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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1941)
DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, May 16. 1941 fidiioldaL fowunsmL (BulkJthv 2 Bonds that are harder than steel Three weeks from tomorrow evening over 500 sen iors pay their last respects to the Chancellor the deans and other prominent university personages; they dance together for the last time in the Union ballroom. And on the following Monday as each w turn rises to re ceive his degree, they join the ranks of Nebraska alumni. These seniors will leave the school, some to enter business, others the professions. They will scatter to all sections of the country. And not a single physical bond will again bind them together. They lose direct contact with the university; they will seldom mingle with one another. Yet till the last graduate turns up his heels something will tie the diver gent elements of this class together. Something will emo tionally bind It closer to this institution than many of ita members have been tied to it prior to graduation. That something is the force that has unified over 50, 000 Nebraska alumni all over the globe, haa brought them back year after year to the annual Cornhusker roundup, and has made them eager to hear representatives of this university touring the country. That something call it what you like, is alumnization. Characteristically the alumni bondu are largely memories we are told, memories and a natural love of the buildings and personages of the university acquired thru four years of contact. As these 500 seniors take their de grees and bid the school goodbye what sort of memories, and what sort of ties wil constitute their alumnize seal? Probably the strongest of these bonds will be fac ulty itself. There are the advisors and special friends of the students with whom they have been in direct contact, to whom they have turned for advice and of whom they will always think as friends rather than teachers. Then there are the "big names" among the faculty. Writers of books, prominent scholars and lecturers, of which Nebraska certainly has its share will make the graduate proud of the personages with whom he has associated. And finally there are the queer or striking personali ties, men who have left an impression on his mind, men whose words will not soon be forgotten. It is these men who are bull meet in alumni meetings, and give to each pleasant and common memories. Then there is the sports record of the school. Ne braska has certainly had that. With four years of win ning, of cheering and of rallying for teams that have be come symbols of the yportmanshhip, competition and physical training of school life, a place will always be in one's heart for those symbols in the future, for those men who will tomorrow wear the scarlet and cream. There are the traditions. Nebraska has a great many. There are Ivy Day festivities, the engineer-law battles, the political campaigns, the freshman caps. There will always be the hell weeks, and the candy passings among the Greek organizations. And there will always be the engineers week and rodeo among the colleges. These traditions make Nebraska a little different than any other school. They personalize the institution and its buildings. They give to it something apart from every other spot. Traditions more than any thing else make it a graduates own university. What the university is and what it stands for is Im portant. The fact that it is one of 33 members in the most elite of national accrediting associations, the fact that ita engineering college, its law college and particularly its agricultural college have enviable standing among the schools of the nation and the fact that its standards thruout are held high, all make one proud to be a grad uate of it and make him able to boast of its accomplish ments wherever he goes. Finally there la the fellowship itself. The friends and classmates after they spread into different fields and into different parte of the country lose all contact with one another except thru the university. The class after it leaves is bound together largely by the feeling that we are one," and "we are one" largely because we are of the same class of the same university. And that university is Nebraska. This spirit, this alumnization feeling is invaluable. No matter what one's standing in school, no matter what he has done in the way of extracurricular activi ties, if anything, everyone will take a little of this away with him. Me leaves this school a Nebraskan; he will always be a Nebraskan. And for this as well as for the valuable information he is certain to have obtained, every man is indebted to this school and to its chan cellor. That chancellor is planning a reception. He is plan ning it because he wants to say "goodbye to those he has been