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Tuesday, February 5, 1952 EDITORIAL PAGE THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wr tffl i .it I! si food For Thought- ACP Reporter Compares Time's 'Younger Generation' To 1920 Views ieiir'i nilit TSU if raarlnl of Tk Yoanfr Genera tion: A Vivid Portrait Sllfhtly Blurred , , , iy jamea Tlntner, Aaaaelateet 1'nlleflat Press reparter.) All older generations have one tradition in common: their tiabit of talking about younger generations. Last November, Time magazine car ried on the tradition. " Time asked the question, "Is it possible to paint portrait of an entire generation?" What fol lowed were four pages about "The young Genera tion" a portrait painted In vivid, brilliant color. According to Time, "Each (generation) has a quality as distinctive as a man's accent." Maybe so. But whether or not an older genera tion is capable of feeling out these distinctions H another question. To find out how other Younger Generations Time's for Instance have been sized up by their elders, we went back to articles written in the 20s and '30s. Below are 10 Time quotations plus an equal number of quotations about other younger genera tions. The results, we believe, is that Time's colors become slightly blurred. I believe, drink less today than they did 10 years ago and a great deal less than they drank in 1300. So with college boys. They may go on occasional gaudy toots, but the steady boozing of 30 years ago is now out of fashion. Time: But youth's "ambitions have shrunk. Few youngsters today want to mine diamonds in South Africa, ranch in Paraguay. ... Literary. Digest, 1936: Ambitions have been humbled: enterprise has been chilled. Time: Novelists likeTruman Capote, William Styron and Fredrick Beuchner are precocious technicians, but their books have the air of sus pecting that life is long on treachery, short on r& wards. What some critics took for healthy revolt in James Jones' "From Here to Eternity" was really a massively reiterated gripe against life. But Jones is not the only young writer to wallow in a world of seemingly private resentments. Most Why Am I Here? Connie's Corner Sofa Reichenbach First of all. let's set those dates straightened out that appeared in Thursday s "col-f of the oarties included everv umn lior the benetlt Of the thina from the Droverbial soud to tnree or you who read this nuts. mess.) The vsh r.n HhnvirMii "Black and White" was the Connie Gordon The party line was really buz- jsin' this weekend. And the themes f his fellow writers suffer from what k k . . .v uao UVVU1I1C their occupational disease: belief that disappoint Time: Today's generation, either through fear, ment is life's only certainty, passivity or conviction, is ready to conform. Saturday Review of Literature 1935- It ran fc 1776 not 1796 and 1789 not 1849. These are the dates of the American and French revolutions, as if you didn't Know, wow embarrassm . Belated to- Patsv Peters 1952 1FC Sweetheart. To squelch all me adverse comment surround ing the selection and the basis for the choice of the IFC Sweet heart, just look at Patsy. The "fallacious methods of choice"., can't be too bad as they result in the selection of a girl like Patsy who is a real sweetheart in anv- Doctys book. There is an impending event on campus which speaks well for the improvement of campus spirit and better efficiency. It is the Leadership Training pro gram which is being arranred Is- l, - I i-" --- ' ikt- I theme of the ATO's Beaux Arts ball. The basement of the house was decorated to simulate a French cafe. The first floor of the ATO house was decorated with modern art. The color scheme, of course, was black and white. Some of the dates to the party included: George Cogan and Janet Schenken (Omaha); John Tatum and Mary Jo Shain holts (Omaha); Dick Claussen and Barbara Turner; Mae Bailey and Susan Reinhardt; mon; Claude Berreckman and I HILLBILLIES, NU STYLE . . . Throwing fancy duds and city Carole Gifford (Lincoln); Nick 1 ways aside for an evening at the Tneta Ai tiuiDuiy party are jun Amos and Janet Ickes; Jerry Jensen and Kay Yeiter; Bruce Kennedy and Jo Ann Wallace; Lee Moore and Marilyn Lehr; Mary Ann Lauer and Dean Buckingham. Rings n' things 'n buttons 'n bows were definitely out of style Mavin nawiV W Th T.nt HonerBfinn 1J3fi' snir! l.u.i.v-. j . , a1, wnicn 13 DClng arranged en ,: r -:r.:: :z: ";r:r "rciu wa or coni0n that by the mnocenu and Morur at the Theta xi mubiiiv partv.i Place and a Night club was the ?f" r:?"" rjrsssLa This lack of revolt is more ominous than active radicalism. Time: The most startling fact about the younger generation is its silence. With some rare exceptions, youth is nowhere the rostrum. By cism because it never hoped for much. Tighe (standing), and (1. to r.) Dave Knapp, Barbara Gtrmore and Betty Hall. (Datiy weDrasaan rn,; Butch Williams; Carroll Swift !Jack Baugher and Jan Harrison; and John Olson; Jan Carter and I Howard Dennis and Sue Porter; Chick White pick Worrall and Jane Fletcher; Saturday was the date: the Al-' 2d tx,?!.6,!!!' SULG! 