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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1954
EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Other Classes
" Each year some member of The Nebraskan
staff writes an editorial to and about the fresh
' men. Reviewing some of these editorials it was
noted that most of them either contained ad
vice as to what a new student at the Univer
sity may expect and how to cope with many
6f the problems which invariably face him, or
they describe, from an upper-classman's point
of view, the new student as he begins his new
and different life at this institute of higher
learning.
This editorial is not dedicated to freshmen,
their problems or their inexperience. For a
change; it is the upper-classmen to whom this
writing is directed.
The sophomore class is the lonely class of any
The Challenge
You freshmen have been the most talked
about, most talked to, most welcomed, most
helped and probably most confused group on
the campus for the past week. You have heard
kind words, directions, offers congratulations
and compliments for that same period.
During the hustle and speech making of the
-convocation held just for you last Monday even
, ing you heard quite another type of speech,
'though many of you probably did not recognize
it for what it was at the time you heard it.
If you will think back to that evening, a speech
by Chancellor Hardin was part of the program.
Though it was a short speech, without a great
deal of high powered verbal gymnastics it car
ried a challenge you v. ill have to dig and work
to meet. Remember when he said something
that went like, "I'm speaking to the 50 per cent
of you who won't be here four years from
now . . . ? Those few. words have probably been
lost in the hundreds you heard that same eve
ning and throughout the week that followed.
The truth is that 5'J per cent of you won't
make the grade. One-half of your class will -never
be graduated from the University. Your
classmates will drop out for a variety of rea
sons. Some because of financial difficulties,
some because of poor health, others because
they were just too lazy or indifferent to make a
go of college life.
It's a challenge that was given quietly with
out fanfare. It's a challenge you should meet
the same way. It wouid be worth a great deal
to all of you to take just a moment and make
an agreement with yourself to be one of the
50 per cent that is around four years from
now. T. VI'.
university. It's members are no longer the
center of attention. Advisors consider sopho
mores to be fully oriented to University academic
facilities. Sorority sisters and fraternity broth
ers, roommates and friends no longer hold the
sophomore's hand. No excuses are accepted
after one year in the University the sophomore
is expected to know the ropes. Yet there is a
degree of insecurity for a sophomore. His rec
ord as a freshman is all he has to go on. He
has no backlog of corrected mistakes as do
the junior and seniors. For the first few months
of every sophomore's year he flounders between
the position of truly belonging or on the fringe
of uncertain stragglers.
If one would ask what class at a University
is the most active, the most noticeable in ac
complishment in relation to its size, the logical
answer would be the junior class. Juniors seem
to have a will of their own. They are no longer
bound by under-class rating and with only one
class above them are not easily subdued by
senior superiority. Juniors are the most heard,
the most seen and the most secure of all the
classes. The inexperience of the freshmen is
behind them. The new-found security of the last
part of their sophomore year has caught hold
to spur them on to a prospective junior year.
The junior activity worker has a goal in sight
and for this goal he is willing to put in hours
of work. For the sorority or fraternity junior
with strong house interests there is also a goal
that of being selected an officer. For junior
athletes the chance of being outstanding, of
gaining respect, admiration and encouragement
of coach and fellow students fs close. For some
juniors another goal is foremost in their minds
and it is with those minds they seek to attain
that goal for Phi Beta Kappa is attainable.
In short the united goal of the junior class is
that of leadership in one of many fields.
The seniors are actually the products of fresh
man, sophomore and junior years. A senior has
either proved himself cr he has not. He has
either succeeded or failed or still another al
ternativehe is still trying to attain his own
particular goal. A senior may look with satis
faction or disappointment on his college career,
yet his evident feeling of security rests in his
seniority, age, number of familiar faces and
comfort in the knowledge that he has survived.
The senior looks down it is granted but not
down on freshmen, or sophomores or juniors.
The senior looks down in an effort to reconstruct
his own college career in hopes he may benefit
from that knowledge and experience to prepare
himself for the freshman he is to become again
upon graduation. J. H.
From Us To You
The first editorial of the year has been a
headache to the new editor of this (and other
college newspapers. "Give 'em hell," "Put some
teeth in it," and other even stronger words have
been among the admonitions given the new
editor by. his misty eyed predecessor. In most
cases, however, these other bits of wisdom get
lost in the shuffle while the new victim silts
through them, writes and re-writes and hopes
the resulting piece wil! be read.
This particular editorial has another purpose
There is no intent to '-Give 'em hell," or an
attempt at verbal dentistry. The purpose is one
of explanation.
