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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Saturday, May 8, 1948
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Intercollegiate Press
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a expreskloa of studente mm and opinion only. Aceordini to article II of the By
Law governing student publications and administered by the Board of Publications)
"It is the declared policy ot the Board thai publications under Its Jurisdiction shall
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N'obrasksn personally KspesslMe tor what they say er ar causa to be printed."
MGHT XKWS EDITOR I .EE HAKHIS
Parking Problem . . .
Friday morning's student demonstration as a
result of the parking problem cannot be dismissed
lightly, but neither can it be considered as a spon
taneous demonstration which flared up for a few
hours and is now dead.
No, there is too much background for the en
tire situation to allow the Friday morning brush
with the Lincoln police and the resultant march
to the police building, to the city hall and to the
state capitol to be written off as an outburst of
irresponsible students. It is true that both the
students and the Lincoln police are open to criti
cism for their actions, but the overall problem of
insufficient parking space has been a sore point
since the beginning of the school year.
The first seeds of dissention were sown last
fall when the malls between Burnett Hall and An
drews Hall on the north and Teachers College,
Love Library and the Social Science building on
the south were closed to student parking. Faculty
parking permits were issued and only faculty mem
bers were allowed parking privileges in the area.
This move might have been agreeable to all,
except for the excessively severe attitude on the
part of Lincoln policemen who were assigned to
patrol the parking area and keep out student cars.
With an element of kindness or consideration, the
Lincoln police could have averted much of the hard
feeling that arose during the year as a result of
curt commands for student drivers to get out.
To make the situation even more unpleasant,
students began challenging the authority of the j
Violf oars anrl to forbid parking in spite
r . it.. "fnmiHtr ro rlr-
of the signs assigning uie aiea iui W "
ing only." When students discovered that there
was no authority for the police to issue the warn
ing tickets, the situation took a trun for the worse.
As long as a year ago some student drivers
who had sought legal advice on the problem were
informed that there was no authority behind such
warning tickets. Police officers on duty at the
Sy parking area have admitted the same lack
authority, slying that they
not to give tickets, only warnings. The whole setup
of pohfe patrolling the faculty parking section ap
peal as aPn expensive bluff, at University xrnse.
Student blood pressure rose even farther when
it became evident that numerous vacancies existed
in the faculty parking section
A spot check survey taken last fall beiore
winter weather set in disclosed that the faculty
members were not taking full advantage of their
narking area and that there was an average of
from 75 to 100 vacant parking stalls in the faculty
zone each day. These results were produced by a
survey made just after the faculty parking privi
ttr& nlan W3S established.
Thus, while student parking facilities were
overcrowded, vacancies existed in the faculty sec
tion but police officers on duty at each end of the
section forbade students to take advantage of the
vacancies.
"Toda y's disturbance
was a source of embar
rassment to the University
of Nebraska. The whole in
cident, sparked by difficul
ties over parking facilities,
is sincerely regretted. The
University is aware of the
seriousness of the parking
problem and is working
conscienciously for its so
lution." signed,
Dean C. W. Borgmann,
Dean of Faculties.
All students wishing: to par
ticipate in . future riots will
meet in 520 University hall to
form a University Rioters
Club, and contact B. J. Smokey
president of the club.
Riot Breaks Up
Friday Classes
Look Ma, I'm riotin'!
Afternoon classes were broken
up Friday by still-rioting students
led by a man driving a motor
cycle through social science and
Andrews halls.
While scattered campus police'
men stood by laughing, "faculty
parking" and one "this street
closed" signs were appropriated
by rioters and paraded in cars
loaded with fourteen or more stu
dents each through downtown
Lincoln. Driving first around
campus blocks, loaded cars slow
ly paraded down O street, and
eventually reached the state capi
tol. All traffic signals en route
were ignored.
Screaming their battle cry of
"More parking," amid screeching
automobile horns, the kids were
just 'having fun."
Townspeople who lined the
streets seemed .to enjoy the din
too. Only a few people frowned.
Even the drivers of stalled cars
seemed to take the inconvience
good-naturedly. One old lady
blew kisses at passing cars.
"The hoi polloi on foot who could
not find even a toe-hold on con
vertibles mobbed the girls dorm
and teachers college where they
broke up more classes.
CADET DON FLESHER receives the $100 Edgar J.
Boschult scholarship and congratulations from E. P.
Barnes, the state commander of the American Legion.
