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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, January 10, 1952
Whole Hog Or None?
Tom Rsche
' The college presidents, Including our own the period between March 1 and com-
Chancellor R, Q. Gustavson. meetlna in Washln- meneemenfc
ton. have come up with ome rather controversial This seems practical except for the starting
proposals with regard to college athletics. They date which appears to be too late a date to pre
have agreed that athletics are overemphasized, and Pre 8 ood team.
have fome up with some proposals for remedying
the situation. Some suggestions might add a great
deaL toward bringing college athletics on the high
level they once enjoyed.
However, some suggestions by the presidents,
seem to pnt their goal of de-emphaslzlng football
above and beyond both Incentive to reach some
goal and consideration of the tremendous public
Interest In the American sport of football.
4. Not only should no freshman be allowed to
play on a varsity team, but also any transfer
from a junior college should put In a year of
residence before being allowed to play.
The latter point is true today, and it wasn't
until recently that freshmen were allowed on var
sity, This suggestion appears quite fair. '
5. Scholarships should be given strictly on
basis of student's educational ability and needs.
Although it appears unfair to eliminate ath.
. , letic scholarships when such awards are given in
One point, undoubtedly to be the ground of other spedal tlMs m light of recent eyentg per.
great controversy, is uie proposal 10 kiu uu post'
season games. Considering the other ideas for de
emphasis it seems possible to overhaul college ath
letics without destroying one of America's favor
ite traditions bowl games.
. .One factor concerning '.he whole business Is
In, all recent conferences concerning sports, work
and deciding has been done by college heads
without any continual advice or consultation
w'" men directly connected with sports and
men who supposedly are the most familiar with
athletics coaches. It seems more than possible
that steps being taken at present are somewhat
unfair to the sports field.
haps this is necessary.
6. In no case should any scholarship be for
more than educational expenses at an Institution.
Reasoning here could be the same as that ap
plied in the previous proposal. It seems unfair to
athletes, especially ones who do need scholarships,
to discriminate in the amount of aid to be received.
However, since the scholarship privilege seeming
ly has been abused throughout the United States,
evidently there is no other solution.
Thus, college presidents have presented both
some practical suggestions as well as several which
probably would do more harm to college athletics
than good. In attempting to control college ath-
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It Is true that football has gotten too big and letics, the presidents have outlined a program,
needs curtailing, but it is questionable whether which now goes to the executive committee of
the steps to be taken should.be so stringent as the council on education, more confining than
those recommended by the college presidents.
Recommendations are:
1. All post-season games should be abolished.
This may or may not be going too far. Post
season games have mushroomed to the point that
one promoter proposed a bowl for teams that had
not won a game all year. There are too many
bowls. A few would be all right, if they matched
the best teams in -the country.
2. Basketball games and practice should be
', limited to the period from Dec. 1 to March 15.
necessary.
After all, although college athletics must be
cleaned up, administrators as well as students
should realize that the ultimate place houseclean
ing must occur Is in attitudes of all persons
connected with sports. Regardless of how many
changes are made in rule of athletics, unless the
actual attitude toward athletics changes, ways
will be found to get around even new rules.
College athletics served a useful purpose. That
The latter date seems quite logical. Howevei, purpose has been twisted by some individuals who
the Dec. 1 date would greatly curtail any practice sought to gain a winning team at all costs. Mod-
before scheduled games. Nebraska's first game last eration must be used in deciding which course
fall was Dec. 1. The proposed date is hardly should be followed. Colleges cannot return com-
enfltrgh-for adequate practice. pletely to the "Good(?) Old Days." But some of
t. Baseball games and practice should be con- the abuses can be halted.
Who Will Bear The Ivy?'
Ruth Raymond
A great pity has become apparent on the Uni- versity class spirit aroun for quite a while, the
versity campus in the last few weeks. It has be- Student Council decided to put the problems on the
Come vividly apparent since Dec. 13 and Dec. 20, shoulders of applicants for class councils. The
to be specific. Perhaps the Student Council was campus improvements committee, under the chair
not aware of this problem when it took certain manship of Peggy Mulvaney, interviewed junior
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action on a certain situation. ana senior applicants iw me cuuhuus ami mue us strUctive criticisms are merely a
We feel that It is a great shame that junior decisions on the basis of ideas for unifying the I waste of space in The Daily Ne-
and senior class councils cannot help the junior classes, ideas put forth for justifying the existence .braskan.
i i !.-.. i t ,,rM f miniii okH rhitw nr not thev had the Ma suggest that the cheer-
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To The Editor:
The recently announced stu
dent evaluation of instructors, as
reported in a story and editorial
in Tuesday s Dally Nebraskan,
and as corrected in Wedensday's
edition, is appreciated by myself
and members of the stuaent-iac
ulty committee which studied the
feasibility of such evaluation sys
tern.
