Friday, Apirl 6, 1951
PAGB 2
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Editorial Comment
How Well We Prepare . .
A most controversial subject suddenly has
risen that of draft deferments for college stu
dents. Already we have been conscious of more re
action from columnists and college officials than
we have from those who would be directly af
fected the students themselves. ,
The plan, which was announced last Satur
day by President Truman would defer college
students from the draft on the basis of aptitude
examination scores and scholastic ratings.
h seems likely that our colleges and univer
sities will not be called upon to sacrifice their
students in large amounts due to the national
emergency.
Uncle Sam has at last hit upon the right idea.
Too confused to act sooner, he permitted thou
sands of Army-sought males to run to the recruit
ing stations. Finally, the cobwebs cleared up
enough for him to realize that there was stiU
time to save those that couldn't escape a summer
draft call.
All of which seems to be for the good of the
nation, our colleges and universities and our
students.
Yet, we hear vigorous objections from those
who see college deferment as a taste of "a brand
new caste system."
1. It is not in keeping with the democratic tra
ditions of this country. Why should we favor cer
tain persons, and not others.
2. It would defer those not essential to the war
effort.
3. Other great men in U. S. history did not go
to college, which proves that higher education
is not necessarily a prerequisite to great contri
butions to the country's welfare.
4. Leaders are needed now, not later. College
men, If they can get passing grades, would make
good noncoms and officers. 9 ,
These arguments are not raised Just by those r T J J
who might be jealous of the college man's draft IXlQtlt UCTCtlClCu
that civilization. What if we do win the war? We
might have a hard time rebuilding our ravaged
educational system. In other words, we can't
think merely of the present and hope for the fu
ture. If we want a future, we have to plan for it.
Even Russia realizes that education is vital to
progress. A new era in higher learning (Soviet
style) was ushered in by the Communists. For
Instance, Russian plans provided for 500,000 en
gineering graduates and assistants from 1943 to
1948. Yet, our own estimated total for the next
five years is only 118,000. Apparently, the krem
lin sees higher education as a strategic asset.
2. It is still too early to forecast Just what de
partments or curricula are essential or non-es-sential.
However, according to a re
cent Associated Press release, the Army needs
men with college degrees. Regardless of whether
your specialty is business administration or brain
surgery, the technical detachments of the Army
can use you.
We can't afford, to Interrupt our flow of doc
tors, engineers and other scientific personnel.
3. As for the argument that college is no great
aid to some prodigies, we agree. Still for the ma
jority of us who aren't Thomas Edisons or Ein
stelns, college is a "must" in a highly techni
cal, and competitive world which challenges not
only individuals, but rival nations.
4. It is true that we are in dire need of more
leaders In the Army, still it seems silly to grab
a student midway In college for the Army. It
is a recognized fact that the desire to return Is
diminished for many ex-students who return
from the service.
In summary, we need to realize that we must
not abandon plans for tomorrow's leaders. They
are our best means of survival. How well we
prepare today may decide how well prepared we
are tomorrow. k.a.
"Immunity" but by sincere persons who feel that
maximum effort is needed from our weapons in
dustries right down through our institutions of
education. Even though, their desire to see the
U.S. survive is well-founded, their arguments
don't hold water.
To answer these arguments, we reply:
1. Our colleges are too often thought of as sim
ply luxuries and privileges and not in terms of
necessity and obligation. Too many times, we
are prone to mirror football and politics.
It is true that some persons just can't' afford a
college education, or else they just can't be
adapted to college education. Yet, the colleges
Shouldn't be the goat in a situation that has al
ways existed in peace as well as war.
We shouldn't have to neglect our sources of
American learning which is peculiar to our civili
zation that is, we can't just swap higher edu
cation for weapons of war and expect to retain
The Daily Nebraskan is criticized in today's
Letterip column for their write-up of the art
pieces recently purchased by the University Art
Galleries.
The writers are right in ong respect. The ar
ticle should have been signed. The by-line of
our feature editor, Jane Randall was left off by
mistake. It was intended to be a layman's idea
of modern art.
We defend, however, our right to comment upon
campus events. We were recently accused of be
ing a mere bulletin board for campus events. We
were urged to offer criticisms of campus exhi
bitions, concerts, and theatrical productions.
This, we will try to do. But apparently a
writer with "sufficient critical acumen to intelli
gently pass judgment on an exhibition" would
be a reporter who agreed completely with what
was in the exhibition. This, we think, is not the
correct procedure. t.r.
Ignorant Criticisb . . .
