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Editorial Comment:
Who Should Elect?
Elsewhere, where student governments
are selected in big campus elections
where the officers are selected by the
student body rather than from within the
organization, parties are already begin
ning to formulate plans for the big spring
event.
There isn't any of this sort of thing at
Nebraska. We .have no political parties,
no major co-ordinated campaign other
than the backing given by the IFC and by
HAM to a list of candidates.
At K-State, for example, the student
paper last week reprinted a large portion
of one party's campaign platform as for
mulated last spring. Imagine asking for a
platform from someone running for Coun
cil here! It's been done, and the response
almost uniformly has been an enlightening,
"Daaaahhh ..."
It is the Student Council constitution
itself which stands in the way of ever hav
ing a unified party system, or any one
stated group to be held responsible by the
voters. Because Council officers are se
lected from the hold-over members, which
are in turn elected by the out-going Coun
cil, no provision is made for a shift in stu
dent opinion.
In other words, the students have no di
rect voice in the selection of the top peo
ple in the student government.
Justification for the present election
system is based mainly on the belief that it
is necessary to have experienced Council
members in the officer positions. This is
a valid point. Certainly an individual could
not adequately handle the position of presi
dent of Student Council if he or she had
not served on a previous Council. ,
This does not mean, however, that the
Council itself must necessarily select the
officers. This should be the function of
every interested student, not just those
who serve on Council.
A more direct election method of officers
would stimulate interest in Council by the
students as a whole. In so doing, it would
be strengthening, not weakening the or
ganization. A compromise might be worked out
which would satisfy both viewpoints. This
would be to let the Council select the hold
over members as it does now. Then by
. slating individuals for the presidency, the
actual selection of the president, and per
haps the two vice presidents, could be
done in an all-student election.
This system works in the All-Womens
elections held every spring. There is no
good reason why it shouldn't for the Stu
dent Council.
When Congressmen Speak
With memories of Charles Van Doren,
cranberries, payola and even McCarthy
ism still in the back of our minds, the
latest scandal in the headlines has taken
on international proportions. We refer to
the charges by Nebraska Representative
Phil Weaver of the 1st District that citi
zens of the Philippine Islands are wildly
looting American bases on the Islands.
If Mr. Weaver wanted to get his name
in front of the public, he certainly has ac
complished this. He toured the Philip
pines for two or three days, came back
to the United States and immediately re
leased his expose to reporters, who in turn
wrote stories which ran on front pages
across the country.
The sensible thing to have done would
have been for Mr. Weaver to report his
findings to the State Department which in
turn could have investigated the matter
through the necessary channels of a prob
lem as diplomatically touchy as has been
created by his - accusations. Now, how
ever, diplomatic relations with the Philip
pines have been injured by Mr. Weaver's
tactless charged, , and. the State Depart
ment has the dirty work of trying to iron
out relations while at the same time hav
nig to investigate the charges for substantiation.
The Omaha World-Herald says, "How
does one go about saying tactfully and in
a nice way that 'condoned thievery, loot
ing, blackmail, extortion and assault' are
being visited upon American service men
in the Philippines."
Which brings us to the whole point of
diplomacy. Men in the diplomatic service
are trained to deal with this problem. The
problem could have been brought to the
public after Mr. Weaver had reported his
findings so that the State Department
would have a chance to investigate them
for proof.
Furthermore, the question of whether a
visitor of a mere two days is in a position
to know the full picture of a complex situ
ation bears examining. Even a trained in
vestigator could scarcely be expected to
acquire a solid picture of a situation in
one or two days.
While Congressmen should have the
freedom to attack any phase of our gov
erment which is not as it should be, it
would .seem that in any situation wherein
another nation would be concerned, a so
ber consideration of the consequences of
, such harsh charges should definitely be
in order.
From the editor's deshi
On Campuses 'n Things
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Diana .
By Diana Maxwell
President Eisenhower's reception In
India has been one of those events which
sounds as if it might make a good basis
for one of Hollywood's betterthan-average
"spectaculars."
Last week when the pa
pers and television duly
reported that a million
Indians had poured into
the streets of New Delhi
to greet the President, it
was difficult to compre
hend the immensity of the
scene. One million indi
viduals, all trying to get
a glimpse of the man
whose name is apparently
something more than even
magic to the Indians.
Subsequent days of the President's visit
In India have borne out the promise of the
first that of a reception whiph was not
merely polite, or friendly, but super
charged with emotion. Apparently, the
Indian people have given Eisenhower an
almost messianic welcome.
All of which stands out in contrast to
the picture of Mr: India, Nehru, which is
held by most of us. That is of an intensely
cool man .'the neutral whom nothing
seemed to shake from his mid-fence posi
tion. The papers report that" Nehru has
seemed quite moved by the hysterical
welcome given to the U.S. president.
After years of hearing reports emphasiz
ing and re-emphasizing the suspicions of
- the United States in other countries, Eis
enhower's India reception, coming after
Nixon's welcome in the USSR, would seem
to indicate that all might not be as black
as has been pictured.
