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7 TH& NEBRASKAN Tuesday, November 27, 195$ Mobraskan Editorial LITTLE MAN ,ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibleij 5 X i ' i ..3 I i H f: i n monymous Commltlee A committee met last Monday to discuss the request of the IFC for a clarification of the University'! social policies. This was th same group that had banned the Fall Show of the Kosmet Klub and then gave it a reprieve and the same committee that denied the Student Council powers over certain campus organizations last year. Mem bers of the committee Judged the Fall Shew scripts and found two of them unacceptable. This group has the responsibility for all student affairs and Is the final appellate body for decisions of the Student Council and other cam pus organizations. And yet, who knows anything about this Com mittee on Student Affairs which is established in section 19 part five of the Board of Regents by-laws and rules. (Jan. 7, 1956). Does their picture appear in the 1958 Corn busker? Are their meetings ever attended by students or Nebraskan reporters? Are changes within the committee ever noted in The Ne braskan? Will committee members report on what goes on behind the closed doors of Dean J. F. Colbert's office when the group is in ses sion? Obviously, the answer to these questions is in the negative. The committee on student affairs is one of the least known and most important organiza tions in relation to the student scene and yet, not one member of the Nebraskan staff or one representative of the Student Council is able to name more than four persons who have mem bership on the committee. Any information concerning the actions of the committee comes from Dean Colbert who Is permanent chairman of the committee. , Whenever The Nebraskan asks to attend a committee meeting, usually when an issue of campus interest is before the organization, the committee votes to have a closed meeting. Re cently, when the committee met to hear the IFC complaint, a Nebraskan photographer was dispatched to take a picture of the group. The committee on student affairs decided by vote that they didn't want their picture taken. It seems only logical that students have some right to know what is going on in the commit tee which year-in and year-out deals with stu dent problems and remains almost anonymous. If the committee is working .for the welfare of the student body, then it seems unlikely that there can be any harm in reporting the actions and the words of the committee members. The Nebraskan will concede that on some oc casions, the committee should be allowed to exercise their Judicial function in private that is, when they are making a decision after de liberation. But, closed meetings should not be an informal standard operating procedure. We have no way of knowing if student organiza tions are getting a fair break or if the com mittee is merely acting as a rubber stamp for the Student Affairs office. We are not accusing the committee of perpe trating any monstrous wrong. We Just believe that the students should be entitled to know. something about the University's committee on student affairs. Ioscoyj Disapproval Students in Moscow are finally learning that the "button mouth" policy might be the lesser course towards finding truth. It happened last week when students at the University of Mos cow balked at the party line in Hungary. And up until now the Reds in control have sat flab bergasted at the more than extraordinary ac tivity. Students aren't necessarily kind hearted. It's just that when they learn of atrocities such as were effected by the Reds in Hungary they cringe a little to think that this is the destiny of all those seeking freedom. It is strange to note, however, that in Mos cow, of all places, where the party line is the strongest and license of the state is the center of all high ideals, the students reacted as they did to the squelch of the freedom push by the Hungarians. The Associated Press reported that in one classroom at the Russian school, every student stood up when asked if there was any objection to the policy of the Reds in Hungary. That takes courage, but it doesn't take much of a conscience. When we in America heard that thousands of Hungarians were slaughtered in the streets and thousands were shipped to Siberia, we stood aghast. We expected those who have lived the life of the one party push to ration alize that it was the best for the security of the state. Net the youth in the Russian