Dear Editor,
It is in extreme bad taste and
an example of cultivated ignor
ance for the representative paper
of the University to aiiow puon
cation of such completely sub'
iective blind criticism of the Uni
versity's Art Galleries. Reference
Is made specifically to the article
appearing in the April 4 edition'
"Fifteen Modern Art Tieces Pur
chased from Galleries." Freedom
of the Press, YES but snide, un
reasoning criticism, NO. The show
was picked by intelligent, ex
perienced, twentieth century men.
And the purchases were selected
by experts, who have a far better
knowledge of what Is worthy tnan
does a mere journalism student.
Captions such as "sorry but we
just can't see it, group," "stone
ware department," and "confus
ion" allow no room for the pub
lic to form its own opinion, be
cause they are so dominated by
the reporters subjective sense.
Subjective criticism has no place
in a news worthy article. Should
not this form of journalism be
left for signed columns and ed
itorials? An unbiased report of
the show as nurchased, objective
ly presented, is all that is neces
sary. It is obvious that the re
porter is ignornnt of just what
"MODERN ART" is, especially
when the opening statement is
made, "They're all modern that
Is certain," and then go on to
talk about Homer Martin's "Clam
Diggers." Homer Martin was born
in 1836 and died in 97. He be
longs to the age when man was
still driving a horse and buggy,
and is not a contemporary mod
ern painter.
Undoubtedly, the "Rag" report
er was sincere and formed critical
judgment as he (or she) was able.
However, if the "Rag" lacks re
porters with sufficient critical
acumen to pass intelligently judg
ment on an exhibition such judg
ment should be omitted.
Jean Trabold
Chloe Calder
Lois Frederick
Weekend Data
At the Theaters
! With Chip on Shoulder ...
Coming of Springtime Brings
Shock Treatment for Seniors
By Beth Randel
It's worse than trenchmouth, more painful
than pulling teeth, harder to get rid of than head
lice and just another thing Student Health can't
take care of.
It's Senioritis, and with the coming of spring,
has swept this campus like the plague, taking
with it a large toll.
Though it is a yearly epidemic, each spring pro
fessors and housemothers wring their hands dur
ing the last weeks of school and act as if the sit
uation were completely hopeless and a thing
with which they are unable to cope.
The diseased persons suffer from class-cutting,
mind-wandering, handing in of late papers and
usually lower grades. During one phase of the
Illness there is a period of delerium, in which
they live in anticipation of lolling at Linoma while
the underclassmen sweat over finals. Many
spend hours thinking of the "freedom" which will
be theirs when they receive their diplomas. Some
let words like "five-day week Jobs," "apart
ments," and "own boss," roll out over their
tongues.
These and many other things accompany this
disease of Senioritis. There are those, however,
who would try to hasten the recovery of the pa
tients by stimulating jolts back to reality. Don't.
I petition for leniency.
- For this year, like every other one, the dis
' ease will be cured. And this is how. They call
it the "shock treatment:"
1. One morning their 8 o'clock professor stands
up and announces that all students, including sen
iors, will take the final on such and such a day.
(Of course, they have only been looking for
ward to getting out of finals for four years, but
this is not their biggest disappointment, by far.)
2. They learn that they are fined if they do not
attend graduation ceremonies. (It is a vicious
circle. It costs you if you go, and it costs you
if you don't.)
A. A hulabaloo will be staged about measure
ments for caps and gowns. The rental fee is an
nounced. (This usually causes nausea. Some
how they manage to pay it and the caps and
gowns arrive. Many are not warned beforehand
that they should not expect them to fit.)
' 4. They sit through the sticky heat of the morn
ing graduation ceremonies, but still don't get
their diplomas. (Seniors must stand in line for
some time afterwards in order to get their sheep
skins.) 5. Some seniors with weighted 8.5 averages
watch other students with much lower averages
be graduated "cum laude." (Seems that at the
University of Nebraska, in order to graduate with
distinction, one must have had a foreign language,
or some such thing, and then one must run over
to the Ad building and file for the honor. This
no doubt explains why last year's Rhoades' scho
lar didn't have any fancy Latin terms after his
name.)
6. Then it's over, and the graduation presents
from their' parents turns out to be pairs of book
ends instead of the new cars they were expect
ing. . . And the letters in the mailboxes for the
girls turn out to be contracts to teach In rural
school in the sand-hills instead of offers from
modeling agencies. . . And the envelopes the fel
lows reached for when their folks come by to
congratulate them don't contain a big, juicy check
like they thought, but their dr&ft notices. . .
And the "shock treatment" has just begun.
You see what I mean? Just let us alone.
See you at the grill.
Name Men's Dorms . . .
To The Editor:
It has come to my attention
that of all the campus buildings,
with the exception of the Men's
dorms do not have official titles.
