Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Monday, FebrUary 25, 1952
EDITORIAL PAGE
Members of the Sludent Council campus im
provements committee carried out an extensive
and exhaustive survey into the organization, man
agement and financial set-up of the University
Coliseum last fall.
The report pointed out the Board of Intercol
legiate Athletics manages the Coliseum through
power granted by the Board of Regents which owns
the building. Maintainance costs are divided be
tween the University and the Department of In
tercollegiate Athletics. The Board of Intercollegiate
Athletics recommended present rental rules. Coli
seum rental rates are $350 per night to other than
University or student sponsored functions. For
student sponsored functions, at which an admis
sion fee is charged, the rental is a minimum of
$50 per night or 10 per cent of gross ticket sales
less federal admission tax, not to exceed $350.
Council members reported that student spon
sored functions of 1950-1951 Included the Mili
tary and Mortar Board balls, Homecoming dance
and Kosmet Klub show. Rental Income is used to
purchase the velvet drapes, stage cyclorama and
hangings, stage lights, "party lights," orchestra
platform, grand piano, for cleaning of drapes
and fireproof treatment when needed and tuning
of piano as needed.
The charge for Coliseum rent was found to
include heating, lighting and cleaning the building
and regular panitor service. It was discovered that
the organization renting the Coliseum pays the cost
of police, ticket sellers and takers, hanging drapes,
if used, erecting orchestra platforms, outdoor can
opy and other special services frequently required.
. It was also discovered that the Coliseum Is
not rented frequently for general student and
public use. Such frequent use is said to Interfere
It Might Help
Little Man On Campus
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By Bibler
with the program of athletics, both Intercollegiate
and Intramural and physical education programs.
Coliseum rentals during the fiscal year July 1,
1950 to June 30, 1951, amounted to $5,454.28, ac
cording to a report submitted to the Student Coun
cil by John K. Selleck, University comptroller.
It seems rather lamentable that the Coliseum
of the University is unavailable for student use,
other than athletic participation. The Coliseum
rental rules make it impossible for small student
organizations, or any organization not charging
admission for an event, to utilize the facilities of
the Coliseum.
It is perfectly understandable that a mass stu
dent migration to the Coliseum for all University
functions is undesirable. It would interfere. It is
also understandable that certain fees are assessed
to cover incidental costs of the building.
It Is regrettable the Coliseum Is not helping
(aside from athletic participation) rather than
hindering University organizations ' desiring Its
facilities. It Is difficult to understand why sums
of money from $50 to $350 are necessary to cover
the costs of janitor service, heating and lighting
for this University structure.
For years, students, faculty members and alum
ni have raised a cry for more spirit among Uni
versity students, among members of University
classes and between students and faculty. Perhaps
use of the Coliseum, rent free, for worthy and
desiring student or faculty organizations might be
a way of building these bonds of unity which are
sought.
The use of the Coliseum, rent free, for the
atrical performances, mass meetings, dances, all
University get-togethers, political rallies and student-faculty
forums might create class and Uni
versity spirit. R.R
Union Cues
'Man Hunt' Themi
To Spotlight Dance
Shirley Murphy
The "Man Hunt" is com-lDp.. Livina Series
"One Plus One Equals?"
"Now, now. Worthal Just lie back an' relax anyone could fumble
s ball on th' goal line."
Girls
ing.
A leap year dance, with "Man
Hunt" as a theme, is on slate Fri
day, 9 to 12 p.m. in the Union
ballroom. Jimmy Philip's combo
will play for the event Tickets
are 60 cents a person.
Find your man for or at the
dance. Singles and couples are
invited.
"Man Hunt"
will be carried
out by the Srib
which will
concoct a spec
ial drink for
the occasion.
The "Man
Hunt" brew
may oe or
dered Wednes
day thro ugh
Friday.
Charlotte ve
ta's social dance Murphy
committee is in cha. go of the ev
ent Jack Greer ft committee
sponsor.
