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Tuesday, April 10, 195
THE NEBRASKAN
Nebraskan Editorials:
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
'...Dedicated To The Proposition'
Professors from all over the nation met this
last weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, to discuss
and enforce one of the fundamental principles
upon which universities have been founded.
'.Jhe group, the American Association of Uni
versity Professors, censured seven schools
North N Dakota Agricultural College, Rutgers,
University of California, Ohio State, Temple
University, Jefferson Medical College and St.
Ljgjiis University for the abridgment of aca
demic freedom in the firing and suspension of
faculty employees. '
-Specific examples of censure Included the
UnVersity of California, who dismised 32 profes
on who refused to sign a loyalty oath in 1949,
and North Dakota Agriculture College, who dis
rallsed professors on the basis of the influence
of special interests stirred up by off -the-job
magazine articles.
The American Association of University Pro
fessors has been established as a professional
body to protect and encourage the philosophy of
academic freedom and tenure with which all
college institutions are invested.
As such, it considers and investigates cases
where the improper interference of academic
freedom may have resulted in the dismissal or
suspension of faculty members.
Also, the organization recommends schools
for approval, such as Harvard University for
strong stands in protecting the academic free
dom of its instructional personnel.
But in enforcing these precepts just what is the
AAUP enforcing?
It is enforcing the principle of academic free
domnot a personal license justifying irrespon
sibility of utterance but the foundation of
American education which gives instructor and
student alike the right of free speech, the right
of independent thought, the right of dissent and
the freedom of inquiry in search of the truth.
It is the standard by which the University cit
izen can preserve as much self-reliance, as
much freedom, as much initiative, as much in
dependent judgment as he possibly can in view
of the present state of society, our material
standards of living and our international re'
sponsibilities.
The philosophy of academic freedom denies the
validity of scare campaigns, with hunts and
trial by press, pressure groups, special interests
and the insidious threat of innuendo, smear and
name-calling. It opposes condemnation before
charges are officially proved and safeguards the
philosophy that a faculty member is loyal and
competent until proven otherwise.
The principle of academic freedom disallows
any attempts to make instructors fair game for
irresponsible charges, any attempts by pressure
groups to unduly influence the academic position
of any faculty member, any attempts by a uni
versity administration to demote its staff per
sonnel without just cause.
It is this principle, committed to the proposi
tion that freedom of conscience and expression
is the only means of sustaining a free society
and a creative university, to which the American
Association of University Professors is dedicated.
B. B.
A traditional campus event has been some
what forgotten this year in the hurry and fuss
stirred up over Spring Day. It is The Farmers
Fair and Rodeo, scheduled for the weekend after
Ivy Day and Spring Day.
The Farmers Fair has been for years a gala
and well-attended event on the University Ag
campus. Although restricted mostly to Ag stu
dents, it has filled an important part in Uni
versity life, similar to that held by E-Week.
Both these events arouse interest in two lead
ing University colleges, not only on the campus,
but out in the state.
The Farmer's Fair has built up a fair amount
of tradition, including the Whisker King, the
Goddess of Agriculture and the Cotton and Denim
Dance.
The Rodeo is participated in by eager, if some
times inept, buckaroos. The barbeque and par
ade are other leading events, well-supported
by Ag groups.
Not To Be Forgotten
This year, however, might not be as success
ful ' as years past. Publicity over Spring Day
has drawn attention of most of the campus
groups, including the Ag college.
The very fact that Spring Day is a new event,
and an all-University event at that, has made
people forget about the Farmer's Fair. It has
begun to take the appearance of a semi-windup
to the spring semester.
Spring Day will not, of course, mean the end
of the Farmer's Fair. After the appeal of a
new thing was subsided, both will arrange them
selves in proper perspective to the campus
scene.
These events one as yet untried and the
other already proven are important University
functions. One should not be abandoned for the
other. Together they can weld a stronger bond
of constructive and entertaining extracurricular
activities. F. T. D.
A recent decision by the Board of Student
Publications granted The Nebraskan permis
sion to publish four more eight-page editions this
spring.
These editions have been planned to contain
a Literary Supplement similar to the sample
which apepared in the March 23 Nebraskan.
, This sample contained four pages of original
verse, essays, short stories and other examples
of University student literary accomplishments.
" The success of this supplement cannot be
judged, not even by its reception by Nebraskan
readers. The supplement is a new innovation,
still in its formative stages, and its appearance
in the pages of what is usually a non-aesthetic
newspaper may have been a little incongruous.
