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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, December 1$, 1952
EDITORIAL PAGE
To Everv Student
In four dayi University students will begin leav- Perhaps the World-Herald does not agree with
Ing Lincoln for their homes throughout the state The Nebraskan on the matter of University ap-
and the country. The majority of the student body propriations. Whatever their point of view, it
"will be returning to small Nebraska towns and will be read by many, many more persons than
Communities. Christmas vacation will be a time this publication's editors?! plea.
tff relax and to relate stories of University life
to the home town. This writer has written every day since the
flnintf nut to small TtfaVii-nclra inmnc anrt nm first mihliratinn nf Mr. Vinarrit' remarVt ihntit
muni ties every day not Just during vacation, are undesirable literature and the undesirable choice ob.Nexf you "are "ven"a
oui-siaie eaiuons 01 we woria-iieraia, umana 01 sucn literature Dy a university proiessor on we small straight-edge knife,
newspaper. To the doorsteps of thousands of Ne- subject of academic freedom. The Nebraskan feels! 3. Carve the chalk according
braska homes every day goes this compilation of that this matter is of immediate concern to every
It Seems
To Me
By GLENN ROSENQUIST
Staff Writer
To get into dentistry school, 1
am told, you must take an apti
tude test. The test is very diffi
cult. It is also a very clever way
to find out one s ability.
1. You have 90 minutes to
complete the test
2. You take two pieces of
all the news plus editorial comment
Monday morning's World-Herald carried a
, lengthy editorial on the subject of Dr. E. N. An
derson, the American Legion and "State of Asia."
The essence of the Herald's editorial comment
on the controversial subject was contained in
the last paragraph which we quote:
- Tfcose In Lincoln who indignantly resist any
'outside' inquiry and who try to spread the pro
tecting blanket of academic freedom over every
thing that is said or done by all who have a li
cense to teach, are performing no service for the
State University. The vehemence of their reac
tion is likely to arouse more suspicions than it
(tills, and to do the institution far more harm
than good."
The Omaha World-Herald and the 18 past
Comanders of the Omaha Legion Post No. 1 and
Joe Ymardi and the Investigating committee of
Lincoln Legion Post No. 3 represent a mighty
powerful array of state money. Influence and
voting blocks la this fight for academic freedom.
Some of the persons within this group are those
who might have to do with the future of this
University particularly In regard to appropria
tions from the Unicameral.
The Daily Nebraskan's entire organization and
circulation is vastly different and vastly smaller
than that of the World-Herald. What we say has
far less effect on the out-state population than does
the World-Herald editorial comment On the mat
ter of the University's budget request to the Uni
cameral, The Nebraskan is vitally interested in
the continual progress of its University. Conse-
The views expressed by columnists and letter
writers on this page do not particularly represent
the views of the Daily Nebraskan.
Preface
Shi Authors Tell 01 iiperiences
WMk Communist Party Members
member of the University family and has tried
to stimulate Intelligent thought, word and deed on
this subject We have been gratified by the sup-j
port from both student and faculty on the Ander
son case. j
The World-Herald absolutely disagrees with
the stand taken by The Nebraskan, the Ne
braska chapter of the American Association of
University professors, the Americans for Demo
cratic Action, Dr. Edgar Johnson, history In
structor, James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lin
coln Star, and many, many of the most res
pected and Horned members of the University.
And the cutstato Nebraskans will read this
World-Herald opinion not that of the com
bined University forces.
The World-Herald suggests that we have done
our University great damage when we rise to de
fend a man and a friend who has been accused
of the very thing he has always spoken out against
This writer thinks the World-Herald has done the
University greater harm by lining up with the
Legion and the influential men of Omaha than
any other type of editorial writing we can think
of.
What University students can do to allevi
ate some of the damage done by the Herald's
editorial comment is to take this story home to
their parents and their communities. We can
speak, daring Christmas vacation, -as we have in
classrooms, over coffee cops, in our residence
houses and on our parties during the past week.
We can tell outstate' Nebraska Just what, hap
pened right here in Lincoln.
We can take the cause of academic freedom to
quently, The Nebraskan will editorially campaign our homes. In fact, we must, if our University is
for favor in the eyes of the Unicameral's budget to continue to be an institution of higher learning,
committee. RJL
Barbara Dillman
By LENNIE STEPANEK character which lasts all one's life."
