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EDITORIAL
Editor
Asociate Editor
Managing Editors
New Editors
porta Editor Kimon Karabatsos
IHSINKSS
Smlnesa Manager Keith O'Bannon
Assistant Business Managers Ted Randolph, Jack Cohen. Churn Burmcistei
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We Want to Know Why . . .
The Senate appeal committee on student conduct
announced its decision late Thursday on four of the seven
students who appealed against charges of stealing exams.
Dean Thompson's office released two brief statements.
One said very little. The other said less.
The report said that the committee had lifted suspen
sion, under rigid probation, of three students apprehended
in taking waste paper sacks to secure final exams. A
fourth student, the statement read, would remain sus
pended for taking a math final.
The first question any student would ask is "Why?
Why were three suspensions lifted and the other not?"
That's the question The Daily Nebraskan asked, but the
committee absolutely refused to give further information
We are not trying to play big-time newspaper, but in sucl
an important matter, our often-dormant sentiments abou
freedom of the press awake with a jolt.
Maybe "it is unfortunate that the publicity got out.'
as one of the committee members said. But it was re
leased to The Daily Nebraskan, and the students have r
right to know what's going on. They don't have to know
names, but they are entitled to know why one student
was suspended and three were not.
The committee no doubt had valid reasons for its
decision. But how do we know? How does anyone know
but the committee and the students involved ? The stu
dent body has a right to see just what kind of adminis
tration, they're getting.
The committee is supposed to hear student appeals.
Fine. But many students probably get into trouble and
appeal, but no one knows about it, simply because their
trouble does not concern the whole University. But being
tried for exam stealing does concern the whole University.
It's an issue which must be brought into the open if it is
going to be stopped.
These appeals come as close to any form of demo
cratic trial procedure as exists on our campus. Any other
trial is privileged and its records open to the public . . .
especially the press.
Since the committee has such little faith in the judg
ments of the students and The Daily Nebraskan, it cer
tainly would attach some significance to the words of the
Rev. Robert H. Sweeney, vice president of Portland uni
versity. In a recent address to the Oregon Federation of
Collegiate Leaders, the university executive said:
"Stodgy educators are afraid that judgments of the
students will be immature. The very best way to get
immature judgment is to expect it."
Colorado V. Politics . . .
CKdltor's note: The fidlowlnc editorial Is the seenri in a -rte drvrlhinr eampns ;
political activities carried on by other eollerea and unHerHitlr in the mid-west.
Ptndrnt newspaper editors and student council presidents were contacted In cm
Baling the Information.!
Colorado university is another school which harbors ;
an extensive student political program. It has three major
political parties: Greeks, Independents and Coalitionists.
Until the elections last spring, only the Greeks and Inde
pendents could be classified as major parties. Both lost a
long-established foothold when a Coalition party, repre
senting both Greeks and Independents, entered the picture
with a liberal platform and won the presidency as well as
three other posts on the 13-member ASUC commission
(student governing body). At various times in the past,,
minority parties have managed to gef no more than one
seat on the commission.
Campaigns might be classified as full-scale. They start
about a month before elections and feature visits by candi
dates to the various houses and dormitories. Detailed cam
paign promises are also drafted.
There are restrictions on campaign expenditures, vary
ing from year to year. They are set by an election com
mission appointed by the ASUC commission. The election
commission is responsible for detecting violations of spend
ing maximums and reporting them to the student govern
ing body. Campaign issues are many and varied, generally
centering around the welfare of the student body.
Nominations are made by petitions which must be
filed with the election commission by a specified date
prior to each election.
As an independent publication, the Silver and Cold
(student newspaper) enjoys every right to support the can
didates to execute the various planks upon which they
Stand.
However, In the past, it has been the paper's general
policy to be editorially neutral in student elections while
presenting through its news columns the party platforms.
After the election, the paper has always been quick to hold
the newly-elected officers to their promises,
filled with the election commission by a specified date
the newly-elected officers to their promises
Faurot to Remain
At Missouri U.
