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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 21, 1950
JhsL (Daily TkhJicakwv
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Intercollegiate Press
FOB T I -SEVENTH XEAB
Tin Dally Nebnuk&n ! published by the atudeuU of the University of Ne
braaka aa expression at students' news and opinion! only. Aocordlnf to Artlole II
of tha Bv Lawa aovarnlnc student publication! and administered by the Board
of Pub'lcatlona, "It la tha declared policy of the Board that publications, under
Ita jurisdiction shall be free from editorial censorship on uia pan 01 we uoara,
or on the part ot any member ol the faculty of tha University but members of
tha staff of The Dally Nebraskan are personally responsible for what they lay
or do ar aauaa to ba printed.
Subscription rates are S2.00 par semester, $2.60 par semester mailed, or (3.00
for tha soilage year. $4 00 mailed. Single copy So. Published dally during the
school year except Mondays ana saiuraays, vacations ana examinauuH yenuue, u,
th TInivrlt at Nhrski under tha supervision of tha Publications Board. En
fared aa Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act
of Congress, March 3, 1878, and at special rate of postage provided tor In Beo
Uoa 1103, Act ef October 8, 1917, authorized September 10, 1822.
EDITORIAL.
tfaWar ......... a11 Simpson
UartM iiZvi' KennVd'y,' gSST Betg
Maws Editors ......... Norma Chubbuck, roocnie Keaiger,
Jerry warren, Kent Axtell, Joan Krueger
m.t. vAitm Klmon Karabatsos
BUKW WIIWI IIIMM M Mih ...... . .
if nMUnr - Jean Fenster
Society JCdltor viii. hSSS
Feature Editor E"". "J1
Photoaranhu Hank Lammers
BUSINESS
5lsUnt 2dS ifanagera" if.d tadoiK jai Cohen.' Chuf uim.jZr
Circulation Manager Wendy 0"K
Night News Editor Jean ren8ter
Kina-Size 'Rag9 . . .
At the risk of a broken arm from patting ourselves
on the back, we would like to put in a few plugs for The
Daily Nebraskan, not the five-column, tabloid "Rag," but
the new, seven-column, student paper. iNexi weanesuay
in all nine o'clock classes, students will determine the fate
of their paper. The little checks designating approval or
disapproval of the present "Nebraskan" format will add
up to determine whether the students want to see the
new "Hag" around next year.
The Daily Nebraskan is not trying to put anything
over on the student body by "sneaking" the 50-cent "Rag"
fee increase in with the Union fee hike proposal. The sub
scription raise will not mean another penney in the pocket
of any single staff member. It will mean that you will
continue to receive the advantages of a newspaper which
is double the size of last semester's "Rag."
When the salaries of the "Nebraskan" staff members
are considered, it is obvious that hey are not working for
the pay alone, that the "Rag" belongs to the students and
faculty members rather than the few individuals who put it
together. The average staff members works from 1 to 6
p.m. Monday through Friday and a a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Saturdavs. a total of 116 hours a month. And these
fieures are not exaggerated. Rather, they tend to be an
understatement, because people who frequent the Union
know they can expect to see the Kag stall still at
work after 6 o'clock.
But considering the minimum number of hours which
The Daily Nebraskan staff works each month, figures in
dicate that the highest paid member, the editor, receives
only 43 cents an hour. The associate editor and managing
editors, at 40 dollars a month, earn 34 cents an hour, 'ihe
feature editor, who spends long hours scouring the campus
for entertaining articles, receives 30 dollars a montji, or
26 cents an hour. The society editor, who puts m a
minimum of two hours on her column three times a week,
plus a few hours of "extras," averages 25 cents an hour,
at ten dollars a month.
In addition to afternoon work, the 30-dollars-a-month
news editors and Ag editor take turns doing the job of
night news editor one night a week from 8 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Their pay amounts to 22 cents an hour, or 30 dollars a
month. Obviously, the- sports editor must take on a lot
of overtime work, with night basketball games and late
afternoon events which must be written up in the evening,
His salary, divided by the number of hours he puts in,
rewards him with 21 cents an hour. And finally, there are
the hard-working reporters, with extra morning and eve
ning assignments to handle. The reporters receive no pay;
they don't even have a thin dime to show for their efforts.
