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EDITORIAL ST APT
Editor Harold W. Andersen
Managing Editors Leslie Jean r.lotfrlly, Brlly Lou Huston
News Editor Jnnrt Mason, l'hyliis Teagarden, Mary Alice
Caweod, Shirley Jenkins.
Sports Editor Chuck Peterson
Society Editor Betty King
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LETTERIP
We Point With Pride ...
.... to the University Theater's current hit play, "The
Skin of Our Teeth." Presented to sell-out crowds Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights, the play has been held
over, and will be staged again tomorrow night for the
benefit of those who were not able to get tickets lor tne
three regularly scheduled performances.
"The Skin of Our Teeth" presents unusual production
and technical difficulties, demands skillful acting. The
enthusiasm with which audiences have received it for the
past three nights pays eloquent tribute to the skill of the
University Players and their talented director, Dallas S.
Williams.
This hit production marks another triumph for the
university's department of speech and dramatic art. Only
two weeks ago the university's debate team swept indi
vidual and team honors at the Northwestern university
debate and discussion conference at Evanston, 111.
Such outstanding achievement reflects most favorably
on the department of speech and dramatic art, and brings
honor and recognition to the whole university.
AND TO STUDENTS' EVER-INCREASING INTER
EST in the miniature peace conference. Another indication
of this interest is contained in the following note, written to
Chancellor Boucher by Director of Libraries Frank A.
Lundy, and forwarded to The Nebraskan yesterday by the
chancellor:
Dear Chancellor Boucher:
I think you will be interested in knowing that the
students, according to Miss Kutieoge, our circulation
librarian, are making more use of the library in con
nection with the "Peace Conference" than they have
in connection with their courses at any time during
the past three years.
Sincerely,
(Signed) FRANK A. LUNDY.
16 Feb. 1945.
The note scarcely requires comment. It speaks for
itself, and offers vet more proof that students are ap
proaching the peace conference with enthusiasm and de
termination. '
To the Editor:
When a person watches a seeing-eye dog trot
briskly along the sidewalk, ears forward and eyes
alert, beside his master, he seldom stops to think
of the months of time and the hundreds of dollars
which have been spent on the animal's education
The first thought which comes to the mind of the
average observer is:
"Isn't that clog beautiful!" and he succumbs to
an impulse to reach out and pet the dog who pauses!
at a street corner to await a safe crossing for his
master. The dog, naturally receptive to the kind
ness of a human being, looks up, moving slightly,
to acknowledge the attention of his admirer and
his master stumbles off the curb.
Thus many accidents are caused by people who
unthinkingly detract the attention of a sccing-eye
dog from his work. These dogs have been educated
by some of the best trainers in the country and
have been picked ear-fully for the intelligence and
dependability necessary in their work. Intelli
gence, however, is often accompanied by a high
nervous tension which can easily be touched off by
an engaging whistle, excited, loud talking,- and sud
den movements near the animal.
Though a high degree of intelligence is a pre
requisite for the seeing-eye dog, it may also be
come a handicap. These dogs live and work for
one thing only an encouraging word or pat from
their masters and this craving for attention by
the dog is the master's strongest hold over him. Aj
the dog gets more attention from other people, hij
master's hold upon his affections is loosened, lead
ing to a corresponding slack in obedience by the
dog.
When a hunting dog or a house pet becomes
disobedient, the owner is put to the inconvenience
of having to look for his own bird, or having to
stand out in the cold a few minutes longer to get
his pet in the house. When a seeing-eye dog be
comes disobedient, his master's life is in danger.
Any person who lives or works in the vicinity
of a seeing-eye dog should therefore heed the ad
vice of the Morrislown trainers. Never pay any
attention to a seeing-eye dog, even when he's off
duty! Janet Mason.
February 17, 1945.
Dear Editor:
In the forthcoming miniature peace conference
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which the University of WebrasKa siuucms me
upholding as worth while, I want to remind the
students who are representing the various allied
nations that each group, in order to realize her
nation's needs and wants, must represent the
point of view of that nation in as realistic and
exact manner as possible.
Each group representing a nation must respect
the ideas proposed by other nations. If this miniature
peace conference is to be a success, the spirit of
the thing must be maintained. Pettiness and per
sonal bias should not enter in when discussing
problems affecting a nation's position.
Sincerely,
JOAN C. WITT.
Current Morrill Exhibition
Shows 'Art of By -Gone Days9
Peace Conference Previews ' J
, THE RUSSIAN-rOLISH
BOUNDARY
By Professor G. V. Cray.
