i : ...r..., , ..!;" "."",7" ' T..""T" " --r " 1 ! ;! 1 1 .., ..I -Ji it ft ii is ; y Li Ir! ft Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN Friday, May 14, 1954 EDITORIAL PAGE Local Battleground Freshmen enter and seniors graduate and the battle between the University and the HTcity of Lincoln continues. Like a prodding 2 mother anxious to see her child behave cor jectly so as not to shame her, Lincolnites '"""have created a breach between the Univer - sity and themselves which has raised in . dignant feelings on both sides of the fence. It would seem to one looking at the sit uation that because of Lincoln's political mindedness, due to its site as the state capital, the University has become a scapegoat for political maneuvering simply to give some Jocal or state politician a chance to criticize something so that his electors will think he is on the job. Politics are not foreign to many personages on famed "O" street. The University ath , letic department has felt it. The idea is held that the University is here simply to com pliment what Lincoln has to offer and ath letics have been viewed much the same as in 'old Roman times when spectators cared not ' what happened to the Christians in the arena, . just so they entertained them. The., Regents are not free to discuss Uni versity matters in private anymore. They have no right to choose a chancellor diplo matically so that outstanding men under con- . sideration might not lose their jobs or re ceive criticism from the respective Univer sities which they serve. But, the argument goes, the University is part of Lincoln and Lincolnites should know what goes on in their back yards. Worthy is the man who refuses Nebraska University's chancellorship for he will avoid the plague of educating " the local big-wigs in what is University busi ness and what is Lincoln business. 7"- The University is a state institution, not a Lincoln nursery, but what citizen in Lin coln does not shake his head questioningly when the University is mentioned. Lincoln ites have been well educated to believe Uni versity students incapable of anything but riots, dissatisfaction, drunkeness, reckless driving, stupidity and irresponsibility. Such things as donations to charity go unheralded; project groups helping Lincoln families are nonentities; contributions to Lin coln's business growth is unrecognized; and independence is both condoned and con demned when the former has to do with the glory of Lincoln and the latter has to do with the spirit of the University. Perhaps the people of Lincoln need to form a Parent-Teacher Association to keep tab on University administration. Or strike out the "parent" and insert those people in Lincoln who are perpetually shocked and in censed by all the goings on. Lincolnites are so high idealed yet they were in fevered concern that the Lincoln Air Base would not be reactivated. And more than likely the first time some University student and Air Force man disagrees Lin colnites will call for discipline of the Uni versity student. With a concentration of young people such as exisits at the University, it logically fol lows that the majority enjoy and participate in the same activities 'and ideas. Just as Lincoln adults enjoy the benefits of the Lin coln Symphony, or the Shrine parades, or the many conventions streaming in and out of local hotels, celebrating in their own way, so do University students have their own beneficial outlets. But the prestige attached to Lincoln functions is twisted when applied to the University. How surprised some Lincolnites would be if they knew how many times they con demned University students for a prank pulled by some of their own high schoolers. Even the Lincoln children know their par ents attitudes and habits. Call it political, call it narrow-mindedness. Whichever word is use. i the situation is the same and will continue as sueh until either a clean break can be made with the city of Lincoln or until co-operation from all sides is gained. If the latter is to happen per haps Lincoln will have to forfeit its un thinking one-sidedness. J. H. Invitation To Trouble Now the excitement and ashes resulting from the so called "panty raid" that pro duced, no female undergarments have cleared, University students, participants and non-participants, are waiting to see what is to happen. Thus far, there have been no definite statements of policy by the admin istration concerning the action to be taken in the water throwing or fire building that - went on Monday evening. Though there has been no definite state- ment from the administration, University - students might take careful note of what m Lincoln Mayor Clark Jeary had to say about the matter. That he was displeased is obvi T. ous, that he was right about the ways and means of handling the participants is a ques- tionable matter. , Mayor Jeary was completely correct when 'lie threatened court action on persons who Interfered with the fire and