The Nebraskan, like many other college and
commercial publications, is read in varying de
grees of thoroughness and intelligence by aa
even more varied reading public. This reading
public is a critical one, and The JCebraskan
would have little function if it were not. How
ever, much of the criticism of this paper has
come from students and faculty who object to
inaccuracies, errors or incomplete coverage.
Many readers have ccme to pay little or no
tttention to the campus newspaper because of
Afterthoughts
Iron Capacity Too? ,
The Soviet youth organ Kon-somolskaya
Pravda said recently too many young Russians
are drinking and acting rowdy.
It urged Komsomol members to see that
their comrades attend youth organization meet
ing instead.
"They drink and are rowdy, indulge in idle
talk, violate the social order, and the strangest
thing about it is, they often get away with it."
You're Kidding!
"The controversial art figure, Pjcasso. cays
be paints that way for entertainment." You
mean the girl with the three blue eyes doesn't
exist?
Old Haunts
An amusing pastime on the first d?y of classes
would Lave been that of standing orpine corner
cf Htb and S streets watching old-guard Uni
versity students saunter from classes towards
the site of Dirty Earls. Even more amusing
was the uniform reaction when reality hit
borne and the shell cf what was the campus
favorite coffee spot stared them uninvitingly
in .the face.
Political Do's And Dont's
la the last congressional campaign it was re
ported that one state representative got carried
away with himself campaigning for the Repub
lican nomination for Conrjress from Wyoming.
He wandered from one hay field to. another
banding out campaign literature. Finaily a
rancher tipped him of. Ke had crossed the
state line arid was soliciting votes in South
Dakota.
these serious faults. Not much can be accom
plished simply by stating the "status quo" ether
than to note The Nebraskan staff is well aware
of these faults and the attitudes jof persons who
might otherwise be readers but are not because
of them. ,
The Nebraskan staff realizes difference of
opinion between a newspaper and its reading
public is good if not allowed to swing too far
from any reasonable balance. The Nebraskan
staff also realizes that it is not a difference of
opinion that has brought many readers to the
disinterested stage so far as their campus news
paper was concerned. Recognizing a problem
is not, in itself, a solution. The Nebraskan staff
has taken a long, hard look at itself and has
determined to do the utmost to make certain
that inaccuracies and errors are kept out of
the news columns of th:s paper.
However, a college newspaper can be only as
effective, lively, interest in? and worthwhile as
its staff and news sources will allow. The
Nebraskan staff for this year is more than a
good one. Those who hold the paid staff posi
tions have had experience and training in then
work and a good reporter staif is on the job.
However, a good staff is not enough in itself
to jproduce the type of newspaper that you, the
student reader, is interested in reading.
The Nebraskan stall is quick to admit that
much of the fault for garbled information lies
directly with them. However, there are several
things this same group would like its news
sources to keep in mind during this year. First,
Nebraskan reporters are not professionals. They
are essentially trainees, persons gaining the
skills needed to advance in The Nebraskan or
ganization and perhaps in later life. Second,
they may have little or no knowledge of the
field in which you are so much at home. What
may seem quite clear end simple to you may
be a confusing mass of words and symbols to
others, particularly persons trying to put what
you have said into a clear, brief news story.
Third, The Nebraskan is preoccupied with pre
senting news. There is no effort by any member
of the staff to injure or ef.barraKs anyone. Com
plaints that The Nebraskan has "stabbed" an
individual often result because the person in
volved has not given the entire story. What
reporters are not told cannot be included in a
news story, which often results in bruised feel
ings for both reporter and news source.
The Nebraskan doe-, not ask students and
faculty to lead its reporting staff by the hand.
Reporters have been instructed t. to what they
are to do; however, they will be able to write
more polished, complete news if they have
received information from individuals who are
cooperative when interviewed.
The Nebraskan will continue its efforts to
bring the stjdents at this University the news
of what is happening or will happen here. The
Nebraskan will appreciate your cooperation
the results will make your effort worthwhile in
better reading this year, T. W.
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"If you want to improve your daily papers, why don't you drop
out of school for a few days?"
NU VIEWS
'Everyone Gung Ho'
Sgys Jr. Transfer
By WAR KEN BIRT
'Editor's Note: Nt ies is new
column appcarine in The Nthra!.kan wrii
len by Warren Burt, a iranviYr Mudent from
Princeton University. Bun is a Junior in
the College of Business Administration.)
Probably very few people will
read this column. On every col
lege campus this time of year,
some new student is asked to write
down a few impressions of his new
alma mater but who's interested
in what some newcomer thinks of
such familiar things?
Since the audience is probably
so small then, I think I'll be real
informal and forget technique.
