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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Monday,. February TT, T952
. EDITORIAL PAGE
A Profitable Addition
The suggestion by Rex Knowles and Dr. S. L.
Fuenning f6r a full time psychiatrist on the Ne
braska campus has some highly commendable
merits.
Writers by the dozens and many doctors and
professionals spend hours writing about or speak
tnr of the Importance of solving emotional prob
lems of college students. Yet it is somewhat Iron
ical that the one Institution which could be quite
capable of performing this task is not even
equipped to carry on the responsibility,
Students, especially In this closing period of
adolescence, may need psychiatric help. This is not
appealing on basis that we are a confused genera
tion as so many writers would believe. This is
merely appealing ( on the basis that one reponsibility
of any institution of higher education should be
the preparation of each student for a sound later
life. If the student suffers throughout college from
some emotional problem or conflict it is improbable
he will easily succeed later.
On The
AP Haywire
Amy Palmer
(The opiolou lareued In IhU column
an (kom of the author and aol aKeuarily
that of The lally Ntbraikan.)
This column writer was cam-
The solution lies not merely in getting a full pused this weekend. After spend-
reach him. This is not Implying that Nebraska
students have unusual problems, but In an Insti
tution of about 6,000 it is likely there are more
than SO or 40 students the number of cases last
semester who would benefit from help.
time psychiatrist, but also discovering some method
through which students needing psychiatric advice
can be detected. Even now, with a part time psy
chiatrist, new students should become familiar with
the service during orientation. It was not until this
year that this editor knew a student could receive
such service.
If a full time psychiatrist were added to the
University staff, undoubtedly good use would be
made of his services through the psychology and
sociology departments as well as through Student
Health. Advisers also might be briefed along
this line so they could tell when one of their ad
visees needed extra attention.
The Nebraskan believes addition of a psychia-
life could be avoided by proper analysis and solu
tion when the conflict arises.
It is often said a great many conflicts in late .. . f. . , . ".
UK jvj j ? i j , sidenng the difficulty many students experience
in adjusting to life away form home; difficulty
arising from emotional conflicts; and many stu
dents who might have a happier college and later
une umorrunate rac; is mat many university years jf certain problems were solved, we feel the
students are not aware a psychiatrist is available estimated $12,000 to $15,000 needed for such an ad-
on campus even lor a limited period. Presently would be wisely spent
a part time psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Gray, psychia- i.
trist at the Nebraska State hospital, is available at
Student Health from 1 to 5 p.m. Fridays and from
8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
If students were conscious of the availability
of the psychiatrist, undoubtedly more cases would
True, profits would not be monetary or fa
mous such as the athletic department receives,
but the profits would be In the manner of pre
paring this younger generation for later life and
preventing possibly some social misfits. The
profits would cover the Investment. J.K.
Let's Be Consistent
Accuracy and dependability. According to theory, everything in the execu-
These are two cardinal virtues of a good re- tion of the outlined plan is taken care of: 1 this
porter. They should also be the cardinal virtues happens, 2 that happens, and so on. But what hap-
of a good administration of any type, whether it pens between theory and practice is a matter of
be the administration of an activity, a city, a conjecture.
nation or OF A SCHOOL. Some students have apparently been called to
The parking problem has been a more or less the Dean's office after the first two violations,
constant source of irritation sometimes major, Others have the required four. Some acquire five
sometimes minor since the parking riot four years before being reported. Other students with up to
ago. In all probability, it always will be. Many six tickets have had none of the supposed disci
effective measures are being used now to take care plinary actions applied to them. '
of student violators. The theory of the plan is Students have the right to expect accuracy and
beautifully worked out dependability from their, administration.
As outlined elsewhere in today's paper, four The question of student approval of administra-
offenses are required beforea student is reported tion policy is another matter. It is the mark of a
to the Dean of Student Affairs. A warning of the democratic institution if they can agitate for
consequences, rustication (to suspend and send change. This we are able to do. But if the policy
away temporarily, as from a college Webster), is is inconsistent, the students are defeated before
given to the offender. If the student continues vio- they begin and the administration loses respect
lations, the warning is enforced, keeping him out and admiration respect that should be present
of classes for a week. even with disagreement-r-S.H.
