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2 DAILY NEBRASKAN .Wednesday, April 15,1942 yifZ&MAlwUV ORTY-ttRST YEAR. Subscription Rates are 11.00 Ter Semester or 11.50 for t College Year. $2.50 Matted. Single copy, 6 Cent, Entered as second-class matter at the postoffic In Lin roln. Nebraska, under Act t Conirress Maroh S, 1S79. and at special rate of pom are provided for rn Section 1103, Act ot October 8. 1917. Authorised September 80, 19J2. Pnbllahrd Pally dnrlnt the acriool year except Monday and ftaturdara, vacations and xamlnatl(ini period by Gtudreti ot the UniTt.-Ktty ot Nebraska urder the rapervurton ot tbe Pob Uratlonl Board. Offlcea link Building Day 8-7181. Night 8-719S. Journal a-SSSO. Editor ...Paul E. Svoboda Business Manager.. Ben Novicoff KDITOMAL DEPARTMENT. Managing Editor )darorte BruninR, Bob Schlater Ncwa Editors George Abbott, Alan Jacobs, Junt Jamtrson, Helen Kelley, Marjori May. Bporta Kditor Bob Miller Member Nebraska Preaa Aaacclatton. 194 1-4 2 Bt SlNKSM PKPAMMtM. Altan Bua Managera. .... .Betty Dixon, Phil Kantor Circulation Manager Kidney Schwarta All andrnrd editorial are the opinion nt the editor and BboaM aot fee eonarnaed la rrftect taw vtewa ml the a4 raanUtratma or of the nrvexsHy. Campus Awakens To Ballot Call The political pot is abrewin' on old Ne braska campus again. With the annual spring election just a few days off, both factions Barb and Union are eyeing carefully the actions of each other trying to figure out just which way the wind is going to blow. Both machines are out look ing for votes which promises to make this election a very interesting one, because of the important issue invovlved. The Barb students under the guise of bet ter student government are submitting to the students an amendment which would nullify the present system of representation on the Council. Rather than the Council representing the various colleges and groups on the campus, the amendment would have the Council mem bers elected at large thus representing no particular group. There are many merits to the proposed, and there are many drawbacks one of which being that the membership of posed almost entirely of "popularity kids." the student legislative body would be com An important merit to the proposed change is that those elected would be more represent ative of the student's wishes. These are ponderable arguments. They sound very good. An outsider would think the students at the university are deeply concerned with the theories of government. THE FL.VIN TRUTH IS THAT THEY AREN'T. THE BARB STUDENTS WANT THE ELECTION RULES CHANGED BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT TAIN A MAJORITY ON THE COUNCIL. THE AFFILIATED STUDENTS ARE IN OP POSITION TO THE AMENDMENT BE CAUSE IT MIGHT IMPAIR THEIR LONG AND POWERFUL HOLD ON THE COUN CIL. Thus, when students go to the polls they aren't voting for or against better student government. Their vote at the polls next week will decide for sometime in what faction will rest the majority of the Student Council for a number of years. If the election this year is quite close with the unaffiliated students given a bare majority of the positions open, the majority in next year's Council would, perhaps, still rest with the Greek students because last week eight holdover members were chosen all of them affiliated. In order to establish a clear majority the barbs would have to do away with the holdover members which they propose to do. WHATEVER ARGUMENTS ADVANCED IN BEHALF OF THE PROPOSAL ARE JUST PRETENSES. WHATEVER ARGUMENTS ADVANCED AGAINST THE CHANGE ARE ALSO MERE PRETENSES. However, if the issue was wether or not to have holdover members, all students should vote for retain ing them. There is enough confusion the way it is now at the first of the year even with the experience of those persons who were mem bers of the Council the year before. ' Thus, at the polls next Tuesday the stu dents will decide only one very real issue whether the unaffiliated or affiliated students will run the Student Council. We have but one warning to offer. DON'T BE SHEEP. LOOK BEYOND THE END OF YOTJB NOSE. FERRET OUT THE REAL ISSUE. DON'T LET A BUNCH OF POLITICAL BALLYHOO ERS AND TIN GODS PROMISE YOU "GOOD, CLEAN STUDENT GOVERN MENT," AND BELIEVE IT. Dear Editor: Something smells in Tharmacy and it isn't the chemicals or the dead dogs. The ob ject of our disaffection is the Student Health Service. There are evil rumors about the fresh man who entered the office at 3:15 with a serious case of scarlet fever and was refused treatment that day because the doctor had to rush over to the stadium to look after our "bread and butter boys." We don't believe that one; but we do know of numerous eases which are almost as bad. What good is Student nealth to the stu dents if the treatment is refused them On page eight of the Student Health Service Rules and