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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, March 4, 1949 PAGE 2 JIul (Daily, Tkbhoiluuv Hembt Intercollegiate Press ft) KTY -SEVENTH f CAB Thm Tnlj mrrnm imtntlx trr tfte if th FaNmfTr ( Nrftrnaka a nMa!Hi a w.tnf aewa liml aptaaa owf frdli n artk-fc fl 1 tti T tn cnvcrnlnt (tixlrat Hibllratlonii and aanitnintaT toy the Board of Publication : -H ia Mm arris iy4 p-flcy af th Board t1 pnhllrafloa Mln fir1H-lvB -.naT. a fM fram artttffrta w nlp mm fha part of Hoar. w aav faa part a any wrtn at h faratty 'i! mt itw mbr of aa itaff a-f The Hul Bfebraakaa ara pcraoally iwapautbla for what the aai ar o or rmaar to ba prtatra. gttMfflM rava ara 9t.t aar una U r, tt.BO at iuini iam aiartra. or I3. fna otrflrca r. Mr mIM. Slaato aapy ft. fahll.hM aiirtm Um arbon rrmi axont MHri aai) naaanlaya, TaaWnaa aa raamtMrttan prrtatla. ay tfca I alrortifj of Ncbraaka ondrr the HpcrrtakMi of th Pnbllcatloa Hoard Ki aa axaita' nam Matt at th Poat Office m IJneoln, Nbraka. ondrr art of onrrwu. Marra S, l7. awl at awrta) rate a ooaaa arovMaa roe hi trUtm II OA art af Ootober . tail antanrhm "iti mar M. Itt KK.HT NKWit fclITO . i- n!lJCK Dear Editor: Some strife, argument and mud slinging has been going on for the past few weeks concerning the Greek domination of the ac tivity field to enumerate specifically, the Student Council and the publications. Speaking perhaps as an average student (independent, that is), I would now like to voice what I feel fs my personar opinion on the matter. I came here to Nebraska to ret an education anI not to par take in any extra-curricular activities or indnlge in petty campus polities. If I did, I might have considered Joining one of these cam pus activity outfits or a social fraternity. Why should I care abot the Student Council? The. only thins noteworthy to mention of their various and sundry activities is that they did do something to aleviate the aotomoblie parking situation. And I don't even own a car so what. Furthermore, I'm not interested in who plants the ivy, or makes the speech, or who is Miss Personality of Sixteenth Street or any other such "high" honor or position which the various activities or Roman holidays may bestow upon the various activity minded peo ple. My interest are far removed" from such petty and juvenile mat ters and are concerned with more important matters,e.g., U.S. for eign relations, the economic condition of the country and, above all, completing my education satisfactorily and graduating from the University of Nebraska. I openly resent (as I believe do many other independent stu dents, who are here for serious edncational purposes) the pressure put on us to (1) vote in issues we do not care about nor know anything about and (2) organize and join other petty campus activities which do not concern us in the least or rather for which we do not have time nor wish to take time, regardless of how they interest others. To those of you who wish to take up your time with them, 1 say fine, go ahead and have fun, but don't keep dragging in the typical barb student to act as spokesman for them, saying they are prevented from so doing. After all, there are some of us attending school for some purpose other than office seeking. John M. Stong. Dear Editor: I hope you'll excuse the appearance of this letter, but I find myself somewhat blinded by the suits of shining armor that seem to be popping up over the campus. Following the recent barrage of articles, editorials and "Letterips" with a good deal of interest, I found myself forced to an opinion on the subject of unaffiliated student's participation in activties. If the powers-that-be are going to dictate who shall serve on University boards and councils then it appears that we are losing our status as a Democratic school. The Student Council is made up of elected officials, if the term may be used as such; the candidates are nominated and the votes are cast. Barring stuffing of the ballot boxes, this seems to me the fairest way of selecting students for such offices, be they barb or Greek. When this power is wrenched from the students then we can no longer claim self-government in any degree. It seems to me that the faculty is attempting to establish a Utopia. No one admires high and shining ideals more than I; however, these seldom work in actual practice. No, when the Student Council is nojonger the result of a free elec tion by the student it has lost its value as a governing body. A Council that is not elected by popular vote, whose candidates are forced down the student's throats, will never gain the respect of those same students. Yours for free elections, Dutch Meyers, To the Editor: In answer to the letter in Wed nesday's Letterip column, I should like to point out the ironic justification of the editor's right to comment upon the form of let ters appearing in the column. This prerogative of comment upon grammatical errors seems par ticularly defensibl when seven Co-authors of senior standing be gin a letter protesting it with the sentence: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion regardless if it is in relation to the merits of the National Student Association or the integrity of a columnist of the Daily Nebraskan." It would seem that their ability to criticize is equal to their facility in the use of standard English. Sincerely, FRITZ PICARD. Ifs Your Library . . . In 1945 Love Memorial library was opened under a con- Aunt tt TManQTmTlt thflt afforded students the utmost freedom in gaining access to books and periodicas. Library officials desire to Keep accurate recoras oi avanauic wv. and periodicals to give good service to students and faculty. They do not want to install systems of control and inspec tion unless they are forced to do so. Many advanced students and faculty members have had experiences at other universities where all the more interesting books in the library are locked up in the stacks and made available only through the card catalog and ovct the loan desk. That sort of libary does much to discourage the reading of books. On the other hand, Love library was designed especially to put about 50,000 books on open shelves where stndents could easily use them. Unfortunately, during the spring semester of 1948, someone applied a pocket knife to 24 volumes of the New v-ir ts n ama th hound rar ivaner edition which the library had purchased at a cost of $300 a year. The Volumes are irreplaceable except on microium, a, rawiei nuumj .4T rVv th ricrinai vlitinn. The librarv has also been troubled by students who, under pressure caused by delay- ing reading assignments, conceal doors unuer uvciw, in brief cases, etc., in order to read them at home, at their own leisure. . . . Control desks have been put on the second tloor, Dut ,f nrriiHr FfiiTit Thf'v are mienaea 10 uv LllCy 3Ll c live niiviij v...