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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, March 12, 1946
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
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Explanation
Announcement of the plans for the new class building
brings to mind the badly needed explanation of the reason
for the starting of construction on the armory during tne
war years and at a time when it was apparent that there
were more important building needs on the campus. After
a talk with Comptroller John K. Selleck the other day we
understand for the first time why the armory was begun
before the men's dorms.
Two years ago the legislature voted money for the new
class room building, the addition to one of the science build
ings and the armory. The armory was included in this ap
propriation mainly because of pressure exerted by govern
ment agencies for some years. Since Nebraska is a land
grant college, the school receives subsidies from the gov
ernment with the consideration that ROTC is carried in the
program. The armory is considered part of the ROTC
program.
The building of an armory in no way delayed the con
struction of the proposed men's dorms. The university dor
mitories are financed by the floating of bonds which are
eventually paid off by the student rentals.
Unreal Perspective
(Ed. Note: The following editorial apptared recently in the Syra
cuse Daily Orange. Local names have been substituted, and it is
reprinted here because the editor feels it is applicable to the Ne
braska campus situation.) '
Nebraska has become a kaleidoscope of activity with the return
of many organizations from their wartime lethargy. Social life has
resumed and has fast reached dizzy proportions. Athletics will hit
the big time next year with full schedules already announced.
A casual reading of the Daily Nebraskan will reveal a myriad
of activities that an individual may participate in. And a majority
of campus students are becoming engrossed in these various organi
zations. The degree of participation varies, but as a rule the average
student strikes a medium between activities, social life and "classes
that take a good share of their time.
These activities tend to absorb more and more time. Before one
knows it, there is little reality outside of the whirl of campus life.
Veterans find themselves completely involved in the routine that is
the university. Others who have been here for some time find it
difficult to realize that there is a cold, hard, realistic world that exists
outside of the sheltered confines of campus life.
Instinctively as one gropes his way into the Crib for the eye
opening cup of coffee every morning, his. arm goes out for the DN.
Even in this dazed state one shies away from the headlines in the
Star or the Journal. That's too much for early morning consumption.
To the average students those headlines spell vague rumblings
of hunger and riot in India, political disturbances in abstract spheres
of influence in the Middle East, or domestic troubles relatively far
fiom Lincoln.
After classes there is always that chapter of Poli Sci to be read
or a meeting of some sort to attend. Tonight that date with Joe, that
history quiz, or ime much reeded rest from all those words, ideas
and notions that have been thrown at you all day.
All of this is fine. It represents the life that we should lead at
college.
Yet, lest we forget 'midst the whirl of activity that is Nebraska,
we are but one small unit that goes to make our ftate, our country,
our world. We are a basic factor in all of these and-as such have
not only rights but duties as citizens.
"No man is an island, entire of self," written by John Donne is as
important today as when he wrote it. We are a part of mankind with
loyalties to our fellow men as well as Nebraska.
Most of us have never felt hunger, yet it doesn't take too much
imagination to multiply by 50 the feeling you get when you miss
your lunch. How many people stop to consider the plight of Europe
and the Far East? Those people are hungry, yet we lightly pass off
their trouble with a light, "Don't tell me your troubles."
Most of us stop to wonder what's wrong when an acquaintance
greets us with a curt hello instead of a cheery smile. Yet, many of
tis pass the war vwth Russia off as inevitable. How many stop to
wonder what the Muree of animosity is?
Maybe it's due to lack of time, but that same lack of time to
think led us to the last two wars. But unless we are to be perpetually
embroiled' in killing off Joe and Mike we must wake up and stop tbe
whirl that it Nebraska long enough to think.
The Russian war, the failure of the UNO and the next world
war will start at Nebraska or at any place where individuals fail to
be aware of the world.
Take time to think, to be detent to your fellow men, to pet that
clog, to buy that kid in tbe tattered clothes an fee cream cone, or to
realize that Russia distrusts us for much tbe same reason for our
diatrust ignorance and intolerance.
. The Nebmkani who graduate having attained these attributes
will form the rjuclexu of hope for a new world. Tbe too busy group
will comprise the question mark in a world already full of dutrust,
suspicion and ill-will. Syracuse Daily Orange,
The Ash Can
by .
Marthella Holcomb
Some students on campus are more than a little con
fused. They thought that Beta Theta Pi was a fraternity,
but no one ever sees anyone but a girl wearing a Beta pin
Rumor has it that those who still have their enameled
adornment are so embarrassed at their lack of "git-up" that
they re concealing them beneath their neckties. It has
also come to our attention that the organization is scanning
its active roster to check whether more than four of the
men still own the symbol, what with spring fever infecting,
by some strange coincidence, four fellows in the past five
days. Honeymoon Hotel was last month, boys!
Latest definition of a geology major: A fellow who
has rocks in his head, and wants to find out what kind they
are.
Those Nebraska well-drillers who conventioned on our
semi-green campus last week-end have nothing on the
undergraduate politicians, who at times wish they could pull
the rims of the holes they talk themselves into right in
over themselves.
Wonder what mothers would do without middle names
to use in scolding their erring offspring. There's nothing
wnicn senas as mucn arean tnrougn the bones of an ad
venturous chifd than to hear "Ella Margaret, you come
here right now," screeched through the backdoor screen.
