Thursdoy, May 7, 1953
Poge 2
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Jml BelvjGQn Us...
Clark Jeary rode the tide Into the Mayor's of- to try what Mayor-elect Jeary has In mind for the
flee Tuesday after a rowdy pre-election campaign, city.
Jeary defeated his opponent, Earl M. Burnett Sr., fa-
by a two to one majority. Earlier this year, the Student Council parking
Burnett's campaign, which met with the strong committee considered a plan to convert the mall
disapproval of many prominent Lincoln organiza- in front of the coliseum Into a paved parking lot.
tions (including the Bar Association and the City Plans for the prospective lots were sent to, the
Council), was heavily tainted with smear tactics, administration after careful Council investigation.
There is room for reasonable men to doubt Bur- So far, nothing has been heard,
nett's actual connection with this anti-Jeary cam- Without a doubt, this conversion would solve
paigning. Nonetheless, there are obvious lndica- any campus parking problem. The added space
tions that Burnett was linked with the smear is- would contribute to better public relations during
' aue when Lincoln went to the polls Tuesday. the football season. But, and here is where the
strongest objections have arisen, some people are
Other than the comment that Lincoln didn't worried that converting the mall would ruin the
put on a very healthy show this election, there is looks of the campus. They maintain that long-
no reason to re-hash the campaign. There might range campus improvement plans will make the
be some value, however, in looking at the plans mall into a beauty spot or almost a beauty spot.
Mayor-elect Jeary has formulated for the city. Other objections have arisen because the land
Basically they involve a re-vamping of the City Is now used by the civil engineers and the ROTC
Charter. He also Is interested in a smoother ad- But, I firmly believe that if there was enough
ministrative set-up. interest in the conversion, there would be no
One of his points, because it is directly re- problem about placing the ROTC and the civil
lated to similar problems on the campus, should engineers. It is unfortunate that our campus is
be an interesting addition to campus conversation, situated in a spot where physical growth is re
He wants to see if there Is any possibility of city stricted by a surrounding city,
acquisation of land In the congested area for park- fa
ing lots. Students who drive down town to go If Lincoln is considering purchasing enough
to shows and shop will probably welcome this land for adequate parking facilities down town,
news. Student parking, both down town and on it doesn't seem like a bad Idea to think over the
the campus, has been a problem of long stand- original plan for re-vamping our own parking sys-
Jng. There are no practical solutions to the cam- tern. The new members of'the Student Council
pus problem, it seems. Unless we would want could well consider this plan.
IT SEEMS TO ME
!vy Day IS Different From A Gooseberry
GLENN ROSENQUIST
NEBRASKAN EDITORIALS
"Daddy. Daddy." cried little
Johnny as he ran into the room.
"What's Ivy Day?"
uaddy stammered around
awhile and finally admitted he
didnt know Ivv Day from a
gooseberry.
'Daddy" could be any num
ber of our introverted student
population who pass up Ivy Day
ceremonies each year.
Yours truly took a poll this
week and determined the num
ber of dumb Daddies to be ex
actly 52 per cent freshmen ex
cluded. In more blunt words
exactly 52 per cent of our adult
student body have never seen the
class president (elected by the
faction) plant the Ivy, have never
heard of the daisy chain nor sat
in the bleachers as witness to this
delightful pageant honoring
spring.
My advice to you Is, "Don't
miss Ivy Day." Don't run the
risk of having: little Johnny run
to you someday and find yon
don't know Ivy Day from m
g-ooseberry.
Speaking of Ivy Day, I have
been requested to hand out an
ultimatum. Either the Mortar
Boards return the Innocent's
tackling robes taken from the In
nocents room last Tuesday, or the
Innocents will reveal the names
of the new Mortar Boards.
Note to reader: A Mortar Board
is a college woman who for three
years cracks not a smile, neglects
not a responsibility, and loses not
an opportunity. Then during the
fourth year she really cuts loose,
drops her composure and steals
tackling robes.
I have a brickbat to throw to-
today. I shall throw it directly
banded together In an organiza
tion, the IFC, dedicated to the
fraternity system and built to
serve it.
At this time a year ago these
fraternities voted in a stiffer set
of rushing rules. They approved
of fines up to 200 dollars and
loss of rushing privileges for an
offense such as spiking. It looked
like our IFC was finally going to
clean house.
Yet three months later. these-two-faced
fraternities were fall
ing all over themselves to dirty
up the lace again. Splklnp, an
offense almost impossible to
prove, was more than prevalent.
To my knowledg-e, some fra
ternities got at least half their
pledre classes through summer
pledging.
Many rush-week rules were
thrown out the window. Fra-
at the fraternities, who havelternity men camped outside hotel
doors of "hot" rushees. Others
held pledging parties at rented
summer cabins near Lincoln. The
whole thing" smelled.
