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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
.Wednesday, October 9, 1946
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
fAtar Phyllis Teararden
ManaRlni Editor's . " Shirley Jenkins, Mary Alice Cawood
News Editors: Dale Novotny, I'hyllls Mortlock. Jack Hill, Mary Louise Blumel, Jeanne
Bporu Editor ........ George Miller
BUSINESS STAFF. .
lu.lness Manaicer " Tandlngham
AnxiHtant Businrns Managers . . Dorothy Lasher, Byron Rajnlck
Circulation Manager ones
Special Delivery Letter . . .
Open letter to A. J. Lewandowski :
In an attempt to clarify the seemingly alarming situa
tion created by the Student Activity ticket lottery, the fol
lowing facts are presented with the hope of an informative
reply.
The student body demands an explanation of the gen
eral procedure by which the seating arrangement was al
loted. The same source can not follow the reasoning in seat
ing 1600 veterans and their wives as a block. By this it is
not to be assumed that veterans do not have a perfect right
to seats in the student section; only that the block they
represent is not proportionate to the other groups included
in the lottery. In future years, a division of large groups
into blocks more nearly equal in size to other representative
organizations in the student section would be worth serious
consideration.
In light of the fact that the majority of the student
body is definitely in a fog as to the drawing of lots, a con
siderable amount of condemnation has been thrust upon the
shoulders of a few innocent bystanders.
Surely a feasible explanation can be found for the
situation as it now stands. With no reference to the per
sonalities involved, yours or mine, we request only the
simple facts. An immediate answer will clear up all doubts,
whereas silence will only add fuel to the fire.
Veterans Give
Second Radio
Forum Tonite
"Racial Prejudice" will be the
topic of the second veteran's or
ganization forum to be broad
cast tonight at 7:15 over radio
station KFAB.
The half hour program will
originate in room 316 of the
Union. Participants in the forum
will be Carl Booton, program
chairman, Lynnwood Parker, the
Rev. Harold M. Bryant, Lewis
Curling and Esmond C. K. Chun.
Paul Bogen will serve as mod
erator. According to Booton, those par
ticipating will attempt to explain
reasons for the existence of racial
prejudice, and they will offer
their solution of the problem.
Parker, a student in teacher's
college, is a former battalion ad
jutant of a colored unit, and Rev.
Bryant is a former chaplain.
Interested veterans who are not
attending the university are elig
ible to participate on the pro
gram. Plans are being made to
broadcast it over a seven station
Nebraska network.
Convo . . .
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periences that he remembered, be
fore he wrote his poem called
'Anonymous;" and how he drew
on these experiences to poetically
illustrate the idea that history is
made by common people. Mr. En
gle also talked about und read se
lections from his books, "Corn,"
and "American Child," his latest
book.
In an interview, the Iowa poet
remarked, "I am always surprised
that anyone reads poetry." He
went on to say that while Amer
icans buy more of Keats work
every year, than was bought in all
of Keat's lifetime, today's edu
cated man is more Interested In
magazinccirticles on such enlight
ening topics as "how to live in the
Maine woods on three eggs a
month."
Engle stated that poets are now
concerned about how to get their
poetry read without making it
superficial. The people who read
poetry these days do so, "because
of a heightened literary interest.
Most people vho read poetry have
tried to write it at some time or
other."
Engle is a genial conversation
alist, with a strong constitution
This last assertion is advanced
because the man consumed two
chocolate malted milks with sin
gular ease, just before he faced
his convocation audience. He
reads his own poetry clearly and
effectively, but with a decent
amount of nervous deference. His
philosophy of poetry has a flexi
bility that may permit him to be
come one of ; America's great
poets. But even now we may
thank him for appreciably liven
ing our thought and quickening
our perception.
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Student Tryouts
Student try-outs for Lincoln symphony
orchestra will be held Sunday, Oct. 13. at
3 p. m. In the School of Music, accord
ing to hUHlncKS maniiKer, Bob MetzKcr.
Game Goers
UpperclnM women who wlnh to attend
the Iowa U. football pi me must have
written permission from parents or Kuar-
dlans, according to AWS board.
Vets' Views
"Veterans' View" will be broadcast to
nlKbt In Kuom 316 In the Union at 7:13.
All veterans fire urged to attend and pre
sent their opinions on the racial qucHtlon.
Next week 'Rural Road Improvement" will
be the subject. Anyone desiring to serve
on the panel for any particular quertion
is asked to contact Carl Booton. 209 Ne
braska Hall.
