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iWecfncsHay, 'April 2, 1947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
DITORIAL COMMENT .
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Here's To You
Chetcin
the
Rag
BY DON St HAL.
All day long yesterday people stood in a line outside the
Daily Nebraskan office, waiting sometimes patiently and
sometimes impatiently to vote. The count at 5 p. m. was
1550 voters, about 600 more than voted all day in last
year s election.
In fact, the number of voters had the Student Council
worried for a few hours because they had not planned on
such a heavy turn-out The ballots and workers held out,
however, and the election is over.
We extend our congratulations to all new members of
Student Council, Publications Board, Ag Exec Board,
Farmer's Fair Board, Coll-Agri-Fun Board and the Ivy Day
Orator.
There is a big job ahead for every single one of the
newly elected members of the boards. Council members
can start the fresh page of minutes with decisive action or
can let things ride as they have for too many years, being
content to say "We'll think about it later."
One of the matters of busmess left hanging by the out
going Council is that of Senior Week. To the students, and
most of all to the seniors, that is a test of the power of the
Council and to let the faculty and administration know
what they want. As matters stand now, the Faculty Sen
ate will decide the issue but when will hte Senate meet?
If the Council wants student backing, they will ask for a
decision from that group either approving it or forbidding
it before it is too late to make plans.
If the number of students voting indicates a general in
terest in student affairs, the Council has a great opportunity
to prove itself in the next year with the approval of the
campus, beginning with their first meeting on April 16.
Returned Hero Courageously
Braves Registration Pitfalls
By Larry Goldblatt
I opened the door and walked
in. "A a-a-a-a-a-a, you probably
don't remember me, sir, but my
name is Goldblatt L. M. Gold
blatt, 322-26-6 Oh, pardon me.
sir, but, I keep forgetting. Any
way, you're my advisor, and I
would sort of like to talk to you."
"Certainly," he said genially,
'Come in and sit down.'
-Well, sir, I "
"Yes, yes I like my charges to
come in and confer and confixSe."
"Thank you, sir, I "
"In fact, I could go so far as
to say I deem it imperative to
have periodic consultations. Don't
you agree?"
"Yes sir; But you see I "
"Shaddup. But. to get on, I see
you are a veteran."
"How did you know, sir?"
"By the uniform you are still
wearing. But, I realize there is a
critical clothing shortage. In fact,
I realize a lot about you boys;
the long horrible months over
seas, the subjection, the torment.
the wounds.
"I sprained an ankle at Camp
Elliot in San Diego," I said with
a knowing smile. He ignored me
"Yes, it taught you to be rough,
It forced you to live in filth; the
life of a rugged hardened indi
viduaL"
i ruoDea me stubble on my
chin and loosened my tie.
"Those must have been weeks
of devilish filth, grime and
stenching bodies."
1 jutted out my chin and flexed
my jaw muscles. A small cock
roach came crawling over the
edge of the table. I grasped at it
cjuickly.
"But it toughened you; all of
this added up when you came
into contact with your enemy.
Your hate for this life infuriated
you, maddened you, made you a
maniac at times!"
I alternated between blowing
smoke through my nose and
laughing hyrterically.
"Men's lives were in your
hands, you could snuff them out
lit will." . .
I toyed -with the cockroach.
"You were made hard; ling. uar-',
lerinfi. a killei'i" ;
I thrust the cockroach to my
mouth and bit it's head off, growl
ing softly (but audibly) to my
self. "It made you helpful, you aid
ed your brother in distress; you
were tender and merciful"
I put the head back on the
cockroach.
"You were developed physic
ally, as well You walk straight,
carry yourself better, and stand
more erect. ' i
I took my feet from his desk
and pushed myself up from my
prostrate position in his straight
chair.
"But above all it has taught
you to be independent, reliable,
able to stand on your own two
feet, honest, and trustworthy in
all dealings."
"Sir" I said, "that's just what
I came to see you about. I got
caught cribbing in a B.0. 4 exam,
and want to know if you're a big
enough wheel around here to get
me out of at?"
McAdams, Huff
To Direct Sunday
Radio Broadcast
An Easier radio show will be
sponsored Sunday at 3:45 p. m.
by Long's Nebraska book store.
Producers and directors for the
show are Mildred McAdams and
Margaret Ann Huff fiom the
speech and radio departments.
Continuity for the show will in
clude a campus calendar of news,
special events and brief reviews
on current books. Plans are being
made to feature poetry and prose
set to music
One of the most biting topics of
conversation at the university to
day is that the system of grad
ing the essay type examinations
is unfair to almost everyone con
cerned. This process involves the
use of a small group of men and
women known as READERS.
They are usually persons who are
either working for a degree, or
have completed, the course re
cently with good marks. Of their
exceptional knowledge we are cer
tain, but we seriously doubt their
ability to decide the merits of an
other student's work.
Psychologists have proven that
a person feels friendlier after a
food meal that he does before it
Do oar trades depend on how well
fed the traders are?
The charges that they are not
impartial, and that many of them
suffer from an over-developed
sense of importance are rather un
fair; we prefer to think of them.
and ourselves, as victims of a de
cidedly bad procedure.
