EDITORIAL OPINION
'Leaders' Should Brush
Up on -Meeting Procedure
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IV) you discuss an amendment to a motion?
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Can it motion be tabled and removed from the table
in the same meeting?
Can the president an organization voice opinion or
does he (she) only have the authority to conduct the dis- s
cussion of others? I
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These questions confront leaders of campus activities
and organized houses each week in their meetings and g
most of the time go unanswered or disregarded. Why?
Because too many "presidents" have not taken the trouble I
to verse themselves on parliamentary procedure.
The result of lack of parliamentary formality in cam-
pus meetings is wasting the time of manyV'little Indians"., 1
the workers, assistants, members, who must sit patiently
while the "big chiefs" argue over whether or not the
amendment to the motion should be discussed before vot-
tag.
Activities would become far less ""busy work'1 if they
were organized organizations run by organized leaders
with authority.
Part of this leadership quality could be developed if a
group such as Student Council were to print a handbook 1
on parliamentary procedure. Last year the Council spon-
sored a workshop for officers of organized houses and
activities on campus. i
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A good idea, but was it effective?
Judging from the manner in which many of the cam-
pus meetings are conducted, these'workshops were either
not sufficient or some groups themselves made poor
choices of leaders. s
This is not to say that all groups are negligent. Many
hold dignified meetings, and these are the groups that
maintain the interest of the workers the little people
and provide an incentive for the workers to aspire toward
leadership in the organization. When a leader lacks re
spect of the members, he fails to guide the organization
effectively.
Student Council would do well to expand its work
shops and to further promote leadership among students.
Leaders on campus will be future leaders in other com
munities. It would be a shame if we were molded into a
busy-work-but-do-nothing generation of Time Wasters.
G. S.
Singers Concert Preview
Of Fine Seasonal Shows
If the Christmas concert presented Sunday lay the
University Singers is any indication of the seasonal en
tertainment to be presented, then we are in for many fine
shows during the next two weeks.
The ninety-five member chorus put on two excellent
shows Sunday afternoon to overflow crowds in the Union
ballroom.
Fine solos by Carolyn Rhodes, Paula Knepper,
Jocelyn Sake and Louis Lawson, plus the appearance of
the String Quartet, added to the Singers hour-long pre
sentation. In the coming weeks we will be able to hear more
fine musical presentations such as the Madrigals concert
and the annual presentation of the "Messiah". (D. C.)
Sitting In
By Carroll Kraus
A return to the Daily Nebraskan office is rather re
freshing after a semester's absence.
And it's rather stimulating to sit in the editor's chair
once again, at least for a day, while Editor Probasco is
back in New York City, rubbing elbows with the bigwigs
of the journalism world at the Sigma Delta Chi conven
tion. There have been some physical changes in the under
ground office the Rag staff calls home, both in the staff
per se and the office in general.
But largely the atmosphere is the same.
It seems to be an atmosphere of trying in the way
the staff feels it can do best to better the university com
munity in some perhaps intangible but sincere way.
If the University is better off for the information and
opinion it may glean from this newspaper, the staff's job
has been done. If the staff intends to use the experience
gained in this office to help in a life in journalism or if it
uses the experiences in leadership and personal contacts
in any other field, the Daily Nebraskan has served an
other purpose.
Errors creep in during the length of the working day
In this office, as happens everywhere else in "the Uni
versity community", or downtown or in Washington, D.C.
But the sincerity and the quest for helping others In
this sometimes intangible way has always been some
thing that has impressed me about all the staffs of this
newspaper. Few other organizations, I feel, have as
strong a feeling of loyalty as do Rag staffers; maybe
every other organization on campus may say I'm wrong,
but I think few past editors or managing editors or re
porters on this paper will disagree.
As for my part, my formal relationship with the Ne
braskan ended months ago, but it's kind of nice to think
that a few of the things that you have thought were good
or worth fighting for in the past are carried on every day
In a living establishment a college newspaper perhaps
never entirely right but never really wrong, if for nothing
else but sincerity itself.
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European Socialist Movement:
Uf Brandt Succeeds in Germany,
IGaitskelVs Chances Should Rise
By Eric Sevareid
1 Herr Willy Brandt, the
big shouldered mayor of
Berlin, may very "well be
I remembered in history not
-as the practical organizer
who defied
the armed
C o m m u-
nists sur-
I r o u n d-
ing his
city, but as
the politi-
cal thinker
who led
Europe-
an socialists
Sevareid
through the agonies of their
final break with Marxism
j and showed the way for rc-
constructing European pol-
itics in the American pat
i tern of two parties agreed
in aim, disagreeing only
I in method.
