Wednesday, November 10, 1954
Page 1
Lincoln, Nebraska
Editorial Comment
What Is Our Drinking Policy'!
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Interest, or more aptly, the lack of interest in
the 1954 Homecoming Dance has come to the
fore cn the University scene. This year, backers
of the Dance have been faced with a double
problem that of working up the usually indif
ferent student attitude toward the occasion and
that of out-competing another dance sponsoring
agency, the Mallard Society. For a good pic
ture of just what will or will not happen Satur
day evening on or off the University campus, a
look at the events leading up to the present
situation is in order.
Nearly a month ago, a motion was made in
a meeting of the All University Party (the Fac
tion) that the group sponsor a dance on the
same evening of the annual Homecoming affair.
The dance was to be held at King's Ballroom,
a place more conducive to a "good" party. The
motion was defeated soundly, though reticently,
by the Faction. The reasons for the defeat were:
1. Too many fraternity member Corn Cob work
ers would fail to make sales of tickets (an im
portan part of the work required for active
membership in the organization) should fra
ternities boycott the dance. 2. There was al
ways some danger of University administrative
action "to make it rough on the houses."
The plan for an off-campus dance on Satur
day did not die with the defeated motion. An
other group of persons (the Mallard Society)
decided to sponsor the dance on their own and
began selling their tickets in fraternity houses.
To date their sales have netted some 100 takers
and salesmen are confident the number will
go even higher.
Naturally, the prospect of an off -campus dance
has caused considerable consternation in the
ranks of the Corn Cobs and Tassels, organiza
tions sponsoring the Ho. 'ecoming Dance. A
mass exodus to the off-campus dance would
make their party a failure financially certainly
an important consideration, and a small crowd
at this Homecoming Dance would be more than
discouraging to the organizations which have
worked so hard to put this function over.
To date, Corn Cobs and Tassels have done
everything short of homicide to stop the off
campus Mallard Society dance. They have in
creased pressure on their workprs to sell tick
ets; they have approached the University ad
ministration apparently with the hooe of having
the men in Administration Hall do something
to stop the movement to the King's Ballroom,
and they have done their best to find the who's
who involved in the too well-known Mallard
Society. These efforts have accomplished ap
proximately nothing.
Ticket sales for the Homecoming Dance are
far behind schedule; workers have had little
success in making their sales, and the adminis
tration has refused to bring pressure to have
the party cancelled.
Obviously, this situation leaves two of the
top service organizations on the campus
dangling. The Administration supposedly favors
organizations of this type. It has come out
strongly in the past few weeks with an anti
drinking policy. Yet, the Mallard Society is
operating sucessfully with a project which will
definitely hurt Corn Cobs and Tassels and is
gaining a great deal of its popularity because
drinking can and will go on at die Mallard and
not the Homecoming Dance. However, Univer
sity Administrative officials say they have no't
and do not intend to do anything to have the
Mallard Society party stopped.
This is the ultimate in inconsistency.
Why is the Administration saying to students:
"Don't drink," and then sitting back to watch a
party which has its major attraction in bottled
form take place without taking definite action
to stop it? It seems very probable that our
Administration realizes students want and will
drink. What exactly is the University drinking
policy? We'd all like to know. Or if the state
ment carried earlier this year in The Ne
braskan's news columns is the real McCoy,
why isn't it being enforced? T. W.
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR
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Letterip
Moral Or Legal
Dear Editor:
This letter is in reply to Mr.
Guy Cooper's letter in the No
vember 3 edition of The Nebras
kan. By this time Mr. Cooper must
have read, "When Philosophies
Collide." Maybe Mr. . Cooper
would care to define what he con
siders the gradient between moral
and legal recognition of the Chin
ese Red Government. Does one
really overshadow the other or
are they the same?
I admit that we must do some
thing about the problem, but I
don't believe that engratiating
ourselves with subversive ele
ments would, even though legal,
be morally proper. Perhaps my
ignorance will show when I say
that I know of no government in
history that has been corrupt and
survived for long.