But it smelled most because of
the two-faced attitude most of
the fraternities had adopted. They
were like a bunch of boys repeat
ing the Boy Scout Oath in unison
on Monday and taking off for the
opium dens on Tuesday.
And in my opinion, things ot
this sort should not happen. Ne
braska's IFC should be strong and
respected. Its rules, whatever
they may be, should be followed.
Wholesale skullduggery and
cutthroat pledging have no place
in rush week, September, 1953.
Someday soon Joe Freshman's big
decision may be, "Should I pledge
fraternity or University dormi
tory?" and not, "Which fraternity?"
ALL THAT GLITTERS
Student Council And The Great Decision
HANK GIBSON
Fie Fight F
of Foffiurrot
Chancellor Gustavson, when he assumes his main. But this does not mean that Congress will
new position as head of Resources for the Future, not get around to giving this oil land to greedy
Inc., will move into a field which is fast becoming businessmen. The ball has only begun to soil,
unpopular. Although men such as Sen. Butler of our own
The field, that of conservation, has begun to state are reported preparing a long list of bills to
suffer at the hands of corporations and individuals transfer title of the public domain, a number of
who place personal wealth above future welfare of such measures are already in the Congressional
the nation. hoppers.
Conservation programs are not suffering be- Among them are: House Bill 4412, "to pro
cause greedy special interests are necessarily In- vide for the conveyance to the States of Mon
creasing in number or power. The principal rea- tana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and
son for the decline appears to be a natural reac- Wyoming, respectively, of mineral interests in cer-
Last week, behind the closed i it in mv own words. I have here
doors of the Student Council!a copy of the Student Council
meeting room, an issue was being Record for that day, and I shall
discussed. An issue which tookiread vou the ODenine remarks
tain lands such States acquired by the United
States under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm
Tenant Act."
Senate Bill 1561, "to permit the prospecting for
tion to 50 years of increasing government protec
tion of the natural resources of the country.
The new administration, while partly repre
sentlng an effort to decentralize government func-
tions, has seemingly found itself in the same and the development and utilization of mineral
crowds as a number of states, congressmen and resources of national-forest lands, or lands ad
power interests which want natural resources con- ministered for national-forest purposes . . ."
trolled by smaller units of government. House Bill 4298 and Senate Bill 1480,, "to re
fa linquish the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
While the Republicans rode to power on the States over Federal lands within the State of
legitimate demand for increased state importance, Maryland shall hereafter exercise concurrent jur-
they must soon discover that their statist sup- isdiction over such lands."
porters, in large part, are oilmen, lumbermen Senate Bill 1491 (introduced by Sens. Butler
and cattlemen who want nothing more than get- of Nebraska and Barrett of Wyoming) and House
ting their hands on what is now the public do- Bill 4023, "to provide for the revision of the pub
main. - lie land laws in order to provide for orderly use,
Directly, this is no blow to conservation. But improvement and development of the Federal lands
it is axiomatic that state control is not so stiff and to stabilize the livestock industry dependent
as federal when it comes to regulating natural upon the Federal range, and for other purposes."
resources. This fact is largely due to the suscep- fa
tibility of states to powerful pressure groups, such These bills are a tfew of those included in the
as the oil cartels. gold rush on the public domain a trampling of
Eventually decreased control means waste and conservation. Like the Tidelands Bill, many of
haste in the tapping of our natural resources. these legislative measures will undoubtedly have
fa- popular support. The trend of the times seems in
One of the first blows against conservation was the direction of the dollar exploitation of re-
the Department of Agriculture's announcement a sources.
month ago that it would end the partial subsidiza- The accent is on today's profits and power,
tion of limes and fertilizers. While government Forgotten is the need for natural resources to-
aid to purchasers of fertilizers may be labeled morrow and the next day. Forgotten is the next
"socialistic" be the statists, the partial subsidiza- generation.
tion program was found essential to insure that Within this atmosphere will work our Chan
farmers would practice conservation measures. cellor. He will be bucking the tide of decon
Frequently it becomes difficult for a farmer trolling the resources. His efforts may not win
to see beyond the next three or four years or for him many friends today.
a lumberman to wait for a new crop of Douglas firs But if he can help battle, against those who
on a hillside In Oregon. would throw conservation out the window, he
The real war on conservation, however, began will indeed be protecting the resources of the
Tuesday when the Senate passed the Tidelands future.
Bill. The bill may be a popular one, but it en- Because present raids on the public domain are
ables oil Interests to affect more easily the organs based on a popular trend, the Chancellor will
of government which control the vast oil fields off have an advantage over the so-called Congressional
our shores. liberals who are attempting to fight the anti-con-
The legislation is the first in a trend toward servation element in Washington. His job and his
turning our resources over to American enterprise position are not dependent upon the whims of the
for ready exploitation. public.
fa He has been contracted to perform a job. Let
The Senate wisely defeated an amendment to us pray that he can protect America's resources
the Tidelands Bill which would have turned over before the products which must last her forever
to the states all oil lands beneath the public do- are sold for today's dollar. K.R.
precedence over all other matters
on the docket.
