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Thursday, December 8, 1949 PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Membet Intercollegiate Press FOKTY -SEVENTH fF.AB rht Dallj N.Sranks. u pabllshes! 1 the Undents at the Uarerslty of Nebraska as M cxprriua ol slodenta mad opinions onlj. According lo article II of " Law (OTernini student pablieations ud ..dministered by toe Board of PahllcaUona' "II Is the declared poliej of tbe Board that publication, andrr lis Juris dletloa .nail M free from editorial eesorshia on the part ol the Board, or the part el an Tieniber ol tbe faculty of the university: wt members ol tbe etafl of The " Sstoraikaa are sersooallj responsible lor what thcj say or do or eause to be printed. Subscription rates are tl.od per aemester. M.60 per cmc.tcr mailed, or SSM for dM collet, rear. 4.00 mailed. Sintle copy 6e. FsDIiibrd daily dnrins the school Teaj Heept Monday. and Saturdays, .acation. and e.anun.tion Period.. bJ tbe t.iverrdt. If Nebra.ha nnder the sopervl.loo ol the t-oblieaiioa Board. Ktered a. Second Oa.s Me, at the Pt Utile, i. IJ.eoln. Nebraska o.der Act of tm.g i. 119. and at special rate of postage provided lor ia seetloa UM. at 0 Oetowi (. IB17. autboriird September I. 1922. EDITORIAL UnMtn. rd.tor. Slm- Su" Gene Berj. Bruce Kennedy. Norma Chnbbnek, Jerry Ewlns. l"oorhle Seal LUitors Sports F 4i fcdil Bl'SINKSS ftnslness Manare .Keitb O'Kannor .... Gene Bern With Tongue in Cheek By Cub Clem NU Bulletin Boiml An instructor Wednesday morning pointed out to me a very obvious defect in the Council's by-laws on election publicity. According to Article 4, a candidate is disqualified if any printed, mimeographed, typewritten, etc., material is circu lated in his behalf. What better plan could be devised to elect a person than to distribute a few mimeographed sheets of publicity ma terial around the campus on each of his or her opponents? Wouldn't the Council have to declare everyone disqualified except the one who was not puDiicizea: ' A 1 This is but one of dozens of reasons we have heard ; A(llllllllSt TOttOH on why the article in question snouia De revisea or tnrown out altogether. But it'll do for now. Thursday. Ag dance committee meeting, Ag Union, 7 p.m. Aquaquettes will meet Thurs day at 7:15 p.m. in the Coliseum. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow ship meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 315 of the Union. Tassels and Mortar Boards are to turn in M. B. Ball tickets be tween 4 and 5:30 p.m. at th? Tassel office. Home Ec Christmas tea will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Home Ec social parlors. Home Ec Club council meets Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Home Ec Club members who have taken subscriptions for the Cornhusker Countryman must turn in their money Thursday to Betty Hathaway at the Home Ec building. Varsity Dairy club meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204 Dairy Industry. Red Cross Water Safety com mittee will meet in Room 313 of the Union at 5 p.m. Thursday. Tassels must turn in their Corn husker salcsbooks and money at the Cornhusker office before 5 p.m. Thursday. Friday. Cosmopolitan Club members report to West Stadium for Corn husker picture Friday at 5 p.m. Corn Cobs must turn in Corn husker salcsbooks and money at the Cornhusker office before 5 p.m. Friday. Soph Registration Curds Available Sophomores pick up their as signment cards Thursday in Temporary building B. Seniors and juniors who have not picked up their cards may do so then. To qualify for sophomore cards students must have from 27 to 53 hours credit. Conferences -with Hdviscrs are being held this week also. Stu dents should make appointments immediately for making out the second semester schedules. Ac tual registration procedure will begin next Monday, Dec. 12. J. Paul Sheetly Switched to tVildrool Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test TOU'D never gurs,s to tee him now, but just two welts ngo there wai sad, forlorn look in Sheedy'i beady eyes. People picked on him because hit hair looked like he was moulting. Not a gal on campus would even carrion a conversation with him. Then he bought a bottle of Wildroot Cream Oil hair tonic and he's been a gay old bird ever since. Non alcoholic Wildroot containing Lanolin keeps hair neat and well groomed all day long. Relieves annoying dryness, removes the loose ugly dandruff that can make you a social outcast. So if your hair is giving you trouble, set your corpse for the nearest drug or toilet goods counter and get a bottle or tube of Wildroot Cream Oil hair tonic. And a.k your barber for professional applications. It's the best treatment your hair cadaver get. of ill liurronghi Dr., SayJir, S. V. Vnidroot Company, Inc., Buffalo 1 1, N. Y. .j Distributes Exam Query If any upperclassman wants to find fault with the system of ex aminations on the University campus, they will have the chance this week. Approximately 3,000 question naires have been or will be dis tributed to 9 a.m. classes Mon- !day, Wednesday and Friday this week by the examination com-' mittee of which Dean T. J. Thompson is the chairman. I Faculty members will receive blanks by mail next week in order to get their opinion of ex amination procedures aLso. The purpose of the survey is to discover the interests and opin ions of both students and faculty members in regard to examina tions, said Dean Thompson. In order to conduct a fair survey, content of the questionnaires will not be revealed until upperclass men and faculty have turned in their blanks. Election ... Continued liom Pae 1. casting a write-in vote is un democratic, and seemingly not in 1 accord with the Nebraska statutes on elections which, we feci, should : possibly set a precedent in 1t i.; : case. "As fur our c ,im' etie.-s in re vealing the results of the ( !