Don Faurot, athletic director
nd head football coach at Mis
souri, said Wednesday night that
he planned to remain at his alma
mater.
Faurot hag been considered to
fucceed Eddie Anderson at the
University of Iowa, but he indi
cated that he wasn't considering
job at Iowa or any other place.
Except for three years in the
navy during the war, he has been
at Missouri since 1935.
For Your Valentine
Send
Flowers from HILTNER'S
Tkbhashuv
Frits Simpson
','..'..'.' Susie Reed
'.'!.'! "Bruce Kennedv, Gene Berg
. . .Norma Chuhbuck. Poochle
K,!iir. Jerrv Warren. Kent Axtell
Maslerson Tries
For Iowa U Job
Bernie Ma.sterson, University
of Nebraska football coach in
1947, stated Wednesday night
that he had applied for the Uni
versity of Iowa coaching job.
Masterson left Nebraska to ac
cept a position as backfield coach
with the New York Yankees. He
was left without a job this spring
following the merger of the Na
tional and American professional
football leagues.
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To the Editor:
The vigorous campaign being conducted by The Daily Ne
braskan for a larger, permanent bookstore for Ag college has
been filling a lot of space in the paper during the last few days,
and would be entirely justified if the student body were greatly
concerned about the situation. However, it is our opinion that
the whole matter is being given entirely too much importance
while other more pressing problems are being neglected.
The results of our poll last semester showed that Ag students
were unanimously in favor of an expanded bookstore in a more
desirable location. This does not necessarily mean that the stu
dents are extremely concerned about the status of the bookstore,
however. After all, why shouldn't every student be in favor of
such a plan? It certainly would be convenient, and voting against
it would be like refusing dessert after a good dinner.
The Ag Exec board does not question the ability of Dean
Lambert and his staff in deciding which rooms are available on
the campus for the bookstore. He is in a position to know much
more about the available space than we are. Since he also has
voiced no particular argument against the idea of a larger book
store, we feel that he will certainly give the matter due con
sideration. We do not believe that the Union board should be criticized
for refusing to grant the bookstore additional space in the Ag
Union. The improvement of Union facilities is of much greater
concern to us than improvement of the bookstore.
Thus far, the student body of Ag college has not shown thr
nterest in the bookstore that would warrant any drastic action
on the part of the Ag Exec board. We have made very good ust
of the bookstore branch during the first few weeks of each se
mester. An improved bookstore that would carry a full lir,e o
supplies would be very desirable, but most Ag students can mak'
jse of present University facilities without much inconvenience.
If the Rag wants to do something constructive for Ag college,
hey should conduct a campaign to reopen the Ag Union durinf
veiling hours. Ag students are paying the same Union fees that
;ty campus students pay, and most certainly are entitled to the
ime amount of service. The Ag Union can be used by all of us
luring the entire school term. Ag students made a mighty effort
everal years ago to get the Union on our campus, and we do
not intend to stand by illy while it is gradually restricted in its
operations until it is finally closed.
Rob Raun, President
Ag Exec Board
Aim-
By Joan fensier i
These are your Ag Union
hours:
7:30 a. m. to 7 p. nv, Monday
through Friday.
7:30 a. m. to 1 p. in.. Saturday.
5 p. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday.
They don't present a pretty
p i c t u r e, do
they? Under ,
thi ssetup the
A g Union
doesn't appear
to be operat
ing for the in
terests of the
students. Or is
it? According
to the Union
Board. DIS
INTEREST of
A g students
was one rea
son for closing
the Union at
night.
Two reasons have been given
by the Board for closing the
Union at night.
(1) The economic factor. 1
Statistics show that the Union i
was going in the hole. They
further show that the loss oc
curred during the evening hours. '
(2) The Union is not being
used enough during the eve
nings. From 15 to 20 people on
the average patronize the Dell
on a good" night. The board
questions the porformanrc of
the Union in the function of
service.