J
Religious Groups Should Use Principles
Of Brotherhood Week Against Communism
(Editor Motet The following editorial was written by Sen
ben Maury, chief editorial writer of the New York Dally News.)
"A Roman emporer, flushed with power, de
creed that Christians must submit to the worship
of idolatrous gods, and that he who refused to
offer such sacrifice faced the penalty of purging,
persecution and death.
"Nations and names have changed, but the pen
alty remains the same for those who in defiance
of tyrants refuse to deny their divine master and
valiantly persevere to bear witness to the sonship
of God."
I Those Words were uttered by His Eminence
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New
York, in a recent address in Rio de Janeiro.
Cardinal Spellman was discussing specifically
the framed "trials" and torture-induced "confes
sions" of Roman Catholic clergymen in Iron Cur
tain countries.
But In those words Cardinal Spellman also
outlined situation in which members of all re
ligious faiths the world over Christians, Jews,
Mohammedans, Buddhists, and so on find them
selves In this second half of the 20th century.
' like the Christians of the first second and
third centuries, all believers in a Supreme Being
face today a tyrannical and merciless force. That
force goes by the name of Communism. One of its
chief articles of belief is that there is no God
though it demands universal worship, as if he were
a god, of the mortal creature who presides in the
Kremlin.
Communists the world over are determined
to conquer the earth some day and to straitjacket
the human race in their atheist creed.
This, so to speak, is where we came in "we"
being those who believe that there is a life beyond
this one, and an unseen Power above all visible
things.
the end, we should know the answer to this latest
threat to all religions.
That answer is for all people of all faiths to
stand together to cooperate to the fullest in re
sisting their common adversary, regardless of dif
ferences among themselves.
And that should be one of the chief meanings
of Brotherhood Week, not only for 1952, but for
all the years to come until Communism shall
have gone to join a thousand other tyrannies in
the dustbin of history.
Keep 'Em Here
The Alumni association is interested in improv
ing the University and it beleives that a good place
to start is by luring leaders and scholars.
Too many freshmen with great potentialities
are lost to the University, the association honest
ly believes, because they are finnacially unable
to turn down lucrative scholarships from out
state schools. Therefore, theanswer is to pro
vide scholarships with equal drawing power to
the University of Nebraska. This the association
plans to do. Through the Nebraska Alumnus,
alumni magazine sponsored by the association,
a campaign is being waged to stimulate gifts to
go into a freshman scholarship fund.
It is most commendable that this campaign is
designed to draw leaders and scholars and not full
backs and shortstops. But to be successful, the
campaign will have to take on all the effort of an
athletic talent search. Athletic staffs spend most of
the off season touring the state and nation search
ing for possible members of University sporting
teams. Leaders and scholars need to be discovered
and sold on their home school too and someone
has to take the initiative. The Nebraskan salutes the
A Student Views The News
Party Conventions Deprive
Americans Of Voting Rights
si
4 v se
Dale Johnson
Once every four years millions of American
voters are deprived of a right that should be theirs.
That right is the opportunity to vote for the man
that they want to serve as president of the United
States.
We will make a decision between two men in
November, but chances are we will not be able
to vote for the men of our choice. The reason is
that between now and November most of the pres
idential hopefuls will be eliminated by a system
of nomination that reeks with political dealings
and is void of any real democratic procedure.
If you want to vote for General Eisenhower,
all you can do is hope the republicans will select
him at their convention. Those who want Senator.
Kefauver to lead the democrats can only hope
Alumni association for starting the ball rollintr.
Because our spiritual ancestors many times The administration and'the student body must now
passed wis way ana always came out victorious in get in step. D.P.
Margin Notes
Nebraskan can well be proud of Its Law Re
view quarterly as well as the students composing
Its staff. In carrying out the aim of training stu
dents In writing legal articles and informing
readers, these law students have achieved a well
earned nod of praise. Under editorship of John
Gradwohl The Nebraskan Is certain the magazine
wi!l continue to be outstanding.
