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Daily Nebraskan Editorials:
The Dally Nebraskan
Tuesday, April 9, 1957
Faculty's Decision
The Committee on Committees, which will
report to the Faculty Senate today, will prob
ably recommend 1) That the student council
designate advisory, non-voting representatives
to the Final Exam and Calendar Committees,
which will remain faculty Senate committees;
2) That the council designate, as before, repre
sentatives to serve on the remainder of the
faculty groups, now University committees.
But the catch is that the council would ac
tually designate the two people for each com
mittee and the Chancellor would make the
final choice as to who from the student body
shall serve in the committees.
Until the meeting today this is just a, pro
posal. But we would like to point out some
objections of the students for the benefit of
the faculty members who will make the final
decision.
1) In placing the burden of choice on the
chancellor, the council is deprived of its
position as a selector of representatives and
the chancellor (who might possibly rely on some
advisors) is given the burden of choice.
However, the task and the responsibility
which has always been the council's would no
longer be. The council, which should be res poo-1
sible to the student body for the decisions it
makes would not be for the final decision
would lie with the Chancellor. This, we believe,
weakens the power of the council and shifts
the burden to Dr. Hardin, who, alone, is
certainly not in a position to either know the
students nor choose who should serve on
committees.
2) The Calendar and Final Exam Com
mittees, which have always obtained vociferous
and continued help from student representa
tives, would, at least from the wording of the
proposal, no longer have student representatives
as voting members.
Here, however, there is an ambiguous word
ing in the proposal and these committees
might retain the same procedure as that of
the other committees.
We congratulate the Committee on Commit
tees for recognizing the right of the student
to be heard and the thoughts of the student rep
resentatives to be weighed on, what have been,
all-university committees.
We trust, however, that the faculty senate
will examine the proposal thoroughly before
deciding that the council shall no longer be
allowed to fulfill a function which legally be
ongs to it that of appointing members to
committees.
The Graduates
Idealistic as it seems, a placement program
for University graduates could help Nebraska
solve one of its major educational problems.
At present the greater share of Nebraska
educated seniors are pouring into east and
west coast states, where the pastureland seems
greener than in tfieir (comparatively industry
barren) home state.
A program similar to one adopted for Kansas
City high school seniors could offer a possible
remedy.
Ia 1W5 the Kansas City public school system
and local business and industry combined in an
attempt to help students properly prepare for
their chosen fields, which in turn led to place
ments. Similar programs have been established
throughout the state for several weeks.
Although not a placement system, it gives
the future doctors a look at Nebraska through
the eyes of a general practitioner's experience.
A program similar to this was initiated by
the school of journalism here at the University
this year. Juniors in journalism will be re
quired to serve "internships." The program
offers the double-barreled affect of theory in
the classrooms for nine months bolstered by
practical experience the other three months.
As in the Kansas City school system, it gives
employees in the state a chance to fill in
training gaps left open through University
schooling but it also gives them a look at the
students who -will be looking (to them) for
jobs upon graduation. It gives the students
come background experience.
From The Editor's Desk:
A word or two
A "Cooperative" program is currently under
way at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
- College students attend school five months
per year and work in their field six months
per year. Jobs are found for all students and
employers submit reports to the school on the
progress of the students. The system has proven
satisfactory, both from the employer and em
ployee standpoint.
The size of any University makes work-study
program nearly impossible, but a summer
work program could be coordinated with jun
iors and seniors in many fields. It could lead
to more jobs in the state retaining Nebraska
educated students at a time and age when
education are so vital to the progress of the
state.
Kansas City employers have expressed their
enthusiasm for the program, which in the
long-run gives them both college graduates and
experienced workers.
Director of the Kansas City Cooperative Oc
cupational Educational program Hollis Dahlor
has reported that some pupils who have diffi
culty in their regular academic work have
shown a marked improvement after being
placed in a job.
Education is the primary function of any
educational institution. On-the-job training could
well be a part of that training, when it offers
advantages to both students and employers.
And with proper placement in the state, it
could help Nebraska retain some of its Nebraska-educated
students, instead of shipping
them to the coasts after graduation.
before you go .