It is just a tad bit encouraging to hear
this sort of thing once in a while what with
being bombarded with 1) our rocket pro
gram Isn't as good as Russia's, 2) riots in
Panama gainst the U.S., 3) our education
system stinks, 4) our GNP isn't growing
as fast as Russia's . . . etc. . . .
My room-mate noted on the way In Sat
urday night that either mirages were get
ting solider, or some people actually were
transferring from the Sammy party to
the Delt party via horseback. The Old
West lives again in 16th St., and why not
attend p.j. parties with your trusted horse
Dobbin?
. All of which is actually one big stall
hoping the readers (all three of you and
Mother) will have gotten off. by now so
the announcement of the Rag's slight de
feat at the hands of our basement neigh
bors won't be too highly read.
The big game was held Saturday after
noon, and I must say the Rag team played
a sterling game. Sony fought valiantly,
even if she can't shoot, she really fought.
Youngdahl went down in everlasting glory
as high score man for the lay with 13
points. Even young Mike shone through
and dropped a couple of impossible shots
in.
However, because of the rules of the
game which kept the male team members
. from playing under the baskets, our base-
. ment neighbors (who obviously selected
their staffs on the basis of height) were
able to squeeze by with a mere 16 points.
Also a special message to' Jerry Bush
in case Turner and some of the boys come
. down with a dread disease, our Homecom
ing Queen could easily step in and do the
job. Skip made 12 points without even
having her hair mussed.
However, there are nasty rumors of her
having played basektball four years in
Iowa, which obviously invalidates the en
tire game.
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THE SIXTEENTH OF
DECEMBER IS .
BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY!
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BEING THIS WEDNESDAY...
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Scrip on Sale
Third June Misses
On Being the Charm
DOUBT IT
By Sam Hall
By Diana Maxwell
The third time is sup
posed to be the charm, but
this time it was a stale
charm.
. The fall edition of Scrip,
campus literary magazine
begun two years ago, is the
third appearance of the
magazine, and in many
ways is the poorest of the
three. Like the other two, it
is laden with simber,
pained writing and re
member the editor's plea
for some light, humorous
material?
Only one breath of salty
air blew through the gloom
in David Harris's short lit
tle piece, "Billy Meets the
Admiral." The plot wouldn't '
win any prizes, the writing
is crisp and sparkly, a wel
come reprieve from, too
much pain in the others.
A second attempt at com
ing out of the cellars made
a good climb but just
didn't seem to have the
oomph to make the last
flight. This was Suzanne
Maxwell's "Not a Friend,"
which removed the scene
from the Midwest to Erin.
The idea behind her lepra
chaun's tale might have
sold, given a slightly more
delicate handling and a bet
ter ear for the Irish brogue.
Bar Wilson again has
found' a place as a Scrip
contributor, this time with
"Chip Off the Old Block,"
another of the Wilson tales
which shows that Miss Wil
son has a real knack for
making dialogue and action
move realistically.
For the rest of the fiction,
the only comment could be
that the plots were stale,
and nearly all were over
written. "Between Some Nice Clean
Maybe Scrooge
Has Won
From the Nebraska Edu
cation News comes this
Christmas carol jibberish:
Christmas music is the
same, whether it's sung in
a school in Akron, Ohio or
Kittery, Maine. Only the
words are different.
A Mississippi teacher re-'
ports that her children
don't sing Christmas car
ols, they sing Christmas
"caramels."
They transform "Good
King Wenceslas" into
"Good King Windshield
Glass."
"Round Yon Virgin Moth-
er and Child" comes out of
young mouths as "Round
the Furniture, Mother and
Child."
"Away in the Manger"
evidently sound to them
like "Away the Lone Ran
ger," because that's the
" way they sing it!
Sheets" by Ken Barnhouse,
in spots shows a lucid style.
However, the overall im
pression is one of disjointed
tearfulness perhaps
caught from the hero, who
has come home only to turn
away from his house and
hide in a motel.
Barnhouse also produced
the cover, a wild splashing
of red (man and the sun),
purple, white, black and
hungry yellow. It matches
the contents in that it rests
its merits more on meaning
than on artistry.
Two poetry offerings by
Bob Perry and Don Condra
cek stand out as good writ
ing. Perry's is an attempt
to pack the modern feeling
into traditional rhyme and
meter. The result is a force
ful, meaning-laden poem.
By Sam Hall
A random thought or two
written as they occur . . .
Just for the record book,
I might mention here that
one of the Delt bells, which
was stolen
from an
empty
house just
p r i o r to
rush
week, was
r e c o v
ered early
Friday
morning.
This epi
sode began Sam
when four .birds escaped
from their cage at 1515 R.
1 don't like to point a finger
at anybody, but the Betas
live there. With a flutter
they flew through the Delt
lot 'chirping profane notes
with the aid of a familiar
sounding bell. It woke the
good guys up.
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SATYR
By Dick Masters
The pagan cave is gaily
bedecked and the SATYR
anxiously await the season
of mistletoe, hot toddies
and blazing hearths not
to mention fair maidens.