- courteous reminders of the library's need to maintain a check on books so that others may use them too. Too many books are being stolen or borrowed without having been charged out. Frankly, if students do not undertake to police them selves in this matter of honesty and fairness, steps will be taken by library officials to do so. F. A. Lundy, director of University libraries, has said that if the situation con tinues to grow out of hand, all books will have to be re turned to the stacks and locked up, once more resorting to the museum concept of a library. Mr. Lundy does not want to do this. He realizes that frna Q nfDCC Vw.i-.Vci will causa students to devolp the habit 1.1.1 UV-VV K-J vv awv. of reading for general information, for assigned reading and even for pleasure and amusement. Obviously, it's the students' obligation to help maintain the present system of informality that prevails in Love library. Fitz Simpson. 'Rally Hushcrs9 ... F.-.r several vears Nebraska University has been in a slumD unable to regain its reputation of having strong athletic teams a reputation mat carneu uiniuuhMii lamc nation-wide. A reputation that began even before Dana X. Bible and William Shulte, and ended with the Rose Bowl game in 1941. And with the end of that reputation, tne uornnusKer spirit seemed to die. Stories of this unbeatable spirit at Nebraska went with the University s national fame ot strong football teams. It continued to thrive on the campus and followed alumni over the country. Yet as unsuccessful year followed unsuccessful year, that spirit seemed to die out. Aftrr several seasons of failures and near wins, the Cornhuskers are defintely beginning a comeback. The base hnii tr-nm won the Bie Seven Championship last spring, the Track team nosed out a favored Missouri team to win the Big Seven Indoor Track meet, and now the Basketball team is close to its first Big Seven Championship. Will the comeback of Cornhusker teams bring back the spirit of 'the old days?" This wfk end will rive Nebraska students a chance to show that this spirit can be revived. The basketball team arin tpA nil the harkinp the student bodv can give it. That backing should begin this week end and continue for as long as Nebraska teams exist, come ram or come snine: Bruce Kennedy. I JAOJ1L HUL BY BRUCE KENNEDY. A NEW CREDIT ruling by the Federal reserve board was greeted by businessmen throughout the country as a boon to business. The ruling extends the time on monthly installments and reduces the down payment from 20 to 15. Especially happy are the auto mobile manufacturers who expect the ruling to help lagging auto sales. The order becomes ef fective Monday and includes such items as refrigerators, radio, fur niture, etc. NEWS CAME from Washing ton Thursday that the resigna tion of James V. Forrestal, former Secretary of the Navy and p: ent Secretary of Defense, was on the president's desX. He will probably be replaced by Louis A. Johnson, former American Legion commander. o DETERMINED to keep the Russian Soviet Repatriation com mission blockaded American forces et up strong barbed w.re around the mfssion. Water and food supplies were cut off a few days ago. It looks like the mis sion couldn't leave if they wanted to. o o THE NON-STOP round the world flight accomplished Wed nesday will serve as a warning to Russia, diplomats thought Thursday. No city is safe now that it has been proven th.'.l a plane can, by refueling on the fly, reach any place in the wor NU. Bulletin Board FRIDAY TnE RADIO SECTION of the speech department will interview Norm Leger, Editor of The Daily Nebraska, today at 4:30 on .the Junior-Senior Prom. The Inter view is part of "University News in Review" held every Friday over station KOLN. MONDAY AG COLLEENS meeting, 7:45 p.m., in Vocational Education room, third floor Food and Nu trition building. Subject will be "Refinishing of Furniture." Mem- Union Schedules Music Program Like classical music? The Union Music committee will present a program of classi cal music with a running com mentary in the Union music room once a week. Open to anyone, the program will feature a qualified commen tator who will explain the mean ings and background involved in the selections being presented. Wed DL (Council Student Council representation in the College of Arts and Sci ences is distributed among its various branches. The School of Music sends two Council mem bers. Thoy are Pat Larsen and Bob Wallace. Both are juniors. Miss Larsen serves on the Scholastic committee. This group fs investigating r n e n t s . u r r e rJr t dears Larsen. a c a demic rc- quirem The c i project with the prob lem of getting credits checked and with a method of ap peal for stu dents who foci their grades are unjust. The committee i s sending letters to faculty members concerning both subjects. In addition ot her Council work, Miss Larsen is treasurer of the YWCA, a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and Alpha Chi Omega. Bob Wallace is chairman of the Student-Faculty Identcards. This committee is working out a new type of card which will make transfer to non-students impossible. The committee was established a t the request ot the athletic business man ager, A. J. Lew- andowski. The committee on Wallace. bers can bring their own furni ture to work on. Materials and supplies will be furnished. All are urged to dress for work. proposal now before the commit tee concerns putting student pic- res and signatures on the Iden fication card. The signature v.ould coincide with that on the book of student athletic tickets. Wallace is also a member of University Singers and Kappa Sigma.