Friday, September 24, 1960 Page X The Nebraska EDITORIAL Johnson Doesn't Pull Punches LBJ didn't set the campus on fire with his speech yesterday afternoon. It was typical political conversation supposedly geared to college level. However, he was ex tremely tired from a grueling campaign schedule which has kept him going for two weeks at an extremely fast pace. Much more impressive were his answers to questions directed to him by students. The questions covered wide territory and except for one, were well thought out. His answer regarding his stand on the loyalty oath required of recipients of the National Defense loan he supports it showed that he is not going to be evasive in his stands. This is not a man who regards reelection or election whichever the case may be as he is it riin? for both senate and vice presidency as ta-amount. The majority of opposition to the oath has come from the campus and he knew he was going out on a limb by answering the question honestly. Lyndon Johnson is a politician in every sense of the word. He has become one of the strongest majority leaders in the history of the United States senate. His motives for accepting may never be known. The New York Times probably came as close to anyone in guess ing them when they simply said he knew that vice presidents got their names in history books more often than majority leaders. It is ridiculous to attempt to compare him with Henry Cabot Lodge, because their careers have followed two different paths. Many forecasters have said that voters will cast their ballot on the basis of the vice presidential candidates. How they will make such a choice and on what basis is hard to visualize, because these men are both as American as any two persons in the country today. Both would serve their country equally well. When the time comes, the intelligent voters will cast their ballots on the basis of the presidential candidates, because between these two men is the real differenc. Massachusetts Frats Pool Finances Fourteen fraternities at the University of Massachu setts have pooled their financial resources to form a fraternity manager's association. The aim of the non profit association, which will have the purchasing power of approximately $250,000 annually, is "to promote and maintain a high degree of financial competence in the policies and operation of social fraternities at the school." Under the new arrangement the fraternities will co operate in the purchase of food, fuel, supplies, furni ture, equipment and services for all fourteen houses. Based on similar operations at other large universities, the new system will involve training of stewards, house managers and treasurers; central buying procedures; more efficient accounting of finances and maintaining of records; and development of centralized resource material on menu planning, kitchen operation and house keeping practices. ' A professional fraternity manager, to be employed on a full-time basis, will be in charge of the entire opera tion. He will be responsible to a board of directors which will oversee all association activities. The board is com posed of two fraternity presidents; the president, secre tary and one member of the council of fraternity stew ards; a fraternity treasurer; two faculty members; two alumni; and the faculty adviser to the Interfraternity CounciL This would be a program for the University to inves tigate. Fraternities are probably hampered mora by financial problems than any other, including bad pub licity. The IFC would do well to make a thorough study of this plan which appears quite sound. Student Council Off to Good Start The Student Council wasted no time in getting off to ft good start Wednesday. If the first meeting was any indication the Council should have a successful, pro ductive year. The dictum set down by President Ken Tempero on absences is a sound policy. To produce effective legisla tion needs the help of all members and the small amount of time available to devote to the Council means a co operative effort from everyone. In the past, there has been little if any attendance at the meetings by the student body. Although this has not been encouraged, it is welcome and important. In many cases where legislation would have meant Improvements on the campus and would have provided added benefit to the students, there has been no opinion from the outside and this has resulted in the failure of sound proposals. If necessary the Council will meet in a larger room. But for an hour or two each week, it wouldn't hurt the student to take a more active part in his student govern ment If the same support is shown of the Council as has appeared at the Young Democrats and Young Repub licans meetings, there cannot help but be a sounder Student CounciL Daily Nebraskan SEVEvrr-ovE tears old Member Associated CoIUriite Frews, International Pre fcepreentatJve: National Advertisine Service, Incorporated FBbMsbed at: Kama 26, Student Fnion, Lincoln, Nebraska, Ittb 4k K Telephone HE 2-761, ext. 4225, 4226, 4227 W tIHr MohTMlun It avMlan Mnnflnr. Tvoimy. Wxttrowdat ana fl- ar aurkac the mrtiiml year. niq flurii vacations and n rriiil. fey S avwws ar tw niuvmw n mw mM aurhorlsatlini rT the Oommttter mm MttOftnt Affaire mm mm prnmnHm mf stuomrt ,ltnim. f tflilleatina under tlw Jartnaintiaa mi the fcuhmtwntruw a itubttrt fnlllcattnns shall tie tree firm aeilHTssI aansmwhtv mm the mmrt mt -the fittheimmilrlee irr nn -the lmrt of mm? auissa mmfUr tmr fntwrnttr. 