THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, March' 14, 1952
EDITORIAL PAGE
College Students In Politics
It wasn't too many years ago when one had to
own a great deal of property, occupy a prominent
position in society, stand in high favor with the
ruling hierarchy or have a fat bankroll in order
to meddle in the politics of state. During the life
of this country, sparked by experience of other
nations and our own heritage, a greater percent
age of citizens have at least become eligible for
political participation.
Even in grade school, this editor can remember
mild political fights during recess time when one
group would holler: "Hoosevelt, Roosevelt on the
stand; Dewey, Dewey, in the can." Then, from
across the playground, another group would re
verse the phrase. Although this type of saying is
not exactly what The Daily Nebraskan would
recommend for political activity, it does indicate
that students then began to realize, when election
year was in progress.
Even at that age political phrases were picked
up by the gradeschoolers, phrases such as "We
can't change horses in the middle of the stream,"
or "Well, George Washington wouldn't be presi
dent for more than two terms, why should
Roosevelt?"
Chances are pretty good that most students In
the last years of grade school didn't know what
they were talking about and were probably re
itering bits of conversation by parents. Neverthe
less, they were aware of election year, just as sonal appearances on campus. Whether candidates
many grade schoolers today are aware of this elec- appear alone or face their opponents on the same
tion year. Encouraged by some civic minded teach- platform, there is bound to be plenty of fire. Ques
ers, they realize it will not be many years before tions from the audience are spontaneous and there
the responsibility and privilege of choosing elected is' a good chance to question the men who will be
officials will rest in their hands. representing you in government of this nation.
By junior high and high school most students J.K.
form a few definite Ideas and are able to rive
some reason for beliefs and political convictions,
even if it is merely: "My parents are Demo
crats," or "My parents u.e Republicans."
By the time youths enroll in college, many can
vote, and the others will be eligible by the next
election. Now is a crucial time. If an interest Is
manifested here, it probably will continue through
out life.
University students this year are to be com
mended in this respect. More than a few have
shown active interest and even participated in
primary election activities. The fact that many
state positions are sought by well known can
didates and the fact that many personal appear
ances are being made promotes enthusiasm.
Nearly every candidate for senator, governor
and president besides other positions, has an active
group of students campaigning for him. A good
start has been made, and the opportunity exists
for participation by many other students.
If you're convinced about the capability of
one candidate, join the group and see what you
can do to help. If you're still on the fence, there
will be opportunity this semester to hear the
views of both candidates.
Various candidates are scheduled to make per-
Barbed Wire
Barb Wylie
I have finally found the
solution to the relaxation
problem after six week exams
One campus coed blithely an
nounced to her roommate one
Monday morning:
"1 am sick of activities, sick
of classes and school and just
sick of everything, so.vl am go
ing to stay in bed all day. I'm
not even going down for meeting."
And she did just this. Of
course, there is the problem of
meals, but to this resourcefull
young coed, this should present
no problem at all.
Religion In A Rut? it Should Be
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season, Tne
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By REV. REX KNOWLES
(Editor's Note: Ech Friday during Lenten
Dally Nebraskan will print (
" One who studies only when he wants to study
i.. . L.i.. nnn.. occltmmpnts
win never Decome a scuuiai. - ,hn thv fpol Uu,
faithfully done make for scholarly habits and a and women who are kindly when they feel Ike
steady growth of knowledge. being mean, doing good when the fee ke do ng
One who prays only when he wants to pray evil, praying when they feel hke swearing, going
will never become a saint. Daily prayer faithfully to church when they fee like sleeping.
line icciiHB"-
epted the barrenness and joined the meditation.
anyway.
Modern saints are 01 me same .umvmn.c-mun
offered makes for religious habits and a steady
growth of spirituality.
The early Christians called themselves "Fol
lowers of the Way." The word "way" meant for
them a "well-trodden path." Their religion was
almost In a rut, and they wanted it that way.
It was customary, conventional, traditional, a
settled habit of mind and heart.
The period of Lent brings with it the urge to
practice again the disciplines of church attend
ance, prayer, Bible reading; to go to church whe
Our early saints ran no uninterrupted high
spiritual temperature. It is not expected that we
shall. They became saints because of chronic habit.
We can become less sinners in the same way, by
doing those things we should do regularly whe
ther we want to or not.
A question we often hear is "What would
Jesus do in this situation?" If we keep the disci
plines of Lent we will not have to ask the Ques
tion. A good soldier does not ask "What would a good
ther we feel like it or not, because we ought to; soldier do now?" He responds automatically and
to pray whether we want to or not, because we does it
should; to make the Christian frame of mind ha
bitual.
