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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Sunday, September 26, 1948 A Editorial Comment Cartoon Union-CUh Members of the Student Body: In this letter I am interested in calling your attention to the following: I. The University's Folicy Regarding A. Use of Spirituous Liquors It is believed that an educational institution that fails to point out the well-known results of the careless use of alcoholic liquors and admonish its students concern ing their use may fail to live up to its educational re sponsibility: first, because of the danger that a student may unwittingly acquire a habitual desire for liquor that may retard or inhibit the development of his nor mal faculties; and second, be.-ause of the danger that even the casual drinker may thoughtlessly become in volved in complicated or unsavory social circumstances. IT IS BELIEVED, THEREFORE, THAT THE ATTI TUDE OF THE UNIVERSITY ON THIS MATTER IS WELL DEFINED BY STATING: FIRST, THAT THE SERVING OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS OF ANY STRENGTH BY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS EITHER IN ORGANIZED HOUSES OR AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS CANNOT BE REGARDED AS ACCEPTABLE OR GOOD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE: AND SECOND, THAT INTOXICATION, INTOLERABLE AND REP REHENSIBLE AS IT IS IN CIVIL LIFE, IS MUCH MORE INTOLERABLE AND REPREHENSIBLE WHE INDULGED IN BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF A UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY. B. Drinking and Driving As a public institution it is believed the University should exercise any moral suasion possible to decrease and prevent the great number of accidents, many of them fatal, that are occurring on city streets and public highways. It should be understood, therefore, that it is the policy of the University to dismiss students found to be operating motor vehicles while under the influ ence of alcoholic liquors. II. The Board of Regents' Regulations Regarding A. Annual Review of All Student Organizations "The Senate Committee on Student Organizations and Social Functions shall be empowered to subject each student organization, including fraternities and sorori ties, to annual review to determine its privilege to con tinue as an approved organization at the University of Nebraska. The power to review, suspend or regulate any student organization vested in the Senate Commit tee on Student Organizations and Social Functions shall supersede such powers granted any other university body subordinate to the Chancellor and the Board of Regents." B. Memoership in Non-approved Organizations "Students found to be associated with organizations noT approved by the Senate Committee on Student Or ganizations and Social Functions shall be subject to punitive action." C. Membership in Organizations Requiring Unsavory and Immoral Practices for Membership or Initiation "It shall be mandatory to dismiss from the University any student found by the Senate Committee on Student Organizations abd Social Functions to be associated with or a member of an organization that encourages or requires as a condition for membership the drinking of intoxicating liquor or the practice of immorality in any form when this finding shall have been reported to the dean of student affairs or the dean of women." Will you kindly bring these matters to the attention of your membership. Thanking you, I am Sincerely, T. J. Thompson, Doan JhsL (DaiL yidia&JiarL Member Intercollegiate Press FORTY-NKVKNTH 1:AR F'.ihfUTiptlnn rtr are M.OO per armctiter. $2,110 rr iiemntcr mailed, or $J.0 for tlieVultrxe year. (4.U0 niallrd. Simla ropy Sr. I'lihll'tird daily during thr xhix.l yrr rirrpt Monday and Saturday, taratlons and examination prrlniM, by the I nivrmlty of Ni'branka unefcr the annerviftlon of the Publication Board. Kntrred ai Heron d VUknn Matter at the l'o Offlre in Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of omifw, March S, 1X1A, and at upeelal rate of pontage provided for in section 1103, Act of October t, 1911, authorired September 10. I2J. The Daily Nebraskan I published by thr tiitrnt of thr Inlverilly of Nrbrnnlta a an rxprraalon of Mtirtenta ne and opinion only. According to article II of the By Law governing atiident publication and administered by the Hoard w Publication: "It i the declared policy of the Boord thnt publication tinder it Jurisdiction shall be free from editorial censorship on the part of the Hoard, or on the part of any member of the faculty of the university; but i.wmbers of the staff of The Daily Nebraskan are personally rrspoixible for whut they lay or do or cause to be printed." EDITORIAL STAFF Kdltor Jeanne Kerrigan Managing Editors Norm lger, t ub t'lrjii Hi SIX ESS STAKE Hiik'nrs Manager Irv "hecn Night New Editor Hob I'helps iwmm Al-irVif i.K 50 4 Morrill Hall Collectors Pose Threat to Careless Inhabitants Sign Please As always The Daily Nebraskan is glad to print letters from you, but only if they are signed! We will print no letters that come into the office without signatures. Occasionally, according to circumstances involved and upon special request, we will withhold a name from publica tion. However, we must have the name of the writer in our files, so that it may be furnished to interested individuals upon demand. SO, DO NOT SUBMIT LETTERS WITHOUT IDENTI