THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, January 29, 1952
EDITORIAL PAGE
An Old Familiar Tune
fitrVs alwir on od iamillm ffteme In th littl
WKeriol tin odftor writes offer hanging a shineie es
lit office door. Tils editor probably will" repeat many
thowghlu that harm mm through tie minds ct editors
formed tnpjlnt desk. Merie Ifs inevitable;
nark ICf ml lie tin to renew Mth In th tamos
force.
The other day this editor ignored several
inches of uninviting dust and looked through some
old files. This is probably one of the most inter
esting and valuable pastimes an editor could find.
. Glancing through old newspapers and other
material you can't help but note progress made
while you've been a student here and before. You
. also are, reminded of problems existing today
whioh had their roots well started years ago.
There are folders about the construction of
' Love 'library, ' about student attitude during
.World "War II and war efforts of those students,
comments about the Carillon Tower, once com
monly known m the Singing Silo, about Union
expansion and the sise of The Nebraskan, Stu
dent Council problems, housing and many others.
We aren't the first students to be troubled about
price of books each semester, Coliseum prices,
the old Greek versos Independent controversy
of the Faction.
' But we've made progress progress which
must continue. Toward that goal this newspaper
will continually work.
Long before this editor ends her regime she
knows The Nebraskan will be appreciated by those
agreeing with editorial comment; she realizes, like
wise, the paper will be damned by others oppos
ing such comment. The staff will work painstak
ingly to carry out the statement in the masthead
at the bottom of this page . . expression of
students' news and opinions . . ." It is our sole
hope to serve the students and faculty at the
University not one or two, but all, submitting to
control by no group.
One editor writing a foreword to the semes
ter, compared an editor to a driver just getting a
driving license. Training had taken place before
and the task now was to steer the vehicle in a
straight path. Should it swerve to the right or
left, it must be the readers who point it out. The
Letterip column is provided for that purpose.
We're looking forward. We challenge writers
who call us a confused generation because we're
no worse off than any other generation. And,
we're tired of using the excuse "insecurity" to
rationalise our actions. Daily Nebraskan readers
who seek such an attitude will be disappointed.
Admittedly, the future does not make our eyes
light up but think back has it ever? We're re
suming classes in a troubled world, the seriousness
accentuated by recent reactivation of the Lincoln
air base. Unfortunately we cannot write today
anticipating a peaceful semester and future.
We refuse, however, to allow that theme to
dominate our thoughts. We anticipate the fu
turehopefullyif not eagerly. To the end of
improving all that lies in this future, we dedi
cate this paper. J.K.
Why
Am I
Here?
A Day Of Darkness
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey last week demanded a
showdown with world communism in the Asian
Pacific area.
In doing so, he urged the free world (meaning,
particularly, the United States) to warn Reds that
any further aggression in the area would be met
with, complete destruction of their forces. The
New York governor would bottle up the Chinese
communists within their country of more than 460
million starving population under the fear of
United States military might
Perhaps the governor is right At any rate,
the speech sounded like good sense to Americans
who hope the threat of the Chinese hordes
might be stopped once and for alL As the gov
ernor of New York and former GOP standard
bearer, Dewey undoubtedly said the right thing,
for ft hit the Fair Dealers right between the
-eyes. r . . .
But, if Dewey had been the 34th President of
States, in fact, physically support two cold-war
fronts?
Even if he were able to meet the Reds with
superior forces, a President democrat or re
publicanwould face an even greater obstacle.
Would the American people support such a
move? It is one thing to clap for a speaker who
cries, "Stop communism!" but quite another
matter to support sending American troops and
equipment down what might appear to be an
other rat hole like the seemingly bottomless
drain In Korea.
A President, contemplating a showdown with
Asian communism, could profit by examining the
indifferent even isolationist attitude of Amerl
cans prior to World Wars I and II. He could bear
a long look at the self-satisfied tradition of count'
less Americans when support has been asked for
"foreign" undertakings,
As President, he could well remember the un
expected bloody attacks in the American back
yard necessary to arouse the nation from its
. plajififid; tW:.ymZcbaiLM. leisure in 1917 and again in 1941.
' agb,'1pirhaps" hWOUl6rivave hesitated more than
a moment before demanding a showdown with
258,000 or more Chinese in the jungles of Indo
china. Perhaps he would have speculated longer
on what he would do if the Chinese refused to
heed the warning if they suddenly hurled their
almost unlimited number of troops into battle
against the weakened forces of Gen. Jean de
Lattre de Tassigny. Undoubtedly Governor Dewey,
were he President, could do nothing but back up
his threats with American troops and equipment
But would the outcome be any different from
Korea a virtual stalemate? Could the United
True, the Korean invasion awakened the nation
but the subsequent slowdown in the success of
military and diplomatic operations has cooled the
ire of the western world.