I wish to emphasize three points
about the evaluation system.
First, the evaluation system
has been made available to In
terested faculty members pure
ly as a service from my office.
No Senate action was sought
Second, the student evaluation
system is offered the faculty
purely as an aid to self-Improvement.
To achieve this end the
committee considered two factors
as important: that the instructor
believe student opinion will be
useful as a guide in assisting him
to teach more effectively; and
that the instructor know that the
evaluations are purely voluntary
on his part, and that the results
are confidential. This informality,
I believe, would be destroyed and
the effectiveness of the system
harmed if the system was an ad
ministrative device.
Third, members of the com
mittee which studied the prop
posal have every right to ex-
Pep Section Praised . . .
To the Editor:
Your added light on the sub
ject of spirit at Nebraska home
basketball games was greatly ap
preciated. It is a subject which
has long been a problem at N.U.
Much thought has been given
to this subject although no feas
ible solution has been found. In
my estimation the cheering sec
tion composed of the Corn Cobs
and the Tassels has been most co
operative and should be com
mended for it. Furthermore, all of
the yelling should not be done
by this section, but by all of the
crowd. As far as giving up their
"choice" seats, as you term it,
they not only paid for them, the
same as you did for yours, but
they have to work hard contin
ually to keep them.
You must be made to realize
that cheerleading at a basket
ball game is no easy thing. The
game moves much faster and
there are not as many oppor
tunities for cheering as at a
football game.
The student body has been of
fered several opportunities to sug
gest new songs, yells and ideas
that might in any way improve
the school spirit. In no instance
have any suggestions what-so-ever
come from either of you. -
Any constructive criticism or
suggestion offered at any time
I would be greatly appreciated, De
give them something to do. time.
ir
on Dec. 13, Council members of the campus Six juniors and four seniors evidently im-
lmprovements committee chose six energetic, ideal- pressed the committee members sufficiently with
istic juniors as members of a junior class coun- their ideas for class improvement to be chosen foi
cil. On Dec. 20, they chose four, due to lack of the council jobs. On Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 they had
applicants, less energetic and perhaps less idealistic the ideas, evidenced the spirit and obviously had
seniors to form a senior class council. the time to accept the positions.
Purpose of the councils was, purportedly, Since that time, these ten people must have
to work with the junior and senior class officers,
to help instill class spirit within juniors and
seniors, to take stands on class issues, and to
work on class functions, such as the Junior-
Senior prom.
forgotten their ideas, lost their interest and
haven't ben able to find the time for their Jobs.
Or perhaps they're all waiting for a telephone
call from the junior and senior class presidents.
Whatever they're doing, Sally Adams, Nanci
The class councils have not met: the class DeBord, Joan Follmer, Onuzulike Okonkwo, Don
councils do not know when "they are going to Pieper, Glenn Rosenquist, Catherine Coad, Kath-
meet; the class councils do not know who is going ryn Swingle, Joan Hoyt and Pat O'Brien have done
to call the meeting, and the class council members nothing as members of the class councils,
are not exactly sure what they will do, when and We suggest that the Student Council bring up
If they meet a motion to let these ten people help Marty Lewis
After kicking Aaron Schmidt's plan for Uni- and Joe Gifford plant the ivy.
StokrL $oodSu
Total Kansas College Enrollment
Drops 12 Per Cent Below 1950-51
Kathryn Radaker
Knapp, and you, Mr. Ostendorf,
happily seated behind some sup
porter beams 30 rows up, as
well as you hearing from the
cheering section, at the Kansas
game next Monday.
Sincerely,
DON DEVRIES.
press opinions about the evalu
ation system which differ from
those of the committee as a
whole, but these opinions should
not be considered as the com
mittee's recommendations.
C. W. BORGMANN.
Ivy Rebuttal . . ,
To The Eidtor:
After reading Miss Raymond's
editorial criticizing the class of
ficers, we would like to offer a
suggestion. We propose that, in
the future, The Daily Nebraskan
put up their own acceptable cand
idates for election and profer a
legitimate and effective platform
for those chosen to rest on during
the ardors of their candid and
highly principled campaign.