For this reason alone, some students have ob
jected to the supplement on the grounds that a.
newspaper should stick to the bulletin board func
tion of reporting the news, and leave poetry and
creative prose to the English majors and the
like.
The only problem is that there is nothing
The Literary Review
to leave to the English majors. The University
has no medium for original student writing.
The Prairie Schooner is the only literary publica
tion originating on the campus, and it is by no
means limited to students.
The Nebraskan, by publishing its literary sup
plement, is not trying to fulfill the function of
a campus literary magazine, although it feels
the University should have one. It is only open
ing such a medium for student expression, in
hopes that interest can be aroused toward a
magazine.
The literary supplement can be only as good
as the material submitted to it. If University
students feel, as The Nebraskan does, that such
a publication is for the good of the University as
an outlet for student creative talent, they can
support it with their contributions.
There is talent on this campus. It has been
somewhat dormant up to now. The Nebraskan,
as a service to the students, has opened a door
to this talent, if it will only make itself avail-able.-F.
T. D.
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By SAM JENSEN
Managing Editor
"There Is No Place Like Ne
braska, Dear Old Nebraska U.
Where the boys are the
r.squarest and the girls are the
"fairest of any . . ." And so on
into infinity.
Many men much braver
than I with considerable more
knowledge about music and
the philosophy of man have
complained and lamented the
absence of suitable music to
supplement the Cornhusker
tradition.
Although "Hail to the
Team," is a good pep song,
"Dear Old Nebraska U" is
about as poor an alma
mater as anyone could de
vise. Not wanting to be en
tirely negative, I have with
held this biting criticism for
almost 20 years. But, finally
I have found the very thing
to take the place of a song
that "mentions all kinds of
weather" and calls University
men and women "boys" and
"girls.- .
In an album now on sale
at a local record vendor shop
(the name will be supplied up
on request) there is included
a song called "Nebraska Alma
Mater" by Tom Waring,
Fred's brother. It is not quite
as good as the Hanover Drink
ing song but it is probably
more appropriate for a Uni
versity such as ours and it
does compare favorably with
such famous alma maters as
"Cayuga's Waters" of Cornell
and "The Corps" of West
Point.
Although it mentions the
buffalo and the plains, it also
mentions the S c a r 1 e t and
Cream, our school colors, in
contrast to "true blue" a
rather hackneyed cliche men
tioned in "Dear Old Nebraska
U."
The marvelous thing about
"Nebraska Alma Mater" is
that it sounds alma mater-ish
and doesn't open up the Uni
versity to such derisive com
ments as those made sarcas
tically "There Is No Place
Like Nebraska."
I would like to suggest that
with the return of Kosmet
Klub Fall Show to the campus
next fall, that the "Nebraska
Alma Mater" return also
and that the tradition and
spectacle of Kosmet Klub
could well embellish the
beauty and age-old custom ot
singing "hallowed halls" type
music around our University.
If this takes place, alumni
could gather in various pubs
around these United States on
Founders Day and raise their
mugs in loud salute to their
University, echoing the chords
of "Nebraska Alma Mater."
I cannot personally envision
the rendition of "Dear Old Ne
braska U" at any function
other than a pep rally for in
coming freshmen during New
Student Week.
Therefore I offer to you
dear student, and future alum
nus, the throbbing and melodic
strains of "Nebraska Alma
Mater" for posterity, country,
mother and University.
The Nebraskan
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lnes Manager
A't Bmtne Manager . .
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO ATTE NTlVE TO LECTURES AND FLUNK ALL MY TESTS.
Elliott Criticizes S U
Meditation Room
There is a pestilence loose in the
United States today causing some
thing very near to terror in the
hearts of many thoughtful individ
uals who would maintain the su
premacy of their individuality. His
name is Eastland, and he is a
Senator from the state of Mis
sissippi. . ,
Mr. Eastland is a "security risk
because he, in more acceptable
tae lawlessness in
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place of law, Eastland is risking
the security that every citizen may
find accorded to mm in we w
stitution of the United States.
It seems that our University is
not without its Eastlands too, al
though the stature of Nebraska's
cofionric u eitr.h that they inspire
iuaabintiua -
more surprise and disgust than
terror.
tv,o Bunatnr from Mississippi is
on a race-rampage; our representa-
-Glaring Examples-
HlQ$piui$ infs Off
To Prospefive P
osf s
By JACK FLYNN .
There has been a recent stressing
of poetry at this institution, and
I have had several inquiries as to
the mechanics of the poem. "How
do, you write a poem?", they all
ask me. 'Badly, I answer.