Of course, the dorms are refer
red to as A, B and C, but this
seems like a lazy method of
titling them.
The Residence Halls for
women are named Love, Hepp
ner and Raymond. Why not
have similiar titles for the Men's
dorms?
Suggestions may be made to
the Board of Regents throueh
the Chancellor's office for nam
ing the buildings.
Why don't the residents of the
Men's dorms submit suitable
suggestions for titles for their
buildings to the Board of Re
gents and complete the list of
campus buildings that have been
honored with official titles?
Respectfully,
Concerned
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receive an added representative
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partmental clubs; 2. all Ag col
lege honoraries; 3. religious
groups; 4. Other organizations
on campus such as: University
4-H club, Ag Country Dancers,
Rodeo club, Ag Union and Corn
husker Countryman.
It was realized by the group
of representatives considering
the proposal that the council
would be affected by dual rep
resentation of some of the most
active students on the campus.
But, it was felt that this would
be more than offset by the well
rounded presentation of ideas
coming from the religious field,
the scholastic field, the recrea
tion field and the educational or
departmental field.
Membership Varies
Membership under this plan
would vary between 18 and 22
members. This is neary a 100
per cent increase over the present
Ag Exec board system.
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new plan it would be more dif
ficult for any single group to
dominate the actions of this
law- -i body.
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EDITORIAL
sMlea Jerry Warren
nana Editor. Joan Krnerer, Tom Blsehe
New Editor..., Kent Axtell, Ruth Raymond, Jeanne Lamar, Sue Gorton
porta Kdltor rim Mnndetl
Ass' Sports Editor d Jim Kostal
feature Editor., .... Jane Randall
AS Editor . Dirk Walsh
Rodety Editor Donna Preseott
phetocrapher ' Bob Sherwood
NUMINERS
f-Mlnem Manager ... ira Randolph
Wnslnest Managers Jack Cohen, Chuck Burmeintcr, Bob Rcichcnbnch
k eolation Manager Al Blessing
intat news editor mck. Walsh
Zucker Sisters to Give
Varied Piano Program
Two sister pianists will give a
program of classical and popular
music Sunday, April 8, at 4 p.m.
in the Union ballroom.
Their program is varied and
range from Tschaikowsky's waltz,
"Eugen Onegin", to their own ar
rangements of South Pacific songs
and the "Blues Boogie."
The sisters commented that "be
ing American, we feel that popu
lar and ()azz idiom is part of
our folklore, and as such should
be heard from the concert halls
throughout the country."
University coeds participat
ing in the chamber of Com
merce parade are to meet at
4 p.m. today at 15th and R
streets.
Main Features Start
State: "Gambling House," 2:11,
4:19, 7:27, 10:05. "Double Deal."
i.vi, 6:to, o:zj, :ie.
Husker: "State Penitentiary,
i:jo, :uj, e:3i, b:5H. "Train to
Tombstone," 245, 513, 741, 10.09.
Varsity: "Born Yesterday," 1:16,
3:16, 5:16, 7:16, 9:18.
2:03, 4:33, 7:08, 9:43. "The MGM
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By Phyllis Chubbuck
BIRD OP PARADISE The en
chantment of the Hawaiian
islands, the spectacle of volcanic
eruption and the beauty of tech
nicolor in the tropics are the com
bined elements of "Bird of Para
disc," a poetic romance at the
Stuart. Louis Jordan, Debra
Paget and Jeff Chandler star in
the island epic.
The sense of adventure brings
a "white man to the ancient trop
ical islands and invokes him in
a romance with a beautiful and
innocent native maiden. "Bird of
Paradise" relates the struaele be
tween the old ritual and the new
enlightment, combinating in such
sequences as trial by fire, vivid
native tribal danves and finally
the sacrifice of the beautiful
maiden to the flaming hungar of
an erupting volcano.
BORN YESTERDAY The
Broadway comedy hit, "Born Yes
terday," comes to the serene at
the Varsity with Judy Holliday
re-creating her original stage role,
William Holden and Broderick
Crawford are also starred in the
serene adaptation,
"Born Yesterday' humourously
traces the transformation of an
ex-chorus girl, a beautiful-but-dumb
blonde, into a cultured
young lady. Hilarious incidents
invade the screen before the girl
makes her final choice between a
rich and raucous boy friend and
a crusading writer who doesn't
think her two mink coats much of
an achievement.
THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE
Behind every famous man is a
famous woman and behind each
of these famous women is a story.
Louis Calhern repeats his original
stage role in the screen version of
another great Broadway hit, "The
Magnificent Yankee," a story of
the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes
at the Lincoln.