The following farts helps to
visualize the economic situation.
It costs the Union S3. 50 for a
chaperonc per evening. Two em
ployees must be on hand, and
at 50c per hour for three hours
(7 to 10 p. m ), that makes about
S3 00. bringing nightly expenses
to about $6.50 just for labor.
In contrast, the Dell trade
brings from $4 00 to $6.00 in on
a good night. To make a profit
able gain, the Union should be
bringing in about $15.00. Its
costing the Union twice as much
to stay open as they take in.
This makes the total margin too
small to allow the loss.
Lack of student use. the sec
ond reason for the present set
up, is directly related to the
financial and direct reason.
Only four organizations on
Ag campus meet in the Ag
Union. They are Ag Exec
Board, Entomology club. YMCA
rabinet and the Coinhusker
Countryman. What has hap
pened "to at least 14 other or
ganizations commonly recog
nized at Ag? We all cried for
an Ag Union and we finally got
it in 1946. Isn't it about time
we wake up to the fact that the
Union is ehre now and it's ours
to use every inch of it? Is there
any reason for hanging on to the
tradition of meeting in depart
mental rooms whe na common
meeting place is available?
The Ag Union was meant to
be more than an eating place
when the money was spent to
build it. The Union was given
to the students upon their re
quest for a central location lor
Ag activities. It's not here to
make money. It is a student af
fair, to be governed and used by
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THE DAILY NEBRASKA?!
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Ag students. But we as students
don't come. We have taken the
Union for granted.
According to Ag Union rec
ords, the Union sponsors as
many social activities now as it
did in December of 1946, when
the Ag Union doors first opened.
Beyond this, more groups met at
the Union in that year, but have
since gone off campus. The old
groups, many of whose members
were all in favor of an Ag Union
and instrumental in getting it,
have made no effort to transfer
their meeting place to the Union.
Why?
There is certainly sufficient :
room for nearly every group to
meet. The craft room, room 3 !
behind the office, the reccration
room, and the lounge are avail
able for meetings any day that
a norganization walks into the
Union office and makes a reser
vation. To date no organization j
has been turned down for a
meeting because of lack of space
(or any other reason for that
matter). j
If we Ag students do not use
the Ag Union, there is one likely :
result. The Ag Union will grari- I
ually shrivel up and will be writ
ten down in University history
as another "has-been."
Last year the Union board I
voted to close the Ag Union on !
Friday nights except when a so-
rial event was scheduled. This
has been practiced this year. j
Now they have voted, by finan- i
cial force, to close the Union
every niht. What will be the ;
next step? Will we take the next
step and create a demand lor the
Union, or will the Union Board
be forced in another year or two
to discontinue other services and
perhaps gradually the whole
Union as such?
The Ag Union cannot run
without student support. The
University will not support it
unless it is justified, and such '
justification comes from use of
it.
Any move In re-establishing
the Union hours as they were
will have to come troin the stu
dents. More directly it will have
to come lrom organizations. Until
the Union is opened, those groups
who have been meeting in the
Union are forced to meet during
the daytime or move out.
We must realize that it is
nearly impossible for some
groups to make any arrangement
for meeting in the Union. Home
Ec club, for instance, is a large
group that meets in the after
noon. The recreation room and
the lounge, the only two possi
bilities for a Home Ec club meet
ing, are riot open for meetings
during the day.
However, many groups rould
be meeting in the Union. As Ag
students, we could make belter
use of the Union in the evening.
Until an effort is made in this
direction, we cannot justly criti
cize or blame the Union Board
for its action.
RUST CRAFT
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Lip
It can never be said that Ne
braska doesn't have its propor
tionnate share of beauty queens.
It seems there is a queen tor
just about everything. To keep
in the stride of
the times, this jf "v
column has de- j .-
lumn has de- j
ded to spon- fJ
r a beauty r
teen of its iJ5v 4'
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sor
queen
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slightly differ
ent twist. We - W
are looking tor
the wost look- K- .
ing, most ob-
noxi o u s beast
on the campus.