The columnists also earn nothing for their contributions
to The Daily Nebraskan.
The business staff likewise could be making more
money elsewhere. The business manager makes 50 dollars
a month, or 43 cents an hour. His assistants, with extra
night duty, earn 35 dollars monthly, or 22 cents for each
long hour.
No, it is obvious that the "Rag" staff is not working
only for the pay checks they are handed each year. If they
were interested in making "real" money, they would seek
jobs elsewhere. The average wage earner in Nebraska
made $1.03 an hour last year. Among these wage earners
were students who spent their extra hours at jobs down
town. The Daily Nebraskan staff is not working in its
own interests. If no one were on the other end of the
line, reading the "Rag", they certainly wouldn't be spend
ing these warm spring afternoons in the basement of
the Union.
An anonymous Letterip writer alludes to the "Rag"
staff's concern over how they will spend their extra 50
cents. It isn't The Daily Nebraskan staff which will be
spening this fee; it is the students. They will be paying
for the large-sized Daily Nebraskan, so much better
equipped for giving adequate coverage to campus news
and for supplying subscribers with pictures and entertain
ing features. The students are now paying for a tabloid-
size newspaper while they are receiving a newspaper twice
that size. The "yes-votes " of the student subscribers mean
the continuance of THEIR larger newspaper.
To The Editor: ' '
We are aware that the typical University student is haggard,
study-worn and over-worked., We realize as well, that diversion,
(i. . recreation) is a subject sadly neglected. Lacking nobility, the
student has little access to the bright lights and pool tables of Lin
coln proper. For these reasons -we feel it is imperative that every
student of the University vote a positive ticket in the coming bal-J
lot dealing with the proposed addition to the Union.
We have had the misfortune to see Iowa State's Student Union.
Comparing it with our own, it Is like comparing a second rate out
house with Love Memorial library.
We feel that the addition is a requisite to our prestige. How
ever, we have one suggestion. We feel that we are not spending
enough on the addition. A mere $600,000 is chicken-feed. Why be
pikers? Money should mean nothing when the recreation of the
student is at stake.
Amid delapidated buildings, cracked sidewalks, et al we must
have our pool. The educative and intellectual qualities of pool are
renown. So, we say, "enlarge the damn thing!" Let our maxim be
"A billiard cue for every student at Nebraska!"
Signed,
Bill Sherwood
Dave Ferguson
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Partisan Editorials ...
Two letters have been received to date in The Daily
Nebraskan office concerning Union expansion. One was
unsigned, and the other appears in today's issue. The
letter speaks for itself to anyone who reads it. However,
the unsigned letter contains an indirect question which we
reel needs answenng.
In effect, it accuses The Daily Nebraskan of being
strongly one-side in its view toward a Union addition.
It suggests that both views on the proposal should be
presented. We admit that our policy has been strongly
one-Biae. cut, a newspaper oecomes weak it it does not
express one view or the other on campus issues. And
as for both views being presented, we have strongly urged
that any student wishing to express himself may do so
through the Rag's Letterip column.
The proposal of a new Union wing and a new building
on Ag is one which is of interest to every student. And
they should have an opportunity to express their opinions
publicly if they desire. It is not too late for anyone to
talk for, or against, the proposal in The Daily Nebraskan.
Another question which seems to be bothering stu
dents involves student enrollment. Some are asking why
we need aditional facilities when enrollment probably will
drop in coming years.
It does not seem to us that the number of students
makes a significant difference in patronization of a Union.
Enrollment probably will not drop far below 6,000. But
Union facilities are not meeting the needs of even 6,000
students. .
, Twenty Tseven campus organizations have requested
office space in the Union. These requests will never be
granted unless office facilities are Increased. The organi
zations will always be needing space no matter how many
Students there are in the University'.
But this is only one phase of Union actvity. Recreation
!a the Union is limited also. What else does it offer other
tl;an a few ping pong tables, cards and a music room for
five, nix or seven thousand students. If a wider variety
cf activities were offered, a large number of students
' ould be interested, and the Union would become a cen-
fiff!
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Wilcox
BY GEORGE WILCOX
National
WASHINGTO N. Louis F.
