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aqe 2 THE NEBRASKAN Tuesday, March 12, 1946 EDITORIAL COMMENT ' JhsL (Daihy. VkJbAaAkarL FORTY-FIFTH TEAK Subscription rls r 11.00 per semester or $1.50 far tha collet resr. $2.M mailed. Single copy, 6 cents. Entered a second-class matter at the post office in Lincoln. Nebraska, ander act of Congress March 8, 1819, and at special rale of postare provided (or in section 1103, act or uctooer I, 117, aainoriiea ocpniuucr ao, yj-g. EDITORIAL STAFF ' .. . priltor Bettr Ioa Hnstoa Manatinc 'Editors PhylUs Teararden, Shirley Jenkins hews Editors Mary Alice Cawood. Phyllis Murtlock, Jack Cressman, Dale Novotny, Martbella Holcomb Sports Editor torVt 1 . Society Editor r" T BUSINESS STAFF Bnsliwss Manager Lorraine Abramaoo Assistant Business Manager Dorothea Rosenberg, Donna Peterson Assistant Advertising Manager 8S'lv' lrcnlatho Manager Keith Jones, Phono t-MXS Explanation Announcement of the plans for the new class building brings to mind the badly needed explanation of the reason for the starting of construction on the armory during tne war years and at a time when it was apparent that there were more important building needs on the campus. After a talk with Comptroller John K. Selleck the other day we understand for the first time why the armory was begun before the men's dorms. Two years ago the legislature voted money for the new class room building, the addition to one of the science build ings and the armory. The armory was included in this ap propriation mainly because of pressure exerted by govern ment agencies for some years. Since Nebraska is a land grant college, the school receives subsidies from the gov ernment with the consideration that ROTC is carried in the program. The armory is considered part of the ROTC program. The building of an armory in no way delayed the con struction of the proposed men's dorms. The university dor mitories are financed by the floating of bonds which are eventually paid off by the student rentals. Unreal Perspective (Ed. Note: The following editorial apptared recently in the Syra cuse Daily Orange. Local names have been substituted, and it is reprinted here because the editor feels it is applicable to the Ne braska campus situation.) ' Nebraska has become a kaleidoscope of activity with the return of many organizations from their wartime lethargy. Social life has resumed and has fast reached dizzy proportions. Athletics will hit the big time next year with full schedules already announced. A casual reading of the Daily Nebraskan will reveal a myriad of activities that an individual may participate in. And a majority of campus students are becoming engrossed in these various organi zations. The degree of participation varies, but as a rule the average student strikes a medium between activities, social life and "classes that take a good share of their time. These activities tend to absorb more and more time. Before one knows it, there is little reality outside of the whirl of campus life. Veterans find themselves completely involved in the routine that is the university. Others who have been here for some time find it difficult to realize that there is a cold, hard, realistic world that exists outside of the sheltered confines of campus life. Instinctively as one gropes his way into the Crib for the eye opening cup of coffee every morning, his. arm goes out for the DN. Even in this dazed state one shies away from the headlines in the Star or the Journal. That's too much for early morning consumption. To the average students those headlines spell vague rumblings of hunger and riot in India, political disturbances in abstract spheres of influence in the Middle East, or domestic troubles relatively far fiom Lincoln. After classes there is always that chapter of Poli Sci to be read or a meeting of some sort to attend. Tonight that date with Joe, that history quiz, or ime much reeded rest from all those words, ideas and notions that have been thrown at you all day. All of this is fine. It represents the life that we should lead at college. Yet, lest we forget 'midst the whirl of activity that is Nebraska, we are but one small unit that goes to make our ftate, our country, our world. We are a basic factor in all of these and-as such have not only rights but duties as citizens. "No man is an island, entire of self," written by John Donne is as important today as when he wrote it. We are a part of mankind with loyalties to our fellow men as well as Nebraska. Most of us have never felt hunger, yet it doesn't take too much imagination to multiply by 50 the feeling you get when you miss your lunch. How many people stop to consider the plight of Europe and the Far East? Those people are hungry, yet we lightly pass off their trouble with a light, "Don't tell me your troubles." Most of us stop to wonder what's wrong when an acquaintance greets us with a curt hello instead of a cheery smile. Yet, many of tis pass the war vwth Russia off as inevitable. How many stop to wonder what the Muree of animosity is? Maybe it's due to lack of time, but that same lack of time to think led us to the last two wars. But unless we are to be perpetually embroiled' in killing off Joe and Mike we must wake up and stop tbe whirl that it Nebraska long enough to think. The Russian war, the failure of the UNO and the next world war will start at Nebraska or at any place where individuals fail to be aware of the world. Take time to think, to be detent to your fellow men, to pet that clog, to buy that kid in tbe tattered clothes an fee cream cone, or to realize that Russia distrusts us for much tbe same reason for our diatrust ignorance and intolerance. . The Nebmkani who graduate having attained these attributes will form the rjuclexu of hope for a new world. Tbe too busy group will comprise the question mark in a world already full of dutrust, suspicion and ill-will. Syracuse Daily Orange, The Ash Can by . Marthella Holcomb Some students on campus are more than a little con fused. They thought that Beta Theta Pi was a fraternity, but no one ever sees anyone but a girl wearing a Beta pin Rumor has it that those who still have their enameled adornment are so embarrassed at their lack of "git-up" that they re concealing them beneath their neckties. It has also come to our attention that the organization is scanning its active roster to check whether more than four of the men still own the symbol, what with spring fever infecting, by some strange