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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, October 15, 1947
Whose Government?
In Tuesday's issue of The Daily Nebraskan, the results
of a cross-campus poll asking four questions in connection
with the United States government were published. We feel
that the results, and what might be called a trend shown in
the results, deserve comment.
When the original story was assigned by our special
features editor, the four questions asked were carefully
selected from the list which must be answered by aliens
before becoming naturalized citizens.
On the basis of the results as published in The Daily
Nebraskan, approximately one half of the university stu
dents queried would not be citizens if they had to submit
to an examination today except for that strange quirk of
fate involving their birth in the United States, which thus
entails automatic citizenship.
We agree that the results of this quiz are not defini
tive. Facilities at the disposal of this paper would prevent
an all-campus survey. However, we feel that 80 men and
women from rural Nebraska, metropolitan Nebraska and
outside this state, purposely asked in all colleges and classes,
represent a fair cross-section of the campus,
If we continue on this premise, we come to some very
embarrassing conclusions. It would seem that a majority of
the university's students do not know what the Bill of
Rights is. It would also seem that a majority of the students
do not know how many electors Nebraska is entitled to in
the Federal Electoral college. In turn, this information im
plies that many students have not been informed of the
relationship between the electoral college and the number
of representatives from this state in the House of Repre
sentatives. Now contrast these results with the long-standing prin
ciple that an intelligent electorate is absolutely necessary to
a working democracy. Where does that leave us?
No definite conclusions can be drawn from the results
of this small survey, but we feel that it shows signs of an
extremely unhealthy condition.
Somewhere along the line, our educational process is
falling down and falling down badly. Whether it is in the
public schools of the state or in this university we don't
actually know. That something had better be done about it
we are sure.
There was a time when the American government could
be taken for granted by every citizen in this country. With
increasing resistance to that form of government in the
world today, that time is most certainly past. J. H.
Varsity Dairy Club
Meets Wednesday
The Varsity Dairy Club
hold its first meeting of the se
mester on Wednesday, October 15,
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Editor
Daily Nebraskan.
I am sending in a copy of "Ne
braska Rooters song" which I wish
you would put in the hands of
the cheer leader. If they care to
adopt it. I suggest that a number
of copies be mimeographer and
distributed on the special trains
that are leaving Lincoln Friday
evening.
Very truly yours,
Thomas Swearingen
Law, Class of 1912
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Orthopedic Hospital, v
Social Service Dept.
A Nebraska Rooters Song
Tune Marching Thru Georgia.
Bring your mriraphnnrs. my boys,
l-el's brat It for the (ami-.
Tlwre rnrourasr Brrnle and
HIm men to .win more fame.
Ch."fT thii'i mn e MW riyrrr liril
Karh and rvcry name.
The (ni hi-re to root
tor Nebraska.
CHORl S
Hurrah: Hurrah; We are going
Tn Hln this game.
Horrth: Hurrah; We will scalp
Old Notre Dame
An we played the Ilooslrn,
And the Golden (iophera too,
The gantr here to root
For Nebraska.
When the boya are strtiKRlini;
For a yard to make a score.
If you have been rhrerlnr.
Yon sure can cheer some more.
Open up your lungs, my boys.
Ipt out a I'nl roar.
The Ran its here to root
For Nebraska.
CHORIS
at 7:30 p.m. in room 206 of the
Dairy Industry building.
Formal business for the evening
will include the discussion of busi-
wjll ness for the semester, planning for
a membership drive, and the nom
ination of a new publicity chairman.
Start Union
Bridge Class
Beginers contract bridge class
es will be conducted by Dale Ball,
a certified Culbertson instructor,
under the auspices of the Union,
director Duane Lake announced
Wednesday.
The course, covering all. phases
of bridge, from bidding to evalu
ating the hand to actual playing,
will last six weeks. Anyone com
pleting the course should be able
to play a reasonably good game
of bridge. Ball said.
The first class will be-held in
room 315 of the Union from 4 to
6 p. m. Thursday.
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Nebraska are personally responsible for what they say or do or cause to be printed."
Some say it's Lynn Waldorf, the fourth
coach in four years at the University of
California once a renowned football
power, but now chiefly known as the
school where the students can, and do,
fire their coach. Read this revealing article
in today's Post.
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COACHES' GRAVEYARD
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Start Drive
For Members
With favorable preliminary re
ports coming in from workers
manning the Union booths, the
combined membership drive of the
University YMCA and YWCA to
day swung into the second day of
a week long campaign.
