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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, January 11, 1946
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
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Mana(lnr Editor Betty Lo Huston. Janet Maaoa
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ftnorta Editor Gforro Miller
Society Editor Hetty Klnf
BUSINESS STAFF
fiaalneia Manarer Lorraine Abremaen
Aatintant Itxlnni Manarer - ShirleT Ramnton. Dorothea Roenberf
Circulation Manarer Keith Jonea, rhone t-522
Old Times Again?
With the return to school of many former Nebraska
students, the air is once again being filled with talk of
' the good old days," along with which the subject of campus
politics is not being neglected. In the not so distant future
the campus will once again be going to the polls with prom
girl, N-Club queen, Nebraska Sweetheart, student council
members, etc., among those on the tentative voting agenda,
As the situation stands, most of those students who were
most active in carrying on a crusade to reform campus
politics have graduated or left school in the past two years
Therefore it will be interesting to note the reaction of the
new and the old students to the changes which have been
brought about during war years.
In many stormy student council sessions of the past
two years, mention was often made of the "men who will
come back and their reaction to the reforms which were
being considered. Accusations were thrown back and forth
at those who were "trying to put something over on them"
and those who were "trying to carry on until they got
back." Many coeds got their fingers burned at the game
of politics which they were sampling for the first time.
In the process, one of the attempted reforms was put
across. The Greek vs. Barb political parties were broken
up and a plan for new parties, including a combination of
Greeks and Barbs, was set forth. The plan, while still warm
from vigorous debates, was utilized for two elections be
fore the close of school. The results were not particularly
indicative and whether it eliminated the Greek-Barb split
is still a fertile field of argument.
The success of the political clean-up campaign will be
put to a significant test when elections come around next
semester. So far little interest has been aroused in the
new set-up and other "revamping" schemes have been
mulled over half-heartedly in student council meetings. A
few people have made a dejected attempt to reorganize the
parties, but little incentive in the way of elections has
offered itself yet.
When the incentive comes, there will be fireworks.
It is to be hoped that whatever results are achieved, the
same spirit of fair play, honesty and equality will reign
that brought about the fireworks before. There is always
plenty of room for reform in politics and too much room
for mistakes. Careful planning, high and sincere motiva
tion, and good practical thinking will carry the next group
of university leaders through to a proud finish. J.L.M.
Dean V. Boyles
Urges Women
To Use Brains
Urging wemen to take part in
the affairs of their community,
the nation and the world, Verna
H. Boyles, dean of women, stated
that they must concern them
selves with world affairs to
achieve happiness.
"It's easy to be a good citizen
when the nation is at war. The du
ties are exact and easily under
stood. But peace is something
else, something much more diffi
cult which takes hard work and
understanding to keep. Women are
saying now they're willing to do
anything to keep peace. But I'm
wondering how long it will last,"
she believes.
Need to Think.
Adding that she doesn't expect
women to become militant, band
together, pass resolutions or to
march about the streets, Mrs.
Boyles declared that thinking
was the only way to have peace.
"Af -,er thinking these problems
of ours through then the next
step is an exchange of views and
this is where the women must
stand up to be counted. Women
should discover, as men have
known for so long, that it's not
only appropriate but worthwhile
to talk politics. It's good citizen
ship. Oh, yes, I know the men do
not want women around when
they talk politics. This gap in the
lives of men and women can be
closed if women can learn not to
annoy men in discussion groups
by learning what to say and how
to say it and how to argue in
good humor and most important
know all the facts about what
they believe is right," Mrs. Boyles
says.
Personalized World.
"A woman lives in a world
which is highly personalized. She
marries a man with whom she is
in love. She raises a family of
fine children and she must care
for her home. This is her princi
pal world. If it is a happy one
she is apt to think that all is well
with the outside world too," She
continued.
Mrs. Boyles concluded, "This
apathy is a tragic mistake, for if
the small worlds of housewives
are to continue, women must
take an intelligent interest in the
world security. Women are espe
cially equipped to take this inter
est because they have a greater
natural dislike for destruction of
life. They have a great capacity
for sacrifice and pity and gentle
wisdom which the world needs.
Women have much to offer a
world. If they shrink from it, the
next war may leave them without
a world in which to be happy."
Safeway Stores
Establish Graduate
Ec Assislanlship
Safeway Stores, inc. have es
tablished a $3,000 graduate assist
antship in rural economics at the
University, announced Perry W.
Branch, director of the Univer
sity of Nebraska Foundation.
The problems and research per
taining to the marketing of Ne
braska eggs, poultry and cream
will be investigated by a grad
uate student in the Department
of Rural Economics to whom the
scholarship is awarded.
The research will also include
study of production, preparation
for marketing, and marketing out
lets sought by producers of these
products.
Snipe Huntin'
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J1DCE MASON
Gum and shoestrings don't mix.
Gum softens and gets slimy after
coming in contact wilh. coffee.
Gum sticks on heels when dis
carded in the street . . . We abhor
gum, we hate gum, we don't like
gum, we ignore gum, we don't
think about gum oh heck, so we
CAN'T get any gum!
We finally found out what "fa
cetious" means (look it up your
self, I had to). For example:
Facetious Question: (to Union
cashier) Do you have any gum
today?
Answer: (Vi Iverson goes into
hysterical laughter and question
er slinks out unobtrusively.)
