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DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, NovemKer 25, 194T frdiiohiaL QommsmL Bulbdm. Your Backing Needed Last weekend 500 editors and business man agers of college newspapers, yearbooks and maga lines met in St. Louis, Mo., for the annual con vention of the Associated Collegiate Press of which the Daily Nebraskan is a member. The 500 repre sentatives heard talks by qualified speakers on the various phases of college publications. They dis cussed their mutual problems and collected ideas for improvement They heard the usual comments on the need for preserving the freedom of the press. Most impressive to this editor was the fact that all the speakers at general convocations and ban quets said substantially the same thing that, along with freedom of the press, at this time the press must back up the government in its policy and preserve the other freedoms those of speech, as sembly, religion and protest. Branch Rickey, vice president of the St. Louis Cardinals, lawyer and officer in the last World war, speaking at the con vention banquet, said: "Our people have various opinions on defense policy, but what is to be gained by opposition to the government elected by the people." This government must make irrevocable decisions for the sake of the whole nation from in formation that would give aid and comfort to po tential enemies if given out to all James Irwin, St Louis president of Sigma Delta Chi, national, professional journalism frater nity, expressed the thought that tho little attention was paid nationally to the ACP discussions, they would be important later when many of those pres ent hold responsible positions in government and business. William C. FiUgibbon of the United States Treasury department gave the familiar quo tation, "A free press means a free people." This quotation takes on great meaning now that we face a challenge of world domination by Hitler. At the closing convocation, Frank Smother, foreign corre spondent for the Chicago Daily News, spoke on the Rome, Berlin, Tokyo challenge. When he said We alone hold the decision in our hands," Smoth ers impressed the future newspaper men and women with their importance in this decision. Scraps of speeches yes. But they represent a general feeling that the citizens of the United States, including those who represent the press, must back up the government they have elected in its foreign policy regardless of former prejudices. We 8 re in the war and we must help the govern ment to win the war. 4j By Marjorie May "Students want their dirt" reads a story in the Mesa College Criterion. A survey taken by that paper revealed that 100 percent of the students read the "dirt" columns. "The first all out question," the Criterion reports, "was, 'Would you rather see the "dirt" columns discontinued?' The entire group questioned answered, -No.' "To get a clearer picture of the exact situation, The Daily Nebraskan tt)KT-iriKSl TfcAK SubMriiKlon Kat-s are II 00 Per feemester or $1 60 for the College Vear 12 SO Mailed Single copy. & Cents. Entered as second class matter at the postr.tfire tn Lin coln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress. March 3. !!. and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1 103. Act ol October a. 1917 Authorised September 30 PublishedDaily during Uesrhocl year extpt Mondays and Saturday. a-iion, and examination period oy SluiH-Bts ol the Umvenuty of Ntraks under tnj iwrviion of Ui Kjd- HvatloM Board Of tree Union Building Dav z-7181. Nlirht 2-7WS Journal 2-3330 Editor .. Mary Kerrigan Business Manager . ". Ben Novicoff Associated GoHc-6rdlG Prej Distributoi of Golle&ialeDiaesl Meaiber NeiLsa rreu aasoeuilutt. IIXil-O Behind the News By David Thompson Advance On Moscow While Germany is taking a considerable ham mering in the North African campaign and this new theatre of war is gaining the greater share of the headlines, one should not overlook the fact that the nazis are closer than ever to Moscow, and that the Russian battle has lost none of its importance in the war drama as a whole. It appears that the stalling of the German drive on all sectors in Rus sia for several weeks was nothing more than a breathing spell during which the nazi panzer forces recuperated and prepared for the drive that is now in progress. The North African drive of the Brit ish has done little to relieve the pressure in Russia. Most satisfying to the U. S. are the reports issuing from Libya as to the effectiveness of Amer ican tanks and airplanes seeing service there now. Off and on since the beginning of the lease-lend program we have heard comments, both here and abroad, that American planes and other war sup plies were not up to par and to the needs of mod ern mechanized warfare. Perhaps this was the case in in the early days of our production speed up, but it is no longer a legitimate criticism. About one-fourth of the British mechanized and air forces now in operation in the desert are Amer ican built and designed. Both the men who operate them and the leaders who direct their operation are more than satisfied with their performance. The tanks not only out-maneuver the axis mechanized units, earlier considered the best in operation, but they can out gun them too. With this war rapidly becoming a matter of armored forces against arm ored forces, rather than man against man, the in creasing Weight that American production is put ting into the allied fold will begin to tell on all fronts. The U. S. long ago proved that man for man it was second to none, now it is rapidly prov ing it on a machine for machine basis. In order that The Netherlands government can give full attention to the protection of defense of its territory in the East Indies and to protect the valuable bauxite mines in Dutch Guiana, the U. S. yesterday agreed to put armed forces into that small colony on the northeast coast of South America. The announcement was made after a conference held over the weekend between Aus tralia, Britain, China and The Netherlands, and is being done with the full assent and cooperation of the neighboring South American republic of Brazil. the reporter then asked. 