Guest Columnist It is only from the ex-Communists that the
"The God That Failed" is a book that should be freedom-loving peoples of the world can learn
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to the directions. 'read bv everyone for a better understanding of the true meaning or communism ior me mumms
4. Do not chip the chalk. fthe gospel which sways a third of the population of individuals vho, voluntarily or involuntarily,
5. Da not mak an incision I ..... . . ... . , li i it-
one-sixteenth of in inch deep ,01 loee- &l weu-xnown writers - Anare
instead of one-elghtn or an men vjiae, .fvrinur r.oesuer, ixnus rxsner, oiepueu
as directions specify or you will Spender, Ignazio Silone, and Richard Wright tell,
berii?jLed dow11, . . in moving personal accounts, how they embraced
K Wfi.n van a p. .iinnnr1 4f e - I '
iuc uuuiiuiu&i cause in uie fiunusmg uaya uira
the Revolution, and of their subsequent disillusion
ment after Revolution, and of their subsequent dis
illusionment after witnessing and being victims of
the totalitarian methods which are used increas
ingly by the Communists.
"In it you will peer into the innermost hearts
of six famous writers, but what's more impor
tant, six humane, compassionate men who desire
Eisenhower went to Korea,' ,no ena 01 Poverty ana war on eann ana wno
spent three days and was back thought at one time that Communism was the
before we knew about it. wtT to achieve it"
Great things are often done in
bright. Koestler, and Silone actually joined the the book.
turn the course of history. Communist Party the other three were sympa- As an American Negro, Richard Wright,
Have you ever stopped to thizers but in each account the reader feels in- made his sacrifice, unlike tne otner rive wno
think that the funny papers 'tensely the "despair of Western values, the tor- consciously sacrificed status and ,liberty In em-
tL'nltn YE.' anri avorv nav wear 1 '
tured struggles of conscience" which converted bracing Communism, in leaving ine rany:
round off the ends, round them
off. Do not leave ragged edges.
7. Do not drop the chalk on
the floor or it will be smashed
and you will be graded down.
8. Do not watch your neigh
bor carving his chalk. At least
do not copy him. He might be
carving on his second piece al
ready and you will be confused.
These men, who have told honestly and cour
ageously of their bitter experiences, are infin
itely more valuable In the fight to preserve
democracy and our whole Western civilization
than all the McCarthys and self-appointed in
quisitors who used the very tactics for which
these men forsook Communism,
The authors of "The God That Failed" are not
ordinary men. They are Intellectuals of unusual
perception and sensitivity, and because they made
mistake, a tragic mistake, they are no less honor
able. "It is very much easier to lay the obla
tion of spiritual pride on the altar of world revo
lution than to snatch it back again," states Rich
ard Crossman in his very fine introduction to
Sequel
Last month 158 students from colleges and schools only sent one representative and two sent
universities all over the nation attended a United two. This means that the Nebraska schools not
Nations seminar in New York City sponsored by only sent more students, they sent a great deal
the YM-YWCA. Monday, some of the statistics more than the average.
about that trip were made available and they Earlier, these columns have mentioned this
showed some rather remarkable things about our fact but The Nebraskan has not had access to
which we read every day were
conceived and drawn by the
cartoonist even months in ad
vance. At this very moment,
Chester Gould's drawing board
has Dick Tracy whirling
through unforeseen adventures.
Steve Canyon may even be in
Rio De Janeiro.
Scientists are preparing new
these men to Communism. The spiritual crises
experienced by these men after they realized how
wrong they were are no less moving.
Ignazio Silon, who helped found the Italian
Communist Party, tells us: "The day I left the
Communist Party was a very sad one for me, it
was like a day of deep mourning, the mourning
"For I knew In my heart that I should never bo
able to write that way again, should never be
able to feel with that simple sharpness about
life, should never again express such passion
ate hope, should never again make so total a
commitment of faith."
It is because these men recognized their mis-
mfiphinac Ann
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tors are per- ior my iosi youin. . . n is not easy to iree oneseu lasen juugmeu. auu ". wua6
I fecting and at-j from an experience as intense as that of the under- what they no longer believed, that we as truth-
Irfr n more: ground organization of the Communist Party. Some- seeking students may well ponder their carefully
.i - i v J thint? of it remains and leaves n mark on the reasoned renunciation.
