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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, May 20, 1955
Nebraskan Editorials"
hams On Tap
What may well be termed a "tired subject"
at present due to widespread discussion and
concern the past two weeks seems to be doomed
to the graveyard process of being buried with
only a few editorial tombstones marking its
existence
Referring to the Faculty Senate decision to
reduce the two weeks examination period to
one week, this writer senses an almost eager
ness on (be part of some faculty members that
the isue be forgotten or spaded under, to be
rediscovered another time. Through this pro
cess the Issue may well be permanen for
gotten. That is, the issue may be forgotten
but the substnee winch fostered the issue will
remain with former antagonists lapsing into
resigned acceptance the easiest way out of a
losing situation.
Over the Summer, the Issue which drew the
attention of both students and faculty will be
aging and most likely lose its inherent capac
ity for argument pro and con. This, according
to some interested parties, is exactly what the
proponents of the shortened exam period wish
to happen. The Nebraskan hopes it will not.
It is obvious that any moves to remedy the
Senate error will have to come from the faculty
members themselves. In this realm, students
would accomplish little if anything in pro
testing by petition or poll. The proposal is such
that students have no legal legislative refer
endum over it. Their only means of protest
would take the form of a mildly influential
lobby. What the students think on this matter,
seems to be of little importance to the faculty
members and as long as this attitude on the
part of the faculty exists, student opinion ex
pressed in any form assumes the aspect of a
"cry in the wilderness."
Next fall, however, it has been rumored that
the matter of reducing the exam period will
again come before the Senate, not that a re
cinding attempt will be made (although The
Nebraskan encourages such a move) but that
the Senate must decide when and how the new
exam period will be incorporated into the Un
iversity Calendar.
The shortcomings of the shortened examina
tion period have been pointed out in previous
editorials but there are two points which The
Nebraskan would like to stress again. The first
is, that because there is such a great emphasis
placed on final examinations in determining
a semester grade, and because the shortened
examination period will foster confusion, and
exhaustion on the part of students, the faculty
must devise a system whereby, final exams
are emphasized uniformly throughout the Un
iversity and to a lesser degree previously dur
ing a two week exam period.
The second point is, that because the Senate
move indicates an attempt to de-emphasize
filial exams, perhaps to the extent of abolish
ing them altogether, the examinations given
during the one week period will necessarily
become more objective and less subjective. The
former type of examination is regarded by this
newspaper as hardly indicative of a student's
insight into a course, which it is felt is the
true educative process.
It is hoped that in the first Faculty Sen.te
meeting next year this presently waning topic
will be re-introduced with a new vigor. It is
hoped that next fall, even after three or four
months of dormancy, the Faculty Senate will
take it upon itself to allow free and democratic
discussion of the issue, which was all too
shamefully absent at this spring's little gath
ering. Whether those faculty members who de
sire maintenance of the two week period win
or lose in another Senate meeting, at least they
will have gone down verbally fighting. J. H. B.
Spring Event -
A week ago the long anticipated Spring Day
Dance occurred, just as it was planned; stu
dents attended, just as most people thought they
would, and Corn Cobs, the sponsoring and bill
paying part of the affair took a financial loss
again, just as everybody predicted.
Now the dance is over. Billy May's band and
Sammy Donahue have gone on their way, but
what remains here at the University is a suc
cessful spring dance attended by a large group
of students.
All who attended should offer a note of thanks
to the Corn Cobs, who agreed to underwrite the
expenses, who did all the work in making
arrangements for the dance and who ended up
taking the dollar and cents loss. The Union must
also be thanked for making initial contact with
the band and providing the free use of the
Coliseum.
Campus minds should not be closed on the
dance yet, though, for there is yet much that
remains.
The fact that the dance was a success, for it
entertained those who went and attracted a
sizable group, indicates that more dances of this
sort might be held. Add to this the anti-climactic
effect of the whole business, following
the riot as it did. This equals a downright
success by any terminology.
We have seen that part of a spring event
can work. Even the Coliseum seemed all right,
especially on Wednesday night. The very logical
conclusion of all this is that someone must
now step in and begin working for next year.