By FRED DALY
Editor
If Charles Van Doren has
done nothing else he has
planted the uncalled for real
ization in the minds of some
young Americans that per
haps being educated is cot a
criminal offense.
Of course, the fact feat be
won a monstrous sum of very
taxable money has quite a
bit to do wish it, but you
can't have everythog.
According to a rather large
sampling of high school
teachers and students. Van
Daren's exploits an a tele
vision program made quite a
Climber of our Citizens of
Tomorrow change theinopin-
lons about school. Apparently
Van Doren is somewhat of
an intellectual bepcai.
E is rather discouraging,
however, if one recognizes
that this great intellectual
revolution had to come
through the medium of the
TV quiz show, of which there
are more than a sufficient
amount.
The only way to gain ac
cess to the mind of modern
society is through the ca
thode ray. It is like mass
hypnosis.
But wd he ever replace
Elvis Presley, the boy with
the Solid Gold suit?
Someone referred to mar
riage the other day as The
bind that ties."
Hmmmmmm. What would
a Home Ec 191 textbook have
to say about that?
The 1957 Nebraska Legis
lature is a conservative
group, to say the least. They
are concerned with funds and
allocations and appropria
tions. They want to save
money for the state and for
its citizens.
But if things are so bad off,
Mr., Senator, where are stu
dents at stale schools going
to raise money to cover a
raise in tuition? Students are
citizens, too, even if they
can't rote.
nnce I rust
This is another ia fee series f editorials
front great American sewspapers printed to
widea the Ubiv en&y's sepe f appreciation
for national affairs. Today's editorial ap
peared is tbe Chicago Dally Tribune.
Prof. Thomas Cochran of the University of
Pennsylvania, ta authority on business history,
said She other day at a Yale University semi
nar that "defense and foreign aid contracts to
much of big business put executives in politics
as never before. To this extent, material
enterprise is becoming an adjunct of govern
ment. So much can be gathered from the occa
sional lists that leak out of the guests at Mr.
Eisenhower's stag dinners. But the develop
ment is not new. The New and Fair Deals,
though fundamentally inimical to private en
terprise, recruited a considerable number t
veil-heeled business executives and Wall
Etreeters 'bo served in their councils.
hea the Marshall Plan was first unveiled,
the propaganda stated frankly that this over
seas spending plan would prove a shot in the
enn to batiks standing to rake ia commissions
and industrialists in a position to fill orders
for capital goods. A large number of capital
ists enlisted in support of this radical scheme
to plunder the taxpayers.
Probably because the business community is
cut in when defense contracts are parcelled
out, it is not as vocal as it might be about big
budgets and spending. At any rate, these cir
cumstances may suggest why a group which
traditionally has been regarded as the strong
est force for conservatism now troops willingly
along under the banner of "modern Repuhli
caniEm. Many enterprisers who used to con
sider big government a hostile force are now
abetting and defending it.
We think this is short sighted. Inflation and
the profit squeeze are reflected' ia earning!
reports, and they are bad enouelL. But worse
is the reduction of independence in the main. '
genal group. As their dependence on govern
ment grows, their freedom contracts. The more
they get from government, the more of their
liberty of action government takes from them.
The vitality of the free economy is being
sapped. "Put not your trust in princes' is still
wise counsel.
The Daily Nebraskan
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To the Editor:
Karl Shapiro brings up issues
(true or false) which students
must face, especially University of
Nebraska students. I leave the rest
to-you and the students of Ne
braska. Lt. J. D. Hargleroad,
Cherry Point, N. C.
To the Editor:
When the senators come down
here to LIncon they are rather
important people. They have been
chosen by the folks at home to
represent a certain district and,
by gar, they'll represent it right
down the line.
Now when they get here and
sit down in comfortable chairs up
at 15th and K, they decide that
the only thing important is keep
ing those chairs.
The University which is in dire
need of money or expansion
for keeping its shirt on! presents
to the budget committee an hon
est need for this school.
And they feel that the only way
they can keep their chairs is to
slash the budget and slam the
chancellor. But an honest voter
who cares more about the future
of the state than his own pocket
book realizes mat a slice of the
University's budget being called
"practical" Is myth.