Saith Noah Webster: "Cornhusker State: Nebraska;
so called because of the large amount of corn raised." Do
tell. .
One of Nebraska's better-groomed coeds broke dawn
and washed her hair the other night. Instead of the rich,
billowy, luxurious suds she usually managed from a mere
half-cup of the precious amber fluid, the general effect
seemed a bit scratchy. Though her hair emerged from
the rinse a fluffy halo, she didn't feel too haDDv to read
on the label, "Dr. Gizmo's Cement Cleaner."
Wonder of wonders, the Ragged Edgestoday were writ
ten by the male of the species. Don't miss them. Greatest
intra-mural indoor sport. Ragged Edges, that is.
John (sigh) Kormos has arrived back on campus after
a brief sojourn at Great Lakes for a discharge. Line forms
at the right, girls, he doesn't have to muster at nine any
more. Does anyone know where to find a rope ladder?
Monday's gales kept us undecided as to which would
be more appropriate, a Swiss yodel, or "Deep in the Heart
of Texas."
Siiifonia Holds
Harmony Hour
At 3 Today
Mu Phi AlDha Sinfonia. musical
fraternity, has announced that trip
Harmonv Hour Droeram to b held
today in the music room. of the
student Union will feature three
of the better known French com
posers Saint-Saens, Debussy, and
Ravel. The Droeram is as follows:
March Militaire Francaise from
the Suite Algerienne; Saint-Saens.
Danse Macabre (Dance of
Death): Saint-Saens.
The Afternoon of a Faun; De
bussy. Nocturne No. 2 Fetes; Debussy.
Mother Goose Suite; Ravel.
1. Pavanne of the Sleeping
Beauty.
2. Hop-O-My Thumb.
3. Conversations of Beauty and
the Beast.
4. Laideronnette, Empress of the
Pagodas.
5. The Fairy Garden.
Bolero; RaveL
AAUW Offers
Scholarships
To Under grads
University coeds with a sopho
more or junior standing and a
scholastic average of 85 have un
til Tuesday, March 12, to apply
for the two seventy-five-dollar
scholarships offered by the Lin
coln branch of the American As
sociation of University Women,
according to Miss Amanda E.
Hohnson of the AAUW scholar
ship committee.
Winners of the awards will be
announced at the Honors Day
convocation, April 16.
Requirement.
Applicants must be wholly or
part self-supporting and must be
registered for at least twelve
hours of academic work. Appli
cation blanks may be obtained
from the office of the Dean of
Women in Ellen Smith hall. The
filled-in form, together with rec
ommendations from a university
faculty member and a person not
connected with the university,
must be mailed to Miss Amanda
E. Anderson, 1844 P street, before
Tuesdan.
Other members of the AAUW
scholarship committee are Miss
Belle Farman, Miss Lucile Led
with, Mrs. C. S. Hamilton and
Mrs. J. L. Sellers.
Mary Cntheric lo Speak
At Charm School Meeting
The Coed Counselor-sponsored
Charm School, Tuesday evening
at 7:00 in Ellen Smith, will fea
ture Miss Mary Gutherie, assist
ant professor of home ec at Ag.
Miss Gutherie will speak on
"Textiles of the Future", and will
be introduced by Betsy Bohensky.
No Secret!
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For Dancing
For Picknicking
For Any Size
Crowd of Fun Lovers
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Dear Editor and Students:
We of the NRO Unit would like
to offer an expression of our
strong desire to have the dates of
the University spring vacation
changed. As far as can be seen
all students are definitely for the
change but nothing has been said
to voice the unanimous advoca
tion. In the past the university has
been very co-operative and con
siderate in giving the Rot Cees,
most of whom live at consider
able distances, a chance to get
home once in a while. A Thanks
giving leave was graciously made
possible by action of the calendar
committee, and every possible
help was given by the faculty to
make the leave between semes
ters of greatest possible length.
These kind efforts have not gone
unappreciated. It is hoped that we
and all of the student body are
deserving of another aid to our
most desired and rare opportun
ity, that of spending a few days
at home.
The Student Council, acting on
behalf of the student body, has
passed a resolution suggesting
the changing of dates of the
spring vacation from 27 March
until 3 April to 22 March until 1
April There has been no objec
tion to this change raised; the
crowded week end travel situa
tion, the original reason for the
mid-week dates, is now non-existent.
By having the spring va
cation start on a Friday and end
on a Monday there would be no
more time missed from classes
than is now planned. And the
annexation of the extra week end
onto the period will make it pos
sible for many who cannot get
home on a regular week end to
have a few extra days at home
days that otherwise would have
to be spent out of classes here in
Lincoln. The vacation will be in
creased from six days to nine
days; the time that the average
student will be home increased
from four days to seven days, an
increase of 75 percent.
So let's be progressive; let's not
be hesitant to change the original
plan. There is nothing against the
change; at least we have heard
nothing. Th crowded week end
travel situation is now over. At
the cost of no more class time,
the change will give us more time
to see our parents and discharged
friends in our home towns. You
may be sure that the NROTC
Unit and the university students
are sincerely hoping that the pro
posed change of our spring va
cation dates is made a reality.
Respectfully,
Howard A. Essen
Lee Mitchell
Geoffrey Segar
Thomas Cook
Leo R. Schneider
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