THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, February 7, 1945
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IWTORHI. STAr"F
rjii., Harold W. Andersen
Manajinr' Irtitors I elie Jean :iotf-My, Felly I Hncton
N l.ditor .Unet Miwn, l'hlli Tearardrn, Mary Alice
(awood, Shirhry Jenkins.
Pporls rditnr CWk Teterson
Sorirly kditor Betty Kin
H SINkSS ST Al F
JJIaviness Manarrr Mildred r.nrstrom
AwKlint Rasiness Manarm Lorraine Abramson, Miirley Mnbrn
LETTER1P
'Too Much Power'' . . .
There is need for drastic revision in the organization
of the AWS board, supreme governing body for all women
students on the university campus. Wide-sweeping re
forms are in order, reforms which will bring the entire AWS
organization into much closer accord with the principles
of democratic government.
Under present conditions, the AWS board wields over
coeds the three basic powers of government: (1) the power
to make laws, (2) the power to administer laws, and (3)
the power to pass judgment on cases which involve the
To the Nebraskan and
the Student Council:
My attention has been called to the edi
torial "Every Indication" in the Sunday,
February 4, issue of the Nebraskan, con
cerniner the nrosress being made with ref
erence to the survey being conducted con
cerning the Student Health Service.
I do not know the nature of the survey
and have not seen the questonnaire which
has been submitted to the student body. I
wish to say to the Nebraskan, the Student
Council and the student body, that the Uni
versity Student Health committee will wel
come any constructive criticism that comes
to it from any university student or any
student group and will give them any con
sideration possible.
Furthermore. I wish to say that after an
experience covering forty years as an ad
ministrator, I have acquired great respect
niro-pM hrpflkincr of those laws. In other words, the leg-'for and confidence in the judgment of the
islative, administrative ,and judicial functions of coed gov- student body of this University. In all these
eminent are all concentrated in the hands of a single body.iyears I have never found the student body
the AWS board. anything but sympathetic and cooperative
Such policy is obviously not in accord with democratic when that body has understood all the prob-
nrineinles. In the government of the United States, these ;lcms involved including the limitations oi
three functions are handled by three separate, distinct gov
ernmental branches: the Congress, the Administration, and
the courts. Such a division of power is the basis of the
democratic system of cheeks and balances, wherein each
branch of the government serves as a watchdog on the
actions of the other branches. Thus no one branch gains
too much power; government is not concentrated in the
hands of the few,
the service to the funds that are available.
Even in these days of war when almost
half of the normal number of doctors in
this city arc in the Armed Forces, throwing
a tremendous strain upon our doctors who
are in civilian practice, I have found the
students generous in their attitude toward
any irregularities in these services which
And vet on the Nebraska campus, theoretically a test- has resulted from civilian practice as a re-
ing ground for training in democratic government, the lives suit of the war and becatsse the Health
ofthe women students are regulated by a single board jService has had to care for a large number
which exercises all three functions, legislative, adminis- of soldiers in training on the university eam
trative, judicial. The incongruity of this situation need pus. This attitude'on the part of the slu-
hardly be pointed out. it is as though the president and .acm nas maae n possioie ror us in one way
his cabinet were to abolish congress and the courts, taking
upon themselves the sole responsibility for governing the
United States.
What is the solution? How can the AWS board be re
organized along truly democratic lines? The answer is
simple: Create three separately-elected AWS boards, each
to exercise one, and only one, of the governmental func
tions. Women students would vote for members of each
of the three boards with the assurance that the powers
of coed government would be safely divided, that no one
group of students could completely dominate the entire
AWS organization. The time-tested principle of division
of power would be applied to the government of women
students on the Nebraska campus.
Some such drastic revision must be made if the AWS
board is to preserve its integrity, its effectiveness, its pres
tige in the eyes of coeds. Women students, those whose
daily lives are regulated by AWS regulations, are coming
more and more to regard the board as a mere rubber-stamp,
or another to take care of all cases and no
case of injury to the student, so far as we
know, has resulted because of neglect.
If there has been any neglect, we want
to know it.
Sincerely,
R. A .LYMAN. Director
Student Health Service.
Lcs Said The Better
By Les Ghffelty
After the big furor of late concerning the
new AWS rules, it is really a case of less
said the better. However, just another thing
or two, mostly to try to justify the some
what unfortunate position we got ourselves
into. First, never, in the year we have been
writing a column, have we ever given an
opinion, good or bad, on anything when it
was our own personal opinion and not that
of anyone else. More clearly, before we
write anything, we have always checked
with as representative a group as possible
to see if that mysterious thing called "pub
lic opinion" was with us.
Of course, anything we print comes up
under our name and consequently we get
blamed. Now that is as it should be as long
as we are crazy enough to stick out the
proverbial neck. But, the fact remains that
we get awfully tired of taking the blame for
everything we say when it is majority opin
ion, not just the opinion oi one Licsne jean
Glotfelty.
