Fc-3 2
THE NEBRASKAN
hnday, warcn 1955
Ncbroslcan Editorials:
J; 4
Sccof Diemma
The brazen advertisement in Tb Nebraska
a few issues back, asking the Greeks to sup
port the Mallard Club dance, points up the un
fortunate, but almost insoluble, dilemma in
campus social life.
On the one hand, the University, and rightly
ro, must enforce the existing state liquor laws
which stipulate explicitly that no alcoholic bev
erages can be consumed on state property. This
includes the dormitories, co-ops, organized
houses and by virtue of charter approval by the
Regents, all sorority and fraternity bouses.
On the other band, it Is difficult to give a col
lege party without alcohol appearing in some
form or another.
Thus, because of the strict enforcement of the
regulation and the constant vigilance of the
security officers, many organized houses are
afraid to have bouse or informal parties on the
campus.'
For this reason, also, the Interfraternity Coun
cil B&S was discontinued this year. The Council
could not guarantee that there would be no
drinking at the Ball.
And what is happening under the present
regulations?
The 1FC Ball, a fine spring formal, always
featuring a top name band, must be discon
tinued. And, la its place, is substituted a dance
sponsored by the Mallard Clubwithout the big
name band, the official IFC approval or the
social acceptability of its predecessor.
Instead ef the many house parties of old, or
ganized houses are scheduling informal, im
promptu parties off campus.
In place of Lincoln formats, some groups have
gone and are seriously considering going out
of town. One group is even considering Kansas
City as a site.
What is actually happening is that much of
the social life on campus is being slowly di
vorced from the academic life and students,
and organized houses, are moving off campus
for entertainment which is no longer supplied
on crmpus.
Some people think that this is the way it
should be, but the Nebraska, feels that the
social life of the student should be an official
part of the University life, enjoyed, in all cases
possible, on the campus and given, wherever
possible, administrative sanction.
Which is one of the many reasons why Farm
er's Fair, All Sports Day, the Kosmet Klub
Spring Show, Ivy Day and E-Week are fine
spring activities.
But the ideal of campus social life is made
difficult when a Mallard Club party is offered
to substitute for the IFC Ball, when many house
parties are moved off campus and when many
formals leave Lincoln.
The crux of the difficulty is that the drinking
laws must be enforced; and that most organ
ized houses are not inclined to sponsor campus
parties with its everpresent dangers.-
The problem will most likely be impaled on
the horns of a dilemma for some time. But
recognizing it as a problem is the first step
towards its solution. B.B.
After math Of The Announcement
T Republicans of an optimistic nature, the
announcement that President Eisenhower would
seek a second term was of little or no surprise.
Wishful thinking became reality and GOP hearts
fluttered with joy fend security.
To Republicans of a pessimistic nature, the
announcement was a bright ray of sunshine and
they would not hare to rely on '"progress and
prosperity" as the sole means of defense. They
would not have to consider Sen. Knowland.
To Democrats of an optimistic nature, the an
nouncement was a swift blow to the posterior.
That man would be running and there was no
strong single candidate to stop him.
To Democrats of a pessimistic nature, the
announcement was a signal to begin cries of
told you so" and "we should have attacked
him instead of the others; it may be too late
now."
To the general public, the announcement came
as an unexpected or an expected dividend to
three years of security. The stock market
steadied and investments, which had been hesi
tant, began to rise.
To the student at the University of Nebraska,
the announcement was expected and didn't cause
much excitement-national politics don't cause
much excitement at the University.
To the President, the announcement ended a
period of tension and questioning. He was able
to sleep a little sounder and play golf without
snapping at the caddy as he had done two days
before the announcement.
And to Adlai, there was a worthy opponent for
the political wars of 1956 and ht couldn't let on
that he was scared, but he probably was. He
would have preferred Dick.
As for history, there would be another presi
dent elected for a second term. The State of the
Nation was secure. Ike would see to that SJ.
VJhy Have One?
One ef the basic problems which the Student
Council committee studying the feasibility of a
student tribunal must first solve is, simply, ''Why
vt one?'
In other words, what Is the justification for
student tribunal here at the University? Is there
something wrong, something lacking or some
thing which needs to be added to the present
system of student discipline? These would be
the only possible reasons for a change in the
present disciplinary machinery.
The committee members frankly don't know.
The fact that other schools use the student
tribunal, students often boiler about the admin
istration or students normally want more author
ity ia discipline matters are not reasons enough
to justify a tribunal.