able to work with. He represents the head of all that to which these seniors are indebted. It is only fitting that the class enmasse turn out for that final reception, to come together physically for the last time, but to ac quire possibly at that meeting something stronger than that contact to acquire alumnization. Comment or ials Cray aks editor for explanation Dear Editor: "A Graduate Student"' has accused the faculty of this university of dishonesty by stating that his opinions upon international affairs would cost him his references. He has accused the administration of dishonesty by saying that these opinions might cause his expulsion. He has categorically stated that his own honesty is worth less than those things. Your own publication of an anonymous letter of this sort and comment upon it. which completely ignored these aspects, certainly calls for explanation. Intellectual honesty is a hard-won possession. The employees of this institution strive for it, with a success most would commend. Dirty anonymous slurs have no place in a campus publication. Nor had you, above all, any right to allow one to imply an intent of secrecy con cerning those who signed the recent memorial. Glen W. Gray. Just as your colleagues strive for intellectual hon- esty, this paper strives for free and opne expression. As members of your faculty themselves have again and again declared, a student newspaper, if it is to be rep resentative of the students it serves, must print all views upon the issues under discussion. Sincerty must be the only requirement of a writer. Tho we generally require signatures on contributions, we have made exceptions in cases where a person can show reasonable excuse for keeping his name quiet. Perhaps we weighed this graduate student's fears too heavily. Perhaps his opinion would have been re spected by his superiors, bold as his accusations may have been. But from the ridicule and condemnation we have received from certain quarters for the expressin of our views, we reasoned that probably there were members of that faculty not so intellectually honest as we know from experience most of the instructors are. No matter how fair a man tries to be, it would be dif ficult for him to swallow the accusations this gradu ate student wished to make. aws By Oiria Petersen RED ACTIVITY This, my friends, ia my version of a report by an Indian lad, a senior in the reservation school, upon his re turn home after sneak day in Lincoln. "In a wigwam full of learning, full of books and learned sayings, full of cards with names upon them, full of squaws without papooses; there they read of the lore of wise men read by fifteen candlepower, read until th books before them melt into inky darkness. Then to stum ble outside, groping down the trail to the village there to taste of fire water, taste of brown and foamy hop juice, taste until with senses dulled, learning vanishea past recalling. "Then to wigwams on sorority row. Wigwams with alt bars before them. Here live the bright, enchanting daughters, Daughters of the Sun in wigwams. There the braves find their pleasure; happy hunting grounds they have there. Yet before the moon has risen, rounding, ris ing from the earth, daughters must return to wigwams leaving braves empty handed, empty armed and empty armournel, wondering why some squaws they know think their squawlets will get moonstruck after clock struck twelve thirty. "Many moons rise, and fall. Braves enter manhood. Others come to take their places. Learned fathers kill the fatted lamb. Write on hide and pass out sheepskins. Braves leave after spending four seasons with learned fathers. Learn to seek happy living. Learn to make trade with profit. Then they leave village and wigwams with blessing. And for many, many seasons, send their wam pum back to college so offspring braves can taste brown and foamy hop-juice, visit squawlets in sorority wig wams, and get chunk of dead sheep as prize. We are sorry if our action in this regard has slurs upon intellectual honesty and freedom of exprsesion of which we, too, are very proud. Editor. Student find Lindbergh controversy ' amusing1 Editor, DAILY NEBRASKAN: If there is anything amusing about the war con troversy on this campus, it is the fact that the discussion has centered more around a man named Lindbergh than around the war issues. Whether Lindbergh is a rogue or tin god has nothing to do with whther the United States should enter he war, or whether his argument against American participation is nonsense. If the premises put forth aie true, and if the inferences drawn are valid, the argument is a sound one, no matter who happens to pre sent it. After all, Lindbergh isn't the only man in the United States expressing this point of view. John T. Fiynn, Robert Hutchins, Senator Wheeler, Hugh John son, and many others are arguing against