Incidentally, after some of the tales we
have been hearing about things that have
happened to university coeds this year, and
things university women have done this
year, we are beginning to think AWS had
some justification for the new regulations.
Also, the housemothers themselves re
quested some rulings to force coeds to be
more definite about their whereabouts since
the housemothers are responsible for the
women they chaporone and since it is often
necessary to get in touch with a coed in one
big hurry.
As for the special permission slips-
granted it may often be difficult to get hold
of a senior AWS board member to get her
signature they do help the AWS keep track
of special permission. It has been, in the
past, nothing unusual for people to call
AWS proxy Dorothy Camahan at two a. m.
to ask for a permission. Furthermore, when
coeds just had to call Carny for permission,
neither AWS or the housemothers had any
record of the fact that the coeds had gotten
special permission.
I Could be we brought it on ourselves, huh ?
Peace Conference Previews
government manipulations in in
ternational business after the wai
are many.
Postpone Ag Box
Social, Valentine
Da nee to Fcl. 16
The Ag Valentine fiance and
International Trade
Afler the W ar
tviKi. n. AK.MJI. F.rst of ororlomic nation(. box social, which was 1o be held
International trade after the jsm bo vt h ,: , jn the Ac College activities fcv-'d-
war will be powerfully conrlj- niJ, :,, u,llV, ... :.,, , v. ! ine Fririav FYh S
by governmental actions!; ' .,. at ,v,,.ir v.,r,r',i..Jnonpd until Frida'v. Feh if! ra
tioned
a
'come
.:u: - i :. i ...i. r. . . . i'vs,
jiciumg imie nnu n-rtin 10 pressure Drougnx irom aDOVe. ana aecis.ons tnat may easily be- ajs. will be reariv as ever lo em- f a use of district basketball tour-
so repicssie tnai me oioer nv,v ,,,. h snnmi iIm.c . i.r. nament. according to Edith Pnm-
tem of high protective tariffs .c ' i : . .
, 111.1 cum Jinimii tJU(iH ) MJMciiri ' uroi v .jci ia. win-
Coeds' criticisms of the board are becoming increasingly jcon
TKon Tico 4..4;c; :v .7 " ninj-.n as;past invf,s,mer,ts and to encour- mittee.
.v viiuvijhio juoiimu. vi, an; iit-iiL w iivii wniftninE cioe to free trade Sol . , . .. .
vn i irjnz .JL. i'i in 11 i ii v i ni'ir i v s i in iri v;yTii ifintr i ------- fc . , ,
1 I O --ci'--'t -" - ... fe
incse ngnts willy-nuly whenever higher-ups tighten the
arix-a red that the onlv wav tn ro dtad' 'SP"""'1 i'mfpg those: be submitted to the .,.nce office
av ri0nJ.LU 5. .nVm... P" "Msjin ag hall, Julia 0m or Edith
Strews. IS concentrating too much nower in too few hand I hirhor Jw n" w 111 ur)a Kootl opportunity .rumphrey. Those f.1 tending the
Women students have a right to representative, demo
cratic celf-government. How much longer will this right
be denied them?
Army Methods
Have Influence
On Education
ACP The United States Army.
! presented with dispatch and tlar
'ty.
trols. The reasons for
little avail.
in 1he uncertain conditions of the dance will vote on candidates at
; u ........ i . i. .
Without a warm hu- ' . "'e r"
keep them in their place, they be
come just o much junk.
evenng. No
f barged, but
.postwar years to spread their own the door the night of the dance.
Social dancing, a flage show
and skits will fiiTTiish the -nter-
luiancial StranruUtion tainment for the
There may be strangulation also ''id mission will be
' Besides the current excitement fl,m financial curbs invented to,'0 will be sold at the end of
"Thie result will be unoueMion- J,bo1'1 v,sual aids- ,horc a,e r. 7 wrecked mach. neryie exen.ng.
ably a great reliance on films nuinbr "f olner ouickenings ofi,h"' formerly maintained a bal- -.- - - -
....:-,.. r.-i-j.. .. . ,. interest ihi ur briv.lv i h rc.n lance in the flow of internal ions !'. Pnces. wages, national ln-
and all the other visual and audi-,0'. xh military s way
-..-., ...t.;..w ..u thiiiiis. One of the mot
nolocical and 1 ...ger.ous people'1"-' these has to do with the esKirjMhat there be equality be-1 ""-called natural fo,c after the
Cf ftoing'P"'m(,!ts- For s long as many come, production and employment
interest-1 national currencies exist it is nee-1 '-"'ill not be left to the mercy of
will be able to devise. In this
connection it undoubtedly will
teaching of languages. Thousands tu'n mrfy P.'dd by one conn-, 'in(1 more than they were just
of men and women have been u ' to all others, ind by all oUieiS; Df,f" jt Put if the United States,
todav the largest educational in-!iake time before a balanced atti-1 tKrit to speak an amazing ar-t0 " At on time gold moved , tf,r example, acts to tmtain wages
Kitution in the world, has brought Uude toward these tools is real- ray of languages in a perifd of 'i'ly ner the earth to adjust dif- -'nd pnces.it w ill run the risk of
about a revolution in teaching 'jzed A safe prophecy would betirne astonishingly brief by the forences in th 'international books! lifting commoflities out of the
methods that will evert a growing that twenty-five years from r)owjsl'rK,-',rfls of conventional high,"' f'count; but gold has given up1'(a'1'' of foreign buyers who fcave
,"tcvii iu Mine aovin in 1 ft UCmeril ! 1 1 1 1 ioiuvm hi unm-iwiiuin vu'
influence
noon civilian schools woi v c hv.l mil hvo in iic uiHn s nxi ana coiicre teaenmn.