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Bub Kaff " " ' ' By Sam Jensen I Lyndon Johnson visited the campus yesterday. I After announcing that he would take the second spot I on the Democrat ticket, he said at Los Angeles: ' I looked into John I Kenned y 's 1 eyes and I I liked what I saw." This ad- m i ration I f o r Sen. Kennedy was rather late in appearing for a man who differed with Sen. Ken- nedy 238 times in votes in the Senate in the period be- tween 1953-60. Sen. Johnson looked into the eyes of Nebraskans Thursday. Whether or not he liked" what he saw, his visit to the campus in the first week of classes sig- nals increased political ac- tivity at the University. This column and the column of my Democrat colleague will be a part of that activ- ity a part that is designed to provoke interest in gov- ernment, for politics is gov- ernment. Regarding the other col- umn in this series, one of my few regrets is that one day I happened to mention to Dick Shugrue that be The By Dick Masters I Enough of the "welcome I eager faces" jazz! Peace I to the old crib rats and I grill goers! Papa G e i s, I Black Sam Hall and the bearded sage, Tom Sloan, I are cavorting among us. I When the solitary reaper I know as Seniontis stalks these elders, rebellion is in I order. I Ward off graduation, chil- dren. Remain and party I perpetually 1 So be it for the I somber addages depart- ment. Time and column 1 inches sends us to the heart I and core of these obtuse I ramblings. 1 First, congratulations to I Myron P. and cohorts for a sparkling and interesting 1 column. Second, a few I words of criticism on said I bit. It behooves each and every one of the b a d g e- bearers t give assistance to tbe brothers less forln- nate than ourselves. On the other hand, to condone the I actions of which we Lave all been guilty shows an I incomplete grasp of the sit I nation. I As for criticism of the I IFC in this instance, it is I completely out of the ques i tion. The action was taken I by the administration and I the Fraternity Board of I Control i(This comment is I not intended to point fin- gers at adrninny with looks I of bitter regret.) I By our past actions fand I this meanE all of us) the I system has just been put I ting its chin in tbe way of I a big' punch. It is my ob i servation that the system I is dragging its heels. By i this I mean that we are I failing miserably to make THE BAND WAGON Strictly Partisan should apply for a position on the Rag. He applied and got the job probably be cause he was qualified. Since this time he has wielded his pen or type writer in an irrresponsible manner, that is, he has fa vored Democratic candi dates and Democratic plat forms and promises.) Back to yesterday's visi tor. LBJ. and his leader. The Democrats at Los Angeles, where Sen. John son changed his mind about the youthfulness and inexpe rience of JFK. wrote a civil rights plank which promised the moon and then nominated for the number two spot a man who has spent 20 years in Congress voting against or watering down civil rights measures. In I960 Johnson voted against ending debate on the civil rights bilL He opposed temporary aid for schools which have desegregation. Johnson, apparently siezed by the White House bug, did vote for civil rights bills after 1957. How ever, here are a few ex cerpts from his past his tory: He has voted against leg islation to outlaw lynchiags. He has voted three times against legislation to out law the poll tax, a promise of the 1960 Democratic plat form. Satyr' our set of behavior pat terns change to meet the patterns of "acceptable" societies today. Fraternities, from the time of their conception, were intended to be bands of brothers sharing con genialities, a few nearly rounds and friendships that naturally arise when Chris tian gentlemen gather. The system here is a very fine one and we may pat ourselves heartily on the back. Nonetheless, in order to exist both locally and nationally, fraternities must 'realize their obliga tion to the University com munity and to the city sur rounding that University. We must do more than clean old people's homes, sponsor orphan parties once a year, collect for AUF, and all the rest of the charitable things done each year. The impressions that the system will make upon alums and visiting parents must not be a shallow cov eruig oi more notorious activities. Only through constant improvement of our individual conduct and our conduct as a group, will we be able to keep the place on campus that we deserve. WELCOME STUDENTS TO ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH Lintxdm't Downtown Church Worship Services ot 9:30 ond 11 o.m. Dr. Fronk A. Court, Pottor MINNEAPOLIS STAR Another promise of the Democratic platform, the FEPC Bill or Fair Employ ment Practices bill, failed to get his support in 1950. In 1959 Johnson an nounced that he, as Senate majority leader, would ac cept a mandate for leader ship in the recently expired session of Congress. Later he devised the so called "Bobtail session" of Con gress after the conventions for his own political pur poses. It didn't work out very well for LBJ or the "majority leader's leader" JFK. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, the Republican Senate lead er, speaking in Xebreska Wednesday expressed some doubt about tbe leadership ability of Johnson and the leadership "potential" of Sen. Kennedy. Rightly so. Johnson and Kennedy vot ed to table and as a result, not discuss a civil rights measure offered by Dirk sen. Minimum wage legisla tion couldn't be reported out of conference commit tee even though Kennedy was manager of the Senate conferees. A school bill couldn't be rousted out of committee even though the Democrats outnumbered the Republicans 8-4. Sen. Kennedy promised in July to offer farm legisla tion in the bobtail session because "January would be too late." He named per sons who would help him draft the measures. No leg islation was introduced by either the "New Frontiers man" from Massachusetts or the "Old Frontiersman" And yet, these men who can not lead their own over whelming majority in tbe Senate, denounce tbe lead ership abilities of Richard Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge and Iwigbt Eisenhower. On. May 17, in Eugene, Ore., 'referring to the U-2 flight. Sen. Kennedy said this: "1 certainly would ex press regret at the timing and give assurance that it would not happen again. I would express regret that the flight did take place." On May 31, in Spokane Wash., Sen. Johnson shout ed: "I'm not prepared to apolo gize to Mr. Khrushchev. Are yon? I'm not prepared to send regrets to Mr. Khrush chev. Are yon?" On July 2, Sen. Johnson suggested that Mr. Kennedy as "a young man who needs experience" might take sec ond spot on the ticket "It's a good place for a young man who needs training." If our visitor of yesterday was suggesting that perhaps Sen. Kennedy is inexperi enced, immature and some what naive, I agree. Inside . By Phil Boroff The . 1960-61 University Theatre season will offer three classics of dramatic literature, an original opera, and the winner of the Fred Ballard play wrighting contest. All should prove stimulating and en tertaining since every pro duction is centered around the playwright and the cor rect interpretation of his play. On November 2, 3, 4, and 5, the season's premiere show will be Luigi Piran dello's finest work, "Six Characters in Search of an Author." Pirandello, Italy's greatest modern play wright, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. "Six Characters in Search of an Author" is continually produced and recieved as a true classic of modern theater. As re cently as December, 1955, it was presented in New York City as part of the Phoenix Theatre season. That pro duction starred Kurt Kasz nar, currently of Rod gers and Hammerstein's "T h e Sound of Music". Tennessee Williams Pul itizer Prize winning play of 1948, "A Streetcar Named Desire," is the most popu lar play of the season. This American classic will be seen December 14, 15, 16, and 17. Providing strong char acter studies in almost every role, "A Streetcar Named Desire" has at tracted such talented per formers as Tallulah Bank head. Diana Barrymore, Jessica Tandy, and An thony Quinn. The 1951 mo tion picture won Academy Awards for three of its -cwfait look Oft (MftM Yes, a book full of First Continental Checks ISthe handiest book on campus. You have a choice of two checking plans and you receive the handsome scarlet and cream cover shown above and personalized checks absolutely free! OPEN WF1 RST CONTI NENTA L NATION I. M N fc a. TBI XT O M P N T quentins .) town & campus View principle players Vivien Leigh, Karl Maiden and Kim Hunter. The play and film also rocketed a young actor to fame in his torn T-shirt and slob manner isms. The young actor was Marlon Brando. Nebraska's own take their place among the impres sive list of authors with the February 8, 9, 10, and 11 opera. The Department of Music will collaborate with University Theatre on the original opera entitled "The Sweetwater Affair." This 'Cattle Kingdom' west ern with music was written by composer Robert Bea dell, Assistant Professor of Music, and author Bruce Nicoll, director of the Uni versity of Nebraska Press. Another ?inal' offering will have tion in Hov first produc- ITheatre when the Fred lard playwrit- ing contest vinner is pre sented March 15, 16, 17. and 18. Last year's winning play was "Rockspring" by R. G. Vliet. Another of Vliet's plays, "Legions of Noon," had several engage ments on the summer stock circuit this past June, July, and August. Through translation and adaptation, two of the fin est European playwrights are associated with the May 17, 18, 19, and 20 pro duction, "Ring Around the Moon." The original French version was penned by Jean Anouilh who also wrote ' Legend of Lovers," "The Waltz of the Toreadors," and the retelling of the Joan of Arc story, "T h e Lark." The adaptation is by the famous English playwright Christopher Fry. .'n'aM.l'i mn it' GTS YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY Vv j Greet rfffmumil Selection 9 I ! i Villoaer YTiTTJ For You 1 1" QMim' fOFl s'sa