"Make the most of every
holiday" saith the sooth,
"for the Ides of March ap
proaches with seeming rap
idity and that will.be no
holiday."
We speak of a soothsayer
and we would not mislead
you, dear revelers. The
sooth, as you know him,
speaks from a printed page
in lower case vernacular.
He is the true wise man
the giver of perfect gifts.
And listen to him, chil
dren of despair, for his or
acles are many and his
auguries are valid. But
endugh of the mystic mas
ter of the Spartan Orgy. His
fame increases daily and
his identity no longer re
mains a mystery.
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And Athena has found
fault with our ramblings
... and there are others
who disfavor us. So it is.t
according to Emerson, that
the truly great are grossly
misunderstood. Would that
the converse were as true.
Fear not, we shall continue
to enlighten you at the risk
of endangering our very
beings.
The osmotic pressure has
finally swelled and broken
the membrane.CThe SATYR
sympathize, for here was
Truth. The proddings of the
skeptic are in great de
mand and this gadly will
be sorely missed. Write on
thou very pessimist.
The SATYR condescends
to the vernacular for the
purpose of propounding the
profound. Why are we such
a flock of fowl that we peck
and even ostracize those
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
imjm win
who dare to be different?
Individuality has come to
be unacceptable.
The greatest deviation
that one dares is to wear a
uniform of a different hue
than the standard tan.
Think about your own little
circle and ask how far one
of the cult dares go before
he becomes an outsider,
it it it
I'm not about to scream
socialism, or togetherness
or Pealism at Project. But
isn't it true that the organ
ization consists of extro
verts attempting to instill
their ideas in fertile young
minds and thus propagate
their race?
Why not a Project to edu
cate thoroughly? Why not a
Project to stimulate inter
est in literature, politics
and the humanities? It
seems that you are intent
on training "well-adjusted"
vegetables. In fact, our en
tire system of education
seems bent on finding a
method to produce just this
result. Formal and social
education is tending to be a
means of earning a "com
fortable" living and an at
tempt to "Dale Carnegie"
one's way to social accept
ance. Only a warning! We, the
SATYR, looked on the
Acropolis of Pericles. So,
too, were we saddened
then. Beware the Huns of
the Golden Age.
Hardin Gives
Challenge
To Schools ,
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
said Wednesday evening that
students who receive a sec-
nnri-ratf plpmpntnrv srhnnl.
ing do not "catch up" in high " is respite from wolves
school or pollppe. at one dor and certain
rir Hardin Rnntp Wnro columnists on his back.
. A cops and robber type
pursuit ensued. The good
guys won . . . naturally.
They got the bell. The bad
guys went home with the
wheels of their auto quite
out of line. Damn curb!
When are you going to
bring the other bell out,
bad guys? On second
thought keep it. It ain't got
no clapper.
Hats off to the Kosmet
Klub boys. Their Fall Re
vue Friday night was ex
cellent. My only complaint
is that there was no third
place skit award. Had
there been one the Sig Eps
or the Theta Xis could
have perhaps received the
recognition they deserved.
The "boo and hiss" and
"cheer" prompter cards of
the Xi's melodrama tore
me up. Oh, and if you see
Joe Knoll walking about
campus go up and congrat
ulate him on his superb job
as emcee.
What the hell? I'm Mil
lard Fillmore !
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Although I seldom read
the comic strip of a news
paper, Dick Tracy has re
cently captured my rapt at
tention. Today Flyface's
mamma really gave Dick
Tracy the word. She said,
"Don't call my son Fly
face!" ..
Since this will be my
last column before the
Christmas holidays let me
wish everyone (even the
Sig Alphs) a Merry Christ
mas, and be sure to get
drunk New Year's Eve. A
special greeting to all my
instructors who gave as
signments over the holi
days: "Merry Christmas to you,
too, Scrooge!'
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To the editor
Dearly beloved, we are
gathered here to think.
Since this is a season of
gift giving and since the Ne
braskan is a popular device
for advertising one's gifts,
I should like to make use of
this facility.
My present to the Nebras
kan is a worthwhile colum
nist or two.
My present to the Admin,
istration is a bundle of va
rious types of human emo
tions. My present to Prince
Kosmet and Nebraska
Sweetheart and all Queens
' and Kings is humbleness.
My present to Bill Jen-
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Nebraska County Superinten
dents Association on the im
portance of a strong and im
aginative elementary school
program.
He told the superintendents
the challenge faced by ele
mentary and secondary lev
els 'is greater than that of
higher education. i
Dr. Hardin, said the begin
ning years of school present
opportunities to' encourage a '
desire to learn. Therefore, the
early years are very import
ant in the formation of atti
tudes towards learning, he
commented.
My present to the Greeks
is freedom from social pro
bation and freedom in gen
eral. My present to the Inde
pendents is freedom from
the Greeks.
My present to the Kappa
Delta pledges is less vio
lent skips and respect for
other people's sanity.
My present to the student
body is for more rubber
stampism, more out of the
mould and not so much in
dividualism. My present to humanity
is me.
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