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EDITORIAL
Wednesday, May 8, 1963
onninafions JkrQ Qpsnl Masted Letter
EACH SEMESTER, the Nebraska
takes it upon itself to recognize those
members of the University community'
who have contributed the most to the
University.
It is that time of the year again, and
the Nebraskan is asking for nominations
for Outstanding Nebraskan.
THESE NOMINATIONS, which come
from students or faculty, are the means
by which the Nebraskan staff picks one
faculty member and one senior student
for this singular honor. The final choices
are made only from those nominated by
signed letter.
Choosing an Outstanding Nebraskan
is a difficult and an honored task. In
picking its final candidates, the Nebras
kan considers such things as character,
standing on the campus, individual ac
complishments, and finally, service to
the University. For it is only in service
to the school that a person can show
those traits which warrant giving him the
title of Outstanding Nebraskan.
WHILE SOME excell in their student
or faculty positions only as far as bring
ing honor to themselves, a truly out
standing person will bring honor and
prestige to his school as well.
Nominations are now open.
Election Aftermath
IT'S ALL over but the shouting, so
they say.
As we step back to view the results
of the Student Council elections, let's
maintain an attitude of calm detachment
and look towards the future. As we do
so, several areas of question and wonder
present themselves.
FIRST, WHAT will the newly elected
Council members do to implement their
platforms and constructive ideas (this
assumes that two formerly opposing can
didates can work together).
Second, will the attempts to reor
ganize Council be subverted by the in
flux of new representatives with no prior
experience?
IT SEEMS likely that the new repre
sentatives will be able to work together.
There were no violent clashes of person
alities during the campaigns Nebraska's
type of politiking does not lend itself to
personal clashes.
In terms of objectives to be reached
through the implementation of individual
platforms, the basic similarity of those
platforms should be a definite aid in
reacliing a basic agreement about what
is to be done.
WILL THE new representatives be
gin to work towards their objectives?
Will they orient the remaining weeks of
school towards preparation for the fu
ture? Now is the time to begin opera
tion. All of the new Council members and
the few old ones will begin to look to
wards the new officers for leadership
and guidance. They will expect that the
new committee chairmen will bech osen
upon the basis of ability and not as "po
litical payoff."
FINALLY, WE hope that the new
Council members will accept fully the
responsibility of their office and will ap
proach with a full sense of maturity the
tasks that lie before them, remembering
that it is better to accomplish one small
task well, rather than attempting many
large jobs and accomplishing nothing.
We would hope that the new reps will
take their jobs seriously. It is imperative
that Council be infused with new blood
and "vigah" if it is to survive. We trust
they will learn the necessary parliamen
tary procedure to enable them to func
tion effectively during meetings. Will
they work actively on the various com
mittees? Will they truly represent their
constituents? Will they be objective and
mature? Too often in the past year we
have witnessed displays of ignorance, in
difference and immaturity.
There is much to be done. There are
so few to do it. Those who indicated their
desire ot do so, MUST.
EDITOR NOTE: The followlnf let
ter from Mr. P. C. Spencer, one of
the Masters who participated In
the recent Masters Program at the
University, was sent to Dave Smith,
general chairman of the Student
Council's Masters project.
"... this is the first op
portunity I have had to
write and express my ap
preciation for being par
mitted to participate in
your f i r s Masters Pro
gram. It was a most stim
ulating and rewarding ex
perience. "I am more apprecia
tive than I can say of the
Certificate of Honor and
Merit which was present
ed to us at the final evalu
ation session. As T com
mented then, I came away
deeply indebted than ever
to a great institution of
higher education.
"Surely the program
has infinite possibilities
for good to both students
and alumni. It should be
continued, expanded and
improved. The best source
for suggestions for im
provement should be the
students themselves. It
would be extremely help
ful in getting into action
quickly and effectively if
the so-c ailed Masters
could be exposed to some
kind of an orientation ses
sion at the outset, even
if there were no more than
a review of the prior
year's program plus an
explaination of proposed
changes.
Again, many thanks to
you and your associates
for your many kindnesses
and courtesies. I am deep
ly grateful."
P. C. SPENCER
Phiddity: Academic
Malady
Shakespeare never
would have earned a
Ph.D. degree by submit
ting "King Lear" or an
other of his famous
works, an outstanding ed
ucator said at Duke Uni
versity recently.
Addressing a regional
Conference on Teaching
Political Science, Dr. Ed
gar H. Brookes, former
South African senator for
15 years, said colleges
and universities have of
ten become so preoccu
pied with Ph.D. degrees
and faculty research iind
publications that student
education suffers.
Dr. Brookes referred to
"the phenomenon which I
venture to call Phiddity,
the tyranny of the Ph.D."
and added that while
many countries suffer
from phiddity, "It is
found la full flower in
America."
Currently a visiting pro
fessor of political science
at Duke, Dr. Brookes for
merly was a veteran fac
ulty member of South Af
rica's University of Natal.
