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The Daify Nebraskan
Tuesdav. September 17, 1957
Daily Nebraskan
FIFTY-SIX YEARS OLD
Member: Associated Collegiate Press '
Intercollegiate Press
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Published at: Room ZO, Student Union
Lincoln, Nebraska
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mm the part mt any ponoa outside th University. The
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asons! bl tot was I her say, or do or eaus to bo
printed. February 8, Iv&o.
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Disquiet
Catered as second class matter at the post offle as
Uneeta, Nebraska, ander tbs aet of aureat 4, 113.
. Hand Shaking
Dr. Hardin shook hands with students of the
University Friday evening. It was open house
at the Student Union.
The chancellor and his charming vife accom
panied by the deans of the various colleges of
the University stood in line in an effort to rec
ognize the new faces at the University this
year.
The open house has become a feature of Uni
versity life since its inauguration some years
ago. And it is an opportunity for the students
in the University to become acquainted with the
administration.
The hand shaking ceremonies spotlight the
fact that the men and women who make up
the University's upper echelons are human; they
tire and yet they smile for each new student
who passes through the line.
By this sign of good will the hand shaking
new students at the University can know that
the school is here for them. A comment of Dean
of Student Affairs J. P. Colbert that the Uni
versity is made up of faculty, students and cam
pus is ever so true as can be witnessed by any
one who observes the hand shaking hours.
Where students fall short in their estimation
of the school is by believing that the open house
atmosphere of the administration ends at 10 p.m.
on the Friday preceding the opening of school.
For the benefit of the new students on campus
Dr. Hardin has made it clear that his is an
open door. He welcomes criticism and he wel
comes suggestions for the betterment of the
University.
The day the door of the administration closes
to the students is the day to watch out for.
Because, as Dean Colbert points out, the close
association of the students and faculty is essen
tial to the healthy atmosphere of the University
students voice and has been an important phase
of the University life in the past years.
Last year students on the Publications Board
were deprived of their vote. This was accord
ing to the letter of the law. But it was received
With some indignation by people on the campus.
Perhaps some students should go to the chan
cellor, shake hands and discuss this problem
as soon as possible.
Paper Work
The pay's pretty good.
Because of that most of the staff of the Daily
' Nebrskan is willing to come down to the
office four or five days of the week dreaming
of the time when the check (distributed month
ly) will be handed to them with a smile.
The job's not too tough and the associations
are pleasant. The work consists of getting the
news, typing it, copy reading it, placing a good
bead on it and commenting on it."
Newspapers have a certain glamour about
them (to the outsider) which can't be seen too
often on the inside. But the men who work
within a paper feel an obligation to the public
to act the part of a stereotyped newsman.
So, as the old-time newsman Dr. Robert Cran
ford puts it, "we put on a bold front."
He tells of the time when he was working on
a paper which believed it was important to give
tourists a food show. "So when visitors came
through we on the desk put on green eyeshades,
the reporters plopped hats on their heads with
turned up brims and press cards just behind
them and one lucky guy came into the office
and yelled "Stop the presses!"
It's not always like that, really, as Dr. Cran
ford will testify. But there is always a willing
ness for action in a newspaper. Give a newsman
a chance to make a pun or to have an argument
and he'll take it up.
You might, too.
Stability . . . security.
These are the things, Redbook Magazine
claims, which young people are looking for.
In an article published this month the maga
zine claims that because college students and
graduates are searching for family and faith
they are showing signs of maturity.
But the article goes on to point out that some
of the major educators in the nation fear the
trend toward the employment security search
and the like the major concerns of the young
man and woman.
Young people, the article seems to indicate,
are becoming conformists in the true sense of
the word.
A Purdue University poll points out that stu
dents (75 per cent of them) want a strong and
fearless leader for the nation; that 50 per cent
disagree with the Bill of Rights; that 41 per cent
are ready to dispense with the freedom of the
press; that 83 per cent see nothing wrong with
wiretapping; that 58 per cent said it was proper
for the police to use the third degree.
These are certainly indications that the mod
ern student is a far cry from the adventurous
and rovoked student of the twenties.
But what is more alarming, the article points
out, is "the prevailing atmosphere of conserva
tism has the effect of inhibiting teachers from
broaching unusual or controversial ideas in the
classroom."
The Daily Nebraskan believes that had the
pollsters and idea gatherers come into Nebraska
and asked students at the University some of
the same questions which were popped to Ivy
Leaguers and metropolitan college pupils, the
results might have been different.
Certainly graduates of the University are look
ing for good jobs. But more often than not they
will take a chance; go into a new field; start
with a small company and be willing to work up.
We would hate to think that one of the
traditional sources of fresh ideas the college
classroom is being shut off.
The times when student argued with the pro
fessors have not altogether ended in the corn
belt. We are still willing to fight for what we
want and give whatever is called upon us to
give in order to receive the benefits of either
education or job.