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The judges for
this contest will be four street
cleaners working for the "great"
-ity of Lincoln. Applications are
to be submitted to this office ac
'ompanied with ten dollars and
:he top of a grand piano. Any
Till of the female ? sex is clig
ble. The title of the new queen
will be "Miss What Is It of
'950."
Last Saturday nite tinned out
'n be quite a time for one Davy
loyle. Phi Delt. As master of
eremonics at the Inter Fiat
'ambake, Dave was at his best
l fact he was so good that his
-ter Mary, who inhibits the
. G. house on occasion, spent
e entire time powdering her
ose or straightening her seams
T whatever the gals do when
hey take leave. After the ball,
"'axe next journeyed over to the
""-ig Alph house, after a brief re
iose at Don's Supper Hacienda,
to partake in a bit of cards. All
w.is going fine until some of the
boys discovered our hero wander
ing towards the house mother's
room mumbling something about
a grape or a drape. It took some
of the loyal lodge brother's time
and efforts to re-direct Dave to
the trophy room. Nothing of im
portance hapencd -after this in
cident. Wandering down Sorority Row
about 10:30 any nite a person is
not to be flabbergasted at the
brilliant display of lights on the
norches of the various women's
houses. One night last week, with
trusty meter in hand, we decided
to find out which stage had the
brightest illumination. The Gam
ma Phi's placed first with wom
en's dorm running a close sec
ond. You know its downright
embarrassing to see such a public
exhibition ot romantic feelings.
But anyway, it's fun The moral:
Less lights, more love,
i
In case anyone doesn't know it.
Coed Follies are again rtmiing
their nostalgic airs. Rehearsals
, and tryouts have been going on
hell-bent lor the past week or so.
: Any male who dared enetr a
house was apt to find the gals
! jumping about in anything from
nothing to something slightly
more than nothing, madly going
through the contortions of a girl
trying out for a part in the Fol
: lies' Gergere or better yet third
j from the left at the Rialto. From
now on we don't have to ask.
"How are you fixed for undies?"
We know.
I Much comment has been given
both pro and con for the Muel
: ler Tower, known by some as the
I Singing Silo and by others as the
"upright." As yet. we haven't
seen any girls being dubbed coeds
under the shadow oi the towncr
I at 12:30 a m. but the tradition
should be established. May we
suggest to the University that
trees and shrubs, not to mention
benches, be generously placed
around the tower to aid and pro
mote the privacy of the delicate
situations that arise beneath the
edifice Maybe with a little help
from Mother Nature, rlso known
as the Dean of Women, a tradi
tion will be established
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Mardi Gras
Celebration
Here Tonighl
j Opening at 8:30 p. m., the Un
l ion AT .i if! i Gras open house will
i offer a li-t ol entertainment for
I all University students Friday,
Feb 10.
I "ighl. glit of the evening w'lll
i be the crowning of the Nebraska
Mardi Gras Oieon. chosen in
student vote. Election will take
place at the door between 8:30
and 9:30 p. m
Candidates for the title and
their sponsors are Pat Beige. Sig
ma Nu; Jan Champine. Sigma
Alpha F.nsilon; Margaret Thomp
son. Alpha Tail Omega: Nancy
Dixon, Acacia, and Sue Easter
gaard. Delta Tan Delta.
Among the entertainment will
be dancing in the ballroom to the
music of Riley Smith and his
"jazz" combo: ami a game room
entitled the "Casbah."
The "li'w Oilcans Theatre'
v ill feature acts by Dorothv El
liott and her marimba. Bill Du
"an and Harris Carnaby in a
comedy act: P. tsy Dutt m m a
comonv act: Elbert Stalks in a
d;.nce I'putino'and l'.-.b Korsser.
nianist. Emcee Bob Smaha will
introduce the acts.