police depart ments. Such action can not be tolerated. ' However, the suggestion of prosecuting all .persons Identified in photos taken at the riot" is not right or just. By making the suggestion that all persons Identified be subject to disciplinary action, 'Mayor Jeary makes it clear that he con siders it an offense to even watch a group ,joi weak-minded, stupid, unthinking "stu "denti" show their stuff. A person would be "equally guilty to be among the throngs that gather when a prospective suicide stands on i-the ledge of a tall building. t Other of Mayor Jeary's suggestions would do little more than compound an already difficult situation. To suggest that University BOTC units be called out to quell a student riot" similar to last Monday's would be ridi culous. Even the most casual student of military tactics realizes that communication and organization of forces are of prime neces sity in effective military action, and it is military action that he suggests. Just how could the ROTC department call out their members in such short time as is allowed when something like Monday night's action takes place? Just how could ROTC cadets cope with a mob of persons, students or others without training, equipment, lim ited supplies and already over-loaded training schedules would make it impossible to obtain these two necessary elements. To call out the state national guard uld be equally silly? if not more dangerous. One can well imagine the effects of a clash be tween students and armed National Guard members. The Nebraskan feels that photograph could be used to good effect in breaking up a "riot." Rather than having a photographer taking indiscriminate pictures, including stu dent bystanders, have several stationed at the doors of the Women's Residence Halls, ready to record the entrance of the weak minded few who make the brave move to enter the Hall. These people are the ones that are the leaders, and the ones that de serve to be reprimanded. Mayor Jeary, like the University adminis tration and many students, is looking for a solution to the problem of student "riots" that end in damage and bad publicity for the University and City of Lincoln. For this he is to be commended; however, recommendations with "get tough" notations are nothing more than invitations for far greater damage and possible serious Injury to those Involved. T.W. Margin Notes Bubble Bath Modern science has done many things with Grandma's old fashioned laundry soap, but this story rates with the best of modern wonders. Many rivers are now becoming polluted with detergent residues from soap factories. In some cases, these heavily charged wa ters reach city filtration plants downstream, turning them Into gushing bubble baths. "This creates a terrible problem," one city engineer said. The sentence sums up very briefly many of th "soap wonders" of the age. Maybe This Time As a rule, baseball clubs are noted for their drive, spirit and push to get on top. Every one in a while, though, a team comes along that just has trouble making the grade. The St. Louis Browns were that type of team. This season, the team moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. Fittingly enough, but still not helping the league standings, the offices of the Orioles are on Eager Street. Wise Words "Don't do what I do, do what I say!" These were probably the sentiments of Con Dempsey, former Pittsburgh Pirate and San Francisco Seal hurler, when he told his junior high school physical education class: "Knowing how to jump and how to fall is important." Then he stepped back, tripped over a mat, fell and broke his arm. Just Plump? Take heed ye who fall in the ranks of the obese. Statistics rank obesity as America's No. 1 health problem. Lean people live longer than those who are fat; they are less likely to suffer from heart trouble and the other degenerative diseases. The obsse have fat "pads" throughout the body. In a normal person's body there is about 20 per cent fat; in the obese there can be as much as 60 per cent. ' JIisl Vkbha&Jicuh FTFTT-TXnfcD ST AS Members Associated Collegiate Press Advertising representative! 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"No, not tonight, Professor Snarf has been tempermental, sullen, cynical, nasty, an in a bad mood all day, so he thought He'd better take advantage of it and grade papers this evening." On The Light Side if Loose Ends By JOYCE JOHNSON I'm sure no one will dispute that this past week has been one of the "splashiest" on campus. Ivy Day proved to be beauti ful and clear after the two sen ior honoraries spent the week preceeding it visualizing them selves wading through mounds of snow to select their succes sors. The excitement of Saturday's festivities also climaxed a year long search for a chancellor. Thus, the appointment of Dr. Hardin closed a year of reorgan ization and numerous adminis trative changes. And it appeared everyone was satisfied, that once again we were one big