Sunday, December 4, 1949
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
U.S.
BY PAUL WIECK.
"We may lose, to the disaster
of the United States, the cold war
in Asia unless we awaken," Wal
ter White, secretary of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, told
an overflow audience in the Union
ballroom Friday morning.
Citing the use the Russian prop
agandists make of lynching, seg
regation, filibusters, and the Ku
K!u Klan, White said it was
causing a great deal of distrust
of this country among the hun
dreds of millions of colored people
in Asia, Africa and South America.
Incidents of this type are also
played up in the foreign press,
causing great dismay among those
looking to this country for moral
leadership. White said.
Town Hall Tour
The speaker recently visited
thirteen world capitals in con
nection with the "Round the World
Town Hall,' in an effort to pro
mote democracy and a friendly
feeling for the United States. "Wo
had been treated with complete
courtesy in thirteen capitals,"
White said, but on their return
to Washington, D. C, they were
denied the right to dine together
in one of the leading hotels of
that city because two of their
number were colored. Thus "those
who had toured the world for de
mocracy were denied democracy
for the first time."
In his two recent trips abroad,
White said he found two criticisms
of the United States prevalent.
One was against the Marshall
Plan and the other on the short
comings of our color line. On his
first trip, he acted as a consultant
at important United Nations' meet
ings. Good results from the plan
have changed or tempered most
critics except party-line Com
munists, White believes.
Asia Fea-s Colonialism
In Asia and Africa there is some
resentment because they are re
ceiving none of the aid. White
stated! but there is also a growing
fear that it will eventually be
financed by colonialism.
"How did an educated people
Registration Opens
For Seniors Today
Registration cards for senior
students whose names begin with
letters A through L are available
today as second semester registra
tion begins. The assignment cards
may be obtained in Temporary
building B.
Monday through Friday of this
week will be used by the assign
ment committee for issuing the
assignment cards for remaining
University students.
The procedure will be the same
as last year, with low numbers
being called by the committee
first
Other methods of procedure
both on the city and Ag campuses
include appointments with advis
ers, filling out work sheets, and
final registration for classes.
Students registered in the ju
nior division will begin their reg
istration with an appointment
with their advisers. Students on
city campus should sign the ap
pointment schedule on their ad
viser's office door. Ag students
will be given appointments.
A program of work will be made
during this conference and the
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succumb to the racism of Hitler?"
was the question White asked to
people of all levels in Germany.
They replied by asking how we
could criticize them when we have
segregation of Negroes in our
army, and when in private many
American officers and enlisted
men say Hitler was right in try
ing to exterminate Jews.
In Israel a noted Hebrew schol
ar asked the speaker, "It isn't true
is it, that a lunrheon was canceled
in a Washington hotel because
the guest speaker was to be Dr.
Ralph Hunche, a Negro?" Telling
of the regard they had for Hunche
in Israel, the scholar was literally
praying for a negative reply. "I
would have given anything I pos
sessed to deny that the story was
true, but I couldn't deny the
truth," White said.
Tand it Nehru, the deeply spir
itual and practical head of the
Indian government "loathes com
munism and looks to the free
world" but "does not accept with
out reserve, all the bland state
ments given him here because of
the color line," the speaker re
ported. Nehru Replies
In answer to Nehru's support
of a free, democratic society, his
fellow-countrymen respond that
"all that you say, Pandit Nehru,
mav be true, but newspapers the
radio all tell of misstatement of
dark skinned people in the United
States. What hope have we as a
dark skinned nation to throw our
lot with the U. S."
Declaring that China is gone for
our generation, White pointed out
that if India were lost such coun
tries as Siam and Indo-China
would go without a struggle. Thus
eventually all Asia would be lost
to democracy and communism
would have the teeming millions
of Asia with all their valuable
natural resources in their camp.
White drew loud applause when
he condemned Senator Wherry of
Nebraska as one of a group of
Dixiecrats and conservative Re
publicans that back senate filibus
ters. He pointed to such organ
izations as the NAACP, labor
work sheet left with the adviser
for the necessary signature.
City campus students may ob
tain their work sheets at Tempo
rary building A, and then go to
building B to complete registra
tion process.
Ag students may pick up their
work sheets in Room 116, Dairy
Industry building.
The schedule for assignment
cards is as follows:
Dec. 5 Seniors (89 or more
hours) whose names begin with
the letters A to L.
Dec. 6 Seniors whose last
names begin with letters M to Z.
Dec. 7 Juniors (53 to 88).
Dec. 8 Sophomores (27 to 52
hours).
Dec. 9 Junior Division stu
dents. Delaware Aware
A student at the University of
Delaware can substitute an inde
pendent research project for a
three-hour course provided he
can persuade his instructor to
accept him as a thesis student.
unions, church groups, and vet
eran's organizations as among
those aiding the rising tide of
public opinion against discrimi
nation. White urged students, as the
leaders of tomorrow, to "do some
clear thinking for yourselves."
Condemning glib talk, he said "if
we are able to awaken in time
there is a certainty we can win
back the people of Asia and Afri
ca." Our own security is at stake,
White said.
Nebraska Grad
To Address
Engineers
All 11 a. m. engineering classes
will be dismissed Wednesday,
Dec. 7 to enable engineering stu
dents to attend the second an
nual Sigma Tau convocation.