'h0e Was lh!'Arnie Strashelm and Time: In real life, youth seems to know, people always drop the ball. Youth todav has little ri. . comparison with the Flaming Youth of their fathers and mothers, today's younger generation is a still small flame. It does not issue manifestos, make speeches or carry posters. It has been called the "Silent Generation." But what does the silence mean? What, if anything, does it hide? Forum, 1922: Bat perhaps their (youth (s) scandalous failure in expression, when expres sion is what they yearn for and demand at all costs, may be a symptom of something deeper: ; ef a radical mistake they have made in the di rection of their efforts and aspirations. h i , '" at me xiieia jvi xilUDUiy fariy. I uiiu a inigiu ciuu was lite uie miaaie generation of American writero in Boards. It's rommonlv referred rwniinne iniioi them fnr tr.R nioso 9ri defeatists written on their foreheads. . M. L004P Leadership hay and other landmarks of hill-1 Seen at the AGR Night Club sonCo nrratulatlons are in order oiuy country. Ciu y n,gcl 7ere: JJot ere; for the following couples who I Some of the couples seen at the and -Nancy Sanders; Dean Lins-j are engaged They are: Kay party were: Lloyd Zelewski and and Cecelia Pinkerton; Bill Moore tnd Bob Banks: Mary Julie Yost; Larry Poppa ami Johnson and Kaye Nelson; Art waits and Dick Shonard (ma Janet Rogers; Bob Albers and "ttU" and Norma Wescott; Lee rines); Jean DeLong and Bill Ann Lundy; Wes Jensby and Ma- George and Marilyn Larson; Jack1 Murphy; Diane Manning and rion Uhe; Jack Moore 'n' Betty Lemon and Yvonne Moran. I rUss Cugler. iester; uave Knapp and Barbara' jwome carlo was the theme ofi others seen together over the Literary Digest, 1927: Can yon be mmrU. if a generation robbed of its youth, with its ideals empty as blown bubbles around it. turned for a time to a mood of pessimistic cynicism. ... The mood has passed, and the younger generation is attempting soberly to adjust itself to this bruised world. ocnooi. uui seriously, sucn a program is long overdue on this this campus. There is a definite lack of coordination between the various activities. This fact was brought home to me with sobering force during the cam paign to maintain the existence people T talked we? party that was1 weekend were: Tom Durm and iicwpic t taiKea io w ere in ravor i - c-. t .cn.i, -j ru,.n,,. held Saturdav nitrht TWnr.i!M D.L. - ,: r.- or college Days, BUT . . . "we've lis Seger; Tom Spahn and Phvllis ' neld Saturday mght Decorations vhn Srvrlini?: Darlen Fisns c-i ii . iitlti4Aj'1 tr.ki 3 m i . . r . somethinr planned already and i"1"'""" rel ocnmiai ana uccoiauons oi rea and Hal Bauer; Ann renner and wTprobfbS won aWe to Joyce Laase- ' j and white flowers that later John Henderson; Lee-Ellen help wHh youT proram! Wed .Cat was speUed KAT Saturday !se as boutonnieres. Favors Creasman and, Jerry Matzke; sure like to bit " 'm' We d night in honor of the Theta's &vn Je party were packs of, charlotte Hervert and Denny buic iinc w, out . . . v.t vt cards and a mul. i.ni . Now I'm probably prejudiced . . .1 , ualc.1- !eora.uons ts ti I "'"'.""aer; d u exanaerana on this matter, but the examniLuse? or J"? iormai xouowed the, . uiem- lJoan -nn Irom CWU; Dolly .... ... ' C TroniTIATl I n nlf 1 I ISIu a a II. I vnnncr rnnU . i IS Still valid I behevt Kanh r HU1MU"ai guia coiori ccii we casmo were young people seem to have no militant beliefs. ! ganization places ite own obieI scheme- Streamers, table decora-' Norma Lothrop and Steve Car They do not speak out for anything. j lives over those of tte campus as' 00118 aU followed this scheme. The : Beth Alden and Larry New York Times, 1920 (in an editoriaiv xrJ collective body. Of course thatiafs f b'ack cats were placed erifa; Barb Hershberger are mllAT . seems to be a nafnpai "e warn ana on the ends nusn; itiarsna Ireland ow -'-' o 1 1 J r" I I Cl C-AIIsnvm 1 I . jx vuu WWII . a J n Time: Educators across the US complain that! n: .. . , .7 selaom reDels orj which exists in the national nolit. xuxk. mere is no iormai religious revival veiai eiaporate and tar-Mr irai mtm .k- TJ among the young Americans, God . . . is still a PIanations have lately been made by college pro-!jects the interests of the country vaguely comforting thought, theology a waste of time, and denominations beside the point To large numbers of them, religion is still merely an ethical code. But God (whoever or whatever, they understand by that word) has once more become a factor in the younger generation's thoughts. Outlook, 1925: That most young people, and especially that growing number of them who are finding their way to and through college, are comparatively indifferent to many of the ques tions that have divided the churches into camps and factions is apparent To some this appears a sign of religious indifference. It may be indeed a fessors. if Time: Perhaps more than any of its predeces sors, this generation wants a good job Literary Digest, 1926: A resume of the re Plies to the question, "What would yon like to accomplish within the next 10 years?" shows . . . uw me majority indicate a desire . s an economically safe position to to obtain to their own. But to eet bar tn the point, this Leadership Train ing should provide a good starting iumi io e rearer eamnus sn iriaHtw j More power to the Mortar Boards :and Innocents if this program works. Speaking of cleaning up un desirable situations, Billy Gra- jnam, tne famous evangelist hit w jin a pang last week. of the streamers. Some of the dates to the for mal included: Marilyn Bergh and Chick Thompson; Harriet Wenke and Charles Wright; Joan Alexander and Kirk Lewis; Phyllis Colbert and Tony Winey; Mary Claire Flynn and Tom Beal; Mary Jean Neely and and Bob Pecha: Janet Bailer and Keith Mumby; Betty Due and Stn Reynolds. Orchids were the theme of the Paynter and Frank Evans; Jackie Murphy and Ken Cramer; Mary Ann Wohl and Dick Rasmussen. Together for one thing or an other (from the basketball game to King's and Ralph Flanagan in cluded): Ray Pred and Bernice Wintroub (Omaha); Jeanne Stockstill and Harry Galloway; annual DU Orchid party (natur- Betty Stratton and Bruce Ber ally). Orchids flown in from Ha-'quist; Dick Goll and Beth Ron. waii were given to each girL Iwer; Duane Neilsen and Ruthe ! Dates to the formal included: Jewett; Dick Bennett and Anita iKirk Lewis and Joan Alexander; Spradley; Tom McVay and Sally iPick Asmussen and Jean Wilson; Kjelson. a good position in society ... to be a surcefni lMore than 200 Washington clerev businessman ... to attain money men supported a series of huee ivivat meetings m the glittering Time: "I observe that j " e uie prevailing sign oi lnoirrerence to doctrine and dogma, but it mooa or tne bour," Yale's president A witr,-, is not a rim f RrisnmM nu " -liuney - "e uiuuinciu;c to religion. . v- Tune: The younger generation seems to drink less. "There is nothing glorious or inglorious anymore about getting stewed," said one college professor. American Mercury, 1931: Most American men. Graham style. At one of his mnt mgs, Graham denounced the cityj asningion as a sink of mi- told his irraduat; ,ia T. an caiiedfor a cleanup. -whirh ir, . une, i vn xne otner nand, at another re wluch m your case consists of bargains privately val, Graham praised the pres struck with fate on fate's terms " jent Congress . . . because, he said. Commencement speech, 1937. b h-m w !L-S sfi crime and corrup- : . . . - rtaana: "" ircsiaent or mnceton university: "It is easy In these days to feel that fate plays with crooked dice loaded against you." Fashion Folly- Blue Named 1952 Leading Color; Several Different Shades Popular Dolly McQuistan Sound-Off Modern Art With Its Hidden Meanings Suggests 'Soul-Vibrating Journalism' One of the biggest puzzles I have encountered during my University career is modern art. I have been completely at a loss to understand how a' series of multi-colored dribble on a piece of wall board or a few child-like lines on a piece of paper could be called art I was particularly intrigued the other day in Inspecting a painting hanging on the third floor f Love library called "Battle of the Insects." This to me was a jumble of color with some ague forms and an insect's head clearly dis cernable. Otherwise, it meant nothing. Or I recall seeing some- - , -thing that looked like a sec- ond-grade drawing of a est hanging in Morrill Hall, with an astoundingly high price tag .f hanging on it I think that my little cousin in grade school could do as welL I belong to the old-fash ioned school when it comes to art. I like to know what I am Tom Rische McQuistan . lites. It is true ine death of Harold T. T.Vo v.ra n,;u - i Ult U1U C W Ul last week