Friday, October 15, 1954
Page 2
Lincoln, Nebraska
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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"What time are you leavinj for Colorado?"
bas become one of the standard questions over
coffee durir-g the last few days. Most of the
answers to the query have placed the time for
the exodus during the a.m. hours ct Friday. Of
course, there is one difficulty arising from the
estimated time of departure in that classes
meet, lectures are given and tests are supposed
to be takenColorado or no Colorado.
Ia the past, aud apparently the present, it
bas always been assumed that classes will go
on regardless of migrations, floods, snow and. or
other acts of God. Students have preoccupied
themselves with formulations of air-tight excuses
and emotional appeals to beat the system. These
efforts are generally intensified when tests are
scheduled on the departure day, and reach the
white-hot stage when the scheduled test has
been missed and the big weekend is over. Out
cf all this cumulative effort, it seems odd that
no bright student has taken the direct route to
answering the problem of classes and intended
travel.
The direct route is that seldom traveled path
to the administration building and the offices of
the men who set up the University calendar of
classes and other University events. A tele
phone conversation with Dean of Student Affairs
J. Php Colbert turned up several interesting
facts concerning class and migrations.
First, (wonder of wonders) classes can be
officially canceled. It is not always necessary
to cut theai. This may come as a shock to many
students, but the University administration is
more than willing to listen to reasonable requests
for declaring holidays from classes. Not that
a'! requests for holidays are granted, but are
considered carefully. Actually, the administra
tion tries to make the life of the student a
happy one and is receptive to suggestions to
make it even more happy.
For those w ho doubt this statement, an appeal
submitted by several Etudent organizations re
questing that Saturday morning classes sched
uled for Nov. 13 be cancelled was approved
by the Faculty Senate,
Second, a request for a holiday or concellation
of classes for a day Is considered as a request
for a change in the University Calendar and
roust be considered by and legislated upon by
the Faculty Senate. In general, student requests
of this type should ba submitted to the Univer
sity administrative offices rather than to the
Senate.
An example of the procedure to be followed
in order to have classes on any certain day
cancelled is the appeal for a Saturday holiday
from morning classes, recently approved by the
Senate. The Student Council with several other
organizations submitted a request for the holiday
with Dean Colbert, who presented the idea to
the Chancellor's Administrative Council (a group
composed of administrative officials and the
Deans of the Colleges). This group recom
mended the request be granted. Dean Colbert,
with the recommendation, made a motion on the
floor of the Faculty Senate that the holiday be
granted. After seme discussion the motion was
passed. Rather than cutting class and inventing
excuses for doing so, students can devote their
full time and interests to being hosts to return
ing alumni on Homecoming Day.
Of course, not every request for a holiday has
been or wtfl be granted, but there is a chance
such a plea might be approved. Dean Colbert,
in the same telephone interview, noted that
there had been no student request for dismissal
of Friday classes because of the Colorado game.
It is now too late to follow the official channels
since the Faculty Senate will not be in session
until after the big weekend is over.
It would be more than worthwhile for some
student to do his classmates a favor by getting
together a petition to have classes dismissed
before some big occasion like a migration and
present it to Dean Colbert. If the individual
were sole to present his case well enough to
enlist the Dean's aid in getting the petition
passed by the Faculty Senate, he would be
doing students and faculty a favor by saving
students guilty consciences and professors from
long winded sob stories and empty lecture
seats T. W.
for 7ie Political Nursery
Nixon, Dixon and Yates one night
Sailed off on a campaign spree.
Over the nation they took their fight
For the rights of the AEC.
To Dixon and Yates, so the story is told,
Was Granted a contract to build
A dam costing 100 million (in gold)
To furnish ir.ore power, it was willed.
But Dixon and Yates are just like you and me,
Private businessmen, able and true.
They'll do the job for a suitable fee.
Pont be shocked, this is nothing new.
The Democrats say this is not at all right
For the government sponsors the deaL
With TV A power increases ia sight
It should bear the U. S. Treasury seal. '
But Republicans staunchly refuse to believe
The Democrats' "socialist' cry.
By this contract they seek, in event, to relieve
The federal expenses so high.
GOP Administration requests have been made
To O.K. the construction at once
To eliminate any committee delay
Which would mean a wait of three months.
