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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, Tune 24, 1949
J Jul (Daik ThJbAaAkcvv
Member
Intercollegiate Press
FOP TV-SEVENTY YEAR.
The Pally rbrakaa It published .y the students of the University ef Nebraska u
M r&prloa or students Rfwl and opinions only. According Ml article 11 of ate Br
Ijiws governing student publications and administered by the Board off Publications:
II l III declared nolirv of the Hoard thai publications andnr tin Jartadlrtioaj tiaii
be frra from editorial eensorhhip on the part of the Board, or oa the part of any
nieaiher of the faculty of the university : not members of the start of the iwaiy
Nrbraskaa are prraonaHy responsible for ahal thry say or do or cause to be printed."
Snhsrriptton rate are tt.Od per eemeater, tt.M per semester mailed, or 13 M for
the eollrire year. tt.M mailed. Single eopy ftr. ruhiuhed daily during the school year
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f .Nebraska andrr the supervision of the iiiniiraiina noara. r.nrerea aa rwona
Matter at the rt riffle la Lincoln. Nrbravka. andcr Art of Congress. March
3. 187S, and at special rale of potage provided for in sertioa 113, Art of October
S. 1917. aathoiired September 10, 1822.
Editor M. J. Melick
Business Manager Keith O'Bannon
With Great Glee . . .
We dashed into the office this
morning it may have been
nearer noon and scooped up the
exchange papers all four of
them. Our editorial brain being
completely exhausted, we eagerly
searched four editorial pages to
Fee what pearls of wisdom our
colleagues across the nation were
doling out to summer school
readers.
After a concentrated study, of
some fifteen minutes, we reached
a startling conclusion. There is
a great community of minds in
the world of collegiate journal
ismand they're all blank. One
of our fellow editors admonished
students to remember Father's
Day we were a little late to
steal that idea. Another held
forth at great length about the
weather seven years of summer
school at the University of Ne
braska finds us a trifle bored
with that subject. Xsthird floun"
dered through three or four
inches on the North Atlantic
pact. Fellow sufferer number
four spouted poetry.
At this point we feel quali
fied to resort to almost anything.
Here it is almost anything.
Once upon a time there was
a great community of rabbits
or maybe it was a herd. Anyway
there were lots of rabbits the
flop-eared, fuzzytailed, red-eyed
variety of rabbits.
In one corner of this com
munity there was a large heap of
lettuce. Some of the mother and
father rabbits sent their bunnies
over to eat from the pile of let
tuce. Not all of the bunnies went.
Some of them preferred to dine
elsewhere on carrots or tincans
or whatever it is that rabbits
gourge themselves on.
Every so often some of the
older rabbits the redder, red
eyed vintage went over to a
nearby garden and replenished
the big supply of lettuce. They
also replenished the supply of
carrots and tin cans and what
ever it is that rabbits gourgc
themselves on.
One day a great many rabbits,
who had been out of the hatch
for a while, came back to the old
home town. For a while there
was a great deal of congestion 1
around the lettuce pile every- j
one was trying to get his nose in. '
There was also a great deal of ,
congestion around the piles of
carrots and tin cans and what
ever it is that rabbits gourgc !
themselves on. But pretty soon I
the new rabbits had all the let-
tuce they could eat and went oil
to look for greener pastures. It
looked as if rabbit economy
might be restored.
All of a sudden, the rabbits
who went out to get the lettuce
decided that instead of having to
f,et carrots and so forth ad nau
yeam, they would just have piles
of lettucs all over Rabbitville
it sounded great. Many rabbits
flapped their ears and thumped
their tails in great glee. The rab
bits who lived around the big
lettuce pile didn't flap their
ears or thump their tails, though.
They merely twitched their
tails and said nothing. After the
cars had been lorded to bring the
lettuce back to iSbbitville a
couple of them mentioned that it
might deplete the supply of let
tuce, but by that time the let-tuee-fetchers
were on their way
home.
And so here was lettuce, all
over Rabbitville. The carrot and
tin can and whatever it is that
rabbits gourge themselves on
addicts managed to pick up a
little here and there, but most
bunnies ate lettuce.
Then complications set in.
New water troughs had to be put
in to go with the new lettuce
piles and there was much dig
ging up and readjusting to be
done. The rabbits who carried
the lettuce worked hard getting
the situation adjusted water
troughs were hard to find. Just
about the time the letuce carry
ing rabbits didn't know where
their next trough was coming
from, the sanitation experts said
that if the troughs at the oiig
inal lettuce pile weren't replaced,
the pile would be declared un
safe. The older rabbits sat down on
their fuzzy white tails and
stroked their whiskers and
thought. But things got worse
instead of better. The lettuce
supply in the farmer's garden
began to diminish. Water
troughs became scarcer and
scarcer. The rabbits worked like
fury.
They were busy. all day long
trying to keep the lettuce piles
replenished. The original pile
kept getting smaller and smaller.