University. They, who are being trained to lead the Soviet Union and ignite the world with the Communist line resented the action of the USSR in halting any freedom move by the Hungarian people. The serve that it must take to stand before the firing line of well calculated party' jumble and reject the policy is a strong nerve. It is such that any fre student over the world must admire the students who stood unanimously be fore the shocked professor in their denounce ment of the Kd actions. At present it is difficult to predict whether this mass action will have any effect on the future of the party line. Perhaps as University communities have traditionally been the citadels of doubt, students will protest what is most difficult for them to accept. Hungarian students are credited with the beginnings of the revolt which might have saved that nation from future .Red blood spillings. They may have doubted the hard-to-accept "no deviation" line of the Party. American universities have been labeled cita dels of doubt, too. However, The Chicago Trib une said Sunday that Americans are turning back to God. Whether this means that the fruits of philosophy and truth are being implanted bet ter today than were jumbled, theories of the past, is only for the future to predict, it is safe to say, though, that if the Russian Universities can become citadels of doubt against the Party Line, that is a fair sign that Communism, fed from the ranks of youth, will be on the way out. The Paris political analyst for NBC claimed that Communist thought is on the downward trail. This remains to be seen. We are concerned that doubt leads to truth. In the case of the Hungarians it meant the truth that freedom and slavery cannot stand side by side. In Russia it meant that searchers for truth at Moscow University believed that oppression and "rigbts-o'-man" could not be tolerated by intelligent, if daring, young men. ever I doff Season Ano&er University football season was com pleted Saturday with a rather resounding thump ing by the University of Oklahoma, top-ranking team in the nation. This defeat was not representative of the season, as the record shows. The Cornhuskers finished wiih a four-won, six-loss record, and three wins and three losses in the Big Seven. Three of Nebraska's foes (and three of their losses) were teams ranked in the top 20 of at cation Oklahoma, Ohio State and Baylor. One team at least-Colorado will play in a major bowl game, and Baylor is a top pros pect. Taking all this into consideration, the Cornhuskers played as rough a schedule as anyone in the conference, including the touted Sooners, who finish their season this week against Oklahoma A and M, a gridiron son entity. New life jj Injected into the 1956 Nebraska edition by its new young coaching staff. Work ing under the handicap of inexperienced backs aad the loss of the number one quarterback, so lettermen at the ends and the prevalence of sophomores at many positions, Coach Elliott and his staff turned out a squad that was hard hitting all the time, and that invoked praise from every rival coach. The season could never be considered duH. Last-minute victories over Iowa State and Mis souri will not soon be forgotten. Neither will the brilliant offensive display against favored Kan sas die in the minds of Nebraska fans. The play of seniors Jim Murphy, Bob Ber guia, La Vera Tcrczon, Max KUaelman, Cordie JEngkrt, Willie Greenlaw and Jack Fleming was Inspired week after week, but it was the play fcf cnderclasmea such as George Harsbman, Jerry Peterson, Larry Naviaux, Jerry Brown, Dkk McCashland and numerous others that gave Comhusker followers glimpses of fine and wonderful things that could happen next year. And, of course, there Is the frahman team that was undefeated this year. It is these fac tors, plus the hackneyed old expression cal'd "Comhusker Spirit" that keeps the people com ing back year after year. It is also the thing that, ultimately, results in a winner. Fraternity Problems (ACP) Fraternity leaders at Iowa University have expressed concern about the problem of gaining new members. Two leaders on campus have expressed the belief that fraternities may be losing their appeal to new students entering the University. They said that too many incom ing students lack interest and knowledge of fraternity life. One of the leaders, Intcrfratemity President Jay Ryan, attributed the interest lag to the fact that not enough contact was made with high school graduates planning to enter college. The other