DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, March 3, 1942
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sninialratioa or of the anlversity.
By Marsa Lee Civin,
So that students may become better ac
quainted with faculty members outside of the
usual class room activities, a "Know Your
Faculty" program is bein initiated on the
University of Texas campus. Sponsored by the
faculty-student relations committee of the Tex
as union, the purpose of the program is to pro
mote better personal contact between faculty
members and students by informal discussion
groups. Members of the faculty meet with stu
dent groups to informally discuss subjects in
which the students arc interested.
The home ec division at Iowa State is meet
ing the national emergency with a program
which includes the improvement of student
nutrition, providing college women with expe
rience in home canning, the introduction of
new courses especially adapted to training stu
dents for life in a war economy.
The Less Said
The Better Done
The publicity campaign for the Junior-Senior
Prom has provided excellent research data
for psychologists studying the spread and ef
fect of rumors. Innocents society has not yet re
leased the name of the band for their parly on
Friday, but there are at least 100 persons on
the campus who know "definitely" who the
band is going to be. There is an equal number
"on the inside" who claim the Innocents have
not yet signed a band and are trying to pull
the wool over the eyes of the students.
A band has been engaged to play for the
junior-senior prom in the coliseum on March
6. Only two people on the campus of the uni
versity know the name of the orchestra which
will play for the party. They are the mnnag
ing director of the Student Union and the
chairman of the Prom committee. Neither of
these have even so much as hinted to the mem
bers of Inocents society who the band is.
How is it then that so many people claim
the "straight dope?" It probably started like
this: Johnny Jones, who is a friend of Jim Sel
zer, the Prom chairman, heard the latter say
Jan Savitt has a good band. Johnny saw Dick
in his 9 o'clock and said that the band for the
Prom might be Jan Savitt. Dick went home lor
lunch and proudly anounced that Jan Savitt
was going to play for the prom. From there
the story spread until the orchestra was any
one from Fred Prentice and his Khythmnaires
to Glenn Miller.
It is fortunate a rumor of this nature is
quite inconsequential, but other rumors which
originate from too many glib tongues might
have disastrous effects on the state of the na
tion. Unfounded rumors of excessive losses by
the allies, rumors of governmental deficiencies,
and other "true but hushed up" stories serve
no good and arc detrimental to public morale.
Many of them are started by enemies of our
way of life who realize only too well the best
propaganda campaign is the one in which the
people do the talking themselves.
If you must talk talk about the weather.
It's a highly controversial subject right now
anyway what with the weathermen keeping se
cret the next day's and the next week's
weather forecast.
Thomas McCIure . . .
Former Student Shows
Importance of Art in War
Thomas F. McCIure, who re
ceived a bachelor of fine arts with
distinction degree from the uni
versity in June, 1941, has written
to his former classmates urging
them to take their art work earn
estly because of its relation to
the war.
Last fall McCIure went to Wash
ington State college at Pullman,
Wash., where he held a teaching
fellowship in the art department.
Recently he decided that he would
like work more closely connected
with war preparation and made
personal application to the Boe
ing aircraft plant at Seattle.
McCIure was given an appoint
ment with the employment man
ager one morning at 10 o'clock.
At that time the manager asked
him to draw a rapid perspective
Bkctch from a plane fitting pre
sented to him. The university
graduate was timed at this work,
and by noon of the same day he
was offered an immediate job in
the plant as "sketch artist."
Great value is placed upon this
new application of art training
because it has been found that
workmen greatly speed up produc
tion when their blueprints and
work drawings are visualized for
them by sketches.
While at the university, Mc
CIure did the two. large murals
which hang in the Union music
room and it was partly because
of the piojoct that he secured the
teaching fellowship in Washing
ton. lie finds that the defense job,
however, in addition to being of
more direct service to his coun
try pays approximately four times
as much as his teaching position.
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energy and tak risks so that we
may avoid the risks of another
World war."
The faults and shortcomings of
the Treaty of Versailles have been
exaggerated by those who attempt
to blame the peace following the
last war for the rise of Hitler and
the World War II that he
launched, Prof. Vedeler said.