Maybe it should be the Student Council, may
be it should be Corn Cobs and maybe it should
be all of us, working through the many and
varied groups where we have the opportunity
to speak our minds. D.F. ,
The Self-Governed
Independent Movement Gains
Momentum This Year At NU
By LOUIS SCHOEN
Notwithstanding the Greek sweep of the laur
els in last week's Student Council elections,
the elections provided definite encouragement
for those of us who exult in the independent
way of life, and those of us who believe in
the need for greater participation in democratic
political action at every level.
There was definite evidence in the election
of increased interest by independent students
in campus politics. Certainly a large portion
of the increased voter turnout must be attrib
uted to a larger number of independents troub
ling themselves sufficiently to go to the polls.
But particularly refreshing were the increased
number of independents who filed for council
positions, and the cooperation between the in
dependent candidates prior to the election to
form a "slate" and adopt a common "platform."
Since the old Independent Student Assn. col
lapsed in 1951, there has been little evidence
until this year that enough independent in
treat could be generated to make even a few
Creeks question the Greek ability to retain
virtually universal control of the council. Ac
tually, there has been a gradual resurgence of
independent Interest throughout the past four,
years. But only this year has the independent
movement become vigorous enough to be felt
by anyone not participating in it.
In the fall of 1952 just short of four school
years ago the Student Co-operatives Assn. was
on the brink of the same cavern into which
the ISA had fallen the previous year. At the
time, the SCA was the only independent organ
isation still operative. A few co-op members
most of them now graduated (some independ
ents wul recall John Marks and J. Michael
Wbslen, two of the chief leaders in the SCA
revival) saw in the SCA not only the co-ordinating
body for co-op activities which it was
origintslly intended to be, but also an excellent
vehicle of expression of opinion for the co-op
independents.
It took three and a half years and the effort
of many individuals, but at the end of the first
j 3445 semester, the SCA finally secured a
position on the Student Council. These efforts
were aimed not only at achievement of polit
ical representation. The larger goal was closer
contact with and thereby greater interest in
campus affairs, for toe members of the co-ops.
The co-ops still have a long way to go. Apathy
remains rampant through most of the organ
izations. In some cases, the general organiza
tional attitude is one of withdrawal from Un
iversity life a sort of exclusiveness, of being
in the University and yet not being a part of
it.
Part of this attitude probably is due to the
large number of co-op members who work
part-time. Outside social interests and fre
quently outside activity interests develop to
supplement outside professional or business in
terests. Yet the withdrawl attitude exists to an
equal or greater degree in those students who
have no outside working interest. After having
lived, in a co-op three years ad observing co
op affairs as an alumni member for most of
one year, I still find this aspect of the co-op
independent's thought unexplainable.
Although the withdrawl attitude remains, I
think it has subsided notably in the past four
years. There seems to be gradually increasing
interest among co-op independents in student
affairs.
Over at the men's dorm's meanwhile, the fall
of '52 saw interest in campus activities dormant.
A year later there were many expressions of
hope when an organization calling itself GDI
began to form. But rather than an objective
effort to increase independent participation in
student affairs, this movement turned into a
sort of independent TNE. Not until the dorm
itories were expanded and reorganized last fall
was considerable interest shown there.
Outside the organization living groups, in
dependents remain probably about as apathetic
as they were four years ago. Perhaps the ex
cellent example set by Jack Rogers will have
some influence.
It is important, however, that all students
gain a working knowledge of the politcal and
cultural organization and activities which are
the essence of campus extra-curricular affairs.
For these are but a reflection of the affairs
of society with which every citizen inevitably
comes in contact. Futhermore, it is important
that greater balance be achieved in extra
curricular leadership and participation, so that
the extra-curricular load is taken from the
shoulders of the few and placed into the hands
of the many. With such a balance achieved,
greater opportunity would be afforded for ad
vancement of auricular interests and non-University
interests of all students both essential
to balanced development of the future leaders
of society.
TIid Nebraskan
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick EibUr
You can't flunk me . . . I've got a contract.
