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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
September 26, 1946
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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To Eat or Not to Eat
Eating three meals a day is an ancient custom of mankind and
5,000 students and faculty members are reluctant to forego this habit
at noon because of the lack of eating places near the campus
Of the 8,000 students enrolled only about 2,500 live in organized
houses that serve meals. Lincoln students and faculty members plus
students who live in sleeping rooms must wage a one-man battle at
noon for a hamburger or a bowl of soup.
The worst hours are between noon 1 p. m. Many students with
11 and 1 o'clock have already settled for a candy bar to tie them
over the noon hour. Between 11 and 1, Earl Woods, Uni. Drug,
campusline crib and the booknook are taxed to their capacity which
is strictly limited.
Only approximately 1,000 students can be fed per hour in all of
the campus eating places combined. This leaves 5,000 students who
must try to eat between 11 and noon.
Students fortunate enough to own cars may go out in Lincoln
for lunch but students traveling on foot are helpless. The YMCA
nd other restaurants downtown are crowded with business people.
For a long time food has been difficult to get but there havf
been places to get it. The University administration rallied in face
of the housing shortage for students and surely realize that they
must rally again to relieve the noon hour congestion on the campus.
The third floor dining room of the Union could again be utilized
for a cafeteria. Last year three meals a day were served here for
200 Navy men.
The solution to the problem of feeding thousands of students
each day is not an easy one but it mu6t be found. It is the duty of the
University to remedy the situation just as it was their duty to find living
quarters and arrange classes for the number of students they allowed
to enroll. M. A. C.
Win Or Lose . . .
So much ha been written on the subject of school spirit
;hat to say something original, or even to give a new twist
to the old, is a futile task. But being original or clever is
only secondary. The important thing is to create or inspire
a lot of hearty school spirit and enthusiasm, and, kids,
that's what we've got to do here.
The war is over, men are back in school again, and it's
time that the spirit and loyalty for which the U N student
body has always been known be brought back to its pre
war heights, and exceed even that.
To have an enthusiastic school spirit doesn't mean that
students have fallen back into pre-war complacency, for
getting the weighty problems of building a permanent peace
and settling cantankerous disputes between labor and capi
tal, striving to achieve a stable economic system.
However, with this in mind, we can still show en
thusiasm and loyalty to the university and to the Huskers
in a way that will surpass the carefree, perhaps giddy,
manifestations of school spirit in the pre-war era. We're
a wiser student body than we were before, or, at least, we
should be.
So tonight when the victory bell is ringing, the Tassels
and Cobs are parading down fraternity row routing every
one out, join in, sing heartily "There is no place like Ne
braska," cheer loudly "Huskers fight!" and be glad that
you're a Husker yourself. If you're not glad, and you've
scoffed at what's Laen said here, then you'd better find
yourself another alma mater. You'll never be happy in a
school for which you have derision instead of loyalty and
pride.
We're going to send those boys off tonight with some
thing to remember, and, win or lose, we'll always be right
back of them, cheering them on. How about it? Will we
see you at the Rally tonight?
N. L.
Veterans' Organization of University of Nebraska
Office 209 Nebraska Hall, Phone 2-7181
Married Veterans' Form
First
Wife's Name:
Last
Lincoln Address
Full Time Part Time If Part Time A. M. or P. M.
Number of Children
Type of Work Desired
1 1 3
2 4
Training
Name and Location of School j Dates Attended
Phone No.
Ages
M. I.
Diploma or Degree
Nature of Position
Experience
Location
Dates Held
(To Be Returned te the Registrar's Office)
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Union Features
Julie Box Fling
For Saturday
Saturday afternoon from 2:00 to
4:30 a juke box dance interspersed
with football scores has been
scheduled, In the Union, but there
will be no dance in the evening
due to a faculty dance in the ball
room, Patricia Lahr, Union di
rector announced.
Because Friday night is All
University Church night, there
'u-ill be no dance in the Student
Union ballroom, according to Pat
ricia Lahr, director.
The Newman club has reserved
the ballroom for Friday night and
will hold a dance for all Catholic
students in the university.
Activities on Sunday include the
free variety show at 3:00 which
will be "Jane Eyre" starring Or
son Wells and Joan Fontaine fol
lowed by a 5:00 coffee hour in
the lounge with piano selections
by Peggy Shelley. Cake and cof
fee will be served.
Alan Ladd and William "Bendix
look uopn Paramount's "Calcutta"
as their wooden anniversardy pic
ture, as it is the fifth film in which
they have been co-starred.
RMMiimnce seems to be the
irjtvnnta in today's news. Stalin
statement's on foreign policy have
done much to calm the tears oi
the world regarding Russian
Amor Iran relations. These rela
tions are still strained, but the
tension which has been building
i.n n the end of the war
and was brought to a head by
last week's wauace-iruman
ite. has eased.
staiin reaffirmed the desire of
the Soviet Union for world peace
Ut ctotpH that Russia will not re
build Germany as a threat to the
Western Powers.