Governor Dewey, nevertheless, realizes the
mess we are in and has suggested meeting force
with force or at least threatening to do so. Be
would thus raise the biasing sun of American
military strength over the East but he must
realise that the midnight j hour has not yet
struck. ,
The dawn is not at hand. K.R.
An Active Air Base
vo Nearly 300 stodent families live In the bos-
. pital area of the reactivated Lincoln air base.
Most of then families have at least one child
: and an faee possible eviction.
Although government plans now indicate that
, , reactivation will not cause immediate eviction,
III there can be little faith in tentative proposals.
- " As yet tho air force has not come to Lincoln and
" revealed, in any detail, its plans for the base.
J . Nevertheless, it seems fairly certain that there will
" b no eviction in the near future. What if there
H were? What would be the effect on the residents
of Huskerville? No one would commit himself on
this subject, but it looks as if the results would
be very bad.
Sir-.'- Lincoln simply could not house an additional
V ZM families. Students need low-cost bousing
that accommodates children. There is not
' ' enough of this type of housing available now,
nor will there be tn the Immediate future. The
' 1 sitaatiou will become even more gloomy when
- , the estimated 6,000 workers and personnel for
the base move in on Lincoln. These men will,
generally, have more money than the student
fathers and be able to bid higher for available
homes and apartments. Assistant Dean of Stn-
V.
Margin Notes
Patience is one of man's best virtues. It would
be well to apply it to this first issue of The Daily
Nebraskan.. If you find your name under a pic
, ture of your worst opponent; if you notice head
lines appearing In the middle of the story; and
if you find the leading paragraph of Kosmet Klub's
"Girl Crazy" at the end of the list of mid-year
graduates ... be patient things will change.
On housemother had a rather appropriate
comment last week concerning final week. She
eorapliinented the' girls in the house about the
"quiet hours" which were quite strictly observed.
But,' she woedered, why, are "quiet hours" ob
served I during the semester. After all, the girls
art pfe practicing then for the climax.
3ybC8b bag a good point; at least the strain
di',mls w0ui4.be -alleviated.
As usual, students are griping, perhaps justifi
ably, about situations in book stores. Hoping to
fill Ms pockets with extra spending money, a stu
dent .eagerly walks in with last semester's books
only ta find the text has beer, changed for the
nest semester.
Dvi life's a new twist this semester. One
sfafei asked for a new book, paid about $5,
cr"??'! ft Bad found passages already underlined.' Feature Editor
" . - . At Editor . . .
Dally Thought
It la poor comfort for one who has
; ! rf ' his J that another ha broken his
k:;Icw DaiiisS.
dent Affairs Frank Hallgren forecast another
era of families sharing the same homes.
Hallgren 6aid that there were, at present, more
than the usual number of houses listed with the
University housing office. But most of these
houses are beyond the financial reach of the aver
age student
There seems to be rough sailing ahead if the
students are evicted, but would they have to
move anyway because of the condition of Husk
erville as a place to bring up children? There
have been several conflicting views m this
question, but everyone has praised the project
for meeting a "real need" well. There is nothing
fancy about Huskerville at Its best, but it has
provided many young people with a chance to
go to school. Housing at Huskerville is not ex
pensive. It was not set np to be a money-making
enterprise. As one student put it, "It is a
wonderful thing for the price you pay."
Housing director for the Lincoln Housing Au
thority Mack Swan feels that the project would
hold up well for several more years. The hospital
se'etion was built, he said, to last ten years, but
there is "more life than that in the buildings."
Dean Hallgren believes that the buildings are
"approaching the worn out stage." A Huskerville
resident does not agree with either view but feels
that certain repairs would put the place in rea
sonable shape. Without the repairs, the project
would not last much longer.
Huskerville has been "adequate," but it may
soon be taken awiy; let us hope that some
thing takes its place which will serve the need
as well or better D.F.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Joan Krueaer
Associate Editor
Managin hdiiors Dob Pieper, Sue Gorton
irjiiinra Sally Adams. Ken Rrstrom.
