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Friday, October 31, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN QommsmL The Daily Nebrastan 'OK i'Y -F1KS1 tEAK. 8ub.cr.ption Kates are $1.00 Per Semester or -M lor i Colle -e ai $L..0 Mailed. Single copy. 6 tenia. necond-cUs. matter at U .officj, Lin coln Nebraska, under A..I ol Congress. March S fh. TrowiS f Nafcraaka under mt .uperv.a.oo .1 U .D M "it tuna Boer Oftkea.77. Vmam aulldlna, rR-2-T18l. NI(iht-2-7Ha. Journal 2-3M0 -t Mary Kerncjan Business Manager Ben Novicoff associated Go!le6a!e Prei. Diltributoi of GDHe&ideDibesl Member Nebraska FreM Aisuciation, 140-1 EMTOKIAL DrXAKTallEVI. Young People Must Help Make Peace "Young people should not only fight the war, tmt shoukfp.epare for and fight for a good peace when the war is over." These are the words of Louis Fischer, foreign coi respondent who spoke at Tuesday's convocation and forum. Asked to ex plain more fully what he meant, Mr. Fischer add fdd that it is always the young people who fight the wars, but that when they are over, a group of old politicians make the peace settlements. "The young people must make themselves heard and to do so they must know about peace problems and then be organized to express themselves," he aid. This brings up the question of what young people can do to prepare themselves not only to fight in tis war but t help make an interna tional peace atfer the' war. Mr. Fischer's com ments corroborate this writers idea, expressed many times, that young people must get as much as possible frm tneir luca,km in order to meet coming problems. Yes, there are university courses in international economics, world trade, history and other subjects relating to the problem of main taining an international peaee, but these courses must be made exciting. Young people must learn to use their intelli gence and must no longer consider the knowledge of peace problems as a luxury, but as a necessity. - In understanding peace problems, young people need to have someone to lead them. We appeal to professors, writers and newspapers to direct .their efforts towards the instruction of the young people and we appeal to the young people to take this in teraction seriously. Theer are numerous university courses in his tory, political science, international law and eco nomics that will help in the understanding of in ternational problems. There are numerous forums with outstanding leaders There are also a great many groups of foreign people in this country which can help In international understanding. It is up to the young people to enroll In the courses, at tend forums and get to know the foreign groups in rder that they will be prepared to assert them selves when the time comes to make an interna tional peace settlement. atumnl TkwA. S By Lloydene Kerthaw Behind the News By David Thompson Lewis Finally Yields . . After all his "big talk" and dire threats, John L. Lewis finally yielded to pressure both from above and below and the coal strike in operation for sev eral days is over. Labor (meaning the labor mem bership as a whole) can heave a sigh of relief, for had the strike continued in spite of four requests on the part of President Roosevelt to end it, there would have been immediate congressional legisla tion to prevent further such blockage in defense industries. This particular strike came as the result of management's refusal to grant a "closed shop" to the CIO in the coal mines. And for that particular labor' demand, over and above the objections to it as a blockage to defense, there is great public opposition. A Gallup pod released day before yes terday indicated that 77', of public opinion opposes the "closed shop," 13' favored it and 10rr ex pressed no opinion on the subject. W.hile public opinion has never favoied it as a legitimate labor aim even at the height of labor's popularity under the Roosevelt administration, this poll indicates that sentiment is even more against it than ever before. Had Mr. Lewis refused the demands of the president to reopen the mines pending further medi ation, he would not only have been acting in oppo sition to the president, he would have been running the risk of outright rebellion in his own organiza tion. Reports issued a clay previous to the decision indicated thaf a great many of the CIO members, who were wide enough awake to realize the pos sible consequences of outright defiance of the pres idenfa ultimatum, would have repudiated the action of their own leader. That, probably more than anything else, ac counts for the reopening of the mines. Mr. Lewis has more than once acted contrary to the requests of public opinion and the Chief Executive, but to jeopardize his own position in the CIO ia another matter. In this case it was the combined action of the president, public opinion, and hia own organiza tion that caused Lewis to forego, for the present, his personal desires to play "dictator." While we can be somewhat reassured by the fact that the CIO leader backed down in this par ticular instance, it is no insurance that the prob lem is settled for good. You can expect further dif ficulties on the labor-capital front, both in and out of defense industries, unless labor wakes up to the fact that it no longer has the unqualified support of public opinion in general and that it is jeopardizing all its past gains. Alumni association activity now is being cen tered around plans for a nation-wkle membership drive, which will get under way next week. Par ticipatmg in the campaign will be approximately 3,500 Nebraska alumni and ever 40 alumni clubs over the United States. Member of the New York alumni club were special gutsts at the Philip Morris radio program, which was dedicated to the university last week. The New York club also held a roundup meeting Monday, October 27. Organizing new charter clubs soon are alumni in Rochester, N. Y., and Seattle, Wash. And Ellsworth DuTeau, alumni secretary, will go to Omaha, Tuesday, Nov. 4, to address the newly organized charter club there. Officers of the organization are John M. Gepson, '34, president, ami Alice Von Berggen, '19, secretary. Miss Von Berggen recently moved to Omaha from Lincoln, where she was connected with Roberta Dairy. The alumni office is also starting a library of autographed books written by alumni authors. Among recent visitors to the alumni office were Howard J. Murfin, '20, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harmon, '33, Chicago. Mrs. John D. Rezner, 39, Riverside, Illinois, and Don Schellberg, '41, Washburn, Wisconsin. 