The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 17, 1952, Page 2, Image 2
f ... ' " I rm""sirsw j'HMtalg C ' J)' 4 t if if! ' fi t ' 4 t I THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Monday, March 17, 1952 EDITORIAL PAGE Lethargy Or Leaders? Letterip Koeliler or London? DeBord or Gass? Esch or Mann? Carey or Weaver? Which of these women will head campus ac tivities during the coming year? The decision will be made by the women students Tuesday. Yet, how many of the women will go to the polls to vote for their representatives in four of the largest University organizations? ' Each year there are many coeds who fail to take Ihe time or fail to show enough interest to go to the polls. Each year coeds loudly voice criticism of each women's organization. In many cases, It is the women who failed to vote who speak the loudest in opposition to the groups. Have they stopped to realize their vote might have changed the policies followed this year? The Associated Women Students board peri odically is under fire from individuals and organ izations who oppose its policies. Undoubtedly, changes will be made next year. It is up to the women to decide who they feel will be best qualified to carry out or initiate such changes. Every University woman has the obligation to make such a decision by voting in the election. Any individual who fails to make such a decision will have little basis for voicing criticism. Activities Board for Women can will this need if qualified persons are elected to the positions. Any independent woman who fails to vote will have no grounds for crying that only Greek women have any power on campus. Similarly, the Coed Counselors board will be planning the program for women entering the University as freshmen next fall. Will women best qualified to see that freshmen become a vital part of University life be elected to the positions? If every woman goes to the polls Tuesday, this can be accomplished. The Women's Athletic association, although its election is open to members only, also must have a strong board to direct its activities. It is essential that each woman who has WAA voting privileges cast her ballot Tuesday. However, even if all women in University vote in the election, there is a strong possibility that best-qualified leaders will not be elected. There is a strong tradition that one must vote for her sorority sister or best friend regardless of her qualifications for holding the office. If each voter will give serious consideration to the importance of the election, she will vote for whom she believes to be the best candidate. Election results will be announced Wednesday. Let us hope that the most capable boards will be We Need UMT To the Editor: I do not stand for what Adolph Hitler said he wanted, nor do I agree with oeorge wasnmgton (today's application). However, I do agree with Max A. Kelly and most of the Americans who are supporting Universal Military Training. I do sincerely believe that we need a strong, enlarged and trained reserve force, which UMT would provide. The com pulsory callingi of all 18 year A Student Views The News 'Pal Joey' Points Up Trend Toward Lack Of U.S. Morals One of this season's openings on Broadway which seems destined to be a smash hit is the O'Hara- Rogers-Hart musical "Pal Joey." The New Yorker describes it with such phrases as "stunning," "en chanting." and "jaunty." "Jaunty" Klw tho unHpvKtntpment of olds, or high slhool graduates, ith(Tycari The characters are about Charles Gomon sleep of immorality. It would seem that the survival r.nr enrMv is deDendent on the to admit it or not, the criterion ireestablishment of high moral and on which most students at the ethicai standards. The structure of recognize it, a laxity of moral and ethical standards does exist in this country. Whether we like 1951) to 1 nave A strong, active organization for independent elected. It can be done, if EVERY woman votes, women is a necessity on this campus. The Barb .