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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, July 18, 1950
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EDITORIAL
Editor Norm Cbubbuek
BUSINESS
Business Manager '. Chuck Biirmelnter
I By the Way . . . '
Added proof of the University's function as a research
institution as well as a teaching school came this week in
the form of $22,230 in research grants. Awarded to two
University instructors and two departments, the grants will
make it possible for more information about science and
Nebraska to be uncovered. The reconstruction of the history
of ancient land formations and peoples in Nebraska will be
considerably aided by the grant of $5,750. A grant of $16,480
will aid research in the fields of atomic energy, and in ani
mal pathology. The University is justly proud of its instruc
tors who merit recognition through such grants.
Throughout the summer, students have been given the
opportunity of seeing some of the best entertainment in
Lincoln through the Union sponsored Summer Artists
Series. This Wednesday in the Union ballroom, the series
will come to a close with one of the most outstanding of the
presentations. The Katherine Flowers Dancers are unique
in the field of dance. They trace the history of the Negro
dance from the beginnings in the United States to the pres
ent craze for Be Bop. The audience at the Wednesday show
will see dance forms which now are merely a matter of rec
ord in the civilized world, though some of them are still
practiced in thi primitive parts of Africa. One of the dances
which will be presented is the famous Voodoo dance of Black
Magic. The dance was performed by slaves in the early days
of American civilization as part of a ceremony worshiping
snakes.
NEA President Stresses
Schools' Part In Citizenship
"Americans must realize that
the rights and freedoms of our
great country are inevitably ac
companied by certain duties and
obligations," Andrew D. Holt,
president of the National Educa
tion, recently told the National
Conference on Citizenship. The
speech is reported in the current
issue of "The Public and Educa
tion." Dr. Holt stresses the part the
schools play in laying the basis
for good citizenship. Four duties
and obligations which should be
assumed by those accepting the
rights and privileges of this coun
try were proposed by Dr. Holt.
First Duty
"The first obligation of every
citizen is to think. In a democracy,
the intelligence of the government
is the sum total of the intelligence
of all its people,. We have no de
mocracy if only a few of the lead
ers do the thinking. Every citizen
is obligated to think for himself
and to apply his best thinking
toward the discharge of his duties
as a citizen.
"The second duty Is to work.
A good citizen must work not only
for his own support, but he must
also contribute to .the financial
support of his government. Good
government cannot be bought
with taxes alone. We are not good
citizens when we merely pay taxes
and refrain from violating laws.
We deserve no particular credit
for choosing to abide by our laws,
but we do deserve credit when we
work to secure the kind of laws
we should have. Good citizenship
Is a fulltime job for all of us.
"Respect is the third obligation.
Tolerance is not enough. None ot
us is satisfied to be tolerated. All
of us want to be respected. This
obligation provides the acid test
not only for our belief in democ
racy, but also of our belief In
religious brotherhood. Genuine re
spect for the opinions, rights and
actions of others is indeed diffi
cult, but it Is inescapably neces
sary in a democracy which em
braces peoples of all races, colors,
creeds and backgrounds.
"The obligation of every citizen
to vote is the culmination of the
other three. How light some of us
take our responsibility to vote was
well demonstrated by the fact that
in the last national election 48
million American citizens were
AWOL. And yet, many oC these
48 million American non-voters
ar among the most rabid critics
of present governmental policies
and practices. The obligation to
vote also implies the obligation to
accept the outcome of an elec
tion and to cooperate with those
elected, whether we voted for
them or not. It is Our responsibil
ity to make every administration
succeed.
"Citizens can be made to feel
these obligations thru education.
Certainly no other institution is in
a better position to train the youth
of our land to think, to find oc
cupations of their choice, to re
spect -others and to understand
the responsibilties of voting than
our schools.
"This is no small job for our
schools. It cannot be done with
poorly qualified teachers, in over
crowded classrooms, in antiquat
ed, Inadequate school buildings.
Yet almost 100,000 of our teachers
possess substandard training. The
Research Division of the NEA
tells us that $10 billion is needed
during the next decade to bring
our school building program in
line with our needs.
"Good citizens will make cer
tain that their schools have what
It takes for the stupendous job
ahead of them. They can do so
with the assurance that no invest
ment of their local, state or na
tional governments will bring
richer returns than funds appro
priated for the support of their
schools."
Research Grants
Awarded NU
Two research ffrants t.otalinff
$5,750 have been made to the
University by the National Park
Service, Dean R. W. Goss of the
praduate college announced
Thursday.