Regulations appears this statement: "A student with a sore throat, a fever, a headache, a rash, or any unusual symptons of any kind, should report at once to the clinic." Of what use is a rule like that if a student with a sore throat and a fever is refused treatment on the grounds that the doctors are too busy giving examinations for swimming classes? What good is immediate report of a disease if a student must wait for three hours in an un friendly atmosphere only to be told that he must come back some other day. Even when the good doctors condescend to give examinations, their work is incomplete ly and antagonistically done. They are curt and harsh and unfriendly. Perhaps they are overworked and underpaid; we don't know. But if that is true, then the university ought to pay them mor and supplement the staff. Students pay about $16,000 a year for the service (if we can call it that). Yet manv students would rather pay a private doctor an extra fee than visit a Student Health de partment in which they have no faith. The director of the service has told a number of university audiences that there has been no major epidemic on this campus since Student Health was instituted. Perhaps the students keep themselves unusually healthy for fear of having to endure the even greater pain of trying to get treatment in the ill- housed, understaffed, discourteous Student Health service. Very Truly Yours, Leonard Lewis Art Rivin P. S. You could die on the doorstep there if you had forgotten your identification card. Editor's note: Much more can be accomplished to rec tify the alleged situation by constructive criticism rather than name calling. National Survey Finds Fraternity Average Is Higher Than Non-fraternity Average . . . For 12th Consecutive Year Fraternity scholarship is higher than non-fraternity scholarship for the 12th consecutive year, ac cording to a survey conducted by Dr. Alva E. Duerr of the Manu facturer's Trust company of New York City. The nationwide survey included the scholastic records of more than 75,000 undergraduates of 2,389 chapters belonging to 60 na tional fraternities established at 180 colleges and universities. The margin this year is the low est it has been since the survey began, with fraternities Bhowing a .036 per cent rating above that of non-fraternities. This has been attributed to disturbed conditions resulting from tL-j national emer gency. In the East, the record was set by Washington college in Mary land, where the average was 23 percent better; and in the west (including Nebraska), by South ern Methodist university with 8.5 per cent above the all-men's average. Great was the appreciation of camp men at Cody, especially Nebraska students, as $100 was raised for the bat and ball fund. The president of the Innocents was in re ceipt of a' letter from A. P. Blockscn, general in command at the camps. His letter of appreciation reads: "Dear Sir: "Our athletic officials informed me that they have received a huge contribution for the athletic fund of this division the result of "Tag Day" at Nebraska university. "I wish to assure you that the evidence of loyalty on the part of students at the uni versity is appreciated and the donations will be utilized to the best advantage. Alhletics have a part in our system of training as it tends to furnish diversion but more important develops initiative and promotes leadership, both essential in developing an army. "Again I wish to thank all of you con cerned and assure you that the spirit in which the money was given is appreciated to the fullest extent," OJL GtiWL fajitptlMA. I By liana Lee Citiiu An open forum entitled "What's Right and What's Wrong with Fraternities" began Greek Week at the University of California. Constructive criticisms were directed promar ily at over emphasis on social affairs, political control out of proportion with their size and excessive financial membership barriers. The primary values of fraternities included the ideas that membership is a house develops personality, gives men certain high ideals to strive towards, and are the best means of making permanent friends in college. Music Students Present Senior Recital Today Alpha Rho Tau, Pi Kappa Lambda Announce New Members List at Temple Students of musical distinction or high scholarship who have been elected to Alpha Rho Tau and Pi Kappa Lambda will be announced at the music convocation in Temple Theatre at 4 p. m. today. Pine Arts students in teachers college or the college of arts and sciences are eligible for mem bership in Alpho Rho Tau, while those persons working toward a bachelor of music or a bachelor of music in education degree are eligible for membership in Kappa Lambda. Senior participating in the sen ior recital at the music convoca tion include: Mary Jane Cham ber, pianist: Keith Sturdevant, tenor; and Ernest Ulmer, accom panist. Following