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Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN EDITORIAL PAGE Can We Support MF? In the past The Nebraskan (then The Daily Nebraskan) has reluctantly supported the All-University Fund (AUF) in its fall drive.' Two years ago Editor Tom Rischa wrote: "Nobody questions the worthiness of chari ties. The big question is: Are all the high pressure sales techniques necessary to put the campaign over? Maybe they are. Maybe people aren't interested in charity and have to be badgered Into giving. "Whatever the reason, it seems rather Ironi cal that charity campaign has to be turned into a three-ring circus . . ." Last year Editor Ruth Raymond wrote: "The manner in which AUF goes about its work interhouse competition, artificial ri valry, etc. have been problems discussed thoroughly in editorial columns in past years. This year's AUF board has taken note of such matters and has attempted, in this fall's or ganization, to eliminate such . activities as drew the most complaints and to add other projects which might bring their organization into mors favorable public opinion." Miss Raymond, however, went on to say: 'The Nebraskan staff would like to see people donating to AUF only. After they've examined their consciences and the organiza tions which AUF supports and sincerely feel that their money is going for a good cause..." 'Badgering' Contributions Both of the former editors were saying that social pressure have no place in a charity drive. To use a terrible cliche, "Charity begins with the heart." House rivalries, the $2 minimum and financial goal do not change the giver's spirit. We agree. One of the objects of the AUF drive is to enable students to donate dedicated money to a worthy cause. Social pressures de tract from this purpose. We therefore can say that any "artificial rivalry" or "badgering" Is harmful to the spirit of charity, that is, harmful to the will of the individual who donates. But the purpose of AUF must also be de termined as it affects society. Two factors are involved. First, despite the fact that the $8000-goal is the largest in AUF's history, that amount of money isn't going to produce any notice able effect upon the American Heart Asso ciation or upon the American Cancer Society. In. fact, the 35 per cent to be given to the Lincoln community chest isn't even sizable particularly since the chest turns right around and contributes some $8000 to the University YMCA-YWCA. AUF's Immediate effect upon charitable agencies therefore is negligible. Fading Stereotype This one will come as a shock to some body. A Yale study reports that college students drink far less and far less often than many persons imagine. And, the study says, when they do drink it is almost entirely because of their backgrounds and has very little to do with the fact they are in college. The survey was conducted by the Yale center of alcoholic studies, with some 16,000 students taking part from 27 colleges through out the country. Twenty-six per cent of the participating students reported they were total abstainers. Over half of the 74 who admitted using alcoholic beverages said they drank less than once a month. What's more, a fourth of the drfiiking col lege men and 42 of the drinking college women reported either they had never been high or had been so less than 10 of the times they had consumed alcohoL Which is all just a bunch of figures, and means nothing world-shaking, for everyone knows figures can lie. But it does look as if the old stereotype of wild or heavy drinking applied to college students is on its way out. While we're on this optomistic vein, maybe someone will conduct a survey some day and discover that college students really do study! WLH. Sinistral Facts Sinister, leftist movements have become so well known and so very obnoxious to the American public, that a needed sinistral, leftyist movement has not even been at tempted. University leftyists have been relagated to the fringe areas of all class rooms; they have been forced to bend their backs in a most incomfortable manner; they have never had a real, custom-built place to call their own, and yet they are afraid to unite and act. More than 500 University students fall within this sinistral, leftyist group. They have been forced to use a small number of seats, mere five per cent of the total seating avail able" In the University. This deplorable condi tion has caused unhappiness (masked with an "I don't care attitude"), discomfort and mus cular strain from leaning. They are afraid to act, but now The Ne braskan gives the call to arms Unite left handers, don't fail the leftyist cause . . . ! T.W. 