DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, November T7, 1940
By Chris Petfrten"
KNIGHT AMI DAT.
Note: Thin the third In aeHee of
tour rlppy dippy ciiaptrni from the eol
mntr thrilling new book titled "Knlrhu
( the Square Table" or "Why Wrdt Oa
ffcxith In Or Wintertime." Tix tale take
p today where It left aft yeaterday.
And so it was that by the order
of the king I and the loyal knights
were battling through the wilds
of northern Canada, complete
with blizzards $39.50 f . o. b. Nome,
to Englandize the Eskimoes. We
would have died from exposure
there in the cold had it not been
for a Nebraska jackrabbtL This
rabbit had headed for Minnesota
on a vacation but he used a Chi'
nese road map and missed his
mark by a thousand miles. Sir
Lancelot shot the fellow and we
made mittens for ourselves by
turning the fur side which is the
warm side inside and skin side
Which is the cold side outside.
And so it was that we straff
rled into the land of the Rising
Sun which was now sitting for six
months.
Our problem was a serious one.
Imaclne the thing, dear reader
I especially Kappa Theta's, DG'a,
Alpha Phi s. Chi O's and all other
women). How were we w Jung
landize the natives.
Sir Gawain called us together
for a meeche (Anglo-Saxon word
meaning hlasmen). There were
tears in his one good eye and his
mustache drooped down diseonsol
Irurlv as we were stumped for i
method of Englandizing the Es
kimoes. In short no one could get
a hot idea; it was a complete
freeze out!
Suddenly the noble Lancelot
was struck with an idea. Struck
00 severely that it took several
minutes to brine the fellow
around. Then he revealed to us
and we went to work.
And so it came to pass that we
cut holes in all of the tops of the
igloos so the Eskimoes could
stand up when we played "God
Save The King." The venture was
a success.
And listen in tomorrow for the
ending to this thrilling epoch. We
feel sure that you can Just squeeze
It in between the programs "Little
Orphan Annie" and "Jack Arm
strong, All-American Boy."
Bulletin
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Nov. 13, 1940.
Editor, DAILY NEBRASKAN:
As an out-of-state newcomer to
the University of Nebraska in the
graduate school, I have had an op
portunity since the opening of the
present semester to observe from
(if not an unbiased viewpoint, at
least from) a unique perspective.
the political situation among the
student body here.
I am aghast at the high-handed
manner in which the resuiu or
Tuesday's all-school election were
twisted and tortured by a group in
power into an interpretation that
could have only a single intent ana
consequence: the reinstatement of
that exclusive group to a position
of control.
I refer of course to the throw
ing out of the entire Barb vote
on the Ag campus. This action.
the vitiating of a particular group
of ballots after they had been tai
lied and according to the candi
dates for whom they were cast,
can by no stretch of the imagina
tion be seen to be commensurate
with democratic principle (to
which I trust we are committed).
This action must be seen, rea
listically, to be an adolescent pro
cedure designed to Insure by foul
method or fair the retention of
power in the hands of those who
now hold it. Otherwise, as I see it.
the only adequate procedure would
be to call for an entirely new bal
loting at the Ag campus.
In the first place, it seems little
short of inane to hold that all the
Barb votes on the Ag campus
could be traced directly to the
marking of some (admittedly not
all) of the election issues of the
Barb bulletin distributed at Ag
hall. Any given student on the Ag
campus who voted for a Barb can
didate has, as I see it, a legit
mate right to demand that his bal
lot be counted or that a new elec
tion be conducted in which his
right to representation be re
spected. And any student who
voted for a Greek candidate would
(if he were truly committed to
democratic principle) be in com
plete accord nay, would make
point to add his voice!
Secondly, I fail to see how it can
be shown that those responsible
for the illegality were acting for
or upon the request of the Barb
candidates and not as individuals
who as such ought to be Individ
ually censored. The Student Coun
cil itself, if I am not mistaken,
made the distinction between the
Barb political faction and the
Barb bulletin. Would the Council
be amenable to throwing out all
the Greek Totes next election
someone were either maliciously
or in nis exuberance to underline
the names of all the Greek can
didates in some of the issues of
school publication or is only one
coup of that sort permitted in
lifetime the way the Judiciary
Committee plays the political
gameT
Thirdly, I fail to make any sense
in the committee's decision
throw out the Ag campus Barb
votes for . class presidents and
prom committeemen, while con-
Uniting to recognize the women
elections. For as a reference
the Barb issue in question will
show, only the women might really
have; profited from having their
names underlined, for they were
not otherwise distinguished ac
cording to affiliation. On the other
hand, all the candidates for class
presidency and prom committee
were so identified anywayl
Still another point puzzles me.