Ann Harding was recruited to
portray Mrs. Holmes, an attrac
tive, witty and warm-hearted
woman who was a great favorite
in Washington social circles. "The
Magnificent Yankees' shows the
venerable Justice in several of the
episodes in which he achieved
headlines and gained the name of
"The Great Dissenter," as well as
Intimate and humorous episodes
at home with his wife. The story
highlights Holme's career in his
fight for human rights.
TARGAGET UNKNOWN The
secret story of the air force, of
U.S. flyers shot down behind en
emy lines is told for the first time
in "Target Unknown," starring
Mark Stevens, Alex Nicol and
Joyce Holden at the Nebraska.
Listed among the most honest
semi-documentary films to come
out of World War II, "Target Un
known" reveals scheme after
scheme employed by the Nazis in
attempting to gain valuable war
information from captured Allies.
CO FEATURE "Operation
Disaster" unveils the strangs life
of a submariner. John Mills nd
Helen Cherry star in the tale of
12 men trapped in a damaged
submarine 15 fathoms down.
s
Eight of ihe men make a peril
ous escape to the surface; the re
maining four await the arrival of
a salvage ship to raise the craft
to the surface.
GAMBLING HOUSE The
story of man's awakening to
what America means is presented
in the melodramatic "Gambling
House," with Victor Mature,
Terry Moore and William Ben
dix at the State.
Victor Mature realizes when it's
almost too late what the jriv
llcge of being an American neans
to eager new arrivals, and to him
self as an immigrant awaiting de
portation after taking a false mur
der rp.
CO-FEATURE "Double Deal,"
starring Richard Denning and
Marie Windsor, in the rothlesi
race for Oklahoma oil riches.
VENGEANCE VALLEY The
early West with its deadly feuds
and tempestuous loves comes to
life again in "Vengeance Valley,''
with Burt Lancaster, Robert
Walker, Joanne Dru and Sally
Forrest at the Capitol.
The conflicting iorces of a two
fisted tale of two fostr-brothers
finds Burt Lancaster the object
of a double-cross by h younger
brother.
CO-FEATURE "Highway 301"
paved v..th speeding terror and
sudden death details the end of
the kill-and-run terror reign of
the Tri-State gang. Steve Coch
ran, Virginia Grey and Gaby
Andre hold the stellar roles.
'Born Y ester day J 'Yankee"
Films to Show This Weekend
Two adaptations to the screen
of stage plays, "Born Yesterday"
and "The Magniifcent Yankee,"
will appear in Lincoln this week
end. The y present two views of
"official Washington," that po
litical arena where good and evil
seem to make their last stands,
"Born Yesterday" takes the
lighter view of the struggle. It
concerns Billie Dawn, a poor
chorus-girl who is the sweetheart
of a rich junk dealer living in an
adjoining apartment. Billie Dawn
is played superbly by Judy Holli
day, who proved her talent in
"Adam's Rib" and won the Acad
emy Award a week ago for her
performance, supposedly the best
by an actress in 1950, in "Born
Yesterday."
The junk dealer is played by
Broderick Crawford. In contrast
to Paul Douglas, who tried to
make the stage audience feel re
sponsible for the world that pro
duced the man, Broderick Craw
ford creates the junk dealer as a
totally evil person.
The screenplay of "Born Yes
terday" was done by Alfred
Mannheimer from Garson Kanin's
play. George Cukor directed, S.
Sylvan Simon produced, and Co
lumbia released the picture. It is
being shown at the Varsity
theater.
"The Magnificent Yankee" is a
biography, sometimes maudlin, of
the mighty Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. The Washington
which it presents is a less familiar
one. And the movie illustrates
one reason for the fact we lose
sight of the powerful forces of
good which are at work there.
The decisions made by the Su
preme Court, such as the one con
cerning Socialists Debs and
Schenck which Holmes reads in
the film, do not seem to have an
impact upon the public- We are
led to believe that Supreme Court
justices lose contact with current
problems and, though this is not
true, such a belief may cause us
to lose interest and faith in sensi
tive government.
Louis Calhern plays the aging
Justice Holmes, Eduard Franz
takes the part of Louis Brandeis,
and Ann Harding plays the wife
of the Justice. The most mem
orable scene of the movie seems
to be the one in which Brandeis
observes the indications of fatigue
and probable breakdown in
Holmes, who sits with the Su
preme Court for the last time and
leaves the bench with no prospect
of return.
Screenplay for "The Magnifi
cent Yankee" was done by Emmet
Lavery from his- play. John
Sturges directed, Armand Deutsch,
produced, and MGM released the
film. The movie is being seen at
the Stuart theater.
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