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Looking Ahead ...
The Publications board meets today to select next
year's staff for Cornshucks, campus monthly magazine
"published for and about students at Nebraska U."
The event, we feel, may be of noteworthy importance
as to the continued existence of the magazine.
We are reluctant to criticize a fellow publication and
especially one that is still in infancy but, in view of the
prevailing attitude toward the magazine, an evaluation of
the magazine is warranted, with an eye to possible improve
ment at the hands of the Pub board.
When the Pub board gave an affirmative vote last fall
to the publication of such a magazine, it was with the un
derstanding that the magazine would be of a combined
humor-literary kind. Criticism that has come to our ears
many, many times is that the magazine is neither literary
nor is it humorous. And, if it be humorous, the humor is
not of a desirable type. However, it should be said that this
latter criticism is overplayed in view of the contents of
numerous magazines received by Cornshucks from other
campuses magazines that are regarded as being excellent
campus humor periodicals.
Nevertheless, a change in the present situation, must
be made if Cornshucks is to grow into a thriving, accepted
publication.
For one thing, there is a wealth of good student writing
on the University campus which should be sought and used
by the magazine. Any student in an advanced composition
class can verify this assertion by citing the excellent papers
that are read in the classroom.
The lack of a central theme in any issue of Cornshucks
is made quite apparent by comparing Cornshucks to other
campus humor magazines. Imagination on the part of staff
members should provide for each issue a theme and devel
opment that would be of interest to a great many, if not
all, University students. Unlike the Cornhusker and The
Daily Nebraskan, Cornshucks is not obligated to give space
to specific campus groups and functions, and, therefore, it
can be wholly concerned with putting out a publication of
interest to the greatest number of students.
To the new staff members who will be appointed this
afternoon, we extend a friendly challenge to put out a
magazine of high calibre which will interest the student
body and gain their enthusiastic support. To the Pub board,
we make a plea to appoint student applicants who will ac
cept such a challenge.
N.. L.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Student Dazed
By Aftermath
Of Registration
By Frank Jacobs.
I stared at he number printed
on the light rust card before me
8882. I turned my eyes to an
other numbeer 4180. Mentally
subtracting the former from the
latter, I came to a conclusion.
Before I could enjoy the privilege
of drawing my class cards, 4732
more fortunate fellow undergrad
uates i .have -retained that
hormi U. py leer on their now
rathci au.low features.
Student Remains Unconcerned
At first, during the first couple
thousand numbers of registration,
I didn't seem to care. Only the
courses preceded by a 2 or 3 were
acquiring too heavy a load. My
sophomore classes were barely
touched. I was happly. I whistled
a gay ballad of the Congo. My
pulse had a beat as calm as the
pulse of a Guy Lombardo tenor.
My countenence was one of ease.
It can be said that I had the Earl
Browder complex, or that I was
in the pink.
As disgruntled juniors pouted
out of the registration chambers
muttering such sorties as, "Oh,
woe, I couldn't get Physics 302,
I have to take Rope-tying 4!" I
couldn't suppress a slight snicker.
Footballers Take Folkdancinr
And as burly footballers
stamped out moaning, "Ge Whiz,
Curly, I can't get Musclebuilding
3, I gotta take Folkdancing 4," I
couldn't resist a subtle, suave
horselaugh.
But now, as I toil on a tricky
wicker in my Basketweaving 1
class, my smiles have curled
downward into a gloomy frown.
How terrible were those last
few pre-registration days for me.
Sitting powerless, helpless, I
watched class after class disap
pear before my eyes. Closed class
es soon vastly outnumbered the
open ones.
Before my eyes, first my His
tory class closed. Then English
and finally even Military Science.
Gad! What a situation!
At last, when my turn in Tem
porary B came, my schedule read
something lifce this, with six eight
o'clocks and four hours of Satur
day ynorning classes.
Paper-folding 1, Hopscotch 4 (I
got in the advanced class), Bottle
opening 1 (perhaps more useful
than I thought), Radish-grbwing
2, Music Appreciation of Antarc
tica 1, Pineapple growing 1, The
ory of the Sling-shot 3, Survey of
Comic Book Reading 4 and Basket
Weaving.
