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Backup, Council!!
At a meeting on Nov, 12 of last year, the
Student Council passed unanimously a motion which
would require all students desirous of a position
in the organization to appear before the Council
and present "a written platform stating what he
thinks the functions of the Council should be and
what he plans to do on the Council for approval
of the Council before he may be elected to the
Council or chosen to fill a vacancy."
The proposed change obviously had the full
approval of Burton Theil, president of the Council,
who stated 'The Council had the power to select
candidates in the past and there is no reason why
we cannot do so again," adding that, "We want
good, hard workers on the Council and this is the
way to get them."
There is no doubt that the governing body
f the campus wants "good hard workers," but if
the constitution of the Student Council may be
used as a basis of authoritative judgment, "this
is (not) the way to get them,"
In the first place, before any change in the
election rules may be made, such revision must
be passed by a two-thirds majority of the Council
and accepted by at least 51 percent of the student
body at any regular or special election providing
notice of this revision is published in the Daily
Nebraskan at least ten days prior to the election.
Thus, if the Council wants to pass judgment
on the qualifications of students filing for posi
tions on the Council, it must submit the amendment
for student approbation to a special election some
time prior to the regular spring election. There
fore, the motion passed by the Council Nov. 12
is not "effective Immediately" and will not "apply
to the spring elections" unless the students of the
university approve the revision of the election rules.
And if the members of the Student Council will
also read Article IX, Section V of the constitution
they will find this statement. "Nothing is this con
stitution shall be so construed as to deprive any
student of the right to file as an independent can
didate." Obviously, the Student Council has over stepped
the bcjnds of its authority if the above quotation
may be read to imply that any student of the uni
versity, if he meets all scholastic requirements, may
file for any elective position and have his name
placed upon the ballot.
Not only has the Council seemingly moved to
select its own successors with and by the "approval"
of the students, it has also left student government
wide A?pen to "dirty politics" which the Council
this year from its actions has abhored and rejected.
What is to prevent a majority faction on the
Council from rejecting any candidates who do not
belong to their particular faction? Of course, any
candidate who might be rejected by the Council
Behind the News
By David Thompson
Reinforcements
"Allied Reinforcements On Way To Far East
Zone." This headline, or a variation of same, was
at the top of page one in almost every newspaper
in the U. S. last night. It is the answer to the
oft posed question of where is the fleet and what
is it doing? For several weeks now, in fact from
the very week of the attack upon Pearl Harbor, it
has been rumored that army transports hnc been
leaving west coast ports at a very rapid rate
bound for an undisclosed destination.
Residents of the midwest all knew of the move
ment before Christmas of the 35th division out of
Camp Robinson to Fort Ord, but I wonder how
many pondered where the previous inhabitants of
Ord went. In order to insure the safe arrival of
these reinforcements in the far eastern war zone
where they are so sorely needed, a major portion
of the Pacific fleet would have to be pressed into
service. All the transports which were on the Pacific
Ocean at the time war broke out arrived safely at
an Australian port a week or so ago without cas
ualty. That was due to prompt action of the fleet
and the result of a pre-conceived plan of operations.
Right at this point it is much more important
that reinforcements reach beleagured Singapore and
threatened The Dutch East Indies than a decisive
naval engagement with the elusive and very fast
Japanese armada. By virtue of the probable route
being followed by the ships bound for the far east,
it will be the Japanese that will be caught many
miles from their bases if they attack our convoys.
At that point the greater cruising range and heav
ier armor-plate and fire-power of the U. S. fleet
will more than make up for the Japanese speed and
potentially greater strength in that area. The U. S.
did not lose a single troop transport in the last
war due to superior methods of convoy and in spite
of Germany's all out submarine campaign, and that
is no mean achievement. Our hope is that it will
not be marred in this world-wide war.
A War Ago...
could appeal to the puper committee of the Uni
versity Senate, and if such an appeal is made, no
elec on could be held until the committee made a
cecision. For according to the constitution of the
Student Council, Article II, Section II, "Any stu
dent . . . may appeal to the appropriate commit
tee of . the University Senate whenever he feels
that the Student Council nas either exceeded or
misapplied its powers or has assumed an unwar
ranted jurisdiction. . . When appeal is made . . .
no steps shall be taken to carry out the Councils
action, pending the decision of the appropriate com
mittee." Appeals and waiting for committee action
takes a certain amount of time. Thus, it .Deems
probable that student elections would encounter
considerable delay. Such delay was encountered a
year ago last fall when the barb party appealed
a decision of the Council to the Senate concerning
the election of class presidents.