Schncid Remarks
6-Toed Femme Fatale
Snows Romantic Hero
By STAN SCHNEIDER
School is almost over and the for Frank. He kissed her softly on
summer is drawing nigh. And when the back of her snow-white neck
ever anything starts drawing nigh and whispered, "April, my love,
you know what every body starts my all. Tell me what is in your
saying. "It's drawing nigh. It's heart and in your soul."
drawing nigh, they say." I know ..Got any Turnst
one guy who isn't saying that. He's .,. ., .. . .. . .
sayiHgf "Beware L Ides of ' Ap,ri?' 4C0U,d ' ,t T
April." Of course he didn't think u the love that I
of that by himself. He always said humb,y offerfc yu; 1 kw that
"Beware the Ides of April" and 1 " , much but wha'
he had reason to say that. Here's ou" 1 t" thf" b,ee(l,nIS
n heart, a throbbing bosom and a
full, rich blood-stream that bleeds
It seems Frank, our hero, met or want of vou-
a bar-fly while home for Spring .. , . . ' . .
vacation and the risque rascal im- 4 Frank' -1 .atfe to the.onf to
pressed the girl so much with his eU but nave denture
literary genius that she fell in BreaU1-
love with him. "Beware the Ides of Frank wandered off in the dark
April" he'd say and she would say, ness of the night, his heart in his
"Gee." You can readily see hands, his hands in his pockets, his
how a thing like this got started, pockets still in his pants and his
He would read her poetry and pants shining from too much sit
she would sit there contentedly ting.
and play with her toes. This con- April stood full-faced into the
fused Frank because she had six moon, picking her teeth, her teeth
toes. in her mouth, her mouth where it
"Don't you think you ought to has always been; all over her
shave your legs, April?" he would face.
say and she would retort sharply, The last time we saw Frank he
"Look, Frank. Six toes." was standing on the brink of a
"A goodly trick" said he and high cliff overlooking the rich, fer
would read on. tile valleys of his homeland. He
No matter what Frank did she stood knee-deep in a tub of solid
seemed unimpressed. He took her cement. A careful listener could
to dinner and fed her the finest hear him singing to himself, "Eight
food. o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock
After dinner Frank led April to Jump. Eleven o'clock, twelve o'
the porch where the pale, full clock, one o'clock jump. He
moon cast an enchanting shadow too was fascinated by the Black
across her voluptuous, sensuous board Jungle,
form. She ran her tappered, deli- That was three weeks ago and
cate fingers through her rich, Frank is still up on that hill. It
brown hair and the madness of seems nobody can move the tub of
the evening was almost too much cement to get him out of there.
Jest Jestin'
Official Gobbly-Gook
Thwarts Student Will
Rv JESS BROWNELL
Because I quit studying some stitution, acting always in the best
months ago, I've had a lot of time interests of all concerned and
on my hands, and while most of it never ceasing in its efforts to fur
has been spent in brooding and ther higher education in this state,
cursing the fickle Muses from the if Bt times certain changes seem
bottom of my black heart, I have contrary to these high ideals, we
kept informed about what is hap- are confident that if the long view
pening to my university. The re- js taken our wisdom will be seen."
cent warm weather encouraged That lg the gist 0f the statement,
me to creep out of my gloomy hole aitnougn jt naturally contained
and learn the reaction of my fel- more officlai double-talk. I have
low students. cleaned it up as best I could. At
I have discovered a strange and any rate, while our unfortunate
dangerous attitude among my fel- friend was trying to make some
lows. Many students seem to have sense of this, the English Depart
taken the "They can't do this to ment was scrapped to make room
us" position. This won't work chil- for a new Agronomy building, and
ren. They can do anything they a boy's dorm replaced the Art's
want to do, and there is nothing building. Not easily deterred, he
any of us can do about it. went on to other officials, de-
Oh, I could tell you stories of manding explanations from all of
students who tried to buck the sys- them and always receiving similar
tern that would make your blood statements,
run cold. I knew of a young man if you don't want something like
at another university where they that to happen to you, just sit
were faced with a similar situa- back, Telax, and let things take
tion a few years ago. This poor their course. If some of yon need
fellow decided to do something a guiding principle to live by in
about It. He went to the head of these trying times, I think I can
his department and demanded an supply you with one. Just remem.
explanation. He received a state- ber that college, at best, is a
ment something like the follow- waste of time, and nothing can be
ing: done to make it very much worse.
"It is our policy that the univer- Got that; college is a waste of
sity should be an ever-changing in- time. That's all you need to know.
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