I He has an excellent
I chance to do with the Ger-
man left what the beleagu
f'ered Hugh Gaitskell is des
I perately trying to do with
the British left. This is the
importance of Brandt's ex-
traordinary speech accept-
ing the Social Democratic
I nomination for the chancel-
lorship not his dramatic,
f head-on admission of the
truth in the rumors about
i his illegitimate birth.
If Brandt succeeds,
Gaitskell will have a better
chance of succeeding, and
before 1961 is out we should
see the two leading Euro-
pean socialist movements
at long lingering last on all
fours with the realities of
I the mid-20th Century.
These rebirth pangs are
I severe, for they mean the
p final abandonment of illu-
sions, the most painful pro-
cess the human psyche can
go through. The price to be
paid includes giving up the
illusions that the class
I struggle is the central driv
i ing force of history; that
some special, (peace-loving
virtue inhahits the breasts
I of "the workers;" that in
1 a workers' party the voice
I of the majority is the voice
I of infallibility; that work
I ers organized can somehow
s avoid the human evils of
I other big cale organiza-
tion; that socialists in
power will have an inher-
ently better chance of
I reaching an over-all "set
I tlement" with the Soviet
Union; that giving up atoni
1 ic arms in .the west will
somehow cause the Soviets
to give up their drive for
fworld communism.
The evils of sacial fnjus
1 tice are plentiful in Ger
man and British society, as
they are in our own, and
as long as this is true
there will always be a left
wing party " call It So
cialist, Labor or Demo
cratic. But two immense
changes have destroyed the
old philosophical basis of
European socialism. One is
that the dominant charac
teristic of the Soviet spec
tacle is no longer egalitari
an social transformation
but aggressive nationalism.
The other is the scientific
revolution, more funda
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mentally affecting man's
life than the Industrial rev
olution to vhich Karl Marx
was reacting.
No spectacle hi "Britain
is more embarrassingly sad
than the spectacle of many
socialists who came of age
in the '30's still trying to
equate "socialist" Russia
-with peace and 'capitalist"
America with war. This is
true of some, like Anthony
Greenwood, now -challenging
Gaitskell, who are by
no means Communists or
conscious fellow travelers.
They are simply "true be
lievers," and to them his
torical facts that interfere
with their emotions are
non-facts, to be ignored.
Einstein is superseding
Lenin. The scientific revo
lution means, as every
day's evidence shows, that
almost no matter what kind
of political system a nation
enjoys or endures, material
abundance can be available
to all, given sufficient re
sources and technical know
how. The resulting drive of
affluence forces the en
largement of a prosperous
middle class after all,
the goods must be con
sumed. It forces the shrink
ing of the laboring class,
as research and capital
(in the form, for example,
of automation) outweigh
the ingredient of direct la
bor in the total value of
goods.
Brandt and Gaitskell
know what time it is, and
they know that the prewar
that is, pre-scientific rev
Ferae Naturae
QUAERE
The right to be free from
unreasonable search and
seizure is not a slight one
to be discarded by the
whims of the campus po
lice or any other group.
In defense of last weeks
rifling of a glove com
partment we are infor
mally informed that the
act took place so that the
officer could determine to
whom the car belonged.
This may be legal, al
though there is some doubt
on the point, but we won
der if it is justifiable.
Had the patrolman found
liquor in the car, we won
der what he would have
done. In good conscience
be could not have ignored
it. The end result woulfl
have been that a citizen
was found "violating a law
and properly would have
been reprimanded, when
nothing in his behavior In
dicated that he was doing
so.
Over the last week
end a member of the gen
darmes ran across a cer-
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olution social structure
is torn apart, never to be
Testored.
Knowing the time of day,
they also know what an
other revolution, the revo
lution in the understanding
of human psychology, has
taught us. They know that
human nature is identical
that, for example, the 'or
ganization man's" sense of
imprisonment and ego oas
tration pertains also to
those men whose organiza
tion is the trade union.
The -present plague of al
most daily wildcat strikes
in Britain Teflects "exactly
this. Caitskell, victim of
the union's block-vote in
favor of British neutralism,
must have envied Brandt's
freedom in boldly telling
the German trade unions
that they were not going to
boss either himself or the
party.
Altogether, the signs are
good for a return to reality
in the European "Left.