If elections are to be distorted by
such technicalities (justified or
not), why does not the Judiciary
Committee investigate the fact
that entire Greek houses voted
with invalid activity cards invali
dated by the university's regula
tions concerning the transfer to
others of activity cards for any
purpose whatever? It is well
known, of course, that many Greek
houses make it a practise to rick
up members activity cards to in
sure that they appear to vote.
What of that, Mr. Mason?
Finally I would like to say a
word concerning the attitude of
the DAILY in the entire affair. As
former editor of my undergradu
ate college student newspaper,
feel qualified to express an opinion
that the DAILY seems to have for
gotten its commitment "Official
Newspaper of More Than 7,000
Students." Space prevents me
from going into detail. But I would
nele out first the report or me
election in such final terms in the
banner story of Wednesday's issue
hen elsewhere in the issue it is
admitted that the returns were
unofficial and that a very vital
appeal was pending.
And scconuiy, l wouia question
both the choice of a topic for an
editorial in the same issue (when
flagrant a case of political
machination is also current), as
well as the content of the editorial.
That the barbs should be singled
out for such questions when they
apply equally well to the ureens
an example or oui-ana-oui
rreludice.
Does the eaitor smcereiy oeueve
that if a Council bill were to arise
in which the interests of the un
affiliated students were opposed
to the interests of exclusive groups,
the unaffiliated students would
really fare better at the hands of
Greek councilmen rather than
barb councilmen?
Lest someone seek to cloud the
issue by accusing me of 'sour
grapes," allow me to say that I am
a barb bv choice, having been ex
tended invitations by the Greeks
while in undergraduate college.
But I have always preferred to
belong to groups which are
prouder of the people they Include
than of the fact that there are
those they exclude.
Sincerely,
Martin Lean.
ar-Ma adltortal a aot aati-
Wra. It arrrfd u fataHy at kai aa4-
artta a alcaat aonora for aat ayiB
aa aa timrka do. Aad Uw iral aark
amcimm HAS aeea drlayM Baaorwarlly
loa M ahoaM aot kava ba. Tal
writer WKrvra Taraday'a a vetoa anaald
aland aad kat aat brHrod atatrwtr or
atated otaorwtar. 14.
nimli rblloaaphy la ta fc1a with bo
Onvka bMa aa taWmtkMM onrrnlnjl
onal aiublUoam aitir anooia oaroa. iri
honrwt ta admit yoa. want aomethlnf, aa
iiy na admit HI
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To the Editor:
Sheep are known to lead "a
blind life within their brains."
Several hundred barbs voted Tucs-
iy; they are sheep; they are,
then, something akin to a bunch
of morons.
Politics aside, the barb voters
who voted in good faith demand
an apology.
Yours very truly,
Ralph M. Ibata.
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Editor, DAILY NEBRASKAN:
What happened to Chris Peter
sen? As a freshman Chris was
an ambitious young man living at
the YMCA. He was a friend
of everyone, regardless of social
status. He studied his Spanish and
reporting diligently with but one
goal in mind position on me
Daily Nebraskan. We were all
behind our fellow-barb who was
certainly worthy of a position on
the university paper. After tire
less effort, Chris at last achieved
his goal. He took over the minor
duties assigned to the cub reporter
and began his climb upward. We
were still behind him lOO. Chris
was soon rewarded with a salaried
position on the DAILY staff. About
this time Chris pledged a Green
house. Less and less was seen of
Chris around the halls of the
YMCA. His former friends
were now being ignored. Casual
rreetinffs on the street became
more casual as Mr. Petersen be
came more and more "inspired"'
by the "ideals- (?) of the Greeks.