Midwesterners Nebraskans revel in the pio
neer stock from which they sprang. The wide
open town has died, but the wide open mind is
still a vital part of the life in this part of the
nation.
Educators who know the Middle West testify
that the spirit here is more than adequate. That
is, the spirit to think and talk freely. But we,
too, are alarmed by the reaction of our con
servative brethren in the East who speak as
they dress in somber tones and thin-striped
voices.
Regula
It's always seemed rather strange that the
University abounds with signs saying that smok
i" - in buildings is verboten. "Do not bring
lighted tobacco into this building" says the rem
nant of a sign here or there around the campus.
And yet nearly every building has ashtrays
provided for the use of students who take ad
vantage of light up time between, during or
after classes.
The same will hold true any day now when
the University starts putting up signs telling
the student body and the hurried faculty mem
bers to stay off the grass.
It is obvious that when grass is in the process
of growing it could be harmful to trample it.
It .seems further obvious that any attempt to
make students take a long curv? when the
shortest distance between two points suffices is
futile.
Last spring the lawns jokingly "admonished"
the students not to walk on them. "Educated
people don't walk on the grass."
We don't agree. When educated people are in
a hurry they are very apt to walk on the grass.
The whole argument boils down to this: Regu
lations which are made for the benefit of the
whole will be followed regardless of the stra
tegic placement of signs.
Students don't normally throw matches on the
floors of buildings around the campus for exam
ple. For that matter very few normal people
do that sort of thing.
It is significant that the University of Ne
braska does not make the best use of the lawns
on the campus. Grass was created as a carpet
for the earth. And yet we skirt the green and
stick to the walks.
Oh, for the campi of the cigarette ads in
which students loll under the spreading chesnut
with a book of verse and a Lucky Strike!
But then the replacement of grass as a natural
carpet by cement is just one of the signs of our
neurotic times.
from the editoi
First Things First . . .
by jack pollack
By JACK POLLOCK
The scene shifts this week from the land of
the upward palm to that of mental exercise.
After a sudden bombardment by University
organizations attempting to start their activity
season with something in their till, freshmen
Students can settle down to one of the final
financial payments books.
Following a hectic New Student Week and
Rush Week, one frosh was contemplating asking
for his $120 back. After pondering his disburse
ments for frosh beanies, for the Comhusker,
for the Ag barbecue, for football tickets, for the
frosh hop and insurance, te decided he couldn't
afford to quit ...
fr
To the incoming frosh, transfer students, up
perclassmen and faculty members, the Daily
Nebraskan offer a hearty welcome.
The Nebraskan one of the few uncensored
collegiate dailies strives to serve the Univer
sity community. It is published by the students
and u such serves as a college laboratory.
Editorial policies may agree or differ with
that of the administration or students. Editorial
page editor Dick Shugrue has scheduled a wide
Tariety of features and columns for the paper.
Criticism of our policies, our paper, is wel
comed. Aa in past seasons, however, unsigned
poison pen letters will be well placed in circular
file 13.
Our primary job is finding, promoting and re
porting University news. To that end we have
a small staff scurrying about the campus. Con
sequently, any noteworthy items you may have,
can be deposited at the Nebraskan office.
Again, to the students and to NU's under-paid,
over-worked faculty, admutration and staff,
greetings!
ft -it .
In reference to The Galley's Slave's timely
remarks about IFC Rush Week, agreed early
season approval of a better set of rules is nec
essary. In a one-sentence answer, however, the
fraternities seem to think rush week is three
days of tearing down the system and then spend
ing the remaining nine months piecing it to
gether again.
Casting aside the onion flavor and switching
to orchid, the Junior Division and New Student
Week coordinator Leon Rottman are to be com
mended for a fast-moving, well-coordinated and
comparatively smooth-running New Student
Week program. The incoming members of the
University community seemed to go through
their first week with a minimum of confusion
except for some problems which seem to pop
. up perenially in the registration and card-pulling
sections.
The Galley Slave
dick shugrue
The Gadfly
Sara Jones
mm
I suggest the Interfraternity
Council read The Catcher in the
Rye.
Not just because it's good read
ing. Rather so
they could get
an i d e a of
what they are
like. Remem
ber what Bob
by Burns said,
"So would
some power
the Giftie Gie
us to see our
s e 1 v e s as
; . , others see us."
Well, recall
what Holden (that dear boy . j. .
what a frat man he'd make!) said
about his teacher ... the one he
went to visit before he left his
boarding school for New York City.
For those of you who are erratic
readers, this phrase is the first
chapter. Nuf said.
OK. So now about the IFC.
This year's rushing program and
the rush week was the most poorly
handled operation that I have seen
in many a moon. And being as how
I'm a Phi Psi, I have very little
to be disgruntled with.