is the program to be presented: rdrtiia SrtnmMa TW Nat Trre Srhnnuuta I CfcMe Tferr N4 rVfcamMa Mrt NU ayknauun Mr. rttweevairt Tweavta aa Panrar !larfc-Taamif MHw fcambrrt TVr Mndrahainn Rchnhert Kle Sfadt Hrhubfrt IMe Korrllr Sohohert AafrathaJt Hrtinbf rt Mr. Ptadrvant hti d'eaa Ravel Bailadr No. 1 Ctmpta Mm. (Iiiinhfri Zoology Grad Student at UN Prints Article Dr. Leo H. Petri, a graduate student in zoology and biology of last year, had his article, "Two New Dicrocehid Ttematodes from Birds," printed in the national biology magazine, "Transactions of the American Microscopical So ciety." The article dealt with the studies he made of two species of birds while taking his graduate work under Dr. H. W. Manter, professor of zoology. To collect his information, Petri studied species of Eurytrema col locted by Helen Davie, former university student, and also species of Athesmia collected by Dr. Manter during the Third Allan Hancock Expedition to the Gatya gas Islands in 1934. The two sped mens will be placed In the United States National Museum. Amiy Promotes UN Engineering ROTC Director Maj. Arthur T. Lobdell. director of the engineer unit of the mili tary department has been pro moted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, according to an an nouncement from the military de partment. Pony Chorus . . . (Continued from Page 1.) lost the spotlight the moment the chorus appeared on the stage, but they kept the play going when the chorus was changing costumes. Norris Swan, whose legs won all sorts of praise, did a good Job as Mrs. Updike, wife of the presi dent of Bagatelle, played by Rob ert Black, Uni Theater veteran, the best actor on the stage. Looking Professional. Eringing back memories of Vic tor Moore in "Louisiana Purchase" was George Blackstone, who had everybody giggling at bis charac- War Program . . (Continued from Page 1.) prepared to take care of any num ber of freshmen or other students falling into the age classification who desire to enlist next fall," commented Dean Bengtson, head of the junior division. The telegram from Knox, m full, read: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. America is counting upon the nation's college freshmen and sophomore classes to provide fu ture officers for the United States navy. To this end the navy offers your college a spe cial plan by which freshmen and sophomores between the ages of 17 and 20 may enlist Immediate ly as apprentice seamen but at the same time can stay in col lege and continue their regular course at least until the end of their second college year. We need to enlist 80,000 such young men in the coming weeks and in March of next year they will have the opportunity thru class ified examinations to qualify for special training for commis sions as aviation, deck or engi neering officers. This special college program which is known as the V-1 plan is democracy's intelligent a . practicable way of meeting America's urgent need for thousands of young col lege trained officers without breaking down our educational system or forgetting future need for trained men for civilian life after the war is won. A commit tee of prominent educators has assisted in the formulation of the V-1 program. Beginning April 9, members f this com mittee and officers of the navy will hold a series of regional meetings to explain the V-1 plan to representatives of the col leges within each region. You are urged to send an authorized representative to your regional meeting and you may be sure that your wholehearted co-operation with the entire plan will be greatly appreciated. FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy. terization of Maximillian 'Tm in corsets," Pott Bill McBride and Darrel Peters in the romantic leads, acted with confidence. Their singing of "When Dreams Fall Thru," a song that, with a few breaks, can be come a hit, was very good. The songs were surprisingly ex cellent for products of university students, and Jo Weaver, dance di rector, devised some queer but amusing dances for the show. Prof. L. A. Martin, director of the play, written by Bob Aldrich, did some good casting with Fred Voigt Randall Salisbury and Bob oeiwicK perceet lor their parts; so were "Professors" Buzzy Dalton, Ed Faytinger and Millard Cluck. Altho last year's show wih women in the cast was fairly suc cessful, it was good to get back to the traditional Kosmet Wub show with all of its horseplay and fun and pony chorus. Tickets for "Pott Shots," which is to run thru Saturday night, can be purchased from any Kosmet Klub worker and should be ex changed for reserved seats at the Temple theater box office to in sure good seats, WaK Rundin, president of the Klub, said last night An athletic field at the College of St Scholastic, Duluth, Minn., covers one-third of the 160 acre campus. CLASSIFIED I5ST Slirma Alpha Iota pin. r"imW pleane 2-7277.