VOL 52 No. 89
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Professor Urges Citizens To Use 'Power At Ballot Box'
In Address To 'Meet Your Legislature
- "Democracy is a gamble."
According to Dr. A. T. Ander
son, assistant professor of history
at the University, democracy is
a gamble that each citizen must
take the responsibility to use the
power he has at the ballot box
and use that power wisely,
Dr. Anderson spoke to a group
Places Open
for 8 Frosh
OnYellSquad
jiresnmen wiui a 4.5 average
may try out for the Yell Squad
March 10 at 7 p.m. in the Coli
seum. Places are 'open for two coeds,
three men and three male alter
nates. Practice sessions for the tryouts
will be Thursday and Friday at
4 p.m. in the Coliseum. Students
may sign up for practices in the
Union Activities office before the
Wednesday deadline.
Choosing the squad members
will be Don Noble, president of
Innocents; Wayne White, presi
dent of the Student Council; Dan
Tolman, vice-president of Corn
Cobs; Sylvia Krasne, president of
Mortarboards; Sue Reinhardt,
president of Tassels; Ira Epstein,
Yell King; Don Devries, assistant
Yell King; Potsy Clark, director
of Athletics; Jake Geier, gym
nastics coach and Don Lentz,
band director.
Vying for women holdover posi
tions are Marilyn Eaton, Teachers
College sophomore; Judy Wiebe,
Teachers College junior and Jane
Calhoun, Teachers College junior.
Dick Claussen, junior in business
administration; Danny Fogel,
sophomore in Business Adminis
tration and Gary Hild, Agriculture
sophomore, are trying out for
Yell King and assistant Yell King.
Boys, especially, are urged to
try out for the Yell Squad as
there are more male positions to
be filled, said Epstein. Last year
60 girls tried out for two posi
tions.
It. Teachout
To Discuss
Air Training
Advanced students of AFROTCj
rill be eiven an opportunity to
will be eiven an opportunity
discuss flight training with Ger
ald E. Teachout, a jet pilot.
ISwht irliojQuired to get back to her dormi-
i r..n ul v. lory:
S. w in
flight training and descriptions of
thlir psent duties. His talks
will include experiences at flying
school, stature as a student oin-
ildWZ LiSeJZ
ences. He new every piane ine
United States has in Korea ex
cept the B-29.
On March 2, Teachout will talk
with the Junior Committee and
Senior Section 1 from 10 to 11
a.m. in Bessey Hall; Air Science
rn9 oni ) fmm in 2 n m. and
Senior Section II from 3 to 4 p.m. Theme, a violin solo by Earl Schu
in the Military and Naval Science! man; Pan played by William
Building. On March 3, he will Krause on the flute; Etude in
be with the Senior Section III Chords, a piano solo by Helen An-
from 8 to 8: Air Science 202 and
lion IV and Air science ziz irom
. ... a
i u." 4 pan.
Teachout will be in room 207,
of the Military and Naval Science
Building on May 4. 1
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DEBATE AT NU TODAY
9rm
"Resolved that Congress should
enact a Fair Employment Practice
Law." Nearly 35 University stu
dents will debate this question in
ie liih annual Intercollegiate
Debate and Discussion Conference
ihin weekend on the University
campus.
One of the largest invitational
ifohat tsrurnaments in the mid
west, the annual speech event
draws colleges and universities
from a number of states to com
pete in five speech events: debate
discussion, oratory, extemporan
eous speaking and radio broad
casting. The contest which begins Fri
day and ends Saturday, is spon
sored by the department of speech.
Donald O. Olson. Bruce Kendall
and Donald Kline are in charge.
Olson, assistant professor of
speech, said that the tournament
will be a combination of excellent
presentation of good material and
good entertainment. He also has
announced the names of 34 col
leges which will participate.
Colleges from nine states will
compete. They are: from Colorado,
Colorado A & M. Colorado Stateican vve
nniw. f FHnration the Univer-
sity of Denver, and Western State
College of Colorado; from Iowa:
Buena Vista College Central Col
lege, Grinnell College, Iowa State
Teachers couege, uraKe
sity, Un versity oi owa, ...u
Mornlngslde couege; irom iv - -
sas: Kansas University,, ".