The reputation of the entire
school hung in the balance. A
Student Council member who
voted on the wrong side here
might fall into disfavor m the
eyes of everyone in his district.
Lobbyists could be found every
where, their personal views as Ai
vergent as the interests they rep
resented.
A dcision would be made that
day, one that could change the
lives of many people, spell doom
to many organizations on campus
and, in general, have far-reaching
effects throughout the University.
Never has an outcome been so
hard to predict Betting was even
up until the very end. And what
was this issue? Rather than state
as given by Montague Fortz.
"Mr. Secretary:" (The presi
dent and viee-pjresident had
gotten Into a violent brawl over
the issue and were unable to
be at the meeting due to in
juries. "Mr. Secretary: I think'
I speak for everyone here at
the meeting when I say that
we should table all other busi
ness at hand and begin a dis
cussion of a major problem on
this campus namely, what is
to be done about the mice in the
Carillon Tower." (Applause.)
The rest is, of course, history.
But in order that those of us who
are fortunate enough to live in
the age wherein the decision was
made might thoroughly under
stand its implications, I would
like to review for you the events
that took place behind the Stu-!ommended that all the mice be
dent Council doors on the mattergiven a guided tour of the Unl
of "What is to be done about the. it T thj said strongk.
mice in the Carillon Tower." ' . .".'. 4i.
e heart, the mice might easily find
One of the first speakers on that a more convenient place to live,
memorable day was L y d- i a where their efforts would be more
Schmick. Miss Schmick was elect- appreciated
ed to the council largely through ' , -, ,,
her work in AUF. It was her sug-l An ex-Corn Cob Wanda Seil-
gestion that the mice be counted, ug" ,th ltlhenilCJ
marked with little red feathers,, have little. "N-s pamted
and auctioned off to the highest!0" their chests and be sold at next
bidders. The proceeds were to goyears football games,
toward building a 200-foot quota Hiram Vishinsky, who had
indicator which would be placed gained quite a reputation for ve
in front of Love Library
Another suggestion was made
by Ursula Accuse. Miss Accuse
had been quite active in AWS
her previous semester. She
moved that a mouse dorm be
built and all mice campused In
it.
Roger Strongheart, who Is a!
past president of Builders, rec
Yeskryem M ...
By DICK RALSTON
Staff Writer
Are you neurotic?
You sure you aren't?
From the 1933 Nebraskan:
"The professor who in 1931 caused stormy pro
test over his opinion that those who whistle are
morons has now created grounds for another fu
ror by announcing that the craze for jigsaw puz
tles is a neurotic condition, a symptom of a ner
vous disorder.
"The professor . . . tells what he thinks of
Jig-saw puzzles by stating, The jig-saw, like the
crossword puzzle, is a self-imposed intelligence
test, by which the puzzler wishes to assure him
self that he is not in the moron class. Such tests,
on a smaller scale, are used for determining degrees
of imbecility. The present craze for puzzles is a
neurotic condition, a symptom of a nervous dis
order.' "
And on the editorial page of the same paper,
It says that it Is all right for students who haven't
read their lessons to bluff their way through
class:
"Critics of bluffing by students have been
answered by two University of Washington pro
fessors. Professor Edward McMahon of the his
tory department says: 'I encourage my students to
bluff and, if they're made of the right stuff, they
will.'
"Bluffing has been rated next to 'apple polish
ing in college circles and pupils who can talk
intelligently in class when they haven't read the
material and make successul guesses on quizzes,
are envied by their less fortunate classmates.
" 'Everyone has to bluff sooner or later In life
and college is a good place to learn how to do
it. Naturally an A student is able to adapt him
self to a difficult situation more quickly than
others and is therefore the best bluffer,' says Pro
fessor E. H. Ely of the English department at
Washington.
"It is not to be intimated that A students are
all bluffers, yet profeclency In this arts hurts no
one and may lead to independent reasing by col
lege men and women."
Liberalism . . .
Dear Editor:
I find gross inaccuracies and
misstatements of fact in "The
Glass Box" view of curent U.S
liberalism. It is plainly silly to
say U.S. liberalism would be so
cialism anywhere else.
It would be hard enough to
say it even approaches foreign
conservatism. For the conserva
tives In most leading European
countries support public owner
ship and other socialist princi
ples to an extent far beyond any
suggested in the U.S. and are
generally far left of liberal
Democrats and Republicans in
this country.