happy University family. Then suddenly,, bango, the lid blew off. Good old Mother Nature pro vided the climate, and the stu dents did the rest. Although the spring "airing" Monday night was as enthusias tic and spirited as the campus has sen for some time, its reper cussions will probably never be as twisted and internationally publicized as the panty raid of two years back. Life magazine and papers all over the country made much ado of the frolic. Even Nebraska citizens traveling abroad were confronted with gasps of "What went on at NU?" We were even pictured by some outsiders as cohorts of the Commies staging our own little May Day riots. It was a riot all right! ! ! Everyone seems to have a good time verbally spanking the stu dents after each one of these ep isodes. Whatever the psycholo gists, publicists and politicians proclam to be the truth behind the scene, the symptoms will un doubtedly show themselves again. As sure as the lilacs will bloom annually in Lincoln the "giggling girls and bellering boys" will again let their enthusiasm soar at a fever pitch. Why can't someone come up with a novel and gala spring event that would please and en tertain the campus7 It's true "College Days" went out the window after one experiment, but CU Days at Colorado will never die. Why? Because those students have an opportunity to express themselves in an exu berant manner. It would be nice to turn our backs on each one of these in cidents and mousely exclaim, "Why don't you grow up you naughty little kids," but as a new crop of students appears each year so does a new out cropping of rash and brash ideas. There are be kind to dogs, wa ter moccasins and amnesia vic tims weeks. There are also Red Cross and AUF drives. But what about our own drives? We are all trying to live together in one small area, and sometimes the study deadlines, extracurricular requirements and social obliga tions create a cooped up, explo sive situation. Following the riot students seemed to enjoy the street dance that was brought about by the quick thinking musicians of one fraternity. Why can't there be a week set aside each year at the end of the semester in which a street is roped off and "every-one-ls-invited" evening dances and an atmosphere of friendly mixing the provided? I'm sure our University public relations department would sigh with relief. What -about an "NU DAZE" trial? Two On The Aisle Tragedy Of Film 'Caesar' Destroyed By Anthony By DICK RALSTON The coming weekend seems quite barren of good movies . . . with the notable exception of "Julius Caesar," which began its second week at the Nebraska Thursday. "Julius Caesar" is undoubtedly not Shakespeare's greatest trag edy, but it does have an appeal to modern readers that most of the tragedies do not. The story of the death of the Roman Em pire's greatest figure is suffi ciently romantic to satisfy mod ern audiences where some of his greater tragedies would fail. "Julius Caesar" is also probably more quoted than any of the others. Hence, even though it is not the greatest, it is probably the best to present on the screen. MGM Is faithful to the original Shakenpearean script In its pres entation of "Julius Caesar" with but one significant exception: the character of Mark Anthony. In the original play, Anthony seems to be an honorable man who takes upon himself aveng ance of Caesar's death.' And therein lies the tragedy of the play: both Anthony and Brutus loving Caesar, Brutus seeking his death for the good of the empire, but Anthony not being able to see beyond his death and taking it upon himself to avenge It. But the movie perverts the character of Anthony into a schemer who sees an opportunity for power in the death of Caesar, and whose motive in vengance seems to be more to destroy his opposition rather than to avenge the assassination. This effect University Bulletin Board FRIDAY Masquers' Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Hotel. NUCWA Interviews, 2 to 4 p.m. Pallid Ian Society, 8:30 p.m., Temporary J. NU Meats Laboratory Dedica tion, all day, Ag campus. SATURDAY University Agronomy C I ub 11:30 p.m., Ag Auditorium. Crop-Judglntr Contest, 8:30 to SUNDAY Phi Mu Alpha SlnfonU Con cert, 4 p.m., Union Ballroom. may be due only to the casting of Marlon Brando in the part of Anthony. Brando has never looked and acted like an "hon orable" man. However, it seems more likely that this was the effect director Joseph Mankiewitz wanted. An thony is played with a sneerlm? smirking expression all through the movie. And during Anthony's funeral speech, he is shown as deliberately playing on the sym pathies of the crowd rather than being righteously indignant over the assassination. This seems to be to destroy the tragic theme of the story. For the end of Brutus Is then brought about by an ambitious schemer rather than by a right eous avenger. This portrayal of Anthony seems ridiculously Incon sistent when In Anthony's final speech, he refers to Brutus: "This was the noblest Roman of them all, sll the conspirators, save only he, did that they did In envy of the great Caesar." Other than Brando as Anthony, I can see no quarrel with char acterizations. The list of Holly wood "heavies" appearing in the movie gives some indication of the quality of acting throughout: Louis Calhern as Caesar, James Mason as Brutus, John Glelgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Greer Garson as Calpur nia and Deborah Kerr as Portia. Of the group, John Glelgud turns in the superior, perform ance as Cassius with Mason as Brutus running htm a close sec ond. ' One other thing worth noting. The use of music In the movie seemed inconsistent. Of course, when Caesar passed through the streets and when armies were on the march, drums and trump ets swung into trite "Quo Vadls" and "The Robe" type fanfares. But music was used so infre quently during the movie that when it was occasionally used for background it seemed only a distraction. In spite of what I consider ob vious shortcomings, I think the movie was good. However, I think a knowledge of the original Shakespearean play would be a prerequisite for enjoying the movie. It Is especially Interest ing to compare your Interpreta tion of the characters with the interpretation of Hollywood. By BILL DEVRIES The guy that said, "People are funnier than anybody" certainly knew what he was talking about. On the world scene we see the never-ending truth in this scate m&nt as history keeps recording wars and wars and more wars which have been started, fought, and ended by people yet which have accomplished little. We pick up a New York news paper and read where somebody has stepped out of the darkness in Central Park and stabbed somebody he didn't even know. We continue to read, and see tl at things look bad in Indo-China, that Senator McCarthy has found a surprise witness, that juvenile delinquency has in creased 20 per cent since the War, that traffic deaths are up over last year at this time, and that some movie star. is sucing her eighth husband for divorce because she has suffered "severe mental anguish." And so it goes.' We put down the paper, jigh, and say, "Well, that's just human nature." Sounds pessimistic, doesn't it? Well, fear not, gentle reader, for things are not as br-i as they seem. Perhaps the forces for good will yet overcome the forces for evil. However, it is one thing to be aware of a prob lem and quite another to do something about it. It has been said time and time again that legislation for good doesn't necessarily make people good. Prohibition proved this. And when Chicago decided to solve the slum problem by build, ing modern low rent housing k districts, solid Chicagoam learned a bitter lesson about human beings: people just don't change their living habits over, night because of new surround, ings. . The answer of course lies in education. The next truism that follows quite naturally is that if the leaders are poor, the follow ers are going to be poorer. When we apply this to a university we see that in a university we have a select group of young people of some ability seeking an educa tion. Because these people as university graduates, will nave received training and intellectual attainment superior to that of the masses, they will necessarily fall into places of responsibility which are superior to those of4 the masses. a Therefore is it out of place for Us to take stock of ourselves and ask ourselves if our leader ship is in the right direction? Should we not seek to ade quately prepare ourselves for tha ' positions of responsibility which await us? If we are aware of the problems of man should we not use our ability to solve them? Archibald McLeash has said, "Only those who know what a man can be at his best in his arts, in his ideas, in his realisa tion are capable of. valuing freedom. And only those who are capable of valuing freedom are likely to defend it." Are we headed in the right direction? Letterip Religion Debaters Told To 'Shut Up'; ATO's Offer Ivy Day Sing Solution can probably never be proven scientifically, pro or con? To make a long story short, why don't you guys shut up? Probably both of you are sincere and mean well, but from where I sit, your disagreement sounds like a cat and dog fight. And now, while you gentlemen hurl viscious verbages at me, I shall climb back into my ivory tower and, with an air of de tached superiority, ignore your petty remarks. Nothing you say can hurt me. After all, I hardly ever get to read the "Rag," any. way. Paul Bliss To Mr. F. Jay Pepper and Mr. James G. Elhngson On those rare occasions when I obtain a copy of The Nebras kan, I read the Letterip. In each issue which I have obtained this semester, there has been a letter written by one or the other of you in which the writer vehe mently supports or derides re ligion with tactics somewhat akin to political mudslinging. a Now, gentlemen, since I "very seldom get The Nebraskan, I