0l GJJwl (fampuAAL By Mar jorie M ay The Dartmouth, oldest college newspaper in America, reports the following once traditional rules there which ought to be a comfort to fresh men of this day and age who have to go thru the trial of pledgeship. Rules prescribed for Thornton Hall, a dormi tory there: 1. Enter always by the rear door. All on the sec omi and thiixl floors, walk up backward and shou'. 1913 on every stair. 2. Upon entering, vociferate loudly: "Oh, noble and respected upperclassmen, my masters: I (name, town or city) of (state), an Inutile, raw, lubbery, gawky molecule of a conglomeration of substances, known as 1914, do humbly bfg permission to in trude my clownish and cureless form within th--sacred poitals of Thornton Hall. 3. Upon meeting a Thorntnn upperc lassmen re move your hat, bow to the ground, snd say, "Your servant sir." Collegiate Oddities . . . MOST fAMOUS FAMILY IN GRECK-LED '& HtSTOWf AU.WERE MEMBERS OF Crtl AT THE ONIVEWflY Of nVfliSMPPI FfiOA 1899 10 Ivi2 (jJiilv JhsL find, SaUeAA. By H. Jayne Lynn S It Doesn't Whistle, by Robert Paul Smith (Harcourt Brace I. I liked this book. The people in it are people I know. It ia the story of some half dozen vigor ous persons and their relationship to one another. It is not a par ticularly "nice" book, but it is very real. So It Onean't Whistle is Mr. Smith's first novel. I hope he writes more as rood as this one. To say anything about this book is extremely hard to do, since what it really amounts to is an attempt to give a critical analysis of my friends and their behavior. Perhaps 1 can best summarize 7. Whenever meeling ihe janitor, remove the hat, bow to the ground, and vociferate loudly "What do you wish, Lord and Master?" An incident reminiscent of UN's political fights occurred at Oregon university in Eugene Tuesday when members of the freshmen class walked out to prevent a quorum being present. The issue at stake was whether the class should have a free card or one costing 50 cents as a requisite to voting and participating in class activities. Those leaving fa vored a free card system. When the vote was taken, the count stood 206 to 28 for a 50 cent card, but without a quorum the ruling will not go into ef fect. Earlier in the evening the measure had stood 258 freshmen for the 50 cent card and 242 against. At the All-Club Banquet the night before grad uation, the greatest surprise of the year is made public at Ward-Belmont girls school in Nashville, Tenn. This surprise is the announcement of the annual citizenship cup winner.' Baptist. Saturday night Baptist students will meet at the student house and then attend a hayrack ride followed by a chili feed. Dr. Charles Patterson, assistant professor of philosophy, will speak on "Ethics of Jesus" Sunday. 6:45 p. m., at the Baptist church. Re freshments will be served at the Social Hour immediately preced ing the talk. Meth4it. A hallowe'en party at Robber's Cave will take place Saturday night. Students should meet at 7:30 at St. Paul's church. Judge Bayard Paine will con duct the Sunday Bible class at 10 a. in. Lutheran. Invitations have been mailed to the Lutheian group for a Hallo we'en party tonight in room 203 of the Temple building at 8:30. Interesting entertainment is planned, and refreshments will be served. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H. Erck and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deyke will chaperon. Rev. Mr. Erck will speak on the text "Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?" at the Reformation Sunday service at 10:45 a. m. in parlors Y and Z of the Union. Presbyterian. A youth rally will be held Sun day afternoon and evening at the Second Presbyterian Church 26 and P streets. Rev. Joseph John son of Auburn and Rev. Robert B. Henry will lend the discussion. The rally will begin at 3 p. m. and supper will be served at 6:30 p. m. Episcopal. Sunday services from 8:30 to 11 a. m. conducted by Rev. L. W. McMillin for All Souls Day. my feeling by saying that if I hear the wrong sort of person saying nice things about this book, there will be murder done. If you are the right sort of nerson. vou wiH probably enjoy most, the part about the book Dutch wrote. I have always wanted to write a book like it. Dutch called it "God Damn Your Eye, Reader" inelegant, but so expressive. Mrs. Miniver, by Jan Struther. (Harcourt Brace). If you like your intellect spoon fed, this is just the right sort of pap to do it. Mrs. Miniver could have been such a lovely chaiac ter, but somehow she just seems to miss fire, as far as I'm con cerned. I rather enjoyed the book, because Mrs. Miniver's thoughts and words are quite quotable. The book completely failed, however, to hold any attention for more than fifteen minute at a time. Perhaps Mrs. Miniver is too unexcitanle for my taste. I can't say exactly where her character couhl have been Improved, but I was left with the feeling that she never felt very deeply about any thing. Mrs. Miniver is a great book to read for relaxation after a tiring day. That's the wnwit I can My for it. AWS Hears Talks On Publications Mary Keirigan, en i tor of the Daily Nebraskan, ami Alice Louise Becker, woman managing editor of the Cornhusker, spoke before a freshman AWS meeting last niht at Ellen Smith. Miss Kerrigan explained the functions of the paper and told how freshmen can work up to staff positions. Miss Becker told tboiit the new 1942 Cornhuskcr. organ ization of the staff, and explained the work freshmen can do in help ing put out the year book. After the talks the commission groups appointed at the last meet ing met to organize and start their work. 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