-S.A. Looking Toward College The efforts many high schools are exerting to and a good one. stress the importance of higher education was well He reminded up that from the Biblical time demonstrated last week at Nebraska City high when Cain hit Abel, we have progressed in a mul- school's College day a day designed to help jun- titude of ways. Humann said we have progressed iors and seniors plan futures in college. The school in housing from a cave and mud hut to modern was host to faculty and student representatives brick and steel structures. In other ways, we have from about 35 colleges and universities in Ne- advanced from a simple one-story structure to a building with as many as 102 stories. We've come a long way in mechanical inventions. But, as Humann pointed out, we still use one method entirely primitive. We still use a club to hit a misbehaving neighbor. The only difference is that the methods have improved. Modern warfare wills masses in one stroke. Since we still use this one primitive method, our minds need to be educated to the point where they will not devote so much of their work to wreck the world. It is worth thinking over the fact that we know more about war than we do about The message delivered to those high school peace something Gen. Omar Bradley said in 1948. braska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. The program, one of the most extensive in this area, is a project well worth the considera tion of other high schools. Dr. Arthur Hitchcock, director of the University junior division and counseling service, participated in a panel with other delegates discussing the merits of various types of higher education. Student delegates were responsible for telling the high school stu dents about campus life in general extra-curricular activities and social activities as well as academic work. students at the opening session by Julius Humann, assistant principal of Lincoln Northeast high school in Lincoln, is one deserving attention of all stu dents, including college personnel. In the routine life of campus life, it is easy to wonder occasion- It is the knowledge and significance of peace and constructiveness we must learn. For that reason alone, college is vital. There are other reasons, but in today's world, that is sufficient. The Nebraska City project illustrates a pro- for four to six months training by the U. S. armed defense forces, plus four to six years of reserve service would pro vide such a working force. I, a naval air reservist, was on active duty from July, 195j October, 1951. Therefore seen what the reserves means to us. I was aboard the USS Ans low, a sea (aero) plane tender, while it was being recommis sioned, for part of the forgoing time. It took only seven weeks, from the day we opened her, until the day she was declared ready for overseas duty. This ship, and many many others could not have been recommissioned, and put into battle within a short time, without help of the reservist. New draftees or draft-inspired voluntaries with the help of the regular U. S. navy men could not have done it. We do not need a large active navy, nor can we pay for one; and new men can't be trained overnight. Within the sec ond week, we received some 50 boys who had had eight weeks in basic. However, those boys could not, without supervision, dock the ship until after we had been to sea some four or five times (two months later.) And they showed no signs of being qualified to as sume a petty officers' respon sibility before some five months had passed. The same would hold true with newly commissioned en signs. It was the general knowledge, and previous training of our voluntary reservists that pro vided the crew for this ship, and trained those 50 men In op eration of that highly mechan ical, or- electrical controlled ship. This is also true for many of the other ships and planes that formed our Korean fleet. What are we going to do if the Soviet Union decides to move with her submarines and armies into either Asia or Europe ,or per haps in both places. As of now, we don't have enough men, active as uninhibited a group of people as the courtiers of Henry VUi. Those who have seen "Pal Joey" or who have heard the song-hits from its score agree that it is even spicier than "South Pacific" or "Guys and Dolls." The theater, particularly the Broadway musical, may not be the best yardstick of contem porary moral standards. It is nevertheless significant that "Pal Joey" Is a howling success and that the moral degradation of its characters Is treated with out pretense as the natural and expected state of existence. Of even greater significance is the fact that "Pal oJey" was first produced twelve years ago but at that time it was not much of a success. One critic explained that the public just wasn't 'ready for it. Obviously a change has taken place in the taste of the Ameri can audience since 1940. While most of us don't or won t University judge their actions is whether or not they can "get away with it." The deplorable part of the sit uation is that the moral and ethi cal standard seems to have ais- our way of life is intended to rest on truth. This is illustrated by highway markers, railroad time tables and telephone books. We depend on the figures we find printed lor our lniormauuii as w r , . t t i... .1.. 