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The DAILY NERRASKAN
Sunday, December 17, 1039
Inquiring reporter finds . . .
Students feel political rally
desirable; some will miss
. . . old egg-throwing
By Paul Svoboda.
Last week the political rally
committee of the Student Council
proposed a plan for a "model"
rally. One that would eliminate
the torchlight parade the eve be
fore the election. One that Is
hoped would eliminate much of the
friction which this fall resulted in
serious injury to a etudent. One
that would break an old tradition
and start a new one.
Are the students willing to give
up tradition ? Do they feel that the
"model" rally is a step in the right
direction? A clear majority of the
students interviewed expressed
opinions favoring the novel plan.
In a few weeks the proposal goes
up before the representatives of
the students, the members of the
Student Council.
Anne Needham, ag freshman.
It's one of the first progressive
Ideas ever initiated by the Council.
Tho it would detract somewhat
from the spirit that accompanies
an affair of this sort, I feel that
it would show more of the intelli
gence that supposedly rests here
on the campus. It would eliminate
a lot of horseplay that should be
reserved for high school.
John Ainely, engineering sopho
more. If the mass rally can be con
trolled and directed it will be
much better than the old egg
throwing field day. The torchlight
rally was nothing more than a
minority of the student body out
for a good time and aching for a
good fight. The quality of the
candidates will be raised immeas
urably. After all if nominees are
the future student leaders they
should be good, instead of being
mere puppets in the hands of a
faction or any other controlling
group.
Saranna Smith, arts and sciences
freshman.
The new form of rally would
tend to raise the quality of the
candidates and students would have
a much better chance to know who
they are voting for instead of vot
ing with political blinders on.
George Cockle, arts and sciences
sophomore.
I don't see how it can work.
How can you get two factions to
gether under one roof with out
a lot of friction, which includes
booing and hissing along with
Midland professor shows
movies to geologists
Colored movies of Grand can
yon, Colorado plateau, Zion and
Bryce canyons were shown Wed
nesdays before a gathering of Sig
ma Gamma Epsilon, honorary ge
ology fraternity, by Prof. Gilbert
Lucninghocner of Midland. The pic
tures were taken last summer on
a field trip. Trofessor Luening
hoener took his master's degree
here in 1934.
tomato throwing? You know there
isn't a lot of difference between
tomatoes and eggs. The old rally
was good enough for me. I like its
freedom, its spirit, its tradition,
and I dislike any attempts of regi
mentation. Virginia Coltor, arts and sciences
freshman.
I think it's a very fine idea. Un
der the present rally plan we don't
know who we are voting for. How
can we? We never see them. If
the new plan goes thru the stu
dents will know a lot more about
the candidate? than merely their
political affiliations.
Harry Rinder, bizad sophomore.
It probably would eliminate a
lot of the rough stuff of former
years. It is a lot more fun the
way it is now. One good thing
about it is that the freshman
won't have to wash the eggs off
130 will sing for 22nd
annual candlelight service
One hundred thirty voices of the
four choirs of the First Tresby
terlan church will take part in the
church's 22nd annual candlelight
service this afternoon at 3
o'clock. Dr. Edmund F. Miller,
pastor, will give the message and
dedication.
the houses the day of the election.
Bob Def ruiter, teachers sophomore.
It's a good idea. I never did like
the torchlight parades. It would
serve to eliminate a lot of the
rock and egg throwing and would
take the whole thing out of mob
control.
Elolse Carlson, arts and sciences
junior.
Under the new plan the students
will at least know what the candi
dates look like. Also it would be
an all-university affair which
would encourage more students to
vote, especially the. barbs.
Don E. White, pre-med sophomore.
It sounds good to me. It would
eliminate the danger of injuries
evolving from mob control. Being
a barb, I am also in favor of the
new plan because I feel it will help
to unite the thousands of unaffili
ated students behind their candidates.
Campus gets
'protection' with
new rock line
The day of the line is definitely
here. Germany has a Siegfried
line; France has a Maginot line;
Finland has a Mannerheim line;
almost every student has a glib
line; China has a lifeline to Haip
hong, and not to be outdone the
university will soon be bordered
by a rock line.
At one time the campus was
surrounded by a picket fence to
keep the buffalo off the grass, but
in modern times the trend is to
build lines of more substantial
stuff than pickets. At any rate
the day of peaceful green grass
bordering the walks around the
edges of the campus is gone.
During the last few days work
men have been digging a founda
tion into which they will pour the
finely crushed rock for the new
line.
The rock line starts at the south
end of the stadium on 10t.h street,
runs to R street, from 10th and Ft
to 14th and R, and from there it
may be extended to S street.
The rock will come from the
Roca quarries. The crushed rock
line bordering the campus will be
15 feet wide and from 6 to 8 blocks
long. The rock will be three inches
deep. Limestone will be used in it
construction.
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