.Wednesday, April 21', 1&3
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Managing Editors George Abbott, Marjorle' May
News liditors. . . .John Bauermeistcr, Pat Chamber
lin, June Jamieson, Maryloulse Goodwin, Dale
Wolf.
Sports Editor. .. .Norris Anderson.
Editor Alan Jacobs
Business Managtr Betty Dixon
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Our Ideals
And Hitler's, . .
Air corps men and advanced ROTC students
have taken over the new Love Memorial li
brary, have made it a virtual arsenal of poten
tial fighting men.
It is a little bit ironical training soldiers
in a building intended for the training of
minds. There are bunks and bedding instead
of racks and books.
But in a way, it is quite appropriate that
the library has become the center of campus
military activity, for books are a symbol.
Books are the symbol of the freedoms for
which we fight.
The other day monitors of the Federal
Communications commission picked up a Ber
lin broadcast praising Adolf Hitler, he of the
impentrable prose style, as a lover of good
books.
''To read a lot is equivalent of a good
education," the radio voice said. "It was
Adolf Hitler who promoted this idea in Ger
many. Until Hitler came, there were no good
books in Germany."
But look at Hitler's record:
On May 10, 1933, 25,000 good books were
burned in the square before the University of
Berlin by order of Goebells, the minister of
"public enlightenment"
There were other such bonfires at the Uni
versities of Munich, Frankfurt, Breslau, Kiel.
Cried the nazi literary murders as they
tossed books by such men as Thomas Mann,
Arnold and Stefan Zweig, Alfred Doblin, Jo
sef Roth, and hundreds of others:
"Emil Ludwig burned for literary rascal
ity and high treason against Germany."
"Erich Maria Remarque for degrading
the German language."
The only book to be read was "Mein
Kampf " and half a dozen other nazi approved
books. At Brussels, the Louvain library was
destroyed; in Paris the Gestapo went from
bookstore to bookstore with a list of con
demned books to be seized under threat of
Bcvcre penally. Thruout France, bookstores
and newsstands were pillaged by nazi agents
to "prepare the transfer of literary, artistic
and cultural treasures from the vanquished to
the victorious country."
That is why books have become a symbol.
That is why it is fitting and proper that
the UN library thould serve as a military cen
ter, as the home of the college men v. ho will
win the war.
That is why on April 24, the 143rd an
niversary of the beginning of the Library of
Congress in Washington will be observed with
ceremony.
That library with its 141 miles of book
shelves and 7 million books covers every
branch of human knowledge and culture, ev
ery crackpotism and profundity.
There is a story about the Washington
library. It concerns the visitor who hesitated
to enter the building. "May I come int" he
asked the attendant at the door.
"Of course, come right in," the attend
ant answered. "It is your library."
That is part of what the war is about. It
is to keep the flames from roaring at the doors
of the nation's library in Washington and il
is to keep the flames from roaring in the mall
ouisido of Nebraska's iew and fine library..
Dear Editor:
It is unfortunate that at times underclass
men (or a woman) hear of an idea and im
mediately get excited about it. Many times
this excitement is fear and misapprehension
caused by misunderstanding.
Last week, the Senior Gift Committee
made the suggestion of a gift by the class to
the university. It was stated that $2 might
nrovide a flacstonc terrace. Nothing definite
was stated, no organization was begun, nor
were any definite and final plans made. The
letter to the editor was simply to arouse
interest.
The criticism came from a junior who has
not even been at the University of Nebraska
a full year. She complained that the money
should go into war bonds. She did not wait to
find any further information on the rumor,
but jumped at her own excited conclusion.
She did not realize that this was exactly what
was intended as no building, materials can be
secured, and the money must be kept until
after the war.
The campaign has finally been arranged.
It is in conjunction with the nation's 13 bil
lion dollar second war loan. The money will
be put in war bonds to buy a gift. Seniors can
leave a permanent memorial and do their coun
try a service ni time of need.
Senior Gift Committee.
P.S. Although, contrary to what the edi
torial stated, the idea did not come from the
Alumni office, after it was expressed, the di
rector of alumni activities got thoroughly bo
hind the idea of these prospective alumni. Let
us remind you that ho is also Nebraska State
Chairman of the War Savings Committee.
V . . Mail
Clippings
Pat Chamberlin, Censor
Cpl. NED EASTLACK, former member of
the Daily staff and of Acaia, has been trans
ferred to "somewhere in North Africa." He
writes :
"Well, here's your Western Union flash in
North Africa ! It's a far cry from those happy,
carefree college days, but the change is not
too unpleasant. The days are very hot, the
nights are cool enough to warrant the use of
two or three blankets. I've become acquainted
with a pick and shovel, some manual labor,
and the first real work I've done in years. As
a xxxxxxxxx, I'm making a good ditch dig
ger, I guess.
"The ocean voyage was quiet, but never
theless interesting. It was slightly rough the
first couple of days, and I was a slightly sea
sick soldiers, but fortunately I recovered
quickly. One fellow facetiouslv stated he had
had but four meals on the boat two going
aown, ana two coining up I
"French language and money is used, but
considerable Spanish is spoken, so I should be
able to adapt myself sufficiently well linguisti
cally, 'lhc French "lranc" is the standard
monetary unit. The French wine is one franc
per glass, or two cents in American money.
Beer, which tastes like water, is two francs or
4c. Cigarettes are 6c per pack. With a 20 per
cent increase in pay, and the lack of adequate
recreational facilities, it's hard to me to spend
more than a small fraction of this amount.
"The natives, mainly Arabs, are fond of
American cigarettes and candy, and are very
friendly when thusly bribed, Small native boys
eargerly shine our shoes to a high lttstre for
the. small price of a cigarette or a piece of
candy.
wc sieep in air-conuitioncu tents near
xxxxxxxxx, North African city, and there's
plenty of good food and fresh air available.