Is She Typical?
The annual comment of "Just what do they their average and activities. But from there on
Judge on?" has been making its way around the out, the method selection . becomes obscured in
aid ivy-covered halls lately. Asking the question
are the 20 young ladies who have been selected as
Typical Nebraska Coed finalists. The "they" re
ferred to are the nine Associated Women Students
board members and four faculty members who
judged these 20 finalists and who will choose the
young lady to be typical of Nebraska's coeds.
ing two nights sticking pins into
dolls representing members of the
AWS board, it's good to be back.
It's really a shame that
"proper authorities" deemed it
necessary to remove chess play
ers to the game nook, a crowded
corner back of the swinging
door leading into the Crib. Ac
cording to the regulations, all
games are to be played there.
Wandering through the Union
lobby the other day, I saw a
couple engaged in the sport of
seeking (you should pardon the
expression.) Now according to
all definitions, this should be
classified as a game.
What with everybody pretty
well settled in his classes, it's time
to start looking around to see just
who is sharing agony with you.
One dizzy coed spotted a hand
some man In her nine o'clock
and was pleased to find that they
both made the same walk to the
next class. She wrote down the
room number of his class and has
been quizzing all her friends about
his identity. The reason I know all;
the facts so well is because I m
the one who picked his pocket
looking for an ID card.
Maybe I should explain the
shortness of these columns. I
pound out 60 pages every week,
but this is all that gets by the
censors. (Praise Allah and Joan
Krueger.) After looking at some of
the 16th century plays English
majors must read, I wonder if it
can be called progress when they
cut out all the nasty words. Back
in the old days it meant sex, they
came right out and said that nasty
word and that was that
My parrot Tlx gets around.
Just the other day he told me
about a poll he planned to take.
He was going to check on the
popularity of various houses by
running around late Saturday
night counting the lighted win
dows. Of course he'll have
to take into consideration cam
puses, careless coeds who be
lieve in running up light bills,
etc The whole matter would
have to be okayed by the
Kepopper committee in Wash
ington and kept secret from the
communists. But still it has
possibilities-
These Sunday night shows at the
Union are quite the thing. This is
the only theater in town where
you can smoke boo the villain and
breathe a big sigh of relief when
the hero escapes. And it's free, ex
cept for the $80 tuition you pay
after getting the royal run-around
from registration officials.
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"Tell it over again, I didn't get it"
A Student Views The News
Dominion's Industrial Boom Gives
Canadian Dollar 101 -Cent Value
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Charles Gomon
Letterip
a fog of personal opinion, personal likes and dis
likes, and political support (By this, The Daily
Nebraskan means a Greek backing her sorority
sister and an Independent woman backing aniUMT Needed .
Independent) To the editor:
A few days after Pearl Harbor,
an army general made the com
ment that this war will be over
The judges will meet again to reach a final
decision on the Typical Nebraska Coed. They will jm ten days and that we can bomb
Ana tne 'judging" is stm a moot question. Can- debate ana will vote. They will talk and they will the Japanese Into submission
didates for the honor usually have a high academic interview. They will reach a decision, through some
average and a long list of activity positions after vague, unkown process, and then they will say:
their name. The candidates usually wear very "Here is a Typical Nebraska Coed.'
pretty dresses and smile their sweetest for the
judges. And, yet, they still ask, "Just what do
they judge on?"
They will undoubtedly choose a lovely young
lady. And they will call her typical with her high
JU average and long list of activity honors. And they
The 20 finalists usually know they've gotten will not be able to say why she is typical and on
that far in a typical University contest because of what basis she was chosen. K.R.
Margin Notes
Seven members of Mortar Board and Innocents as NUCWA has to dig for support of its activities,
societies ar planning the first annual leadership NUCWA has nearly folded, yet Penny Carnival
conference to be held on the University campus, has been going strong for years. Perhaps NUCWA
Miriam Willey, seeming instigator of the confer- could introduce some element of inter-house com
ence, has stressed that it is not designed for activ- petition in their functions to garner the support of
lty people. But The Daily Nebraskan wonders University students.
just how many people outside of activities the con-
fernece will reach by the method under which Noting that filings tor Associated Women
it is set up. It appears that those to benefit the students board open Tuesday The Nebraskan
most from the leadership discussions won't even wonders how many coeds, who would be over
be in attendance next Saturday. pointed should they win, will apply for positions.