And the fact that the Division of Student
Affairs carries out these matters of student dis
cipline well would seem to indicate that there
ft actually, in fact at least, little need to estab
lish a student court.
LegsEy, it must also be recognized that the
student has no God-given, Inalienable right to
participate in, be consulted about or influence
the administration of the University thus leav
ing no legal basis to appeal for a student tri
bunal. But more important than these factors, the
committee members must also consider whether
the Student Council, as the University's govern
ing body, or the student body as a whole, want
or would even accept the principle of a tribunal
and all that goes along with it.
It would not be a question of the administra
tion relinquishing its authority, but a matter of
student groups, and especially the Student Coun
cil, assuming these responsibilities and carry
ing them out effectively.
And it would not be a matter of imposing this
system of student government upon the campus,
but rather, the governors and governed being
students, the system originating from a clear
cut, well-defined expression of the student body.
Without proper justification for or student
support of the proposed tribunal, the idea can
go no farther. B.B.
Aid To Instructors
Ano&er chapter in the Great Final Exam story
has popped tip in the Faculty Senate Committee
of Final Examinations.
This chapter, however, should not bring too
many howls of disapproval from students and
specially not from the faculty. All in all, it is
e good idea.
Presently only In formative stages, it is a
' plan to shorten the final examination period by
one ay to five instructors more time to read
and consider examination papers, and to give
mors time before graduation and semester
changes to submit final reports.
As 8 fdans now stand, the last day of exams
would probably be dropped. Being considered
as part ef the piss would be the scheduling of
fresbmaa English exams for the reading day be
fore ttMm period begins and scheduling Naval
tdeace exaits in the evening.
o for discussed ia the Faculty Senatr exams
end Hason committee, it will probably be dis
cussed fit the next Senate meeting. The plan
vm prcsasted in Student Council meeting
VeSrs-re.-lsy as a report from the student mem
m 4i & final exam committee. No dicus
.siea 's held.
1r8 Hebrsskan was emphatically against
thoriex&cig final exam period from ten days
to mm week. It firmly believe, that both stu
dts end faculty needed more time for final
raaxrs Urn students to study and the faculty to
grade papers and prepare grades.
tine ft .Is cne -dey shortening is designed to
ielp lie professors without a noticeable strain
on the students, it should be supported by fac
ulty and students alike.
The faculty committee should be congratulated
for formulating this plan. They have shown a
fair degree of insight into the problems of in
structors in the grading of final exams.
The Nebraskan approves this boost to the in
structors. After all, the students got what they
needed with the return to the two-week exams.
Let's leave it at this. F.T.D.
Afterthoughts
Humor
Sources close to tite girls dorm have picked
tip rumors concerning a bit of legislation being
considered in that great campus residence hall.
The crux of the measure would make it
necessary for all couples conversing in the dorm
sitting rooms to have all four feet cm the floor.
Candidates
A greased pig race, reminiscent of the old
county fairs, was entered as a suggestion for
the Spring Event.
Under the provisions, each sorority could enter
one candidate.
Development
John Gourlay, presenting the 1956 Corabusker
Beauty Queens at the Coed Follies Monday night,
Introduced each of the young ladies with a brief
college biography.
The fifth beauty, he said, was "majoring in
child development."
The Nebraska.!
fTFTT-TIVS; OLD
:.,V-rri Am tlviei CbHrgtate Press
t ' rrt,. . - ie Prrsi
.' " :: y.i-'.wvui AivcrtolBg Service,
i-l it: XfT t Student Union
& e
I "f f r-'s brAa
i. u i V tMw4ty, fttamnM mum
t s rJ"J ef'4 ir au-wMwia
u ,.,f,,.re, . tom Im pfhnmlum mmr-m
i. . - - ji' I ttg . f.MK tmsiwsr
c : i.6 - . . f'u u:t'tf
w rnun ij mnwitu mm m
i . ;tuu.r m; . .'bit tut iw Otvf
mm. nit WW ta print a. ffnnurp 8. IBM. ....
r.uUmo M aawmS rmm mttui at tim fumt crfftm tm
Uaattltt, SitMt, tmrtr ttw t of Uigiwt 4, 1V1Z.
