Wednesday, November 19, 1941
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Ed Note: Today we publish a letter comment
ing on a letter published in the Daily Nebraskan
and written by the secretary of the campus chapter
of the America First Committee. This letter brings
out the same ideas brought out in the editorial
answering the America Firster's letter, but with a
few different angles. The writer of the letter does
not want his name published.
Dear Editor:
If it is not too presumptuous, may an interested
subscriber write the editor?
We read with inteiest the letter of the UN
America First Committee which you published
Nov. 7.
Viewed in the light of international develop
ments during the past year this organization might
well be named "Let England Fall, America Next
Committee." We have seen Hitler's doctrine of
Divide and Conquer enslave millions and create
conditions more horrible and more lasting than
war. Able observers have warned America for the
past several years that our colleges and universities
are hotbeds of communi.nr. and the most fertile field
in which to sow the seeds of subversive propaganda.
If the Committee's letter expresses the consensus
of opinion of many of our students, it indeed
strengthens the charge.
To all but the blind and the gullible, the hand
writing on the wall is clear. Hitler proposes to
enslave the world and dominate over it by his self
styled "superior race." America has a job to do
and it will not be done by wringing our hands and
proclaiming "War is terrible." This assertion
neither raises nor settles any issue. No one denies it.
Mr. Faul in his letter asks the editor "Have
you ever visited a Veteran's hospital and viewed the
lasting results of our last Crusade?" May I ask
Mr. Taul. Did you ever see Warsaw? Did you
ever see a German concentration camp? Can you
picture the agony of the families and friends of the
thousands condemned to die in countries overrun
by the Teutonic beasts To a proud nation dis
armed, starved and regimented for all time to come
by ruthless tyrants, the horrors of war pale. All
honor to the men who bore the brunt of the last
crusade. They obtained for us a twenty-year lease
on freedom and decency, and America will not now
undo their heroic deeds by following a weak and
vacillating foreign policy.
When Mr. Goebells reads the outpourings of
Lindbergh, Wheeler and the America First Commit
tee I can well imagine his reporting to his chief
that there is nothing to tear from America: "They
are soft to the core, Adolf."
Mr. Paul says "and 79 of the youth oppose
sending an expeditionary force to die in foreign
wars." A greater percent are Opposed to rattle
snakes but they should unite to exterminate them.
The America First Committee frequently gives us
statistics of the concensus of opinion of the youth
of America. I am wondering if some of these sta
tistics are not gathered from the youth of The
National Youth Congress. That organization was
conceived, organized and financed by foreign sub
versive interests with the avowed purpose of creat
ing internal dissention and softening America.
The orators of the America First Committee
invariably preface, their remarks by stating tjiat
there is not one of them who would not give his
life for America if her boundaries were actually
invaded. Faith of our Fathers! If modern war
fare has taught us anything it is that the Army
that waits for that contingency to happen need not
fight at all. It is already defeated just as America
will be defeated if she follows the teachings and
precepts of the America First Committee. For an
American to say he wouldn't fight until our borders
are actually invaded is the equivalent of saying that
he wouldn't fight at all. America may be thankful
that our Commander-in-Chief had the courage and
foresight to acquire naval bases from Greenland to
the Panama Canal, bases that would have been
acquired and occupied by Hitler had that matter
been submitted to Congress while Mr. Lindbergh,
Wheeler and the America Firsters promoted a
filibuster.
Our nation is at war. It is not a question of
peace or war but a question of preserving or losing
our freedom and all that Americans hold dear. The
dangers confronting America are realistic. Let us
be practical and get there "firstest with the most
est." Yours very truly,
R.
Agronomy Society Elects
Keim National Vice President
Dr. F. D. Keim, chairman of the
agronomy department of the col
lege of agriculture, was elected
vice president of the American so
ciety of agronomy at its joint
meeting with the soil science so
ciety of America in Washington,
D. C. The meeting was held last
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
and was attended by several staff
members from the college and
Nebraska experiment station.
Present were about 700 delegates
from major agricultural colleges
in the United States and Canada.
Selection of Dr. Keim means
that, according to the rules of the
organization, he will become presi
dent a year from now. The in
going president of the society is
Dr. Richard Bradficld of Cornell
university, Ithaca, N. Y.
Dr. Howard Sprague, who re
ceived his rh.D. degree from the
University of Nebraska, was
chosen a fellow of the American
society of agronomy.
University students took the
lion's share of the honors in the
society's annual national essay
contest. First place went to Dan
Atkinson and second to Charles
Gardner. Fourth was Dale Weibel
and seventh place winner was
Jack Carter. This was a contest
for essays of 3,000 to 3,500 words
on "The Role of Legumes in Agri
culture." Winners of the first
three places were awarded ex
pense money to the 1941 interna
tional hay and grain show which
opens in Chicago late this month.
Other prizes consisted of cash.
Collegiate Oddities
Frosh Coeds Have Chance
To See Kosmet Klub Show
With campus interest centered
around the Kosmet Klub fall Re
vue tomorrow night, the AWS
board and the dean of women an
nounced today that all freshman
women will be allowed a 10:30
p. m. night to attend the show.