3 e teachers CoUege KanM
raoeirsoini
of students at a banquet climax
ing the "Meet Your Legislature;
Day" Thursday atL the Lincoln
"Politics is not alone a game
played by grown men in a strug
gle for power; it is the whole of
tne process and profession which
has to do with the state," he re
marked. No one in the commu
nity can escape the consequences
of political action for those de
cisions touch each person's life
ana aiiects their physical security,
social welfare and even the
amount of freedom under which
they move, Dr. Anderson com
mented. Requirements which a nuhlic
officer should have are character,
intelligence, common sense and
idealism, he said. Any public of
ficer should have a well devel
oped political and social nhiloso-
phy in order to give the public
a vision oi aesiraoie good, he in
dicated. Dr. Anderson declared that the
particular responsibility of young
peopie is mat they reflect clearly
the hopes and aspirations of this
society which is constantly chang
ing. "The degree with which each
generation meets responsibility is
a measure of its contribution to
society," Dr. Anderson reflected.
"I always worry about a genera
tion who wants to repeat errors
of men after them."
He said that changes must be
met as they come.
Inertness and general apathy
of young people in political life
is a matter of concern to Dr. An
derson. He said that this inertness is
due in part to the fact that the
present generation has known
nothing of suffering, however, in
the previous generation there was
widespread suffering, both physi-
v auu jrajtuoiugicai. xms suner-
mg caused people to thinR of this
problem and to do something
aDoui it. Most people undertook
to oo mis in a democratic way.'KOLN.
Poll Favors 1
No Dormitory Drinking
The majority of students disap
prove of drinking in dormitories
and staying out too late with their
dates.
Results of the Associated Col
legiate Press National Poll of Stu
dent Opinion indicate that colle
giate morals are higher than the
popular stereotype suggests.
One a.m. appears to be the most
popular hour for getting a coed
back to her dormitory after a
:Li7 r TTbefore; 11 per cent of the men feel
d - u'
a?"
" www '
Students were asked, "In your
opinion, at what hour on a Satur
The answers were by midnight
jr before, 14 per cent; by 1 a.m.
jjjjper cent; by 2 a.m. 24 per cent;
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cigni urauuuie Jiuuenn
Present Music Recital
Eieht graduate students were
featured in a recital sponsored by
the department of music Wednes
day at 4 p.m. in the Social science
auditorium.
The program consisted of Ver
borgenheit ani Lilacs sung
by
Jenese Ridcll: variation on a
derson; II Mio Bel toco sung Dy
i ..1.1. aU K TOsirna
conceno, v.o.- ".
Johnson;' Sonata, clarinet solo "gndL
ir.hr, Twitran- infprmezzo-Oous 7;Pcxea lo attend.
' Tr.hn.An snnata Marinpr xaio dv
uiiHm,
John Berigan; Intermezzo-Opus 76
and Impromptu-G Major, piano
solo by Janice Fullerton.
taites 1 inheres
.Southwestern College and Wash-j
burn university.
Other visitin teams will repre
sent colleees from Minnesota: bt.
Olaf f College, Gustavus Adolphus
College, and Concordia College;
from Missouri: University of Mis
souri; from Oklahoma: University
of Oklahoma; from South Dakota:
Sioux Falls College. Huron Col
lege, University of South Dakota;
from Utah: University of Utah;
and from Nebraska: Nebraska
Weslean University, Midland
College, University of Omaha,
Creighton University, Doane Col
lege, Hastings College, Nebraska
State Teachers College at Wayne,
and Nebraska State Teachers Col
lege at Kearney.
The largest conference In the
history of the 13 annual tourna-
'ments was composed of 50 com-
oeting schools. This year, 34 col
leges plan to attend. As many as
36 teams will be debating at once.
Seventy-two debate teams, z ex
temporaneous speakers, 27 orators
and 16 radio newscasters wm par
tfrlnate. "
ThP discussion tonic is, "How
the inreav oi vommu..
