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The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, November 9, WiS
Editorial Comment:
But Not For Everyone
With a lure more powerful than the
dream ofa Shangrl La, the cities of the
big lights, big buildings, big empires,
' perch on the coasts and around the lakes. '
beckoning the Midwesterner come hither.
Perhaps it is not so much a call as a re
signed shrug, indicating that the city can
swallow more persons it doesn't need
them, but it can take them.
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San
Francisco-each evokes a vision of brisk
vigor life with that huge capital L. Big
money, big shows, big opportunities these
' are the lures. The drawbacks don't shout
as loudly like the eternal hurry, the
frustration of too-bigness, the aloneness of
the multitude, the hour's drive to and
from work, sky-rocketing taxes and on
and on and ...
But from the distance of the Midwest,
the lights shine brightly. Opportunity
. beckons. Life awaits. Excitement lurks
an inch around the corner. All that must
be done is to throw a shirt or two into a
suitcase and move, man.
So fine. Go. Many will. Many should.
But there are many too, who might well
ponder. Ponder the luxury of a smidgeon
of privacy, a house apart from those of
the neighbors. Ponder the more relaxed
life. Ponder the continuing tale of the city
dwellers fleeing headlong into the suburbs,
which have themselves become cities.
In a booklet prepared by the Ford Foun
dation, "Metropolis," the not-so-bright side
of the city is spread out. The title page
carries a picture of two children, perhaps
eight years old. They stand looking
through an iron fence. Behind them dangle
two pairs of roller skates. Inches above
their heads a sign declares "No roller
skating No bicycle riding No dogs iso
Peddling This Is Your Playground."
Mention metropolis and several pictures
are automatically called up. The first is
a main thoroughfare like a Broadway or
a Fifth Avenue. And sometime after comes
the picture of slums. Those who have
never left the Midwest can scarcely
imagine the immensity of the filth, the
squalor and the utter hopelessness of
these blocks and blocks and blocks of
what millions must call home.
The same Ford publication says, "Ten
per cent of the population of the United
States, or seventeen million people, most
ly in urban areas, live in houses beyond
rehabilitation. Additional millions live in
houses that are decayed, rat-infested, and
without adequate heat, light, or plumbing;
by stretching housing standards to the
breaking point, these dwellings are
euphemistically called "marginal."
But what has a young Nebraskan, di
ploma tucked into a pocket of his suitcase,
to do with slums? Nothing perhaps. The
young Nebraskan rushing East or rushing
West need not consider the ugly side of
the mecca toward which he is making the
permanent pilgrimage. But because he
need not live in them, they do not fade
away. They exist. They breed crime, dis
ease and every factor which can serve to
wear away the final shred of human dig
nity. Perhaps it might be well for young Ne
braskan with diploma to take a big
thought before boarding the train. For
many, life in the metropolis may be the
best of all possible worlds. But not for all.
From Spectacle to Frce
One thing about our country when some
sort of public disgrace comes to light,
there will be at least one individual who
turns it into not only a spectacle but a
farce too.
The latest episode In the TV quiz show
giant-sized expose falls into this category.
One person in the mile-long parade of per
sons appearing before the House subcom
mittee investigating TV rigging tossed
new fodder into the whole disgraceful in
cident. A woman attorney, Ejthel A. Davidson,
who was defeated in an early round of a
contest against Herbert Stempel, has in
stituted a suit, in which she charges that
the show damaged her reputation and de
prived her of prize money through a fraud.
The asking price is a million.
She charged that had the show not been
fraud, her ability would have netted her
"at least $100,000."
She certainly wasn't the only person
cheated and defrauded. The millions who
sat in mute envy before their sets watch
ing the fantastic supplies of knowledge
seemingly being dredged from the insides
of someone's memory were more than a
little cheated.
So was learning and knowledge in gen
eral. The cynics, the anti-intellectuals,
anti-booklearners, anti-knowledge for
knowledge sakers, can now chuckle tri
umphantly at the debacle that unfolded in
Washington. It's not too hard to hear them
they're knocking education itself as a
farce now.