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nations, the lmn6 oi remains ana leaves a
Kremlin is;
forming1
new strategy.
Rosenquist
And we lay
men will not
learn of these
events for
many months
to come,
Letferip
Confusion . . .
Dear Editor;
In the furor over Dr. Anderson,
state and school.
First, wo must say that the whole nation was
invited. It was not an affair to which only cer
tain schools received invitations. And, secondly,
we must state that there was no concerted adver
tising done to solicit representatives from Ne
braska schools. The reader knows that there was
so publicity work done on this campus. Fur
thermore, each delegate paid his own expenses en
tirely. Now for some of the statistics: Of the 158
delegates who went to New York, 28 were from
the University. This Is IS per cent of the to
UL The state, representatives from four schools,
sent a total of 27 students or S7 per eent of the
total. Nebraska Wesleyan University sent 13,
Dean College sent 12 and four went from
Wayne State Teachers.
Of the six schools sending the most students,
-three were from Nebraska. Only Oberlin Col
lege, Oberlin, Ohio, which sent 14 students, and
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
and Guilford College, also In North Carolina, which
tied with Doane with 12 came close. This means
that these six schools sent 90 students and 53 of
these were Nebraskans. North Carolina came in
second with 24 representatives.
these figures to back up 'its contentions. We
explained, when we only knew that Nebraska
had sent a large number of the students, that
tills was an especially good sign because Ne
braska Is traditionally uninterested in world af
fairs Isolationistie. The old guard In Ne
braska polities has a tendency to be isolationis
tie, but the young- people seem to have a defin
itely forward-looking philosophy. In German,
they call It a weKanschaung (world out-look).
To The Nebraskan, indisputable proof of this
world feeling here in the depths of this great
country, is the turn out for the UN seminar. We
said that students from all over the country were
invited. Still, Nebraska sent the largest by far
the largest delegation. We also said that there
was no advertising campaign to solicit students to
go.
Furthermore, the Nebraska students traveled
the greatest distance. Schools In New York City
didn't send nearly a many students. The
greater majority of schools represented were
from the East. The fact that we had to go
the farthest meant that Nebraska students had
to spend more money en expenses. Still, we
sent the most representative. -
The Nebraskan thinks that University students
should be proud of this interest they have. It
All we are aware of now is that! there has been verv little obiec
"Djaughe" is pronounced "Joe tive, analytical thinking, or writ-
(reference made to comic strip jng. which might .bring some
L'il Abner). " lorder out of the confusion.
It is time to start looking ahead j In lhat connection, let me quote
to final exams. from The Daily Nebraskan of
Friday, Dec. 12. 1952. This is a
It is also time to protest against
NUBB
Tuesday
YW Community Tours Commit
tee meeting at 3 p.m. in Dining
room, Ellen Smith Hall.
YW Battle for Ballots Commit
tee meeting at 4 p.m. in Dining
issue there is an editorial by the
Associate Editor which makes
this statement:
"When a person has informa-
security nature, the Federal !Rm. Elle Smitt Halt
Bureau of Investigation is just
as easy to contact as the Amer
ican Legion. He would be as
sured, if be calls the FBI that
ties and other paraphernalia
sometimes received by college stu
dents as Christmas gifts.
Christmas present anti-sugges
tions for the college man:
1. Do not give ties. Most colte
gians like to pick out their own.
2. Do not give pajamas or un
derearments unless member of the
college man s immediate lamuy. :
3. Do not give magazine sub
scriptions. If you do, make sure
copies are sent to his campus
address; and If you do, don't ex
pect much. When he gets around
to reading it it will have that
grimy greasy look, Its pages
worn like those three-week-old
playing cards in a fraternity
card room. No, don't give maga
zine subscriptions.
4. No frilly stationery.
5. Forget about buying him an
automobile. The college student
would rather walk, (easy, easy.)
Letterip
Congratulations . . .
In all, there were 25 schools represented. Seven seems to be located mostly in our state D.P.
e.
TlaAqln TbiM
Unity Disappearing
Nearly one week ago we heard reports of the
water pitchers, two china plates and three china
cups.
Beware the revenge of youth.