Some uninformed people think
that poetry has to rhyme. This
is a gross misconception and I
hope that this column will set all
these gross misconceivers straight.
I will give them a glaring ex
ample of free verse, the non-rhyming
type.
In composing a free verse
poem the aspiring poet should se
lect several key words and build
the poem around them. In my ex
ample of free verse I will use the
key words ambrosia, gossamer,
albatross and virtipirous. The verse
of free
A virtipirous albatross
winged in from the gossamer sea
and lighted on an ambrosia bush
which he devoured (wig by leaf.
Free verse that makes sense is
illegal by all the laws of poetry
and should be frowned upon. This
is the only lawj other than the
non-rhyming law, in the poetic
code which covers free verse and
the free verser is encouraged to be
reckless and wild.
One can achieve this spirit by
drinking huge quantities of musca
tel or by holding the breath for a
long period of time.
The rhymed type of poetry is
the more difficult and I would sug-
The Mirage
gest that only the more capable at
tempt it.' You not only have to se
lect choice words, but they have
to rhyme and come at the end of
the line a monumental task.
Also, the thing has to have a
beat, or meter, which is in some
instances known as iambic pen
tameter and in other instances
not. In both my rhymed-type ex
amples I will rhyme the first and
third lines and the second and
fourth lines of a four-lined verse.
The first rhymed-type verse
The cat bit the dog
and the little boy laughed
If f
j GREEN j
Sonnet To A Week-End
(with apologies to W. S.)
When in disgrace with parents' and prof's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf readers with my bootless cries
And look upon myself, and curse my fate;
Wishing me like to one more loved by heaven,
Lucky like him, like him with 9's possessed,
Desiring this man's 8 or that man's 7,
With all my 2's and 3's contented least,
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the class at sound of bell arising
From scribbled notes, sings hymns at coffee's gate.
At thy anticipation sorrow fades,
And then I scorn to change my fun for grades.
Ann Gerike
A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
A chair a desk a living doll
A chair a bed a living doll
A foot a head a living doll
Oh! to bed with a living doll
Get Happy
-L.J.M.
George Madira
Mck tint. Bill Brdwrfi.
Connie Hunt, Don Beck
CtreulaUea Manacar Menard Hendrls
1.
Oh, let us pity
The poor unhappy masses.
Little do they know the fears that lurk behind their smiles.
Little do they know the repressed drives
Haunting their subconsciouses.
Little can they imagine the strivings
Of their ids, egos, and superegos.
They proceed through life,
Loving and hating without terms;
They may think they are happy.
They aren't, of course.
So let us acquaint them with the hatred in their love,
With the sorrow in their laughter.
Let us teach them to be truly happy,
Like we are . . .
Ann Gerike
Devastation
Oh my feet so tender and rare
Oh my head so naked and bare
Oh my breast only covered with hair
Oh I to have a handkerchief
L.J.M.
I The Joy of Modern Man
A loaf of bread a jug of wine and thou
But a loaf of bread
in this day and age
costs a man his living wage
A jug of wine and thou
But a jug of wine
can not be mine
for I am not of age
Thou .
For you
no wage
For you
no age
because Jill fell in a bog
and was thoroughly chaffed.
This verse, like most, -doesn't
make sense. Cats don't bite dogs.
They scratch them.
When learning the method of
rhyming it is best to keep the
verse simple. The one-word line
is suggested to the beginner. Like
this
sing
song,
Ming
Long.
Wasn't that a delightful way to
ask a Chinese friend to sing a
song? You can make a multitude
of new verses by substituting names
of other Chinese friends such as
Ping Pong, Ding Dong, King Kong,
Charlie Chan, Sun Yat Sen or
even Mao Tse-Tung.
Alliteration is not a fancy word
for garbage, but actually means
"the use of a succession of words
with the same initial letter or
sound." The serious student of
poetry must learn the use of this
trick of poetry. Here is an ex
ample The crafty cunning crocodile
snapped at the nude neck
of a wayward waggling wombat
and severed several arteries.
With all these helpful hints to
guide him the average college stu
dent or dolt of any other profes
sion can dash off an epic poem
in no time at all. Then, in the true
spirit of the poet, he can let his
hair grow long, wear a beret, climb
trees and do all the other things
a poet is wont to do.
As he dances down the avenue,
skipping every other step, people
will point to him and say, "They
have places for people like that."
Impervious man!
tives merely desire a chapel or
meditation room in the Union.