Jan Steffen, Hal Hauelbalch. Sally HaU
Sports Editor Marshall Kushner
Ass't si ports JCdltor wcniNeison
.,...................... Jiauiy Kaoaaer
Dal- Reynolds
Society Editor Connie Gordon
Photographer Bob Sherman
BUSINESS STAFF
Boo Reichenbach-
This column will represent
the attempts of a Bizad stu
dent to interpret the news as
he sees it. I will try to cover
such things as the national,
state and campus politics,
sports, national and state
news in general and local and
campus; news in particular.
The interpretations will no
doubt resemble those of a
very amateurish writer try
ing to play columnist.
The communist government in
Czechoslovakia recently decreed
that every student completing
what would be the equivalent to
our eighth grade must take apti
tude tests to determine whether
they are allowed to continue their
education. Those who do not qual
ify are sent to trade schools, fac
tories or farms to learn some oc
cupation. Thos who are found fit
to go on with their schooling are
told what courses they will take
and what field they will specialize.
If they are allowed to attend col
leges their major is chosen for
them and the better students are
given graduate work. Some people
might say that there is one good
point here. It probably makes
registration much simpler.
Registration problems bring to
mind various signs of a new
semester such as people wand
ering through the halls of the
buildings peering: at the num
bers on doors, checking them
with their registration blanks;
irate students clamoring at the
doors of the dean wanting to
know why the instructor listed
in the schedule isn't teaching
the course this semester; equally
irate learners demanding of
their Instructors of the last sem
ester why they got a 4 Instead
of a 5 and what's the deal here
anyway? . . .
The mad scramble to round up
textbooks and tests from those
who had the course last semester;
the semi-annual evolution of
journalism evidenced by the
changed appearance of the Rag;
the hourly migration to Dirty
Earl's, the Crib and Royal's with
classes seldom going the limit; list
ening to the instructor you had
last semester run through the same
line of chatter again ... all these
are signs that a new semester in
the passing parade of "learning"
is under way.
Congrats to the Misses Krueger
and Raymond and their new
staff and to Mickey Cohen and
his staff. May they have the
best of luck in their new jobs.
With columns like this they'll
need it.
Like the man said, what am I
doing here?
"Why don't you boys spread out a little more there's no use
for all of you to flunk this examination."
Fashion Folly
Synthetic Fabrics
Take '52 Spotlight
mmmmmmm Dolly McQuistan
The snappy winter winds aren't, from the new Dacron
stopping fashion-wise gals from
thinking of spring. The new ex
citing fabrics, designs and colors
of this season's clothes are urging
coeds to dis
card their win
ter apparel.
Unive r si t y
fellows will
take a 'sec
ond look at
the gal who
i s correctly
dressed fcpm
tip to toef So
each week
this column
will relate
the newest
fashions in
shoes to hats.
Since every college woman is
usually "on the go", she will want
clothes that have "easy to care
for" qualities. Consequently buy
ers are taking particular notice
to the new synthetic fabrics such
as Orion, Dacron, Vicara, Dynel
and Acnlan.
Everyone will enjoy blouses,
dresses and sweaters made
f V
0
McQuistan
everything from
new Dacron iaorics
because they are washable,
crease, moth and moisture re
sistant, and require little if
any pressing. Newest fabrics of
Dacron are printed sheers,
corded types, Dacron and wool
jersey, taffeta.
Of course, one of last years
favorites was the linen dress.
This years linen's will be com
bined with different fabrics. For
example, linen dresses will be
shown with worsted jersey spen
cers, jackets, long coats or bo
leros. Linen will be used not only
for separates and dresses, but also
for princess coats of full length
over that baretop dress of silk
shantung or a crisp cotton sheer.
Speaking of cotton, the long
staper cotton poplins or broad
cloths will be in the 1952 spot
light. As you glance at the clothes on
display in any of the leading
stores, you will be aware not only
of the fabrics just listed but also
fabrics of cotton, rayon and silks.
Next week "Fashion Folly" will
relate leading colors of 1952.
By CONNIE GORDON
Society Editor
Welcome to the inner sanctum
for the semester.
The news of the day concerns
the ways students rang out the
old and heralded in the new . . .
semester, that is.
One party line during exam
week was held at Bob Petersons
home in Omaha. Bob's date was
Barbara Bell. Other dates in
cludes Wenk Stebbens and Nancy
r.ardner fOU). Jim Oliver, and
former University students, Mary
and Bob Stryker.
Reliving their high school
days this vacation at the an
nual Northeast-Lincoln high "
school basketball tame were
former alumni of Wrth schools.