Miss Raymond Implies to the
effect that there are no actual
duties In the position in issue
other than planning the junior
and senior prom. Why then was
The Dally Nebraskan so vehe
mently concerned that all stu
dents "get out and vote" In the
recent election when there is
no apparent reason for bother
ing to do so? There seems to be
some significance in repeated
warnings by the Editor, during
the November elections, that
students were in danger of mass
intimidation.
That nasty faction!
It appears, dear Editor, that
were it not for class officers, The
Daily Nebraskan would be de
prived of a certain amount of
their journalistic materr so the
class officers do serve The Daily
Nebraskan in one manner of
speaking and don't forget it.
ARDENT ADMLKJ&K
Ag Youths
To Discuss
UMT Bill
Implications of the Universal
Military Training bill will be dis
cussed at the Ag Interdenomina
tional Youth Fellowship meeting
tsunaay at 5:30 p.m., at the Ag
Student Center, 34th and Hold
rege streets.
A panel composed of Col.
Francis S. Drath, of the Ne
braska State Selective board;
Eugene Robinson, Ag college
senior; Professor Clarence Peri
sho, Nebraska Wesleyan instruc
tor; and Marilee Gallion, Wes
leyan sophomore, will present
their views on the bill now be
fore the second session of the
82nd congress.
Drath and Robinson will speak
in the affirmative and Perisho
and Gallion will present the nega
tive position.
Following the panel a discus
sion will be held in which mem
bers of the group may ask ques
tions and express opinions.
A 35-cent lunch will be served
at the meeting. A brief worship
service will close the meeting.
Although membership of the
inter-denominational group is
largely from Ag campus, all stu
dents are welcome to participate
in the fellowship program.
Barbara Adams To Visit
Washington, Rome, Paris
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shots." In order t obtain a
passport for the journey, mem
bers of the family must take
an assortment of vaccinations.
Mrs. Adams and daughters plan
to return to the United States by
ship in August.
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BON VOYAGE . . . Barbara Adams, University sophomore, will
leave in February to visit Rome, Italy, with her parents and sister.
Miss Adams will also see Washington, D. C, and Paris, France.
The family plans to return In August. (Courtesy of Lincoln Star.)
wv,n In Rome do as the I Adams. "I'm suffering from
Romans- do, and I'm finally going
to find out what they do," states
Barbara Adams, sophomore at the
University.
Leaving In February, Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Adams of North
Platte, ?id their daughters,
Barbara and Cynthia, will visit
Rome.
Adams, who is superintendent
of the University experiment sta
tion in North Platte, will remain
a year in Rome where he will
serve in an administrative capa
city for the United Nations food
and agricultural organization.
"I would like to enroll in
classes at' the University of
Rome if I arrive there In time,"
said Miss Adams.
The family plans to tour many
places in Europe, but have not
planned definite destinations, as
yet.
Paris is one city Miss Adams
doesn't want to miss.
"I am just thrilled to death
even thinking about Paris. To me
it is certainly worth postponing
a semester of school to see Eu
rope." Miss Adams said that the
family will fly to Rome, stop
ping in Washington, D.C., on
the way. The trip by plane from
North Platte to Rome is only a
36 hour journey she added.
The family must pack winter
and summer clothes for the trip.
Miss Adams said that they have
friends in Rome, which will help :
immensely in adjusting to the
country.
"My mother majored in Latin
and history when she was in
college,'' said Miss Adams. "We
are all anxious to see some of
the places which we're read
about in history books."
The experience will give us a
chance to see how it feels to be
strangers in another land," stated
Miss Adams. "We will have to ad
just to different type of food,
language, laws and customs."
"But now," added Miss
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TYPISTS
Kansas colleges and universities . . . c"ef - fm ?. - Jor colleges
total enrollment has dropped 12 per cent below at Dodge City and Garden City, Hesston Bible col-
that of a year ago, Robert Taft, professor of chem- lee and Miltonvale Wesleyan college also in-
Istrv. said recently in a study of Kansas school creased.
enrollments which he made for the Kansas Acad- Oregon State . .
amy of Science.
The University of Kansas has more students
enrolled than any other col
lege er university in Kansas.
Bat even with 6,512 students,
Its enrollment Is down.
The report shows that the 22
four-year schools have 24,706.
students and the 21 junior col
leges have 3,613. The total
(28,319) shows a 12 per cent de
cline from the number of stu
dents enrolled a year ago.
Kansas State college Is the RADAKER
second Ugh in enrollment with 4,947 students
enrolled. Wichita university follows with an
enrollment of 2.919 students.