One grant, for $3,000, "was made
to the university's laboratory of
anthronoloev for archeoloeical
work in the vicinity of the Harlan
county reservoir under tne direc
tion of Dr. John L. Champe, lab
oratory director. i
The second grant, for $2,750, Is
for the recovery of fossilized re
mains of pre-historic animals and
for studies of evidences of Early
Marf hv the university state mu
seum in the vicinity of the Medi
cine Creek Reservoir norm or.
Camhrirlfftt Prof. Mott Davis, the
museum's curator of anthropology,
is In charge of tne arcieoiogcat
recovery work,
As Seen From
The Cloister
By Fritz Picard
(Editor's note: The opinions expressed
by Mr. Picard In the following column
are his own, and not necessarily those of
the Daily Nebraskan or the University of
Nebraska.)
Over a year ago there were at
least two men on this campus
who volunteered for service in an
international army to be placed
at the disposal of the United Na
tions, I have ceased to laugh at
those men. To some, their action
may seem now, as it did to me
then, a bit sophomoric and im
practical, but if more people in
authority in various governments
had been serious in their efforts
to follow previously made plans
for such an army, the UN might
now be a respected, effective or
ganization with wider support
than it now commands.
We should remember that the
UN is not regarded as a wholly
benevolent organization in many
parts of the world. We should re
member that the UN was at first
a purely military alliance against
the Axis, and that it is not there
fore a product of dispassionate
post-war thinking in the eyes of
the Japanese, the Italians, the
Germans, and many Asiatics.
These people see our decision to
move troops into Korea as simply
another skirmish in the contest
between the Soviet Union and the
United States. The people of
Hiroshima and Essen, we may as
sume, do not regard this war as
a great moral crusade.
In this light, then, it is more
imperative than ever to gain the
active support of these peoples,
for I believe that we have taken
what was almost the only possible
action and that we have the bene
fit of whatever "right" there may
be in the matter.
Now, how can we secure world
wide support for a UN action
which is being denounced as our
means of legalizing our private
counter-measure against Russia?
We cannot do it just by sending
the UN flag to MacArthur. The
following steps represent an ideal,
not an imminent nor likely solution:
(1) Recognition of Red China.
We may not like the present gov
ernment of Chjna, but it is the
de facto government. The Chi
nese gentlemen now on the Se
curity Council represent no one
but Nationalist troops on For
mosa. Our non-recognition is Rus
sia's excuse for boycotting the
UN. With recognition, she would
lose this tactical advantage. There
would be increased pressure on
her to co-operate.
(2) A change of policy in Indo
China, Siam, the Philippines, and
mother sore spots. Many of the
people we are backing with force
are thoroughly discredited. We
must realize that the Asiatics
have grown restless under a de
bilitating colonial economy, and
that our attempts to restore the
pre-war status quo strengthens
Communist movements. The UN
should force a cessation of hos
tilities and then accept the freely
elected representatives, no matter
how left-wingish they may be. If
the elections are honest, how can
we complain?
(3) Increased efforts to write
peace treaties with the defeated
Axis countries; free elections; and
membership in the UN.
(4) Repeated offers by the UN
to Russia, to sit in on an arbitra
tion committee on the Korean sit
uation. (5) In spite of national charac
ter of the forces fighting in Ko
rea, plans should be drawn for an
international army, with national
quotas based on total population
and a rotating, international of
ficer corps. In addition to the
United Nations flag, there should
be a distinctive uniform, a new
set of military customs and cere
monies, including a good song.
These last things sound somewhat
trivial, but they are the things
by which men grow to cherish,
and to believe in an institution.
And nothing could be more im
portant than to engender such
feelings everywhere for the Unit
ed Nations, our best means for
preventing the last war on this
earth.
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British Ag Men
Visit NU Campus
The University was the host to
five British agriculturalists who
are in the United States to get
the first hands views of our
farming methods.
The visit was sponsored by the
ECA, thru the Anglo-American
council of productivity.
Headquarters for the group
were at the university July 14-15.
They, visited the institution's ex
perimental farms and agricul
tural engineering department.
Later, the delegation will visit
dairy farms near Lincoln and
several irrigated farms in York
and Hall counties. July 20 they
will wind up their stay in the
Cornhusker state.
A modest man is usually ad
mired if people ever hear of
him.
Hixson Attends
Ag Workshop
Dr. Ephiram Hixson, associate
director of resident instruction at
the University College of Agricul
ture, has returned from Michigan
State college where he attended
an agricultural short course work
shop. ,
The workshop was for those
instructors from land-grant col
leges interested .in short courses.
During the week-long program
general sessions were held cover
ing various problems and phases
of short course work.
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