1. 4 appeared. Many people, like John m tne truth. Honesty also is of O'Hara's characters, are simply jDrime importance. Milk and news- - -i i J ; 1 unmoral. We seem to be losing the ability to tell right from wrong. "Oilboat" Olga Konow felt no twinge of consuenct over her questionable dealings in oil and war surplus tanKers. ner auvu.e papers are aenvereu uuuj iu American homes. In Europe such a delivery system dependent on the integrity of the neighborhood has been held to be impossible. Completely ignoring the religious u. a , UIIl U1C LCJJf bul - to the world: "More women should facets of the problem of morals an intn thP shinnine business, It Is true that the victories of Sen. Estes (Crime-Buster) Ke fauver in the New Hampshire primary and of Rudolph Halley, the crime committee's chief in vestigator, in the New York city council elections indicate that some citizens are becoming aware of the problem of morals and ethics. The questions which must remain unanswered tem porarily are how thoroughly the people are aroused and whether the "awakening" of the cltlxenry is not Just a fitful tossing in the othfrs. the maintenance of high standards is vital to the well being of our society. Technically "Pal Joey" is an ex cellent musical, but it also serves to point up the current trend in moral and ethical standards. As long as the audience is satisfied, a play will be a boxoffice success. As long as the audience's satis faction is derived from suggestive lyrics, shady Jokes and degrading language, something will be wrong, with this society's standards of morals and ethics. Stolen Goods Iowa State Formulates 'Desirable' Man, Woman . Marilyn Mangold ally why we spend as much as 16 years in an in- gressive and direct way of encouraging high school stitution of learning. This man had an answer, students to continue education. J.K. Dear Mr. Quigley . . . Sen. Estes Kefauver's election over Presi- C. Quigley's way of thinking, the Kefauver win dent Truman may be the best new:, te television does not make the Nebraska Kerr-Kefauver contest to the cohorts in the Kefauver c&i..p, but to at any more significant, is "just one of those things," least one Democratic party bigwig, the crime- and he considers the folks in New Hampshire an buster's victory in the New Hampshire primaries "entirely different kind of pecple." lacks any significance, whatsoever. jl To National Democratic Committeeman James Margin Notes- Congratulations to the University Builders members who have gone without much sleep this past week to entertain visiting high school stu dents and to interest them in the University. The various social activities, explanations of Uni versity functions, campus tours and various other projects designed by the Builders to garner a monopoly on potential University students should pay off next fall. The day of the high school basketball conven tion might very well have been a relief to man University students driving cars on campus. All parking restrictions were lifted during the prep ster's reign to alleviate the violations of the faculty-student set-up which were certain to happen. However, many University drivers have be- ir thr strift. narking laws on camous tot they forgot about the weekend rule shown by the surprise victory of Harry S. Tru campus that tney oigot a man ig48 fiut tQ blame y of oppo ana sou vw sition candidatei in this cas6i Kefauver, (although- ineir o o Kerr,s name wag not on tn(J Ngw Hampshire ballot) just on the unpredictable nature of people is mis judging and underestimating the intelligence of the voters. The Daily Nebraskan would like to take issue with Quigley's statements; not in regard to the outcome of the Kerr-Kefauver contest in Ne braska, but concerning his opinion of this na tion's voters. It hardly can be said that the results of one of the nation's most important primaries are "just one of those things." What the election results in dicate is the judgment of persons over 21 years of age about whom they would like to have lead ing the affairs of their country. Of course, Mr. Quigley, the people in New Hampshire are differ ent from Nebraska residents, just as the people in Lancaster county differ from those in Banner : un ty. However, it is doubtful New Hampshiu; .Liters are such a group apart from others, that their de cisions, as recorded by the primary vote, could be completely divorced from those factors which mo tivate Nebraska voters. Your addition statement, Mr. Quigley, that people are unpredictable does not seem to have any relevance to the possible connection between the New Hampshire and Nebraska primaries. Of course, voters are unpredictable, as was vividly Since a delegation of Hawailans is traveling to the States to demand a retraction of statement from Sen. "up-for-election" Tom Connolly, it might be possible and profitable for a similar Alaskan delegation to visit Washington, D.C., to speak their plea for statehood. The Dally Ne braskan wonders how Sen. Hugh Butler would react confronted with an Alaskan delegation, making their Md for statehood. The Daily Nebraska believes it might do a num ber of students some good to look at the atomic energy exhibition, prepared by Life magazine, now on display in the Union lounge. Far Eastern students who have seen the ex hibit viewed with horror and almost forgotten memories the picture of one of the 69,000 atomic bomb victims who was fortunate in escaping the Hiroshima blast alive. It might also prove beneficial to a number of The Daily Nebraskan realizes, Mr. Quigley, that your statements were In regard to the ef fect of Kefauver's win on the state Kerr-Kefauver contest. However, for whatever purpose you directed your remarks, we feel that you have completely underestimated the strengths and merits of the voting public that very public whose votes you seek for Sen. Robert S. Kerr. R.It. JhsL (daily, 7lsJ)hahkarL FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member Associated Collegiat Press Intercollegiate Press Th. nallw N.hra.Lmn Id Duhllahed bf tlM tudenU of tlM the nolitical and military leaders who insist that iinivemity f Ntrk m exu-raaion oi tudente' and opin- u I'""1-"1 ' , , . , Ion only. Arnrdln to Anlcl II ot Ihe Bjr-Lowo overnln tne atomic or nyarogen duiuu sjiuuiu re uku. tiulrnt unllcllcin una unnnwiM oy ino nimro oi mnnw And speaking of the state tournament, Husker fans might take a few lessons from the never- dying spirit demonstrated by the high school fans. tlm.a. "It la Ihe (re ared unlley of ma Bonra tnal piiiliriinna, wider It Jtirlxllctlon nhall bo frao from editorial eanaorahlp on the part of the Hoard, or on the port of ony memher of the family of the Unlveralty, but the mem here of the etaff of Thai Dully Nehraakan are peraonally reaponalhle for what their aay or do or eauao to he printed." Hubarrlptlnn ralee are f 1.00 a aemealer, 12.60 mailed or 3.00 . ... ... i l. lor mn couch year, ea.vu franco, oinaiv "pr ev "tn'w" Win Or lose, it appears as If they always think dally durlnir the .chool year except Haturdaya and Sundaya. .... j varauone ana examination perinoa. line laaue pnoiianea onnni their team IS tops. the month of Auxu.t by the I'nlreralty of Nenra.ka under the auprrvlnlnn of the committee on Student Publication!. Kntered aa Second Clana Matter at the Vott Office In Lincoln. Nebraaka. Congratulations are in Order for the adminis- ""''' ' Cioncreaa, March . imt, and at apeelal rale of 5 ... . -T , poatare provided for In Section 1103, Act of Conrreaa of October trative personnel who are responsible for Univer- , inn, authored September 10. m. EDITORIAL STAFF ... .. .. i ..... . Editor io.a Kruexer a nail monins earner man in previuus years. A.noclnte Editor Itatn itaymona It took planning and organization to compile SM? Hal tiaeaeinaien, naiiy iuii Rporta Editor Marahall Kuahner Aanlotant N porta ICdHor. Glenn Nelaon Feature Editor., Kathy Radaknr A Keillor Dale Reynolds Society Editor ,. , Connie Oordon Photographer ,. , .Boh Shermnn Kepnrlera nick Ralaton, Sara Htcphcneon, lonard ZaJIcrk, Hhlrley Murphy, Jan Harrlann, Bob J'lnker ton, Darlene i'ndleaak, Per llartunek, Ann ( arlann, Elaine Miller, Atnca Ander-.on, Lonla Hchoen, fireta Orel, I'at Ncllln. Mary Jane Mc( ullouah, Bob Decker, Natalie Katt, Jan Hennlngion and Kea Huelrl. BUSINES3 STAFF man on c a m p u s, ac cording to the Iowa State co eds." has to be and reserve, to man and operate a 6-footer with a two-ocean force. Who is going broad to train the boys ihat are now becoming teenagers and older while our present active and re serve forces are at battle? Are