"4c Whether the coeds holding maximum Doints feel
The Daily Nebraskan news stories have carried AWS grass j, greener than present activities or
me repon ma. me leaaersmp conierence will oe whether ty just want to test their popularity in
sponsored by the Mortar Board and Innocents a campus election is a mystery,
societies. To date, however, nine out of 18 re- However, The Nebraskan wonders why AWS,
maimng Mortar Boards have worked on the con- the organization promoting the women's point
fer-nce, and six out of the 12 most outstanding gyg does.not list among eligibility requirements
men on campus have had anything to do with that the applicant would not be over pointed should
the leadership training. ehe receive the position.
It is interesting to note the. avid interest that ,1,
he University's student leaders seem to have taken controversy seems to grow daily over
in this first annual leadership conference. Their whelher contemporary art is a vibration of the
enthusiasm cannot possibly generate too far down or a jumble oi describcl by one
m the underclassmen rank, of the student body. umnist Nebraskan staff is composed of ap-
"T preciators of contemporary art and non-appred-
Point of question to the AWS board: On just atorf of contemporary art Thus, it is our wish
exactly what basis are the candidates chosen to side wini. Artistically' speaking, both
appear on the board slate for the spring women's tave g00(j iines
elections? It appears that the present AWS board
sit in session, considering the applicants average,
her class in the University and a few other, un- JjllSL ' (DjCUllL OljSACZSAcUL
announced, unpublished qualifications. Might it
be possible that each AWS board member actually FORTY-NINTH TEAK
considers whether an applicant is a member of Member
her particular organized house and whether she Associated Collegiate Press
can "get her on the board"? Intercollegiate Press
In lieu of the AWS reluctance to make known e,' 'JcTJ''Tf.
their methods and mean, of selection, perhaps the tZJUL tB SIZZJZZ'-TZ
Coed Counselor tiard might keep this in mind poiicr at ttw Boar, out pabucatioa. ado- tu taht-
.... . , , dction (ball be tree bom editorial centoniiip om tm ait of Ow
wher their board filings open next week. Board, or m a put of m member a t fatar a aw Cmw
aitr. but the agembert of die auff at Tbc Daily Nebrasfcas am
perarxuHjr eapowible for Uwr lav or do or cauac to be
Student thank, to the Dra. Tucker, Francis F. 9rtra. , m ,2 00 . --u. .2 50 ni or troo u
and Emma B University alumni who contributed " . -oo -ut4. Swcte be. pwwd daiir
... , .. ... urTi the ebool rear except baturdara and Bandan. vacation and
a valuable and rare collection r of Chinese article, eummatioa penoM. o tmu oobiiabrd duruw m mm r
. . Annul trr the L'nierrtr of Nebracka awder the uberrftiaa of ttw
to the University State Museum. It seem, that Uni- comr-ro i student Publications. 004 a Seco4 cum uuxa
versity graduate, hold their school la higher es- SJ ZTwrTSi 2 iTZSJX
teem than do 6100 undergraduates. j,- - Camem at oacer a, ii7. mu4 stbr 10,
fr EDITORIAL STAFF
It seem a great shame and a greater condem- 5!o'iMrr'::;
rsta at the intelligence of University students i?"" mjJ;a'T!Um
rtwi ance .....a..... Bailf Adams. Ken Krnroea,
t..t every pledge das. on campus goes whole-hog 4m uai uawibairja. snr hu
on Penny Carnival and that an organization such ai sr Editor ''."V.!!.?!igm
Feature Editor Kithr Badakcr
A t Kditcr Dale Remold!
DO I e Foraiec Connie Gordoa
QIlV IllOUOhf BUSINESS STAFF Bob Shcrmaa
BtMloeaa Maaaftr Jack Cobra
lis who has many irons in the fire will Bu"
i t stzzi cf them bonu Danish. S'&WS? :::.:;:;.'::;:;::::::r;:;.v hZuL&
even if the US does not participate. Congress has
until May of this year to decide.
