Wednesday, December 3, 1941
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Americanism at War
Great has been the effort during the last year,
by everyone from the president of the United States
to the editors of the country's smallest newspapers,
to bring the American people, by different words
but with the same purpose in mind as in 1917, to
the realization that they must be willing to enter
the war to safeguard the American way of living.
Now that Hitler and Roosevelt have agreed
that this is to be a "shooting war," the problem
arises whether America will again find itself in
tolerant toward its German-American citizens.
It is part of our American way of life to pro
mote the belief that all men are equal in opportun
ity and freedom. It is also part of our American
way of life to see that no person shall be found
guilty of treason or any other crime without due
process of law.
Woodrow Wilson, in asking congress to declare
war in 1917, made it clear that it was to be a decla
ration of war against the imperial German govern
mentnot against the German people. President
Roosevelt, again in 1941, has made it clear that it
is Hitler, not the German nation, who must be
destroyed.
Those who were old enough in 1917 remember
sets of certain so called patriotic Americans, who
mistreated, humiliated, and scorned citizens of Ger
man extraction. "Slacker" was painted on mail
boxes and other personal property, memorials and
houses were daubed with yellow paint, and in some
cases these German-American citizens were tarred
and feathered by self-appointed guardians of patrio
tism. Such acts were a travesty on our ideals. Let
ur citizens do nothing now that will give them
cause, a decade from now, to be sorry for their ac
tions as a nation of liberty loving Americans.
Morton Margolin.
Behind the News
By David Thompson
The situation in the Far East is about to be
come explosive even while Japanese envoys remain
in Washington to try and reach an agreement with
the U. S. The military crisis nearing the boiling
point does not involve the U. S. directly however,
but is largely concerned with the massing of British
troops on the Burma-Thailand border to back the
latter nation in protecting itself against further
Japanese infiltration into French Indo-China and
thus to Thailand.
All the time that Japanese-American negotia
tions regarding the Far East have been in progress,
Japan has been busily engaged in transporting
more and more troops to newly prepared battle sta
tions in Indo-China particularly on the Thailand
border.
As a counteracting measure the British have
moved a good many Indian and Australian divisions
into Burma to be ready to carry out the secret
guarantees that Britain has made to Thailand
(Siam). In addition to this, powerful units of the
British fleet formerly on duty in the Atlantic have
been transferred to Singapore in order to make the
numerical naval odds a little less on the Japanese
side.
The Japanese-American negotiations have ap
parently reached a deadlock with Japan demanding
that the U. S. stop aid to China, stop the encircle
ment tactics, and allow Japan a free hand in the
Far East and the U. S. demanding that Japan cease
the Chinese campaign and withdraw from the axis.
Either Japan is stalling for time or is convinced
that the U. S. will see things her way, for the Japa
nese envoy is not noticeably discouraged. It would
be rather difficult for either nation to back down
now, since both have publicly committed themselves
to the present demands and any backing down
would result in a loss of face for the party con
cerned. At any rate the situation in the Pacific
seems to be pretty much of an unknown quantity
for the present at least.
The most important effect of the Russian suc
cesses in the south will be upon the wavering status
of neutral Turkey whose strategic position was be
coming more and more imperiled by the rapid Ger
man advance in the Ukraine. It has been reported
from Turkey that the Turks were seriously consid
ering joining the axis. This decision will be post
poned now very likely, since the direct threat to
Turkey wanes with the success of Russian troops in
the south.
UN Pilot Training Course
Rates Low in Attendance
By Ed Hirsch.
The civilian primary training
course at the university is not on
par in attendance with the other
schools of this area, and the avi
ation minded persons of the state
have been disturbed over this fact,
Lieutenant Governor Johnson de
clared in ' a personal interview
yesterday.
According to figures obtained at
the Civil Aeronautic Administra
tion in regard to the CPT prog
ress of the schools in this area
which includes the states of South
Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska, the
university is decidedly below par
in attendance with other schools.
In this university about one per
cent of the male enrolments have
entered the flying course offered
here.
The University of Omaha has
six per cent of the ma1 attend
ance in the CPT and at the Morn
ingside College in Sioux City,
Iowa, the CPT has 12 per cent of
the male enrolments. Hastings
College has 13 per cent and Doane
College at Crete 14 p:r cent of the
male students.
Not Necessary to Go in Army.
. Mr. Johnson, present president
of the Aeronautical Association of
Nebraska, believes "the reason
that more students do not go into
CPT is because some students
have the erroneous impression that
graduation from it would mean
the entrance into the armed forces.
This is not true. A student does
not cbligate himself to go into
the armed service at all, but
merely makes an agreement that
if he is called for duty in the
armed forces that he will seek a
transfer into the aviation branch."
"There is not a field," Mr. John
eon asserted, "that offeif greater
promise to the young man than
that of aviation if he desires to
make it his career after gradua
tion from college and the CPT.
Since airlines are planning a vast
expansion there is a crying need
for men in all branches."
Training Equipment Good.
According to Mr. Johnson, the
training equipment at the univer-
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room. There will be two small
kitchens and dining rooms, and
the remaining floor Fpace will be
occupied by instructors, a large
locker room, storage space, and a
faculty dressing room.