There will be a very Important meeting
of Inter-f raternlty council today at o
p. m. in Room 315 at the Union. Dick
Kolila, president, urk'ea all chapter presi
dents and athletic chairmen to be present.
Tun Kappa Epsilon
If there are any members of the Tau
Kappa Kpsllon now on the campus will
they please call Bill Leonard at S-S563 any
time after 6 p. m.
Eastern Club
Eatern students at Nebrnska Interested
In forming en Easterners' club are asked
to attend a dinner Friday evening at the
Union,
Picture Schedule
Sorority schedule for the week of Oct. 14
to Oct. IB Is as follows: Delta Gamma,
Kappa Alpha Theta. Gamma Phi Beta, ac
cording to Joan Fankhauser, managing
editor of the Cornhuskcr. The Cornhuskcr
appointment sheets for these sororities
should be turned in by this Friday, Oct. 11.
New Students
If you are Interested in University The
ater, AUF. BABW, Cornhuskcr or AWS
work, remember that these activities will
be explained by their respective heads o
entering students at a meeting In the
Union ballroom at 5 p. m. today.
YW Membership
YMCA memb'THhlp cards pre now ready
and should be picked up Immediately by
TO THE STUDENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA:
The librarians of Love Memo
rial library wish to express their
appreciation for the manner in
which you have conducted your
selves while: making use of the
new building. We can frankly
state that you are the most well
mannered and conscientious group
of students with whom we have
ever had the pleasure of working.
Despite the existence of these
friendly relations, we have re
ceived some rather harsh criticism
in the Daily Nebraskan during the
past two weeks. We feel that a
brief statement of our side of the
problem might help to clarify the
situation. We are aware that our
organization is not perfect.
The matter of library hours has
been a cause celebre of the stu
dent body for many years. This
year we have extended our hours
to 9:30 Monday through Thurs
day and to include Saturday aft
ernoon. We admit that those of
you who are campaigning for a
Sunday opening have a good
point. Most large university libra
ries do remain open on Sunday
afternoons and evenings. How
ever, the personnel problem is
still one that we must solve.
There are .seven vacancies on our
professional staff at present. A
large university library cannot be
run without a minimum staff of
trained personnel any more than
a bank can be run without a few
accountants. Student assistants,
too, are still difficult to obtain.
We have only a few signed up
who are willing to work evenings
and on Saturdays.
As soon as we secure the nec
essary help, we will keep open
until 10 p. m. and on Sunday aft
ernoon and evening.
Probably no one is more aware
of the reserve book situation than
we are. The problem of obtaining
enough books is a serious one.
Enrollments have almost doubled
on nearly every American college
campus. Paper shortages, trans
portation difficulties, and under
estimate of the need are troubling
school book publishers.
Our experience has shown that
the two hour reserve system is
the best way to get a limited
number of books to a great num
ber of students. Under this sys
tem 10,000 of you signed your
names and showed your "ident"
cards for reserve books during
the first two weeks of this sem
ester. Another 5,000 of you bor
rowed books for longer periods.
From these figures it would ap
pear that a large percentage of
you are successful in checking
books out of the Library.
We have also discovered that we
are concentrating too many books
in the ground floor reserve read
ing room. In order to meet this
demand we are developing a new
reserve book room in the north
cast corner of the third floor.
This will divide theservice load
upperclassmen In Kllen Smith hnll. These
cards are Important, according to Miml
Ann Johnson, membership chairman, for
they are necessary to qualify for voting
in Y W elections.
Engineers Meet
The Mtudcnt Branch of the American
society of civil engineers will hold a
meeting at 7:15 p. m.. Wednesday In room
212 of the Student Union.
All civil engineering students are In
vited to attend this meeting and see the
construction film "Empires of Steel."
Hep Cat
si
i
Anyone Interested In participating In a
Jam session Is Invited to appear at Ihe
Union on Friday at i o'clock with his
horn.
YWCA
The YWCA wishes to remind the mem
bership council that all money must be
turned In at Kllen Smith hall at 4 p. m.
on Oct. 11.
FREE VARIETY SHOW
Gregory Peck and Thomas Mitchell
in "KEYS OF THE KINGDOM"
8:00 P M., SUNDAY, OCT. 13
UNION BALLROOM
Coffee Hour 5 to 6 in Union Lounge
Buffet Dinner, 85c person
5:30 to 7:00 p. m. in Main Dining Room
News
Print
BY JACK HILL.