'Ends Justify The Means' The other factor involved is somewhat dif ferent. This factor is the effect upon charities in the long run. Now, we don't mean that the 10-year total of money raised by AUF is any more impres sive than that of a single year. What we refer to is the effect upon students who are "badgered" into donating. Let's look at it thisway. A great number of organizations which are essential, or at least extremely important, in our lives, de pend upon voluntary contributions. The Red Cross, the heart and cancer societies, organi zations fighting polio and tuberculosis are but a few of these. The benefits society re ceives, in a humanitarian sense, justifies put ting social pressure upon potential contribu tors. This concept, unfortunately, is not Chris tian, for it is nothing short of the principle that the ends justify the means. But from a utilitarian point of view the "badgered" contributions from a million per sons will benefit the whole of society more than it will help the million individuals. In other words, $2 million in the hands of sci entists searching for a cure for cancer is more valuable than $2 in the pockets of a million persons. Where does AUF fit into this picture? Its $8000 is small beside the $2 million. But the 4000 students who have donated their $2 pre sumably will become acquainted with their social Responsibilities and the need of society for their money. Theoretically, AUF's campaign should be gin the development of a habit of giving to worthy charities. Can AUF Be Christian? As we have said, this social point of view is not Christian not when the donations are made with a grudging spirit. The role this concept can play in a pre sumably Christian society is simple. When a person realizes the importance of financial contributions to worthy charities and yet finds that he hates to donate, perhaps he will think twice before writing off his atitude as simply part of his nature. The realization of the importance of con tributions to cancer research perhaps will cause him to wrestle with his soul. Perhaps he will donate next time with a free spirit. The Nebraskan therefore supports the current AUF drive because: 1. AUF provides an excellent opportunity University students to donate money to chari ties but only if the contribution is made 'Uingly. AUF may cause students to become a ire of social responsibilities and to adjust their attitudes toward voluntary contributions to charities. K.R. Margin Notes Unsigned . Juvenile pranksers, using red paint instead of this semester's customary yellow (and more appropriate) slammed Coach Bill Glassford this week end, apparently for K-State's un expected and decisive football triumph over NU. Rather a foolish crowd, these vandals. They could have received more thorough publicity if they used The Nebraskan's Let terip columns. But then, they would have had to sign their names . . . . , Of Meager Beginnings With the appointment of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the tra ditional American story of poor man makes good is once again made factual. Warren worked in a railroad roundhouse as a youth, and, after the murder of his father by a housebreaker, was forced to support his mother. The ledend of meager beginnings to posi tions of high respect not a "capitalistic fairy tale" but a dynamic truism of democracy. Dust Storms Possible It seems that even nature is conspiring against the farmer. Between floods and surpluses, droughts and insects, plus an unclear government con servation policy, Cornhuskerland farmers may face dust storms. Two NU agronimists predict the possibil ity of severe dust storms throughout Ne braska if a dry winter and considerable wind this fall and next spring take place. Blood Donors ' ' ' The Red Cross Bloodmobile was in Lincoln Tuesday and only 11 University students reg istered to give blood. This runs quite a bit short of the average turnout last year, but the reason is probably that the bloodmobile came so early that stu dents were unprepared. JAsl TkbiaAkcuu FIFTY-THIRD YEAR Member: Associated CoIlerUte Press Intercolletiate Press Advertising representative: National Advertising Service, Inc. 4zo Maaison Ave., New York 17, New York Tli NebrukMl ta pnbftehe by ths taants of tfxi rulrl'r a Nabraaka aa M axprnwrtoa of tudent' miw anS pinion only. 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EDITORIAL. 