But as is the custom in Congressional realms
"A debate, a debate" is the cry
By the Democrats who openly covet he helm
As November elections draw nigh.
The whole contract fuss wes dumped in the lap
of Nixon, the second most high,
And a state rr. eft of warning came as a rap
Against rumors which started to fly.
"It's an anti-Dee faction, outside the fold,
Creating the stir," he announced
"The AEC plans were last year foretold;"
And the 'secrecy' charge he denounced.
Now what is to come of Dixon and Yates
Seems only a matter of time
But now that the Demos have called for debates
It's risky for the Republicans to decline.
So Nixon, Dixon and Yates, it's feared
Must wait for a Congressional "yes,"
And hope the campaign can yet be geared
To result in a Republican finesse. J. H.
The Closed Gap
World power has always been cast in fluid
form. Ia the record of history it has always
Cowed from one area to another; fluctuating
with astonishing rapidity, and moving stealthily
ahead before public opinion can ever catch up
with it.
And in these times since the second World
War the ebb and flow of power has been steadily
flowing away from the United States. It is now
time for the American public to pause and re
examine the position of the United States on
the screen of recent political currents and
atomic developments.
When John Foster Dulles took over the con
trols of the Department of State the United
States stood unquestionably at the helm of
military dominance in the world. Its leadership
in the atomic ensemble had been threatened
by the acquisition of a Soviet A-bomb, but still
the valid possibility remained that the Russian
atomic production machine was nowhere geared
with the precision and magnitude of its Ameri
can counterpart.
Certainly in the winter of 1932 the United
States could strike a damaging blow at the
Soviet Union with comparative immunity from
retaliation. And certainly at the time in 1950
when General MacArthur wanted to march to
the Yalu the United States possessed the mili
tary forte to deliver vastly more destructive
power overseas than it would have had to
sustain ia retaliation.
Thus, Dulles 's foreign policy could be geared
realistically to a "curtain-lifting" policy in
which it would have been militarily and politic
ally tenable to speak about "ultimatums," pre
ventive war, showdowns, etc. Such theoretical
speculation at that quarter in the game was
completely feasible and the United States could
physically have driven the atomic wedge home
with relative immunity from the inevitable re
taliation of primitive Soviet atomic implements.
Today nothing remains of that early Dulles
tenure except a hollow echo now and then on the
political horizon. Through the summer, how
aver, many newspapers discussed world affairs
with the assumption that the United States con
tinues to hold the lead in brute military-physical
resources.
But now statesmen have been quietly quiver
ing their verbal arrows, newsmen have been
diluting "war" from their editorials, and col
umnists employ their literary tongue less sen
sationally on preventive war and ultimatums
and more vigorously on defense. Washington
is beginning to realize that public opinion is
still far from gras ping the cold, hard fact that
the decisive position held by the United States
from Hiroshima on has evaporated and is un
likely to again coalesce.
Not only did the Soviet Union acquire the
lithium-type hydrogen bomb earlier than the
"United States, but it seems to have closed
the gap in the development of transcontinental
bombers capable of delivering such bombs and
returning to home base. In other words Moscow
appears to possess the capacity which in 1953
we used in our modulated "curtain-lifting"
policy. The Soviet Union can do to us what
we can do to them.
Thus, two huge, glaring giants poised over a
chasm, point a loaded gun in each other's ribs.
Neither will pull the trigger for some time
to come. B. B.
Afterthoughts
Big Ideas
While walking through the Selleck Quadrangle
several coeds noticed a large sign posted on
the inside of a second story window reading:
Roommate Wanted Women Only!
Hazef A He? Never!
Some people are disappointed with the names
the U. S. weather bureau tacks on current
hurricanes off the coast of Florida. It seems
they want to name the next hurricane after a
man for example Algernon or Throckmorton.
The inevitable male ego.
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NU Views
Pro, Con And Underlying
Form Sides To Question
By WARREN BIRT
It might be worthwhile to pause
in our daily routine or dailv dis
organuation, which ever it is
to consider just why we are
here at NU. It might. It might
also be boring, especially if we
got started on the topic of edu
cation. We are here for that,
but also for something just as
important to us learning and prac
ticing how to think and discuss
current issues.
Competition for TOWOC
"Topic of the Week oa
Campus' is running pretty
hotly these days between "tactics
of ALT" and something a bit
closer to our stomachs, the state
ment of drinking policy.