leader, Austin Sandrock, pres ident of Sigma Chi, said some students believe fraternities are highly expensive and limited only to the elite class. He said the advantages of fraternity life must be explained to prospec tive students and that contacts should be made before the student makes plans to live elsewhere on ctanpus. "This means," Sandrock said, "that students must be contacted Cist in the spring of their senior year and again during the sum mer." Sandrock also credited another state school, Iowa State College, ' with doh g a better Job in this field than Iowa University. He said students receive a better picture of frrnity life at Iowa State and, because of this, more of them jo out for rushing. - 1 Tho Nebraska:. ' rtm-rrrz teabs cli editceial staff AssedatNl CeSefistt Press tlmm ttfmm Me!sto pres. ".::::y.::::::::::y-ik LtinmJ&ttwtt KstScssJ AvrUsfcrg gerrfce, BtEZ Fmdskm ssi gUmn ta, etetet tMa i:::::::::":::::::::::. Xr izz: Harris, Kebrasfc eir. ""y.y.iy.lX rSi , , . t'Uttt Wrtro...., ,2r DLat . Geanw Mover. 0rw Tr-WMl fiHM Ttay. W.s4 f tr,. MMiSrStrETcWK -sm-a jwurt-vj, i kmmo tm vi4 Un. X. 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Yogurt had been doing a Dwain'e Rogge lot of thinking on this subject so all I had to do was lend a ready ear to his sagacious remarks. He said that- in past years, In dependents were almost entirely unorganized on tins campus. As a result, not much effect was made on University life. One man wanted to have a party so he called up a buddy and went out on the town, Similarly, if one person wanted effenp Dear Editor: . "American newspapers can be proud of the fact that the sixty-one million voters of the nation split the ballot. Not because each man's candidate was not elected, hot be cause there were some drooping jaws Wednesday morning, but be cause the end of a "straight ticket means a beginning of an informed electorate." This is the leading paragraph of a recent edi torial entitled "Aftermath". Ridiculous! This is obviously the most thoughtless piece of nonsense ever set in type. In the first place, any political scientist will confirm the fact that when the great mass of voters split their ballot between principles and personalities, as was certainly the case on 6 November last, any thing but a better educated elec torate is evident. In this type of campaign, the various forms r-1 propaganda inevitably emerge vic torious over logic and common sense. Secondly, the American press has in no way attempted so much as to inform the electorate. In contrast 90 of the nation's news papers made every effort to send to Congress, conservative ."old guard Republicans" on the coat tails of the "Magestic General's" demagogic campaign. The sober judgment of John Q. Voter thrawled this flagrant use of our free but not necessarily unbiased press. Finally, the editorial is question condemns "give-and-take legisla tion". May I remind the author that the very Constitution of our country is a product of compro mise. Further, to bring the argu ment up to date, the major reason for the defeat of the R.E.A. Fort Randal Line appropriation was the fact that Nebraska s sorry con gressional representation had op poted R.E.A. expansion h every sUte with the exception of Ne braska. The ability to compromise is undoubtedly one of the more necessary attributes for legislative leadership. Considering the .above exposed falsities, I consider this editorial hardly worthy of file thirteen. I hardly suggest for the authors con sideration, a message I recently read: "Be sure ' -in is in gear before mouth si moving. Tom J. Ueuderum to get ahead in school activities or start a discussion club on inter national culture, he did not get much support. However, Yogurt thought that to day the scene bad changed some what. Now, the Independents are making a strong effort to organize and function effectively. For in stance, we have several co-operative houses, Selleck Quadrangle and other organized groups. Pres ently, Independents are pushing to show their ability to be good pro ductive workers and leaders of University life. , Yogurt compared the attitude of independents to one philosophy of Samuel Gompers, the labor leader. The Independents are striving to do and get more today than yesterday. We will gain our higher position by evolu tion not by revolution. This was Gompers belief about organized labor. Mr. Kritch muses we may not erupt like a volcano but we will progress just as steadily as the molten lava flowing down the mountain. Yogurt figures