Exceptions to the trend toward fewer students
were Marymount college of Salina, a woman's
school, which showed the only increase in sonior
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trical engineering honorary,
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the following errors in definition were made by
college students on written and oral examinations:
Fjord a Swedish automobile
Iran Bible of the Mohammedans
Nicotine the man who discovered cigarettes
Scotland Yard 2 ft. 10 in.
Concubine when several business combine.
Colorado University . . .
four students were discovered playing ping-pong
on the traffic island of a main intersection at
1:45 on a Monday morning. When questioned by
police, they failed to divulge the score!
Minnesota University ...
from the Minnesota Daily, comes this gem: ,
"The colonel advised the use of manure to
block the entrance to the steam tunnels, and
Wood says It's proving very effective in keeping
the tunnels dry." ,
Editor's Note: We shouldn't wonder.
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Connie Gordon Replaces
Wenke On AWS Board
Connie Gordon has been named
to the Associated Women Students
board, AWS President Nancy But
ton announced.
Miss Gordon replaces Harriett
Wenke, sophomore board mem
ber who recently resigned. Miss
Wenke had exceeded the number
of points allowed by the AWS
activity point system.
The board's rules state that in
the case of resignation, the stu
dent in the same class who re
ceived the next highest number of
votes in the spring election is
named to the position
Miss Gordon, a sophomore in
Arts and Sciences college, is news
paper chairman of the AUF board,
feature editor of The Dally we
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(Editor's Note: The following
article reviews a story which ap
pears in the Dec. 19 issue of
Christian Century.
1. Would the adoption of UMT
provide more trained soldiers for
the present emergency?
Putting UMT into effect now
would not only fail to provide
more men for the present emer
gency, but it would actually re
duce the effectiveness of what
we are now trying to do. First
It would take men now going
into the draft. Second. It would
take thousands of officers and
noncommissioned officers out of
the present ranks as trainers.
2. Would men trained in UMT
be available for immediate serv
ice in the event of war?
Another definite "no" to this
question. UMT training does not
prepare the individual for combat
in the modern manner. Modern
warfare depends on combat teams
who have learned to fight together
and UMT positively cannot guar
antee this type.
3. Would UMT help reduce
casualties in case of future
war?
Training, especially such ele
mentary training as the UMT pro
gram would offer, can give no as
surance at all that casualty rates
will go down. Most casualties in
modern warfare come from frag
ments of high explosive shells
and no amount of training can
protect a man from these. Ac
cording to the "Infantry Journal,"
"No factual data exists to sup
port the universally held opinion
that the infantry replacement has
initially a higher casualty rate'
than the veteran."
4. Would UMT improve the
national health?
This claim Is so ludicrous that
it hardly needs to be discussed.
Only in a few isolated cases
where men have been brought out
of depravity, could UMT do any
thing for national health. Most
men now follow all health meas
ures that the restricted life of a
UMT cadet would require. At any
rate, since UMT would only have
the men in training for six
months, how could they do any
thing to the man's health in that
time?
5. UMT would save money
for the nation?
Even the commission admits
that the cost of UMT would be
"dreadfully" high, but it doesn't
offer any ways to cut the cost.
With the inflationary spiral what
It is, the costs now estimated
would undoubtedly be much
higher.
6. Would UMT eliminate the
necessity of having a large
standing army?
Under the present circum
stances, we cannot cut down our
present armed forces. The situa
tion today is too tense. UMT of
fers only a reserve of partially
trained individuals with no train
ing in group warefare who would
need a refresher course before
they would do the country any
good. A standing army could be
called anywhere on short notice
and be fully equipped to handle
any situation.
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In? circulation of DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday morning on city campus. Re
ward. George Wilcox. 3-5701 or J-7.
Vernon Scoville. a senior in
Engineering College, is the new
president of Eta Kappa Nu, elec-
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The election was held Tuesday
evening at the regular meeting of
the group.
Other officers are Stan Groo-
thius, vice president; Curtis Sor-
ensen, recording secretary: Robert
Krogh, corresponding secretary;
Tom Grigsby, bridge correspond-
ant, and Bob Klein, treasurer.
Coffee Hour To Feature
Fledermaus' Discussion
Students will have an opportun
ity to learn more about the com
ing operetta, "Fledermaus," at a
Union coffee hour this afternoon
at 4 p.m. in the music room.
Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon, di
rector of the Metropolitan Opera
Guild, will discuss "Fledermaus"
and opera in general. Mrs. With
erspoon is on tour promoting the
cultural aspects of opera.
Th coffee hour Is sponsored by
Via Tmiftn .rmtrrtnntlnna lYimmtttM
'and is open to the public.
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