Ktalin'e statement that tne
ami. Knmh ic not weaDon that
the Western diplomats would have
the world believe, makes lnterest-
incr reaHinff in the lieht Of the
recent publicity given tne Hiro
shima blast in the magazines,
newspapers and radios of the nation.
Hnwever. he contends tnai me
Knmh nlnne cannot Win the
war of the future. There is a
lot of truth in this argument.
If the United States followed the
advice of some of the reactionary
forces in this country and tried
to pull a Pearl Harbor on Rus
sia with the atomic bomb, we
would find out how true it was.
In the first place ,it is very like
ly that Russia already has the
bomb. ,
This talk about it not being
powerful makes it sound even
more as if that were the case.
Then Detoit, Pittsburgh, New
York and every other industrial
metropolis would be in shambles.
Even if the Soviets do not have
the bomb, they do have the largest
army in the world. In the event
r.f an nttnrk. that army would
-n amnu v.urnne to the Atlantic
- - .,, .
and perhaps across tne jngusn
channel. Then, tne u. o. wuuiu
be faced with the problem of
actmvinir nil at EuroDe's indus
try France, Belgium, Sweden, as
well as Russia ana uermany. un
less we did this wholesale slaugh
ter, we would have the problem
of D-Day all over again. Perhaps
Stalin is right about the atomic
bomb.
At Lake Success, N. Y., Rus
sia was wrong, however, by a
vote of 7 to 2. The Security Coun
cil decided that the number of
allied troops in non-enemy coun
tries is not the business of the
United Nations. Only when the
Greek government objects to the
presence of British troops, and
the Chinese of Americar troops
does the U. N. have an interest.
Neither of these objections is like
ly to come, however, because
American and British troops are
there to protect these govern
ments. Now, the only business
on the Council agenda is their re
to the General Assembly, which
is scheduled to meet on Octo
ber 23.
On the home front, Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton B. Ander
son stated that farm prices are
high enough. Cooperation by pro
ducer and consumer should end
the meat shortage now that the
farmers are assured that prices
will go no higher, and that noth
ing win be gained by holding
back their stock.
We're In and We Can't Flunk,
We'll All Starve to Death First
BY DAKE NOVOTNY.
Did you ever attempt to nibble
on a grape from "The Grapes of
Wrath?- Five students did.
Did you ever attempt to gnaw
on the meat in a meter of poetry?
Five students did.
Did you ever turn "Forever Am
ber" from hunger? Five students
did.
They tried, these five, they
only tried to get something to
eat in the Union Campusline. 'Tis
in memoriam I write for those
brave five.
There they reposed, mute evi
dence of the University's latest
heart, head and stomach ache.
The learned heads who decide the
fateful destiny of each and every
one of us are now faced with an
other overwhelming issue. The
Vets Bureau
Issues Plea
For Employees
The Veterans' Orpanizatinn nf
the University of Nebraska is
again issuing a call for veterans,
veterans' wives, and other stu
dents attending the University to
fill full-time or part-time positions.
Since the previous announce
ment the demand for nncitinns in
be filled has far exceeded the
applications received. The Bu
reau emphasizs the fact that any
one can secure a job in his de
sired field. Teachers, lab assist
ants, clerks, typists, and stenog
raphers and projectors for Uni
versity film library are amonp
the positions offered. Salaries
range from hourly rates of 45
cents to 65 cents and 75 to 125
dollars per month.
The application blanks printed
in today's naner mav be filled
out and sent to either the Vet
erans' Organization in Nebraka
nail or to the registrar's office.
"feed bag" problem of thousands
of students.
Fear not, those of you who are
new, for it is the same group who
bought four brand new copies of
"Mutiny on the Bounty" only a
year ago in order to appease the
sea faring, land sick naval train
ees who graced the campus a few
short months ago.
Silver threads among the gold
it may be for them but they're
all for Nebraska nevertheless.
Now for the "forgotten five" and
how they got where they got.
(Narrator) Innocently they en
tered the Union only a fortnight
ago in quest of a few crumbs and
a smattering of goat meat to fill
a yawning cavity in an underfed
abdomen.
After patiently gasping they had
already bought a Cornhusker to
the coed doorman they trekked
the endless distance to the end of
the cafeteria line. But alas and
all that rot. They took the wrong
turn and entered the book nook
thinking it to be another entrance
to the steaming Union kitchen.
'Twas there that they were finded.
I could have said found but since
they were fined for defacing fur
niture I chose the former.
Their story is a sad one but
true. Amidst the crocodile tears
that blur my pace I shall" cease.
having paid those courageous
ones a last, silent tribute.
Only this remains to be said:
Fear not, scholars, of a flunk.
I ear not, Chancellor Gustavson or
Dr. Rosenlof, a new threat has
arisen. Scoft if you're threatened
with a down slip, laugh fiendishly,
oh little coed, if anyone attempts
to campus you, the truth is out
nothing matters. None of us can
flunk out, no one will be cam-
pused, the day of deliverance is
here, the answer is evident. We
are safe from any of those threats,
'cause we'll all starve before the
summons is served.
Served? Food? Ha! Ha! Hat
Ha! (Starved, famished, fiendish
laughter and all is silent ....
finis.)