Perhaps our stomach is a bit
more commanding, but to most,
the pocketbook is pretty impor
tant too. Consequently, the de
sire in most students to exert
their capacity for dispute and ar
gument has had plenty of exer
cise. This is common and natural with
a majority of people and on every
campus whenever any point of
possible dissension comes up. We're
engaged ia educating ourselves to
think and contribute effectively to,
any group we may be a part of;
what better practice than sounding
ff on some point of argument?
It might be advantagous, how
ever, to restrain ourselves a bit
in this exercise. In Logic they
teach that the main point is often
obscured by a smoke screen of
emotionally charged, irrelevant de
tails. These are also used to di
vert thought from the underlying
principles, which may be errone
ous. This aspect of discussion may
also work against basically sound
and desirable principles, however.
A small point may be blown into
entirely disproportior.al size.
But, you may say, the editorial
page of a newspaper often gets
excited about only one part of a
question. True. It is the business
of the editorial page to transmit
to its readers food for thought,
argument and conjecture. It also
serves as a sounding-board and
reflection of campus opinion. In
this way it offers a service to
the school, and contributes to in
tellectual development, the pri
mary purpose of college.
Let's all remember, however, -to
look carefully at the real facts
aAd ideas underlying the food for
any dispute; and that, although
we shout and rave about ALT
or drinking or any other "hot"
topic, there may be sound policies
behind the actions taken or opin
ions expressed. Let's at least give
careful consideration to an issue
before plunging deeply into it.
By TOM WOODWARD
Editor
The physical gyrations of an
overly-athletic call boy shattered
t h e beautiful illusion as the
speaker was concluding his ad
dress: . . and I take particu
lar pleasure in awarding this
medal of distinction for outstand
ing Courage in the face of great
odds. . . ."
"Wake up, ya fat slob ya
signed the call sheet and ya got
ta gota class," he screamed, hit
ting me with f. slide rule he"s
an engineer). With only ten min
utes to prepare far the day, the
walk to the Soc buildL-g around
the bull dozers, thrccga pes of
dirt and board bridges over the
goo seemed keg isieed; how
ever, the dxc to S.va 1K
loomed ahead with three seconds ,
to spare.
On the door was a small, neatly
lettered white card. "Mr. Whosie
will not be here today." I cursed;
a young lady standing nearby un
hitched her slide rule from her
belt and hit me she was an en
gineer too.
"Ah-h, what to do. Here it is,
the shank of the morning (three
seconds after 9 a.m.) and no
class, and I got up and came all
the way over here and Whosie
doesnt show." I cursed again
but ducked in time she was slow
in unlimbering her slide rule the
case caught Li her beads. Now
is the time for coffee, BREAK
FAST!!! "No," I thought, "only
non-studiers drink coffee I shall
go to the library and work I
shall do the outside reading for
Dr. Whatsie and History Z."
On arriving at the library en
trance, one of the doors (the one
I wanted to use) was locked, just
why no one could say, but the
others were open. I went to the
card catalogues and began look
ing up the call numbers of the
books Dr. Whatsie had assigned.
It was now 10:20 a.m., but still
full of pep and energy though
without that, extra lift BREAK
FAST brings, I bounded up to the
reserve desk. Another young lady
took the limp cards I handed her
and pawed through a mound of
books; "These books are on over
night reserve; we only have two
hour reserve books up here;
check at the main loan desk."
I started out of the room it
was now 10:25 a.m. Just out of
the door. I noted a large sign
saying "Fire Escape" with stairs
leading down. "These would ba
easier to take than walking clear
around to the main stairs," I
thought and tried to open the
door. It was locked. Evidently
they have a man who opens thv.a
when the fire starts.
Back in Humanities: "You re.
member the books I asked you
about 20 minutes ago?" I asked.
"No," she said. "Well, I can't
find them," I saii. "They're ca
reserve," she said. "But they
said they were in the stacks, and
then she said they weren't, so I
came back," I carefully ex.
plained. "I see," she smiled, "they
must not be checked in yet; go
down to the main loan desk and
see if they're in." "No," I said,
"I will not go back down to that
place; besides, the fire escape is
locked." She hit me with the
typewriter I had forgotten to
watch her feet.
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