Mr. Cooper must recognize that
Russian tactics involve infiltra
tion. We must not regress to this
base way of indoctrination. Fur
thermore, the Russians have the
definite edge they are unscrup
ulous. By unifying Germany or China,
Mi. Cooper overlooks the fact
that: Nations that have hungry
peoples, when united make
stronger enemies because these
people act as ordered, and it must
net be forgotten that their leaders
are Communist. Extreme nation
alism leads to youth armies and
the like. These we most certainly
do not sanction. Further unifica
tion leads to citizens' armies
headed by central committees of
Communists. Maybe Mr. Cooper
is not aware that the majority
of "cannon fodder" of the Com
munists in Korea and elsewhere
were practically children. I have
not forgotten.
The philosophy of a Commun
ist is not as easily changed as
that of our more "liberal ele
ment." By this statement I do
not in any way intend to imply
that Mr. Cooper is "Pink." He
is like many other intellectuals of
our times, quite mixed up, or
maybe he wants to be different,
(i.e. If everyone on the campus
plays bagpipes, Mr. Cooper must
play a saxophone. You see, it's
novel.) I do say this, however,
this question is like walking
through a field packed with shoe
mines.
Franklin Sogandarcs-Bernal
Pittsburg, Then Oklahoma
Dear Editor:
The some l.r00 Nebraska fans
that journeyed t o Lawrence,
Kansas last Saturday saw a dem
onstration of school spirit and
loyalty that every Nebraskan can
take a lesson from. The spirit that
the Jayhawk rooters displayed
was amazing to me. In the midst
of a "grubbing" their football
team was taking not once did they
let down in the inspiration of
their team, and to climax the
whole display, they lifted their
defeated coach on their shoul
ders and carried him off the field.
It was this display of enthusiasm
and utter confidence in their coach
and team, right or wrong, that we
Nebraskans can take a lesson from
our neighbors to the south. Not
once did the Kansas fans voice
disapproval of the way Coach
Mather and his men were con
ducting the play and handling the
situation.
I think we Nebraskans, students
and alumni, should be equally as
proud of our Cornhuskers and
Coach Glassford. We have a win
ning team but they need the sup
port of everyone of us and not
the audible manifestations that
we heard from the stands when
the going is rough. Coach Glass
ford has done a splendid job with
our team this year, and has dis
played h i s intestinal fortitude
when the chips were down and
we ought to be proud of him. Our
players have displayed theirs,
likewise, by wanting to win for
Nebraska, and most of all, doing
it. Our loyalty to our team and
to Coach Glasstord, right or
wrong, may very well spell the
difference between winning and
losing the next two very impor
tant games, namely Pittsburgh
and Oklahoma.
The old adage is "Where there is
a will there is a way." Starting
tomorrow our cry should be,
"Next Pittsburgh, then Oklaho
ma." It is my personal conviction
that the rightful representation of
the Big Seven, by Nebraska, at
Miami will be determined by the
amount and type of support given
to our team and coaches in the
next two weeks.
ROBERT N. BLOMSTRAND
Social Notes
Parties
Highlight
Weekend
Campus parties and social func
tions were the featured attractions
for University students during the
week-end. Many students migrat
ed to Lawrence, Kansas, for the
NU-KU football game.
Kappa Sigma fraternity re
placed their annual Barn Dance
with an unusual party called
"The Cadaver Ball." Among the
couples attending the party were:
Mary Whitmore and Jan Pick
ard; Bev Connell and Jim Stroud;
Barb Rystrom and Norbert Schu
erman, and Roma Lundstrom and
Phil Mack,
Some of the couples attending
the AGR "Rho Rendezvous" par
ty were: Gretchen Paul and Gary
Burchfield; Pat Buck and Ed Za
bel; Barbara Holme3 and Bob
Wagner; Marge Hooks and Gary
Hild; Helen Lomax and Steve Pet
erson, and Naacy Hemphill and
Ken Finkerton.
Farmhouse fraternity held a fall
party Saturday night. Some of
the couples attending were: Betty
Everhart and Merwin Davidson;
Barb Pape and Bill Mannlein;
Helen Bishop and Larry Voss,
Marianne Hansen and Dwight
Jundt, and Velda Clegg and Rod
ney Swanson.
Monday night 11 University stu
dents announced their pinnings
and engagements.
PINNINGS
Joan Pollard, Pi Beta Phi Jun
ior, to Bob Burnham, Delta Tau
Delta junior.
Gerry Zimmerman to Ken
Moorhead, Beta Theta Pi sopho
more. Sue Olson, Gamma Phi Beta
Junior,' to Jim Carson, Sigma Al
pha Epsilon junior.
Helen Schmitt to Jack Wilson,
Phi Camma Delta senior.
Ethel Marblestone, Iowa Uni
versity, to Marv Steinberg, Zeta
Beta Tau senior.
Gretchen Green to Vern Pear
' jon, Sigma Phi Epsilon junior.
ENGAGEMENTS
Jackie Stanton, Pi Beta Phi
sophomore, to Murl Maupin, Phi
Gamma Delta senior.
Jean Villepigue, Delta Delta
Delta graduate, to Gene Kerr, Al
pha Gamma Rho senior.
Sandra Gray, Alpha Phi junior,
to Bob Storrs.
Georgi Feltz, Alpha Phi fresh
man, to Ed Guynin.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Saturday
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8-12 p.m.
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This Is It . . - Or Is It?
Making Friends Is
Top Campus Activity
By CYNTHIA HENDERSON
If one was to take a poll on
the most popular extra-curricular
activity on campus, they
would find themselves amid sharp
rivalries and disputes each con
testing the popularity of Builders,
Red Cross, AUF or NUCWA. Trite
arguments of the size of member
ship, the greatest enthusiasm or
the benefit to others would be of
fered. While hotly disagreeing, con
testors all would be overlooking
one activity. It Is the activity they
would all agree as the most
popular if they earnestly thought
about it. What Is the most popular
activity It is simply making
friends.
In our classes, in the Union, in
the Dorms, in one's sorority, in
his fraternity, in all organiza
tions, we are not simply pounding
on Homecoming displays, organ
izing dances, or trying to get our
activity's name in headlines we
are primarily making friends.
"Oh, yeah, making friends,"
you may say, "I've been doing
that since kindergarten, guess I
should know how by college."
Yet, you are still doing It. And it
is just as important as it was in
kindergarten to you.
Friendship has taken an impor
tant place on our campus this
year. First, Chancellor Hardin ex
pressed his wish to make this the
"friendliest campus in the United
States." There is a difference be
tween just "friendly" as we usu
ally think of it, and being a real
"friend." With a little effort, it
is not hard to wave and say a
few "hi's". You can even go home
at night and chalk up on your
door your record of "hi's" for the
day. However, being a real friend
is very different. There is no rec
ord to keep. There is only warm
ness to feel. I believe the
Chancellor wants a lot of each
kind.
The second evidence of the in
creasing popularity of friendship
is through Panhellenic. "Friend
ship, Foundation Stone of Frater
nity Living" is the theme of the
Panhellenic Workshop this week.
Monday, Miss Ethel Johnson, dean
of women at Wesleyan University,
spoke to sorority women on friend
crete meanings, not merely a
ship. She gave friendship a con
nebulous nothing. She quoted Cic.
ero's "the friend is one vh.
knows your faults and loves you
just the same." Also, from tna
"Three Musketeers" she quoted,
"all for each, and each for all."
What can we do to be a friend?
Miss Johnson suggested that we
can do more in two months on
the road to making friends by be
ing Interested In them, than we
can in two years in trying to
prove ourselves to them. Hinder
ances to making friends usually
come from on over concern o f
one's self. What can I do to make
myself good? How can I show
myself 'in a good light? Instead,
we should ask What is my
friend interested in? What can I
do to help horn? Dwight L. Moody
once said, "I have more trouble
with Dwight L. Moody than with
anyone else."
Miss Johnson mentioned s i x
points to test if you are a good
friend.
1. Do you treat your friends as
equals, not as below you.
2. Do you show them love and
esteem.
3. Are you generous with your
friends.
4. Do you honestly believe in
other person's qualities?
5. Are you loyal.
6. Are you sympathetic and keep
confidences.
If friendship, then, is the most
popular extra-curricular activity
on the campus, I do not believe
any other activity could be more
worthy of this high title. I can
not be a cynic about N'U being
the "friendliest campus." Friend
ship is great . . . believe it or
not, it is even better than UMOC,
Homecoming or Cow Catching.
(Author of "Barefoot Bo With Chtek," ote.)
THE INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
OF NED FUTTY
Chloe McColgate was a beautiful coed who majored in psych and
worked in the I.Q. testing department of the university. She did
not work there because she needed money; she worked there because
she loved and admired intelligence above all things. "I love and
admire intelligence above all things," is the way she succinctly put it.
