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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
EDITORIAL PAGE
1 Mot Revive 'Cornshucks?1
After reading copies of the Missouri
Showme" and humor magazines from other
universities, several students have asked The
Nebraskan, "Why don't we have a humor
magazine at the University of Nebraska?
The Question is a rood one. Students
here are fully capable of doing the work
necessary for a magazine, humor or other
wise. That there would be a market for
the magazine Is questionable for several
reasons.
First, the subscription rates for the old
The Colorado Plan
Psychologists say that the greatest relief
of frustration is exercise good, hard exer
cise. They say you can work off tension
this way, for exercise serves as an outlet for
emotion.
Perhaps Colorado University officials are
more wise than we thought. Each spring
on the Colorado campus, as a part of CU
Days, the fraternities and sororities get to
gether and have what they call a "grudge
fight" This activity consists of slinging
mud, rolling in the mud and a general muddy
chaos until the participants are exhausted.
What a way to settle all the hard feeling
caused by broken dates and returned pins
during the year. This kind of dirty work
has a beneficial .end.
Rivalry between the engineers and law
students at this University used to be soothed
by grudge fights. A street was blocked off
and the students. were permitted to do their
worst short of homicide, so reports go. And
the strange thing was that everyone came
out of the fracas feeling like a million dol
lars because the worries and frustrations
were forgotten for the bruises and aches re
sulting from the fight.
What this all adds up to is the fact that
today we are content to sit in our chairs, let
our troubles accumulate and refuse to seek
a way to relieve them. Instead of physical
exercise as a means to "let off steam" we
are content to exercise our tongues. All this
accomplishes is to incite someone else, who
is also, subject to physical laziness, who then
begins to tongue-lash back in defense.
Look at our country today full of bab
bling idiots whose only Interest is to see
who they out-babble. They sit back in their
plush office chain and tonrue-lash over the
telephone; they tongue-lash to the press;
they tongue-lash on a television show; they
tongue-lash in Congress.
Wouldn't It be much easier to set aside
a time for a good old mud grudge fight and
after thorough exhaustion, go back to work,
free from all the frustrations and worries
that have piled up through tongue-lashing?
It is possible that grudge fights are the
only solution to the current controversies in
the news. And the tongue-lashing now go
ing on couldn't be much dirtier than mud.
J. H.
Wear Green-Begorry
Now Tm a dyed-in-the-wool Scandina
vian myself, and this is too good an oppor
tunity to miss. I'm referring, of course, to
the traditional Wearin" O The Green.
Begorra, and it's a colorful sight to see the
O'Tooles and McNammaras and O'Shaughn
essys dressed in light green, olive green,
Kelly green, avocado green, mint green, sage
green, hunters green and just plain green.
And all this delightful attire in memory
f aa immortalised snake-chaser and out of
patriotism for the fabulous Emerald Isle,
which most Irishmen in America have never
seen, or would not recognize if they did!
Many are the tales of St. Patrick, the
Irish patron saint, and so clouded in folklore
and fantasy that I'd be willing to bet my
favorite shamrock that many of the most
red-headed Irishmen don't know the true
history of his accomplishment in freeing Ire
land from those pesky snakes. (Not that I
do, either, but then I'm not Irish.)
All true countrymen are obliged on this
day, four days before spring, to sport forth
in green ties, green socks, green shirts, green
dresses, green sunglasses, green hair . . . See,
started!
But does all this enthusiasm commemo
rate St. Pat's birthday, or even the day on
which he drove the snakes frr n Ireland?
No, 'tis a day when the likes o' you shud
be a'praisin the good man for dyln. for
twas on March 17 that St Pat was buried.
And, according to records impartially com
piled by representatives from neutral na
tions, the honored saint was not even a na
tive f Ireland, for England, Scotland, Wales
nd France all claim to be his birthplace.
Now that I have made myself thoroughly
unpopular with the wearers of the green, I
should have my head examined for signing
my initials to this. But in self-defense may
I protest that L too, aia green with envy
that we Danes don't have a special day of
ur own oa which we can broadcast the
tery ef our country.
Perliaps every Dane could wear blue or
something we look particularly good in blue.
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University humor magazine, "Cornshucks,"
were so low that its publication could not be
justified, even if the magazine had been in
sound financial condition. However, this
leads to the second reason why this Univer
sity does not have a magazine money losses.