Maybe the best way (o give a
true idea of my reaction to NU
is to include excerpts from a letter
to my former roommate at Prince
ton, where I spent the last three
years:
Dear Greg,
The thing about my new home
which is hardest to get used to
in a plesant wa3- is that there
aren't only men in the classes.
This is a co-ed campus, as you
know, and after a strictly men's
school, the new atmosphere is sure
stimulating. While wandering
around here the past two weeks,
I thought with sincere regret of
all you bachelors at old PU.
A bit more seriously, the people
and the kids out here are some
of the friendliest I've ever run
into. The town and the college
make you feci a part of them right
away. I thought that as an East
erner I might feel like an oddity
on display, but that's not the case
at all.
The institution of Rush Week is,
I think, something that should be
duplicated everywhere. After a
week of parties and constantly
meeting guys (not to mention free
meals, etc.), no one could feel
like a stranger, and you've got
a large bunch of buddies before
classes even begin.
I guess the thing I like best on
the campus is that there's so much
spirit for everything and any
thingfor the school, for your fra
ternity or sorority, for various an
nual affairs, etc. Most everyone's
Gung Ho for something, and that's
great!
So far as the city and campus
go. you couldn't want a nicer sit
uation. I remember when I
bitched out here early in the sum
mer, the fellow who brought me
from Omaha to Lincoln gave me
an hour pep-talk on what a clean,
pretty city Lincoln is, and it cer
tainly didn't disappoint me."
To NU and anyone who has read
this, I just "want to say that I'm
sure glad I'm here, and I'm look
ing forward to a really great year.
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Efficiency Plan Proposed
To Eliminate Time Wasting
By GLEXNA BERRY
Jd:U.' mrrte: Camion P-
Isim. Coed Caruon oolumnM. it a Junjor
w An arid Stitn:e.i
One of the first things the alert
new student will notice is the dis
gusting leisure, the appalling lazi
ness prevalent on all parts of the
campus. Sometimes there is even
as much as five minutes between
a Builders and an AUF meeting
which is usually wasted in having
a coke, or in other equally useless
and degrading diversions.
During one of those rare occa
sions when be was forced to wait
lor bis order at the Cjrn Crib,
an engineer friend of mine, Henry
Edison Morgan, computed the gi
gantic sum of man and woman
hours now waited in wailing that
could be devoted to desirable ac
complishments. With bis trusty
slide-rule, or tripod, or whatever
precise instruments -engineers
choose for such important calcu
lations, my friend devised a bril
liant scheme that should belp to
combat thin aste of lime.
At the beginning of his Plan, he
proposed tot use information gained
from the regular entrance exam
inations to determine what sort of
work each student could do best
during his leisure time. If this
information were tattooed on some
inconspicuous part of the student
'body Uhat is, the student's body),
the waiter at the Crib could
quickly uncover the tattoo, take
one glance, and hand the student
a slip with instructions for his
work during the time he waited
for bis food.
The artistic student could be
s-t to work finder painting original
designs on lb .Student L'nion
glasses. bile the more athlet
ically inclined could daih outside
and put parking tit'ets on the
cars that the police had overlooked
while performing their notable
service for University vehicle
owners.
The Plan could soon be ex
panded to cover the whole student
body, not just those waiting in
the Crib.
Morgan is considering carrying
this one project a step further, by
having members of the track team
carry these same bricks (sprint
ing, of course, with the dual pur
pose of saving time and also giv
ing the team additional training),
to the proposed location for the
new Student Health Center. Under
proposed supervision, he de
clares, the new Center would
spring up almost as fast as Ellen
Smith Hall could be razed. Ath
letes not interested in track could
use the bricks to practice discus
throwing cr shot-putting, and in
this way deliver the bricks to
their new location even faster.
Even the student whose only
ability is along scholastic lines
could benelit under the Plan.
While waiting for (his same liht
Ut change, be could obtain great
delight and benelit in memorizing
Nebraska counties and their li
cense numbers from a carefully
prepared list. This information
would be indispensable to him in
later life.
There are many other aspects
to this time-saving Plan which will
be disclosed periodically. The Plan
will undoubtedly prove a magnifi
cent success, for it completely
eliminates that despicable serpent,
leisure. As everyone knows, leis
ure breeds thought, and on this
industrious, progressive campus,
we can have none of that!
TODAY-THE
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It Seems To Me . . :
Texas Trip Reveals
'Bigs, Mosts' Faulty
By ELLIE ELLIOTT
Hjwdy, you-all. Ah spent a very
interestiu' summer overseas this
year . . .in the great Republic of
Texas, to be exact. And you-all
know, everything they say about
Texas is true. Texas has the most
land ... but there's nothing on it.