we going to send them to the front or to sea untrained? Yes, I will agree that I do not approve of all of the present UMl proposal, including the sec tion on disability benefits.. UMT trainee should be given and re ceive regular serviceman's dis ability and V. A. hospital bene fits. Sincerely, DALE KING TOPS As is a well-known fact, leap vear is here and spring almost, At this time, a young man's fancy liehtlv turns to thoughts ot es cape . and university newspapers throughout the nation oner space to the male-female controversy, From the Iowa State Daily comes news of a "desirable man on campus" survey, This "desir able Commends Anderson To the Editor: The impulse of writing to an editor is usually stronger when something appears in a paper with which one disagrees. If we read ers concur, we usually confine ourselves to feeling pleased, men tion this fact perhaps to friends and colleagues and let it go at that. However, ever since the be ginning of this school year up until now I have had the im pression that The Daily Nebras kan has done a very fine job in calling the attention of the University family to vital ques tions of the day. Generally, it was done in a lively, attractive and competent manner. The discussion of problems pertain ing to our campus also has been done with skill and a laudable sense of Impartiality. Naturally, as a faculty member whose work is the language and literature of another people, I was impressed with the article by Pro fessor E. N. Anderson of the hiS' tory department. As a scholar who deals with the vast field of human action as it unfolds to us in history, he has presented point edly and authoritatively the im portance of studying foreign lan guages. ' I admire his profound insight as to the cultural and human need for knowing another language. Moreover, the pertinency of his reference to the practical value of such a study was keenly to the point. You deserve grateful rec ognition for having put such needed advice from a competent source in such a conspicuous spot. The article has brought the attention of many students to a field that is an integral part of our cultural education and which, alas, is often misjudged and attacked by people who have failed to master a foreign language. They are, conse quently, unable to judge the in dispensable need for such a study. When we Deople of the langu age departments point out the im portant facts about our field, peo ple may be tempted to regard our pleadings as speaking up for our "bread and butter." Professor Anderson's article points out the truth about the languages and lit eratures of foreign peoples. It will no doubt carry weight with students and with everyone who has the welfare of a true aca demic education at heart. Yours sincerely, W. K. PFEILER, Chairman, Department of Germanic Languages. J If shoul ders, a slender waist, brown hair, brown 1 eves and a f rVW ..,oii, f inn S$M"VU pounds. There's Mangold no need to worry if he wears glasses, because most coeds agree they don't detract from good innVs Another interesting fact is that coeds prefer a veritable Tarzan with a 32-inch waist ana a afi-inch chest. The Iowa State men teamed up too and set forth a list of re miirements for the " desirable woman on campus." This lovely hypothetical young thing must have dark, medium long and wavy hair, which all goes to prove that gentlemen don't ALWAYS prefer blondes. Also this lady must be about 5 feet 4 inches tall, weigh 115 pounds with a 24-inch waist. Pins And Stuff Leap year's advent seems to have instigated a series of nasty words between sexes throughout the country. A Stanford Daily columnist coined the following definition of pinning. Pinning is j Will run all your anti-Truman a word which "comes to us from jokes verbatim for all our anti- a wrestling term wnicn means siaiin siones you use verDHiim. 'to render one's opponent com- So far Moscow has made no pletely helpless by affixing him reply. firmly to the floor by any means possible.' " I think he's bitter. Surprised? Headline in the Akron Buchtel ity, University of Akron, Ohio; "College Affects Few Students." Big Joke Editors of the Wampus, Univ ersity of Southern California humor magazine, have added a little warmth to the cold war. They cabled the following mes sage to the Moscow office of Krododil, only Soviet humor magazine: "Our stock anti-Truman jokes running low. Hear you have in exhaustible supply. Our supply anti-Stalin jokes limitless. Sug gest exchange and publication. Democracy In Reverse ...... . . v.n...