One of the major problems speakers at the De
bate and Discussion conference encountered last
weekend was whether they were guilty of unethi
cal conduct in speech contests. In discussing ways
to improve ethical and moral standards in Amer
ican colleges and universities, the interesting point
was brought out that "scouting" and unethical
methods weren't confined to athletics.
The Nebraskan noted with Interest the new
, evening course offered in "Football for the Spec
tator." Fortunately, the course is non credit, or
we'd probably have a special national educator's
meeting called to discuss over emphasis of ath
letics m the classroom.
Coed Counselors struck a note of progress by
announcing specific qualifications upon which to
base the choice of coeds for the spring election
slate. Sincere interest in the organization, creative
Ideas, available time, determination to continue in
school for the following year and no possibility of
exceeding AWS activitly point maximum if elected,
present a clear, objective and progressive basis for
campus leadership.
The lead story la Friday's Daily Nebraskan car
ried the news that Clyde Eagleton, professor of
international law at Harvard, will be the principal
speaker at the NUCWA model UN conference April
community." The four films to be shown April 6
and April 20 at the Esquire theater should be quite
educational and entertaining for those interested
in broadening their intelligence and their point of
view.
The University quota of blood donations for
the month ef February might be seriously ham
pered since the annual Coed Follies production
Is scheduled for the night of the day the blood
mobile will be in Lincoln for donations. Coeds
participating In the Follies will undoubtedly be
too busy and greatly In need of strength for the
night's performance. This might be a word to the
wise students not connected with the Follies pro
duction to make a special attempt to fulfill the
University quota. It is Tuesday, at the Scottish
Rite temple, 15th and L streets.
Law, Cursing, dentistry and medical students
might find the time well spent at the scheduled
series of career conferences Feb. 26, March 4,
March 11 and March 18. Conferences are designed
to inform students in these particular fields of the
training and careers available through colleges and
schools of the University. This series is rather an
answer "to cries for help in job placement and
career advantages for students.
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he Is nominated. If these men, and others, are
not nominated this summer at party conventions,
you will have no chance to vote for them.
The only possible means of supporting any
candidate is to vote for convention delegates who
profess to support the man. The only fault here is
that these delegates cannot be depended upon to
suport anyone. Most of them never state their pref
erences and are not bound to support anyone.
Those who do pledge a particular candidate are
usually not bound to him after the first ballot. The
voter is left with no real means of giving support
to his choice.
A partial remedy supposedly was found in the
establishment of "presidential preferential primar
ies." Here you may vote for your candidate during
the primary election. This system would be fine
if it had anv binding effect upon the convention
delegates, but the history of primaries has been
the history of their neglect by the conventions.
In 1812 Teddy 'Roosevelt won nine out of 12
state primaries. President Taft carried one Bnd
he was nominated. In 1936 Senator Borah made a
very good showing in the primary elections, but
Alf Landon was handed the nomination. So goes
the story. The preference of the voter, as expressed
in these elections, was not considered important by
the party conventions.
How, then, are the candidates selected? Every
one would like to know. Each party distributes
voting power to states on the basis of popula
tion with a bdhus going to those who have been
faithful In the party. With this distribution there
eomes a battle of power politics to see who can
get enough votes first A majority is all that is
required by either party. It is impossible to know
how the race will finally end.
In the democratic convention of 1912 there was
a bitter contest for the nomination. After a dead
lock was apttrent, Nebraska's William Jennings
Bryan cast Nebraska's votes for Woodrow Wilson.
The move of one man placed the support of Ne
braska's democrats behind a man of whom many
had never heard. The convention was stampeded
to Wilson. Not only was an entire state switched
form one column to another in a matter of min
utes, but it was enough- weight to tip the scales in
favor of Wilson. Not only is the voter not given a
voice, but his usurped power is tossed freely about.
Many "deals" are not made on the convention
floor. In 1920 the phrase "smoke-filled room" first
came into prominence. In that year Senator War
ren Hardmg was selected as the Republican can
didate in a hotel suite. He was selected not by the
people, not by the delegates, but by the party
bosses. .