However, even if the conserva
tives abroad had chosen the path
of some thin "good" fellowmen
here in U.S.A. and remained "in
sufferably stupid and vicious" to
all except their favored (and
monied) few, there remains the
fact that the efforts of U.S. lib
erals have strengthened private
ownership and opportunity pre
cisely the opposite of socialism,
For,' during the past 20 years of
noerai government, tne number
of private businesses in the nation
increased by nearly one million
and annual corporate profits rose
over 10 billion dollars. A sincere
socialist would be embarrassed by
ngures such as these. American
liberals are proud of them.
However, it Isn't too difficult to
see why this "Glass Box" writer
insists on identifying liberals with
socialists. After all. to some the
word liberal might erroneously
suggest immorality or hypocrisy
Then, too, very often a liberal is
a Democrat. And, If this latter is
not enough to convince one lib
erals are socialists, the final word
can always be found in -the gospels
Letterip
of Col. MeCormick and his aides-de-camp
in Omaha.
We constantly see "socialism"
used as an all-purpose scare word
to discredit liberal accomplish
ments. Workmen's compensation,
Pure Food and Drug Act and so
cial security have all been called
socialistic. The tactic is neither
new nor frightening. It is monot
onous, immature and annoying.
The observer in "The Glass
Box" expresses his scoialistic pity
for liberal "martyrs." If he means
to say the public interest would be
better served by unseating Morse.
Douglas, Kefauver, Ives and others
and putting men like Potter. Pur
tell, McCarthy and McCarran in
their place, he should save his uitv
xor uie American people.
That is unless, by a quick mir
acle, we can all become oil mil
lionaires, car dealers and soybean
peddlers.
Finally, If the Idea of utiliza
tion of national resources by the
public is a liberal fad, we take
heart in the conversion to our
"Glass Box socialism of Sens.
Griswold and Langer and the
Nebraska Legislature.
We take pride in the two spn-
ators, having always recognized
the Unicameral's sympathy and
devotion to our progressive views.
RONALD ROPER
Russian Visit . . .
... . , ina nl eollcae Btwwaaar editor to tMI
We would like to inform you t vhhr.)
mat we nave sent the proposed!
message requesting permission to
visit the USSR to the Russian Em
bassy in Washington, D. C, on
May 1, 1953. We also sent a copy
to Andrei Vishinsky, head of the
USSR delegation to the UN. in
New York City. . . .
Although answers (from college
newspaper editors) are still com-
toing everything brought up in
NUCWA, said that the whole
thing was a matter for the Se
curity Council.
Ima Shouter, generally consid
ered to have the loudest yell and
most misdirected spirit of any
one in Pepsters, suggested that
the mice be taught the school
songs, so they eould accompany
the bells in the tower. Mr. Shouter
called for a yell of confidence
three times, telling the members
to really let 'em know they were
there.
ing in, we felt it necessary to
write to the proper authorities. At that point in tne discussion.
At this time, the following news-' a small fight broke out between
papers have joined us: a Kosmet Klubber who felt the
Arkansas Traveler, University 'mice should do skits on a compet-
of Arkansas jitive basis and a Religious Wei-
Brown Daily Herald, Brown JreCounc member who said
University Kosmet Klub skits were too
, ., . ... I damn vulgar and he hoped to hell
H.cwu.pu;,, uuCScuiiuCWV h Klub wou d be dis-
of New York
The Chicago Maroon, Univer
sity of Chicago.
The Colorado Daily, University
of Colorado.
The Technique, George Institute
of Technology,
The Michigan Daily, University
of Michigan.
The Daily Nebraskan, TJnlver
sity of Nebraska.
Oberlin Review, Oberlin Col
lege
Sweet Briar News, Sweet Briar
College,
The Vassar Miscellany News,
Vassar College.
Wellesly College News, Wellesly
College.
Yale Daily News, Yale Univer
sity. The Commentator, Yeshiva Col
lege.
Very truly yours,
EDITH KIRSCH
The Queens College Crown
The Columbia Spectator
(KDITOKt) NOTE: The raua mentioned
In the above letter wai for permttufon for
banded. By using tear gas, how
ever, the University police, with
drawn guns anfi black jacks, man
aged to subdue the rioters.
The next suggestion was made
by Professor Snarph. (Snarph
is Council faculty adviser.) I
quote from the Ttecord." "I
think I speak for all the stu
dents in my political science
classes when 1 say we should
employ the policy of lalssez
fa ire with the mice. Leave them
alone. After all, 'the best laid
plans of mice and men often go
asunder,' if you will permit me
a moment of levity."
The statement was met with
considerable laughter and general
approval. All parties were recon
ciled and everybody concerned
was of the same opinion that old
Snarph was a fine fellow and a
real wit.
WORDS OF WISDOM ... A
golf course is a pasture where
they turn out the cow and let the
bull in.
The Daily Nebraskan
FIFTY-FIRST TEAK
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