"I have a V-inch haircut, which isn't too
becoming, but nevertheless very cool and com
fortable. "Mail calls in Africa are few and-far be
tween, so some mail my vay would be wel
come" ...
Convo . . .
(Continued from page 1.)
inc vou can draw from this back
ground to formulate your method
of procedure In any line or worn,
he said. The fundamentals of any
course are important for they
form the basis from which you
may proceed to make a real con
tribution, for only a small part of
education is found in books, con
tinued Dr. Kettering. Practice and
more practice is the means to
specialization.
"Boss Ket," who has seen en
caged in research since 1916, told
of the many complete evolutions
in science that have had their
orign in inquiry into very simple
phenomena. He said that one or
his current inquiries comes from
his interest in knowing why one's
hands get warm when rubbed to
gether or whaf is friction? He
pointed out that men are Just dis
covering such things as vitamins
and the bats facility for seeing
without eyes.
Advocates Cooperative Education.
Dr. Kettering praised the in
dustrial and agricultural commit
tee that is to be established in
Nebraska.
A long time advocate of coop
erative education, working part
time and going to school part time,
Kettering has been highly inter
ested in the work of Antioc Col
lege in Ohio. He emphasized the
importance of keeping the uni
versities in contact with the typo
of thing needed on the farms and
factories.
Disagreeing with "post-war
pessimism," Kettering said it is
his belief that an idealism that
isn't too high to be reached by
hard work should be developed.
"We've been fighting bad ideas
for the last two years. I'd like to
see a large campaign for good
ideas." he concluded.
Chancellor Boucher presented
certificates for superior scholar
ship to 27 of the 47 senior students
who were eligible for high honors.
Twenty of these students are in
the armed forces or are attending
medical school in Omaha. Chancel
lor Boucher praised all honor stu
dents and said, "There is a high
degree of correlation between the
college records of the honor stu
dents and their achievents in later
life.
The University of Nebraska or
chestra, under the direction of Mr.
Samuel Gorbach played "Overture
to Russian and Ludmilla" by
Glinka, "Sheep May Safely
Graze" by J. S. Bach, March
from "Tannhauser" by Wagner
and the program was closed with
The Star Spangled Banner."
Honor List . . .
(Continued from page 1.)
George Arthur Blackstone
Quentin LeRoy Bonness
James Robert Burlington
James Fike Cain
Virginia Eleanor Dunlap
Louis James Gogela
Shirley Kellenbarger
Thelma Leon a Kristenson
James Albert Lake
Isabel Louise Lehmer
Laurel Morrison Luebs
Millard Blair McGee
David Lois Meierhenry
Philip Arthur Miller
Frederick Martin Nebe
William Reece Elton
Betty Jane Purdham
Jean Margaret Riggs
Rosemary Riley
Berdena Elizabeth Rosenow
Bruce Hollen Stafford
Sterling Bernard Stage
Raymond Henry Steinacher
Rosalie Mable Tookey
Vincent Joseph Vaughn
William Robert Ward
Richard Donald Wenzlaff
The name of Maxcy Jean
Smith was omitted from the
American Association of Uni
versity Women scholarship list
at the Honors convocation.
University of California claims
the world's biggest campus
10,081 acres of land in university
use.
Donors to Northwesern univer
sity in the last 22 years have
totaled more than 75,000.
Lydia Nadejena, only American
member of the Moscow restora
tion workshop, is offering a series
of lectures on Russian history,
art and language at Finch Junior
college.
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Johnson
Addresses
Meeting
Out of the philosophy that
everyone has a right to a Job thru
free exchange of labor grew the
United States Employment Serv
ice, said Mr. C. A. Johnson In the
sixth lecture in the series on "So
cial Services in War Time," held
for students and faculty Wednes
day in the Union.
Director of the state Employ
ment Service and acting Nebraska
manpower director, Mr. Johnson
traced the history of the develop
ment of the employment service.
The framework of the service was
formed by the Wagner-Peycer Act
nassed in 1933. The state office
was established in 1936.
Places Workers.
The agency places and recruits
workers and administers the un
employment compensation pro
gram, Johnson said. The office at
tempts to prevent excessive turn
over in war Industries and pro
mote orderly transfer of people
from non-essential industry to war
industry.
At the outset of the war greater
co-ordination between the various
state employment agencies and
the federal government was re
quested by the president. In an
effort to carry out this request,
last September the Service was
transferred from the Social Se
curity Board to the War Man
power Commission, Johnson said.
Music School
Holds Spring
Recital Today
The junior recital, given by
Ruth Ferguson, and sponsored by
the school of fine arts, will held
today instead of Monday as was
announced in last week's issue
of the Nebraskan.
Miss Ferguson will sing "Una
Voce Poso Fa" from the Barber
of Seville by Rossini, and, with
Jack Rokahr, "Nay, Bid Me Not
Resign, Love from Don Giovanni,
act one, by Mozart.
Betty Stanton Plays.
Betty Stanton, pianist, will play
"Nocturne" by Chopin and "Valse'
by Chopin. Margaret Lindgrcn,
accompanist, will play "Solvejg's
Lied" by Grieg, "Une Trabatiere
a Musiquc" by Laidoff, "Adele's
Laughing Song" rom the Bat,
by Strauss and "Let All My Life
Be Music" by Spross.
The recital will begin at 4
p. m. in the Temple building.
A course on "Propaganda In
Total Warfare" has been intro
duced in the evening school at
Howard university.
University of Kentucky college
of agriculture and home economics
recently offered two short courses
in sheep shearing in an effort to
alleviate the hortage of helpers
in the state's big wool clip.
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