Budenz testified Thursday that
state department member, Owen
Lattimore, was a member of a
"communist cell' and was a party
to a conspiracy
to deliver Chi
na to the com
m u n i s t s. JHe
said that he
did not know
the far eastern
expert as Rus
s i a ' s "top
agent" here.
After the leng
thy a ecus a
tions at a
ate hearing
Budenz, a for
mer communist who renounced
the party, said he was not saying
that Lattimore is a communist.
Upon questioning by the coun
sel for a senate foreign relations
subcommittee, Budenz admitted
that he had never seen Lattimore
at a meeting but was just relying
on the reports of high communist
officials.
WASHINGTON. Rep. Walsh
(d., Ind.) said Thursday he will
ask congress to block the sharp
cuts in postal service ordered by
Postmaster General Donaldson.
He told the house he will intro
duce a resolution Friday not only
to halt the service reductions but
to provide for "a sweeping inves
tigation of the entire postal system."
WASHINGTON. Pres. Tru
man Thursday signed the multi-
billion dollar housing bill. The
measure provides incentives for
home building by families of low
and moderate incomes but lacks
the controversial co-ooerative
plan which he proposed.
CONCORD. N. H. The New
Hampshire board of registration
in medicine Wednesday revoked
tne medical license of Dr. Her
man N. Sander and found that
"his moral character ... is such
as to require revocation of his li
cense under the law." The board
announced that "no application
for reinstatement by Dr. Sander
NU Bulletin
Board .
WAA Rifle club meeting to
day. There will be no more
meetings on Wednesday for the
remainder of the season.
Tassel Tea at Theta house
Sunday at 2:30 p. m. All rushees
are to attend.
Wesley Foundation friendly
picnic will be held following the
boys' Softball game.
All Union Workers! Please re
port to the Union ballroom at
10 a.m. Saturday morning. Roll
will be taken. No excused absences.
Vivaldi Records
Given to Union
A recent contribution to the
Union Music Room has been a
record album of Vivaldi's "Con
certo Grosso in D RJnor," played
by the Boston Symphony orches
tra. This gift was presented for
student listening by Jerod Storg,
graduate student at the Univer
sity. The composer of "Concerto
Grosso in D Minor," Antoni Vi
valdi, is known in the music
world as a contemporary of Jo
hann Bach. Known for his con
certi grossi and violin concer
tos, the 18th century musician
composed a set of 12 concerti
grossi. The 11th is presented in
the record alubum.
L'Estro Armonico, which the
concertos are called, is translat
ed as Harmonious Rapture.
Much as we hate to admit It,
romance can certainly influence
the actions of everyone includ
ing instructors and other mem
bers of the faculty. This can
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hv th current
c o rrespon
d e n c e f r om
E. P. 'Burnett
to one of the
girls at the
Kappa house,
Maybe we're
rath e r naive
and not in the
know, but we
can't compre
hend the sig
nific a n c e of
will be entertained prior to June
19, 1950."
The state charged the 41-year-old
physician with killing Mrs.
Borroto by four injections of air
into her veins.
State
L I N C O L N. Indications at
mid-afternoon Thursday were
that first degree murder charges
would be filed against Clarence
Tvrz, about 42, of Wilbur in con
nection with the slaying of a
couple in a Wilber tavern Wed
nesday night. Tvrz, questioned for
an hour and a half at the state
penitentiary earlier in the after
noon, continued to deny he had
shot to death Ivan McElroy, 50,
and the latter's wife in the Fox
Hole tavern.
Farber,
sending a cooked fish head as a
token of one s esteem.
We've heard of rabbits, turtles
and other things being sent but
this is something new and at
least different. The only possible
and plausible use for a fish head
is a meal for a feline, and we
certainly know that there are no
cats in the Kappa house.
The newest item of play equip
ment is the novel playing cards
that have appeared on campus.
Fifty-two plastic cards, each
adorned with a different gal in
a different pose and shockingly
in the nude. The jokers are
there, too. It's so confusing play
ing with them, that gin players
break up runs, Canasta maniacs
throw away melds and bridge
enthusiasts lead singletons on a
no-trump bid merely to keep the
players favorite pictures in his
hand. This in itself is not so bad,
but the situation is rendered
more confusing by the fact that
the pictures are so large that you
have, to look hard to see which
card to "play.