St. Bernard in his autobiography speaks of
periods of "dryness" and "barrenness" when he
didn't feel the least bit like joining in the medi-
Clouds Over Congress
We were thinking about a fellow named Theron
Lamar Caudle the other day when we noticed a
news story from New York City. The city police
had picked up the youngest dope addict they had
ever found, an eight-year-old Bronx boy, who con
fessed to smoking marijuana cigarettes. This dis
covery led police to a dozen other child addicts
(heroin as well as marijuana). In the lower Bronx,
the dope users are classed by age as 'seniors" (16-
18 years), "juniors" (13-15), and "midgets" (11-
Just Having Fun
low, Caudle, and the trouble he is in. Caudle
was recently fired as head of the Justice Depart
ment's tax division. It was uncovered that he
had quite a method of knowing the "friendliest
people." People whom he reputedly had done tax
favors for because they had treated him so gen
erously. The generous favors included collecting a com
mission of $5,000 on a deal with Larry Knohl, a
New Yorker convicted of embezzlement, who
12). They buy from peddlers who refuse to sell bought an airplane frorri a Caudle crony for $30,
to anyone older than 18 for fear he might turn 000. At that time Knohl was an investigator for
two New York used-machinery dealers who had
evaded more than $200,000 in taxes. Incidentally,
their case was delayed time and time again by
Caudle's office.
out to be a detective.
Just a minute. There is, as we said, this fel-
Margin Notes-
One appropriate cartoon in a recent newspaper
was a politician innocently telling a reporter:
And then there was Jacob Landau, an attorney
whose Washington office speciajized in fighting tax
cases brought by the U.S. Landau paid $5000 for
an oil lease from a man Caudle steered him to, and
Caudle collected a $1,000 commission on the deal.
"What's inconsistent about promising lower taxes? inAavL also arranged to get Mrs. Caudle a mink
I've been doing that for several elections.
In the campaigns by candidates seeking offices,
it will be interesting to see how, and in what
areas, they propose to "lower taxes," secure a
When asked, politicians usually place it under two
categories: foreign expenditures or domestic ex
penditures. Seldom will they explain just what
specific area they intend to reduce spending. We
. alaritaA n finH nilt
walk Ulllll Mlcy dig tivviw vj ww".
This week's headlines are again carrying the
blazing stories of American jet pilot victories in
Korea. From indications in the stories. North Ko
rean planes will soon be a thing of the past.
The amazing part of stardom is that when a
movie actress plans to do nothing, she makes head
lines. Although The Daily Nebraskan is certain
there are many University students who plan to
"sleep through the summer," it is doubtful if the
news will occupy newspaper space. However, when
Dinah Shore announced she has no plans for the
summer aside from "sleeping through the whole
summer," she rated several inches on wire re
leases. Such is the glory of fame.
Within the next few days. 32 high school
teams and approximately 30,000 team supporters
will return to their respective schools after
spending a few excited hours in the University
Coliseum.
And their attitudes upon returning will not
be based upon whether or not they won the
game, but on the impression we, the University
of Nebraska students, give them.. The Daily
Nebraskan hopes it will be a good one, for they
will sometime be selecting their college. Let's
hope they will be singing "There Is No Place
Like Nebraska" with us.
A Daily Nebraskan news story carried the re
port that students in air force ROTC who have
completed or will complete certain basic courses
by the end of the present semester "may apply for
advanced courses." In view of the draft situation,
this privilege to enroll in an advanced course car
coat.
By now, you may be wanting to know what
some boys in New York have to do with the
ex-head of the tax division Caudle. But before
we return to the boys we want you to take note
of some other fellows who are in trouble. One
of them is James F. Smith, 53, a New York City
fireman, who was sentenced to prison for a maxi
mum of 23 years for his part in shaking down
firms which install fuel tanks. And another in
the news wanting to have more fun than the law
allows is Brigadier General David Crawford, in
charge of the Detroit tank arsenal, who stayed a
couple of times, free, in a Washington hotel
suite rented by a representative of two firms
which do business with the arsenal. He also built
two pleasure boats with government materials.
All over the country the news reeks with the
same odor or corruption. Americans in general
have a growing disgust with the government or
the "what the hell can you expect" attitude.
This is where we get back to the boys in New
York who said that they were just having a little
fun. The Lincoln boys of high school age who were
caught blowing up rural mail-boxes, the Univer
sity students who beat up an innocent student and
paint such signs as, "So long, baby face," were
just having a little fun also.
We trust that the New Yorker boys have learn
ed a thing or two about right and wrong, and
about the fun a fellow can and cannot have. If
they do maybe they will not make the same mis
takes made by Caudle, Smith, Crawford, Knohl,
Landau and many others.