A UF Honors
The All University Fund took the campus
spotlight bat week as it conducted Its an
nual asetion, elected an Activity Queen and its
officers for 1952-53. From all reports the taction
was highly successful. Winnie Stols deserves
the honor ef Activity Queen and the new offi
cers are all qualified to lead this organization.
The Daily Nebraskan would like to wish these
officers success with their work the coming
year. We hope that they continue the work be
gun by the 1152 officers to make ALT a charity-collecting-
organization, above student criticism.'
impending fissure in the Republican party because
of Senator Taft's unkind remarks about President
elect Eisenhower's appointment of Democrat Mar
tin Durkin to the post of Labor Secretary.
It would appear that the Democrat party is not
an exception to this type of intra- and inter-party
bickering that seems so prevalent these days.
President Truman blasted out angrily in press
conference, calling' Ike's trip to Korea "demagog
vvrf and belittling Mac Arthur's announcement
that he has a simple solution to the Korean war.
In this current maze of charge and counter
charge, it's no wonder that increasingly-frequent
tnisunderrtandingj move our world farther and
farther away from a lasting peace.
, Holiday Inn
The Union's traditions! Christmas party in
their large headquarters will take on a slightly
different than usual form Tuesday night Of
course, the usual Union activities will be in pro
cress but the Crib and the Round-uo will be
decorated and arranged to look like a Holiday Inn. tZJT?ZJ?
From the sounds of its plans, the Union will really T7 ,5J VaJSrSS" TZ
take on a Christmas Holiday atmo!phere-with ZfStZ ZJTZS ZLZTTZ JZTm TZZX
tnusie, games, lights and all the trimmings. " aar m m imamt w i ,. tm ow
Before or after Christmas shopping, night classes ESS Z XZSim 7TJIir?u ZZJZr
or on the way home from the library, the Union u.TZ!ZL Tl SLLTmTLmtM SLE
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Dear Editor:
In regard to the discussions in
the Student Council and among
students which have attended the
quotation from the Editor's edi-' fhance concerning his
YW Goals and Values on Cam
pus committee meeting at 5 p.m.
in Dining Room, Ellen Smith
Hall.
torial
"One person whom this writer
interviewed recently expressed
calmly and rationally the very
kind of thinking that began the
character - assassination of ,Dr.
Anderson. This person said it
was the Job of every man and
woman in this country to keep
their eyes and ears open for
anything related to Un-Americanism
and to report such
things to the constituted
authority."
"What, he suggested in es
sence, was a nation of spies.
What this kind of philosophy
would do to our country can
hardly be conceived."
Now on the same page of this
information would not be
thrown around carelessly for
the public to become alarmed
about"
Mr. Pieper concludes his edi
torial with this statement: "Only
official agencies can and should
be trusted with reputations."
These comments illustrate the1
conflicting points of view. Miss
Raymond believes that to report!
to "constituted authorities" will!
make us a nation of spies. While, 4:15
on tne other hand, Mr. Pieper be
lieves that to report to "official
agencies" is a desirable action.
Surely objectivity is to be de
sired until the facts about this
situation are known.
BILL L. MORRIS
KNUS
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Purple Grotto
Holiday Inn
Rhythm and Rhyme
Sports Parade
Sunny Side of The Street
A Student Views the News
This I Believe
World of Wax
News
Sign Off r
Powder Room I'Jalls Defaced
)y Lipstick of Wyoming Coeds
A male student at the Uni
versity of Wyoming was re
cently confronted with too
many kisses but all in the
wrong place.
In a dissertation by this dis-
proposal to outlaw ticket ballot- turued student on the condition
ing. we should like to point to of the girls powder room in the
an example of proof that the pro
forming the students of the
proper reply to every classroom
situation.
The paper reads:
When you are given an ob
jective test: "It dosn't let you
express yourself;
to express ourselves."
When detailed material Is
presented: "What's the use?
You forget It after the exami
nation anyway."
When general principles are
presented: "What did we learn?
posal would not affect the profits
of organizations sponsoring an ac
tivity.
The All University Fund auc
tion was held a week ago. This
is the third auction at which
AUF has presented an Activity
Queen. In previous years the
queen has been selected by ticket
ballot of those attending the auc
tion. This year, the queen was
selected by a board of judges
composed of Joan Hanson, Syvia
Krasne, Don Noble, Rev. Rex
Knowles, Mrs. Virginia Trotter.