Over half of the top floor will
be used by students seeking ad
vanced foods work. Here, dietetics
and experimental cookery labora
tories will be located, along with
a room for graduate students and
a large lecture room. Dr. Leverton
and her assistants will continue
their research work in nutrition in
the remaining part of the top
floor.
As soon as the new building is
completed, the rooms used by the
foods department in the present
home ec building will be taken
over by the housing and equipment
division which is now located in
the Home Ec annex.
sity for the CPT is the finest in
the land. He believes that some
think that flying is a hazardous
occupation, but accident statistics
and insurance rates belie this sug
gestion. Nebraska averages one
serious accident in private flying
operations in approximately 1,
270,000 miles of flying.
"The students of the university
are not fully aware of the oppor
tunities that are offered by avia
tion," Johnson said. He maintained
that the students should look into
the CPT and become aware of the
fine opportunities that this course
will offer.
To some, Oskosh, is the name of a city built on saw-dust; a city
where grey-beards tell Paul Bunyan tales of lumbering days where
young bloods give the grand-dads the Ha! Ha!, hustle to keep ahead
of income taxes and fly to Broadway. To some, Oshkosh, is the liame
of a bronze Indian chief who looks steadily out over Lake Winnebago
in search of white enemies and is seemingly unconcerned over the
fact that the whites have long since cut down his trees to make room
for turnips, and cleared out lake fronts to make room for (two week
vacation) tourists. To some, Oshkosh, means what one says to the
merchant when such a one is in need of a pair of overalls or what
one sees on a metal tag when one is buying a trunk large enough to
hold the extra blue serge suit and the wife's 27 ounces of party gown.
To some, Oshkosh, is pie a la mode and to some, (who are too puritan
ical to say, "double-darn") it offers (because 99 out of 100 add"By
gosh" when the word is spoken) an opportunity to swear a little with
out disturbing the non-profanity pledge.
I say, Oshkosh, means this to some, that to others and something
else to a few more, but to a small selesct company of gentle souls it
means a "state of mind." Don't ask for reasons and arguments be
cause there are not any such things. It is one of those strange, in
explicable, intangible situations for which there is no theorem, formula
or logical proof.
When one acquires this "state of mind" and thereby automatically
joins the select company, he is known by his acts and labled by his
attitudes. For example altho such a one is so non-mechanical he
doesn't know how to repair his zipper he (when in this state of mind)
starts building a boat, starts buying guns, starts making flyrods, gets
the back-yard cluttered up with ice-boats, thinks the high school
football team is superior to that playing Notre Dame and starts
jumping out of bed at 4 a. m. to go forth to meet others of his kind
at a (two above zero) spot on a lake shore point and well, that's
about enough to indicate that there is nothing usual or ordinary
about this "state of mind" business. But by far the most important
phenomenon is the friendship angle.
A member of the Oshkosh select company is just about the brother
liest son of a lumber jack one could find anywhere. He loves everyone
who speaks the magic word "Oshkosh" wherever, whenever and re
gardless. Some think fraterity members know a few things relative
to the blood-brother stuff, but the fraternity "now" and "till death"
activity is kindergardenish when compared to the way the Oshkoshers
stick, hang and pull together.
Oshkosh a spot, a chief, a pair of ovetalls or a trunk to you but
to the members of this select company it names the "state of mind"
an Oshkosber carries about with him in that ivory dome of his at a
time when the world is on fire and at a time when everyone is attempt
ing (simultaneously) to run for the hose and to run away. It is rather
pleasant to have such a "state of mind." It is, at least, something a
few lucky persons can be thankful for.
Very truly,
Raymond E. Manchester.
OffW irmm f Mm. K.-nt 8UW lolrPl(y,
Kent, Ohio.
Only Once A Year . . .
UN Coeds Take Turn at Annual
Mortar Board Party Dec. 13
. . . Women Foot Bills
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American Society of Mechanical
Engineers will hold a regular
meeting tonight in the Union at 7.
A movie, "The Right Material for
the Rifcht Job," will be shown, and
Roy MacDonald, senior in me
chanical mgineering, will discuss
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coeds to come to the aid of their
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Digging deeper into some pock
ets (dad's, I presume) the Nebras
ka miss is "shelling out" the sum
of $1.45. A few males were com
plaining that the price wasn't $3,
but that's what a girl can expect
from a mere man.
Dec. 13 is the date of the Mortar
Board party, annual super vice-
versa affair. Anything can happen
and usually does. On that evening
strange sights are seen.
The coed drags her "man" to the
coliseum in taxis, rented cars, bi
cycles, motorcycles, and. put puts.
Business is literally booming for
car agencies. Lucky is the gal that
possesses a neat little job in the
form of a convertible.
Many new highs in fashion are
sounded. The close observer may
detect a stunning new midnight
blue tuxedo with the newest thing
in a radish, garlic corsage adding
just the right touch to this stun
ning outfit.
Some couples bring their lunch,
spread a cloth in the middle of the
dance floor where wholesome ap
petizing odors of steak sandwiches
and susy-q potatoes will reach the
nostrils of dancers by.
Curfew at 1 o'clock in the morn
ing finds many a tired young
woman ceeping into bed after
having left her date on his own
doorstep. Every coed will remem
ber this most glorious evening of
her life when her date was a
splendid example of blushing man
hood as he let her spend all of
dad s hard earned money.
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