Some suggestions?
Well, first of all, I suggest that
the members of the IFC get to
gether and take counsel before they
make any decisions as to what the
rules will be.
The helter-skelter business which
the IFC threw together this past
spring is for the birds. More than
the Betas.
Rushing is going on and has been
going on on this campus for more
than 65 years. That's just an arbi
trary date I selected because I
don't know how long the IFC has
been in business.
But they apparently can't get to
gether and decide what is good
for the entire system.
So here are some suggestions for
the council.
-fr ft
Rush week should be at least
three days long.
If the IFC boys are going to in
sist on the rushees dashing about
to eight houses, let's give them
time to see each house and get
acquainted with the men in the
houses.
The University of Texas points
out that rush week should be a time
when new acquaintances are made,
when friendships begin to bloom.
This can hardly be true consider
ing that the rushee has a half
hour (usually less) in each house
during the open house period.
The eight periods coul he run
like this: four in the ming,
four in the afternoon.
Then the evening of the first day
could be the time for the first
party.
ft- 6 -r
On the second day a party In the
morning, two in the afternoon and
one in the evening would be
enough.
On the third day perhaps one
party would be held in the morn
ing. Then in the afternoon the
pledges could be made.
An added attraction of the plan
would be allowing a man to pledge
during the final party.
As to the part of rush week out
side the parties I suggest that the
prospective fraternity men be giv
en an opportunity of counsel with
a faculty member who has been a
Greek. Let groups of about 20 lis
ten to the faculty man and hear
what they should be watching for in
the Greek system.
'As to the rules of rush week
which never seem to be enforced,
either cut them or drop them. It's
a farce to see rushes crcwd
into the Tee Pee Roon: with fra
ternity men after 10:30 and all
greet one another in an amiable
fashion.
Since spiking is almost an inte
gral part of the ri'sh program on
this campus, the IFC could either
w
drop the spiking rule or get a lit
tle tough about it.
Then there's the grouping of the
houses for the open house times.
Certainly the small houses are ,tn
jeopardy and must have some men
come through. On the other hand it
is obvious that this year's sys
tem helped them little.
, So let's give the boys a chance
to see the houses they want to
see . . . at least reappoint the larg
er houses into a better grouping.
Any better ideas will be accept
ed with the proper indignation by
the members of the IFC, but feel
free to let them know how they
stand in your estimation ... if
at all.
Some sleeping dogs are still
lyL.g about campus, basking in
t.ii September sun some strings
left untied and issues left unsolved
from last spring. Most of them
can be solved with a minimum
of fuss if something is done to
solve them.
Most important of these is the
right of student vote on faculty
committees, a right enjoyed until
last year when a long ignored
directive depriving students of this
right was dug up and brushed off.
Oddly enough, this directive had
been ignored until just before the
meeting of the Board of Publica
tions to chose new members of
the Nebraskan staff. It is on the
Pub Board that students repre
sentatives have the greatest influ
enceand some of the student
members were in extreme disfavor
with Administration.
A poll was taken by the Rag
and all faculty members contacted
were in favor of allowing student
vote. Nevertheless, by the time
the next Pub Board interviews
rolled around, no action had been
taken and at the last meeting of
the Faculty Senate the matter was
indefinitely postponed.
Whatever may have been the
reason for the action, we could
forget it if a simple motion to
restore this right were passed and
we could forget this rather shady
phase of Administration action.
Everyone is tired of hearing
about the famous (or infamous)
Mitchell case, but the report de
livered at the end of last year
was a shameful indictment of Ad
ministrative action, and we can
only hope that steps will be taken
to insure that such action will
never again blot the record of the
University. The Liason Committee,
headed by Lloyd Weaver of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
promised a report on these steps,
and we'll be waiting.
Then there's the harried, hur
ried Rag staff, who, according to
well-confirmed reports, must this
year adjust themselves to having
an official advisor from the School
of Journalism an advisor of a
"purely technical nature. Just why
the Rag must be given a technical
advisor after some fifty years
without one is not clear, since
. technical advice has never been
further away than a telephone call
to the School of Journalism
These are some of the problems
left over from last year. And I'm
not dragging them out for the sake
of something to say, or because I
want to make trouble or any other
of the hundred and one motives
assigned to trouble makers. They
are problems that need to be
solved and which cao be solved
if someone will take the trouble
to do something about them. Con
troversies have arisen In the past
mainly because Important Issues
have been ignored, or discussed
in secret, and the reasons for ig
noring them have not been made
clear. The epidemic of closed
meetings and "no comments''
which hit the campus two years
ago has obscured issues and
clouded perspectives for attempts
to clarify them have resulted in
mud-slinging and name-calling. If,
however, enough people can be
come interested in learning the
facts and nothin' but the facts,
ma'm most campus tempests can
be confined to teapots.