Bob Russell, chanman of Spe
cial Activities committee, is in
charge of the open house.
it's T
It seems that "Ye Old Campus"
has really been humming this
past week getting ready lor 'the
parties, dining, dancing and gala
affairs tht have been planned for
this week end.
' First of all tonight is the nite
for the Kappa Sig Sweetheart
formal to be held at the Corn
husker. Dave Haun and his
rythuniites will be playing Alu
mni Hoagy Carmichel's arrange
ments. Dancing the light fan
tastic will be Gent Berg and
Nancy Porter, Dick Ford and
Carol Else. Leon Pfeiflcr and
,!ean Becker. The Kappa Sig
Trio consisting of Jack Brure.
Bob Wallace and Bob Diers will
also add a bit of harmony to the
evening.
Saturoav nite lias even more
on schedule. The Chi O's moth
ers club is giving a Valentine
dinner dance for the girls and
their dates. A few planning to
attend are Glen l'erka and
Hardy Johnson, Madelon Feld
man and Very I Scott.
I A tui'Kcy dinner is the menu
for the fowne Club Valentine
dinner-dance Saturday nite at
the Continental. A tew he ty
turkey trotters are: social c.
man Taiila Pendra and Dave
Knapp, Ginny Seller and Hon
Ostermiller. Marry Phillips and
Erv Kolofson.
Rumors have it that Fred
Scheske-Marlrne Roth romance
is growing into a steady affair.
You aren't studying all the time
Fred!:
PINNING
Norma Christiansen - Marv
Harms.
PINNING-TO-BE
I I red Chad (1 hate the things)
and Edith Koesler. The date in
a moment of weakness,
i There arc also a few people
that can't seem to make up their
i minds about making things a
I steady cieal. They are: Paul
Siencknect and Suzanne Itumprl-
tes, Dorothy Kurth and Elliot
Boberg.
i QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Just was are Dixie Pettijohn,
Beth I.ocie and Alys Mason try
ing to haul up to their 3rd floor
window at midnight. Is it a Delt
or something edible?'.'?
j Ajcm Farber has frequently
been seen at the Womens Dorm
i throwing pebbles at Mary Pitter
l man's window. A small fuzzy
i lamb (also named A ion) can be
seen laithfully watching at the
window.
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FridayebruaryJO, 1950
News & Views
BY GI.O.UCE WHAUA.
National
Washington President T r u
man's coal fact finding board
closed its probe of the nation
wide mine strike and began pre
paring a report which will en
able the gov- .
e r n m e n t to
seek a court
injunction to
end the walk
out. Board
Chairman Da
vid L. Cole
stated that
"We're shoot
ing tor Satur
day" in regard
to when the
three m a n
panel will re
port to the President.
Meanwhile, industry tightened
its tclt as soft coal peace talks
between John L. Lewis and coal
operators collapsed. Over the
nation the railroads rushed to
niggle tiam schedules. Inland
Steel of Chicago reported that
coal supplies have drained to the
critical point. Schools in Indiana
were reported closing for lack
of coil. Remiblic Steel at
Youncsiown (Ohio) started
measures : close down a blast
furnace as a last measure due
to no coal.
Washington Major news to
friends of the Orient was the
news that the house voted 239
to l.'i4 for economic aid to com
munist shadowed Korea and
China. The vote sent to the sen
ate a measure which would au
thorize the ECA to spend an
nther SfiO.Olin and still not enough
by June 30 on raw material ex
ports and capital improvements
in Korea, plus a bill which ex
tends the life to China aid to
June 30. These two economic
measures alone would be a ma
jor boost to a sagging Far East
ern policy.
New York Two men have
been arrested and have admitted
the daring $25,000 robbery of the
home of P-lly Rose, New York
showman and columnist. Your
News and Views columnist won
ders if it's a catching disease.
Washington Postal pay rates
arc going up as the House ap
proved by voice vote a bill to
boost postal pay rates by $131.
750.000 a year. The bill if signed
bv President Truman would do
away with the old penny post
card and install new two cent
post cards.
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