The Polish government recog
nized by the United States de
mands its prewar boundaries. The
Russian government insists upon
its right to retain the territory
it occupied in 1939 and the fact
that, regardless of anything we
say, it will do so makes it more
difficult for Americans to judge
the controversy fairly. There are
so many claims and counter
claims that each side can, by
judicious omissions, both prove
its case and nullify that of its
neighbor.
The territory in dispute was in
1914 two-thirds Russian and one
third Austrian. The Russians had
in the eighteenth century seized
their portion from the Poles who
had acquired it earlier from the
Lithuanians who in turn had ex
panded into it the Tartar Empire
disintegrated. Austria had taken
her portion. Gahcia, from the
Poles. The peasants who actually
worked the land during all these
transfers were Ukrainians, White
Russians, and, around Wilno,
Lithuanians. Any plebiscite to
day would almost unquestionably
result in a vote for the country
whose armies had last swept
across it.
Wilson Demands Territory.
President Wilson in the Four
teen Points demanded a Poland
composed of territory "indisput
ably Polish." In 1919 Allied ex
perts drafted such a line. The
Poles with French support in
sisted upon their right to terri
tory the experts considered dis
putable and, after seizing Kiev
and being driven back to War
saw, succeeded in getting the
boundary of 1939. In the process
the line drafted by the experts
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became known as the Curzon
Line. It is approximately that
demanded by the Russians today.
The Polish government promised
the Allies that the Wilno area
should belong to Lithuania but
Polish generals prevented any ful
fillment of the promise.
Ukrainians Establish Government.
In Galicia the Ukrainians at
tempted in 1919 to establish their
own government while the Poles
in Lwow attempted to set up a
Polish government. The Allies
believed that the territory must
be kept from the Bolsheviks but,
with the exception of France, that
it ought not to be given Poland.
By gradual degrees with an un
derstanding that there would be
autonomy, it became a part of
Poland. The autonomy disappeared.
Polish mistreatment of the
Ukrainians was bad enough that
protests were made to the League.
The Polish government was a
type of military dictatorship. In
the areas in question the Poles
formed a nobility and landlord
caste over the peasants. Mean
while, on the Russian side of the
frontier a one-party dictatorship
confiscated property, liquidated or
at least deprived of all political
rights former property owners,
and attempted to destroy the
church. Lithuanians never ceased
their protests over Polish occupa
tion of their old capital.
Polish, Jewish Cities.
In 1939 there was a greater
number of Poles in the area than
of any other nationality but only
approximately one-third of the
population was Polish. The cities
tended to be Polish and Jewish'
while the countryside was
Ukrainian or White Russian The
Polish government in 1938 took
BY ANN CONVERSE.
"Art of By-Gone Days," is the
theme of an art exhibition held
in Gallery B. of Morill Hall this
week. University prints, water
colors and paintings, which have
been in storage because of UN s
tremendous growth in permanent
collections for the period of 19th
century and the early years of the
20th cntury, are being shown, ac
cording to Dwight Kirsch, director
of the art departfent.
Paintings which have been pre
sented to the university within the
past few years are being shown
for the first time to the public.
Following is a list of these recent
gifts along with the names of the
donors:
Oils Prevail.
Two oils from the estate of
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Love pre
sented in 1941 "Bootblack" by
J. G. Brown and "Dog's Head" by
Clara Bush (1877). Gift of Mr.
L. P. Stone, Lincoln (in memory
of his mother)) in 1942 Oil por
trait of Sukey Fay Parker by L. R.
Jacobs, Nantucket (18G2) and two
crayon enlargements, artists un
known. Mrs. George H. Rogers,
Lincoln, in 1943, presented two
oils by Mis Ana Rogers "News
boy" and "Still Life with Apples."
An engraving "the L.ast up
per, whicn is irom me original
painting by Benjamin West, pub
lished in England, 1797. is the
gift of Mrs. Ella Robertson Veon,
Lincoln (in honor of her two
daughters) presented in 1943. An
oil "Farm Home of O. W. Web
ster" by an itinerant artist, name
unknown (1870) gift of Mrs. J. D.
Webster, Lincoln, 1943. Robert L.
Newman's pencil drawing "Wom
an's Head," of 1895, is a gift of
Milch Galleries, New York, pre
sented in 1945. An Oil, "Deer
Hunting," by Thomas Hill (1856)
is a gift of Dr. Victor H. .Paltsits,
Long Island, N. Y. (father of Mrs
F. W. Misch, Lincoln) 1945.
Loan Watcrcolors.