When the "Cornshucks" finally concluded
publication, it was far in the red. The loss
was caused by two factors in addition to the
low number of subscriptions little adver
tising and high production costs.
Many would counter these arguments
with the statement, "But The Nebraskan has
shown a steady loss over a long period of
time, yet it still publishes."
True enough, but The Nebraskan has un
dergone some radical changes from the old,
financially insolvent days. First, costs have
been cut down by reducing the number of
issues per week from five to four and cur
rently three. Second, advertising has been
revamped. Orders have been increased and
the business functions of the paper have
been modernized and streamlined for effi
cient, economical operation. In short, The
Nebraskan has changed from the strict
"activity" status to more of a business en
terprise position.
In short, money seems to be the stum
bling block of any student publication. Fi
nancial losses have forced The Nebraskan
to change its policy radically and financial
stability has enhanced the status of another
student publication, The Cornhusker.
This explanation or presentation of rea
sons for not having a humor magazine are
sufficient to explain why we do not have
one now. It does not however, explain
everything. The basic problem that finally
forced discontinuance of the "Cornshucks"
was lack of student interest Student sub
scribers, ad salesmen, editorial staff and re
porters are necessary to any student publi
cation; without them, that publication will
fold just as "Cornshucks" did.
It is possible to have student interest.
Many students who have "migrated" to Mis
souri will testify to the popularity and
readership of the "Showme" there. "Even
the ads are funny," is a common observation.
There is, however, some complaint that
some of the magasine is in poor taste,
dirty or "raunchy." These complaints are
well founded, perhaps, but the staff members
of any publication write to please the ma
jority of their readers.
The reason for not having a humor mag
azine are convincing and true, but they tell
only a small part of real reasons. Lack of
student interest and later student support
have been the executioners of more than a
few campus "institutions."
Action, not complaints, are necessary if
we are ever going to realize those things
that are prefaced with the remark, "Wouldn't
it be nice if . . . " T. W.
Margin Notes
But He Admits It
One out of every six motorists in the
nation has eye defects without realizing it
Connecticut and Rhode Island, with the low
est death rates per mile of travel, have the
highest driver's vision standards.
One New York driver, however, went out
for an original safety vision precaution. The
following sign adorned the rear of a truck
he was driving:
"Approach with care. Blind man driv
ing." The truck belongs to a firm that sells
window shades.
Tresses Trouble
Shades of the Kappa Sig red-head dinner!
A young aircraft worker in Long Beach,
CaL, went noble coeds who died their hair
red for the annual pledge dinner one better.
She stopped production at a huge factory
by showing up for work one day with green
hair.
Reason for the vivid tresses was a bet
she made and lost with a fellow co
worker. Needless to say, the company was
not overjoyed by the commotion she caused.
Ah, begorra, she should have waited until
St Patrick's Day.
Names, Names
Never underestimate the power of a
woman to get matters confused.
In Alabama, a woman applying for reg
istration as a voter regarded a traditional
question in a new light The Question was,
"What other names have you been called by
in the last five years?"
She had but one answer: "Mother."
Two Wrongs
An Indianapolis woman got a ticket for
jaywalking. Angered, she tore up the ticket
and threw it in the street.
The next day she appeared in Municipal
Court on charges of jaywalking and throw
ing debris on the street
It all goes to show that two wrongs simply
do not make a right
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The Challenge
Scholarship, Citizenship
Importance Emphasized
By FRANK M. HALLGREN
Associate Dean of Student
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The survival of fraternities on
the college campus depends in
large measure upon the contri
bution which the organization
makes to the scholarship and
conduct of its members. Al
though the individual student
will continue to be responsible
for his scholarship and conduct
whether he does or does not be
long to a fraternity, the worth of
that membership will be evalu
ated in terms of what it adds to
college life.
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Naturally there are intangible
values to membership in any
group. Often much is said for
these benefits of fraternal life.
Yet no matter how fine they may
be, they cannot outweigh the'
prime importance of good schol
arship and citizenship in a uni
versity community.
What then are the major re
sponsibilities of the college fra
ternity? The first responsibility of the
fraternity is to promote good
scholarship. Good scholarship
can be encouraged best by the
conviction of every member that
sound scholarship is the basic
measure of a successful college
career. In addition to develop
ing this belief, the fraternity
needs provide the proper recog
nition for good students. The fra
ternity has an obligation to
maintain conditions suitable for
study and an activity and social
program which does not en
croach upon study time. Neglect
of these responsibilities can make
the fraternity a negative influ
ence in the student's college life.
