THE NEBRASfCAN
Friday, January 19, 1945
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Manarinc Editor Mary Lealie Oeodwln, Harold Anderaea
Newa Editor! Illa Jean Glotfelty. Betty Lea Uuatea.
Janet Masea, Pbyllii Teagardea
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Assistant Bnaineeo Manarers Lorraine Abramaea, Mildred Engstrpm
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LETTERIP
...Dick Dilsaver
Credit, Debit and ?
An editor's typical swan-song message written in the last issue
f "his" or "her" Nebraskan is a recital of disillusionment, gripes,
and proposed reforms. In it the editor ennumerates his thrce-and-a
half, or four, or five, years of woe caused by the lethargy of his
fellow-students and of the university, and then proceeds to beg that
these faults be eliminated. Well, we made a lot of criticisms about
various groups on campus this year, and we would have liked to
have seen several changes while we were still weilding a typewriter;
but, when we got ready to blast out the very foundations of UN in
our last editorial, the words didn't come out that way.
Instead, this semester turned out to be the first bounce back to
peace-time normalcy since the beginning of the war. Campus spirit,
that poor, kicked around emotion, came back this semester, so did
enthusiasm, imagination, and student enterprise.
On the debit side of UN's ledger sheet was listed only the man
shortage, which will certainly be transferred to the credit side in
post-war UN. The credit side, however, was long and impressive.
Foremorst, of course, is the magnificent plan for the mock peace
conference, next the record in war stamps sold this semester which
tops every other total for any other two semesters together and hits
above $5,000. Next come the two new, vigorous political parties
practically of equal strength, to whose healthy rivalry the close out
come of the fall election testifies. The appointment of a full-time
publicity director for the university is no small credit to the ad
ministration, as will be the hoped-for appointment of a full-time di
rector of the school of journalism. The excellent response to the
Nebraskan's political poll in the national election in which 1,250 per
sons filed their presidential preference, was an indication that more
students are taking an interest in the world beyond the campus this
semester. The increase in the number of signed letterips to the Ne
braskan showed that students were actually reading their paper this
semester. No less a credit is the new pair of slippers for use in the
Union the staff gave the editor.
After the ledger was drawn up there still remained a few ques
tion marks, however. Question marks, in case the bizad college
doesn't understand, are items which could develop easily into either
the credit or the debit side with a little one-sided assistance. In this
category is the revival of the campus humor magazine, the Awgwan.
UN needs a humor magazine but, we weren't going to dictate
to the future. Another question mark is still when "We Want In"
the new library will come true. The last question mark concerns
what appropriations the legislature will work out for the post-war
university.
This semester is one which the seniors and juniors have
been glad to have had, because it has proved to them that, despite
the depths of the wartime slump, their university will recover the
best of its pre-war spirit, add the lessons of the war, and steadily
continue to advance in the post-war world.
Dear Editor:
On Sept. 27 I first observed the works of
your most intellectual reporter. I was ram
hYmv throne-h the Letterio column when
there it was before my eyes. I quickly re
moved my glasses, shook them violently,
rubbed my eyes, pinched myself and looked
again. But I had been right the first time.' It
was actually there and it read;
"One-third of Iceland's people live in
modern Reikjavik on the southwestern
coast."
Since that time I have followed this in
dustrious reporter through several columns
of the encyclopedia. "The Italians used
watermarks on paper in the 13th century.
Farmers using electric power find that milk
can be cooled at 9 1-2 cents per 100 pounds,
as against 40 cents by ice. Restrictions on
the manufacture of baby carriages save
11,000 tons of critical metals a year in the
United States."
The knowledge that this one reporter has
managed to store up amazes me. Until one
week ago it did only that amaze me, but
now it has taken on a vital turn. Exams are
coming up and I'm in need of her technique.
As a result I have been frantically searching
for her. Every noon I stand on the corner
of 12th and R, grabbing the students one
by one. "Do you know how old the average
telephone pole is, I ask. Each one shakes
his head and I know he's not my reporter.
V a . - Mail
Clippings
Pat Chamberlin, Censor
Tfc. RICHARD LAHR, Sig Alph, is hospitalized
from schrapnel wounds in southern England. Dick
was with the First army in Germany and was
wounded about Dec. 1. He writes that he is coming
along all right
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Capt. WARREN "HEAVY" DAY, member of
Delta Upsilon, died in Luxembourg Dec. 25. His
family had been previously notified that he was
seriously ill. He feft the university in '52 to serve
as an engineer on the Alaska highway and was
sent to the European theater last July as a combat
engineer.
EUGENE R. REIDER, ARM 3c USNR, was
graduated recently from the Naval Air Gunners
school as an honor student. His average was 5.56,
which is based on the Navy grading system of 4.0
as a perfect score. He was highest in a class of
130.
But dear editor, the time is growing short.
Desperation is getting me down. Please,
please who is this character, Donaldine.
A frustrated freshman,
FRANCES FRAZER.
(LES SAID: Donaldine, unfortunately,
has retired to look up the average height of
fireplugs in Sardinia. Seems her Russian
wolfhound is getting thwarted.)
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