The show in the capital is over for a
while now. The Subcommittee has wound
up its hearings, heard the last of the em
barrassed parade which stood or sat be
fore it. The last witness has told, with
head down, that he accepted "help" for
the sake of the folding green.
There won't be any more clergymen ad
mitting that they cheated, no more profes
sors confessing to fraud. The chairman
said that enough had been heard.
That's sort of an understatement.
From the editor's desk:
On Campuses 9n Things
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Diana
By Diana Maxwell
From a scrambled weekend:
"Please do not throw snowballs either
at our band or the Nebraska football
team.V coming over the radio from the
stadium announcer in Ames. Gee thanks
for small favors.
"Malice in fact will in
validate any defense to li
bel." journalism law
exam Monday.
It's the Music Man
himself conducting the
band" should turn radio
off. .
"There were stars in
the skies but I never
. . . "if it hadn't of
been for the press con
vention of high school type could have
driven to Iowa. ,
."Did you HEAR that. Did you hear
It? Right down under the goalposts and
they . . " not getting many cases
briefed this way.
"Felt like somebody's grandmother . . .
proctoring tests for high school journal
ists. Surprised at maturity of judgment
oozing out of some of their pencils on the
editorial writing contestcountry maybe
not for dogs yet bright bunch upcoming
but probably will mostly get married and
or be engineers since both pay better than
journalism ...
"Why not finance a new or used car
through the installment of the . . . "ra
dio definitely not 'an unmixed blessing.
Okay, so Meridith Wilson was there in
person ....
"Which do you feel to be most essential
for this country: 1) a moral regeneration,
2) an easing of the political tensions item
on personality test . . . think about TV
quiz probe, think about Communists
grasping what can you answer and why
So solly, no cannon, chicks might not
hatch", might be pointed at somebody
youngsters must not play. Keep matches
-from children. Mustn't antagonize. But
parents can come anyway and the house
WILL be open ...
CALLED BACK????? Offsides.
Safety. Definitely not our day.
12-0. Rally, rally.
Once there was a high school press con
test ... at Texas Western College in El
Paso. To it went a high school senior.
Eyes were wide, wide, wide in the SUB
(local translation: Student Union Ball
room). College types abounded. Particu
larly seniors. Poised. Competent. Far,
far, far above. Sophisticated . . . didn't
even place in contest . . . eyes too wide,
maybe.
"Third and two, Nebraska on the move"
Scent of popcorn waft down hall . . .
must investigate source.
"Tolly asks for some quiet ..."
18-0 didn't hear last six points.
Check of all pockets reveals total ab
sence of any funds.
"ZARUBA through for a ... "
Sony telephones completion of all law
briefs ...
"Time out for . . . '
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor n Diana Maxwell
Managing Editor Carroll Kraut
Newt Editor Soadra Whalea
Sport Editor Hal Brawn
NlKht Newi Editor Karen Ixinr.
Copy Editor Joha flnerner, Sandra Laahnr.
.. . Herb Prnhaeeo
Staff Writer Jarqne Janoeek, Karen l-onr,
. Doug McCartney
Jr. Staff Writer Mike Milm,, Ana Miwer
Reporter Nancy WMtford, Jim Torrent, Jerl
Jchinmn, Harvey Perlmn. Dirk Stacker
BUSINESS STAFF
fjulnew Manager Stan Hainan
Aaalatant Bualnei Manager Don Ferguaon, oil
Grady, Charlene Ornaa
C-lreniaiinn Manager loor Vonnmah'
Of flea Maiuttar Ardltb Ehlet
J DOUBT IT
By Sam Hall
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
fa ja
ton
Sam
Pick up your beer bot
tles and flee from the coun
ty! The place ain't safe no
more.
' I'm referring to the tin-
war rant
ed arrest
Monday of f?
zo , univer
sity stu
dents who
were stag
i n g (on
private
with
a
last minute victory celebra
tion of Nebraska's 25-21 win
over Oklahoma.