Every American president from Coolidge to
Truman has favored the waterway plan, but
pressure from railroad interests and east coast
shippers has been sufficient to prevent Congres
sional approval of a Joint American-Canadian
project.
Briefly, the building of a St Lawrence Seaway
would necessitate construction of two dams and
seven locks, and dredging of a 27-foot channel
along a 114-mile stretch between Montreal and
Ogdenburg, N.Y. The estimated cost of the pro
ject, including a huge hydro-electric plant, is $818
million. Under a joint US-Canada plan, we would
pay $567 million and Canada $251 million.
Canadians estimate they could pay off the en
tire cost of the Seaway in 50 years through the
New factories, mines and mills are blossoming sae 0 electric power and the charging of tolls on
all over the country and rich oil deposits are com- vessels passing through the waterway. Most of the
ing into their own in the prairie province of Al- folk would be paid by US ships, bearini iron
berta. Time magazine reports: "In 12 years, Canada ore( coal, grain, and oil, during the seven ice-free
has undergone the most impressive industrial de- months.
velopment of any nation in the world, a surge of
industry and prosperity that Wall Street's con
servative investment firm of Lehman Bros, calls
'the biggest business story of this decade."
When is a dollar worth 101 cents? When the
dollar is Canadian and the cents are American.
At the international monetary markets in Paris,
Milan and Beirut, the Canadian dollar is currently
at par, or better than par, with its US counter
part. Until recently the Canadian dollar hasn't
been worth more than 92 US cents.
The sudden spurt in Canadian currency
value is the direct result of an unprecedented
industrial and economic boom through which
the Dominion is passing. Since 1939 Canada has
quadrupled her national production, making her
the only nation besides the US which is able to
pay her own way and " help the other NATO
countries to rearm. The treasury had a $700 mil
lion surplus for the first three quarters of 1951.
A striking symbol of the Canadian boom and
the one enterprise which has the most immediate
This, of course, was a gem of an 'significance for Americans is the proposed St
over-estimation of our ability to 'Lawrence seaway. The seaway would enable ocean
going vessels to use the Great Lakes. It would
eliminate to a large extent the time-consuming
trans-shipping process which is now necessary in
order for foreign cargo to reach Duluth and Chicago.
recover quickly and gain the up
per hand.
To combat this unprepared
ness again the services have
initiated several policies of
common knowledge to the gen
eral public One of these is the
use of reserve units in combat
while keeping a majority of the
regular army back for instruc
tion. Along with this policy, it is fit-
ung m organize me wnoie popu-
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas, chairman of the
Senate foreign relations committee, objects to the
Seaway, both on the grounds that it would be
ice-blocked too much of the year (five months)
and that much of the construction would be done
outside the US.
President Truman recently stated that a submarine-proof
water route from Labrador, iron
mines to US steel mills waa "of great importance
to our national security .M
In the long run it would seem that the US could
gain from the project, even if the interests of some
American transportation concerns were prejudiced
by its construction. If a partner, the US will share
The Seaway question has been cussed and dis- the toll revenue and electric power output with
cussed in both Ottawa and Washington for half Canada. If we don't support the plan we not only
a century, but agreement on the project has never lose the revenue but must pay the toll and buy
been reached. Now Canada, conscious of her new the power ourselves.
economic strength, has decided to go ahead with We may not have the choice much longer
Stolen Goods-
comes, we can field a sizeable!6 construction ' the necessary canals and locks. Our Canadian friends mean business,
striking force and fulfill the
dreams of the general after Pearl
Harbor.
UMT is what is referred to by
the phrase "whole population
unification" In the above para
graph. It Is very important that
we organize this segment of our
population to avert a similar
situation to World War II dur
ing 1942 and 1943 where our
bulk was in training. Ton can
not win a battle in Asia when
your troops are learning bow
to use their weapon, at Fort
Bragg.
Perhaps this policy of training
our youth is not according to
some people's conception of free
dom, but neither was butter ra
tioning ten years ago. Our feel
ing of what is morally right must
be flexible to the times! Will it
take a stand on the Missouri river
instead of the Han to prove this?
