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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 30, 1948
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Delivered by Ralph Nelson
Spring is a time of many eventful traditions, one the most
important of which in the life of the student is that of gradua
tion. As a part of these graduation ceremonies soon to be held,
speakers will transfer the future cares of the world to those who
are completing a certain course of study, as these commencement
orators tell graduates all over the country that the world is now
theirs, and thai they must dare to move ahead, accepting the chal
lenges of increased responsibility.
In view of this periodic challenge to youth, and especially with
reference to the present chaotic world conditions, I would like to
ask a question. That question is where arc we going? It is a
question that applies to each of us as a citizen of a government
created on a foundation of security through liberty.
If we accept the statement that the era of isolation of our
nation has now passed into history, it becomes evident that our
actions as citizens of the United States will indicate where we
are going as citizens of the world society.
As we in the United States start the thirty-third month of
what we would like to call "peace" the period following the Japa
nese surrender we know that uncoitanty is not without cause.
Contrasts May Day.
One year ago, while a student elected queen for a day ruled
over Ivy Day festivities at the university, a somewhat less demo
cratic and yet more permanent sovereign was in charge of a May
Day celebration in Moscow, as more than one million soldiers,
sailors and workers paraded before him. The Ivy Day orator last
year told us about Communism and Communism and Stalin and
the threats of another global war are the combination giving us
our chief cause of concern.
Although the top military leaders insist that a crisis is at
hand, and that security can be achieved only by an immediate
expansion of our armed forcesmany of them apparently are un
able to convince each other that the threat of .war is so immedi
ate that coordinated planning is necessary. With a budget of over
$11,000,000,000 for the military set up, it would seem that these
leaders who argue so strenuously for greater expansion and ex
penditures should realize further their obligation to the nation.
"Joint Chiefs Disagreed"
The inability of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to agree on a general
plan of defense was highlighted by a conference called at Key
West in March by Defense Secretary Forrestal. The result of the
military unification program has been a serious split among the
Army, the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marines, and a further
split between the President and the Secretary of the Air.
Nor is the lack of coordinated planning limited to this phase
of the military. Despite daily warnings of the severity of the in
ternational crisis, no effort has been made to mobilize industrial
plants. One writer has pointed out that at least 50 per cent of
the important units will require six months or so to switch, and
that the War Assets Administration continues to offer war-essen-
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tial Government-owned factories and equipment, obtaining no more
than thirty cents on the dollar cost.
"World War I 'Normalcy' "
After World War I we were interested only in a return to
"normalcy." We outlawed war and ignored the League of Na
tions. And we lost the peace. We have since won another war.
We know that we can no longer remain aloof from the rest of
the world. Our official general policy with all of its lack of co
ordination and consistency is that we do not need to expect war
if this country is strong enough to defend itself, but if war should
come, the United States must be able to carry the battleground
to any land whose aggression has produced the conflict.
There are few who will argue with the general outlines of
such a policy. Although there are a few too many million veterans
around for anyone to start a flag-waving expedition, we know
that we have much which we deem worthy of defending.
Yet as citizens of a system of government which is truly ours,
a government created on a foundation of individual liberty, we
must acknowledge that our responsibilities go further than a crea
tion of force for our defense.
Communists Attack
It is obvious now that Communists don't limit their attack
solely to use of military strength. They have not been, nor will
they be, averse to infiltration by other means. They are well
trained organizers and voters, although they may not publicize
their efforts along these lines. Our individual responsibilities should
be clear.
We must also understand peace in a larger sense than an
absence of. open global warfare. Our interest in internationalism
should be increased to include a desire for understanding, for the
security of the world. Many Americans have such a desire, as
evidenced by the food and clothing given to suffering peoples in
those areas devastated by war. We must follow this up with ac
tive support of international cooperation.
Where are we going as citizens of this world of conflict? We
have indicated a certain degree of progress when we realize that
v.e are citizens of the world. We are moving ahead still more
when we realize that our responsibilities go further than a develop
ment of armed force. We may not be in uniform now, but we are
nevertheless engaged in an important struggle, because we are
fighting for life.
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UN Flying Club
To Submit Pix
For Air Queen
The Texas Christian university
air meet has asked the Univer
sity's flying club to submit pic
tures of candidates for Sky Girl
queen of the meet. The winner
will receive an expense-paid trip
by plane to ort Worth, and will
reign over the meet's activities.
Pictures must be 4x5 inches and
must be in the hands of Paul
Keller, Nebraska's flying club
vice president, at 1033 So. 24th
st., by Saturday, May 1.
Club members will judge the
pictures submitted, choose a max
imum of five, and notify the win
ners. The candidates' pictures
will, then be sent to the TCU air
meet, where the Queen will be
chosen.
Other schools participating in
the meet will be the University
of Michigan, Arkansas Polytechni
cal, Texas Christian, University
of New Mexico, Texas Wesleyan,
University of Denver, Colorado
Women's College and Stevens
College.
Rcsnik Praised
In Met 'Tosca'
Performance
BY SAf WARREN.
On the eve of the university's
own Ivy Day excitement, added
festivity was brought to the cam
pus by the appearance of the
Metropolitan Opera company at
the coliseum in a performance
of Puccini's oper, "Tosca."
And exciting it was indeed, for
though on the melodramatic side,
"Tosca" is intense, concentrated
theater combined with incompar
able musice to produce that
unique art form, opera. Insistent
applause of the capacity audience
demanded several curtain calls
of the principles after each of
the three acts.
Resnik Convincing--
Regina Resnik, versatile so
prano of the Met, took off her
role of the personable, highly
emotional Tosca with convincing
forcefulness. Assuming the center
of interest from the first of the
second act (the scene of mount
ing tension between Tosca and
Carpia, the chief of police), Miss
Resnik showed herself an actress
as well as an artist.
Whipping about the stage in a
heavy, bejeweled gown, she por
trayed the Italian prima donna
as distraught and completely un
nerved by the villainous schemes
of the Baron Scarpia. Her choice
to kill him rather than to com
promise herself was made believ
able and moving in her perform
ance. It was an exhausting scene
for both Miss Resnik and the
audience. Her second-act area,
"Vissi d'arte," was . the more re
markable, when one considers the
emotional pitch of all that had
preceeded it.
Likeable Villain.
Winning the favor of the audi
ence in tne same scene wds
Australian baritone John Brown
lee as the white-wigged Scarpia.
Tall and of aristocratic bearing,
Brownlee presented, a villain
that was curiously likeable de
spite his cruel intrique.
As Mario Cavaradossi, a role
third in appeal to Tosca's and
Scarpia's, Jussi Bjocrling ha;d
ample opportunity to display his
high-powered tenor with its u
nique ringing quality -thi has
made him a favorite of Met fol
lowers for the last ten years.
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