Ned Futty, on the other hand, was a man who could take intelli
gence or leave it alone. What he loved and admired above all things
was girls. "What I love and admire above all things is girls," is
the way he put it. r
One day Ned saw Chloe walking by on the campus. "Holy Toledo!"
he exclaimed. "How sweetly flows that liquefaction of her clothes!"
The following day he saw her walking past again. "Great balls of
fire!" he exclaimed. "Next, when I cast mine eyes and see that brave
vibration each way free, O, how that glittering taketh me!"
When he saw her again the next day, he could no longer contain
himself. He ran up and blocked her way. "Excuse me," he said,
tugging his forelock, "I am Ned Futty and I love you beyond the
saying of it. Will you be mine?"
She looked at his quarter-inch haircut, his black rimmed glasses,
his two-day beard, his gamy T-shirt, his tattered jeans, hs de
composing tennis shoes. "You are not unattractive," she adaiitted,
"but for me beauty is not enough. Intelligence is what I require
in a man."
"I'm smart as a whip" said Ned with a modest blush. "Back home
everybody alwnys said, 'You got to get up pretty early in the morning
to get ahead of old Ned Futty.'"
"Maybe so," said Chloe, "but if you don't mind, I'd like to make
sure. Will you come into the I.Q. testing department with me?"
"With you I would go into a malted milk machine," cried Ned
Futty and laughed and smote his thigh and bit Chloe's nape in an
excess of passion and high spirits. Scampering goatlike, he followed
her into the I.Q. testing department.
"First I will test your vocabulary," said Chloe.
"Shoot!" said Ned gaily and licked her palm. '
"What does juxtaposition mean?"
"Beats me," he confessed cheerily.
"How about ineffable?"
"Never heard of it," smiled Ned, plunging his face into her clavicK
"Furtive?"
"With fur on?" said Ned doubtfully.
Chloe sighed. "How are you on arithmetic?" she asked.
"A genius," he assured her.
"What's the difference between a numerator and a denominator?"
"My feeling exactly!" said Ned with an approving nod. "What's
the difference?"
"If a man earns fifty dollars a month," said Chloe, "and saves 12
of his earnings, how long would it take him to save $100?"
"Forever," saitj Ned. "Who can save anything on $50 a month?"
,"How do you find a square root?"
"How should I know?" replied Ned, giggling. "I'm no square."
"How are you on English?" asked Chloe.
"I speak it fluently," said Ned with quiet pride.
"What is the present tense of ""nought?"
"Wreet," replied Ned, clutching Chloe to him and dancing 32 bars
of the Maxixe.
"Next I will test you for manual dexterity," said Chloe. She handed
him a board punched full of oddly shaped holes and a collection of
oddly shaped pegs. "Fit the pegs in the holes," she instructed him.
"Let's neck instead," suggested Ned.
"Maybe later," said Chloe. "First the pegs."
He fumbled about for a longish interval. Finally he tired of it and
reached for Chloe. ,
But she fended him off. "Ned Futty," she said, "you are dumb.
You have the highest dumbness score of anybody I have ever tested.
Consequently I cannot be your girl, for I love and admire intelligence
above all things."
He hurled himself on the floor and clasped her about the knees.
"But I love you!" he cried in anguish. "Do not send me from you, or
yau will make my world a sunless place - full of dim and fearful
shapes!"
"I am sorry," she answered, "but you are too dumb."
"Reconsider, madam," he begged, "else a miasm looms before me."
"Go," she said coldly.
Spent and speechless, he struggled to his feet. With leaden steps
he made his painful way to the door. There he stopped and lit a
cigarette. Then he opened the door and started away to his gray and
grisly future.
"Stay!" called Chloe.
He turned.
"Was that," she asked, "a Philip Morris you just lit?"
"Yes," he said.
"Then Tome to me and be my love!" cried Chloe joyously "For
you are not dumb! You are smart! Anybody is smart to smoka
Fhilip Morris with its fine vintage tobaccos, its cool relaxing mild
ness, its uperior taste, its snap-open pack. Ned, lover eive me a
cigarette and marry me!"
And they imoked happily ever after. Mshu..,n.i.M
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