But there's more to it than that The Ameri
can society has been too lenient with its interpre
tation of fun. Too many Americans figure that
a man is pretty smart if he can get by with put
ting over the sale of a public favor. Too many
Americans, hearing of government corruption,
say, "Well, that's one way of getting a mink
coat." And too many University students pat
those on the bark who have successfully cribbed
their way through a final.
Too much of this sort of tolerance and a poor
interpretation of fun and right and wrong have a
I had the privilege of eating
dinner in the Crib the other
night where there is a new sur
prise every day. My order,
which included a chocolate
shake and a bag of potato chips,
was half consumed when the
fella at the fountain came to
our booth and asked me how I
liked my potato chip milk
shake.
"Potato chin shake?" T
simply. I the very halls of congress.
He said it as the first one he Harold H. Velde (Rep., 111.) introduced on Jan.
had ever made and wanted to Tfl a nill urViinh wnnlH rpmiiro trip lihrarian of con-
A good Christian must have equally as good
training, responding automatically.
To make our Way "a well-worn path," to put
our religion in a rut, is one of our opportunities
during Lent!
of persons interested in "un-American" Ideas.
The labelers would not, of course, stop with
know if it was all right. Looking
belligerently into the glass, I
fished out what I thoueht
pieces of ice but turned out to be
soggy potato chips. The moral
of this story is never put bananas
in tne refrigerator.
More on the serious side, and
since everyone else is doing it,
I would hke to congratulate all
the students in the University.
One year ago last January, stu
dents were in an uproar and
great state of confusion over the
idea of the draft. A few lost
their heads, quit school and
joined the service when they
might have been able to con
tinue in school. Now, things of
this sort have seemingly quieted
down. Students are beginning
to think seriously about serious
and vital subjects before they
do something rash in a moment
of confusion. They are taking
all things into consideration and
weighing them before making
an important decision.
I think you are all to be con
gratulated and may we all con
tinue in this trend.
As the old saying goes, Over
and Out.
(Editor's Note: The following editorial anseared In the Sil
ver and Gold, student newspaper at the University of Colorado.)
The mounting hysteria outlined on this page
Ua lirr 4iiri"l tirArvlri? K, ClinFOIYtA Pniirt -Tllfiea
ur n- n t i u mwn books openly espousing revolution. Among "sub-
tice William O. Douglas has entered once more Into , n t u u
veraive iJuuiiuttuuiiB cabman rciue wuuia
place any document which advocates any "un
American program of philosophy." (Consumers
Union reports have been tabbed as "un-American"
by Better Business bureau representatives in sev
eral major cities.)
This definition of "subversive" In Velde'i bill
is added to his primary definition: any docu
ment connected with organizations of the attor
ney general's list of "subversive organizations."
That list also names "un-American" groups.
The American Library association council has
declared that "labeling is an attempt to prejudice
the reader, and ai such, it is a censor's tool."
gress to prepare a list of all "subversive matter"
in his care and distribute it "without cost' 'to all
U.S. libraries for "guidance in classifying and
marking" material on their shelves.
If enacted, Velde's bill would not force such
material off the shelves. It would require, in
stead, that each "subversive" item in the library
of congress be labeled with a statement of its
"subversive nature, the background and affilia
tion of the author and the sources of materials
used in the preparation of the item."
Other libraries could do what they pleased with
the list.
Through its committee on intellectual freedom
the ALA has futher stated that "the implications
We already have, in New Jersey, an example of f this ort o Putbur arrangement are repulsive
what such labeling can lead to. For better than a'
year, the Montclair chapter of the Sons of the
American Revolution has been exerting pressure
throughout the state for a labeling program. The
SAR wants to segregate "subversive" publications
and limit their circulations to persons willing to
sign "suitable applications."
Presumably the applications would serve a
double function. First, they would discourage
circulation of "subversive" publications to all but
the most determined library-goers. Second, they
would furnish a revealing compendium of names
to people reared in democratic tradition."
Congressman Velde's bill will probably die
a deserved death in comittee. But there will be
those who will lament its demise. The mourners
- will rise again. And unless they are met with
increased vigilance on the part of those who be
lieve that intellectual freedom is the corner
stone of political freedom, they shall one day
succeed.
We may well inquire with one member of the
ALA: "How soon after we start labeling books will
we begin to burn them?"
Your Church
By JULIE BELL
Staff Writer
Baptist student house, 315 North
15th street, C. B. Ho wells, pastor.
Sunday Church school and
morning worship in city Baptist
churches; 1:30 p.m., cars will
leave house for the Baptist re
gional rally at the First Baptist
church, Omaha. Tuesday 5:30
p.m., annual waffle supper at
First Baptist church, 14th and K
streets, with funds going to the and Q streets,
ship on the campus, Union, Room
315, every Sunday, 10:45 a.ni.