coincidence, four fellows in the past five days. Honeymoon Hotel was last month, boys! Latest definition of a geology major: A fellow who has rocks in his head, and wants to find out what kind they are. Those Nebraska well-drillers who conventioned on our semi-green campus last week-end have nothing on the undergraduate politicians, who at times wish they could pull the rims of the holes they talk themselves into right in over themselves. Wonder what mothers would do without middle names to use in scolding their erring offspring. There's nothing wnicn senas as mucn arean tnrougn the bones of an ad venturous chifd than to hear "Ella Margaret, you come here right now," screeched through the backdoor screen. Saith Noah Webster: "Cornhusker State: Nebraska; so called because of the large amount of corn raised." Do tell. . One of Nebraska's better-groomed coeds broke dawn and washed her hair the other night. Instead of the rich, billowy, luxurious suds she usually managed from a mere half-cup of the precious amber fluid, the general effect seemed a bit scratchy. Though her hair emerged from the rinse a fluffy halo, she didn't feel too haDDv to read on the label, "Dr. Gizmo's Cement Cleaner." Wonder of wonders, the Ragged Edgestoday were writ ten by the male of the species. Don't miss them. Greatest intra-mural indoor sport. Ragged Edges, that is. John (sigh) Kormos has arrived back on campus after a brief sojourn at Great Lakes for a discharge. Line forms at the right, girls, he doesn't have to muster at nine any more. Does anyone know where to find a rope ladder? Monday's gales kept us undecided as to which would be more appropriate, a Swiss yodel, or "Deep in the Heart of Texas." Siiifonia Holds Harmony Hour At 3 Today Mu Phi AlDha Sinfonia. musical fraternity, has announced that trip Harmonv Hour Droeram to b held today in the music room. of the student Union will feature three of the better known French com posers Saint-Saens, Debussy, and Ravel. The Droeram is as follows: March Militaire Francaise from the Suite Algerienne; Saint-Saens. Danse Macabre (Dance of Death): Saint-Saens. The Afternoon of a Faun; De bussy. Nocturne No. 2 Fetes; Debussy. Mother Goose Suite; Ravel. 1. Pavanne of the Sleeping Beauty. 2. Hop-O-My Thumb. 3. Conversations of Beauty and the Beast. 4. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas. 5. The Fairy Garden. Bolero; RaveL AAUW Offers Scholarships To Under grads University coeds with a sopho more or junior standing and a scholastic average of 85 have un til Tuesday, March 12, to apply for the two seventy-five-dollar scholarships offered by the Lin coln branch of the American As sociation of University Women, according to Miss Amanda E. Hohnson of the AAUW scholar ship committee. Winners of the awards will be announced at the Honors Day convocation, April 16. Requirement. Applicants must be wholly or part self-supporting and must be registered for at least twelve hours of academic work. Appli cation blanks may be obtained from the office of the Dean of Women in Ellen Smith hall. The filled-in form, together with rec ommendations from a university faculty member and a person not connected with the university, must be mailed to Miss Amanda E. Anderson, 1844 P street, before Tuesdan. Other members of the AAUW scholarship committee are Miss Belle Farman, Miss Lucile Led with, Mrs. C. S. Hamilton and Mrs. J. L. Sellers. Mary Cntheric lo Speak At Charm School Meeting The Coed Counselor-sponsored Charm School, Tuesday evening at 7:00 in Ellen Smith, will fea ture Miss Mary Gutherie, assist ant professor of home ec at Ag. Miss Gutherie will speak on "Textiles of the Future", and will be introduced by Betsy Bohensky. No Secret! Ed Copple's Playhouse Rented Nitely For Dancing For Picknicking For Any Size Crowd of Fun Lovers 4-2372 2-6958 Dear Editor and Students: We of the NRO Unit would like to offer an expression of our strong desire to have the dates of the University spring vacation changed. As far as can be seen all students are definitely for the change but nothing has been said to voice the unanimous advoca tion. In the past the university has been very co-operative and con siderate in giving the Rot Cees, most of whom live at consider able distances, a chance to get home once in a while. A Thanks giving leave was graciously made possible by action of the calendar committee, and every possible help was given by the faculty to make the leave between semes ters of greatest possible length. These kind efforts have not gone unappreciated. It is hoped that we and all of the student body are deserving of another aid to our most desired and rare opportun ity, that of spending a few days at home. The Student Council, acting on behalf of the student body, has passed a resolution suggesting the changing of dates of the spring vacation from 27 March until 3 April to 22 March until 1 April There has been no objec tion to this change raised; the crowded week end travel situa tion, the original reason for the mid-week dates, is now non-existent. By having the spring va cation start on a Friday and end on a Monday there would be no more time missed from classes than is now planned. And the annexation of the extra week end onto the period will make it pos sible for many who cannot get home on a regular week end to have a few extra days at home days that otherwise would have to be spent out of classes here in Lincoln. The vacation will be in creased from six days to nine days; the time that the average student will be home increased from four days to seven days, an increase of 75 percent. So let's be progressive; let's not be hesitant to change the original plan. There is nothing against the change; at least we have heard nothing. Th crowded week end travel situation is now over. At the cost of no more class time, the change will give us more time to see our parents and discharged friends in our home towns. You may be sure that the NROTC Unit and the university students are sincerely hoping that the pro posed change of our spring va cation dates is made a reality. Respectfully, Howard A. Essen Lee Mitchell Geoffrey Segar Thomas Cook Leo R. Schneider SMITH-WARREN ORCHESTRA Ploying 9 to 12 Friday, March 17 44c per person UNION BALLROOM Matinee Dances 12 to 1 P. M. 5 P. M. to 6 P. M. Tues., Wed., fir Thurs. FREE VARIETY SHOW Richard Green fir Anna Neagle THE YELLOW CANARY The Thrilling Story of an English Girl Who Liked the New Order 3:00 P. M., SUNDAY, MARCH 17 UNION BALLROOM