None of the rabbits were getting
enough lettuce.
The lettuce eaters' coats be
gan to look dull and lusterless,
because nobody had enough to
eat. Neighboring rabbits said
that the inhabitants of Rabbit
ville were getting to be a pretty
shabby looking bunch. In fact
they looked down their short
pink noses and decided not to
recognize the Rabbitville rab
bits at all.
The more tragic the situation
became the more it exhausted
the older rabbits. One day when
they were limping back from
the farmer's garden after a
fruitless search for lettuce, a
large brown dog pounced upon
them and ate them up.
What will happen to the in
habitants of Rabbitville now
that their leaders are gone? Who
will clean up the lettuce scan
dal? Tune in tomorrow same
time same station.
Of course there is a moral to
this story every fable has one.
but this fable has a wide selec
tion. Moral: Sometimes it is better
to put all your eggs in one bas
ket. Moral: The Daily Nebraskan
has gone off on a tangent on this
fable business.
Moral: It often pays to read
the news stories on page one be
fore reading the editorial.
Stop
The
Presses
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IMMANUEL YVISHNOW.
The All-State orchestra will
present its final concert Sunday,
June 26 at 3:30 p. m. in the Union
ballroom. The orchestra is under
the direction of Immanuel Wish
now. The orchestra, made up of stu
dents from all over the state, has
been rehearsing for three weeks
as a part of the University's All-
State fine arts course.-
The program for Sunday's con
cert includes Gershwin's "Rhap
sody in Blue." The group will
also play selections from "Or
pheus and the Under World" and
Perpetual Motion."
The orchestra will participate
in another! concert on Thursday.
June 30. The concert, the last of
the All-State period, will also
include the band and chorus.
Bargain
Basement
The other day, w7ien we hud
just about given up on getting
any reactions negative or posi
tive from the first edition of
Bargain Basement, some philan
thropist pushed a copy of same
under the door of the office, wth
a little note attached. All it said
was "Literary Arson" but we got
the point. 1 fat. wc UP l'ke
Christmas trees, out of season.
The columnist has a tougher
time than many people think.
Only in awfully bad novels does
he appear as a slick, dapper
character, hamming around in a
smoking jacket, and getting hot
flashes from celebrities every
other moment.
If any columnist, or one so
called, ever had life that easy,
we've never heard of him. Think
ing that ma be we had missed
something, we sent a mail-order
to Clint, Tex., and received a
little pamphlet entitled- "The
Columnist Handbook."
We turned to the chapter
called "Sources," which if you
were really intelligent you prob
ably guessed meant "Sources of
Information."
Item No. 1 referred to the prac
tice of cultivating waiters, bell
hops and check-stand girls, as
they are supposedly simply full
of interesting bits of scandal. It
kind of amused us, for it will be
a cold day when the waiters in
the Crib give out with anything
but indigestible brownies. It
doesn't matter whether you sup
port the place or not. Just to see
if we could do any better than
we did last time, we went up
stairs and started "cultivating"
(Continued on Page 4.)
Reform Easier
For Abnormal
Delinquents
There is little hope for the "nor
mal" criminal's reformation, ac
cording to Dr. James M. Rein-
hardt, sociology professor at the
University of Nebraska.
He spoke at the four-day juven
ile delinquency forum, which con
cluded its meetings Thursday on
the campus. The forum was spon
sored by various university de
partments, and local law enforcing
officials.
"Normal criminals strive for
precision in their work," Dr. Rein
hardt stated.
"The abnormal criminal, how
ever, deliberately goes out of his
way to seek failure.
"The normal criminal not only
has to unravel his habits, but must
rehabituate himself to his new
world," Dr. Reinhardt said.
Dear Editor:
Somewhere I have gotten the idea that there should be some
information to be found in a newspaper. I have always thought
that a story, besides occupying the readers' time and taking up
space on a page, should say something which is interesting to the
person scanning the inked columns. Maybe I am wrong. Perhaps
it is perfect journalism to publish an issue which includes abso
lutely no facts, no interesting side-lights, and merely sentences. If
such is the case, our Rag is well nigh perfect; if such is not the
case, our Rag is anything but an exemplary paper.
Who, might I naively ask, is intrigued by a story on "the good,
old days" and dandelion digging en masse. In today's Ray such a
topic occupied 285 lines of print, was illustrated by four antiquated
photos, was the number two story on page one and dominated the
third page. Although possibly written in "deathless prose," this
lesson in history was about as stimulating as the sight of an empty
bottle on the morning after.
"Once upon a time, there was a Rag reporter who checked his
stories for accuracy." The preceding is a selection from a fairy tale;
obviously, only in the realm of phantasy could such a thing take
place, as witness from the lead story of today's paper on the Uni
versity Theatre. The story contained only three mistakes obvious
to the casual reader. (Apparently the writer was even more casual.)