8TFF Editor 4 Km ityatrom r.dllorlal Pare Editor Ed Da Mar Manaflnr Editor Bally Hall News Krittor. Tom Woodward Copy Editor..,... Jan Harrbon, Mariaona rlannen, Cynthia Hendereon, Kay Nneky Snort Editor ............. , .Ooory Paynlch AS Editor Dwltfct J unit REPORTERS Willie Deaeh, Marilyn ' Mitchell, Pred Daly, Mareta Mlckelaon. Harriet Rucrf, firac lUrvey, Din Jemen, Marilyn Hntton, Judy Joyce, Mary Mao ttuidt, Natalia Katt, Phrlll Henhberyer, Mary Clara riyna, Inert Swera, Mary Kay Bcachler. msixEss stapp rinalneo Manarr ...fllaa Ripple Ah'I Hnlnea Manaf art. ..Dare Erl'kaon, Doraa Jacob, Cheater Mlnier. Dirk Wntcott Circulation Manater .........Hea Williamson Mfht Mew Editor , ....Hay fotk LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Blbler The Student Speaking Tuesday, October 6, 195; Del-za-poppitY "I don't see how any of you can expect good marks In this course The very fact you enrolled for it shows you don't have a very high IQ." McCarthy ism: Bad, But . . Dear Editor, In regard to the letter pub lished on Sept. 29 by my friend Mr. Shaffer, I would, like to point out several impressions gained from several people since the publication of my own letter. As I said, everyone wants to find Comunists until somebody starts to do it. I do not profess to be able to argue the good and bad points of Sen. McCarthy's investigations, but I do know one thing, and that is that Mr. Shaf editorial comment, fer points out a good theme for A Senate or House investiga tion is a very unfair system of inquiry. It seems to afford little or no protection to the person under questioning. The Fifth Amendment is one of our most important safeguards and it must not be sacked, but it seems obvious tKat someone who retreats behina it must have something to hide. The publicity of an investigation is also bad, and it is a good question whether the whole set-up should be taken out of Congress or not Sen. McCarthy has brought some Communists to light; but it must be remembered that an investigation is not a trial, and does not have the power to es tablish either innocence or guilt. None-the-less, what is being done affects all of us, and being another apple in the barrel, I would rather get rid of the bad one than spoil the whole. So far, no one has brought up a better method. Everyone com plains about the McCarthy Pasture Parley method, but no one seems to have any better ideas. If there are any, let's have them and see what can be done about them. Rather than jump on McCarthy let's do some constructive criti cism. - It does get tiring to hear "in nocent" people complaining about being smeared, and it also gets tiring to hear, "I am against Sen. McCarthy and his methods." Now if I were a Communist, I would be scared to death of a Congressional investigation, and I think I would hollar pretty loud about "un-American methods" and "McCarthyism" but If I had nothing that couldn't stand the light, I don't think I would fall back on the Fifth Amendment, even on principle I'd hate to have the people won dering what I have to hide. I would like to see the Ne braskan do some thinking on the problem of a better method and come out with it rather than waste ink on blasting McCarthy, which by the way, it doesn't seem to do like some papers I've read. Del Harding has a right inter- A.linM 1 , , nrA " U ...UOa rui r." : :r " ;;'And if it's an average papers. By DEL HARDING Heading the "remember-you-heard-it-h e r e-first" department this week is this advice: Mark down Thursday evening, Nov. 19 as an evening to keep open. A top-notch stage play has been booked for the Coliseum that night. It's complete with three top Broadway-Hollywood male stars and is produced by the same man who produced "Don Juan in Hell." Sadler-Wells ballet, "Don Juan in Hell," and now this sometimes wonder if we fully appreciate the top talent the Un ion brings us year after year, and at prices students can af ford. Student tickets go on sale Wed nesday, Oct. 14, so expect the publicity "break" soon. And once again, the "who's for Homecoming" poem : The singer is noted for T, The band is famed for D, And together da da dee. So far nobody's figured it out will explain it next week. Comrade Kushner was accused last week of being a Red and was promptly chosen a member ' of the Board of Student Publica tions . . . my, my, what a Red nest have we! He's given up his column because he's on the "Pub" board not because "they found him out." Really, he's not a commie . . . he just doesn't like Nixon. This might lead to his being called a Democrat goodness me, that's worse! (With apologies to Editor Ken who probably won't print this!) Proving that "Old Soldiers Never Die" (they just smell that way) are two shiny new civilians cavorting around the campus: George Wilcox, ex-boy Innocent and reported founder of the DB&G, and footballer Nick Ad duci. When Coach Bill described Ad duci as a morale builder, it was a masterpiece of understatement. The old guard footballers are still chuckling over his antics at Camp Curtis. Like the time when he wanted to go ino town one evening to "see that great-gangster-cops picture everyone's rav ing about." His buddies, not knowing of any cop-badmen shoot-'em-up in town, asked him which movie ahe meant.