DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, November 20, 194 J
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They Stand
At the Crossroad
Last night senior representatives of the uni
versity student body who have been elected or
selected to serve on the Senior Council, met for the
first time this year to have dinner in the Union as
the guests of Chancellor Boucher.
Program of the meeting centered largely around
the election of Senior Council officers and a dis
cission of what the function of the Senior Council
should be.
Last year a similar group of representatives met
on a similar occasion to dedicate themselves to be
of service to the university, but they didn't accom
plish much. Organizational problem of that group
was bigger and consequently their work was ham
pered and their time was taken up in details of
getting the Council started. Work of last year's
Senior Council got the organization started and wa3
thoroly and well done but the question of whether
the Senior Council will be a vital force in univer
sity life or just another campus activity will de
pend on what work the new group does the rest
of the year.
The Senior Council can do much to restore the
old spirit of class solidarity and love of the univer
sity. The group can inculcate a germ a loyalty to
the institution, in the graduating class, which can
bring future alumni devotion to the university. The
organization can seek methods of improving the
system of renting caps and gowns at commencement
time. The body can revive the custom of leaving
a class gift. The society can prepare recommenda
tions for next year's Senior Council in reference to
projects that could not be completed this year.
Or the group can do nothing but meet and talk
of projects undone leaving behind them only recom-
QommsunL
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mendations empty of meaning for next year's group
if there is a group next year.
The first course of action means that work will
have to be done. It is a hard road to follow, but it
will make the Senior Council a vital force in univc'
sity life. The second course is easy, but it will spell
the end of one of the most progressive ideas the
university has seen in many years.
Organizational work is finished. Now, it is up
to the members of the Senior Council to prove their
organization belongs to that select group of activi
ties that mean something. Morton Margolin,
Behind the News
By David Thompson
De Prorak's Speech
The convocation lecture given yesterday morn
ing by Count Byron de Prorok had a good deal
more to it than a recital of archeological discovei.?:
made by the noted explorer. The presentation of
these facts was very interesting and worthwhile,
but what was more interesting were military com
ments injected into the lecture and the accompany
ing pictures.
Reference to the possible position that General
Weygand might take in the world Btruggle was
valuable information. The Count indicated that the
famed military expert and his million men, a figure
that far exceeds most popular conceptions of the
strength of the French colonial troops, had strong
allied leanings and were held back 'from joining
the fight against the Axis only by Weygand's
promise to Premier Petain in Vichy. The only
way that Prorok said that Weygand. could be re
leased from this obligation was through the resig
nation of Petain.
Whether this is the only way out for Weygand
isa question, but most observers seem to think
that it would take much less to release him. In
particular a German move to take over French
Morocco and Tunisia In a military manner has been
suggested as all that is needed to swing Weygand
into active participation against the Axis. It is
not so much a matter of whether Weygand will
do that, as it is a matter of when he will do flo.
His promise to Petain will hold, very likely, only
if there is n6 direct action on the part of Berlin
to take over French Africa and use it to their
advantage. The terms of the armistice, at which
time Weygand made his promise to Petain to re
frain from active participation against the Axis,
did not include giving Germany the control of
North Africa. Hence such action now by the Axis
would in effect give Weygand a dismissal from his
promise. At least that is the opinion expressed
by many of those who are supposed to know.
Another prediction that the explorer made was
that the British, Free French, and Ethiopians were
preparing to begin a winter offensive against the
Axis in North Africa. He stated that about a mil
lion men were in training in Egypt in preparation
for this task. In stating this fact, he also stressed
the fact that control of the African coast of the
Mediterranean would mean virtual control of the
whole Mediterranean Sea, and would safeguard the
Suez. In the light of the statements made in the
Briitsh Parliament, lately one would judge that the
British consider that the case also.
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Emily Schossberger
University Editor Again Sees
Noted Author, Franz Werfel
... Whom She First Met at Opera Ball
Probably the most eagerly ex
pectant of Lincolnites who awaited
the appearance of Franz Werfel,
noted author, on the Lincoln Jun
ior League's Town Hall series last
night was Miss Emily Schossber
ger, university editor.
Miss Schossberger, who form
erly lived in Werfel's native Aus
tria, met the famous writer at the
Vienna Opera Ball in 1937. The
Opera Ball was the high spot of
the Vienna social season and at
tended by all leaders in govern
ment, society, and the arts.
The university woman was pre
viously acquainted with Mrs. Wer
fel who is the widow of the late
Gustav Mahler, one of the greatest
of contemporary composers. The
Vienna home of the Werfels was
the scene of entertainment for all
of the great musicians who used
to visit that city when it was the
artistic center of Europe, Miss
Schossberger recalls.
Mrs. Werfel left Vienna to join
Kosmet Kluh . . .
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mcai comeaies. Freshmen women
have been given 10:30 nights so
that they may all attend the pro
duction.
Since the ahow niuat begin
promptly at 7 p. m., Walt Rundin
president of Kosmet Klub urged
that houses move their dinner
hours up so that members will
have plenty of time to get to the
show. The theater doors wil open
at 5:30 p. m.
Convo . . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
Africa which his expeditions had
reconstructed have been blasted
and destroyed in the current war
fare. Count de Prorok hopes to re
sume operations, however, as soon
as world conditions permit
The explorer also showed films
taken in southern Arabia and
Judging . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
in the Kansas City contest, which
is sponsored by the board of trade
and the chamber of commerce in
that city, next Monday. The In
ternational contest is slated for
the following Friday and Satur
day, Nov. 28 and 29. Ten to
twelve teams, representing major
colleges of agriculture will be in
each contest, it is anticipated.
Bob Cushing, assistant agrono
mist at the Nebraska agricultural
experiment station, will be one of
the official judges for the Kansas
City contest.
Last year the university team
won first place at both Kansas
City and Chicago. During the
past six-year period, the univer
sity's team has placed either first
or second at both contests. The
complete record for 29 contests
shows that the university has won
nine firsts, followed in order by
North Carolina with six, Iowa
State and Kansas State with five
each, and Oklahoma A. A M. with
four wins.
her husband in Paris when th
nazis invaded Austria in March,
laaa. it. was in uie trench cap
ital that Werfel wrote his current
best-selling novel, "Embezzled
Heaven," which was first pub
lished in Sweden by one of his
former German publishers, now an.
exile himself.
When war broke out between
France and Germany, Werfel was
confined to a French concentration
camp along with all other persons
who had found refuge in France
from Germany. He remained there
until the nazi army neared Paris,
wnen me concentration camp was
thrown open by the French. He
escaped to southern France and
then to Lisbon to eventually reach
this country last winter.
Miss Schossberger recalls some
anxious moments in June. 1940
when she and other acquaintances
of the famous man heard a rumor
that he had been captured by the
nazis in Paris and executed.
A great admirer of Werfel and
admittedly familiar with "every
line he has ever published," Miss
Schossberger planned to renew her
acquaintance with him in Lincoln
if his schedule permitted. For
Lincolnites who may not be as
familiar with Werfel's work, she
would like to assure them that he
was considered the outstanding
author in Austria as well as top
ranking among all European
writers.
Quiet and philosophic, Werfel
nevertheless enjoys good conver
sation, and this interest in people
doubtless lies back of his keen
analysis of humans in his books,
according to Miss Schossberger.
When he wrote, however, he
usually went to Italy or Czecho
slovakiasome place away from
people where he might work uninterrupted.
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