The second responsibility of
the fraternity is to provide good
citizenship.
Good citizenship can be en
couraged best by the conviction
of every member that there can
be no compromise with the laws
of the community or the stand
ards of an educated society. The
fraternity dare not encourage
nor condone conduct that is il
legal or immoral if it is to be a
wholesome influence in the stu
dent's life.
The stated ideals of fratern
ities are high. Yet all too often
the actual practice betrays an
ignorance or indifference to
them. The future of fraternities,
their continued privilege to pro
vide the housing and social en
vironment for students, will be
tied closely with their adherance
to their ideals and their accept
ance of their share of respon
sibility for the scholarship and
conduct of their members.
From The Cornell Sun
Sports, Education Split
Proposal Taken To Task
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In the March issue of the At
lantic Monthly, Harold W.
Stoke, Dean of the Graduate
School of the University of
Washington, has written an ar
ticle, "College Athletics Edu
cation or Show Business?"
which offers several ridiculous
arguments for an equally ridicu
lous solution to this important
problem.
Stoke makes one basic and
sweeping assumption on which
his entire article is based "Col
lege athletics is public entertain
ment." We are willing to agree
with this statement to some ex
tent, but not to the exaggerated
sense which Stoke believes.
In the first place. Stoke insists:
"The appetite of the public can
not be satisfied by the quality of
the entertainment which can be
provided by athletics governed by
academic regulations."
Stoke neglects to explain why
this appetite cannot be satisfied,
but rather proceeds to tell us that
academic regulations are fla
grantly by-pased by the institu
tions which are meeting the pub
lic's demands.
True, these rule evasions take
place in some places, but we
should not sit idly by and accept
them as Stoke is inclined to do.
Through diligent efforts by men
of integrity and strong character,
we should be able to weed out
these dangerous influences which
have crept into college athletic
scene in the past two decades.
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As a solution to the problem.
Stoke suggests that the colleges
should "make the admission, both
inside and outside the universi
ties, that our programs of inter
collegiate athletics are operated
primarily as public entertaini
ment and not as educational re
sponsibilities." Again, we ques
tion whether it wise to simply
make this admission and leave it
at that. Can we not correct this
condition in those places where it
exists? Even Stoke is willing to
admit that there are some insti
tutions where this is not the case.
Why not make these instiu
tions, where athletics are not op
erated primarily as public enter
tainment, the rule rather than the
exception. If need be, let us re
vert back to the position of strictly
intramural athletics and discard
the intercollegiate program.
This step, we believe, would not
be necessary, however, as the in
tercollegiate program can be
curbed and controlled by the prop
er authorities.
Stoke proposes to completely
divorce the intercollegiate athletic
program from the educational
program which, he feels, is ham
pered and degraded by the ath
letic tie-in. He urges that the pro
gram of public entertainment be
come an acceptable and legiti
mate part of the college program
with the contention that "self-support
for athletics as public enter
tainment is at once a financial
liberation and a restraint."
Continuing with the argument
that athletes are a different breed
of people than other students.
Stoke submits "nothing of the ob
ligation to meet academic require
ments, if they cannot or do not
wish to do so."
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We cannot agree with Stoke
on these points, either. There is
absolutely no reason why an
athlete cannot be a student as
welL True, there is no indication
that athletic ability goes hand-in-hand
with mental ability, but
there is the same lack of proof
that the opposite is true.
We can only hope that many of
Stoke 's proposals are written with
tongae-ia-cheek. It is hard to
conceive why any man of Intelli
gence is willing to accept condi
tion! which be realizes are harm
ful and deterlmentaito the reputa
tion of our educational system.
Someone is missing out if he.
belives "college life" refers only
to the atmosphere of the student,
whether in class, at or escaping
from the books, or at home re
porting to his parents. There is
another way of looking at things
collegiate which is probablv a
good deal more orderly and rea
sonable than the student's usual
approach.
It is available to students for
the nominal fee of a little curi
osity and not too much work.
All he needs to do is to ask
himself just what there is aoout
teaching a group of young men
and women a few things about
a few subjects which is attrac
tive to the person standing in
front of the class with le:tue
notes.