The lecturer showed the fallac
iousness of the four counts on
which the treaty is generally in
dicted: (1) its severity; (2) its
violation of the fourteen points;
(3) the futility of Wilsonian ideal
ism; (4) unwise partition of East
ern Europe into a number of
mall states.
Treaty Not Too Sever.
He declared that the treaty was
no more severe than most treaties
of the time, that historians now
know that Wilsonian statrjman
ship was substantial and creative,
that Austria-Hungary had already
disintegrated before the war and
that the small states wanted their
independence even at the expense
of economic security.
"The treaty contributed to the
triumph of Hitler," Prof. Vederler
emphasized, 'but it is quite pos
sible, in view of the series of crises
experienced by German people
since 1914, the political ineptitude
of the socialist and democratic
parties under the Weimar Repub
lic, and the tendencies toward to
talitarian nationalism in Ger
many before 1941, that Hitler
would have come to power and
gone to war in any event"
The Tulane-Newcomb a capella
choir is one of the most widely
known musical organizations in
America.
Military Group
Elects Officers'
New Staff Head
Red Guidon, field artillery mili
tary fraternity, elected Gerald
Beattie to head the officers' staff
for the coming term, at a meeting
held Feb. 25,
Other newly-elected officers in
clude: Richard Sooding, executive;
Paul C. Green, liason officer; John
Bay, historian, and Duane Beebe,
treasurer.
Major "Mac" McNamara was
made an honorary member by the
group following his acceptance of
the sponsorship of the fraternity.
Preceding the election, Major Lob
dell of the engineer corps gave
a resume of the maneuvers held
by the army in Arkansas last sum
mer, using technicolor movies to
illustrate his talk.
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established non-ROTC training, he
recognized the feasibility of of
fering a combined physical edu
cation and military training-if
the students ask for it.
ROTC 'Overloaded.'
Colonel Thuis pointed out that
all instructors are overloaded now
and that about the only time in
struction and facilities of the mili
tary department could be offered
would be on Saturday morning.
"We'll do anything to co-operate
in such a program," said
Colonel Thuis. "I shall personally
be happy to meet with members
of the physical education depart
ment or ai y one else to work out
a military, physical education or
combined program.
Colonel Thuis has had a lot of
experience in .gymnastics, athlet
ics and physical education and de
clared that he is sure a definite
program can be established which
will furnish valuable, worthwhile
training.
Seventy-two per cent of stu
dents interviewed in a recent col
lege survey owned cameras.
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By Alan Jacobs
We want to get the records straight. We are not unpatriotic. We
believe in democracy and in the United States. We are ready to fight
and die for this nation. This is not a fifth column.
That, we hope, will answer those crude and caustic critics who
have been calling us disloyal. Never before have we ever been stopped
by "beloved professors' and classmates to hear lectures on being a
good American. Never before has everybody we have walked by on
the campus Btarted whistling "God Bless America."
We're Unhappy
"God Bless America," we agree, but "God bless it," we want to
know why every day a half a dozen students grab the lapels on our
worn jacket and tell na to forget our old isolationist grievances, that
there is no place for Isolationists in time of war. When we agree, they
disgustedly mutter, "No use," and walk on.
Fraternity brothers trapped us in a corner and sermonized on the
necessity of forgetting about our republican principles. "Don't be jack
asses," we objected, beginning to explain that we would cast our vote
for FDR, even if he ran for a tenth term, but they interrupted, "There
you go making fun of the symbol of the democratic party and the
president of the United States."
Benedict Arnold and Jacobs
Yesterday, we watched students whisper and point at us while we
waddled peacefully down the hall. We could hear them say something
about Benedict Arnold and Jacobs.
After a person makes up his mind that an individual is evil,
wicked and a fifth columnist, it is hard for the accused to offer a
defense that will be acceptable. But in all honesty and sincerity, we
make this statement:
We have nothing to do with Eleanor Roosevelt. Wc do not know
the woman personally, have never even met her on her travels, and
are not in any way associated with her. "Eleanor 'n Me" is the name
of a column, based on the theory that if the president's wife column
izes, we can.
Honestly, Eleanor means nothing to us. Ask her!
