THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, April 20, 1947
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Personally Speaking
By Norm Leger
SOaAJL SCIEN
Recall to mind the old saw, "if we don't hang together, we'll
an nang aione. mis du or tnree-musketeer-like philosophy seems
to be the faction's biggest argument for existing, assuming, of course,
that a faction does exist. (If one doesn't, then what is the purpose,
pray wu oi representatives irom each fraternity except one
scurrying about the campus, after-dark hours, to publicly unan
nounced meetings?)
One might think (and bope) that if the faction boys continue
to hanr together in the manner they did for the Student Council
election of officers they will have enough rope to do a thorough
job. Tea, one might think it. But we're told that "there will al
ways be a faction," whether it operates aa a respectable political
party or as a power group that needs to be taught a few things
about fair play and the value of personal merit.
Let us elucidate, if you will. The Student Council met Wednes
day to elect its new officers. All but the naive knew before the
meeting started that the faction, what with its majority representa
tion, could run things just as they wanted them run. In view of
this, Helen Laird, Council president, made a plea for an election
based upon student qualifications and not upon political planning.
That her speech would be unheeded was evident, even to
the naive, in view of the council members, (north table, male side)
negative reaction the mumbling over Miss Laird's first few words
and the restlessness during her talk. It teemed the faction boys
were reluctant to listen, lest the remaining shreds of their con
sciences might give them faint bother.
When Miss Laird suggested that the qualifications of eligible
members for offices be given before the nominations were made,
there could be heard, plainly enough, chuckles and side remarks
from the male members who obviously already knew for whom
they would cast their ballots. This suggestion was ignored, of course,
and no recommendations were made until after the nominations
had been made.
One could assume that the most deserving and capable men
were nominated. There were three. Four people were able to take
the floor to recommend one nominee, stating specifically valuable
personal traits and work done for the Council. (If you want more
details, well be glad to give them to yoa, just drop around.) The
nominee's backers were not faction representatives. Another nominee
was recommended by a non-faction member on the basis of the
amount of work he had done. Same nominee was pointed out by
Miss Laird as having done the most work of the three candidates.
, The third nominee, wh won the election, was recommended by
his nominator who is, we presume, a faction man since he nominated
the man whom the faction was backing.
As we have said before, we have nothing against a political
party's desire to get their man in office, even if he isn't the man
who can get the highest recommendation from the floor.
What is appalling is that after the voting was over and the
faction man had won his "honor," the other two candidates seemed
to be forgotten until the last office, head of the judiciary com
mittee, went to one of the candidates. The third was made a mem
ber of the committee.
Where's the kick? Just this. If the faction is going to con
trol the election of just the top office of the Council (or was it
the top two?) it might have the decency to see to it that the most
. qualified candidates who are not faction-backed be given other
offices.
As things stand now, the faction has killed what we consider to
be an important Quality of Council members: ambition. True, one
should be a bard worker just for the sake of doing the work and
contributing to the good of tbe cause, but human nature doesnt
work that way. Anyway, shouldn't merit receive its just rewards?
Why should any council member exert himself next year to do
anything beyond routine duties when he knows that when elec
tions come around his exertion will count for little? The faction
decides on a political basis whom they want in the office. The
Student Council, we feel, should elect as its officers the people
who have done the work and deserve the honor. Why should its
elections be controlled by a power group?
As our friends tell us, we're beating our bead against a stone
wall. Perhaps so. But we will maintain, foolishly, the bope' that
someday campus activities will be run on a basis democratic enough
to make it real honor to be president of, or bold an office In, a
campus organization whose officers are elected. There hi no need
to ask, ls there any honor in tbera now?" The answer is plainly
BO, but the office holders will probably feel elated over Ivy Day
outcomes just the same, will be congratulated and regarded as those
lucky ix-opl"
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Air Force Plans Two Summer
Encampments for Air Students
An announcement from the Sec
ond Air Force headquarters at
Offutt Field. Fort Crook. Ne
braska, states that two encamp
ments will be held this summer
for advanced Air ROTC students
in the Second Air Force area.
Chanute Field at Rantoul, 111..
and Lowry Field at Denver, Colo.,
have been chosen as the sites for
the encampments which will be
gin June 22 and will end Aug. 2.
Approximately 250 Air ROTC
students attending colleges and
universities in North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming, Colo
rado, Kansas and Nebraska will
attend the summer camp at Lowry
and about 330 students from
schools in Missouri, Iowa, Minne
sota, Wisccnsin, Illinois and Mich
igan will go to Chanute for the
six-week camp.
The courses to be received by
the future Air Reserve officers
will include instruction in prac
tical soldiering, training in work
that has been covered during the
past year in their Air ROTC class
rooms and practical training in
the specialty they have chosen for
their 1947-48 school year of in
struction.
To be eligible for attendance at
the summer encampment, the
ROTC students have to have had
the two-year basic ROTC course
or have served at least one year
in the armed services and, in
either case, have completed the
first year of advanced air ROTC
work.
The summer camp is a must for
students who want to receive an
Air Reserve commission through
Air ROTC.
FarmersHear
Ag Research
On Livestock
Gustavson Talks
At Feeders Day
stockmen from all over the
state were told Friday afternoon
of highlights in livestock experi
mental feeding work as they
gathered at the college of agricul
ture for the 35th annual Feed
er's Day.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson
opened the session with an ad
dress stressing the importance of
co-ordination of knowledge, re
search and experimentation in all
fields of agriculture, especially in
the field of nutrition.
The farmer is sometimes the
first link in the chain of nutri
tional research. Chancellor Gus
tavson observed. He makes an
observation and passes on his in
formation to the research men at
the college of agriculture for ex
perimentation to check and re
check and make further studies
to discover the causes of such
observations.
Knowledge Limited.
Chancellor Gustavson concluded,
saying, we don't know enough
about nutrition to apply the math
ematics involved in a complete
understanding of the science.
Research will develop our under
standing of nutritional mathe
matics and enable application of
them to create better livestock
and better human nutrition.
Marvel L. Baker, professor of
animal husbandry, reported on the
feeding of prairie hay cut at var
ious intervals, on the use of lin
seed pellets in the diet of beef
calves and on the use of a pellet
of dehydrated alfalfa.
In summing up the beef experi
mental work, Professor Baker
said that the importance of the
soil had never been so completely
understood as it has been in the
last five to six years. The big
job of farmers and ranchers, no
matter what their phase of farm
ing, is to conserve soil and resources.
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