Something must be there 4o
justify an engineer's turn'ng
down a job in design, a news
paperman's keeping away from
the smell of paper and ink, the
physicist's resistance to intrigu
ing jobs on the AEC, and the
economist's rejection of a vice
presidency in some large firm.
It certainly is not a higher r
of pay or a lack of opportunity.
As much a household joke as
the absent-minded professor has
become, it is that interest in and
concentration upon subject mat
ter which rewards the col'ege
instructor. He feels that what
he is doing has an importance of
its own which cannot be put
in the budget book. He feels hat
transferring as much as he ft.n
of his own enthusiasm to a gnmp
of students is a job which pays
for itself. He feels if he n
find one mind a year ready and
willing to grasp the spark, he
has been rewarded amply ior
all the lost glamour, forsaken
dollars and even the ridicule
from outside the University.
His concentration is not to be
confused with narrowmtnded.
ness. Although he knows he
himself is particularly concerned
with his own field, he knows
also that the men in the next
building have their intense in
terest and, best of all, are will,
ing to discuss it, just as he is.
The discussions occur and each
man goes away knowing more,
thinking better, always ques
tioning and answering, never
stagnant. '
Instructors are willing to
share the results of this inter
play of minds with any student
who desires to do so. This is
a kind of teaching and learn
ing which cannot take place in
a classroom or be reached
through a lecture. It is a perron
to person thing with no abso
lutes, no equations only, "This
is what I have discovered what
do you think of it?
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And it is here that the real
benefits of teaching in a univer
sity and, more important, of at
tending a university are to ba
found. Nothing much beyond
what can be written down can
be taught in a classroom. It is
only across a table, whether a
desk, in an office or a bioth
in the local coffee joint that
students can get an inkling of
what it is like to be a thinking
human being all of the time as
well as a good workman eight
hours day.
This is Just as important a
function of university life as the
books and parties and activities.
Taken from a life-long view
point, It is probably the most
valuable thing a university of
fers a student a chance to ex
change ideas with someone who
knows where he is.
From The Colorado Daily
Another College Paper
Gives Student Tax Plea
For some years students, par
ents, the National Student Asso
ciation, and employers h;ve been
complaining about the low $600
income tax exemption.
Students find the exemption
places a virtual $600 limit on
their yearly earnings. Employers
find that the exemption forces
students to quit their jobs in
order not to lose the exemption
for their parents. Parents are
forced to shoulder more than
their share of the financial bur
den of sending their children to
college, because the student is
compelled to place a ceiling on
his earnings.
Now both political parties have
proposed to rectify this situation.
The Republican - dominated
House Ways and Means commit
tee has tentatively passed a tax
bill which includes a proposal to
allow parents to claim as an ex
emption any student, as long as
they provide more than half of
his support. The student could
earn over $600 and still could be
claimed by his parents as a de
pendant. He would, however,
have to pay income tax on his
own income if it exceeded $600.
Senator Walter George I
Ga.) suggested a more liberal
plan. He recently promised to
fight for a proposal which would
raise the entire exemption to
$800 this year and to $1,000 next
year. His proposal would enable
the student to earn, tax-free.
$200 more this year and $40
more next year than previously
possible.
Besides these plans, several
bills have been introduced in
Congress pertaining to this prob
lem. Abraham Multer (D-NY)
has led the fight to allow par
ents to deduct all reasonable ex
penses for a college education.
Neither party has adopted this
plan, however.
Although George's proposal
would probably be the most
beneficial to the students, and
the most practical politically, any
one of the three plans would be
thoroughly welcomed by col
legians. Barring political maneuvers
and Congressional horse trading,
there may be a common sense
answer to the tax-tied student's
problem this year.
University
Bulletin Board
WEDNESDAY
Union Seminar "Reds in Latin
America," 4 p.m.. Faculty
Lounge, Union.
Pi Lambda Theta, Meeting, S
p.m., 316 Union.
Free Dance Lessens, 7 p.m..
Union Ballroom.
City Campus Religious Council.
6 p.m.. Parlor Z, Union.
Food Handlers Institute, 7:1a
p.m.. Room 108, Burnett.
THURSDAY
Vo-Ag Banquet, 6:30 p.m.. Un
ion Ballroom.
FRIDAY
Estes CarnivaL 8:30 to 10:30
p.m., Ag College Activities Build
ing. Palladiaa Society Meeting, 8:30
p.m.. Temporary J.
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