( tjon to The Daily Nebraskan. the ju diciary committee chairman fe't justified in such action. An un usual situation had presented it self, which. I thought, merited further consideration by the entire iu'Uciary committee. Had the en tire judiciary committee been able to meet immediately alter the election results had been deter mined, the results would have no doubt been released for publica tion in Wednesday's paper. How ever, since the committee did not meet until today, the results were not available for publication until today. "Going one step fuither, I as chairman of the judiciary com mittee wish to commend the en tire Council, and especially the elections commit tee, upon the ef- (Editor's note: Every member of the student body, faculty and administration should read this letter.) Dear Editor: We wish to explain our views on the organization of new student government. We believe that disinterest in politics is destructive to democratic government, whether that disinterest appears in international, local or university politics. We believe that a student who concerns him self with university politics will extend that concern into state, national and international affairs. We believe, on the other hand, that lethargy toward university politics breeds lethargy toward the higher levels of government and by that means tends to destroy democratic government. We recognize the work of non-university agencies in teaching democratic government, as the establishment by the American Legion of Boys' and Girls' counties, stales and nations. We recognize the progress extended toward world understanding by the granting of international exchange scholarships and the holding of world student conferences. We recognize the work done by this university in pro siding a splendid convocation program and scholarships for displaced persons, all contributing to the students' political training. But, we recognic too, the failure of this University to stimulate practical politics. We feel that the University administration strongly desires whole some politics on this campus. We feel that the plan we propose can form the background for such a political program. We believe that it is obvious that the University Party has had many faults we readily admit them. We believe, however, that the party cannot be criticized merely from the fact it is a party. The party system is the very backbone of democracy everywhere. We believe that those who favor a no party system are being unrealistic. We" believe also that the Party should not be criticized merely because it represents the Fraternities. Parties are organizations with common interests. We believe that a party representing fraternities is not only natural but desirable. We believe that the party system should not be condemned on this campus solely because of its encouragement of party-line voting as opposed to voting for the "best" candidates. This criticism can be level at democratic election systems everywhere. We believe that this defect is more than balanced by the pressure it puts on parties to select superior candidates. It would be even more effective on this campus by the training it affords in democracy, a training parallel to the systems employed in forming our slate and national governments. Most important of all, a party system stimulates interest in politics, and this campus sorely needs such stimulation. We believe that the faults of the University Parly stem not from the fact that it is a party, but from the fact that there has been no party to oppose it. Wc believe that the Party's laults will disappear when strong parties are organized against it. We favor the organiza tion of new parties. We propose: 1. More elections besides the present commercial elections which aim at encouraging attendance at the various university dances. 2. A larger slate of class olficcrs, with duties and prestige for the offices to encourage active campaigning for them. 3. Organization of political parties, and that they be open parties. 4. That issues be encouraged on which the various parties can take sides in active campaigning. 5. Publicity for the elections, that the parties be given lice space in the Daily Nebraskan to present- their candidates a n d views: that there be more lree doiu in carrying on parades and using posters; and that there be mass meet'ng.s. (. Allowing parties and candi dates to campaign and not merely to sti.te the name of the candi dates and their activities. 7. Flection ol members of the student council as representatives of the various colleges, ;is in the old constitution with. however, one important change: We favor election on a proportional icprc scntation system, allowing a party to have representatives in propor tion to the number of voles cart by Uud party in the particular col lege. We believe that this will stimulate the formation of new parties. 8. Election of additional class officers to be held in two or three months, at which time officers for the freshman and sophomore classes would be elected, and per haps vice presidents, secretaries and treasurers for all the classes. The delay in holding this election would allow the organization of a new election system, and give time to other :tudcnt groups to complete the formation of new parties. We o -po.-e: 1. The piesent Student Council selection sstem. uhicli does not icpie.-ent the students of the Uni versity, and which does not alhnv elections and campaigning. 2. Any attempt to fix represen tation 'by alloting any group, whether it be a 1 i ;.tei tuty, soroi ity or unatlihatcd. a fixed ratio on a Student Council. We oppose any such pi. in as being directly con trary to a free democratic election system, and as discouraging active jj.ii tii ipation in the elec tions. We hope the University will ac cept tins letter with the sincerity with which it is written. We hope our proposals are acceptable to the Univeisity administration, the stu dents, and the Student Count if. We hope that the views of other groups whether for or against our views, will be expressed. Sincerely, THE UNIVERSITY PARTY. ficient and judicious manner in j ulty advisers as well. This speaks which the election was held. This well for our group . . . Respect commendation comes not only j fully submitted, Fred Chael, ehaii from myself, but from our fac- I man, judiciary committee." TOMORROW SS THE DEADLIN: BOY YOUR 8S0 eRNHy$E(ER AY ONCE