- "Why, 'The Brave Bulls," " he replied! This part of the column was written late Saturday evening, after a MOST trying day. I have seen every home foot ball game for the last eight years, and about half of the out-of-tov" games during the same pericVJ Saturday afternoon I saw the sloppiest most loosely-played football game I have ever seen in those eight years. After the Oregon game Coach Bill said, "I am not a bit dis couraged." Earlier he had said it would take five games to tell what kind of a football team Ne braska would have. Well, I for one am darned dis couraged, and wonder if the first five games might show instead the caliber of coaching the team is receiving. Kansas State 27, Nebraska 0. Nebraska football players are just not that bad! Unless Nebraska's "slumber ing giants of the gridiron" are snapped out of their lethargy be fore next Saturday, Pittsburgh will give them a rude awakening indeed. Farmers' Formal Cotton And Denim Thp Fall Roundup, sponsored by the Ag Union, proved to be a great success Friday night. A large rowd attended and the various committees did a won derful job of decorating and planning. The organization of the dance and entertainment gave an indicatioif of the work that went into it. The big event on Ag campus this weekend is the annual Farmers' Formal. Everyone be sure to attend and don't forget to go over to the Ag Union and make your choice for Farmers' Formal Queen. The music which will be furnished by Bill Alber's orchestra promises to provide the proper atmosphere. miormai aance of most student news- DON H. SHERWOOD Qhkldsidu By CHICK TAYLOR What is number 56093 laugh ing about? He just caught the seven year itch. I don't think catching the seven year itch is very funny. He does ...he's being hanged in the morning. Mother: Why don't you eat your jello? Little Boy (watching jello closely): "It's not dead yet." A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell. A bopster emerging from an interview with a psychiatrist was asked by a friend how it went, and he replied, 'Fine! He said I was .REAL crazy." Then there is the one about the bop man who gets into a taxi and says to the driver, "Take me to the Waldorf.' When the driver says he doesn't know where it is, the b o p s t er re plies, "That's okay, man, just fake it!" The GI seemed puzzled and displeased by a letter from his wife. Noting his expression, his pal asked. "What's the mat ter, bud, trouble at home?" "Looks like it," was the reply. "Leastways, we've got a freak in the family. It says right here in the wife's letter, 'You won' know Willie when you come back; he's grown another foot!" Handsome: I'm folnr to take you In my arms and kiss you. Cuddley: Oh stop, stop! Handsome: Bat I haven't touched you yet. , Cuddley: I Just thought we'd ret that part over and done with. 'Fine Publicity' . . Dear Editor, Thanks for the, fine publicity in the daily newspaper! I notice in the Wednesday issue, Sept. 30, for example, "Aerial photos, 9 Books Added to the Library Stacks." It wasn't so long ago, after all, that The Nebraskan carried the headline: "Five New Books Added to the Library!" We are doing better now, you see, and with the help of a $60, 000 appropriation for books. We will work hard during October to" round it out to an even 10 books. If you will read the openir sentence of this same story, you will see what a well-balanced collection we are developing: "Love Library . has added 500 aerial photographs and nine new books to its present stock." Everybody knows that books are becoming obsoliete anyway. Have a good time and at least keep the football scores straight. FRANK A. LUNDY Director of University Libraries AUF Kick-off Dear Editor: As you may know, tonight the All University Fund will have their kick-off dinner. After this meeting, several hundred stu dents, who have donated not only their money but their time and