The program is as follows:
Friday
r oo a.m. Reeistration, Union
9:00 a.m. General Assemoiy oi
roarhes and Contestants, union
Sr" firawinff tor round one
.oeaking -
- -" - -
ound one of DiSCus -
W
amiciaflefl'
Day' Group
but there were some radicals who
wanted to start over on the gov'
ernment organization, he said.
Dr. Anderson also attributed
the apathy of young people to the
present time of crisis and fear.
Although this crisis arose from
forces outside American control,
it has been augmented by some
forces within control, he re
marked.
Young people conform too much
for economic security and because
they challenge what it is, they
are suspected, he accused.
"Meet Your Legislator Day1
was sponsored by the Nebraska
District Student YMCA and YW-
CA.
Approximately 50 student YW'
CA and YMCA members from the
University ot Nebraska, Doane
t-oiiege, Nebraska Wesleyan Uni
versity, York College, Midland
College and Kearney State Teach
ers College attended the event
Students spent the day taking
part in panels and discussions and
observing sessions of the state
Legislature.
'NU Speaks'
To Honor Five
G. Petrus Peterson, Lincoln at
torney who is recipient of the
1953 University Builders Award,
will be guest of the week on the
"University Speaks" broadcast
Sunday.
The Beautyshop Quartet will
also be featured on the broadcast.
The Quartette, winners of the
Monday night Coed Follies trav
eler act competition, is composed
of Mary Lou Bierman, Kathleen
Wilson, Pat Felger Schmidt and
J Sorenson.
- ine university speaks is
broadcast every Sunday at 12:30
a jn. over KFOR and KFAB and
at 10:15 P.m. over WOW and
AM. Hours,
after 2 ajn. 8 per cent; no opin
ion, 4 per cent; other, 5 percent
With the men, 2 sum. is just as
popular an hour as 1 a.m. both
choices getting 33 per cent of the
male vote. The girls are 54 per
cent in favor of 1 a.m. and only
17 per cent in favor of 2 a.m.
Another 17 per cent of the girls
would just as soon be returned to
their dormitories by midnight or
4VA i.ro K,4
Many of the students were
careful to qualify their answers
with "except on special occasions
or "unless there s a big dance.
Students responded to questions
on dormitory drinking rules thus:
Should be allowed, 16 per cent;
should not be allowed, 75 per
cent; no opinion, 6 per cent; other,
3 per cent
Only 12 per cent of the women
are for dormitory drinking; 82
per cent are against it.
Annual Pharmacy Meet
The annual meeting of district
5, Boards and Colleges of Phar-
m-cy will be May 3-5 in-Lincoln
The Boards of Pharmacy Ex
aminers and the Pharmacy Col
leges of North and South Dakota,
Iowa. Minnesota and Nebraska
will be represented.
Joseph B. Burt, dean of the Col
i.t 65 representatives are ex-
Dean Burt is chairman of the
meeting.
10:30 a. m. Extemporaneous
soeaklne. Round one.
11:00 a.m. Round two of Dis
cussion (Solution Stage)
12:45 p.m. Drawing for extem
poraneous speaking. Round two,
Room 203 Temple Bldg.
1:30 p.m. Round three of Dis
cussion (Solution Stage)
2:00 p. m. Extemporaneous
speaking. Round two.
3:00 p.m. Round one of debate.
4:30 p.m. Round two of debate.
6:45 p.m. Drawing for extem
poraneous speaking. Round three.
Room 203 Temple Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Oratory.
7:30 p.m. Meeting of superior
oarticipants in discussion to draft
resolution for parliamentary ses
sion. Room-203 Temple Bldg.
8:00 p. m. Extemporaneous
speaking. Round three.
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Round three of De
bate. 9:30 a.m. Round four of de
bate. 10:45 a.m. Round five of De
bate. 12:00 p.m. Luncheon, Union
Ballroom.
1:00 p.m. Parliamentary ses
sion, Union Ballroom.
2:00 pjn. Announcement of re
sults and .awarding of certifi-
cates.
The University will fcave the
following 10 tean combinations
participating in debate
Dale Johnson and Wayne John
son, Jack Rogers and Paul Laase,
Ken , Philbrick and Dave Grad-
m
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Voice of a Gf at MiJwttlwn Vnlmtitr
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Former NUer Exhibiting
Twenty-Six Paintings .