That is what this column will
try to do. Like the gadfly, it may
do nothing constructive. But if it
can sting hard enough, buzz loudly
enough and irritate deeply enough,
it may wake other people up to
constructive action.
Reporters Needed
Students desiring valuable re
porting experience may sign up
for work on the Daily Nebraskan
staff any time during Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons according to Sara
, Jones, news editor. Previous
journalistic experience is no re
quired, although journalism stu
dents are especially invited, Misj
Jones stated.
Associated Collegiate Press
Small Majority of Nation's Collegians
Like Beer Taps on Their Campuses
Would you like to have a college-run
tap room serving beer
on your campus? If you do, you
agree with a bare majority of the
college students in the United
States. College men, of course, are
more in favor- of college-run tap
rooms than are coeds, but even a
good number of the coeds approve. .
Associated Collegiate Press gath
ered information on this issue by
asking the following question of a
representative national cross-section
of college students:
SOME COLLEGES SERVE
BEER IX THEIR STUDENT
HALL TAP ROOMS. 1)0 YOU
APPROVE OF SUCH COL
LEGE RUN TAP ROOMS?
Men Women Total
Yes, approve ....57 42 51
No, dont approve 40 52 45
Undecided 3 6 4
With students favoring tap rooms
the most common reason given is
that students are going to drink
anyway if they want to, so they
might as well do it on campus in
the open. Here are a few comments
typical of this and other common
viewpoints:
"They're going to drink anyway,
so it's better to confine the drink-
Daily Nebraskan Letterip
To the Editor:
In blaring headlines in the first
issue of the Daily Nebraskan you
pointed out that such and such a
house was the leader in campus
scholarship.
I would call for a reappraisal
of the system by which houses are
rated.
' The reason for this is that many
houses remove from the rolls
members who are not up to a cer
tain standard. By that count it
would be possible to leave only two
men with an average of eight or
more and make any house the cam
pus leaders.
The removing of some houses
from the rolls may be a shame.
Perhaps it is done in good faith to
encourage the laggards to do bet
ter. I doubt, however, that the
students whose names are removed
from the rolls are deprived of the
parties which the house sponsors.
It is a feather in the cap of the
leading houses that they fought
their way to the top scholastically.
It seems that some who are on top
are consistent leaders.
The ones on the top are not the
problems for the raters, I would
suspect.
The houses (Greek or indepen
dent) who are down the line are
very likely the ones which are pad
ding (or scraping) the rolls.
What the administration could
or would do about this situation
I cannot say. But I can say that it
seems inconsistent to reward a
house for achievement when the
members or a great majority of
the membershave been cut from
the lists.
There might already be a check
to this padding. If so let it be ap
plied to each and every house.
If not, let the office of student
affairs look into the situation so
that fair treatment can be ac
corded those houses which deserve
it and just punishment to those
houses who have, by their own
workings, earned it.
TOM WEBSTER
ing to certain areas openly," is
the feeling of sophomore at Lynch
burg College (Lynchburg, Va.). A
Northern Illinois Sate College (De
Kalb) junior believes tap rooms are
all right "if they conform with
existing state laws; after all, social
drinking is common in our so
ciety." .
"It's OK if the people are made
to realize that they should be
gentlemen while drinking," is the
way a Lynchburg College senior
looks at it. A Bernard Baruch
School of Business (City College of
New York) junior thinks "students
are adult enough to have this
form of enjoyment."
Students finding themselves op
posed to the idea of college-run
tap rooms have a wide variety of
supporting reasons, the most com
mon 'of which is the opinion that
it just does no good, that school
is for education. Others feel it
might cause disturbances. Some
believe it would decrease the abil
ity of students to concentrate on
their work. Here are a variety of
comments typical of opinions ex
pressed against tap rooms on cam
pus: "If they want to drink let them
go elsewhere," is the feeling of a
freshman coed at Long Beach City
College (Long Beach, Calif.). "Stu
dents would take advantage of the
privilege to a point of disgusting
. results," is the belief of a junior
coed at Rochester Institute of Tech
nology (Rochester, N.Y.). A Col
lege of St. Catherine (St. Paul,
Minn.) senior coed says that "it
tends to take away the real pur
pose of college," while a Baruch
School of Business sophomore coed
believe that "during school hours
it would dull student's minds."
"Immature individuals would
soon make the college a shambles,"
is the feeling of a sophomore at
Rochester Institute of Technology.
"I don't think this adds to college
In any way. If students want to
drink let them go to a bar," is
the way a Moorhead State Teach
ers College (Moorhead, Minn.)
sophomore looks at it. And a soph
omore coed at Mississippi Collega
(Clinton) expresses her opinion in
this manner: "I don't believe in
drinking it impairs a collega
student's brain and arouses sexual
desires."
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