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THE NEBRASKAN Friday, April 19, 1946 EDITORIAL Page 2 J Jul (Daili Vb&AadJwuv FORTY-FIFTH TEAS ,.krinif.i r li no nap umutir or 11.50 for the college year $2.50 mailed. Single copy Be. Published daily during the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods, by the students of the University of Nebraska under the eupervision of the Publication Board. Entered as Second Clas Matter at the Post Office In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate ot postage P"" section 1103, act or October z, auinorizca oepiemoer a, Editor Managing Editors Newt Editors ... .. Sports Editor ..................... Borletr Kdltor niTnmii. KTAFV Bett 19 HimIob Phyllis Teajrardea, Shirley Jetiktas Umtj Alice Cawsod, rkyllis MorUoek, Jack Gresamaa, ftttl Kavnlnv BfKrthll& Holeemb ................ wrRO Pal ooI R1JSINS STAFF BeMness Manaer terrains AAramsoa Aniitsfit Betrtaess Maaafer Dorothea Beseaterf. D"tn., Ctrealattoa Maaaeer .ert Jw. Ptoae S-MU Faster Thought . . . Sunday the world celebrates one of the most significant events in the history ot man by observing taster bunaay the first peacetime taster in five years. Easter is a time for a sorting out of the contents o our minds and our hearts, for a revaluation of our beliefs and our aims. This year college students are especially in need of a pause for contemplation and for a renewal ot taitn in themselves, in their fellow men and in God. This has been a narticularlv hard vear for university students. It has been a vear of confusion, of tension and of doubt. I has been a vear of difficult readjustment. Students in general, both those who are returning to the campus from wartime service and jobs, and those who have been on the campus during the war, are starting on a new lap. They are endeavoring to look toward the future and they need the ability to thtnK clearly, l hey are reaay to take the next step and it is hard to know that that step is in the rteht direction. They are confused. A great deal of this confusion is the result of being caught up in the myriad of small details, the often "petty matters which clutter up the lives of students. It is easy for the time, energy and imagination of individuals to be come absorbed in the little things, and in doing so, that individual loses the abilitv to put first things first At such a time one's sense of values may be out of focus. At present the faith of many college students appears to be terribly withered. They exaggerate their own and others' failures, lacks and uncertainties and feel that their ultimate goals are unworthy. They forget that it is the men who have had faith in God and the impossible who have accomplished the impossible. At present we are saying that it is impossible to have democratic politics and student government on the university campus, and that it is im possible to feed Europe, mereiore we ao not ooiner to try, If Christ's suffering, crucifixion and rise meant any thing, it meant that we too can surmount disaster, trouble, grief and confusion. It is the people who dare who are successful In solving their own problems and who lead others on to solve greater problems. It is not the gingerly people who inspire others. It is those who have a faith in themselves and in a force greater than themselves who accomplish the good in this world. College students need a reaffirmation of that faith. Miller . . . (Continued from Page 1) tra, played viola with the Miller Service orchestra while he was In the army. He was heard with Miller on broadcasts originating in London over BBC. and from the Olympia theatre in Paris. You may also lecall hearing broadcasts of the programs. Sustain the Wings" and "Strings With Wings." Mrs. Miller, who granted per mission to use Miller's name in connection with advertising and billing, has turned over the com plete music library to Tex Beneke. This will enable the outfit to play number of the prewar arrange ments as well as new melodies as scored by arrangers Jerry Gray and Artie Malvln. Recordings. Some of Glenn Miller's best re cordings include "Take the A Train' "Running Wild," "Amer ican Patrol," "Kalamazoo," "Sere nade In Blue," "Juke Box Satur day Night," "Moonlight Mood," "That Old Black Magic," "Rhap sody in Blue," "It Must Bo Jelly," "String of Pearls," "Tuxedo Junc tion," "Moonlight Serenade," "In the Mood," "Stardust," and many others. The original Miller record ing of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" sold over a million and a half copies. The present orchestra is re cording for Victor and has re leased two new' platters: "One More Tomorrow" with "It Couldn't Be True" on the popover, and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," coupled with "I'm Headin' for California." Critte Ratings. In 1940, one out of every three nickels invested in Juke boxes played a Miller -record, according! to critic ratings. While in Bedford, England, Glenn Miller's ork waxed an al bum featuring Dinah Shore on the vocals. As yet, none of Miller's overseas recordings have been re leased to the public. Don Haynes, the last person to see Miller before he took off on his ill-fated flight, reports that the Glenn Miller orchestra, with Tex Beneke, is "the band Glenn wanted to present to the American public on his return from over seas." Platform . . (Continued from Page 1) shall punish infractions of their regulation. (J) Initiate amendments to the Student Council Constitution pro viding for the election of Student Council members by class rather than college and of the Student Council president by and from the entire student body rather than by the Student Council from Its holdover members. At least three of the Student Council should come from the college of agriculture. (3) Work for higher pay for the members of the faculty. (4) Ask that university fi nancial reports be submitted to them on request. The publications board candi dates of the student party will consider persons for positions on student publication solely on the basis of their qualifications. Both the Student Council and Publications Board candidates of the Stndent Party will support all proposals In keeping with the principles of the party m in the past, the Student Party presents Its candidates without regard to filiated their being affiliated and unaffiliated. JhsL CtsJc Qoil $u WlartLeiiaJ4oicotnL started with Dorothy Parker's cussed It all couplet: "Men never make passes At girls who wear glasses." After that, things got worse and worse until, by the time the middle 1940's arrived, no girl who could see farther than her left wrist wore her