and colleges. Tiofcssor William S. a Oile of discarded and exnensive ls not surprising therefore to see- the United States. At one; prosperity.
iyncn, nean oi tne uepanmeni j projectors, voice
f f Humanities in the Cooper ! graphophones, etc.
Lnion School of Engineering, says much of this type of Army surplus
i.ink ...Lw..r.l.- ..J ..-11. . limn ..r....-.1 ..... .
recorders,' r.i cinn ciin-fes n vanip- "", !, it iiucji i)iiik, u icu lo
The fact thati'nP trfir linguistic methods." maintain an equilibrium in the
in i low and outflow of funds by
in a study of "What is Educa- materials will go to schools and, I Iiof w f Inn tivrT
linn IViinr?" i .,rt. .v.- ..ll . 1 1,1,1 8 VF 1 1 T l V
'vaae). ituiiura ciuri intr w i win i
"There is almost unanimous 'ducc the burden to the taxpayers,
agreement that the Army and the "Radio, television, the movies
Navy have done an excellent job; have a great deal to offer as in
in training for their definite pur- structional aids, but they are not
poses," neocrding to Professoroing to replace the teacher. On
l.vnch. "They have had to do i he contrarv, they are going to
Postwar MrVet
And yet, though evfTy nation
has already piled obstatles in the
tempting loan moruy ba k andiuv ,.r ir.. -.t.,i. M.f,n
' lor h ,(;ros boundaries with the pi.otf,s1s lhat 'sfler tne war' lt must
d abf.uti"11 ,r h'ghcr interest rates. But have n expanding foreign rnar
causc of I f'"f nee capital has proved at times, kc(. The chance are that if it
their work in a very brief period j call for the" best teachers. They
and they have been obliged to are not easy to use. If they seem
teach everything from spelling t6 (0 be, then something's wrong.
Japanese decoding. Thoy tend to run away with the
"In their teaching they have: show if not kept under close con
rc'icd upon two main props jtrol and once they have done that
Mandardization and visualization.: then the schoolhou.se has become
Standardization has made it nos-a movie theater a not xinpleas
Bible to economize in teacher ant place to be, but one where
Gaining and has assured the eu-the emphasis is on different
thoilties that individual eurses , things
will cover exactly what they are
meant to. Visualization has meant
that content material has been
"We are going to be gadget
minded enough after this war. But
the gadgets by themselves are of
ACP If you're worried
not cettinir a husband ber
the current man-power shortage.l "? . at otr.ers too .,,...-, to ain ,ts Ky,artl it .,n
consult Prof. E. N. Banzet ati'"fef"y ,or ""' acrobatics. And!rio ,,,,, ,h1 1,f.f.:.t. the
rnhoHrnTJ;'Jrn 7 Tl'l ha6f1e paralysis. The objective of
,.r r l.cd the obvious fact that one fm.p t Wind lhe
wy iu Kciiance payments is to
dl the transactions in-j
That means control line
Not only did the coeds gasp with I?" "i'1 n-'V'"';'1 ,f';ms Jrte iirifl
amusement and amazement, butl rhvt'1' 540 thM ,r,ot d,,lli'r 'Hn
one coed remarked to her friend 1('J',W ho,me ,'nl'ss arV''h'r t,r,e
as they were leaving the room.C,rrLV ,No Cf,ld Vs "" to
"Take out your pencil; we'll havejt Li , .T Mh.' ,mror,s of
t cr-t tr,nt Hrtm s f""1 frts by command: I
" ' , V,,. . . ... I
fin int. (-invimni'm mis in on1
every business deal.
Michigan State College. In an in
troductory sociology class Banzet j
Produced a matrimonial bureau!
gazette and proceeded to read the conlro1
various advei-tisements volved.
A total of 62,862 academic
degrees have been granted by the
University of Wisconsin since the
fii'it class was graduated in 1&54.
Lastly, governments may throt-
poerris beyond
power of any individual countiy.
If nationalism is to be restrained,
if foreign business is to be har
monized with domestic, if a work
able plan to pay for foreign pur
chases is to be found, if controls
are to be eliminated, or von mod
erated, international economic co
operation is essential. Free trade,
once thought to exist when in
dividual governments did nothing.
may now be approximated only
tie foreign business as a result ofiby tremendous effort on the
meir own aomes-n" economic poli-!of alL.
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