They were Carole Church and
Jack Stockstill; Martha Lee
Miller and Dick Wieland; Phyl
lis Schock and Bill Aldrich. By
the way, Lincoln high won.
The SAM's had a get-together
at Peonv this weekend in nonor
of the dead and gone finals. Dn
Silverman took Elberta Bush. Ira
Epstein squtted Phyllis Potash
(Omaha) to tre affair. Manny
Dworkin tooK Mona Friedman
from Omaha 6 (id Sid Rubin es
corted Marilyn Meyer.
Other dates over the weekend
included Denny Knopik and
Norma Erickson; Tom Burte 'n
Jean Ann Sweeney; l-averne
Poppe and Carlin Walker; Eleanor
Heiser and Mary Wyman; Sue
Crawford and Chuck Thompson.
Bowling the time away this
weekend were Mary 'Pattison and
Dick Faes and Nancy Chamber
lain and Bill Weir.
Dorothy Perry and Louis Du
Teau are now a steady duo.
Ditto with Jerry Langlett and
Emerson Scott. Congratulations
are also in order for Janie Mad
den and Leroy Crosby who
passed candy and cigars Mon
day night.'
Traveling around the country
side this "vacation" were four Sig
Alphs. The quartette consisted of
Gene Ready, Jim Hoover, Bill
Miller and Jack ScoyMe. Their
journey took them to Sioux City,
Yankton, and Hartington, all in
South Dakota.
More dates for the weekend in
cluded Bruce Hollander and
Joanie Mickelin; Pat O'Brien and
Chuck Wedmeier; Peg and Bar
tunek and Fritz Wilkins; Char
lotte Veta and Benny Robinsou
from Omaha.
That's it for today except:
If there is any news or special
event you would like to have
appear in the column, be sure
to call me at The Daily Nebras
kan office, and I'l' 1 nore than
happy to include it in the col
umn. And with that final word,
class is adjourned until Friday.
Sound-Off
Reactivation Of Lincoln Air Base
Brings Problems To City's Citizens
Tom Rsche
(The views expressed la this column art
aot necessaribr those of The Daibr
braskaa.)
It's official now. The Lincoln
Air Base is going to be reacu-
cated. It won't be right away, but
within a year or two, the city of
Lincoln is going to have an addi
tional 6,000 people living near it.
Lincoln s businessmen nave
been widely congratulated for
the efforts in obtaining the air
base for Nebraska's capital city.
There is no doubt that the
money spent by service men in
Lincoln will greatly aid the
prosperity of the city. The city
probably needs the money.
it f ft
On the other hand, the coming
of the air base will bring with it
definite responsibilities. I wonder
if the city is planning for these
responsibilities, as it is for the
benefits.
Lincoln has the reputation of
being an "overgrown country
town." It is a shopping center, one
of the cleanest cities in the area.
Any military installation is bound
to brine those standards down
just a little bit. They might bring
the standards down quite a way
if the coming of those servicemen
were not planned for.
Lincoln has rather strictly en
forced liquor regulations. Will it
be able to maintain the same
standards with the coming of an
air base? It is well known that a
lot of drinking goes on among
service men. It is not entirely the
men's faults. Many service in
stallations offer little in the way
of entertainment for the men.
One girl remarked tbat "it
won't be safe to go out on the
streets at night," when she
heatd about the reactivation of
the air base. I seriously doubt
that the situation will be that
bad, but there is always a cer
tain amount of promiscuity in
service camps. Despite what
the recruiting offices may say,
the service is not one of the
great moral builders in our
country.
"
Lincoln has eight movie the
aters, two drive-in theaters, three
or four roller rinks, two swim
ming pools (not counting those at
the Y's and the University), and
a few baseball and sports dia
monds. However, Lincoln's recre
ational facilities have often been
criticized as inadequate for a city
of its size. What might they be
with 6,000 men looking for some
way to amuse themselves? Dur
ing the last war, Lincoln main
tained a U.S.O. It has none now.
What will be the housing situ
ation when the air base gets in to
full swing? There are a number
of critics of the present housing in
Lincoln. With a six per cent in
crease in population, what will be
the situation? Reports from other
parts of the country indicate that
servicemen and their families
have been found living in little
shacks. Let us hope that nothing
like this will exist in Lincoln. It
is often easy to think that the
present situation is fine when one
lives in a comfortable house. But
what about the people who have
to live in little huts?
Lincoln is going to have its
air base. May it accept the
responsibilities which go along
with that air base.
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