steps which will lead this country into the European war, and with arguments more convincing than the stain of mud on administration presonalities. Mud throwing tacis sug gest that the mud throwers have weak minds, no argu ment, or are running off at the mouth in childish in dlgnation. This suggestion does not help their position in the least. If Professor Raysor of the English depart ment, and other men who feel qualified to discuss mili tary matters and foreign policy, have a good argument, why don't they confine themselves to Lindbergh's con tentions and ignore the man? Incidentally, the tone of certain self-righteous faculty members who have taken upon themselves the burden of showing a lethargic public what the men who wear braina think about the war impels me to quote a statement Oliver Cromwell once made: "I beseech you, gentlemen, in the towels of Christ, to remember that it ia possible that you might be mistaken." Currin Shields. Defense- (Continued from Page 1) lf ultryinen point out that expan sion in permanent new housing probably ir not justified since rver crowding present housing fa til.ti'.s uill not solve the prob lem. The ag college poultrymen point rut that Nebraskans who can rsl"; sni plus pullets will probably find a teady market for laying pulMs this fall, in view of'the newly an nounced program. Secretary of Agriculture Wi k ard also asked for an increase of ri0 percent more canned tomatoe.t rr lr million more eases than were packed last year. Huge or ders for tomatoes are needed to meet the extra demands of ou' army and navy and for shipment under the lend-lease act, for the distribution by the American Red Cross, and relief needs at home. Tomatoes are one of the cheap est and richest sources of vitamin C. When packed in cans they keep indefinitely and are convenient to shin. For these reasons they take their place along with ggs, pork, find (iairy products in the govern ment's food for defense plans. To obtain this great pa k i f tomatoes, the l.'S department of agriculture has ariar.gcd to pay canners enough more for earn case bought from the l'Ml park so that they can pay farmers from J2.75 to 13 00 more a ton for to matoes. Farmers cooperating i:i the plan to produce more cannej tomatoes for defense will need not only plant more acres to to matoes but wjl also need to us' various methods for making plants bear moie heavily. A higher price from the canriei will enable farmers to afford to plant tomatoes on their best land and prepare the land with a lib eral amount of well balanced fer tilizer. Debate- (Continued from Page 1.) and Delta Upsilon, after losing to the DCs in their first debate. Del ta Upsilon, prior to their elimina tion last night, had c'ivitfed in their only two debates, matches with SAM. Results of the contests have so far done little to determine the proper answer to the debate ques tion. Zeta Beta Tau's victory to night brought the fourth decision to the negative fide, while the af firmative teams have won five matches. Three former members of the varsity debate squad, George Hea ley, a Lincoln attorney, Eugene Curtiss, law senior, and Paul Rhodes, first year law student, were judges at last night's de bate. Harvard flower exhibit modernized with new lighting CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ACP). The famed glass flower exhibit at Harvard university which attracts 200,000 visitors annually, has been modernized with fluorescent light ing to bring out more exactly the fidelity to natural colors. - .'.',', News Oddities John Carrico of the Kentucky Kernel turns to writing poetry with an ode to the Brooklyn Dodger fan. Excerpts from this contata include: "Getcha hot d"gs. get 'em while they're hot!" Some of dern wid mustard, some of dem wid not! Getcha score boards and pro grams here Pass dis up to the gent in the rear Another part of the composition consists of the Serenade of the fan to the umpire: "Why he's the lowest rat dat ever call his own mudder out at foist! And dat's not de woist; he's from the Bronx! Kill the umpire! Berl de rat in erl. Bounce a bottle off his head. Leave him on the field for dead. Kill the umpire! , The decline of baseball as a college sport is emphasized in the Cincinnati News Record by the fact that many students on that campus don't know where the baseball diamond is located Do all N'ebraskans know where our play ing field is? Baseball Coach Buck Bailey of Washington State gives spectators a show by bouncing around all over the bench and kicking over the team water pail in nearly every game. The Daily Nebraskan FOIUILTH TEAR. aubMTtplloa h.lr arc tl.W frr Sie trr or ti t Ur Ox ColU- Iw. fl.M Maik4. Magla bpr, Mlr4 M rMid-lM mailer at lb p(sirk la i.lnrvm, Nrtoratfca, r Art " Cm. Marrk S. liTJ. Prll I pvttn pn&r4 tmr m rctif ll. Art o October S, lU. AulkurtiH Hey Unibci M. 1ZZ.