brings to mind some appear names j1., amoU! "Ickes idioms." that take time Said Ickes of Thomas E. Dewey to become fa To4!n W!y ran for sident in'miUar with like I. hear he's thrown his the new names diaper into the ring." m the line of tour years Ister, when Dewey fabrics. ral,fg,aiv'G-O P- "ndidate, Ickes I was very labelled him "the candidate in!surprisedto I learn that one when Wendell WiJkie ran 'of last year's against Ickes' sponsor. FDR- nn tho-n nrftrc maroh 4K,,rrv. I 6, Ickes described him streets in his birthday suit to show his "clothes" bar6fO0t WaU Street law-: dominant color for this spring. I . Know VOU ar all anvimiclv ota;f Ickes Matted Louisiana's one- ing to find out what it is, so as u.uor, nntf Lciif, wits me surprise package is opened cam km. ickcs saia mat tne SAXtaLrs; - - ff4,"SS SATS be able to tell you of several d, 7 inow- . , also own colors that would be new f avo ...n,1!" contrasting colors a background for those navy will be shown for accessories. For and black prints. example, since blue is the num- one color, different shades t blue will be used for . ' hats, and gloves. i Everyone will probably agree that nothing looks more sharn .1 1 t . r a ' ' Eische to his subjects. All his subjects thought that there must be something wrong with them, if they could not see the clothes, so they remarks on the fineness of the clothes. Finally, one little boy remarked that he didn't see anything on the king, and every one else began to admit that they didn't either. It seems to me modern art is something like that I thick it is intellectual snobbery to claim that a person's soul must vibrate correctly in order to see the meaning of paintings. Maybe I am wrong but I can't see much beauty in a con fused mass of lines or blobs of color. I like to know what I am looking at Many of the "artists" I know delight in "explaining" the meaning of modern art Their souls are vibrat ing; mine Isn't I wonder what would happen to newspapers if they would adopt something called modern writ ing. I wonder what would happen if newspaper men allowed their souls to vibrate as they wrote if the result looking at Somehow, in my amateurish way. I up their new stories- I wonder like to appreciate beauty, but some of this modern "VUUJl-'" 1 uc ""tuuni is: art doesn't look like beauty, or anything else to me. then Senator Long was suffer ing from "halitosis of the In tellect" That is, added Ickes, "if Senator Lorif has an Intel led" Nor did Ickes spare himself. He once said, "I've known for a long time that I'm not loved with i I fervor to which I'm entitled. If, a man worked hard at it he. couldn't get a bigger list of ene mies." Whether or not you agree with his policies you must admit that here is American wit at its best O For the girls: you will find the color blue as tne leading 1952 color. When I speak of bine I do not mean just one shade of blue, but several different shades with navy being the most popu lar. Different manufacturers will have different names for their blue shades each as Flight Blue and St Louis Bine. Too will. Aowever, r.ni that many of the shades wll be similar but have different names. The other color "Aquamarine" which in the past nas been used for dresses, will be shown as suit and coat colors. When you do your spring shop- Since I have spoken mostly about those dominant colors. I want to say that prints this year will also be very good, es pecially the space prints and tne oriental prints. YEAR Ofr SERViCl A Yalentir.8 Gift Idea for Mm,,.tr her! 1 7-Jewel To keep mascara from smearing pmg you may hesitate about bu use a waterprooi product. Brush in a . k k "... from the root of the eyelash up ward to the tip, curling the eye lashes as you brush them. So that s how they do it! I happened to attend an art lecture a while back, in which the values of modern r,rt were discussed. The speaker, s so-called authority from the East explained that modern art is an expression of the soul you have to look for the bidden meaning. Re went on to explain some f the possible hidden meanings or soul expres sions w hich were present in some modern paint ings he had with him. I could hardly keep my anaesthetic soul from laoghing when he came to one particularly muddled piece of art and said 1 cnt Imagine what the author's meaning was In this painting." Ooeledy bloop 1 gyprws beck. Now yip yip nqtery lyvix moopfedy. Rag mop tufeldy bop bop. 16V4 hut hnt ralston and rvtambogy. Floy floy with a dodo boojy. Exterjay Moop A ter beldy hat Can you see the meaning of these soul vibra tions? It's very simple Rische has gone over the mountain. 