THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, Decemb'er 7, 1945
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Kid Stuff .
Once again university students have resorted to kid stuff!
Within the past few weeks, the university library of which we are so
proud, has lost innumerable books because students have been taking
them off the open shelves in the reading rooms and walking off with
them.
For years students have complained that the university treated them
as if they were children and not to be trusted. So now, within a few
months after the new library opened, they have found a new juvenile trick
with which to impress the administration of their adulthood.
The books in the humanities room, the social sciences room and the
other reading rooms are put on the open shelves for the convenience of
the students, so that they may find the books themselves, study from
them, and then put them back for the next student to use. By the open
shelf method, the students are saved the trouble of filling out call slips
and waiting while an already over-burdened librarian chases down the
book. The books in the open stacks are, for the most part, books which
students need for their various classes, which they must refer to fre-i
quently thruout the year.
Obviously, the student who takes a book from one of the open
shelves, without signing for it, and who keeps it for more than the two
hour or overnight period allotted is depriving the rest of his class of a
chance. Sneaking off with books is an adolescent trick, and it certainly
gives no indications of the trustworthiness and maturity which college
students so fiercely maintain they have.
Because so many books have disappeared, unsigned for, the librarians
are now having to check students as they leave reading rooms to be sure
that the student isn't carting off a book. This irritates many of the stui
dents, and rightfully so, but it is necessary for the protection of the li
brary and the majority of students.
Until the offending minority decide to act like adults and obey the'
rules set up for student benefit and protection, all the students may as
well resign themselves to being treated like the juveniles the library has
reason to think we are!
Good News!
Dr. David Fellman, biting, sarcastic assistant professor of political
science, returned to Lincoln yesterday after several months of teaching
CI's in Europe. It is most encouraging to hear that one of the university's
good instructors is coining back rather than going away.
He Should Worry
Bernie Masterson, new football coach at the university starts off
with a salary of $8,000 for the first year, and $9,000 and $10,000 respect
tively for the next two years.
The governor of Nebraska is paid $7,500 per year, and the university
professors, if they are lucky, make $4,000 per year.
But then, we should worry. Professors may leave for places where
they can get better pay, the educational side of the university may go to
pot, but at least, UN's coach will have his $8,000.
LETTERIP
Disappointed
Dear Editor:
It was a bitter disappointment to read that not
one of the members of the faculty who were asked
to defend the case of labor felt they could do so.
This attitude in a university is tragic because the
men who form or help to form the opinion of the
student body have presented only one view of a
question that will affect Uo all.
Those who have read beyond the King's Fea
tures and Hearst syndicated editorial pages of a
prominent Nebraska newspaper know that there is
another side to this question. Why did our faculty
have the information and the courage to present
one side but not the other?
Mr. Miller presented labor's case with clarity
and understanding. He is proof that even though
true liberalism does not exist among the faculty,
we can find it among the students.
Sincerely,
Doris Ulrich
Ardyce Bott
Puzzled
Letter to the Ed.
Dear Sirs, Madams and anyone else inter
ested: The office of the Dean of Student Affairs
has done it again. Today, just by chance, a copy
of the Quote: Relative Scholastic Rating of Under
graduate Groups, Unquote, was thrust into my
hand. Glancing hurriedly at it, (I couldn't glance
for long) I soon discovered a few very important
facts.
First: The campus of the university has both
men and women students. (A short time back it
was doubtful about the men.) Second: and most
important, is that the form used was copyrighted
in June of 1932.
As for the rest of the material on copy, I never
was much good at figuring out codes or secret
messages. It was a complete maze of numbers
and Lines, Greek letters and, over in the right
corner, a game of tit-tat-toe which had come out
of the dean's office undetected.
My eyes grew somewhat accustomed to all the
eight-digit numbers and then I saw it . . . Down
In the lower corner, where nobody would look,
was the combination to the whole thing. Twenty
one lines of type explaining the whole thing: how
the grades of the organizations were averaged.
After reading it over I realized that the puzzle
was solved and I tore it up and threw it where
it would do the most good ... in the waste bas
ket Mergratroy Happenstance
Worried
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Dec. 5, 1945
pear Mr. Miller:
Despite your apologies lor humbly writing
your article which presented labor's stand, please
permit me to say the article was very well done,
clear and informative. Your introductory para
graph, however, upset me quite a bit
Your expression in referring to certain teach'
ers here at the university, that "they thought it
would be inadvisable for them to write an article
taking such a position," that is, in defense of labor,
indicates an unbecoming timidity on the part of
some of these vaunted teachters.
You call it "pretty sad;" it is both sad and very
weak. A person has a right to take any stand on
a 'controversial question, altho we hope that the
decision will be made on the basis of facts and not
on ignorance or preconceived prejudices. In this
matter, fear of consequences seems to have af
flicted some of your professors, else why was it
"inadvisable" to take a stand. You sem to have
readily found one Professor Hicks to take the po
sition that labor was not justified in its demands.
Maybe only farmers are considered people around
here.
May I add that 1 have a Ph.D. degree, have
taught for seven years in the east, and that some
people in our so-called teaching profession are
often rather pathetic.
Yours sincerely,
(Lt.) B. P. Sonnenblick
NEWS IN BRIEF
By
Bill Roberts
CONFINING to everybody this week, including
the participants themselves, has been the mam
moth industrial battle between the UAW and Gen
eral Motors.
Charges and counter-charges have been made
from both sides. Several offers in the direction of
a compromise have been put forward by each party
at different times, but the other has, for reasons
of policy, declined to make a similar move.
Observers seem to be agreed that the union is
at a disadvantage at this time. General Motors
is not yet ready to go into mass production and
can well afford to wait at least until Jan. 1 before
feeling the pinch of the strike.
The union, however, is young and has a treas
ury much too small for a long struggle. Their
entire strike treasury of $4,000,000 would enable
payment of only $10 a week to 200,000 for but two
weeks.
Realizing their somewhat weaker position, the
union has made an offer for arbitration of the
case, but GM refused. Again, they tried to resume
negotiations, but GM again declined, demanding
that the Union's initial requests be modified be
fore discussion.
Thursday, however, the company accepted Con
ciliation Service head Edgar Warren's suggestion
that executives meet with him to re-examine the
question. Labor having already agreed to a sim
ilar offer there exists a possibility that the gov
ernment may be able' to effect a' compromise. - -1
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