Anyone listening to conventions In 1$48 should
be aware that the convention atmosphere is
scarcely the place to select the president of the
United States. When Senator Taft was placed in
nomination, chaos reigned. For 30 minutes there
was a boisterous demonstration by his supporters.
The band blasted forth with his theme song,
helium-filled balloons with "Taft" on them swept
to the rafters, banners and cards with slogans
upon them were swirled around the room, and
chairs and tables collapsed amid the stomping of
the mob.
Yes, it vas in an atmosphere like this that the
nomination emerged. The same scene will be re
peated oveisand over again within a few months
The American people are tolerant, but how long
can they stand tor this method of nomination?
It is time the power of selection as well as
election be placed in the hands of the voter. It
can be done if we adopt a nation-wide primary
system. The convention system is a relic belong
ing in the past.
We might consider the words of Will Rogers
after he had viewed the Democratic convention in
Chicago in 1912. "I am glad that Chicago's children
didn't come by on their way to school, and see
how this wonderful system of choosing the coun
try's leaders was conducted. They would never
again have asked: "What's the matter with the
country?" I
The question of happy or un
happy marriage adjustment will
be discussed at Better Living ser
ies Thursday. T
Rev. Douglas Clyde of West
minster Presbyterian church
will speak at the 4 p.m. meeting
In Union music room. His talk
will climax the marriage topica
of the series.
Lynn Kunkel, chairman of the
convocations committee, said that
more women than men attended
the "Marriage in Wartime" meet
ing, while men outnumbered
women at the dating discussion.
"Maybe this proves something,
she said. "After all, it's leap year."
'The Killers'
Ernest Hemingway's story,
"The Killers," in its Hollywood
form, will be shown Sunday at
7:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom.
Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster
star in the film.
Table Tennis
The round robin table tennis
match Wednesday and Thursday
evening in the Union ballroom
will decide championship finalists.
Round three ends tonight at
10:30 p.m.
All persons qualified for the
round robin must be present if
they intend to compete. Finalists
will play between halves of the
Nebraska basketball game March
1 in the Coliseum to decide the
championship.
Film Society
Approximately 500 film society
members attended "Birth of a
Nation" Sunday. It was the first
in the series of four movies which
society members any attend on a
ticket.
The movie, filmed In 1915, is
based on a novel, "The Clans
man," by Thomas Dixon. The
story Is a view of southern re
construction after the Civil war
and activities of the Ku Klux
Klan.
D. W. Griffith directed the
movie, which caused controversy
and riots in many American cities
when it was first released. Lillian
Gish starred in the production.
Letterip
Checkers Not At Fault
Dear Editor,
In regard to the "improvement"
of the checking system at Love
Library that you so generously
recommended in Margin Notes
Tuesday: I think you should make
a more careful check of the actual
situation before you lay the blame
for missing books on the shoulders
of the checkers. The blame does
not rest there.
Here is the set up. The check
ers that desk are students. While
they are at that desk they are
under orders not to do any read
ing or studying in order that
they may pay close attention to
their job. The fault rests with
the students and faculty mem
bers passing in and out of the
library. The checker cannot
leave his post to chase a person
.half way to "Q" street when he
doesn't stop and present his
books for inspection. Neither
can he turn attention from his
job to yell at his Foil Sci prof
who rushes past, secure in the
though that his standing as a
faculty member is proof of his
honesty.
If you would place blame where
blame is due and suggest an Im
provement, then make your plea
to the students and faculty mem
bers to pause and wait if neces
sary to have their books in
spected. Ask them to set an ex
ample. Only if everyone cooper
ates can the checkers catch those
who are offenders. Accord those
chekers the same ourtesv that vou
would accord a policeman who
says, "Stop, in the name of th
law."
Sincerely,
PAT PECK
(STUDENT CHECKER)
Stolen Goods-
You Like Ike?
