The Doily Nebrcskon
Monday, Morch 17, 1958
Poae 2
Editorial Comment
Campaign-less SC Elections?
Why Not Have A Monarchy!
Each applicant for the Student Coun
cil has to sign a statement regarding the
principles he would uphold in serving on
the council.
Students are probably pleased with
that arrangement as far as principles
go. Moreover, a council cannot operate
with the respect of the constituents un
less it is a principled body.
But students around the University
want and deserve more than principles.
They should be given platforms and they
should be given a chance to hear the
candidates and judge fairly what each
applicant for office has to offer.
Student government goes a great deal
farther than the floor of the council
chamber. It should reach into the college
lives of the students represented on the
council. It should bear the fruits of posi
tive action to improve the University
rather than merely keeping things going.
The University has not allowed cam
paigning in the past because of the im
balance created by some monied inter
ests who might be able to swing elec
tions by the force of the dollar bill.
Nevertheless, limits could be placed on
the financial outlay in campaigns, giving
each candidate an equal chance to reach
bis office.
Organizations which have representa
tion on the council should take a firmer
Interest in obtaining qualified, active
candidates . . . candidates who are
working on the council to improve the
University, not thefr own lots.
Allowing campaigning for student
council offices would clear the air about
important issues and could emphasize
for the constituents the importance of
the council and the part it was originally
intended to play in the University life.
This past year, for example, such is
sues as the student tribunal and the
teacher evaluation and the drinking
policy and the parking problem might
have been just meat for council candi
dates to chew on.
Council members have an obligation
to take the messages and the work of
the legislative body back to their various
groups or colleges and at least to make
statements of policy on the important is
sues. The blame for the small turnout at the
tribunal election can be laid clearly on
the shoulders of council members who
did not inform their constituents of the
significant nature of the election or did
not encourage the students to take part
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io me election.
Outside of the tribunal, the council has
no real contributions to boast of this
year.
They have sent a few letters. They are
"investigating" the possibilities of hav
ing teacher evaluation, a problem which
has been dormant for eight years around
the University. They have hemmed and
hawed with regard to their own opera
tional procedures. They have allowed a
representative on the council who has
collected a grand total of under 100
votes of the college from which she
comes.
But no more should be expected of the
council under the present setup. Neither
the students nor very likely the candi
dates know what's in store at election
time.
The student council here is no more
than a popularity contest in most cases.
And from the looks of things, the pop
ularity contest is getting pretty unpopu
lar with the students who are con
concerned with their own welfare and
that of the University community.
Victory Walk-out $
Jubilant college students aren't native
only to the University of Nebraska. Ap
parently the students at Tulsa University
in Texas are also inclined to celebrate
with holidays when their team pulls a
major upset or comes through with a
rousing win. An editorial in a recent
Tulsa Collegian commented on a "Holi
day Solution to Walk-outs" in the fol
lowing manner;
"The March 10 holiday seems to be
the ideal solution to a problem which
has plagued TU administrators and in
structorsthe "Walk-outs" common
after major athletic victories.
"Knowledge that a holiday will be
provided each semester to celebrate
such victories should prevent the walk
outs, which served as a deterrent to
the instructors' efficient planning of
class time and tests.
"The holiday will provide a time for
celebration of athletic victories without
the resulting confusion of a walk-out.
"A stipulation for having the holiday,
however, is that no walk-outs be staged,
and if one does occur, the holiday will
be automatically dropped. This fact
should go a long way toward eliminat
ing the traditional walk-outs."
From the Editor
private opinion
dick shugrue
As I stood in the Hotel Cornhusker
lobby the other night, Frank Morrison a
Lincoln attorney and sometime candi
date on the Democratic ticket ap
proached me and gave me the greetings
of the evening.
"Here's a gentleman
I'd like you to meet,"
Morrison stated, as hej
gestured to the little, un-l
assuming fellow stand
ing next to him.