N Club members interested in
selling at the Big 7 track meet
sign at the coaches' office before
Thursday.
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(Cont. from Page 1)
About the program, G. W. Stew
art, Jr., chief of the Information
Division of the American Mission
to UN, says: "The program for
education about the UN in Ne
braska will be a sort of pilot proj
ect for the United States and the
world as well. We hope to en
courage other institutions to do as
you are doing. The Nebraska un
dertaking is the most enterprising
of its kind. We all hope it succeeds."
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Tuesday, May IB, r948
In the Right Direction
Many complaints were offered both on kg campus and
on the city campus about the last spring election. Many
changes had to be made before a system befitting of the
name "democratic" would be put into effect here on the
Nebraska campus.
The Daily Nebraskan began a "clean-up" campaign for
better election rules and at least one governing body has
taken the much needed action.
Realizing that up to date and fair election rules would
be the beginning of the establishment of such a system, the
recently elected Ag Exec Board set about to make the
drawing up of these rules their first project for the better
ment of Ag college.
A committee was appointed at the first meeting to
study old election rules and to draw up needed changes and
improvements. Their recommendations, adopted almost
unanimously by the group, are as follows:
1. Notice of filing, sample ballot, and a copy of election
rules shall be posted in the Ag Union as well as in Ag Hall.
2. The number of ballots cast for each candidate shall
be published in the Daily Nebraskan as soon as possible
after the election results are compiled.
3. Each voting student shall put his own ballot in the
ballot box.
4. Students registered in the College of Agriculture
may vote only on the Ag campus when election booths are
set up on both, campuses.
5. Ballots will not be valid or counted unless the voter
votes for the required number of candidates for each office.
Ballots will specify this for the voter.
Change No. 1 is merely bringing the rule up tp date
because the Board felt that as many students now went to
the Ag Union as to Ag Hall.
Number 2 change is a result of a change in attitude
toward candidates being embarrassed about the number of
votes cast. Candidates take that responsibility uporj them
selves when they file for office. '
Faculty members before have taken the ballots, from
students and put them in the box, supposedly to prevent
any stuffing of the ballot box. Since the Board felt; that
college students were grown up enough to put their own
ballots in the box, change No. 3 was made. Since ballots
are validated when they are handed out there is little chance
for stuffing the box.
In regard to No. 4, the board felt that most Ag students
could be on the campus some time during a voting day.
Voting for Ag elections only on Ag campus eliminates com
piling votes from two voting places for the same election.
Rule No. 5 is a new addition to the books. However,
it has been an agreement among the vote counters that such
ballots would not be counted. Still there b 1 been no indi
cation on ballots as to this unwritten rule students did not
know that their ballot would be thrown out if they did not
vote for three candidates when the ballot said "vote for
three". However, when voters are allowed to vote lor as
few as they wish, various political groups can gain unfair
advantage by voting only for their "favorite son" while
students not thus organized would spread their vote among
several candidates.
In a college as small as Ag college, the Board felt that
each voter knew enough candid?tes.or knew enough about
their qualifications to vote wisely for the required candi
dates. However, there is still some question whether this
rule is a good one: Ag college is not so small and familiar
that all voters will know everyone on the ballot. There are
still complaints heard that "I hate to have tovote for some
one that I don't know."
One suggestion that was offered to make this rule
more effective was to have rallies before, elections to ac
quaint voters with the .various candidates. These rallies
could be quite successful if all students would turn out for
them and make them as spirited as possible. Each candi
date would air his views and his platform in a speech be
fore the group. These rallies could very well become a re
vered part of the memory of college days which at the same
time would interest more students in the governmental
problems of their society. L. M.
BEGINS JUNE 7
High Grade ACCREDITED COVRSES
Approved for Gl
Accounting-Secretarial Machines
No Crowding Personal Instruction
Air Conditioned Rooms Individual Progress
Grade can on examination be converted into
College Credits
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Chesterfields are the only cigarette
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Chesterfield year after year fint
choice of college men and women.