Now it's the republicans' turn
to have a go at dinner party
squabbles! Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
and Sen. Robert Taft are almost
at the nasty name stage over the
Nuernberg trials. Taft had con
demned the nazi war tribunals as
"unfair" and Dewey, with an eye
on 1948, let Taft know that he
didn't aerree at all. The republican
governor has railed the boys
around him, and from here n
looks as if both sides will make
political capital out of the whole
mess.
That's to say nothing of what
the democrats will do . . .
Bad news and no progress were
reported on the various labor
fronts of the nation as strikers
continued to force a large portion
nf I hp United States economy into
stagnation. Between Pittsburgh,
where the power workers remain
adamant, and the maritime tieup,
government mediators are nearly
frantic.
In Pennsylvania, the chief ob
stacle now is a 20 percent wage
increase which has just been sub
mitted to the power company's
managers. On the other embat
tled front, conciliators are hopeful
that a ioint meeting of the A.F.L.
Masters, Mates , and Pilots, the
C.I.O. Marine Engineers Beniii
cial association and their em
ployers will bring to an end a
strike that has already done a
great deal of damage to all con
cerned. Atom bomb proposal number
three! And this one may hold
good. More or less neutral Mex
ico has advanced a system of in
ternational controls which runs
right across the objections Russia
and the United States advanced
over each other's proposals. Peace
time atomic experimentation will
be conducted in international
zones under the strict supervision
of the atomic commission.
Those who are supposed to
know, said that the proposal has
wide spread political -ramuica-tions."
Whatever that may mean.
We hesitate to conjecture. ....
conveniently. All reserve books in
the Social Studies and Education
will soon be found on the third
floor. When these books are
charged to you, they may be stu
died anywhere in the building.
Our new building is large and
can be readily adapted to the
needs at hand. We shall be happy
to discuss any of your suggestions
even tho they are in the form
of gripes. Several of us can take
a lot of "chewing" since we have
had a good deal of military ex
perience. But please don't con
demn us because the walls are
made of marble or because the
lighting is indirect. What has been
termed a "lousy facility" happens
to be one of the best planned
university libraries in America.
The trouble with some guys is
that they want "egg in their
beer."
RICHARD A. FARLEY,
Circulation Librarian.
Classified J
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE can use some
girls to help serve noon luncheons in
our dining room. Hours 11:00 a. m. to
about 2:00 p. m. Monday through Sat
urday or any combination of days. Sal
ary $1.65 phis meal. Call Miss Stamp,
hostess. 2-6671.
TEXTS FOR SALEBus. Finance, Bon
neville & Dcwev. $1.50; Rational Re
lief. Frye & Levi. $2.00; Municipal Ac
counting. Chatters & Turner, $3.00;
Credit & Collections, Irons, $2.00. Phone
5-6558. 306 No. 30th.
Thespians Plead
For Five White
Navy Uniforms
From the University Theater
comes a plea to ex-officers of the
United States Navy.
In one scene from "My Sister
Eileen," first University Theater
production of the season which
will open soon, it is necessary for
five future admirals of the Bra
zilian Navy to be on stage at the
same time. This, naturally, calls
for five white Navy uniforms
which may be accessible to the
actors portraying the parts of the
future admirals.
Complimentary Seat.
Anyone contributing such a suit
preferrable in size 36, 38, 39, 40 or
42, will receive a complimentary
ticket to the production of "My
Sister Eileen" and his suit will be
cleaned after the performance by
the University Theater before be
ing returned to him.
Banquet ...
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ing the university, will be eligible,
with the other freshrnen journal
ism students, for next years gold
keys.
Since the gold keys', too, are
being presented for the first time,
five will be presented to upper
class journalism students on their
cumulative record during their at
tendance at Nebraska. Next year
only the five awards to sopho
mores will be made.
Dr. W. F. Swindler, new direc
tor of the school of journalism,
will be featured speaker at the
dinner, discussing the school it
self, its weaknesses, iand strong
points, together with 'plans for its
expansion when the new class
room building is finished and
ready for occupancy; Other hon
ored guests will be Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. White and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Seacrest, publishers of the
Lincoln newspapers, and Chan
cellor and Mrs. R. G. Gustavson.
Shirley Jenkins is ticket chair
man for the dinner, and will have
tickets available at the Daily Ne
braskan office until 3 p. m. to
day for anyone not contacted by
one of the ticket salesmen.
Mary Alice Cawood, president
of Theta Sigma Phi, the journal
ism honorary, is chairman of the
program committee, with Mary
Lou Blumel and Phyllis Mortlock
arranging the menu and decora
tions. Phyllis Teagarden, Marcella
Slaj chert and Marthella Holcomb
are working on publicity.
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