from
the Pacific coast. Another reasoa
for holding it here is because most
unions are for men or women nH
the co-educational union belt is lo
cated in the middle west. Now in
terest is being centered on the
coed unions.
Registration includes approxi
mately 125 students and staff, rep
resenting about 60 schools. There
are 55 active member unions and
at the executive meeting applica
tions were received from four
schools which are going to con
struct unions.
The convention will be held Dec.
5 and 6, 1941, but many of the
delegates are expected to arrive
earlier.
Tassels attend
Big Six meeting
of Phi Sigma Chi
Big Six convention of the na
tional girls pep organization, Phi
Sigma Chi, was held Friday night
and Saturday in Omaha. Five girls,
Jean Humphrey, Jean Christie,
Dorothy Weirich, Anne Craft and
Alice Louise Becker attended both
days and ten other representatives
from the Tassels went Saturday.
The convention started with a
bingo party Friday night, followed
by a slumber party in the Paxton
hotel. Hostesses were The Feath
ersOmaha U's pep group. Satur
day morning a meeting was held
and in the afternoon the delegates
were guests at a tea dance.
Kappa Phi eleets
Jensen president
Elaine Jensen will take over as
the new president of Kappa Phi
at the installation of officers for
the coming year at the annual
spring banquet April 26.
Other officers elected at a recent
meeting are as follows: Dorothy
Anderson, program chairman;
Frances Simon, membership; Dor-
Historian says
Britain needs
air supremacy
"Great Britain must have com
plete supremacy of air and sea
before she can defeat Germany,"
declared Prof. R. B. Mowat at a
convocation Friday morning at the
Temple theater.
He continued by saying that
once this is accomplished Germany
will be put on the defensive and
there are a number of points from
which an invasion of the continent
would be possible.
To Profesosr Moat, the falf of
France is the outstanding event of
the war and there are still widj
spread reactions to .it. It was
after the fall of Fraice that the
British first became a military
power with a definite organization.
The invasion coast opposite Eng
land was placed under control of
the Germans and gave them
many airdromes from which to
operate.
Channel front rigid.
"When big states oppose each
other with all-out war efforts,
there is a tendency toward even
tual equilibrium on fixed fronts"
stated Professor Mowat. "It now
looks as if the channel front has
become rigid. Since wars can end
only through battles, new fronts
are thus necessary and Italy tried
new fronts in Africa and Greece.
She failed and for a time Britain
and Greece profited.
Now Germany has finally pre
pared herself to come down into
the Balkans and Africa and the
nazies are trying to exploit the
Mediterranean front to their ad
vantage. Their plans look beyond
to the Suez canal, India, and the
Far East, but it appears likely
that the Mediterranean front will
also become fixed soon. That will
mean the inevitable opening of
other new fronis.
Ships are necessary.
Ships are the war commodity
which Great Britain needs most
sorely at the present, declared
Mowat. This is obvious since the
control of sea routes is vital to her
success.
German strategy must certain
ly include eventually taking care
of the United States," stated Pro
fessor Mowat. "since the nazis
cannot stop while there are any
great free nations In the world.
Their systematic plans intend to
cut contact between Britain and
the U. S. in the Atlantic, Pacific
and Near East. Thus at the same
time they would destroy the Brit
ish commonwealth and isolate the
United States among enemy terri
tories until they were ready to
complete their world conquest."
Leaflet explains
Daily Nebraskan
subscription plan
A leaflet explaining universal
subscription to the DAILY NE
BRASKAN is being circulated in
all sorority, fraternity, and barb
houses today and tomorrow by the
activities ticket committee of the
Student Council in order to publi
cize the measure which will be
voted on at the election Tuesday.
Written in the' form of questions
and answers, the leaflet answers
inquiries which have been asked
about the automatic subscription.
Some of the most important
questions answered are: "Is it pos
sible to distribute the DAILY for
25 cents a semester? For nothing?
What is the need for such a plan?
How do we know there will be a
referendum next year? and why
wasn't the circulation of petitions
continued?"
A copy of the plan is contained
in this issue of the DAILY NE
BRASKAN. othy White, social chairman;
Kathryn Miller, art chairman;.
Arlene Kellenbarger, stenographia
chairman; Ruth Gates, chaplain;
Neva Bishop, music; Ruby Kra
khage, publicity; Ruth Surver, re
cording secretary; Carol Jeam
Griff ing, treasurer; Elinor Paul
son, corresponding secretary; and
Lorraine Crouse, historian and
properties.
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