that the Inde pendent movement has an inevit able climax. Many universities have very strong and effective In dependent groups. Mr. Kritch knows that the Independents here at Nebraska want equality of life and thought not necessarily su premacy but definitely equality. I feel that the Independents will ful fill the prophecy of the old say ing, "you can't keep a good man down." Give credit to the neoDie who earn it. More Independents are continuously joining that group of people who earn credit. Yogurt had to rush off to a calculus class so I didn't get to hear any more of his ideas. If vou see him, why not stop and chat with nun. He will quickly impart to you his belief in Independents. The belief is contagious. !oce of The Turtle Well, I finally got home, in spite of the snow and the railroad. The blizzard It ept a lot of chicken hearted people like me from driving home, so we all took the train Out West and sat on one another's luggage and slept sitting up. - ' v There was also a group of Ne braska Wesleyan people who in sisted on singing their school songs until two a m., which u not con ducive to good relations' between our two institutions, as far as I am concerned. For breakfast I had some chocolate-covered almonds some nice girl offered me. Gee, but it's great to go home on the train. When I got home I found that my mother can still cook better than anyone in the county, and that we have, live television Out West. I don't know if Tennessee Ernie Ford will ever replace Elvis Presley, but I certainly hope so. I also went to the dentist, who told me my teeth are just fine, but if I don't watch my gums those fine teeth will fall out. He told me to drink lots of orange juice, which I dislike. Don Comstock, who scored Ne braska's touchdown in the 195S Orange Bowl, has been kicking up his heels for Alabama U. this fall. Now scaling over 200 pounds, Comstock scored the Crimson Tide's first touchdown in a 13-13 tie with Mississippi Southern. He has one more year of eligibil ity left, end has apparently cleared his scholastic hurdle he ran into here. . Sources have informed The Ne braskan that the Student . Council will soon begin rumbling to life over a proposed student judiciary committee, and the possibility of an honor system. Debate on these two institutions should be interesting, as the likes of them have not been heard of before on this campus. I hope all the Council members take suffi cient' interest to study these two matters carefully before deciding anything. Huzzahl The Nebraskan staff is now at full strength for the first time since October. It is fine for people to say that your strength is the strength of ten because your heart is pure, but it got a little hairy at times. The Campus Green Thre A little boy With hair the color d dry prairie clay , sits alone at a table in the dining room and looks across at me. Soon his young crew-cut father returns. "Daddy, that man over there was looking at int. (I like him thought the boy) And the poet thought: I'm no man! I'm a kid of nineteen I And it was tender joy to know it. Bi3 3 MORE DAYS NEVER? . HAVE WE HAD SO MUCH PLEAS USE JS PRESENTING A PICTUEE : " OUR PATRONS! NEVER! HAVE SO MANY PEO PLE SAID SO MANY NICE , THINGS ABOUT A PICTURE ITS THE PERFECT "ALL FAMILY" ENTERTAINMENT WHEN ITS OVEK You'll Wis There Were Merel isfOR! IS TUX S PM- THEN Kto KIDS SO Gary Cooper ' '5 - . nOCir.TUU HX. . r-ll- It's "th Mot" in holiday fun with Formats end Tvxedaes from ... MAGEE'S.. it happened at nu Probably for the first time in the history of this University, one whala clans got a complete mental picture of the situation at hand. As roll was being called in P.Z. 61, a dance class composed of both sexes, one girl answered from the dressing room stairway, "I'm here but I can't come out. My my zip per broke." t rainaity, lernitr, Oiaaitlra LttrtiU . . , Lnrl , . . Vfwt 'turn nwims to. ail if. ,. t. t-ttn Borbora Ely, looking (and feeling) like a Christmas Angel in snow white nylcn tulle with pearls glimmer ing from the bodice and a white chiffon stole drift ing down her back, $22.95. Formols, $17.95 to $25 Bill Tomson, the envy cf the .holiday .stagline .in Ma gee's .TUX .Package, which includes the "Stag line Tux" by After-Six; a white .pleat front .Dress Shirt, and a matched Cum berbund end Tie Set for holiday dash. Tux Package, $49.95 fi-'-t -r I v I A f ":- ( . , : . .t J - . ' ' J ' i i Women't Formats . . . Magee's Third Floor Men'$ Clothing . . . Magee' Second Floor 1 ) i i . ! ': n t ' 1 . 'f f n v