J .T. ANDERSON
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Students, Take Notes
On This List Of Donts
Marilyn Mangold
This keg weather serves to remind us all that would like to ask those many and varied special
spring will be here soon. The fly boys are already ista. Por ejemplo (Spanish).
partially in operation at the verdant air base.
Personally I find it quite easy to sleep in class
during this season with humble apologies to the
professors With the memory of the rest taken dur
ing a class this morning I have decided something
must be done. However, no one
I know made any New Year's
Mr. Rise he Is Right . , .
To the Editor
Although Mr. Rlsche, In his re-;"eol-tion concerning the poor
cent letter on modern art, could professors, in fact no one I know
nave been rnncinerahl v lf.ee i
Juvenile and "cute in hi. choice made any New Year, resolu-
of language, I believe his basic tions. Which odd remark has
position is quite sound. In his Whin to do with the eeneral
lZd7t bi' -he"-e ot this column that must
and drippings that pass for art . ..... ... . .
larfa-. Mr Bi.h -hnH th. be finished soon if I- want to
opinions of a great majority of keep my happy job!
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To the library science students: With about
260.000 books in the college library, why do In
structor, always assign required reading out of
those few that are on a two-hour reserve?
To the art students: About this abstract art
now wnen 1 look at a picture of a tree, for instanca,
I am not seeing a tree but an abstraction of the
tree, and when I look at an abstract painting, I
am not eeing anything but the painting itself.
Therefore, isn't a realistic painting more abstract
and an abstract painting more real than the other
way?
, To the agriculture students: Is the sun really
red when it first comes up in the morning, like
they say it Is?
To the nuste student.; I WMI listening- u
JTo-nny Ray. the other night and somehow s
Bon-Johnny-Ray-thought happened to cross my
mind: Where do vocal cord, leave off and ade
noids begin?
To the photography students: Are your labor
atory sessions coeducational?
To the biology students: What's this we hear
about the bird, and bees?
To the journalist: Who? What? Where? When?
Why? And if to, How? . v
And In accordance with all rule, of great
journalism I pause here to My that I took tha
above question, and introductory paragraphs
from the Daily CCollegUn, Stillwater, Okla
homa. a in .
Ait-nougn you may not believe It, if figure,
mean anything, the ladies attending the university
Which DubllshM thm TVI1. T. ti.-i
In the course of hi. wandering,, a student re- m coedje Z"
porter has an opportunity to dabble in almost all ter with a B" . 3o! semes
the field, of human activity. 72:
Because hU time in any one field is necessarily Now you know how the rirl. ..
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people. Because this art is incom
prehensible, people with a sincere
desire to understand (but without
the inclination to stand on their
heads to view a painting) have
turned away in revulsion.
However, the fault lies not with
the artist, and still less with the
bewildered public Artists only
mirror the world in which they
live. It is no accident that our
century, the most chaotic and
wantonly murderous in the his
tory of the world, has produced
an art that is chaotic and mean
ingless. Art doe. not exist divorced
from society. A society hell-bent
on destroying itself will not pro-.
dure pictures of posies. !
The great portion of the art of
our period reflect, the anguish
and destruction of the soul, of
sensitive artists. We are unfair!
and naive to level our criticism
at our artifts rather than at our
world. When sanity is restored to
our planet, when the actions of
the world's leader, become, hu
mane and logical, so will our art
Einrelv '.limited, he usually acquire, more question, than army.
HARRY WEINEIt joe doe. answer-. There are a lot of question ho Aufwiederseihn.
So, in view of the fact that a professor's lot
is such a hard one, I move that we instigate a
"Be Kind to Professors" Week. During this cele
bration we could follow the "don'ts" that the stu
dents at Mount Union colege in Ohio did. Namely:
Don't sleep during lectures. The chair, are
awfully hard and might give yon a stiff nek.
Don't take off your shoe, in class unless your
mother has darned your socks recently.
Don't hold hand, with your true love In das..
It makes life difficult for the seven people sitting
between you.
Don't take notes on a typewriter. This is ter
ribly distracting to the student, trying to deep.
And above all, remember: professors are just
like people.
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