Somebody is going to make a
fortune selling the things, but
what an odd way to enjoy the
opposite sex. Well, anyway it's
an opportunity for ' some semi
jollies for the frustrated few. See
Arnie Stern at the ZBT house to
place your order.
Last week a large contingent
of college brains added three
greek letters to their titles. P.B.K.
has named the people who will
join its honored ranks. Some of
the students who were named
already have a host of titles, and
the addition of a new one makes
the whole thing sound like a
play on the greek alphabet. Just
as an example, one person has
the following: B.S. M.S. L.L.D.
Ph.d. P.B.K. R.A.G.G. M.O.P.P.
Not too bad.
A few years ago there was
an organization on campus that
was a power to be reckoned. Fac
tion was its name. In the months
that have expired between then
and now, this organization has
slipped into the realm of non
existence or at least assumed the
guise of an innocent bystander
who does nothing, sees nothing
and says nothing. Re-organizing
and coming into the open as the
University party, this organiza
tion has been content with seeing
absolutely nothing accomplishr d
as to the new political situation
on campus. There was a time
when we used to hear a peep or
two out of the student organ
which is, at the present time,
mistakenly called the Student
Council.
We seriously doubt at this
timts whether or not the Council
is capable of assemblying a quo
rum to discuss- any business
other than certain groups sub
mitting their constitutions for
approval. We think the cause is
not in the name of the organiza
tion, but in the members of that
group who are content to sit back
with important sounding titles
and blink at each other. Since
the council was re-organized last
year, nothing has been done or
at least the campus isn't aware
of what is going on.
Perhaps this was the adminis
trations' hidden purpose in dis
banding the old council in favor
of the new one., The old argu
ment that the Greeks dominated
campus politics .was certainly
enough, but what has happened
to campus politics since the
Greek power has been diluted?
The administration was anxious
to see that all students (inde
pendents) were represented in
the governing body. In principle,
there is nothing wrong with
that. But let's look at the actual
situation here at Nebraska.
The organization that repre
sents the 5,000 independent stu
dents is the I.S.A. and we are
wondering just how important
that organization is since it could
muster only a little more than
200 votes out of the entire inde
pendent population at their re
cent election. It is quite evident
that the Independents don't give
a hoot. So why not let the peo
ple who are earnestly interested
in a good student government do
something about it
If the administration tried to
prove something by changing the
Council and forcing the faction
into the open, we think they
realize now, as does the campus,
that the resulting failure to ac
complish the desired ends has
been something short of misera
ble. The competition that used to
prevail was a wonderful and in
teresting thing, but even that has
been forced out of existence by
the dominant and overpowering
ax. We think God Himself knows
what a lousy situation prevails
here at Nebraska. He must, be
cause it reeks to high heaven.
Finding the solution is going
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to be quite a problem, but thert
is, we think, a solution which
might pull this institution out of
the hole and put it in the po
litical black again.
There is at this time, aa or
ganization on campus whlcn has
done more to promote harmony
among the Greeks than any other
group. In doing this it has suc
ceeded in bringing the affiliated
men together in strong social,
political and brotherly bonds
which far outweigh the criticisms
brought against this sub-rosa or
ganization. Most of the adverse
commentaries referring to this
group is far-fetched and not
much consideration has been
given to the merits of the organ
isation. It is too bad that mora
people don't realize that there is
good, which, if you look at it
properly, outshines the "pranks."
In this group lies the answer
to the future of politics at Ne
braska. Politics in itself are not
as bad as some seem to think.
They promote honest competition
and bring, in most cases, the best
people into office. They teach
what is ahead in tha political
world and in most cases how to
cope with future political prob
lems. If that is bad, then look out
or we'll find ourselves being led
around like sheep, not only in
this dream world of school, but
also in the drag ahead. A little
thinking about it wouldn't do
anyone any harm.
We have been advised that a
bulletin was sent from the Dean
of Women to the sororities and
organized houses stating that
University women are not al
lowed to participate in picnics. If
it is true then we're in sad shape.
Come to think of it we haven't
seen any coeds on any picnics
this year. We are sure that the
gals will abide with this alleged
ruling and abstain from picnics ,
etc. at all times. Maybe the Lin
coln girls will come into their
own.
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