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What to Do
Since war was declaied there has been a rush
to the various recruiting stations. Many college
men are saying "I might as well enlist and get it
over with." To them we say this is the wrong atti
tude to take. There are many places where college
graduates are more necessary than they would be
as privates or as sailors. There are many more
places for such men than there were in the last
World war. Our advice to college men is to wait
until they are called for duty and to find out what
they can do that will be most useful during the
war in the meantime.
Most draft boards up to now have tried to
place college men whose numbers were up in more
responsible positions than as army privates. The
college graduates who have been drafted have gone
up quickly in the army, it is true, as non-commissioned
officers and many are doing clerical work,
but they might be better used elsewhere. College
men are needed in all the industries, in offices, in
administrative work, in the civil service (medicine,
engineering, inspection, and all other technical
Damage done to the U. S. fleet in the surprise
attack upon Pearl Harbor over a week ago was se
rious, but due to the heroic defense made by the
navy and army personnel there, the damage in
the striking power of the fleet as a whole was not
lessened greatly. Most staggering to the populace
at home was the number of human lives lost dur
ing the attack. There were approximately 3,300
dead in the whole of the Hawaiian islands of which
some 2,800 were naval personnel.
Staggering as this is to a nation which is not
accustomed to the horrors of modern war, we can
all be relieved to know that the Japanese did not
succeed in their undertaking. It was the Japanese
hope to knock out the entire fleet by the tactics of
surprise, or to at least so seriously damage it that
Japan could control the Pacific long enough to com
plete land operations in the Philippines and Malay.
In the event that the Japanese attack upon the
fleet had been completely successful, it would have
been impossible to transport reinforcements to the
Philippines, a task hazardous enough with naval
protection, and as a result that commonwealth
would have fallen sooner or later in spite of the
valiant efforts of its defenders to save it.
Long as we had to wait for the news of the
attack upon Pearl Harbor, it was much better that
way than to have the air full of unconfirmed ru
mors and axis propaganda which would do nothing
more than to create unrest among the American
people. As long as we realize that all information
will be forthcoming from the war and navy de
partments as soon as it is both confirmed and safe,
it will be much easier to rate down the vastly ex
aggerated and unconfirmed rumors emanating from
unwitting dupes and propagandists inside our na
tion. Above all things DO NOT GIVE CREDENCE
TO UNCONFIRMED REPORTS NOT COMING
FROM OFFICIAL WAR AND NAVY SOURCES.
Secretary of Navy Knox's report of the attack
upon Hawaii did not pull any punches, nor will
any of the wai of navy communiques. The gov
ernment is fully convinced of the capacity of the
American people to absorb shocks and as a result
nothing will be withheld.
branches), in all branches of the navy, and in the
officers' training branch of the army.
The government wants trained men to fill re
sponsible positions and a college education will give
men this training if they just "sit tight" and wait
until they are needed.
Carveth Wells Says Japs
Committing Mass Suicide
"Japan is committing mass pui
cide." That was the conclusion
reached by World Explorer Car
veth Wells in his convocation
speech Sunday night.
Wells pointed out that the Island
empire had the choice of losing
face by withdrawing from her con
quered territory or of performing
national hari-kari. She chose the
latter. "With the aid of our ma
terial, our scrap iron and our oil,
Japan can last two years," he
sttaed. It is his belief that su
periority in the air, naval ruprem
acy, and economic strangulation
will win for America.
Interesting sidelight of Wells'
Despite War
. .
Students Sec Opportunities
By Student Opinion Surveys
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 16 The
war, the social upheaval in the
world today have apparently failed
to worry the majority of Ameri
can college students.
Many believe their opportunities
for success have increased since
the war started, and nearly two
thirds will tell you they feel even
more secure personally than they
did two or three years ago this
poll completed before last Sun
day's world-shaking developments.
Those are conclusions sifted out
of thousands of answers in face-to-face
interviews with collegians
from one coast to the other. Stu
dent Opinion Surveys of America,
of which the Daily Nebraskan is
a cooperating member, asked, "Do
you think the opportunities for
most young men and women to
get ahead today are better than
they may have been thirty years
ago?"
Better, said 1
. Hornr, sld 11
About the same U
(Iess than I percent were andeclded)
In the current Fortune Survey,
im the other hand, it is reported
that there has been a sharp de
cline from Feb. to Dec. among
those adults who believe "oppor
tunities for their eons are now
better than those they had them
selves." In a Student Opinion Surveys
poll taken in April, 1939, prior to
the war, 48 percent of the col
legians believed opportunities were
not as good as a generation ago.
It; is possible that this upward
trend of optimism, reflected
further in the answers to the ques
tion below, is caused by the de
fense boom and the decline in un
employment. Mora aecare. ..............
I secoee M
Ast the same 4
(Less than 1 peroeat were undecided)
When the ballots are segregated
into freshmen, sophomores, and so
on, it is immediately evident that
the bland attitude students appear
to entertain about their future is
considerably weighted by the opin
ions of lower-classmen, who look
forward to at least two and a
half more years on the campus.
Seniors are the least sanguine
about their opportunities to get
ahead today as compared with
what they may have been a gen
eration before this:
Believe Opimrtnnltles
Better Worse Same
Fresbmea 1 1S 11
Nephnmoies 11 10 1
Janlor n 14 11
Seniors, rte 6 27 14
discussion of Japanese armed
might was his contention that
every Japanese ship and bombing
squadron has German officers
aboard. "The Japanese," he said,
"have notoriously poor vision."