Former friends were nothing more
than Barb-arians and had no right
to voice their opinions about cam
pus politics. Occasionally Chris
came back to the YMCA
1 ... Jy?r?rfJ
In Mora SIS of the laloa. (oluorl Tbata
wiR be thr apnakta-.
tnnrin will arc la lonlKtit aad mtntlaar
Btii a pit Totwday errata-.
AG AWS.
Ac AWS will mrH Thnnday at 4:11
a. m. ta thr home ac anlliUrf . Lvery ac
wemaa la invited ta attend.
THE WOMEX.
"The Von-en." AWS new-a ahart wfll
not le I'uMiflirJ ntvt week ant nan al
I naai.acivuia' vacatioa.
Editor, DAILY NEBRASKAN:
Your editorial in yesterdays is-
sue is one of the most scurrilous
rieces of hokum I have ever read.
The hleh degree of incoherence
and hvsterical self-laudation at
the basis of the editorial bespeaks
desire for "the glories and
fame" of a would-be leader ox
barb sheen, second only to the
faction misdescribed by you.
So the barbs are being duped
by a group of glory-seeking lead-
ers! And while political macnina
tors are ordering things their
way. the DAILY NEBRASKAN,
is forging forward with altruistic
plans for th alleviation ot au
barb ills. But why did you give
vour case away in the last para
graph where you aamit: we
don't say you did wrong in voting
for barb candidates. That's the
way you barbs probably should
have voted, out do you know wny
you voted for them?" Why, then.
your lengthy polemic against the
general "deceit" being practiced
bv barb leaders on the barbs? Is
it that they should vote the barb
ticket, but not forget that uie
barb leaders want the offices for
personal prestige? It may be
asked, why should Greeks vote for
their candidates? Are they not
trying- to deceive both the Greeks
and the barb masses into uiuik
ine their aims are purely non-
personal? The question is silly.
But we await your condemnation
of the liberal leaders who now
hold office.
Much probably will be said con
cerninr the unfair "campaign
practices of the barbs at ag col
leee. Shall I mention the padded
line in Student Union the night of
the election? Many students stood
for quit a while, but refused to
vote because of the delay. Why
don't you inquire about that ? Fur
thermore, do you want a sworn
statement concerning a dilig
ence made by a Greek in which
he unthinkingly confided that it is
a usual practice for fraternity
men to vote all activity tickets re
gardless of whether their owners
appear?
Give the barha a chance, why
not, in the columns of your "non-
political paper. You say yourself
that perhaps barb leaders would
have later tried to do something
about the general conditions of
barbs. Your question, "Do you
(barbs) think for a minute that
their election (barb candidates)
would help you any?" is some
what puzzling. Are you saying
that it makes no difference who
holds student offices? If that is
the case, if we were to grant that
the barb candidates were gunning
for glory, it hardly would injure
the general barb welfare, would
it? Personally, I doubt that their
desire for prestige-positions on the
campus is any more violent than
that of any present office-holder.
Besides, the barbs have expressed
as their ideal equality on the cam
pus. Do you doubt that if in the
next ten j'ears the major student
positions are filled by barbs that
this will have no effect on the av
erage barb?
Yours for more editorial fairness,
Ivan Little.
Tbia "waoM-ac leader af barb aee"
The
Daily Nebraskan
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DubarrlPtlna Ralea are fl.aa rV Hemea-
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Mailed. Single copy, Cent. Knteird aa
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of pontage provided for In tieettoa 11 OS,
Art of Ortooer 3. 11T. Aalnortaed Hep
(ember 39. liX.
when he had something to sell.
Last year he hnd occasion to re
mark to a resident of the building:
"We aren't worrying about the
barbs, but if they get too strong
we have other ways of stopping
them."
Chris' political activities in
creased by leaps and bounds. His
appetite for the scalps of the poor
helpless barbs could not be sati
ated by ordinary means. This year,
this month namely at the elec
tion just consummated Mr. Pi
tersen came out in the open in
his true colors. He perpetrated
one of the most obviously unfair
actions ever recorded in the his
tory of campus elections. When it
was found that the barbs had
swept the election our former
friend and roommate looked for
some means of turning the elec
tion and finally used the method
that we have all read about We
are sorry, we fellows who used to
know Chris.
Critically,
Stanley A. Kerkhoff
Robert C. Stell
Kenneth H. Gardner
George U Campen
Robert Stelnmeyer
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