Now's the time students can
prove whether they're apathetic or
not. If they can stand up and fight
for the budget increase and win
It through sheer hard work, they
can never be called apathetic.
When the question of whether or
not to maintain a first-class uni
versity comes up, if the bulk of
those interested in the institution
fight for that institution success
should be inevitable.
Whether it is or not, unfortunate
ly, rests, in the laps. of those few
men who make the laws. But I,
at least, am speaking my mind
on the matter and hope I wont
be said to avoid this crisis at
homt.
Lou Kraemer
Through These Boors
by george moyer
The big news in the world of
the student (besides the petition
to send Steve Schultz to Hungary
of Lower Slobbovia or wherever)
is the cut in the University budget
which was, one could safely say,
a mite larger than our harrassed
chancellor had expected.
The full significance of the cut
did not dawn upon me immediate
ly. At first my attitude was one
of so what; the University will
get- by. Then I ran across an
article in which it stated that the
legislature had discussed a raise
in tuition upwards ft) $30.
At that time the chancellor had
told the senators that by raising
tuition $30, the University would
earn approximately a million dol
lars over a two year .period. It
is interesting to note that accord
ing to the tentative plansof the
Budget Committee, this is exactly
the amount which the budget was
cut below the governor's recom
mendation. This left me with only one con-
with malice
tovards none...
- - sam jensen
I often wonder how many stu
dents are concerned about any
thing outside the small world com
posed of textbooks, weekend dates
and television.
It seems to be currently fashion
able to indict the apathy of stu
dents at the University. But, it is
something more than fashionable
and something more than an in
dictment. It is mor like a verdict.
Students at this University,
speaking generally, just don't give
a damn about anything which does
not seem to personally affect them.
How many students realize the
importance of the debate which
is taking place at tbe Legislature?
How many students realize that
37 professors resigned from the
University faculty at the most re
cent meeting of the Board of Re
gents. How many students realize that
this state wll soon have a below
average College, of Medicine if
funds dont come from the Legis
lature or the skies. Both sources
seem equally improbable at this
writing.
How many students reflect the
thinlring and apathy of the sever
al state senators who say Nebras
ka is a conservative state and this
is a conservative Legislature. Noth
ing can be done, they say, as they
go about doing nothing.
Perhaps, it would be more real
istic to say that Nebraska is a
conservative state with seeds of
reaction planted in the Unicamer
al, and sprouts of apathy growing
in the minds of students of tbe
University and citizens of the state.
Are students concerned about the
future of the University or are
they more interested in themselves
as Professor Shapiro would have
us believe.
It is not practical for us to go
to Hungary to fight communisn,
but it does seem possible that we
might do something about an
inadequate University budget.
And if we do something, let's
not do It when the issue of raising
tuition comes up. This only brings
out more clearly the truth of the
accusations of Professor Shapiro.
If we become concerned only when
an issue affects our pocket books,
then we might as well be uncon
cerned. Perhaps, it Is too late. We should
have cleared our guns last fall.
The initiative has been lost and the
University is on the defensive.
Gov. Anderson proposed a $3.2
million budget Increase. The Chan
cellor asked for $5.5. The Governor
and the Legislature may know how
much it takes to run the Highway
Department or the Legislature but
are they as well informed about
the University and what about
students, just what do they know
about the cost of running our
University and the relation of in
creasing costs to the future of the
institution?
There are 43 men in the Legis
lature. All of them mean well Most
of them are stepped in tradition
and conservatism. Few exhibit any
political courage.
Some senatros state that they
are friends of the Univeristy, but
their hands are tied. Others say
that the people won't stand for an
increase in the budget.
All that can be done now is to
fight for the $3.2 increase. There
are a few state senators who be
lieve that this is important. Per
haps thxs much win be salvaged.
And the student body may watch
with interest.
In his final prayer before the Sen
ate of the United States, Peter
Marshall concluded his. petition by
stating, "We know we can not do
everything. But help us to do some
thing Who knows, perhaps we could
do something.
elusion to draw. I had better put
in $30 worth of overtime this sum
mer because school is going to
cost me more by that much next
year.