1 i rTttiflklfL i JhsL (Daihp Th&Aci&kcuL FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member . k Associated Collegiate Press Intercollegiate Press The Daft? Nebrukan k subliihud hv rki. mtnAmntm r .v.. rr..if. of Nebritak a cxprcmion of itudrau' am and opinion! only. I i i According to Article II of the By-Lam aovemine atndnit nuhli- catlona and administered br the Board til Publication. "It fc the declared policy of the Board that publication!, nnder 111 iorla- Aner Hearing mis man epeaK. I was reminded J!1"'"? lrBC eoiionai cenjomnm on the pan of tne . . , . , " , . , .7. Board, or on the part of any member of the faculty of the L'niver- Ot R lairy tale I heard as a Child. Jt Seems there " ,he wtnbcn of the tff of The Daily Nebnukaa are , , . . , ... fienonall reaponsible lor whtrt ther aar or do r cauae to -fae was a kin,g who wanted a new suit of clothes. So printed." h Mred a tailor t n.lt. fh. tj.. uboriptlon War, 12.00. i aemeater. S2.50 mailed or M00 far - w uiii uib to coiicm year, .uu maued. binale copy 5c. Published iiaily feUlBf was UnablS tO make them. When th an. chol ar except featurd and Pundan. acationi and 3 c uicra. nnen Xne Bp- examination penrOi. One mue puhlinhed durim the momk of pointed day arrived, the tailor appeared with Auu.by JJnjvm'ff ."f ebrakii under the aupervuion of tbe . . . , , 7 A . , Hi'"ou Wiui Commit t on Student Publication. Entered as Second Claw Matter What he Said Were the finest Clothes ever WOVen. S ,he .I'J?mc' ln Uneoln. Ncbrato. under Act of Conares.. -i,,.11lT v- n. . a . . . , KVSh ?L lJ A nd ' 5ial ntt "f Pustaae provided for in Section Actually, the tailor brought nothing, but the king 11 P3- Coturcsa of Octotwr S. i17. autaorued September 10. una his court were afraid to admit that they could not see the clothes. So they raved about the ?dl,0T . clothes they couldn't see and the king put them Manaamt Ediuot tetm diton . . EDITORIAL STAFF . . .... Joan Krueaer Ruth Raymond Dob Pleper.' Sue Gorton ........... .. . Sally Adams. Ken Ryatrom. Jaa Stetien. Hal fianelbalca, Bally Hall . Marshall Kushner ............................ Glenn Nelson Kathy Ruduker Dale Reynold Connie Gordon - Bob Sherman ""-a wiBusw uvb tlx Xi.LLl UiUt Muatness mnnater . .... . Am' U i i. i." Daily Thought Sporti Editor Ass't Bporu Editor feature Editor .... Kt Editor Society Editor Photographer nlHost fear but ia being resoluta minded ia & jast causa. Business Aianagcra ClrculBtion Mann bit ntaa Blpple. . Jack Cohen Arnold Btern. Pete Bcrtmtcn v,.h si. t.Z: Oaorae.W 'm . .4 ba: illy Hall Council Replies . . . To the editor: A few comments in regard to yesterday's editorial in The Ne braskan headed. Hear Ye. Council. Faculty. i-he comments made in regard to Article C, section 3, concern ing newspaper publicity in your editorial seem to indicate that you have a somewhat incorrect idea of the purposes of that section of the by-laws. first, the section is not In tended Is any way to govern tne editorial policies of The Nebraskan, no matter how biased they may be. It does In tend to make sure iitst aU data necessary for an Impartial ar ticle about each candidate will be available. This has not always been true in the past The Nebrakan is in no way limited to the elections com mittee as a source of their in formation. This portion of the section was meant as an aid to The Xebraskan and not as a control! The portion reauiring that the publicity be non-partinan, factual, and of equal coverage is a prin ciple of good journalism, not Hearst journalism, but eood Jour nalism. In order that no misunder standing take place and in order that both the Council and The Nebraskan understand what is desired I invite you to submit a rewritten Article C, section S for our consideration. Sincerely, GEORGE B. COBEL. Student Council President J might feel that it is a definite winter color. This year brown wm be very good up through late summer. One of the outstanding coiors or xne crown family will be the Benedictine shade which is a blending of brown and beige ana is nest worn with grey, oy ster, white, black, or navy. The new color Neige which will be used mostly for hose will also be I a nice blending color with your enure attire. Jveige is considered as one of the outstanding pale colors which Vogue is promoting this year. Vogue stresses pale col ors lor suits, coats, and dresses. As yen probably remember last summer and even this fall the different shades of pur ple were shown In every line ef clothing. This year, however, tne color wiu hardly be shown. 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