-inv ib .-..nrintpel from The Dally Call- fornlan. The event happened In California, but the alfnUlcant the grades of over 6500 students in less than 21 days. The Dally Nebraskan hopes they will be able to continue this admirable practice. Daily Thought Constant questioning is the key to wis dom . . . Through dOUbting We COme tO in- Bu.lneaa Manaer i Cohen UWIU . a a "iuuo" ... tfT, Aaal.tant Bualneaa Manager Btan Slpple. Arnold mm, inirv and through inauirv we nerceive truth. p.te nerratn I V f A Circulation Manager George Wlleo AUCitUUi night rewa editor Jieo Kyilrom KNUS On The Air. 870 ON YOUE DIAL 3:00 "Music from Everywhere" 3:15 "Authors of the Ages" 3:45 "Nocturne" 4:00 "Musical Grab Bag" 4:15 "Concert Hall" 4:45 "Pretty Girl Zs Like a Melody" 5:00 Sign Off .. .. B. .t..J..lu I Racial discrimination in California since World War II has for the most part gone on subtly, be neath the surface, unreported in newspaper headlines. There are no segregated sections on our street cars and trains. Our public rest rooms do not draw a blatant dividing line between "white ladies" and "colored women." Our state educa tional institutions are not closed to members of minority groups. Only occasionally does a dramatic incident of racial intolerance crop up in the press. When this happens, it rips the complacent surface from our self-termed broadmindedness. For a short time we re forced to reappraise the strength of our own views on racial equality. The experience of Sing Sheng and his family, who after an unfavorable vote of their neighbors, sirable. Nevertheless, for a while this weekend the Southwood district of South San Francisco was just a little too far south for comfort. The residents of Southwood have Ignored the serious implications of their placing property values over human values. One of the most effective, con stantly recurring targets of Communist propa gandists is our nation's unforgivable attitude to ward ' minority groups. It is an attitude all too readily attacked and none too easily defended. The Committee for a Free Asia, a (roup spon soring democratic broadcasts to Communist China, is aware of the incongruity between our global intentions and our local practices. Their warning deserves attention: "We cannot sell free dom to Asia unless we can deliver freedom fit home." Surely every home owner of Southwood believes in international understanding as the only genuine yielded their home in the Southwood district of basis on which to construct a lasting peace. But South San Francisco, forces such a re-examination they have forgotten that international understand- ipon us. It is impossible not to be moved by the tng begins at southwood. misfortune of the young Chinese mechanic and his pregnant wife, dispossessed by a public vote of Southwood residents. This was democracy at work, but democracy in reverse the democratic ballot used to fur ther undemocratic discrimination. There was no terrorism involved In the re moval of the Shengs from their home. Discrimina tion in California does not take the form of burned crosses or lynchings or white-hooded mobs. Other Editors Say . . . "College life should not be a process of liv ing from test to test." Daily O'CoIlegian, Okla homa A. and M. u. . , We must keep the way open for the re ception of the new vitality. Ideas do not srow in In this state, discrimination is couched In the a vacuum. They must have cultivated and fertile unstated understandings of restaurant owners and ground to sink their roots." Silver and Gold, Unl rooming house landlords and as in the Southwood versity of Colorado. Incident in the fine type of restrictive covenants. ,, Every adult resident of Southwood must be aware of the fact that restrictive covenants are unconstitutional. Most of them probably consider discrimination Intolerable and intolerance unde- "The country needs, not a good 5-cent cigar, but a good 5 minute i of constructive and serious thought by each one of us every day." lov State Dally. Shakespeare scribed ere s not a minute of our lives slioulJ stretck witliout some i pleasure Anlhony and Chepalrt A minute's enough to stop At the familiar red cooler for a Coke. Pleasure? Certainly . , . and refreshing, too. orruo UNDEi authority or tni coca-cou company it COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF IINCOLN, NEBR Q'H.m COCA-COU tOMfAHt "Com" It a fghtfd troJnork. '3 -.VS.-" ;... " .. . " . -it-