So Do Students At Oklahoma
Marilyn Mangold
JJisl (Daily. yidAOAkntL
FIFTY-FIRST YEAR
Member
f Associated Collegiate Press
Intercollegiate Press
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According lo Article (I of the By-Lewi lover n In student publi
cation and administered by the Board of Publications, "It it
the declared policy of the Board that publications, under Its i.irla-
diction (hall be free from editorial censorship on the part of the
Rnard. ar on the oart of an member of the faculty of the IJnlver-
3-5 at the University. The Nebraskan felt the Story " ' member of the staff of The Dell Nebraskan are
. . , .... .... personally responsible for what they say or do or cause to be
was worthy ef front-page attention for University printed."
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the eollesm year. 14.00 mailed. Klnale copy 5c. Published dally
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Fylfot- ... Joan Krueeer
Associate frdltor Ruth Raymond
Manaalni Editor Don Pieper, Sue Gorton
New Editor Bally Adams, Ken Rvstrom.
Jaa Steffen, Hal HaMelbalch. Sally Hall
gporta Editor llanhall Ktishner
Aaa't Sport Editor Glenn Nrlsori
Pentnr Editor Kathy Radaker
A Editor , lle Reynolds
Society Editor Connie (iordnn
i'hotonmpaer Hob Sherman
students. It will be interesting to note, when Eagle
tort visits the campus and when NUCWA puts on
their annual project, whether University students
recognize the Importance and vitalness of this
sutiority't views.
The Union and the School of Fine Arts have
1-1 on ft rather unusual and interesting idea in
their new film series "for the campus and for the
Daily' Thought
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ta m th valley that you need not ' "
. :x Hiosa who stand on the hill. Danish. ,,ii
. . . Jack Cohen
Sunt Sinpl. Arnold Stern.
Pete Brrmten
Oeoree Wllro
Mailt Newt Kdiux gaily Hal)
Like IkeAgain at
Oklahoma
It has been brought to this col
umnist's attention that this "I
Like Ike" business is getting
rather old and worn. Not only
does the University of North Car
olina report
that its stu
dents like Ike
but so did the
Daily . Nebras
kan! The Daily
O'C o 1 1 e
gian at Still
water, Okla
homa, an
nounced with
a front-page
story that
they have
formed a club
Like Ike Club."
elected
to the
II , If'
I C" ' I
Mangold
named the "I
The club even
officers and, according
officers, "Ike" bnttons,
petitions boosting Elsenhower,
and other materials for the club .
are on their way from state
headquarters. This club has a
constitution and plans to con
duct an intensive membership
campaign on the campus.
It's Personality That
Counts At KState
Such institutions may prefer
Ike but coeds at Kansas State
prefer personality to looks in an
ideal mate. The Kansas State Col
legian took time out the other
day to find what K-State coeds'.
ideas of an ideal mate happanedj
to be.
The Collegian's conclusion is
that the girls prefer personality
to looks. However, a wide range
of attitudes were uncovered in the
survey.
One lady made a distinction
between the man the wants to
date and the man she wants to
marry. The temporary feller
should be good looking, a
smooth dancer, and a steady
talker, but she seeks a perma
nent fellow with Intelligence. '
Aren't talkative people Intelli
gent? Help!
One of the coeds who was in
terviewed said she wanted to
marry a blonde hubby because
she is dark haired. This way she
figures that she could have one
blond and one brunette child.
When asked If she was sure
this was the way It would turn
out, she replied that she didn't
know she had only studied
genetics one week.
Oh, well, there's always perox
Where There's No Smoke,
There's Fire . . . In Texas
Students at Texas university
are going up in smoke over the
school's recent decision to enforce
the no-s mokin g-in-classrooms
rule. Until recently, apparently,
Texans have been able to smoke.
smoke, smoke those cigarettes
whenever ana wherever the mood
struck them.
Just like Steve Canyon says,
"You never know what to ex
pect In these college towns."
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