One is not surprised to find the
plan for a university chapel being
batted around on the editorial
page. Letterips are, after all, the
voice of student opinion, more or
less. And, too,- someone must fill
the vacancy left by the departure
of F. J. Pepper and Co.
It is quite another matter, how.
ever, to find a supposedly respon
sible and influential member of
the Union administration ignoring
tne import oi religious freedom
Given' 'em Ell
and the separation of church and
state, and passing off a basic Amer.
ican principle by saying, "Strange
laws, pertaining to no religious in.
struction and such, bar us from
having a chapel."
Not just "laws," mind you, but
"strange laws!" One is inclined
to wonder what other laws inherent
to the American democratic tradi
tion this gentleman finds
"strange."
Other strange laws refrained cer
tain unhappy persons from lynch,
ing this gentleman when he spent
more than a thousand dollars on
the juke box for the music room.
The strange notion of the right
eousness of peacable assembly
makes the Union possible and thus,
in a sense, provides this gentleman
with his job.
Apparently the strange laws will
prevail; there will be no chapel.
But: "We are considering a medi
tation room."
Ah, there is more than one way
to skirt the law. But let us con
sider this meditation room for a
moment. Since such a room would
apparently substitute for a chapel,
we may safely assume that its
function would be for religious
meditation.
Meditation is generally recog
nized to be a matter of private
devotion, i.e. devotion conducted
in solitude. If, however, a medita
tion room is in as great a demand
as its proponents would have us
believe, and if it is to serve the
needs of all sudents, then the pro
posal is in itself a paradox.
Hence one mediation room would
not be enough. The Union would
have to provide a number of cub
icles sufficient to meet student
meditation demands . . . such as
they are.
Otherwise, a meditation room
would fill no more of a need than
places on or near campus now
fill. Most of the student religious
houses on campus contain a chapel
of some sort for their members,
and undoubtedly welcome any non
member who wishes to meditate in
silence.
Too, there is always an empty
classroom somewhere, not to men
tion the library, the Union music
room, and, if worse comes to
worse, one's own closet or the
great expanses of surrounding
prairie. That is, of course, if one
truly wishes to meditate.
Mehrashan Lelterip
Independent Party
To the editor:
I note by your sheet of the other
day that there has been organized
a political party. Now there is
nothing the matter with a political
party, but I thinkthat it is worth
noting that this party claims to be
a responsible organization repre
senting that element on this cam
pus that most claims its separation
from any organizing influence.
It would seem that an independ
ent who i dependent upon an or
ganization to fuse him with other
independents is hardly independent.
.
It is also interesting to observe
that the other political pressure
group, the IFC, although represent
ing students who by the very act
of Greek affiliation can no longer
be considert" independent, does not
require the supposedly slavish
Greeks to swallow the absurd cate
chism of a political platform that
is required by all true believers in
independence.
This platform, so we are told by
the good and honorable sachems of
the independents, is the basis upon
which they desire to campaign.
But any examination of this list
of absurdities reveals that at least
two of its warped planks would, if
adopted, destroy the Student Coun
cil. Why run for a Student Council
that you do not want to have power
over anyone or anything?
This plan might have merits, but
I wonder why the Independent po
liticos want to gain control of an
organization of such little value
that they would like to emasculate
it.
It would seem that the real
independence of the Confusionist
party is in the independence of
their leaders and platform from
anything resembling either reason
or wisdom.
Petronius Arbiter
Convention was good for fun and
experience to those who actively
participated wasn't it Mr. J.L.F.,
whoever you may be? Therein lies
the success of the convention.
Here's to more and livelier Mock
Conventions.
Jack Gardner
Starting Vicious Circle
To the Editor:
I am joyous over the fact that
someone read my letter, To you,
Mr J.L.F., I don't agree with you,
but as Sergeant Bilko would say,
I'll defend to my dying day your
right to a difference of opinion.
However, I am sorry, J.L.F., that
you have started a vicious circle
by misinterpreting my interpreta
tions. In the first place, I considered
the Mock Convention a success, not
because one or the other party was
successful, but because much was
learned about organization and pro
cedure of conventions. You said
that I misinterpreted the reasons
for failure of the convention.
In the second place, although the
Republican delegates were chal
lenged several times, how many
times was an actual count taken?
In the third place, your Logic 10
course will tell you that all "radi
cals," note the quotations, are not
Nazi-type radicals!
In the fourth place, I repeat I
am a Republican, I like Ike, and
I agree that he should be elected to
the Presidency of the U.S.
In the fifth and final place, al
though tempers flared, disagree
ments ran rampant, and bhmders
were made by both sides, the Mock
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