.Wednesday, February 4, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.
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coln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879,
and at special rate of postage provided for in beet ion lllM,
Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized September 30, 192.
Published Daily durlnK the school year except Mondays and
Saturdays, vacations and examinations periods by Students of
the University ot Nebraska under the supervision of the Pub
lications Board.
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" Editor Paul E. Svoboda
Business Manager Ben Novicoff
riTlTOItl Al. IIM'AKTM KN T.
MaiiaKinK Kdltnrs Marjorle Biuiilnc Bob Hchlater
Mews Kdltors George Abbott, Alan Jacobs,
June .Tamlesun, Helen Kelley, Art lUvin.
Sports Kditor Bob Miller
Member Nebraska Press Association, 1M1-42
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Assistant Bus Managers Betty IMxon, J till Kanlor
Circulation ManaRer Stuart Muskln
All naslrned editorials are the opinions ot the t-ditor and
should not be constructed to relli'ct the views of the ad
ministration or of the university.
Scholarship Not
Sterile Here
The most frequent criticism voiced con
cerning an educational institution is that its
general temper and curriculum is "behind the
times." Educators live in a world of theory
and not of practicality. Their instructional
methods are outmoded and their subject mat
ter out of date.
Such criticism cannot be leveled at the
University of Nebraska for it has not been
unmindful of its responsibilities, both to the
needs of the present and the demands of the
future. Probably never before has the instruc
tional staff been so eager to play a leading role
in the training of men and women for defense
and for citizenship.
A large number of new courses have been
instituted to provide students with the tech
nical knowledge now so necessary and so vital
to our own freedom and to the freedom of all
the other united nations fighting aggression.
The college of engineering has been especially
active in keeping abreast of our industrial war
needs. This all out educational program has
been due chiefly to the efforts of Dean 0. J.
Ferguson and Prof. J. "W. llaney. Thru Civilian
Pilot Training the University has provided the
air corps with a great number of pilots. Espe
cially designed courses are preparing and will
continue to prepare students to step into tech
nical positions in aircraft production. Instruc
tion has been modified and rearranged in order
to provide the necessary knowledge to students
wishing to enter the naval reserve and other
branches of the service.
The other colleges and schools have also
recognized their obligations to the students, to
themselves, and to the nation. The role of
education in this war has been realized by the
University and it has already taken its cue.
And when the final curtain goes down, the
thunderous applause of an appreciative state
. a a .1
and nation will be most ncniy aeservea... ,..
Eds. Note : Due to an error on the part of
Monday evening's night editor the following
editorial was printed only in part. Below is
the complete editorial..
The House
of Usher'
The house the barbs built is gone. The
foundation has melted away for lack of lead
ership. The framework has rotted for lack
of interest. The superstructure decadent for
lack of activity. Though the debris remains,
the organization, the power, the influence,
which quite recently stormed the Greek politi
cal stronghold through the endeavor of stu
dents like Otto Woerner, Bob Simmons, and
Blaine Sloan, is little more than a memory.
This is not a healthy condition. Certainly
the unaffiliated students should realize this.
And the Greek students will soon come to full
realization of it. The student council and
other organizations are feeling and will feel
more so the lack of rivalry which engenders
inactivity and listless participation in student
functions.
Two years ago, one year ago, the unaffili
ated student's organization seemed well on the
way to rightful recognition by all the students
of its ideals, aims, and purpose as a part of the
university community. Politically its ranks
were growing with each election. It was work
ing toward better living conditions for inde
pendent students through the promotion of
cooperative housing. It at least had m mind
the improvement of working conditions for
those students who had to have a job to stay
in school. It had a Avell balanced and coordi
nated social program.
But that era is gone. With the start of
school this year the standards of the barb
party were raised. After a political debacle
this fall they were lowered seeming to indicate
that the organization rested on ballots rather
than work, on political prestige rather than
genuine aims, on "interests" rather than pro
motion of social and economic conditions for
unaffiliated students.
Voiced opposition is essential to any demo
cratic structure. An unopposed party disin
tegrates under its own weight. There were
signs of a split in the Greek faction last fall.