FICATION! Another point that should be clarified concerns the editorial writers of The Daily Nebraskan. There seems to have been some mfrsunderstanding and question about iden tity of the editorial writers.' According to Daily Nebraskan policy, all editorials are written by the editor unless otherwise designated by initials r signatures. If you are from Nebraska you better watch out your very life is in danger! The people of Morrill Hall might be looking for you in their search for va rious specimens of the state of Nebraska to be put on display in natural habitat groups in our own University of Nebraska State Museum. What is a Natural habitat group? Briefly, it is an exhibit which simulates a natural scene. Besides being an extremely effec tive and interesting manner to in form authentically, it is also a fas cinating exhibition of beauty. The process entailed Tn produc ing such a group is very involved: after the necessary research has been completed, a scientist, artist, craftsman and lighting specialist must work together to complete the group. As soon as sufficient funds have been collected and lighting facili ties improved, wo;k on the dis plays continue. Sixteen dif ferent localities in Nebraska will be represented in this new educa tional exhibit which will enable a visitor as well as yourself to vis ualize the varied wildlife in cross section and the different types of (Note: The following -letter is strictly for freshmen( written by one of the most outstanding mem bers of the class of '52, Frannie (Im just learning) Frosh. It seems Frannie just discovered the Stu-. dent Union among various labs, classes, and appointments on the campus. Here such prominent persons as football players, free-Camel-passers, Student Council members, Norm Leger, (he gets in everywhere!) and various other important personages, mingle among the hoy-polloy of old NU; and friend Frannie, excited at the prospect of meeting these grandi ose's, has just written home to Mother all about that "exciting" college life.) Dear Mom: I'm sittii g here in the Stupid Onion (Student Union to you old sters) writing my weekly letter home before going upstairs to a movie. Gee, there are just loads of things to do here in the Union, after you catch on to all the trick names they have for them. How was I to know that a "Unionizer" wasn't CIO meeting, but a big weekend dance with Johnnv Cox's orchestra? The first UNIONIZER is the 15th of October, with a different band for the three fol lowing Friday nights. To get back to that movie . . . its a football picture. They call it the CAMPUS QUARTERBACK session. Gosh, what a deal! Every Wednesday noon they show mov ies of the previous Saturday's game in the ballroom, and you should see those huge handsome Nebraska players who come over to see what they look like on the screen. It's fun to listen to the coaches who come over and dis cuss the merits of the game with the crowd too. And all for FREE! But don't get worried Mom, I eat lunch in the Campusline be fore I come. With a Freshman football will never replace food I guess. One of the senior girls tipped me off to a good thing the other day too. Mom. She said it was perfectly OK for a freshman girl to coma to a weekend JUKEBOX FLING with a bunch of other girls. Good way to get acquainted. They have these dances with re corded music every Saturday this month except Homecoming week end. You tell Dad that I've found someone to teach me dancing, and bridge too, here in the Union. So he won't have to worry about his being too old for dancing, or me being too ciumb for bridge. Dale Ball and Donna McCandless will take care of that. Donna starts DANCING LESSONS for begin ners at 7 p. m. on the 12th of Oc tober, and Dale is the official Cul bertson BRIDGE expert, instruct ing from 4:00 to 6:00 every Thurs day afternoon, starting October 14, with no charge for either. Say, why don't you tip me off as to what Dad, Bud, and Fido too, need for Xnws. Thrv hnv Then there is the boy who J a CRAFT SHOP in the basement oi me vJinon where you can make all sorts of leather goods and gifts, and things. It opens right after homecominft, in time for us to make all the presents we want, free of charge, by December 25. Well, Mom, I just saw Potsy Clark and some of 'the players go upstairs, so will close . . . gotta get a front seat. Love, " Frannie. P. S.. How about $5.00. My Crib money is all gone. Come to the Union It Suits! landscapes to be found in Nebras ka. You are invited to see the dis play concerning the plans of this new exhibit which is now in trie efllft basement of Morrill Hall. The display explains by means of ex amples the various processes that go into the making of a habitat group including a completed min iature model group. See how real istic rock is made from wire net ting; how trees are made from paper; and how grass, moss, and plants are preserved to last for ever in these spectacular exhibits. caused a few eyebrows to raise by stating his intended profession as "Navel" officer. One co-ed be longs in the same class because she was the only gal on campus who told speech testers that she intended to be a housewife. An Einglish instructor, who rep resents a new class of scholar, as tounded his Monday morning class by rushing out in a pelting rain to lower his convertible top. He returned not only wei, but also bearing a traffic ticket. Organised LueTt Ml a fast pace to win the Honorary Producers race. ' L