energy, will embark on a Campus and City-wide tour in an effort to solicit students for donations to the AH University Fund. Personally contacting several thousand students is a big job and I seriously doubt if the AUF solicitors would undertake such a job if they didn't think it was worthwhile. I have been around Campus for a couple of years and in that span of time the AUF has proved its worth to me. I believe that the money that we have given in the past has brought double divi dends. For not only has the money had an impact on the fields of science, social understanding, and education, but it has let the people of America and of the world know that we, here at the University of Nebraska, are keenly interested in social and cultural betterment. In times such as there, what could present a better challenge than an opportunity to help von want, tnis is me lime iu go . . . dress order of the eve ning is traditional jeans and plaid shirts for men and cotton dresses for women. Are- there any students on Ag campus that don't belong to one of the departmental clubs? If there are, now Is the time to join, as nearly all the clubs are staging membership drives. It's immaterial what your major is because there is a club for nearly every department. The dues are relat'vely low for the benefit derived, for when you do pick the club you want University Bulletin Board TUESDAY Orchesls Practice For Men, 7 p.m., Grant Memorial Gym. AUF Klck-Off Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Parlors XYZ, Union. WEDNESDAY. Kosmet Klub Workers Meet ins:, 5 p.m., KK Room, Union. Corn Cob Actlve-W o r k e r Meetinr, 5 p.m., Room 313, Union. Kosmet Klub Active Meeting, 7 p.m., KK Room, Union. Pep Rally, 8 p.m., Rally begins in front of the Coliseum, NUCWA (Publicity Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., Room 309, Union. make ours a cleaner, healthier, moret prosperous world. So when an AUF solicitor knocks on your door, I hope that you will ask him in and listen to what he has to say. And when the solicitor asks for your donation, I hope that you win give much more than you can 'afford. For if you give only a few coins which you will probably never miss, you are only ful filling an obligation; but if you give, and give until it hurts, vou will know in your heart that you have played an important part in the formation of a better and. BILL DEVRIE8 to join you know that you will be associated with studenits with the same interests as yours. The various clubs also sponsor such events during the year judging contests, celebrations, publications. The AUF drive is also start ing this week on Ag Campus and it would 1 certainly look good aif we would not only meet the goal set but go well over it. After all it is a very worthwhile cause. Starting Wednesday, the first in a series of six dancing les sons will be given at the Ag Union. They start at 7:15, s surprise your girl at the nexl dance and be able to move onct around the floor without crip pling the poor girl. O The weekly movies at the Aj Union on Saturday nights havt been drawing good crowds. Oi course, the shows have been topdrawing cards too By the way anyone interested in run ning the movie projector should contact Mrs. Peters at the Ag Union. All you square dancers grab your western clothes! The Ag College Country Dancers will hold their first All-University Square Dance this Satuiday. Everyone is welcome to attend. Dancing will be from 8:30 to 11:30 in the Ag College Activ ities building. Q One of the weekly activiticr which is not 'receiving the at tendance it rates is the A. YMCA. Meetings are held or. Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Besides the fellowship of worship an interesting speaker is usually obtained and the topics of dis cussion prove to be very edu cational. So long for now. See you al Farmers' Formal. D WIGHT JUNDT PHIS! W 17 LET'EM T aj -aaa- aj JL4 riKEMEMBERED HtTHE DATE RUST CRAFT CARD! wor Come and See Them at the GOLDENRODO 215 North 14th St. LINCOLN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1953 54 Series Nov. 3 ORCHESTRA. lVIENNA ACADEMY CHORUS. 12 RICHARD ODNOPOSOFF, Violini.t , And Orchestra 9 LEON FLEISHER, Pinnl.t And Orcheatra 9 RISE STEVENS, Soprano. 6 AUDITION WINNERS WITH ORCHESTRA. LEO KOPP, Conductor TICKETS ON SALE NOW. ONLY $5.00 FOR SEASON TICKET, AH Concert At Stuart Theater Secure Tickets At Student Union Building Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. t 1 i MU3 rvn in sWaaaWa3 PI OilS HQ North American Aviation Los Angeles will interview here 16 O