Gerald F. Briggs will be the
main speaker at the convocation
which will be held in the Stuart
theater. Briggs will speak on
"Science and Mathematics, Plus"
Briggs is a university graduate
with distinction of 1936. He is
now a field engineer for a St.
Paul, Minn., company. In his
present position he investigates
improvements in ground water
development and advises con
sulting engineers, public officials,
and contractors.
Idea Behind Speech.
The importance of acquiring
practical knowledge and wisdom
in addition to regular knowledge
of science and mathematics will
be the idee bohina his speech.
Sigma Tau, honorary engineer
ing fraternity, began the series of
all-engineering convocations last
year. At that time. Dr. Eugene
Lundquist, chairman of the na
tional advisory committee for
aeronautics, spoke to approxi
mately 1,500 engineering students
and faculty.
Conservation
Heads Plan
Two-day Meet
Dr. W. V. Lambert, dean of
the college of agriculture, will
preside at the opening session of
the ninth annual Nebraska Soil
Pi-incnrv-itinn riistrirt SUDCrvisors'
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Dr. G. E. Condra of the univer
sity will give the opening address.
Nearly 400 farmers serving on
district boards are expected to the
meetings at the Lincoln Hotel next
Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 6
and 7.
A panel discussion on grass use
will also feature the Tuesday
morning program. A. E. McCly
monds of the Soil Conservation
Scrv'ie is to be the headline
speaker Tuesday afternoon.
H. G. Gould, associate director
of extension, will moderate a
forum on grassland agriculture
with Wilkie Collins, Jr., and Laird
Wolfe of the SCS and L. C. New
ell of the university participating.
Dr. F. D. Keim and Henry
Wolie. both of the university, and
Harold Bryngelson of Pierce will
speak on other phases of grass
management Tuesday afternoon.
The annual banquet is Tuesday
night w ith Dr. Condra presiding.
MORTAR BOARD BALL
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9 - UNIVERSITY COLISEUM
TICKETS 3.00
TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM ANY
MORTAR BOARD OR TASSEL
SPECTATOR TICKETS, 70c
"DON'T MISS THE BOAT'
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TENSE SCENE Dick Guy, in his lead role as Goeffry, displays a
strong emotional love toward his second wife in an important scene
of the "The Two Mrs. Carrolls." The University Theater's second
production will be presented three consecutive evenings at the
Nebraska Theater beginning Monday at 8 p.m.
Second Theatre Play
Will Open Toniglit
Mixed emotions involving crime,
and excitement will be one of the
prominent points of the Univer
sity Theater's second production
of the year,. "The Two Mrs. Car
rolls." Curtain time is scheduled for 8
p. m. Monday evening, and the
play will be presented three con
secutive nights.
The murder mystery which first
found success on the stages of
Broadway in 1943, was later made
into a successful movie featuring
Humphrey Bogart and Barbara
Stanwyck as leading actors.
Dick Guy and Margaret Dut
ton who have the lead roles are
featured in the play as a seem
ingly enraptured couple, which is
stricken by tragedy. In order to
accentuate the weird strangeness
of the situation, they must carry
out many emotional adversities.
Dutton in Character Role
Actress Dutton is by turns gay,
Bizarf Honorary
To Initiate Thirty
Nebraska chapter of Beta Gam
ma Sigma, scholastic honorary so
ciety of the College of Business
Administration, will initiate 30
new members veanesaay in m
Union.
The initiation ceremony will be
held at 5:30 p. m., and will be
followed by a dinner at 6:15
where Raymond A. MeConnell,
Jr., editor of the Lincoln Journal
will speak.
Philip S. James, chapter presi
dent, said alumni from outside
Nebraska will be welcome at the
dinner but should make reserva
tions wtih the college administra
tive office as soon as possible.
childlike, passionate, pathetic, be
wildered, frightened, and frantic.
Actor Guy is a mural artist with
many peculiarities due mostly to
his extreme love of art.
Suspense and horror figure
strongly after painter Guy at
tempts love with a neighbor, Jan
Crilly, even though he is still mar
ried to his second wife. Trouble
enters the picture when the first
Mrs. Carroll, Elaine Elliot, ap
pears on the scene.
Others contributing to the
strange atmosphere are cast mem
bers Bob Pficler, Twila Walker,
Bill Klamm, and Jan Kepner.
Stage Hands Rehearse.
In order to facilitate maximum
efficiency during the production
nights. Walter Davis, construction
manager, and Dick Garretson,
lighting and sound manager, have
been holding special technical re
hearsals. The scenery, whi. h lias
been contrived to permit easy
moving and quick set up, was il
luminated by the lights, in order
to determine whether the proper
effects were being acheived.
In "The Two Mrs. Carrolls."
lighting will serve to provide
moonlight, sunrise, and mid-day
effects, in addition to regular il
lumination. 2 Different Scenes.
Two entirely different scenes in
the production require quick
change, between acts. In order to
do this, a combination of fly
hooks, ropes and other di vices will
be used to enable the flats to be
torn down and set up in a hurry.
A total of 93 lights will be used
for varying purposes.
Production director for the play
is Max Whittakor. Clare Denton,
?is production manager, and
William Ellis Is the technical director.
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