glasses outside the movie emporium. For some reason, it seems not to have dawned as a shining light to the male ego that it's just as rude to criticize a girl's choice of eye apparel as to comment unfavorably on her wardrobe. We have an acquaintance, a seemingly cultured and per fectly polite individual, who never fails to remark about our glasses each time she sees us. "Marthella," she says as soon as we're within five feet of her, "must you wear those ugly black glasses? Ton'd be such a pretty girl without them.' We always fight back an urge to simper and quote, "Better to keep quiet and seem a fool than to open your mouth and prove it, so well let them dream on about us." It would, in our opinion, be no grosser a breach of etiquette if she remarked that the green dress we were wearing was not only too small, but made us resemble a fresh cut bale of alfalfa hay. Nor do we consider proper for men to ask, "Are those glasses really necessary?" Any stoop should know women try to please them in every possible way, and that many a girl worries her way into blindness through obstinacy in refusing to help her eyes before they are seriously weak ened. Not that it isn't fun to stumble over foot stools, doorsteps and curbings. But the Kappa Sigs do it only on Saturday nights. It is very probable that the fellow who thought lessly jerks the lenses from his date's face (jerk, that is) on the way to a dance forgets, as he stows them in his pocket, that she'll be unable to recog' mze any oi ner mends that evening. Though it means her attention will be devoted exclusively to him, it s also to be expected that midnight bull ses' sions will include references to the fact that Lulu seems to have decided she's too good to speak to her old friends. iuc, swmc coiicsiaic ocuiar nyies may seem a bit incongruous, even ghastly, when first observed Our own black rims have brought any number of cutting remarks from casual acquaintances. Let as make our position In the matter very clear. In the first place, we don't think it's any of their business what we choose to wear, so long as we abide by the rules set by the AWS. the Dean of Women and the Methodist-Episcopal church. Secondly, though few would elect to believe it. our glasses were chosen after scientific apolication of the rules of facial contour, and, according to the oculist who fitted us, are the most flattering which could be offered with such a physiognomy for a base. Third, after wearing gold rimmed, rimless, and then shell rimmed spectacles, we have found that shell rims are less easily broken than any other variety, are more comfortable, and do more to make us look twenty again than any other type. Fourth, and the basis of most controversy, we decided to paint them various colors with nail polish and lacquer because we like variety. And because we get a ghoulish enjoyment out of tellinr the clerk at Cheapper's, "Dope, please." Black Is used most often for the simple reason, discernible even by a mere male, that it harmonise with clothes better than any other shade. As such ward robe accessories, black glasses are no more unusual than the millinery monstrosities that women buy for twenty or thirty dollars. A new rim shade costs as about three cents. This dissertation sounds like makin? a mountain out of a molehill if you do not wear plas self. But before you dismiss It as a matter of no consequence, ask any coed how often she's had to smile through absolutely Insulting remarks by some congenial idiot who can slosh through th. ,n without "windshield wiDers" and nn .u he is going. Inquire the last time rh f,,mKi. her way through an evening in order to make a sharp impresison on some feeble-minded collegian. Check the number of times she has shut the door with a shrug after an awkward good night scene, to weep over the empty pages of her diary, mull ing over in her mind those fatal words: "Men never make passes At girls who wear glasses." Off TEic Record BY JERRY COHN. Worchestershire or Frim Fram Sauce? Currently popular on the juke boxes is a Capitol record called Frim Fram Sauce, fea turing the King Cole Trio. The song was written by Redd Evans, who has received an unusual request. A nationally known sauce manufacturer wants to produce a meat sauce, and has requested permission to call it "Frim Fram Sauce." Personally, I like ketchup! With 800 recording outfits already flood ing the market with platters, M-G-M intends to release discs under their own label In production now is a new unbreakable plastic record released by Cosmo Records. Wanna Namesake? Do you know the best way to get a build ing named after you? Build one of your own! Frank Sinatra is doing exactly that in California. It will be located on Beverly Drive and Gregory Avenue in Beverly Hills, and will be known as "The Frank Sinatra Building." "The Voice" is also financing drummer Buddy Rich and his Ork. In his spare time, Frank sings on CBS, records for Columbia, and appears in movies for M-G-M. Summer radio entertainment will be great this year as plans to feature Stan Kenton and his orchestra along with the King Cole Trio near completion. Hit Parade Meat. Two songs slated for the top of the "Hit Parade" are Laughing On the Outside and The Gypsy. Dinah Shore sings both of these songs on a Columbia release and is accom panied by Sonny Burke and his orchestra. The university has been fortunate this semester with three name bands crossing the threshold. One more, complete with strings, will be here soon! To the Editor of the Daily Nebraskan: Much has been said and written concern ing the political situation on the University of Nebraska campus. Until now the Union Independent Party has made no official dec laration of principles or policy. In the first place, the party was not completely organ ized until delegates met to elect officers and nominees on Wednesday night In the second place, the party believed the cam paign should revolve around issues other than the political organization of veterans, the destruction of so-called "factions," fac ulty and student relations and free bus lines to the ag college. The party considers the nrimarv issue of this campaign to be the nomination and election of students qualified to hold posi tions of campus responsibility. We believe all candidates for election should receive fair consideration by each voter, regardless of the party for which he is registered. The Union Inderjendent Party has elected a slate of capable nominees, who in the light of that consideration should prove worthy of your support. Sincerely yours, Policy Committee: Gene Haugse, Bob Gillan, B. J. Holcomb, Gould B. Flags-