Lynn Trank, former University
art faculty members, is exhibit
ing 26 paintings in Miller and
Paine's auditorium.
Trank is now teaching at East
ern Illinois State College in Char
leston. He is remembered here
for his drawings and etchings. He
spent a year in Mexico recently
and his paintings reflect his stay
there. All the familiar elements
of the Mexican scenery are ap
parent in the pictures.
The showing will end Satur
day.
Madrigals
Perform At
Convention
The University Madrigal Sing
ers presented a program at the
51st annual Nebraska Retail
Hardware Association Convention
in Omaha on Feb. 19.
The group is composed of 23
members and is directed by Da
vid Foltz. director of the School
of Music at the University.
The members of the group are
chosen according to their ability
to sing and work together, alert
ness to direction, and voice blend,
Included in the group are:
Sopranos: Nancy Norman, Shen
andoah. Ia.: Judy Sehnert, Plain-
view: Gwen Grosshans, Aurora;
Gladys Novotay. Clarkson; Char-
lette Hervert, Lincoln; Rosemary
Castner, Sidney.
Altos: Manory Danly. Axteii;
Marearet McCoy. Lincoln; Muriel
Pickett, Schyler; Kathleen Wilson,
Wolbach; Janice Wagner, Lincoln.
Tenors: John Moran, David
City: Dan Risdal, Ogallala; Jim
Nelson, San Leandro, Calif.; Earl
Jenkins, Lincoln; Wesley Reist
Lincoln; Jay Benedict, Jefferson
City. Ia.
Baritones include: Milford
Myhre, St. Edward; John Poutre,
Wymore; Robert Brown, Sargent.
Basses: Jerry Dawson, supe
rior; David Major, Stone Lake, Ia.
and Jack Wells, Madison.
Future appearances of the
group are as follows:
March 3, Irving Junior High.
March 23, Superior, Nebraska.
March 24, Telephone Conven
tion in Lincoln.
March 26, Spring Concert at
the Union in Lincoln.
April 19, National Music Edu
cators Conference at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Ten New Chairmen
Form Red Cross Board
Chairmen for ten Red Cross
committees were chosen in inter
views Thursday.
The new board members are
Joyce Lasse, Grey Lady commit
tee; Wilma Kindhart, orphanage
group; Donna Elliott special ac
tivities; Mike Greenberg, blood
recruitment; Jo Meyers, Veterans
Hospital ; Carol Gillette, Ortho
pedic Hospital; Joan Knudsen,
handicraft; Dave Plotkin, peniten
tiary committee and publicity co-
chairmen are Marylu Thommasin
and Natalie Katt
The new officers and the retir
ing president Bob LaShelle, con
ducted the interviews.
Installation of the new execu
tive officers and board members
will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in the
faculty lounge of the Union.
The new executive board con
sists of Joyce Johnson, president;
Connie Gordon, vice president;
Shirlev Murphy, secretary and
Marvin Stromer, treasurer.
Pan American Club Picks
Manotas As President
Avelino Manotas, senior in En
gineering College, was elected
president of the Pan-American
Club at a meeting Feb. 19.
Other officers are vice-presi
dent Alice Irons, senior in Teach
ers College: secretary Carol Jones,
Arts and Sciences freshman;
treasurer Peter La im beer, fresh
man in Engineering College and
Social Chairman. Margaret Ar
riaga, Arts and Sciences senior.
wohl, Paul Means- and Charles
Klasek, Marv Friedman and
Homer Kennison, Bob Raasch and
Don Rosenberg, Charles Kiflln
and Don Overholf Norman Alex
ander and Russell Gutting, Allen
Overcash and Jerry Igou and
Joan Krueger and Doris Carlson
Entered in discussion will be
the following 27 students Chuck
Pederson, Mitzie Mayer, Jerry
Roe, Joan Hanson, Lloyd Graff,
Bob Ficke, Julia Parrish, Jack
Ineamells. Frank Carver. Allan
toleyer, Maureen King, Waynei
Johnson, Dale Johnson, Norman
Alexander, Russell Gutting, AUn
Overcafih, Jerry Igou, . Charles
Kiffin, DonOverholt, Bob Raasch,
Don Rosenberg, Marv Freidman,
Homer Kenniston, Ken Philbrick,
Dave Gradwohl, Doris Carlson
and Joan Krueger.