Returning to the original topic
of his speech, "The Battle for Tin
and Rubber," the lecturer ex
plained in much detail America's
dependence on Malaya and the
Dutch East Indies for vital raw
materials. "The United States Is
the arsenal of democracy," he Baid,
"without the proper natural re
sources." Wells indicated that we must cb
tain our tin, our rubber (we have
on'y one year's supply at the pres
ent time), and our Manilla hemp
from the far east. "That means
keeping the Pacific lanes open," he
said. Wells believes that Africa
is the unexploited paradise of na
tural resources.
Shows Motion Pictures.
Like the "National Geographic"
come to life were Wells' moving
pictures of his recent trip around
the world. In them he showed
Hawaii, Tokyo, Hongkong, Shang
hai, Singapore, Dutch East Indies,
Bombay, Suez, Rome and Genoa.
In response to a question from
the audience, Wells replied that
he did not trust Russia. He ex
pressed the possibility that the
German retreat is a strategic move
to remove troops from Russia to
defeat England in Libya.
"Tokvo." he said. 'Is a house
of cards." But he also contended
that bombing would not destroy
Japanese morale.
French Club Meets
The French club will meet Wed
nesday at 4 p. m., room 315 Stu
dent Union,
Nebraskan Finds That .
Student Opinion Split on How
V. S. Should Fight Japanese
In Present War
By taking a short poll of about
a dozen students' opinions on the
question of how the U. S. should
win the war against Japan it was
found that about half of the ones
interviewed were in favor of care
ful, planned strategy while the re
maining half were for intensive ac
tion immediately. Although the
question was a general one and
very debatable everyone ventured
an opinion.
Leland Allen: "Drop the draft
age to eighteen or nineteen. Tight
en the grip on industry or put it
under federal control entirely.
Bomb Japan to scare her and put
in force a complete economic shut
off." Kenneth Bogard: "Concentrate
forces in the Pacific. Use intensive
bombing. Continue all aid to
Britain especially in the Pacific."
Don Bridenbaugh: "Bomb Tokyo
off the map. Take bombing planes
from 'Alaska and make an arc
through the Japanese archipel
ago." Orville Schmieding: "Complete
national unity. Get bases in Rus
sia and with organized forces start
bombing."
Keith Jones, Paul Sonderegger
and John Kuhlman all agreed on
this plan: "First get more planes.
Then bases in Siberia, men in the
Philippines. Try to destroy the
Japanese navy and invade the is
lands if possible."
Roy Johnson: "Send over a suf
ficient air force and bomb every
strategic point to lower the morale.
Three or four raids ought to be
sufficient to give us peace on our
terms."
Howard Stacy: "Russia will
have to allow us to come in behind
Japan through Vladistok. We
can't risk our aircraft carriers
with submarines."
Ephraim Gershater: "Japan is
economically deplete now. I really
Convo ...
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meeting with a short address
and will introduce General Guy
NT. Ilenninger, officer in charge
of the state selective service
office. Following General
Ilenninger, T. J. Thompson,
dean of student affairs, and
Dean 0. J. Ferguson, of the
college of engineering will
speak briefly. Representing the
student bod', Student Council
President Burton Thiel will
also address the convocation.
The program wil be, opened
with the varsity band playing
the rational anthem, and at the
close, the audience will join in
singing "God Bless America."
AICE Views
Motion Pictures
American Institute of Chemical
Engineering will hold a regular
meeting Tuesday in room 313 of
the Union at 7:30 p. m. A motion
entitled, "Evolution of Oil Indus
try" will be shown and free re
freshments will be served. All
chemical engineers are invited.
don't see how they could declare
war. They are very vulnerable
to bombing and blockade."
Marvin Athey: "Knock them out
by bombing."
Jack Hazen: "Cut supply line
to them. Eliminate their fleet."
Hobart Dewey: "Befriend Rus
sia until we get airdromes. Keep
the fleet close to the U. S. Guard
against the total axis powers."
..John Loeber: "Get there with
the most men."
Union ...
(Continued from Page 1.)
to the community toy shop for
repairs and will be distributed to
the poor. Pat Lahr, Union direc
tor, announces that a prize will be
awarded for the best toy contri
buted. Donations are not to be con
sidered tickets of admission, how
ever everything is free.
During the presentation of the
play, a double quartet from the
school of music under the direc
tion of J. Dayton Smith will sing.
In the group are: Bob Kellog,
Fred Prentis, Ann Jacobs, Elaine
Libsock, Carol Wherry, Marjorie
Hayes, Cecil Elve and Hal Moore.
Messiah ...
(Continued from Page 1.)
original version, the university's
program contained 26 different
parts. There was no applause until
the end of the program.
Westbrook Directs.
Arthur E. Westbrook, head of
the school of music, conducted the
program. Soloists were Hazel
Arpke, Roma Biba, and Catherine
Tunison, sopranos; Hazelmae Ogle,
and Nelda Michael, altos; Robert
Rough, Thomas Pierson, Earl Jen
kins and Richard Koupal, tenors;
Aubrey Pettit, Charles Oldfather
and Cleve Genzlinger, baritones.
Two brass quartets, made up
of Robert Krejci, David Kinsman,
Robert Thatcher, Lyman Loren
son, Ted Thompson, Carlos Atki
son, Omar Jensen, and Lester
Lock, also took part in the pro
gram. The choral union was composed
of the Ag College Chorus, the
Grieg Male Chorus, the Univer
sity Singers II, The Beatrice Com
munity Chorus, the University
Singers I and the University
Chorus. Earnest Harrison was at
the piano and Myron Roberts 'was
at the organ.
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