The otner man was;
short about my size I
and wearing a light!
brown suit with a plaid jj
tie. His handshake was
warm perhaps even
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Shugrue
professional, but his smile was sincere.
He was Don McGinley, Democratic
candidate for the fourth district congres
sional seat.
Through his work in the past two ses
sions of the Unicameral, the young
rancher and lawyer has demonstrated to
the people of Nebraska integrity, intelli
gence and quick wit he likes of which
aren't often seen in the state legislature.
Mc Ginley's decision to run for con
gress from the district which has beer,
represented for long years by Dr. A. L.
Miller, has been heralded by Demo
crats and Republicans alike as a real
step toward re-establishing the two-party
system in Nebraska.
Although the Democrats have not been
sound asleep in the state it has been
difficult to uncover a candidate or can
didates who could devote the time; or the
expense involved in a campaign the
scope of a congressional race.
In announcing his candidacy, Mc
Ginley told the people of his district that
be believes the people are ready for a
change. "It'll be my job to prove this
to them."
The Lincoln Journal, which for years
had been known to sympathize with the
interests and the projects of the Repub
lican party hailed Mc- jh
Ginley's filing for the fw
congressional seat by jf?
saying, "The Unicamer- I ';
al s loss is the
crats' gain."
This pretty
sums up the feelings of
the people in Nebraska
who have watched the
legislator work hard and
well for the best inter
ests of the state.
We'll watch with interest the congres
sional race in the fourth district.
Demo-1 i 4
well TV fe.
J.
Courtly ftunday
Journal aod IHmr
McGinley
Today is, of course, St. Patrick's day.
It's a time for the wearing of the green.
The Irish wear green with pride today.
There are the non-Irish who wear green
with envy.
At any rate, the significance of the day
lies not in one faith, or in one nationality,
but rather in the spirit of freedom.
It's important for the Irish, who tend
to be a cocky lot, to remember that some
of their greatest leaders have been
Orangemen . . . such was Parnell, the
noble statesman. Such was Shaw, the
orneriest of Irish writers who it is report
ed by Chesterton, claimed, "I am Irish
because my parents came from York
shire." That statement, indicated that being
Irish is a state of mind. And that state
of mind belongs to any man who detests
oppression, and "boos" equivocation.
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Nehraskan Letterip
Three Cheera
To the Editor:
Three cheers for Steve
Schultz!
As an interested theatre
goer, who does not pretend
to know very much about
drama criticism, but who has
seen well over a hundred pro
fessional plays on the London
stage, I would say this: Ne
braska has something to be
very proud of in its Univer
sity Theatre. I have been de
lighted with everything I
have seen there, and I would
say that at least two produc
tions last year notably Dark
of the Moon and King Lear
were on the verge of being
professional performances.
I just can't imagine how
people can prefer to sit in
front of a wooden box, watch
ing grey and white figures
cavort over a blurry 20"
screen when they could in
stead be sitting comfortably
at the theatre watching real
live actors (Yes, they are ac
tually there in the flesh!) in
color Think of that!) with no
hideous commercials or sim
pering announcers to inter
rupt their train of thought.
Why not give it ' a try, you
Tele-maniacs?
Wander over to Howell The
atre next month and see Uni
versity Theatre's production
of the Lark. And if Mr. Shug
rue writes another damning
critique, well, go anyway and
judge for vourself.
CLARE C. COOPER
Not Official
To the Editor:
1 want to make it absolute
ly clear that "Objections Sus
tained" was not written in an
official capacity, and thus I
was not
i " I speaking for
I U n i v e r
i sity Theatre.
I Probably the
'Howell
'a crowd appre-
3 : i ii r
i laic uie iree
publicity," al
though it
seems to me
that most of
the 352 inches
of front page
i
n
Viv .
Schultz
space which you have devot
ed to dramatic activities was
the result of legitimate news.
The presentation of a play is
at least as newsworthy as
the presentation of an award
to great cows. .