Of course, asking the student to
help support the University out of
his income is ridiculous. I doubt
if the combined incomes of the
undergraduate students on this
campus would approach five mil
lion dollars, while the University
budget, cut and all, will exceed
20 million next year.
That simply means that the stu
dent is going to have to go to his
parents for the extra money. Stu
dent's parents normally pay tax
es so this puts the burden right
back on the taxpayers, something
the legislature was. trying to avoid
by raising the tuition.
Perhaps this is not quite a true
picture. If there are 8,000 students
that means at the most only 16,000
parents will get hit. This is a little
then only hitting 16,000 taxpayers
for an inadequate sum which all
the same imposes an additional
burden on a few people, instead of
hitting 500,000 taxpayers for an
adequate sum that would impose
an infinitesimal burden.
The preceding paragraph doesn't
make any sense at all to me but
apparently our good legislature
thinks it's all right because that's
just what they are planning to do.
I hate to malign the legislature
because it was elected by tbe
people, and it has been my expe
rience that tbe people generally
have good sense. However, anyone
who has followed the proceedings
of this session knows that our
present legislature is composed of
a group of very conservative Re
publican gentlemen. There are ex
ceptions of course, but the average
legislator apparently borders on re
action in his politics, (if this is the
"new Republicanism" of Gary
Rodgers, he can have it back).
The views expressed by Dally
Nebraskan columnists are their'
wa and d not necessarily re
flect the views of this paper.
Students Still VJorhing Their VJ ays
Through College, MP Poll Claims
About three-fourths of the college
men in the United States find they
have to work, in varying amounts,
in order to finish college. With
the coeds, about half find them
selves in a similar situation. Many
of the students are able to find
work on campus, usually part-time
iii cafeterias, offices, etc. Students
working off campus have a very
wide variety of jobs, from tending
bar to doing fashion modeling.
Associated Collegiate Press was
able to get some information on
working habits of collegians by
asking the following question of a
representative national cross-section
of college students:
D yea support yourself en
tirely; partly, or aot at all, by
working while yoa attend col
lege? The results:
51 ei Womea Total
EaUrely 18 t ' 14
Partly 5C 4s 51
Not at an 2fi it Zi
Some students are able to escape
work entirely or partially by de
pending upon the GI Bill or scho
larships. "God bless the GI Bill,
is tbe way a senior at Oswego
State Teachers College (Oswego,
N. Y.) puts it, and a junior
attending the Newark College of
Engineering (Newark, N. J.) says
that "with the aid of my good
and loyal wife and the U. S. govern
ment I only have to work part
time." Most students working part-time
or not at all cite parents as the
primary means of support. Stu
dents who are able to live at
home while attending college have
other added advatages, or as a
Long Beach City College (Long
Beach, Cakf.) sophomore says:
"Tbe GI Bill helps a lot, but liv
ing at home is what really helps."
Some students are able to es
cape work during the school term
by working during the summer
months. A sophomore coed attend
ing the College of St. Catherine
(St. Paul, Minn.) gives this exam
ple: "By working summers I'm
able to make enough money to
help my parents out considerably."
For some students, of course,
there is no alternative but to work,
or as a Rochester Institute of
senior puts it: "You have to work
to eat." Others work part-time to
fill less pressing needs. For exam
ple, a Bernard Baruch School of
Business (City College of New
York sophomore states: "I work
part-time to get spending and date
money."
Work is seen by many students
as serving a function other than
merely making money. "It's good
experience to work, it makes a
ptrs-n appreciate his education
mot?' is tbe way a sophomore
coed at the College of St. Cather
ine looks at it, and a freshman
coed attending Mississippi College
(Clinton) feels that a "a student
who is not .physic ally handicapped
and is of age to attend college
should begin to help support him
self." A few students think that out
side work detracts from studying
and that all their free, time should
be spent in studies, or as one stu
dent states: "There will be plenty
of time for work when we get out
of school." And a sophomore coed
at VillanOva University (Villanova,
Pa.) offers this explanation: "So
far our course work has not al
lowed us sufficient free time to
keep a part-time job."
Little man on campus
by Dick Elbfer
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