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CADET CORPS HONORARY COLONEL, June Gast, at
taches a streamer to the guidon of R.O.T.C. Company K,
denoting it as the honor unit of the week. T,he ceremony
took place at the annual honors parade and review
Thursday. S Sgt. Louis Krieger, is holding the guidon.
Pbotoa Courtesy- Lincoln Journal
Leonard Bernstein sailed for
Europe last week for a six week
concert tour during which he will
appear in the triple role of con-ductor-comooser-pianist
in Mu
nich, Milan. Budapest, Vienna,
Paris and Scheveningen, Holland.
He carried with him an album of
Igor Stravinsky's ballet, "L'His
toire du Soldat." ("The Soldier's
Tale"), recorded by him for RCA
Victor with members of the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, for pre
mentation to Stravinsky s son.
Soulima, fn Paris.
Students Continue Parading
In Afternoon, Break Up Classes
by CUB clem I that they wished the whole
The student body conun
To return to the Friday activity, there was an
element of blame for both students and police. The
use of tear gas by the law enforcement officers
was all that was needed to arouse unruly spirit in
the mass of students who had gathered at the scene
of the tow-car incident. This aggressive action by
police and the continued shoving and roughing-up
which several students received, including some
who were attempting to take pictures of the ac
tivity, did not set well.
A demonstration which might have ended
without further incident was fanned to new
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Wanda Landowska, whose, re
cently released album of A
Treasury of Harpsichord Music,'
has L?en hailed as one of her
most notable achievements on
records, will conduct three pub
lic master classes for performers
and auditors on May 6, 11 and
13, at Steinway Hall, in New York
City. Mme. Landowska will play
and analyze Bach's "Well Tem
pered Clavichord," which she
played in its entirety at three
recitals this spring, and will than
give a program of musical mas
terpieces of the past, many of
which she has recorded for RCA
Victor. .
Serge Koussecitzky has invited
Leonard Bernstein and Robert
Shaw to guest conduct the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra for the
second consecutive year during
the Berkshire Music Festival this
summer. Bernstein and Shaw are
members of the Berkshire Music
Center faculty, teaching composi
tion and choral conducting, re
spectively. Koussevitzky's recent
announcement concerning his re
tirement as conductor of the Bos
ton Symphony at the conclusion
of the 1948-49 season means that
he will be able to devote more
time to administration of the
Berkshire Music Center, of which
he s director.
ued its agitation after the
lunch hour Friday, gathering
in huge masses on the steps
of the Union and across the
street.
(juiet after-lunch groups
were lounging on porch chairs
about 12:30 p. m., when a
spontaneous cry began and
rose in volume, set off at fre
quent intervals by the loud
report of firecrackers. In ten
minutes an estimated 1000
people were assembled in the
general area fronuner the
Union.
Tie-Up Traffic.
Soon they strolled into Jhe
street and began tying up R
street traffic. Then with a
sudden rush the impromptu
parade began. Student cars
and jalopies were utilized to
good advantage as the body,
growing at every corner, took
off west on R street to 13th,
and from thence to O. At 12th
and O the entire group sat
down in the middle of the
street
Amid crys of "We want
parking!" "Beat Oklahoma!,"
"Down with Wherry!" and
No more tear gas!," the stu
dents proceeded to the police
station. They overran the
lawn and sat down to await
developments.
Masters Talks.
Chief of Detectives Masters
talked to the group for a few
minutes. Policemen stood at
the entrance to the station all
the while, seemingly upcon-
cerned and patiently explain
ing to a few students that it
was, after all, none of their
thing would quiet down
The demonstration was al
most broken up prematurely
when a large truck, bearing
the legend "Storz Beer" on its
sides, attempted to get
through the street in front of
the station. After a few min
utes of attempting to break
the padlock on the back door,
student thirst remained un
quenched. Return to Campus.
About 1 p. m. the body be
gan a mass exodus back to
ward the campus. As they
passed the Administration
building they shouted "Down
with Finals!" They soon left
the street and entered Social (
Sciences building, routing . J
students out of classes on all ,
three floors.
One enthusiastic student
even drove his small motor
cycle into the building and
broke up a class in the audi- t
tonum.
From there the group went
to Andrews hall and repeated
the performance'.
All alone the route, Lan-
colnites stood by with mixed
fee liners. Though apparently
confused by the many differ
ent cries raised by the body,
they showed sympathy when-
cvci lie nui ia.i.
was heard.
(the police's) business, and
One of the bystanders, a
middle aged man, shouted,
We're all for you," to the
students.
By the time the procession
had reached the police sta-X
tion, about one third of the
group of approximately 1500 f
were non-students. I
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