Thursday, April 24, 194T
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Bulletin.
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Though the coeds openly accepted support from
the organized factions tthis spring, are those coeds
actually members of the factions? A great deal
hangs upon the settlement given this question at
the hands of the University Senate next week.
For if the women are.ruled to be party reg
ulars, the minority party can claim two additional
seats on the Council, in accordance with a con
stitutional ruling giving the minority party a seat
for every 125 votes cast. Figuring both the men's
and women's votes together as is desired, the
barb faction would be entitled to nine seats by
this ruling in place of the seven they won by ma
jorities Tuesday.
The distinction between being supported by a
party and being a member of that party however,
seems to us rather slim. For certainly if a particu
lar party puts a girl in power she will vote with
that party. And therefore the women should be in
eluded in the figure upon which tht minority rep
resentation is based.
Yet when this is done another alteration must
lit made, this alteration being in the minority rule
of the Council itself. For with the official entrance
of women into politics the old ratios become out
jnodel. With a representative given the minority
party for every 125 votes cast, the increase to
the membership of the Student Council might be
come unusually large. A shift of less than 50
votes Tuesday would have given the barbs only
four members. Yet by the minority rule five
members would then be added, increasing the
Council membership as a whole by that much.
Whereas in the past the minority was assured
some five seats in any election, now that the
women are added they will usually be assured
nine or ten. And it is conceivable that all nine or
ten might be added in any one year above the
duly elected membership.
With the inclusion of women's preferentials,
and the increased enthusiasm at the wolls the votes
per man to be elected by each faction are increased.
And with this increase the old 125 minority ratio
no longer is adequate. Thus we feel some provision
must be made eithrr to increase the 125 minority
latio so that the votes to place a man on the Coun
cil will atrain be proportional, or some alteration
made in the way the representation is expected
that the Council will not be subject to increases of
one-third its membership by the functioning of this
rule.
When the faculty makes its decision, we urge
tht consideration of both angles. Possibly the
changes cannot be made until next year; possibly
the ratio should not be increased proportionally to
the increasing number of votes. But some altera
tions should be made. Then no one can have ob
jections to women being in politics and operating
on the same basis as men.
Those lame ducks!
No Student Union board was elected last
night. For the Student Council which selects that
board was unable to get together the necessary
quorum.
This year's Council has done a good job. They
have inaugurated the first centralized booking
agency on the campus, they have sponsored the
all Big Six Student Council convention; they have
fought hard for universal subscription to the
DAILY and have secured the reorganization of the
Council representation system. They have as a
whole been unusually active. For that Presidr-nt
Mason and he large majority of the Council arc
to be commended highly.
But with the selection of new members Tues
day, the props fell out from under the old and
like lame ducks they now disinterestedly await
the closing of the year. Mason expressed deep
regret last night that so active a council should
let down at one of its last few meetings.
The Union board must be selected. This year's
Council must get together again, and get together
In full force. The true worth of any individual or
group is his persistence to the end. We hope the
achievements of the Council will not Ik? blackened
by a slovenly close.
All is not lost!
All was not lost Tuesday, when the. student
tody rejected three to two the Council proposal to
place the NEBRASKAN on a universal subscription
basis. Though the question is now . dropped, and
though the prospect of having an all student news
paper soon appears remote, the work of the Coun
cil has not been in vain. For it paved the way for
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more conscientious non-partisan consideration of the
proposal in the future.
Changes cannot be accomplished overnight.
Campaigning cannot readily convince voters. Voters
can be convinced and changes can be made only
after these changes have become an integral part
of the voters' thinking.
The Student Council has placed the subscrip
tion question before the students more concretely
than ever before. They have publicized it and an
swered all questions. Though the vote rejects it
now, more and more thought will be given it; other
councils and other editors will continue to contrib
ute to the rising tide of favorable sentiment.
Till someday it will come before the students
again. And then, by the grace of God, politics will
be forgotten, the advantages of the plan will have
imbedded themselves in the minds and hearts of
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Swastika over Hellas
In 480 B. C. the Spartan King Leonidas poured
7,000 men into Thermopylae pass in an attempt to
stave off a Persian thrust at Athens. The early
Persian attacks were repulsed, but one of tneir
generals reached the rear of Leonidas' foice thru
another pass. The defense of Greece at Thermopylae
crumbled in the debacle that followed.
In the past few days another desperate defense
of Thermopylae has been beaten down. This time,
however, the attackers pushed through the pass
with panzer divisions preceded by a barrage of
planes.
Wave after wave of the German laftwaffe flew
over the defenders ot the pass, virtually anihila'ing
them (according to Berlin reports I, and has flown
on to wreak destruction upon southern Greece and
ships in Grecian ports.
The Germans Wednesday were claiming com
plete victory in the 18-day struggle in the Balkans
Official spokesmen declared that British losses were
approaching the magnitude of the bloody retreat
from F landers a year ago.
The British, though claiming their forces still
were resisting, admitted that they had been with
out direct word from their armies for several days.
Further, London did not deny the German re
port that King George II had fled Athens for the
island of Crete. And though the report is uncon
firmed at this writing, there is a strong possibility
that the Germans already are in Athens.
The conquest of the Balkans gives Adolf Hitli r
virtual control of all the continent of Kurope. Only
Josef Stalin stands as a possible effective conti
ncntal objector to the complete establishment of
the new order and the possibility of objection by
Stalin, at this time .seems highly remote.
The ray of light in the situation for tho.se who
oppose nazi domination of Kurope is that, aside
from the horrible and tragic destruction of human
lives, the situation is not decisively worse than it
was during the week prior to Palm Sunday.
Then the Yugoslav government had capitulated
without a struggle. Had the people been willing tc
accept that capitulation the way to complete Ger
man domination of the Balkans would haVe been
smoothed, instead of being ma do seriously rough
While dispatches on losses are not yet completely
accurate, estimates would show that the Germans
lost more heavily in the Balkans than they did In
the campaign in the west.
Further, the ravages of war have temporarily,
at least, badly damaged the productive facilities of
Yugoslavia and thus greatly reducing the value of
that country to the nazis.
Commentorials
. . . from our readers
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University of New Mexico stu
dent employment director recently
sent out a call for an experienced
egg candler.
Emotion tests given men and
women students at Kent State
university reveal that men are
much more easily stirred by swing
music than coeds.
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Congratulation to Konmet Klub
for first ilas production
Dear Editor:
I wish to congratulate the Kosrnd Klub on thi
year's production, "Torso del Torro." The book
the lyrics, and the music seem to me to be far
above average. The male leads are excellent, the
singing by both the men and women leads is better
than average, and the women add to the attractive
ness of the show, particularly in the dancing.
Yours very truly,
C. S. Boucher.
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