His audience at Duke
included four past presi
dents of the American Po
litical Science Associa
tion. Staling that Shakes
peare would never have
earned a Ph.D. degree by
submitting "King Lear"
or "Cymbeline" to the
examiners, Dr. Brookes
added that Aristotle, Mil
ton, Plato, Mill and other
great writers would have
feared as badly.
"In short most of the
great political texts which
we use in our courses
would be considered in
compatible with the Phid
dity of our day," he de
clared. He said further that
"... the feeling that re
search must constantly
be done and that publi
cations are one of the
most vital factors in pro
motion means that al
most all spare time is
given to these things."
No comparable effort is
made to assure that fac
ulty members give ade
quate time to their stu
dents as individuals, he
continued. "This does not
count for promotion," he
added.
He then posed this ques- I
tion. "Will anyone seri-
ously maintain that the 1
American university sys- 1
tern would ben sensibly 1
weakened if one-third of I
the time now given to re- 1
search were devoted to 1
individual students?" 1
Another speaker, Dr. 1
Lindsay Rogers of Co-
lumbia University, also
remarked on the empha- 1
sis on faculty writing. 1
"Some of them feel that
they must publish or per- f
ish, for in certain mis- I
guided academic quar-
ters, a 'productive out-
put' " is an essential for
promotion in rank, he 1
said. f
Dr. Rogers said further 1
that "I confess that I 1
have always thought that I
brilliant political journal-
ists Walter Lippman, 1
James Reston and Ray- 1
mond Aron, for example I
.merit the attention of I
scholars and students"
just as much as academic
writers on political top-
ics.
DAILY TAR HEEL I
New
Guard
In his seventies, Walter
Lippmann is still the dean
of American syndicated
columnists.
This was shown once
again on television's
award-winning CBS Re
ports last week. Mr. Kipp
mann discussed the prog
ress of events since last
year's similar interview
on both the international
and domestic scene. As in
past discussions he was
concerned with America's
past and present position
in world affairs and what
the future might hold.
On Other Campuses
Cars for Students?
Car ownership by students was the
subject of a rather lengthy arthle in a
recent issue of the Daily Tar Heel, stu..
dent newspaper at Chapel Hill, North
Carolina.
The headline asked the question, "Is
Car Ownership a Right of Students as
Citizens?"
Being factual rather than orgumenta
tive, at least for the moment, we share
with our readers the information on cam
pus car ownership contained in the Tar
Heel's story. We are told that, of the
9,000 students at Chapel Hill, 6,200 do
not maintain cars or have them in Chapel
Hill, 6,200 do not maintain cars or have
them in Chapel Hill. About 3,400 students
cars are registered, 1,000 of them owned
by married students, and most of the re
mainder by graduate and professional
students and juniors and seniors.
Incidentally, the campus newspaper
reports that the age of the average stu
dent at Chapel Hill Is 22 years,
There are bars and limitations on
student car ownership and operation at
Chapel Hill. Freshman may not have
cars, and sophomores must maintain a
C average before bringing .the family car
to the University.
Students holding scholarships or bor
rowing from the loan fund may not main
tain motor vehicles, with exceptions
made for student needing cars in con
nection with self-help jobs and whose
cases have faculty approval.
Quite a debate could be worked up
over the question of a student's right to
own and operate a car as part of campus
life. Another query, as the Tar Heel sug
gested, might be warmly debated, and
that is whether possession of an automo
bile is a drawback to "scholarly efficiency."
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Mike Maclean
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Bill Chullcks, Boh Cunnlntliam, Peter Lass
On the world situation,
Mr. Lippmann had these
views:
The grand alliances
both East and West are
being unilaterally exam
ined and attacked by sim
ilar forces from within
each. The Atlantic alliance
is being challenged by
news conference in which
he closed the door to Brit
ish membership in the
Common Market, Le
Grand Charles made it
quite clear that he feared
undue American influence
in European affairs.
This attitude was fur
ther emphasized by t h e
recent Franco-German
Treaty and his desire to
form his independent nu
clear strike force outside
of the Anglo-American,
NATO force of Polaris fir
ing submarines. This of
course signaled an abrupt
end to the Kennedy ad
ministration's g r a n d de
sign for an Atlantic Com
munity and an end to the
post war American hege
nomy of Western Europe.
Whether DeGaulle's goal
will be met is yet to be
seen.
The Sino-Soviet Block
is also undergoing a per
iod of testing from with
in by Red China. Mr.
Khrushchev is In a life
and death struggle with
t h e Chinese leadershio
of the Communist world,
not because of the so
called ideological split, but
because of the fact that
the Russians are Russian,
(thus having close ties
with Europe and the West)
and the Chinese are Chi
nese. Both civilizations
clash In one important
area: geographic expan
sion in Siberia and North
ern China.
Oddly enough, the trou
bles in both alliances are
perpetuated by the mav
erick behavior in the oth
er. There is no longer a
need for the nuclear um
brella provided by either
the Soviet Union or t h e
United States. Without this
nuclear strike capability,
one side would be at the
mercy of the other, if the
other had these weapons.
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