Second, I do not question
Shugrue's right to dislike a
play. God knows the student
actor must be ready to ac
cept critic ism if he ever hopes
to progress. What I do object
to is the fact that he has no
sound critical background
with which to back his opin
ions. Third, it is probably trus
that no one now in the Rag
office has an axe to grind
with University Theatre. But
My Weal Or Woe
by dick basoco
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I was speaking in the past
tense when I referred to these
axes. And I think I can indi
cate at least one time in the
past when the Nebraskan re
viewer was a disgruntled per
former. STEVE SCHULTZ
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More Sin
To the Editor:
I was pleased to see a Rag
columnist espousing the cause
of sin (Buck Shot, March 11).
I'm for it. The first part of
the column to catch my eye
was the last line quote from
H. L. Mencken. My pleasure,
however, lasted only for the
length of time it took me to
read the rest of the column.
To intentionally commit a
sin, an individual must first
of all know the difference be
tween right and wrong. For
this reason a child cannot sin,
because he is incapable of dis
tinguishing good and evil. In
Dante's "Inferno" the heathen
are present, although they re
ceive the lightest punishment
of all. However, the heathen
wind up in Hades because of
lack of Knowledge. This is dis
tinguished from a child's in
ability to know.
I'm not worried about Mel
vyn's soul. I don't think he
is capable of sin. His ideas
seem to rank on the level of
the little boy who sticks his
finger in the jam and then
runs to hide from Mommy.
Now that he is in college he
is a great big boy and he
doesn't have to hide from
Mommy any more. She has
probably given up running aft
er him anyway.
If I were Melvyn, I wouldn't
have worried about that fra
ternity pledge hating him for
reading over the pledge's
shoulder. If the pledge has
profited from his pledpe train
ing, he knows that such be
havior is a simple mark of
immaturity. You can't hate
children, even when they stick
their fingers in the jam with
out knowing why.
J. S.
Good For Grins
The personnel manager
asked the youthful ex-lieutenant
what business experience
he had. "None," was the re
ply. "I just got out of college
when the war started."
' "Well, what kind of a job
do you think you could han
dle?" ' ;
"Oft," breezed the appli
cant, "something executive.
A vice-presidency maybe."
The manager looked
thoughtful. "I guess that lets
us out," he answered. "You
see, we have 12 vice-presidents
already. "
The ex-louie waved a hand
nonchalantly. "Oh, that's all
right," he said. "I'm not u-,
perstitious."
(Readers Digest)
It's not whether you win or
lose, but how you played the
game.
This old bromide of the
sports world
has been
used often
w'hen ever
anyone
starts talk
ing about de
e m phasiz-
i n g college
a t h letics.
even theli IK
Dean of Basoco
American sports writers re
alized the futility of it all be
fore he died a couple of years
ago.
I've got some news for you
though, Mr. Rice. It's worse
than you ever thought it
would be. It is one of t h e
really great tragedies of
American sportdom that the
absolute necessity of winning
the game has reached the
point that coaches in this
country will jeopardize the
health or even the lives of
their players to insure a win
ning season or even a victory
in a single game.
Now I'm not advocating
having a losing football team
to prove that NU isn't over
emphasizing athletics. Some
coach once said, "I don't
ever want my boys to be good
losers. That makes it easier
to lose, and losing is habit
forming." I agree with him
to a point.
The thing that touched off
this whole column was an ar
ticle I read recently entitled
"The Pill That Can Kill
Sports" by Neal Wilkenson.
The author reveals that
amphetamine, a drug pro
hibited by law for use by
truck drivers and horses, is
being given to athletes all
over the country to the tune
of 6 billion doses a year. This
makes it second only to as
pirin in use. And that was
as of 1954; by now that figure
is certainly obsolete.
For clarification, ampheta
mine is a drug that has been
proven to improve physical
performance and endurance.
And. one might ask, is that
bad?
Not by itself it isn't, but
amphetamine improves per
formance at the eventual ex
pense of the body. It can re
sult in permanent damage or
death to the user. Even Hit
ler, who experimented with
amphetamine and metham
phetamine in WW II, stopped
using it because it proved too
harmful to his troops.