John' Barrett- and Bob Wells
wi:
111 represent the .University m
dio broadcasting ana Jack Rog-
rai
cio biiu jjuic nuiuiuu, in j
Entries in the extemporaneous
speaking event will be Paul Laase
and Wayne Jonnson.
Quality ratings and decisions
will be given in the four rounds
of debate. In individual events
and in discussion, quality ratings
will be given.
The final round of discussion
will be a parliamentary session
Saturday noon following the
luncheon In the Union Ballroom.
All students are Invited to at
tend the debates and discussions.
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Builder Award
Scheduled For
C P. Peterson
The University's 84th anniver
sary will be observed by alumni
gathering from all over the na
tion to pay their respects.
The Lincoln Alumni Club will
present the University Charter
Day Dinner Friday at 6:30 p.m.
in the Union Ballroom.
Paul Harvey, noted radio news
commentator, will be the fea
tured speaker, James Stuart pres
ident of the Lincoln club, an
nounced. Robert Devoe will present the
Nebraska Builder Award to C.
Petrus Peterson, Lincoln attorney,
on Denau or the Board of Regents
Peterson, a 909 graduate and for
mer state legislator, is a member
or the Nebraska Committee on
Inter - Governmental Cooperation
and president of the National Re
clamation Association.
The award, which is the high
est non-academic honor offered bv
the University, is given to per
sons who have contributed to the
welfare of Nebraska and the Uni
versity.
James Pittenger, secretary of
the University Alumni Associa
tion told the Daily Nebraskan
that "this Charter Day Dinner
will be the largest it has evpr
been; over 400 reservations have
been made."
A review of the University ac
tivities for 1952 and a preview
of plans for 1953 will be pre
sented by Walter E. Militzer, dean
of the college of arts and sciences.
Junior and senior class officers
will be the snecial tmesis nt th
Lincoln club at the dinner.
Navy To Name
Six Finalists
Midshipmen will select six
finalists for Queen of the Navy
Ball March 13 between 8 a.m. and
noon.
Pictures of midshipmen's choice
for queen should be submitted
to Bill Devries, chairman of the
queen committee, not later than
Marcn .
The finalists and the aueen. who
will be chosen by three judges,
will De presented at the Navy
Ball which is scheduled for March
21 at the Coliseum.
The Idea of the ball came from
the annual "Rine Dance" held
at the Annapolis Naval Academy.
As NROTC Units were established
at college throughout the country,
the idea became part of campus
social life.
Jimmy Phillips and his orches
tra will furnish music for the ball.
. Chairmen of committees for the
ball are: Allen Michelet general
chairman; Lester R. Perry, decor
ations; A. P. Boris, band; A. P.
Tilley, publicity and Edgar Pol
lum, refreshments.
Newman Club
Four University Newman Club
members will attend the execu
tive committee meeting of the
Central States Province at Ames,
Ia., Feb. 27-29.
The students are Bob Meeham,
president of the University club;
Larry Noiheus, Rita Doxen, and
Marl one Moran.
Rev. Robert Sheehy, assistant
students pastor, will accompany
the group.
By BILL DEVRIES
SUff Writer
Irv: "I went over to see Betty
last night and I no sooner stepped
into the house than her mother
demanded to know what my in
tentions were toward Betty."
Leo: "Well, were you embar
rassed?"
Irv: "I would have been, but
just tnen Betty yelled down and
said, Ma, that's not the one'."
Sweet Young Coed: "I like men
with big blue eyes and green
backs."
DEDICATED TO ROTC MEN
The sergeant was explaining some
important points to a squad of re
cruits on the rifle range. "This
type oi bullet will penetrate 2
feet of solid wood," he said. "So
remember to keen your heads
dowrr."
9
Nebraska's winter season this
year has been almost cyclical.