LSnvUAX. STAFF
SSdiur Bnm Wimiiiiiim
Kitttoriai r&ffn r.aiur ... , mm i
&MMttMrt ftitar ......... ....... ....,. Sum inntm
t.(4ltr Judy Hon
Mwoiia .iur Mm kjKiimu
i.itvt Aium ......... LaMrrw furltsar, Munmti Imhmr,
SHWIww Statin. HMfc i mM
WirM Hmh Caiktr H'tmrm fi-rp
g tMuw , tttir4 H-tim
f-rhnuittm ttt wntmm. , Mart
KWli-tly, ni HrHnk., Oynthto fwtwit. Walt Rinra.
tAnam lv, tWih ltmna, fm TntriMt, Kanrr
wr ftterlanm 1hynn, M tra tiaunim, Pml
lrmMn, Ulnim luttnmitid. Alvxo fnMiuamu, hob Wlm,
temttf Utnernt mn6 Vmk fmummm.
CDECCKSS STAFF
UMtnaau HMttW .,
Bralatlaa Siawr
CMmnm Mac Mm
... mlifk Wfff. Mill Hwlwell.
iMmutm Huxn, lion mut
KtaliwS HUUMM
Youthful Contemporary Art Seen
In Association's Annual Exhibition
By CORBAN LePELL
The" Nebraska Art Association is
now presenting the 66th annual ex
hibition of contemporary art. The
show, which was chosen by
Norman A. Geske, will be at Mor
rill Hall until March 25th. Ges.
ke selected the paintings from
New York galleries on his recent
trip there.
A general impression of the
show is one of youthfulness. Nearly
fifty per cent of the artists included
in the show are exhibiting here
for the first time,- and the majority
are younger U.S. painters.
I think the spirit of youthfulness
is to blame for the many exam
ples of careless painting. Thick,
smeared paint and bright color
splotches keyjote the show. This
may provide momentary excite
ment, but the order, or form,
necessary to any expression of
emotion, is lacking.
Artists such as Seymour Franks,
who is represented by "Painting
VT1" and Grace Hartigan, repre
sented by "Interior With Mexi
can Doll," show very little regard
for the qualities and limitations of
oil paint and canvas.
The abuses of the natural pro
perties of oil paint seem mild,!
however, when one is confronted
by Georges Mathieu's "Ganzelin,
Abbe de Fleury."
Cadmium red medium oil paint
has been directly squirted from the
tube upon a charcoal color canvas,
forming a type of relief sculpture
whose ledges are quickly gather
ing dust.
I . assume any attempt to re
move the dust would either smear
the paint or make it topple from
the canvas.
It is easy to criticize the crafts
manship of painting, but aesthe
tics, especially in "avant garde"
The Image
oairitine. is a field in which value
judgments are nearly impossible
to formulate because of the lack of
generally accepted criteria. The
most elective criticism, I feel, is
that which compares xhat is be
ing reviewed to a known and evalu
ated body of work.
We mav. for examnle. enmnare
Balcomb Greene's "The Painter's
Model" with Turner's "Yacht An-
proaching Coast," since both paint
ings contain a brilliance of shat
tering light that dissolves obiects
into space, or with baroque paint
ing, which utilized the same shat
tering of light.
Five paintings of Ralston Craw
ford are being shown. His work re- i
sembles the work of Charles Shee-1
ler, Niles Spencer and Stuart Dav-1
is. The areas of extremely flat!
color and the hara cold lines have
inspired James Johnson Sweeney
to say of Crawford's work, "It bal
ances oil the verge of emptine.ss."
This emptiness, I feel, is a re
sult of his inspiration being drawn
from mechanical form, not from a
vision into a personal world; al
though such a vision might be as
esoteric, it would be warmer.
The "isms" that afflict the New
York School and which help to sell
their paintings to the "ism-minded,
avant garde" buyers of fake
African sculpture and tin wall fish,
have had little influence on Geor
gia O'Keeffe, whose "Ram's Skull
With Brown Leaves" gracefully
presents three objects on a white
field.
The March show is far from be
ing representative of American
painting, since only those painters
with galleries in New York are se
lected. But a visitor to Morrill
Hall's second floor will find a few
good paintings among examples of
the young and very often wild New
York School.
It Happened At NU
At the Wednesday Interfraterni
ty Council meeting, the question
was raised as to who disseminated
the advertisement for the Mallard
Club Dance.
The material had been dis
tributed to each house; the Jr.
IFC members knew all about the
dance; leaflets had been passed
out to several fraternity men them,
selves.
Everyone seemed much inter,
ested in the problem and a few
informal inquiries were conducted.
But no one had any idea who
the advertisers were.
Or how they got the information
distributed.