Ten organized houses held dress
rehearsal at the Temple theater
Monday night and Klub workers
yesterday completed the structure
from which this year's Nebraska
Sweetheart and Prince Kosmet
will be introduced.
One word description of the
show which will be presented at
the Nebraska theater beginning
at 7 p. m. is NEW, Kosmet Klub
members report, with a new sweet
heart and prince, and also new
fraternity and sorority prize win
ners since both Alpha Phi and
Phi Kappa Psi, last year's winners,
are not represented this year. Vir
ginia Bergstren and Ralph Wor
den shared the sweetheart-prince
spotlight last year.
Who Will It Be?
When Johnnie Cox's band strikes
up "Sweet Nebraska Sweetheart"
either Betty Marie Wait or Bonnie
Wennersten will step to stage es
corted by either Chet Bowers Larry
Huwaldt, Jack McPhail, Bob Sanci
berer. or John Thiessen. Students
selected the UN honoraries at the
fall election but the identity of the
two will not be revealed until the
show.
Picking the winning skits will
be an applause-o-graph, a me
chanical device secured by the
Klub to insure accurate recording
of the applause from the audience
which decides the winners of the
annual cups awarded.
Organized houses having skits
in the revue are the following
sororities: Pi Beta Phi, Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha
Theta, Delta Gamma, Alpha Omi-
cron Pi, and Delta Delta Delta
fraternities entered are: Alpha
Tau Omega. Delta Upsilon. Phi
Gamma Delta, anil Alpha Sigma
Phi.
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Studio Theatre
Presents Version
Of Noted Play
A cut version of the Philadel
phia Story will be presented Wed
nesday by Studio Theatre at
7:30 p. in. in room 201, Temple.
Mary Huffman as Tracy Lord,
Max Whittaker portraying C. K.
Dexter Haven and Bud Schwartz
as Maculay Conner are the leads,
Others include; Henry Lee, Helen
Goodwin. Bill Reese, Helen Jean
Sorenbcrger, Bill McBride, Kit
Carson and Roland Metz. Director
is Joyce Burke.
Expert Forecaster of . . .
University Can Even Lei You Know
What Days lo Put On Your Galoshes
. . . Ily Studying Weather Maps
BY ED HIRSCH.
Will you have to put on your
galoshes tomorrow or will it be a
fair dry day? The Lincoln weather
bureau of the United States gov
ernment can tell you 36 to 48
hours in advance and be substan
tially correct every time.
According to T. A. Blair, associ
ate professor of meteorology, the
reason that these forecasts are
usually right is because the weath
er bureau does not guess. Profes
sor Blair is director of the Lincoln
weather bureau which is under the
supervision of the U. S. Bureau
of Commerce and is located in
Brace laboratory.
To make successful predictions
the weather bureau depends main
ly on weather maps. Over newly
installed teletypes which connect
all of the U. S. weather bureau
stations come reports that provide
the Lincoln bureau with necessary
information to construct weather
maps that show weather condi
tions over large areas at a partic
ular time. These maps are made
once a day and when the essential
information is on hand it only
takes about one hour to make.
Complex Weather Maps.
On these weather maps are
placed the atmospheric pressure,
the temperature, rainfall, and the
wind velocity of various regions of
the United States and Canada.
High and low pressure regions are
also marked on the map. Generally
tlje high regions are of clear and
cold air, and the low regions bring
warm air. Ihe interaction be
tween the air masses of high re
gions and low regions bring rain.
It is on the border of these two re
gions where rainfall occurs.
Professor Blair, weather man of
this territory, then by examining
the weather map can predict the
future weather for any area. The
air masses always tend to move
from west to east and sometimes
move southeast or northeast. If
the weather map shows a warm
rainy "low" over Denver, while
wind velocity and direction, and
other conditions indicate that by
tomorrow this center will bo over
Lincoln, the probabilities are that
there will be a warm rain over
Lincoln on the following day.
To record the temperatures in
the region accurate thermometers
are employed, and anemometers
are used to measure the velocity of
the find. The pressure is measured
by a barometer. A decrease of the
presHiire, known as a "falling bar
ometer," indicates the approach of
a storm, and an increase of the
pressure, "a rising barometer," is
a sign of fair weather. A steady
high barometer usually denotes
settled fair weather.
In Professor Blair's office is lo
cated a triple register. This ma
chine indicates the changes in di
rection of the wind, the amount of
rainfall, and sunshine on a chart
moved along by clockwork so as
to give a continuous record of a
certain number of hours. All of
those instruments are connected
with wind vanes, rain guages and
sunshine indicators on the roof of
the P.race Laboratory building
which registers on the chart in
Professor Blair's office. The in
struments on the roof and in the
office are connected by electrical
current.
The Lincoln weather bureau fur
nishes the Lincoln Newspapers and
radio stations with the dailj
weather reports. Also Professor'
Blair sends into the main weather
station in (liicago the weather re
ports for this region. With this in
formation anil reports from other
stations in the state of Nebraska,
Chicago is able to issue the weath
er predictions for the whole stV.e
Instead of local areas.
Ninety-five students are em
ployed in NYA work at the uni
versity of Akron.
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