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Dear Editor:
During periods of war and stress, it is the con
viction of most proponents of democracy that na
tional unity is desirous and even necessary for suc
cessful action or counteraction. Democracy includes
the principle that the people must be able to work
together for a common end and a common good.
On the Fourth of July, Mayor LaGuardia, civil
ian morale chieftain, asked the co-operation of the
Nebraska state patrol in stopping all motorists for
five minutes for a "rededication of our democratic
principles." In compliance with this request, the
state patrol halted traffic on Dodge street on the
outskirts of Omaha. Some of the interrupted mo
torists complied gratefully. Others grumbled un
der their breath and later made open protest.
. However, we must be careful lest, in our
effort to attain unification of will, we find
ourselves toppling- on the brink of autocracy
or national socialism the principle which we
have dedicated our efforts to eradicate from
not only the western hemisphere, but the en
tire world.
Protest should have been made on the spot.
Protest should have been screamed to the high
heavens. Protest should have been made loud
enough to reach Washington, reach the ears
of Mr. La Guardia, the press and radio over
the entire nation.
To be practically forced into "a rededication of
democracy" is in no sense a tribute to the efforts
and hopes of our founding fathers. It is rather a
warning to all free thinking men and women to
keep a careful eye and careful mind on what might
be the beginning of a trend a trend toward con
scription of audiences and forced radio listening in
order that the American public might get its regu
lar dose of "rededication" shaken well, taken be
fore and after mealtimes, and in between as well.
The true citizen of the United States needs no
such "rededication." The farmer and banker, the
professor and laborer, the business man and the
shopkeeper, the young and aged, the rich and the
poor, rededicate themselves by reading the morning
paper, by hearing stories of concentration camps,
by reading letters from relatives in Europe. The
comparison and choice is easy.
We all want democracy, made in America,
by Americans. We all want peace even when
confronted with almost inevitable war. We
all want freedom of speech and freedom of the
press, we want to be able to listen to what we
want, whenever we want.
On the next Fourth of July let's dedicate
ourselves not to rededicate the principles of
democracy by having to, but rather wanting
to in our own way.
The Summer
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Uni pharmacy
college gels
large library
The pharmacy college has just
received a valuable pharmaceut
ical library of approximately 2,000
volumes collected by Daniel J.
Fink, druggist at Grant and Hol
dregc for the last 50 years.
The gift was arranged by the
donor's three children, Dr. Z. S.
Fink, professor of history at
Northwestern university, Orman
Fink of Arlington, Va., and Mrs.
Floyd Horton of Sibley, la., ac
cording to Dean R. A. Lyman.
A strong supporter of the uni
versity pharmacy college when it
was established in 1'iOS as part of
the college of medicine, Daniel
Fink was influential in having the
legislature revise the law which
created the pharmacy college in
191?.. Many of the pharmaceut
ical volumes which he collected
(hiring his .10 years of apothecary
practice can be purchased now
only at the expenditure of a con
siderable sum, and many cannot
be obtained at any nice.
In a letter tilling Dean Lyman
of the gift, Dr. Fink wrote: "I am
very glad to give this collection
to you. My lather's esteem for
you has always been very great,
and I know that no other disposi
tion of the collection would be
more in accordance with his wish."
Dean Lyman stated that he
knew "of no better way in which
Mr. Fink could continue his out
standing record of service to his
profession in this state than to
contribute his library to the uni
versity." UN graduate wins
500 scholarship
Mary McLaughlin of Grand Is
land, who will receive her M. A.
degree from the university this
summer, has received a $.r00 schol
arship at Columbia university for
1941-42, according to Prof. K. N.
Johnson of the university history
department under whom she has
taken her graduate work.
Miss Mclaughlin received her
B. A. degree from the university
in 1940 and plans to study medt
eral history at Columbia in seek
ing her Ph. D. degree.
Hunter college offers a play
writing course in which the stu
dents write, direct and produce
original plays.
Five 14 year old boys have been
admitted to City College of New
York as freshmen.
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Erhard Carl Jaeger, son of a
Harvard professor, who formerly
served in the German army, has
become a trainee in the United
States army.
Audience likes
uni production
'Penny Wise9
Lincoln citizens enjoyed a sum
mer theater production Wednes
day evening when the University
of Nebraska speech department
presented "Fenny Wise," a three
act comedy by Jean Ferguson
Black, in the air conditioned Union
ballroom.
There was no admision charge
for the play directed by Armand
Hunter of the university theater
staff. A second production to be
given July 23 has been announced
as "Dark Victory." The cast of
Tuesday's performance follows:
Jeff Romulo Soldeville
Tina Martha Ann Bengtson
Martha Bonnie Wennersten
Gordon Max Whittaker
Penny Dorothy Filley
Catherine .. Mary Adelaide Hansen
Commissioner Dunn. Robert Black
Moviea of their "cotton-coated
wooly" sheep were made by Uni
versity of Wyoming authorities.
After studying true chameleons,
Dr. Sarah Rogers Astatt, zoology
professor at University or can
fomia, concludes they are a first
cousin to the horned toad.
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