It has the biggest lakes . v . but
no water. It has more cattle . . .
but they're inedible, and have to
be fed in Nebraska.
Texas skies hold the biggest,
best, and most beautiful clouds
in the world . . . but it never rains.
Texas has more soil than any
other state; I know, because it
blows through our house every
day. It also has the biggest and
best-fed man-eating insects and
reptiles in the world. It's specialty
along these lines include the big
gest and hungriest grasshoppers
and crickets; and if you don't be
lieve that, come on over and take
a look at my clothes . . . what's
left of them. And the rabbits . . .
but you know rabbits.
They say that Texas girls are
the prettiest in the world; but
every year around the time of the
Miss America and Miss Universe
contests, Texas seceeds from the
union. Texans are the friendliest
people in the world: they greet
you with one hand on your back
in brotherly fashion . . . and the
other hand in your pocket.
Texas brags some of the big
gest army and air force bases in
the country. My dad is stationed
on a typical Texas air force base:
no airplanes. I hear that Texas
Is thinking of building a wall be
tween Texas and Mexico, and I
wonder: is the purpose of this wall
to keep the Mexican wetbacks out,
or to keep the Texans in?
Speaking of Texas schools, you-
all should see the eighth-grade
granduation ceremonies. Since
many of the youngsters complete
their education with the eighth
grade, they graduate in style . . .
and receive Cadillac convertibles
as graduation gifts. After the grad
uation exercises there is a mad
rush for the office of the local
justice of the peace. I guess Texas
men like to get their gals young
and bring 'em up right.
You-all may have read in ths
papers that Texas is trying to get
federal aid for the "greatest
drought in Texas' history." Well,
in case you're interested, every
year in Texas is, according to Tex
as, the hottest and driest in his
tory. The chambers of commerce
have solved this problem, how.
ever; they'll tell you in southern
Texas, "Well, it's not too wonder
ful here; in fact, it's pretty awful;
but go to northern Texas, it's really
beautiful there.". North Texans
say the same for the south, east for
west, and west for east.
The wise traveler, nature-lover,
sightseer, or what-have-yon, will
simply head for the border and
out; any border will do. It is very
simple to leave Texas. Merely pre
sent your passport, pass customs
inspection and keep saying over
and over in hearty, audible tones,
"Texas is the biggest and best
state, and Texans are the friend
liest little old people in the world."
Oh, yes, and drop a vote for Alan
Shivers and Frank Parr in the
box (o your right, there. ..."
And as the dust lifts and you
spy God's country once again be
fore your eyes, to your ears will
drift the last strains of the Texas
battle-cry: "You-all come back,
now ... real soon!"
Copped Copy
Any Joksters In The House?
For Real Success Read This
If someone else is telling the
joke, follow these rules:
As he tells the joke, lnterr-
i- ii. i
as mucn as possioie.
Correct his pronounclati
..Try to sidetrack him ea
(ellectual plane. Ask such ques
tions as, "What do jtm think tbe
economic Implications of traveling
salesmen are?
Refuse to laugh when he finishes.
Say that you heard it differently
and proceed to tell the whole tale
all over with one or two minor
changes.
Break Into laughter before yoa
give the punch line, since they
all know it already.
)Tki lta" b rrvrinlrd from ttw
feature itctioa of dw 1 1 LA Daily Bmia.t
Before telling the joke, ask if
"anyone has heard the joke end
ing..." and give the full punch
line, so that no one will be mis
taken what joke you are going to
tell.
Apologize in advance for the
joke.
Drag out the tale as long as
possible, introducing as many side
issues as possible. These side is
sues will add a little humor by
their incongruity and the audi
ence will laugh harder at the con
clusion . Give a dramatic pause just be
fore the punch line. Do not let
people who get up and leave the
room disturb you, although it is
best to give the punch line before
every one has left.
If possible, give the punch line
in a foreign language. This will
eliminate many who thought that
they knew the joke.
If it appears that everyone al
ready knows the joke, use the
punch line from another unre
lated gag.
In any case whisper the punch
line so that only those who care
enough to really listen attentively
will hear it.
LEARH TO FLY!
Save 50 by enrolling is a
Flying Club.
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For details contaot
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TURNPIKE
is pleased to announce they will hold your rally
dances this fall prior to the fall home football games.
We have secured the best territorial bands available
for your dancing pleasure.
Friday, Oct. 1
Bob Cclame end his fine orchestra
Dancing 8:30 - 12:00 p.m.
Admission $1.50 per couple
Saturday, Sept. 28
Main Band
Tbe romantic music of .
"Run Coriyle"
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