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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950 ' JIxsl (Dailif Tt&Jbha&Iiaiv Membvt Intercollegiate Press FOKTY-8EVENTH f KAB The Dally Nebraska la publish tx" by W students oC tha UatveraHy M Ne braska as expression of students' newi and opinion only. According to Article 11 of the By Lawa governing stouten t publications and administered ay the Board ot Publications, "It la Uis declared policy of the Board that publications, under Its Jurisdiction snail ba free, from editorial censorship ea tie part ft the Board, or on the part of any member ot the faculty of the University but meaibera of the staff of The Daily Nebraska are personally responsible for what they say or do or cause to be printed. Subscription rates are (2.00 pe, semester. (2.50 per semester mailed, or Cs.OO (or the college year. (4.00 mailed. Single copy Sc. Published dally during the chool year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations and examination periods, by the University of Nebraska under the supervision of the Publications Board. Ca tered aa Second Class Matter at the Post Office m Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress. March 8 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for Id Sec tion iiuit. act M uciooer a. 1817. authorized September 10, ISM. EDITORIAL Editor , , .Norma Chubbnck BUSINESS Business Manager .....Chock Burmelster A Thank You Note . . . With the last issue of the Summer edition of the Daily Nebraskan, I would like to thank the many people who have made it possible to put out the paper this summer. News is scarce in the summer, but we have tried to pre sent a paper which contains features interesting to the stu dents on campus, as well as all the news we could find. Without the help and cooperation of the University staff, the Union, and the reporters, the paper could never have been put out. To Genene Grimm, Union Activities director, I would like to extend a special thank you. Mrs. Grimm has helped in so many ways, letting us know about events coming up and providing us with information and stories about Union entertainment facilities. To Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, director of the Summer Session goes much of the credit for some of the feature ma terial. The Air-age feature would not have been possible without his interest and encouragement. And especially to the reporters who have helped write the news I extend my thanks. Phyllis Long arid Donn Pres cott have been responsible for the greatest portion of the news copy, as well as spending hours working on feature material. Jerry Warren also deserves thanks for helping on the make-up of the paper, and for the special feature on ROTC cadets at Camp McCoy. These are only a few of the reporters and administration members who have made the Daily Nebraskan possible this summer. By the Way It's not all play at a University is a fact generally ac cepted by most everyone. But 134 University students have proof that study and scholarship can be rewarded materially. The scholarship a -yards committee has announced more stu dents who have been -awarded Regents, Noyes, and other scholarships for the coming school year. This brings the number of upperclass students who have received scholar ships to nearly 300. The accomplishments of these students go a long way in proving to skeptics that the stories of "playboy" college students are greatly exaggerated. Con gratulations to the scholars who have been justly rewarded for their work. As Seen From . . The Cloister By Frit Picard After about six weeks of at tempting to present serious, ma ture judgments on the world to day, we turn with relief to a frankly escapist subject. -Things right now are grrni, bleak. The country is dotted with places in habited by people who take the world too seriously. We are tired of earnest people urging us "to adjust to life in the world today." Most of us don't expect to live anywhere else and are painfully aware of our present surround ings. Anyway, about the present sor ry state of children's books. In our far-off childhood, that Golden Age of literate children, that happy time before the advent of movie serials, 4 funny" books, and TV, children had and read things that were worth reading. There were, besides such classics as Robin Hood, Alice in Wonder land, Treasure Island, etc- some excellent contemporary juvenile works like the Oz books. The classics are of, course, still avail able (if you can get any children to read them) but the Oz books, as well as Barrie and Milne, are largely and unfortunately neglected. The earlier Oz books were clear, clean, fascinating stories with in spired illustrations. They were not, like Barrie, so super-sacchar-inated that oneoften wanted to throttle the leading character, and thy were, unlike either Barrie or Milne, peculiarly adapted to Am erican tastes. When Frank Baum wrote the Oz books, he knew what he was doing. He ' knew that a child's chief pleasure is' derived from im agining, that most children's games involve imagination, and that the best in literature owes a great deal to the imagination. That is why he wrote fairy tales. This position irks many people (including some educators, sociol ogists, and scientists). To these tough-minded people I simply quote one eminent American lit erary critic, "The trouble with most people is not that they have out-grown fairy tales, but that they haven't grown up to them yet." Unfortunately, the fairy tale, like everything else nowadays that can't be dissected, analyzed, graphed, or synthesized, is in disrepute. "Comic" books are now read. Most of them are pure poison. The "love" comics are worst, as their main appeal stems from dis gusting suggestiveness or the ut ter asinity of the "young love" angle. Overly abundant sadism and violence make the crime comics next worse. Supermen, Tobacco Law Worried '39 Rag In 1S39 a startling revelation was printed In the Daily Nebras kan concerning a Nebraska stat ute. It is not known whether this law had been repealed; if not there should be no more cigar passing, no more mooching, no more free samples! University students made th alarming discovery that everyone who passed a cigar, begged a cig arette from a friend, or gave any form of tabacco away since 1919 had been breaking a Nebraska statute and making themselves liable to a fine of from $100 to $200 or two months imprisonment in the county jail. The astounding revelation came when members of the state legis lature referred to the tobacco li censing act and became surprised at its implications. Thus read the law: "That it shall be unlawful for any persons to . . , give away any cigars, to bacco, cigarettes, or cigarette ma terial, to anyone, without first ob taining a license . . ." Lawyers in the legislature said this meant it was illegal to give away a cig arette. It is the hope that the legisla ture had fb.ed this disastrous state of affairs. For campusites are fond of the tradition of cigar pass ins and they would sorely miss free samples. Classif ied DRIVING eastera Ohio Saturday, Juty 2f. Share driving; and expenses. Call 6-S631 after 5. Naval officer uniforms for sale. Reason able prices. Ale Master Tailors. 1U1 P. Term papers and other work typed, 2-8093 after S:30. Naval officer uniforms for sale. Beason able prices. Alex Master Tailors. 1121 P. rerm papers and other work typed. 1-8093 after 5:30. women, and mice abound in the adventure stories; most of which are minute and insipid variations and already cold plots. The "fun ny animals" type is negatively praiseworthy; most of them are slight but innocuous. There are some good current books, especially simplified his tory and biography, but they are generally prosaic, factual, didac tic. Even Indian . stories have to be weighter with "authentic ma terial on life in Navajo villages as the jacket blurb on one book testified. The point is this: Children to day need some new books with little imagination, a touch of phantasy, to carry them through the grinding dullness of a "life in the world today" which the prag matic gadgeteers, statisticians, and hucksters will bequeath them. Tho Wit and French Swim suits please by their brevity One feels picture postcards could use more longevity! R. D. Thompson DANDEE DIAPER . SERVICE ''DOUBLE PROTECTION" Baby talk magazine free each month. 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