We all recognize the fact that
to correct a large number of pa
pers involves a considerable
amount of time and effort, and
for one person to complete such a
task would require an almost su
perhuman amount of "patience
and fortitude." Or would it? Any
way, we are of the opinion that
with a bit of work, the neces
sity of using these people could
be minimized to a point of vir
tual non-existence. j
At this writing, however, we
are not concerned with discussing
the idea of changing the form of:
the tests from "Essay" to "Ob
jective." As a preliminary step,
we have obtained a number of
different views on what the stu-j
dent thinks about the use of
READERS for grading.
According to MARY ESTHER
DUNKIN, "The only fair way
would be to have the instructor
grade the papers himself. But
due to the large enrollment, we
must have the readers."
MAR CIA JOHNSON says, "It
depends on whether or not the
reader has a developed system
of grading. If he uses his own
opinion, it is no good.'
When asked what he thought.
footballer GAIL GADE said. "If
they know the score, and have no
partiality, then they are okay with
me."
KATHERINE GEIST offers this
suggestion: "There is not much
else the profs can do, but if you
could have a conference with
readers at certain specified hours,
it would be a lot fairer than it is
now."
LARRY POTASH seems to
think that "We should kill two
birds with one stone. Throw out
the present readers and subsidize
the athletes by giving them the
reading jobs. They'd do just as
good a job. if not better."
It seems that everyone agrees
that the readers defeat their pur
pose. It would appear that these
graders, by the grace of God and
the faculty, existed even in AN-j
TITHENES1 time, for he protested
that "We must not contradict
but instruct him that contradicts
us; for a madman is not cured by
anotheri running mad also.'
Winter Leaves, Love
Flourishes, It 's Spring
BY DON SHEPHERD
Many people do not realize the
fact, but everything is perfect!
The war is over and spring is here.
According to the papers and latest
news the two facts make up the
first steps toward Utopia.
We know that the war is over
because the other night -a civilian
won the $64 on a quiz program.
Some zoo has come forth with the
news that two of their penguins
have fallen in love and rumor has
it that Jerry Colonna's mustache
is "that way" over John L. Lewis'
eyebrows. The robins have ar
rived in full force and the squir
rel's supply of nuts is all gone.
Tennis rackets are being dusted
off and the first golf ball has al
ready been cursed at
Where Is The Flowers?
Ah yes! Spring has definitely
sprung, and in keeping with the
arrival of sweater weather all the
warm blooded guys are running
around without sweaters. Lec
tures are getting more boring
every period and Pioneer Park is
giving out with the call of the
wild. Car thieves are stealing only
convertibles and fur coats are
looking around for a cute blond
mothball to settle down with over
the summer.
The stock market is proof of
spring's arrival, American Wool
ens dropped 6 points while iced
coke is on the increase, A three
year old boy ran away from home
and was found strolling through
the park with three teen-age
girls. Sports are showing the
trend, the ice hockey league is
winding up its series and the
younger set have traded in their
basketballs for smaller models.
Vets living in the street are find
ing it more comfortable now and
white mother cats are proudly
displaying their spring crop of
black and white kittens.
At Last!
Here on the campus spring va
cation is being eagerly awaited
and by next Sunday the sorority
houses will look like a meeting
of Democratic congressmen.
Men and women are finding it
much easier to hold hands with
out the encumberment of the mit
tens that have been worn through
the previous months; drugstores
are doing a landoffice business in
candy and cigars, and with men
who attend Poli-sci classes roost
its the blonde in the third row
two to one!
Red seems to be the predomi
nant color of the local city of
ficials. I see that the coming of
spring has brought out a full lorce
busily painting the curbs around
this fair city. The public would be
saved an untold amount of money
every year if the city council
would lay all of the curb stones
with red brick and every year
paint the places where you can
park with grey.
But still the biggest cloud on
the whole horizon is the constant
threat of going to classes every
day, which reminds me, think I'U
go today, got two minutes, see
yah!
Contralto Will
Sing Schubert,
Spirituals Here
Marian Anderson, America's
great contralto, will appear in re
cital at the coliseum, Tuesday,
April 15. Traveling on her 11th
consecutive tour of the country.
Miss Anderson will sing a group
of Schubert lieder, and a group
of English and Irish songs in ad
dition to the group of Negro spir
ituals with which she closes her
recitals.
Altho several scholarships in
this country started her study, it
was in Paris that Concert Man
ager Sol Hurok heard her and
persuaded her to return to Amer
ica to begin her concert career.
Since then, she has won critics
and public alike.
A review from the Philadelphia
Inquirer summarized her ability
in savins. ''The only one who can
equal or excel the great contralto
is Marian Anderson herself."
Tickets for this, the next to the
last artist to appear on the Lin
coln Newspaper concert series,
are on sale at Walt's Music Store.
1140 "O." Student tickets sell for
50 cents, and other prices range
from $1.20 to $3.60.
Hall Leads Final
Talk On Marriage
Dr. William E. Hall of Teachers
college will lead the final dis
cussion in a series on "Prepara
tion for Marriage," tonight at
7:30 p. m in the YMCA lounge
in Temple. Having led two pre
vious discussions. Dr. Hall was
asked to return to conclude the
series by unanimous request of
those taking part
Other speakers in the series,
sponsored by the YM and YW,
were Dr. Bancroft pediatrician,
Mrs. Alma Anderson of ag fac
ulty, and Prof. Angelino of the
sociology department
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