Regents' Scholarship Exams
Will Begin March 30, 31
The thirteenth annual University
of Nebraska regents' scholarship
examinations for 1942 high school
seniors will be held March 30 and
31, according to Dr. G. W. Rosen-
lof, university examiner and di
rector of admissions. Entry blanks
for the competition must be filed
with Dr. Rosenlof on or before
March 14.
This year 250 scholarships will
be awarded to graduates of Ne
braska high schools. Each schol
arship will permit entrance to
any college or division of the uni
versity other than the School of
Nursing and will be worth ap
proximately $80 for fees the first
year. Matriculation, registration,
medical and Student Union fees
are not included.
Any fully accredited, minor ac
credited, or four-year approved
high school is eligible to submit
applications of students in the up
per fourth of the graduating class.
The student must be certified by
the superintendent as having
graduated at midyear or as eli
gible for graduation by Sept. 1.
Non-resident students attending
Nebraska high schools may com
pete for the scholarships, but if
winners, they must pay the non
resident fees. Each school ma en
ter at least two students irrespec
tive of size of the graduating
class.
Examinations will include col
lege aptitude, mental ability, gen
eral information and contempo
rary affairs. To measure general
concepts within these several
areas and to reveal evidences of
aptitude for successful college
work are the purposes of these
tests.
Last year 2,662 students from
452 schools participated in the
contest. Of the winners, 248 are
now attending the University as
freshmen, the largest number ever
to use the scholarships for any
one year. Awards are made on the
basis of highest total scores and
apportioned one to each of the
250 schools.
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tion, the girls being judged on
poise, posture, grooming, person
ality and ' typicalness.
Narrator at the style show will
be Marian Cramer Aden, posing as
Dnme Fashion.
The candidates still remaining
in the contest are as follows:
Marcia Beckrnan, Mary Helen
Dietrich, Jean Donley, Mary Helen
Farrar, Joy Farrens, Virginia
Fcrd, Leona French, Jean Geddes,
Helen Gogela, Maribcl Hitchcock,
Dorothy Hoffman, Ruth Hult, June
Jamieson, Sylvia Katzman,
Georgia Kolar, Shirley Kyhn,
Mary Larkin, Jeanne Miller, Edna
Mae Neidermeyer, Catherine
Smith, Mary Stephenson, Marge
Stewart, Virginia Tomiska and
Martha Whitehead.
Tassels
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will be next week, according to
Jean Humphrey Reed, retiring
president.
Other nominations were: Ann
Craft for president, Shirley Khyn
for vice-president, Jane Dalthorp
for secretary, Betty Bonebright
for treasurer, Doris Spenser and
Betty Bonebright for notification
chairman, and Nancy Raymond for
publicity chairman.
Nominations were made by the
nominating committee on the basis
of the number of merits and inter
ests in the organibation.
Roller Skating
Begins in Grant
Memorial Hall
Roller skating starts tomorrow
in Grant Memorial from 2 to 4:30
p. m. for all students, men and
women, who wish to pleasure
skate. Admission is 25 cents which cov
ers use of a pair of skates for the
afternoon. Those who own their
own skates may use them if they
have fiber rollers, and be admit
ted for 15 cents.
Bulletin
rVANOFMCM. I.KAWE.
The Ieajrue of Evanrrtlral Student will
meet at 1 p. m., room Hi A, Nliirirnl I titan.
Mlfl Ina Chase, yonng mhiNlnnary to
Freaeh lndo-4'hlna, will speak. Mudrats
01 any denomination arc InvtuJ.
rERSHlNO RIF1.ES.
Member of Pershing; Rlflra will meet
today at o p. m. In room 208, Nebraska
hall.
HITOTA HOIR.
A Blesta film bonr, sponsored by the
I'alon, in arhednlea for l:Sfl p. m. today.
Featured will be travel talk on the
"tiem of the Canadian Roeklea" and
"Voyaceur Trail.," thra Ontario.
TW STAFFS.
TW staffs, propheUi and post war Ps
construct too are the two groups that are
to meet on the c-tty rampas today at 4
p. m. In Eflea Nmlth. Vesper arrvtees
wlU be held at p. m. la Ellen Smith.
AO VW.
YW members an a campns will hold a
general meeting at II noon In the bom
Q parlors.