The group of watercolors of
natural colored Alpine flowers by
a Swiss artist, Mrs. Matilda Bmjis
Silvestre, were loaned by Miss
Marjorie Shanafelt of the Uni
versity Museum staff.
The period represented was per
haps the low ebb in artistic taste
in the United States and it is an
interesting contrast with modern
art and the pictures that have
stood the test of time, stated Mr.
Kirsch. These paintings are in
keeping with the native American
character of honest, direct expres
sion.
The exhibit will be held from
Feb. 18 to Feb. 25. Gallery hours
are Sundays 2-6 p. m., 8:30 a. m.
to 5:30 p. m., weekdays and until
9:30 p. m. on Tuesdays.
Personal Stationery
Sheets & i Art
M Envelope for .JM.W
Neatly printed in rich bio Ink. Name
ana address, monogram or crest.
GRAVES PRINTING
Soath of Temple
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Variety Show Features
Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie
A free variety show "The
Sky's the Limit" starring Fred
Astaire and Joan Leslie pins a
cartoon will be shown at the
union at 8 p. nn. today. Lorraine
Woita and Cecil Smith will
play a boogie on the accordion
and piano before the show.
Coffee and doughnuts will be
served in the union lounge
from 5 to S.
part in the dismemberment of
Czechoslovakia and in 1939
played a major part in prevent
ing an agrement between Rus
sia and the western powers that
might have prevented war. The
Polish people were the first to
fight the Nazis and have suffered
cruelly as a result.
As far as the United tSates gov
ernment has hinted its thoughts,
they appear to be that the Rus
sians have the greater right, that
they should allow the Poles tp
retain Lwow, and that the de
cision is going to be by the Rus
sians. The State Department ap
pears to be pleased with Russian
moderation toward Finland and
Rumania.
WAA Swim Club
Meets Thursday
To Reorganize
The WAA swimming club will
meet to reorganize for the second
semester on Thursday at 7:30
p. m. in the coliseum, according
to Midge Holtzscherer, WAA so
cial and publicity chairman.
Miss Holtzscherer urges a big
turnout by both new and old
members to get the club activi
ties under way for this semester.
All desiring to join are to attend,
bringing their swimming permit,
bathing sandals, suit and cap.
Bulletin
PKRSONAI, FILIATIONS.
Pertwtual Hrlations narriace rroiiD of Uu-
TV will meet Mnnriy at 4 p, m. a thr
southeast room of r:ilrn Smith.
OMM1TTKK KOI R.
Rmolatlom sub-committee of roiuniHtrr
nnmhrr four will nirt Sunday at S:M at
the it Beta I til bull sr. Bell Jane VirM-
ST. PATRICE.
& Easter Greeting Cards
Scotch Tape
Goldenrod Stationery Store
215 North 14 Open Evenings
Faculty Group
Offers Three
Scholarships
Three senior scholarship of fifty
dollars each have been offered by
the Faculty Women's club to be
available to any woman attending
the university who has sufficient
hours to graduate in June, 1946,
or at the end of the summer ses
sion of 1946.
The scholarships will be granted
in recognition of "meritorious ef
forts in school life," as well as of
scholastic attainments. To be eli
gible for the scholarships the can
didate must be wholly, or par
tially, self-supporting and must
have an average scholarship of
not less than 84.
Secure Application Blanks.
Application blanks may be se
cured at the offices of Miss Mar
garet Fedde, chairman of home
ec department, or me dean or
women. Each candidate must
mail her application to Mrs. T. J.
Thompson, 5201 Leighton Street,
Lincoln, on or before March 9.
Candidates are requested to give
the Registrar's office written per
mission to send their grades to
the Scholarship committee.
Applicants will meet for per
sonal interviews with the Schol
arship committee in Ellen Smith
Hall March 15 and 16. Awards
will be announced at the Honors
Convocation April 17.
la ealUng the meeting-. Committee
number fotir la reneerned with the prob
lem rrlatlve to thr boundaries of tiermany.
Any euuntrir wishing to hare m bearing
may attend tola meeting.
Integrity of remalnlag fiermna territory,
an b -commit lee of eomnilttee number four,
will meet Monday at 4:O0 at the Alpha Phi
house. Amy Known la railing the merlin
and all delegates for eirtintrir winning to
have a hearing may attend the meeting.
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