Brandt seems firmly in
charge and Gaitskell, I in
creasingly believe, will re
gain mastery in his own
house, partly, when the
time is Tipe, by outright
expulsion from the party of
the Silverman, "Mikardos
and Ziliacuses.
All this is vastly im
portant to the worldwide
cold war. A year from now,
the Kremlin should be en
countering in the European
Left a hard crust, not the
soft dough it has been
kneading and molding so
hopefully.
tain notorious offender of
the law in their eyes. This
gentleman had done no
wrong but the patrolmen
in good faith thought that
he had.
Remarked said officer
"You have gotten away
with it for long enough. If
you so much as b r e a th
loud we're going to get you
with something that w i 1 1
siick."
Such a student now not
only has to live up to the
ordinary student behavior,
but he must make certain
that he doss not in any
way committ any offense
within the discretionary
power of the officer. Such
an offense, of course, would
be usual things as rapid,
but not distinctly careless
driving, racking up pipes,
or stopping for a few min
utes on campus with an
unopened bottle in a glove
compartment. We can't say
that such a situation is
reprehensible but it seems
undersirable, unnecessary,
and a slap at the thought
of equality before the law.
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Staff Vietc
BOVINE
The Career Opportuni
ty Conference held Thurs
day provided Ag students
with the opportunity to be
come more familiar with
various professions.
Such a conference was or
ganized on an experimental
basis nd the decision of
the conference committee
was to evaluate before
plans would be made for
a similar conference in fu
ture years. The committee
asked all students and fa
culty to voice their views
so the amount of Merest
could be determined.
In order to fceep the com
mittee's request, "'Bovine
Views" will present its out
look on the conference.
The conference in itself
took consideralble planning
on the part of the commit
tee. The schedule of the
sessions -and banquet were
well prepared nd con
ducted smoothly. Both the
studentsand the faculty on
the committee spent many
hours preparing f?T the con
ference. Suggestions for next
year's program might be
compulsory attendance at
the conference unless at
tending classes on cfty cam
pus which most bave
signed excuses by he In
structor. The choice of
career should not be made
mandatory, but when al
most 200 students take such
an opportunity as a day off
from classes, then compul
sory attendance is almost
a necessity for a success..
Students should value this
as an opportunity to learn
more as well as to become
interested in a profession
and looking for a job. But
maybe the non-attending
students dont plan to do
anything when they finish
school.
Another improvement m
the program that might de
velop more interest and
prove more helpful to the
students would be to cut
the time of the sessions
and include one or two
more sessions. Then it could
be set mp that each of the
professions would remain
a day longer and would set
up a temporary office. In
terested students then could
talk with representatives
during their free hours and
become more acquainted
with the profession as well
as Interviewing for a job.
With this system, students
that decide they are not in
terested do not have to
spend so long at that ses
sion and would have the
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smions they Blight jike.
This might also aid the pro
fessional representative as
he would not have to spend
so much time with those
that are not really inter
ested, once they find out
about what that b might
consist.
A greater variety ot pro
fessions might be contacted
to include the Interest of
all the students. Some of
the students were dlsap
prtimed this year because
their particular profession
al interest mas not included
in the conference, Snch a
variety might be a oppor
tunity for the freshman and
sophomore students to find
more about related Indus
tries and what ways they
conld g in developing their
major.
Another improvement
might be to include more
non-agricultural professions
but ones that college stu
dents could easily succeed
in. Such professions might
be related to agriculture but
not involved directly with
ft This would be helpful
for those students who plan
to leave agriculture as the
demand for professions out
side of agriculture in
crease. Such a conference -could
not be set &pon a perfect
standard because no con
ference could satisfy some
$60 students but such criti
cisms may benefit to the
satisfaction of the greater
portion of the student body
on the Ag campus.
Juckmiu Teams
Place in Contests
Two University livestock
judging teams placed 35th
and 18th in the intercollegi
ate judging contests at the a
tional Livestock Exposiiton in
Chicago last week.
The livestock judging team
placed 15th as they competed
against a field of 37 teams.
The team placed sixth in the
sheep division with Fernando
Lagos placing tenth among in
dividual judges in that divi
sion. Other members of the
team were Paul Bengston,
Richard Frahm. 'Gary Mc
Donald, Larry Williams and
Charles Williams.
Twenty-six teams competed
m the meats judging contest.
Morris Beerbohm placed fifth
in the beef breeding section
and helped the team to place
seventh. Other members
were Herb Kraeger, Vance
Uden and Gary Johnson.
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