Charles S. Miller and Frank M.
Ho 1 fFretn
camp union, he was obviously w lZ&i
appauea ai me nunureos oi up-i ii u,. .. ... .
stick imprints on the walls spaced! It notJalr
How can he pos-
When you are given an essay !w knew all that before we took
test: "It's too vague. You don't tne course."
Education majors will have ev
ery opportunity to change col-
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A 18-year-old Lincoln youth who sought re- " rplfTf,..
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r-sui authorities declined to look for a $4 lighter PZ2?$?Z,
which 1 9 lest la his room is being held for grand " - . . 'JHtTKtEZ'ZZ.
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The youth admitted taking 238 pieces of silver S-SmJI
sh 1 cliina from the Broadmoor. Included In the fSJSSmm "l" CjIEI
I -A were 57 teaspoons, 67 dinner knives, 77 forks. TV T Um nrHi, ri mm
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i Kup n$mn, three sugar bowls, two silver ' Cmut a, Mm rm, cam twn. aa our,
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Caartatu Im iukm, V1 Wright, MT
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aia BJciaarw jaaay varaua, Bart Brava, Taaj Saakat,
HawarS Vaaa, Baa Sara, Gary Fraaaaa.
from the ceiling to the floor.
Although he didn't say how
he gained entrance to the room,
he did voice two possible real
sons for the artistic adornment
either the women were "nn
dersexed or mentally unbal
anced," or they were rebelling
against the males by Imparting
their most "spine-chilling
smootch upon the cold, damp
surface of a rest room wall."
A poll, at Smith College, Mass.,
revealed that sonhomores cut
According to Harriet Wenke. more classes than the other stu
chairman of special events for dents. Fifty-eight percent of the
AUF, this year's auction drew class cut at least once a week.
more people than any previous Maybe the sochs feel the ne-
acution, the ticket sales were,cessity of cutting so they will not
greater than ever and the auction be accused of adhering to the fol-
added $1,000 to the fund. (lowing item from the Varsity
To us, this appears proof that News, University of Detroit:
slbly Judge what we know?"
When every part of the subject
is taken up in class: "Oh, he just
follows the book."
When you are asked to study
a part or the subject by your
self: "Why we never even
discuss it."
When the course is in lecture
form: "We never get a chance
leges during mid-semester.
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ticket balloting is not essential
to the success of a campus event.
If the event is worthy of patron
age, students will attend it. It
is not necessary to have an elec
tion by ticket in order to draw
crowds and make an event profitable.
We take this means to congrat-
I serve a purpose in this
school, on which no man can
frown I quietly sit in every
class and keep the average
down.
KU and K State have each re
ceived an offer of $100,000 for
the development of educational
uiate AUF for taking a means tplvlsinn frnm ih vn nt ahh
other than the ticket ballot to se-j Education, a subsidiary of the
nec-i me iciivuy uevn ana ior i Ford Foundation. The offer pro
proving that ticket balloting does' vides that both institutions must
not necessarily spell the only road'add $200,000 each before Jan. 31.
v success ror an event,
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BACKERS OF PROPOSAL TO lnc proiessors just can t win
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Investigation . . .
To the Student Council-
After due consideration.
would like to recommend that the
Student Council establish an Un-
American Activities Committee to
investigate the Activities of the
American Legion. We hope to in
crease our membership too.
KAPPA BETA PI.
Women's National Legal
Fraternity
Caroling Party Tuesday
All students are Invited to the
annual Red Cross Caroling Party,
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The group will meet on the
Union steps and proceed by a
chartered bus to the Veteran's
Hospital and the State Hospital. ,
especially at San Diego College
where a bulletin was posted in-
Incomo Tax Course
To Start Thursday
A farm income tax short
course will start Thursday in the
Animal Husbandry halL
This course is designed to study
and explain the new laws pertain
ing to the farmers income tax re
turns. It is especially open to in
dividuals who help to make the
returns out for the farmers. It
will include special subjects such
as sales of farm real estate, farm
auctions and inventory of iive
jtock. The Agricultural Economics de
partment is in charge of the pro
gram. A fee of $3 will be charged
for the short course. i
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