'Do you object to having your name mentioned in the dirt columns?' The answer was again 100 percent, "No. (Of course this didn't bring up the question of 'how,' it would be mentioned. - Ed.) "Another landslide answer was to the query, "Do you enjoy seeing the names of others in these columns?' 'Yes' was the unanimous reply." From the South Dakota Collegian: "December 5, 1779 Indians Besiege Stockade; Massacre Entire Regiment "December 5, 1941 Military Ball Goers Romp in Historic Stockade to Music of Red Nichols Yes, a stockade will be the scene of the military ball at South Dakota State college this year. And students there will meet up with cannons, wooden gates, spiked log walls, and blockhouses with senti nels keeping watchful eyes open for a sudden In dian attack. Red Nichol s orchestra will play for this rustic party. The Dartmouth, oldest college newspaper in America, reports: "Through the cooperation of Mr. Walter Wan ger and the Hays' office, Dartmouth colleg is now the possessor of a movie-script library which is un equalled by any other in the world. Housed on the south balcony of the Sanborn House Library, there is a collection of over 750 original movie scripts " Latv Freshmen Practice Final Exam Tomorrow Believing that "practice makes perfect" the law professors are endeavoring to make each fresh man in the law college pass the final examination with a high score. To Insure this, the freshmen law students will be given a prac tice test Wednesday morning in order to show the student what he is to expect at the end of the se mester. Each professor of the five courses taken by the law fresh men will give each student one question. The test is to last two hours, and the result of the test is expected to give the student some idea of how many more years he has in the law college. Col. Frankfurter Speaks in Omaha Tuesday Noon Col. C. J. Frankforter, associate professor of chemistry, will travel to Omaha Tuesday to give a talk before the Tribe of Yessir of the Omaha chamber of commerce at a luncheon. The speech, "Powder Civilization vs. Destruction," will be given with demonstrations. Don Little, senior in chemical en gineering, will assist Col. Frankforter. Honorary Holds Special Meeting Special meeting of Pi Tau Sig- ma, honorary mechanical engi neering fraternity, will be held Tuesday in the M. E. reading room at 5 m. UN Vocal Octet Gives Program In Omaha Sunday Sponsored by the society of liberal arts, a mixed vocal octet from the school of fine arts pre sented a program Sunday after noon in Omaha's Joslyn Memorial. The group sang, "The Morning of the Year." a song cycle by Charles Wakefield Carman. Members of the octet are Cath erine Tunison and Antonette Skoda, sopranos; Hester Whitemore and Nelda Michael, contraltos; Richard Koupal and Kieth Studevant tenors; and Cleve Genzliner and Aubrey Pettit, bases. Mary Jane Chamber is pianist. Harris Everett, tennis captain elect at University of North Caro lina, has volunteered for the royal Canadian air force, and expects orders to report soon. Short Course For Farmers Begins at Ag Sixty new faces showed up on the ag campus yesterday morning as the farm operators' short course started with tests designed to show their needs in English and arith metic. On the schedule for Mon day for the group was a tour of the campus, to acquaint them with the various buildings in which they will be working during the next few months. Dean W. W. Burr of the college is scheduled to speak to the group today at 11 a. m. Mrs. Altinus Tullis, director of musical activi ties at the college is to lead in a group singing. Jerome V. Srb, supervisor of short courses at the college, stated Monday that enrollment for the course was well over that for the opening day last year and might reach the 70 mark. Four states were represented, and approxi mately 20 of those enrolling were back for the second half of the work included in the short course. Faculty Members on Staff. As in the past, members of the college's regular instructional staff will be in charge of practically all the work included in the farm operators short course, Srb stated. Paul Fidler, who recently joined the faculty in animal husbandry, will be in charge of a section of the animal husbandry students. Animal pathology will be taught by Dr. Skidmore, associate pro fessor of animal pathology and hygiene. Among other instructors will be Dr. A. W. Peterson, assist ant professor of rural economics, who will teach farm management; Lloyd Huribut, assistant professor of agricultural engineering, in charge of work with irachinery and motors, and Dr. M. D. Weldon, associate professor of agronomy, in charge of soils study. The course will continue for sixteen months. 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