Joke:
Frof. Bartley: Are you doing
anything tonite, Miss Murray?
Sarah Murray: (hopefully) No,
not a thing.
rrof. Bartley: Then please get
to class on time tomorrow morn
ing! We have another joke in mind
but can't decide whether to pass
it on or not. We'd like to, but
, . well, it's not exactly the kind
of thing one would expect to read
in The Nebraskan. It is kind of
funny though . . . No, we just
can't do it!
Perhaps we had better divert
the mind with the latest academic
news about the campus. In the
psychology department, for ex
ample, prospective majors have
recently been horrified at being
unable to answer a question on
an intelligence test for six year
olds. It seems Papa Bear, Mama
Bear, and Baby Bear were going
for a walk when suddenly they
chanced upon a bench. The Baby
Bear exclaimed,
"Oh good, now all four of us
can sit down."
The great problem is why did
the Baby Bear say, "Now all
FOUR of us can sit down?"
Relax the answer is really
quite simple; the Baby Bear just
couldn't count.
, . . can't get that funny joke
out of my mind! Oh well, as that
outstanding laissez-fairest of our
day, Representative Buffet, would
probably say: "If we mustn't, we
musln't!" Speaking of Omaha's
prodigy, Buffet, it is currently be
ing rumored that since voting
against U. S. participation in the
United Nation's organization, the
representative from Nebraska is
now considering retirement to de
vote his full time to a plan for
building an impregnable atomic
wall around the United States.
Gosh, I wonder if people would
be too upset if I told that joke
hate to get in bad around here.
but . . . well, good jokes are so
scarce nowadays. Bet it would be
appreciated no, huh, uh, no can
do.
This little incident came out of
Foreign Students
Enter Air Classes
At Texas School
(ACP). Air minded students
from Iceland, Argentina and Tur
key give a cosmopolitan flavor to
the air transportation course
taught by Dr. John Frederick,
professor of transportation at the
University of Texas.
Sigurdur Matthiasson f r om
Reykjavik, Iceland, is majoring in
air transportation on a scholar
ship from his government.
Means a Great Deal.
"Travel by air means a great
deal to my country, where iso
lated sections 30 hours away by
boat can be reached in one and
one half hours by plane," said
Matthiasson, whose ambition is to
become an airport manager.
Four commercial airports are
now in use in Iceland, in addition
to one maintained by the U. S.
army as a refueling unit point
between the United States and
Europe.
In spite of overcasts, glaciers
and lava formations, Iceland is
proud of its aircraft accident rec
ord of only one crackup with loss
of life since 1936.
"Use of the airplane for spot
ting herring has increased pro
duction of the fishing industry 33
p e r c e n t," Matthiasson said.
"Planes fly 50 to 60 miles off
coast, spot the school of fish and
contact the fishing vessels." i
Vonnie (looking through tele
scope): "God!"
Mary Lou: "Oh g'wan it ain't
that powerful."
Then there's that one about
about aw heck, there goes my
nerve again! If I don't get that
joke off my mind my job will be.
But if I tell it my job will be also.
It kind of reminds me of the con
versation I overheard at the ATO
house the other night: Kenny
Younger on telephone: "Is this the
Salvation Army?"
"Yes."
"Do you save bp i 'l . "
"Yes, p;r, we do."
"Well, save me one for Satur
day night."
There is no earthly reason for
thinking about Ruth Korb at this
point but she comes to mind in
that strange way that character
izes the entrance of an unusual
thought . . . always without prov
ocation. Now we remember that
she wanted us to plug the new
Awgwan Valentine girl. She is
sponsoring a contest for Valentine
girl, in which the most popular
choice gets a cover shot on the
Febr. Awgwan.
Valentine girl, where are you
going?
Upstairs to take a bath.
Valentine girl stepped in the
bathtub
Pulled out the plug and then
Faculty Notes
Two Nebraska professors, on
leave of absence during the war,
will return to the campus in Janu
ary. They are A. II. Schmidt,
chairman of the prosthodontics
department in the college of den
tistry, and Joseph B. Burt, chair
man of the department of pharm
acy and phamaceutical chemistry
in the college of pharmacy.
Professor Schmidt, who entered
the service in December, 1940, has
been a major in the army dental
corps. Prof. Burt has been assist
ant chief of the Office of Ci
vilian Supplies in the OPA for
the past two and a half years.
Dr. Eric Kneen, associate agri
cultural chemist and assistant
plant pathologist at the university,
has resigned to accept a position
as professor in the milling in
dustry department at Kansas State
college in Manhattan. Mr. Kneen,
who came to Nebraska in 1938
from Minnesota university, will
begin his new duties this week.
Oh my goodness, oh my soul
There goes Valentine girl
Down the hole
Glug, glug, plug!
We'd better stop before we tell
that joke!
Telephones
on Wheels
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The Bell System plans an extensive trial of two-way radio
in providing telephone service to vehicles in a number
of large cities.
Connections with other telephones will be made
through the nearest of several receiving and transmitting
stations operated by the telephone company. It is gener
ally similar to the existing ship-shore radio telephone
service for vessels in coastal and inland waters.
The main job right now is making more telephones
available for those who have been waiting for regular
service. But as soon as the new equipment can be built
the Bell System will begin extending telephone service
to vehicles.
BEIX TELEPHONE SYSTEM