The Lancaster County
sheriff's" office pulled an
A-l boner when they
.nabbed the students at the
"beer blast" in a farmer's
field near Emerald, be
cause they arrested indi
viduals without proper au
thority while these individ
uals were on private prop
erty. Some Blast
- Some blast! Officials re
portedly confiscated 30
' cans of beer. Evidently
someone was intending to
tip two.
Now county officials
claim they have no grounds
on which to convict the
spirited group because they
were on private property.
The county has placed the
case in the hands of the .
University administration
to handle.
Since the incident unnec
cessarily has been brought
to the attention of the pub
lic, giving out-state people
some meat to chew, and
the administration people
seem to possess super
legal power, I wonder
what will happen. Punish
ment should be light if any
needs to be given at all. At
least nothing more than
conduct warning should be
handed down from that
great tribunal of ours.
AGR Fortunate
Speaking. -of "conduct
warning, consider your
selves fortunate, Alpha
Gamma Rho, that the IFC
recommended only conduct j
warning and levied only a
$300 fine against you for
the infamous sandwich in
cident. There's no comparison
between the severity of so
cial and activities proba
tion and a measly fine. The
fine may hurt the pride and
pocket book a little, but the
probations mentioned here
upset the entire " organiza-
tion of a house. The Delts,
Phi Delts, Sig Eps, Sig Chis
and Phi Gams can testify
to this. The Sig Chis, no
doubt, would pay $1,000 to
get off probation.
Unfortunate
It's unfortunate that the
press handled the ordeal as
it did. They (the" press)
made a mountain out of a
mole hill, apparently liking
the story's tone of sensa
tionalism. It's also unfortu
nate that you had to get
caught, because you aren't
the only fraternity engag
ing in such pledge hazing.
Now there arises a ques
tion in my mind. What does
the IFC plan to do with the
$300? Throw a party for
everybody in a farmer's
field 'near Emerald? I
doubt it.
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LUCKY STRIKE presents
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Dr. Frood, Ph.T.T.
Dear Dr. Frood: I have gone steady with
four different boys in the last three
weeks. Would you call me fickle7
L.N.
Dear L.N.s I would call you seldom.
Dear Dr. Frood: I hear that at some
schools they let you smoke in class. How
can I convince our administration to do
the same? f Hopeful
Dear Hopeful: Wherever you smoke
Luckles, you're smoking in class.
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Dear Dr. Frood: My girl is the best
looking doll on campus . . . honey-blond
hair, beautiful face and figure. I date her
so often that my marks are suffering.
What should I do? Daddyo
Dear Daddyo: Better your marls suner
than you. . '
Oirca,
OR. ."ROOD'S MORAL OP THS MONTH
When the world seems dark . . . when tike sun re
fuses to shine, do not fret. It happens every night.
Dear Dr. Frood: A professor here says
I'm so dumb I can't spell my own name.
What .should I do? Willyum
Door William: He's Just teasing.
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Dear Dr. Frood: Like you're the most.
I mean like you're out there ... so cool
you're Iceville. Like you're the ginchiest.
Chick
Dear Chick: Like you're sick, Chick.
Dear Dr. Frood: Several girls' colleges
nearby depend on our college for dates.
Some girl is always calling and asking
me to go out How can I politely refuse?
Bothered
Dear Bothered: Say you have a head
ache. Better still, admit you have no head.
DR. FROOD ON A
CURIOUS DECISION
Than is contidanbli talk In
tobacco circles about tht In
troduction of naw cfgarttts
flavors. It Is expected that you
will soon ba able to buy
cottait-chatie cigarettes,
sarsaparllla cigarettes and
frath-garden-vegttable ciga
rettes. You will be happy to
know that lucky Strike hat
decided to stick with its own
remarkable taste that of tint
tobacco only. A pleasant de
cision, I'd say.
COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKE
MORE LUCKIES THAN
ANY OTHER REGULAR!
When it comes to choosing their regular smoke,
college students head right for fine tobacco.
Result: Lucky Strike tops every other regular
sold. Lucky's taste beats all the rest because
L.S.M.F.T. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco.
TOBACCO AND TASTE TOO FINE TO FILTER!
iLUifl .1 7
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