It will undoubtably come unless the barb party
puts in its' bid for elective recognition. A
break in the Greek faction will not help the
fraternities and sororities. It will be detri
mental to the barb party. The elections will
be held exclusively by and for affiliated stu
dents as they had been in the past.
The Daily has no intention of fostering
petty factional politics, but if student govern
ment is to be continued, if the student council
is going to have ballots printed in the spring,
if interest in student affairs is to be retained,
the time has come when the independent stu
dents should reorganize for their own good
and for the good of the university.
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ternity, wll'l hold Hn open hoime meetlnK
Thursday. Keb. 6, nt 7:30 p. m., In
Murr III hall, room z. nvci vm. . ...
vlled to attend. Colored movlnK piciurrs
will be shown by the ISebrasKa tsiai
Uume commission.
Student Council will meet at 5 p.m., In
m.,m :ii3 of the Union. All members are
asked to be present.
Red Cross ...
(Continued from Fage 1.)
Smith will nlav the marimba;
Beverly Weichcl, the accordion;
and Marie Hassel, me piano,
intprsnprsinjr the mumcal acts,
Josephine Weaver and Ronald
Metz will present a comcuy ounce
act together, and Pat Herming
haus and Jeanne Bovard will also
each entertain with dancing.
Novel entertainment will oe or
fercd by Elizabeth Stoncbraker
and Quentin Pearson, expert baton
twirlera, with the latter to be fea
tured in a surprise spectacular
finale. Assisting these perform
ers will be a picked instrumental
group from the varsity band and
Bob Dunning, accompanist.
With all these students con
tributing their time and talent in
bhelf of the war fund, the com
mittee hopes to draw a crowd
worthy of the patriotism of Ne
braska students.
Vacation . . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
doning such traditions as Ivy Day.
"This all-out business can be over
done," he said. Marjorie May sec
onded the thought. "So long as all
extra-curricular activities aren't
abandoned, the idea is a good one,"
she said.
Bizad lunior Carl Enckson
thinks that even what has been
done so far is too much. Com
mented Erickson: "It serves no
useful mirnose: it's all hysteria."
Jim Van Landingham and Jack
Stewart were indifferent. Both saw
value in a chance to get out of
scohol earlier and earn some
money; both expressed the opinion
that they could be happy with or
without spring vacation.
"The accelerated program is
necessary," said junior Betty
Toothaker; "but it would be a
shame to break an old tradition
like Ivv Dav. sacrificing it to a
speeded-up program. Miriam Rub-
nitz, a senior, thinks the idea is
"swell." Indicating her eagerness
to get out of school she said:
"This is a great Institution -but."
Coed Follies . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
braska Coed will be chosen from
two candidates each from the or
ganized houses and the three resi
dent halls. These candidates will
be judged on personality, their
wearing of typical Nebraska
campus clothes and their interest
in school affairs. In addition they
must have made the all-women's
average and have completed one
year's work in the university.
From this group of candidates
will be chosen the models in the
style show which will also be fea
tured in the show. The names of
these girls must be turned in to
Mrs. Westover by Feb. 6.
At Ag . . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
you girls are free from the
draft. . .eight coeds were drafted
on ag campus. The ag college
publications board, in looking over
the list of applicants for editor of
the Cornhusker Countryman, found
that the men did not apply since
they had, or would soon be, called
to the army ... so the board de
cided that women would have to
shoulder the responsibility for the
duration of the war.
Two were "called to their col
ors" for each publication of the
magazine. For February they will
be Carol Chapman and Rosa
Kniekrehm; March: Carol Chap
man and Betty Ann Tishammer;
April: Betty Ann Tisthammer and
Betty June Jensen and for May:
Betty June Jensen and Bonnie
Bernholtz.
Don't be surprised, men, if the
following issues of the Cornhusker
Countryman have a slight aroma
of lavender and old lace, color
schemes of passionate pink and . . .
oh, yes... the cover might be a
combination of gingham, calico
and organdy with the coiners
tucked in gently with pleats and
ruffles.
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university graduate, is the first
woman county health officer in
the history of Alabama.
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