Subject of sermon next Sunday,
"The Passover Lamb." Anthem
by student choir under direction
of Harry Giesselman. Gamma
Delta meets 5:30 p.m., YMCA
lounge, Temple building, begin
ning with cost supper. Discus
sion of questions on religion sub
mitted by students. Visitors wel
come. New chapel and student
center under construction at 15th
summer conference fund. Every
one is invited to attend, friaay
6:45 a.m., Bible study greup at
Lutheran house; Bible and mis
sionary conference at Fir?' Bap
tist church, Fairbury, during aft
ernoon and evening.
Episcopal chapel, 346 North 13th
Evangelical
M.
p.m. Talent Night. Sunday 9:15
a.m., Bible study at 1440 Q and
1200 No. 37th streets; 7 a.m., choir
goes on tour to Omaha and Papil-
hon and will, leave from 1440 Q.
5 p.m., cost supper with city cam
dus LSA Droeram consistine of a
executive secretary of the division
of student service, Chicago, fol
lowing the meal; 6:30 p.m., Ag
LSA, 1200 North 37th, cost sup
per and recording. Tuesday
7:15 p.m., Lenten vespers at 1440
Q. Wednesday 4 p.m., course.
"Missions in First Century" at
1440 Q. Thursday 7:15 p.m.,
choir practice, 1440 Q.
Methodist student house, 1417
R street, Richard W. Nutt, pastor.
Friday to Sunday Nebraska
Methodist Student Movement con
ference at Wesleyan university.
Sunday 5:30 p.m., "Echoes of
M. S. M." Monday 8 p.m., Kappa
Phi active-alum meeting. Tues
day Sigma Theta Epsilon with
Rev. C. Vin White speaking on
"I.ifn nf Christ." Werinesdav
office. Merely tossing these men out of office will, 7:15 a.m., Lenten service with
not solve the governmental decay problem. ThelRev- James Scott, speaker; 6:30
problem must be solved within the American sr.- a m pre-service breakfast.
ciety who needs to regain a lost sound sense of
good old-fashioned right and wrong. S.G.
street, Father J. D. B. Sweigart,
pastor. Sunday 11 a.m. morn
ing services at chapel; students in Southmlnster
the following fraternities and sor
orities are especially invited Tues
day and Sunday: Alpha Chi
Lutheran student service . Alvln Pi, Chi
Delta Tau Delta. Tuesday 5:15
p.m., special Lenten service of the
"Way of the Cross" at chapel; the
Rev. Dr. William Paul Barnds of
St. Matthew's Episcopal church
will read the meditations; a short
address will be given by the Rev.
W. F. Cross of Dickinson, N. D.;
service will last 35 minutes.
Catholio services, Union Parlors
X, Y and Z, Msgr. George
Schuster, priest. Sunday morn
ing services at 9 and 11 a.m. Serv
ices each weekday morning dur
ing Lent at 7:05 a.m.
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JIul (Daily. TbbhaAkcuL
ries with it a definite element of strong suggestion lot to do witn low standards of behavior in public
instead of opportunity.
An clement of difference, so to speak, is present
on the University campus in the New Year which
will be celebrated March 21 by 23, members of the.
Iranian club. It is 1331 to the Iranians, and 1952
to United States citizens. But we exist and live to
gether academically and socially at the University.
On the surface this appears to be extremely com
mendable and free of intolerance.
Dr. Clyde Eagleton, international law tnd or
ganization authority, will speak during NUCWA's
model UN conference on campus next month. How
many students are interested in the intricacies of
international affairs above the intricacies of
campus politics, latest television success or the fate
of the de-emphasis program?
Monday at 2 p.m. when Robert Crosby and
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Congregational - Presbyterian
student house, 333 North 14th
street, Rex Knowles, pastor. Sun
day 5:30 p.m., supper and forum
topic: "What is Catholicism?"
by Msgr George Schuster; 7:30
p.m., informal fellowship. Mon
day 6:45 a.m., breakfast and dis
cussion. Tuesday 3 p.m., Sigma
Eta Chi. Wednesday 6:45 a.m.,
breakfast and discussion; 7 p.m.,
Lenten vespers, "I Believe." Fri
day 6:45 a.m., breakfast and in
terdenominational Bible study at
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dents and faculty members should be interested
in what the top Republican candidates have to say. a,cW' Editor"
Regardless of age, it would be a good idea to at- !!": "ildT,".lto
tend the discussion of policies and make one's self
aware of the Issues of today.
Daily Thought
Nothing is sacred at the last but the in
tegrity of the human mind. Emerson.
1922.
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