Most psychology texts list the desire for aesthetic pleasure as
one of the major drives of the human organism. This desire is
greatly frustrated by the make-up and typography of the recent
editions of the Rag. I have a very young nephew who plays wurt
blocks. I winder if the Rag staft has not Deen plagiarizing hum,
where else would they find such original and horrible patterns of
rectangles around which to build their make-up.
The cartoons are of equally high quality as the rest of the
paper. Original as sex, ana not nearly as numorous, iney mm
much to the paper they add white space.
Need I go on? No, the point is made. The current issues are
neither interesting nor informative, neither enjoyable to look at
nor to read. They are filled with meaningless space-filling babble;
they are characterized by a lack of material, poor reporting of what
material there is, inept headline writing and faulty make-up.
By now you, sir Editor, are probably repelled by my violent
attacks upon the Rag; you are probably sympathizing witn tne
plight of MJ and crew, and muttering "After all, what can they
do with no news? What can anyone do without news and with a
deadline to meet?" The question is well put. The Rag staff is con
fronted with the problem all newspapers sometimes face the dearth
of news. The paper must go out on schedule with so many inches
of print; to make this possible the staff must dig news up from the
deepest and darkest recesses or, failing to do this, must pad the
stories and create news to fill the pages. With such a task, the staff
deserves sympathy and even approbation for the unsuccessful
efforts they have made to put out a good paper.
But perhaps it would be more satisfactory for all concerned,
student journalists and student public, if, during times when news
which is news is non-existent, the Rag would return to the sched
ule upon which the earliest newspapers operated. The first journals
had no deadline, no cyclonic scheme of publication; they appeared
when and only when there was news enough to fill the pages and
important enough to warrant publication.
Such a procedure is not always advisable. During the regular
school year, too much material and not too little is the rule; under
such circumstances, selection of stories rather than the creation oi
stories is the editor's job; in such a situation, cyclic publication is
the only practical method of operatoin.
When there is not enough news, cyclic publication is absurd.
And I, for one, would prefer to have a paper worthy of the name
less frequently and less regularly rather than a grab bag of odds
and ends twice a week.
Don Jensen.
Hcnzlik Lists Basic Reasons
For Failure of Superintendents
bitter-
There are tjp basic reasons
lor the failure of superintend
ents in small and medium-sized
schools of Nebraska, Dean F. E.
Henzhk, of the Teachers College,
told listeners Thursday evening
at the first in a series of three
clinics.
First of these causes, accord
ing to Henzhk, is failure to keep
the school boards properly in
formed. A superintendent must
have respect for the sincerity of
purpose of school board mem
bers, and, in addition, should
never expect a board to accept
any recommendation simply be
cause he makes it.
"If the board members cannot
be brought to approve the pro
posal on the basis of fact, the
average citizen will likely hesi
tate to approve it," Henzhk
pointed out.
A LACK of a sense of timing
in presenting problems and is
sues for favorable consideration
can also prove disastrous. This
applies not only in relation to
the board of education but to the
people of the community and to
the professional school personnel
as well, he continued.
Another lack which hinders a
superintendent's success is lack
of knowledge of community
mores and practices, which often
unintentionally trans gressed
lead to misunderstanding
ness, and friction.
Failure as a superintendent
may also be due to playing fa
vorites or working through indi
vidual members of the school
board so as to arouse suspicion
and friction in the school board
and community. Or it can be
blamed on failure to delegate
authority and responsibility
properly and pormote demo
cratic procedures within the
school.
A SUPERINTENDENT who
lack the ability or courage to
make clear-cut decisions and to
asume responsibility for deci
sions made canont do well.
He may fail if, through fear
of citizens and community or
ganizations, he does not ade
quately inform the community
about school activities and edu
to change conditions by revolu
certain not to succeed if he seeks
cational programs. He is equally
tion rather than by means of
educational evolution.
In addition, some failures,
Henzlik says, result from poor
personal and family relation
ships in the community. And
last, but not least, they come be
cause the superintendent has not
developed a definite educational
program or does not have a defi
nite sense of direction in im-
One prof summed up the differ
ence between summer school
students and regular students in
a few well-chosen words:
"When you walk into a class
in the winter time, and say 'Good
morning, the class says "Good
morning sir.' But in the summer
session, you say 'Good morning
and they write it down in their
notes."
plementing or carrying the pro
gram into practice.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT
task or duty of the superintend
ent is to know the art of holding
his job," Henzlik says. "If he
can not accomplish any of the
fails to hold his job, he certainly
significant tilings he may have
in mind.
"Furthermore, over a period
of years the superintendent who
holds his job generally is the one
that .has not only good public re
lations but a program that gives
satisfaction and consideration to
the important needs and interest
of those conceried.
"He has time to work out or
develop long-term policies in. the
interest of the school and educa
tion. He has time to surround
himself wifh good teachers and
school personnel and properly
recognizes them as individuals
and gives them opportunity not
only to participate but to pro
duce and lead"."
In short, he has time not to b
a failure.