"Since then," to quote Mr.
Wilkenson, "only 3 things
have changed 1) Better
drugs are available; 2) The
practice has become an
"open secret" and has
spread through most major
sports; and 3) The age brack
et has been dropped to high
school kids."
But let's bring this topic
into the Big 7 or 8. A former
player in this conference who
requested anonymity said
that he's- played on 4 pro
ball teams and "most" of the
players used the "bennies."
He got his first benny in the
Big 7, shortly before kick-off
at each game. Not every one
got them then, but as he says,
"The colleges are getting
more professional all the
time."
Chuck Mather, the former
football mentor at KU said
that he doesn't like the
"stuff" because it makes the
player too jump,, "In col
lege," Mather said, "it's used
more in basketball and
track."
And at Nebraska? I don't
know If it's being used here
or not. I doubt that anyone
in the athletic department
would admit it if they did use
it.
I hope we don't use it. I
hope our coaches have
enough integrity to resist any
temptation to win that way.
The "hear no, see no, speak
no doping" rule is on, but
everyone of should stop and
think: This could have been
me taking the stuff and being
permanently harmed by it, or
it might have been my broth
er, or it might be my kids
in 20 years.
Winning just doesn't or it
shouldn't mean that much.
It's not whether you win or
lose. . .
s- . a
.iff i
Tidings . .
The day had dawned, the
air was clear and still and
all was in order.
It was a day like every
other day . . . but it was
different. -
still, some
had to hap
pen and it J
a: A fi
j u si a
brief ' radio
anno u n c e-
ment gave
the warning:
'The United1
Hates ,is be- Rodgers
ing attacked by enemy forces,
all large cities will be evacu
ated and everyone is asked to
take necessary precautions."
It happened so suddenly
that few had time to even
think about, shelter. At the
break of "dawn, between S
and 4 hundred submarines ap
peared off the two coasts.
Each immediately began to
release its barrage of inter
mediate range missies
Deadly little instruments
equipped with atomic w a r
heads. Each had the destruc
tive potential of a small H
bomb enough to totally de
molish of the city of Lin
coln. .......
As soon as they
were spotted on radar, de-'
fense stations, both at' home
and abroad were alerted. Sys
tems of key defense were
immediately set in motion,
jet fighter planes were in the
air and on their way to their
respective targets in only
minutes, but unfortunately the
enemy missies were launched
in a matter of seconds.
Thev eould not be stooDed.
Feeble attempts were made,
but to no avail. A few sub
marines were destroyed by
defending forces, but only
By Doc Rodgers
after they had loosed their
missiles. Only a tenth of thse
remaining would be sufficient
to destroy all the strategic
targets.
By this time the second
stage of attack was upon us.
Heavy long-range bombers
approached, escorted by hun
dreds of fighters.
This second phase of attack,
timed perfectly, came only
minutes after the subs ap
peared. The planes were over
American soil 15 minutes aft
er "zero" hour.
By this time all communi
cation, air defense and naval
bases were in ruins or crip
pled beyond repair. We too,
of course, were taking offen
sive measures, but we were
definately on the defensive.
Our missile bases which
remained after a heavy on
slaught by enemy missiles
and bombs were deployed on
key enemy targets. The en
emy capitol was, itself de
stroyed by our first offensive
move, but their operations
went on.
All Europe was, by t h I
time involved in the tassel.
Armies with conventioal
arms as well as .modern in
struments of war were fighting-it
out in Asia, Africa and
South America. No inch of
the dearth was void nor ex
empt from the sclrmishes.
With'' all systems of com
munication out or jammed,
no one knew what was going
on in the other parts ot the
globe. In fact, no country was
sure which nations were its
allies and enemies, they just
fought on.
Mass hysteria reigned.
Everyone was at war. Who
finally won? Good over bad,
or big over small? Who know
After that cobalt bomb, no
one was around to judge!
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