One day I predict it will be
warm, so it turns cold. Thenext
day I say tt will be cold and it
torus warm. Seriously though
(for Just a second), I tct my in
formation from the weather bu
reau, and the forecast for Satur
day is overcast and eiaL
SCENE FROM STUDENT
HEALTH The student was well
on his way to recovery and as his
mi 1 Yarn 0 n nt i4 4n e airA Vitwt nv
the night she asked: "Is there
Qnvt,in0 t on An vn
-before turning off the light?"
I xes, snurKea me paueni,
"you nave not kissed me good
night."
"I'll call the janitor," she re
torted. "He does the dirty work
around here."
She: (sigh) "Oh, baby, where
did you learn to kiss so iiivinely?"
He: "I used to blow the .bugle
in the Boy Scouts."
WORDS OF WISDOM Money
is the only thing happiness can't
buy.
if . t;:aiA;
Courtesy Radio Station KFOR
PAUL HARVEY
Regents OK
$22,557
In Grant
The University Board of Re
gents formally accepted seven re
search grants totaling $22,557.10.
The grants covered a variety
of studies from cancer research
to studies in animal husbandry.
The grants, donors, recipients and
the projects are as follows:
The Nebraska Cancer Research
and Education Society to Dr. Don
ald T. Waggener of the depart
ment of oral pathology, $1,500 for
cancer training and research; the
Nebraska Certified Hybrid Seed
Corn Producers gave $639.10 to
the department of agronomy for
research studies in corn breeding;
the Quartermaster Food and Con
tainer Institute for the Armed
Forces gave $9,000 to Dr. R. M.
Sandstedt, of the department of
agricultural chemistry, to study
the role of starch in bread stal
ing; Merck & Company, Rahway,
N. J, gave $2,000 through the
University Foundation to the de
partment of animal husbandry to
study the effect of antibiotics on
baby pigs; the U. S. Public Health
Service gave $4,456 to Dr. E. A.
Holyoke of the College of Medi
cine, department of anatomy for
an experimental study of the fac
tors controlling the differentia
tion of the reproductive system
in the rabbit embroyo; Park Davis
& Co. gave $1,200 to Dr. G. L.
Peltier of the department of bac
teriology for bacteriology re
search (continuation of a former
grant); the National Foundation
of Infantile Paralysis gave $3,762
to Dr. A. R. Mclntyre of the Col
lege of Medicine, department of
physiology, for poliomyelitis re
search (continuation of a former
grant).
'Communism
Says German Journalist
By WnXIAMETTE DESCH
Staff Writer
"The tactics of Communism are
similar to that of Hitlerism with
the exception that the Russians
are stronger and better organ
ized " Klaus Schmidt German
journalist, said.
Schmidt, 27, is from Darmstadt,
Germany, where he is city editor
of the Darmstaedter Echo. His
trip is sponsored by the United
States State Department. The
group in which he is included.
consists of two women and five
men. There are four or five of
these special groups. They are
in the United States for three
months to study Americanism in
three major cities: Sacramento,
Caiif.; Lincoln; and Hartford,
Conn.
Schmidt's group was flown to
New York where they spent three
days. From there they went to
Washington to spend five days.
The group plans to spend two
weeks in each city and one week
between for traveling and sight
seeing.
Schmidt was seven and in the
second grade when the Hitler
regime began in 1933. He was
then taken into the pre-training
for the Hitler youth program. Be
tween the ages of 10 and 18,
Schmidt was a member of the
Hitler Youth. Following this came
the "arbeitsdieust" which was a
year of construction and agricul
ture work before being drafted
into the German army.
"The education to Nazism began
early in childhood and the teach
ers, indoctrinated with Hitlerism,
were selected by the government
to teach the students."
He said, "The history and
language books changed greatly
when the Nazis took over the sys
tem causing education to go very
slowly."
"City employees were forced to
join the party and be loyal mem
bers." Schmidt added that, dur
ing the later years, the people had
no choice about the party.
The drafting program began in
1937 and lasted until 1945. Those
who were drafted served until
the war's end. Some of the men
were held prisoners-of-war for
two or, three years after the war.