Ca.npus elections with regard to political moral
ity have been on the upswing for the past few years.
There is no need to revert to the conditions pre
vailing in '37, '38 and '39. Nor is there any need
of giving incentive to campus political splits and
arguments which serve only to engender disunity
in the "university family."
It would be wise for the Student Council to
reconsider its actions of Nov. 12 and submit a pro
posal to the students which does not undermine the
right of the students to choose their own representa
tives and does not leave loopholes for campus
"politicians" who would jump at the chance in the
romping spring elections of putting candidates of
their own liking on the ballot.
Paul E. Svoboda,
By Marsa Lee Civin.
By April 26, 1917, Roughly es
timated 125 students asked to
leave college in good standing for
the service. At least 75 men left
to work on the farm, in training
camps, or in technical work of
some kind.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon planned
to close their house May 1 having
been hardest hit by men leaving
for service. Phi Delta Theta were
to close their table May 6.
E. Everett Can of Beaver City
in his Ivy Day oration entitled
"The Responsibilities of the Uni
versity Man" stated that "Every
student owes his best to his uni
versity, to his country, and to
this humanity."
May 7, 1917 was the day that
700 hundred collegians left the
university "on account of the war
emergency." Five coeds were
among those leaving. Men left
for many varied types of service
including: coast artillery service,
officers reserve training camp at
Fort Snelling and other branches
of the regular army.
Part of a Daily editorial fol
lows: "The withdrawal of 700
students from school is the re
flection of the patriotic feeling
felt in the breasts of many stu
dents. Every man and every
woman at Nebraska is ready to
do work for his country."
V-Book Drive
Obtains Radio
Show Backing
Three headliners, Clifton Fadi
man and Franklin P. Adams of
"Information Please" and author
Fanny Hurst, will go to bat for
the Victory Book Campaign over
radio station WOW' at 6:30 to
night. To cooperate in the campaign,
now in progress on the campus,
students and faculty members are
asked to leave the books which
they wish to contribute at the loan
desk of the main library. .
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AWS Frosh
Discuss Wav,
University
In an effort to bring the war
and its results closer to Nebraska
coeds, the freshman AWS meet
ing Thursday, Jan. 15, at 5:00 in
Ellen Smith hall will be featured
by three speeches on that topic.
A representative of the military
department will discuss the world
situation in general and its rela
tionship to college students. Paul
Toren, Nebraska student, will next
give his reaction to the draft and
how it affects himself personally
and his studies. He will also pre
sent the general attitude of the
boys on the campus in comparison
with the girls' viewpoint to be
given by an AWS member,
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to judge what people will decide
to do."
Maxwell Reviews Forestry.
Tree planting programs in Ne
braska were reviewed by Earl
Maxwell, extension forester at the
college. Educational work in tree
planting, and extensive interest in
making plantings, dates back to
the days of J. Sterling Morton and
other prominent men, he indicated.
Tracing the course of distribution
of trees in Nebraska under terms
of the Clarke-McNary act, he
stated that 1,000,000 broadleaf and
shortleaf seedlings to be distrib
uted to farmers during next
spring, have been arranged for at
the Bessey Nursery at Halaey. He
anticipates good demand for such
trees, he stated. AAA payments
for tree planting and care will
help stimulate interest in tree
planting during 1942, Mr. Maxwell
believes.
Dr. C. C. Wiggans, chairman of
the department of horticulture,
discussed the future of the fruit
industry and moisture conditions
during the morning session. The
state "Victory Garden Program"
and recent developments in the
field of plant breeding were also
among the topics discussed.
Clark Attends
Ec Con ven Hon
Dean Jolin D. Clark of the bizad
college attended the American
Economic Association and allied
organizations meeting in New York
City Dec. 27 to 30. He presided at
a meeting of the American
Finance association Dec. 29 when
"Recent Developments and Prop
erty Changes in Security Regula
tion" were discussed.
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