can not keep up to date with your arguments. I do not know what started your fight nor exactly what you are righting about. But I love a fight, be it fist or other wise, and, because of this weak ness, I must get in one punch. I shall make only one punch, and, though you gentlemen curse, belittle, deride, and de fame me, I shall retain my in tellectual dignity ahJ refrain from making silly charges and counter-charges after this one letter. First of all, let me Introduce myself. I am a minister's son and a member of one of the more conservative church groups. I do not believe in fanataclsm nor in weak-kneed liberalism. As a physics major I have a sol emn privilege, yes, even a duty, to hold some odd ideas and cus toms. Although I do not ride a bicycle (Joke for the engineers), I do bold some Individualistic ideas, some of which I shall now publish for your edification. In the first place, the man who defends religion, and espe cially the Bible, in this age of skepticism and unbelief, is the bravest of men. As some absent minded Prof once said, the fear of public disapproval is one of the most powerful influences on human behavior that is known to man. Mr. Ellingson ' should be commended for his brave stand in defense of something which his public generally holds In con tempt. a a In the second place, there are, In every college, pedants who think that they are heroes if they become modern Da Vinci's and Gallileo's and carry the torch for some radical or new theories which, they think, will break man free from the shackles of religion and other "unsclentifie superstition." a a In the third place, what future is there in arguing religion? You, Mr. Ellingson, will probably ac cept an argument based on the Bible. Therefore, I remind you that the Bible repeatedly says that man can only "sow the seed," and that the rest is up to the Holy Spirit. Religion is a matter of faith and trust, not of knowledge based on logic. There fore, why argue religion? Your logic CHnnot convince anyone. You and I know we are right, but we cannot convince others by arguing. Since you, Mr. Pepper, prob ably do not sccept the Bible any way (so I assume from your let ters), one need not use Biblical quotations against your argu ments. Despite your own seem-' ingly embittered convictions, you probably will not convince any one else of your stand. Now that you do not have many companions in your delu sions, for indeed, you have. But you probably will not convince anyone who is not already of your opinion. After all, religion is not illogical. Just because the Bible says some things which man cannot understand does not mean that they are not logical. a Man's logic has not yet reached its peak. There is yet much work to be done. And he who says that presently accepted methods of logic are the only acceDtable methods is not being very broad- r , lnfBPH1.lloB ,, , minded. Just because you your- vltkkans administration ' self do not believe that the Bible is true, why raise a stench try ing to prove something which 'Solution' Dear Editor: Since when do one, two or three wrongs make a whole mess right? Evidently it happened when Kos met Klub decided to start passing the Ivy Day sing cups around as though the real contest was to be who can work the totals over to get It next. Maybe there will ba another cup put in the pile to go to the house that is able to get one the most number of times in one year. Nevertheless, Alpha Tau Omega would like to see the rat race ter minated, not recessed while the sponsors go out for more cups and confessions of past wrongs. Here's our criticism As the re sults stand today, Phi Chi holds the winning cup although they were illegally entered in the competi tion. The DU's hold second place (a real advance since they were scratched from the winners of Ivy Day) and the Phi Gams have to share a third place cup with the Delts who illegally entered a medley, but were extended a 'legal-violation since they had worked so hard be fore the proper word was given to them in person by a members of the sponsors. It was a very humanitarian act on the part of the sponsor remem ber the 'member' did represent the sponsor but isn't there an old phrase entitled "Ignorance of the law is no excuse?" Now for a solution and it's ob vious that a solution Is in order. First place to the DUs because they deserved It over all the legal entries. Second place to the Phi Gams and third to whichever or ganization legally entered that compiled the third highest number of points, guesses or whatever the tabulation consisted of. We understand that this is the method that would have been thought to have been used by all that entered this year. Why not use it and play the game of "Who Really Gets To Keep The Cup?" next year and forwarn the entrants ahead of time. Bill Weber, Alpha Tau Omega president Y . PERMITTED THEIR Ol TECM LIFE INUANCET&IAPS3 BV NOT" PAYING PREMIUMS WUEN DUE MAY ttiNSTXtl TUB POLICIES GEfDSETUe TECM PECIOD ENDS t