"The men learned nothing except
how to fight and kill during their
training," said Schmidt.
When asked how he felt when
he heard the war ended, Schmidt
Friday, February 27, 1953
Paul Harvey,
Commentator,
Guest Speaker
Paul Harvey, news commenta
tor and author, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the Charter Day
Dinner Friday.
Harvey, now 35, has been in
the broadcasting business since his
debut on Station KVOO in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, at the age of 15.
Harvey, earning $20 a month,
put himself through high school
as well as assisting his widowed
mother. He then put himself
through four years at Tulsa Uni
versity, but was forced to leave
before earning a degree. He fi
nally achieved this ambition in
1952, when Culver-Stockton Col
lege in Missouri awarded him a
doctorate of letters "for distin
guished service to his fellow citi
zens." During his career Harvey has
received citations from both the
Disabled American Veterans and
the. American Legion. The dis
abled vets said, "Paul Harvey it
to the veteran returned what Er
nie Pyle was to the soldier in the
field."
In 1952, he received the Le
gion's first annual Radio Award
for his "militant Americanism."
For a time he managed a radio
station in Salina, Kansas, and also
did the "announcing, selling, and
sweeping out at night He then
transferred to news broadcasting
in Oklahoma City and then to
KXOK in St. Louis as special
events director.
While in St Loois he reported
such spot news events as the Red
River flood and the mock bomb
ing of a bridge, covered while
riding in a Navy plane going 500
m.p.h.
Harvey was sent to Hawaii to
present special broadcasts for the
Navy in 1940. Two days after he
had boarded a ship for home, the
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Back in the U.S. he did radio
work for the Office of War In
formation. His subsequent enlist
ment in the air force interrupted
his career until 1944 when he re
ceived a medical discharge. He
then joined the WENR-ABC
newsroom in Chicago in which
"his rise has been meteoric."
His obituaiy of President Roos
evelt, starting with "A great tree
has fallen . . .", was greeted with
10,000 requests for reprints.
Within a 15-month period, nine
of his broadcasts were placed ia
the Congressional Record.. Har-
ivery, who has been fighting "not
against men, but against ideas
which destroy men" was cited by
the Freedom Foundation for "out
standing defense and extension
of the American way of life."
Broadcasting daily from Chi
cago at 12 noon, Harvey may be
heard on radio station KFOR. In
addition, he has a Sunday news
cast at 9 p.m.
Like Nazism'
just smiled and said "awfuL
"However, people were happy be
cause the air-raids were over,
which meant they could sleep in
peace again."
The German people were afraid
of the American troops because
of what they had been told,
Schmidt added. The people began
to realize why they had lost and
what "was wrong with the edu
cation system." They never knew
before" just how awful the con
centration camps were. Outside
literature was very important and
I changed my mind slowly when
I began to have a new view of the
world," said Schmidt.
"The most important problem
after the war was re-building be
cause everything was in devasta
tion. There were no industries,
food, money or many buildings,"
Schmidt pointed out. In 1948 the
monetary system was changed
from a "reichsmark" to a
"deutschmark," which in Ameri
can values is from 10 to one.
Following this change Schmidt
noted that the currency was very
stable. "We have one of the best
monetary systems on the Euro
pean continent now," he added.
Darmstadt capital of the state
of Hessen before the war, is a
"great cultural center in Western
Europe. It has art schools, opera,
theaters, museums and a technical
university." Schmidt pointed out
that the officials of the city "tried
to direct industry towards the, city
to give it new background.. We
don't want to change the char
acter of the city and we would
like to have only smokeless indus
tries," Schmidt added.
"The city government of Darm-
stad has to do the biggest part"
indicated Schmidt "They need to
rebuild the city, especially the
city-owned facilities. It will take
approximately 110 million marks."
He commented "seventy-five
per cent of the city was bombed
out during the war. Before the
war there were 115,000 inhabi
tants of the city but following the
war there were only between 45
and 50 thousand left Now the
city has grown to about 107,000."
The Marshall Plan has given
Germany its "first push for re
building." Schmidt emphasized
that progress was very slow be
fore the money system changed
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