BIRTHDAY
CARDS
Seo Our Large Selection
For Friend or Relative
GOLDENROD
215 North U
T
Life In Argentina
I Told By Student
By LOWELL VESTAL
Pete wants to own and operate
an automobile factory in Argentina
after his graduation. Such an am
bition seems unusual for most stu
dents but Pete is Pedro Clamans,
whose home is in Buenos Aires,
the capital of Argentina.
Pete, as Pedro is often called by
his new found American friends,
came to America last fall because
he wanted to study mechanical
engineering. In Argentina he had
heard about the University and its
reputation in engineering, although
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology is the popular stereotype
of American technical schools.
Six years of high school work
prepared Pete for college. The
classes ran from 7:45 a.m. to 12:15
p.m. six days a week for three
years and five days a week for
the last three years. Argentine high
school students are more formal
than American prepsters. They
wear a coat and tie at all times
in school.
Pete pointed out that the standard
of living is different in Argentina.
There are fewer automobiles and
other luxury items. However, the
people eat well and are happy. Ar
gentina has seen her economy in
flated greatly in the last 15 years.
Pete used an example of an
apartment that rented for $10
around 1940 would now bring about
$100 a month. Pete feels the infla
tion will end soon, however, be
cause Argentina is attracting for
eign capital and plans to pay off
her debt.
Pete particularly notices the
wide freedoms enjoyed by Ameri
cans. When he left Argentina last
fall, the Peron regime was in pow
er and opponents of the order were
persecuted. Elected in 1945, Peron
was popular for s short time.
His first break with the people
came when he tampered with the
Roman Catholic church, of which
Pete estimates 99 pet cent of Ar
gentines are members. Peron was
supported by the army. The dicta
tor supplied new automobiles to
the army leaders to insure their
cooperation.
As Peron's power increased, he
abolished many civil liberties. He
imprisoned many who disagreed
with him, Pete said. He removed
university instructors who taught
that Peron was wrong.
As a ruse for his political ar
rests, he accused the dissenters
of being Communists. Some were
tortured; others were merely kept
in jail. The leaders of all anti-Pe-ron
parties were imprisoned.
In the schools Peron had agitators
at work. He gave soft drinks, sport
ing goods and automobiles to stu
dents to gain their support. Stu
dent organizations were formed to
promote the Peron party line. The
leaders of these groups were un
popular with most of the other stu
dents and were sometimes targets
in the riots a n 6 demonstrations
which the students conducted.
In June and July of 1955 foe
first revolution took place and Pe
ron was removed from power. The
army took over the government
but soon split from within. In Sep
tember Lonardi took over and was
removed in December. At present,
a temporary president, Aramburu,
is in office. Elections are sched
uled in a few months which Pete
feels will be the first democratic
election in a decade.
You Are Invited To Worsldp
ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH
12th and M Streets
Morning Worship 11 rf)0 AM.
"Doubting Your Doubts and
Trusting Your Faith."
Church Study
Classes 9:45 AK
Radio Ministry Every Sunday
KFAB S.-00-9:15 AM.
KFOR 11:30 AM.
Ministers:
FRANK COURT. RALPH LEWIS, SAMUEL BEECHXER
DONALD BLISS WESLEY FOUNDATION
KEEP YOUR SUNDAYS SACRED
THROUGH THE HOLY HUSH OF WORSHIP!
AT miLLER'S
OOOOOCOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQW
H
f m ia mm
mm awlBffaMii
JWMtJUl "Aljif 111 Ul b a lu'ft ttafe WttH
ft Sfc jBXfe esw ss; J)
to' it mim
OnemaScopS i!at
Ml tl t p.m. lit ptt,
oe afMr s tm.
Shop Daily 9:30 to 5:30
Thursday 10 to 8:30
op Out in
"Bunny Hoppers"
Colege Hil's NEW Soddles color-cued to pastel sweaters and skirts
4 Hopped up colors:
J! V I
Pink
Yellow
I
Beige
Oyster
95
More Bounce Less Ounce!
the rrw feather weight, light
weight saddle that puts
wings on your feet on
fort under foot walling
on soft, flexible rubber
sole.
Soft os A Bunny
in furry-soft buck
Get the jump on spring
match your shoes to your
luscious pastel sweaters
and skirts with College
Hill'a sharp new flats
BUNNY HOPPERS.
SHOES, SECOND FLOOR
miLE! i mm
at tus cncssno.ics cf ilcgln