Booths in both the city and Ag
Unions will be open thru Thurs
day from 9 to 5. Students may
also sign up at "Y" offices in the
Temple and Ellen Smith hall until
Oct. 21, the final day of the drive.
Karl Quisenberry. the YWCA
chairman, and Eliza Venable, the
YWCA chairman both expressed
satisfaction with opening pro
gress of the drive and revealed
further details of their organized
campaigns.
The YWCA drive will depend on
30 captains soliciting members in
organized houses and among ma
jor organizations of unaffiliated
women according to Miss Ven
able. An attempt will be made
to contact all women students but
anyone not personally contacted
should sign up at either of the
Union booths, she pointed out.
The YMCA will depend on a id
member committee to contact or
ganized houses and various men's
groups on the campus, Quisenber
ry announced.
Membership fee for the YMCA
is $1. The YWCA leaves its fees
to the prospective member. They
mav contribute as they see fit. Ex
penses are defrayed in part by
student members' fees and in part
by appropriations from the Lin
coln "Y's" and the Community
Chest.
One of the few campus activi
ties in which all students may
take part the "Y" offers a wide
program of activities. It includes
service projects and discussion
and study groups centering around
personal, national and internation
al affairs. In addition, both or
gaizations offer recreation for its
members.
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"Daily" Ranks
High in College
Press Analysis
News that The Daily Nebraskan
has been awarded a first class
rating by the Associated Collegiate
Press was received by the Daily
Tuesday from ACP headquarters
in Minneapolis.
The first class, or excellent
rating was won by the second
semester, 1946-47 volume, edited
by Shirley Jenkins. News cover
age was rated "excellent."
Excellent.
The ACP evaluation commend
ed the Daily's "well-written, col
orful but restrained" feature
stories and termed headlines "easy
to read and attractive." Makeup,
especially of the front page, merit
ed a first class ranking. Especial
ly commended was sports cover
age, including intramurals and
girl's sports.
Purpose of the Associated Col
legiate Press, which rates univer
sity papers all over the country,
is to provide college journalists
with standards of achievement
and improvement, as well as to
give critical analysis of under
graduate newspapers.
Bulletin
Girl's Swimmers.
Tryouts for Girl's Swimming
club will be held Thursday, Oct.
16 and Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:00
p. m. Suits and towels will be
furnished for 10 cents, but swim
mers must bring student health,
permits, hat and clogs.
Tershing Rifles.
All basic ROTC students are
invited to the Pershing Rifles
meeting Wednesday, Oct. 15, at
5 p. m. in 205 Nebraska Hall.
Oops! Red Face
Wearing sack cloth and ashes,
and with a very red face, the
special features department has
tens to admit that in its poll story
in Tuesday's Daily that it for
got the "Lame Duck" amendment
to the U. S. Constitution, spon
sored by Nebraska's own late Sen
ator George W. Norris.
Because the answers, however,
to the question "When does Con
gress convene?" placed the date
at so many points throughout the
month . of January, the poll credit
ed all answers anywhere in Jan
uary as correct. Thus the mis
take does not change the correct
and incorrect figures.
Young: Demos
A typographical error in Tues
day's Daily made it appear as
if the University chapter of Young
Demos opposed a resolution con
demning the Taft-Hartley labor
bill. The statement should have
read, "The University Demos felt
that no positive action would be
taken."
Sigma Tau
Sigma Tau, honorary engineer
ing fraternity, will meet Thurs
day, Oct. 16 at 7:00 p. m. in the
Union. C. A. Sjogren, national
secretary-treasurer, will speak.
WAA Council Meeting:
There will be a WAA council
meeting in the WAA office Wed
nesday noon. All council mem
bers arc required to attend.
I'hl Chi Thcla's.
Thi Chi Theta, bi.ad honorary,
will meet at 5:15 p. m., Wednes
day, Ort. 15, in the main lounse
of the Union. j '
ASME !
The ASME will hold h meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p. rn.
in Room 206 Richards lab. Dean
Green will speak on "Co-operation
in Industry."
Thrta Sif.
Theta Sigma Phi will meet at
5 p. m. Wednesday in Ellen Smith.
Ticket Refund,
All those who were unable to
be seated at the Journalism ban
quet Oct. 9 may obtain a ticktt
refund at the school of journalism
office at University Hall.