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in answer to
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Is There A Santa?
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The lol!nv:i!;jj filitornil
in Tlu- NV.v Voj k Suii
little cirl's IcHeT S ! of fhr
little girl';: friends had spread fimil.t abi.ul thf
existence of Santa Claus. The Sun's answer,
printed below, is The Nebraskati's Chrtstma?
prpetiup to the student body.)1
:ittni:i lisrht "V.'ith which ciuMiiooci nils rne
worl'l would be extinsuisliod.
Ts'ot be-lifve in S:mtii CIjiuh! You might
1 as well not believe in fairies! You might get
! your papa to hire men to watch in all the
1 chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa
Claus. but even if they did not see Santa
. . -- . jtJlaus coming down what would that prove .
irgima. your little friends are wrong. i.jc0bodv sees Santa Claus. but that is no
They have been affected by the skepticism - sign thai there is no Santa Claus. The most.
!of' a skeptical ace. Thev do not believe rer- real things m the world are those thai
cepl they sec." They think that nothing can
wnicii is noi coinprcnens.oie oy ineir , ..... th.,tv nrofjf tha, thpv
little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether ;are not there, Nobodv can conceive or
thev be mens' or children's, are little. In imagine all the wonders there are unseen
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this great universe of ours man is a merelanfl unseeable in the work..
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bisect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared ' 1 l!u ear, "I'"1 uie au . ''t"" aua
with the boundless world about him, as,.. vci1 pn,7C,,.ino. tt. ..n,, .vnrifj
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raeasurea oy uie indulgence capnuie oi not Ule Wrongest man, nor even the united
grasping ine wnoie oi trutn ana Knowieagc.
neither children nor men can see. Did you
ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of
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Y'es, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainlv as love and gener
osity and devotion exist, and you know that
they abound and give to vour life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be
the world if there .were no Santa Claus! Iti
;would be as drearv as if there were no
Virginias. There would be no childlike faith
then, no poetry, no romance to make toler
able this existen.ee. We should have no en
joyment, except in sense and sight. Theilad the heart of childhood.
strength of all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, love, romance, can push aside that
curtain and view the picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah,
Virginia, in all this world there is nothing
else real and abiding.
No "Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives.
Snd he lives forever. A thousand years from
ow. Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand
ears from now. he will continue to make
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5 P tn. Friday.
KNUS will be back on the
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February.
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Vacation
Christmas vacation at the
University officially begins at
12 noon Saturday. Classes will
resume on Monday, Jan. 5, at
8 a.m.
Vole oi a Grxrf MMwitrn Uniyrilfy
VOL. 52 No. 65
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Friday, December 19, 1952
PetotooBi U Pet einie
DirsDGira 01 K
AX student Council-sponsored i have told The Nebraskan that
petition will be circulated between
Jan5 and 10 to determine stu
dent opinion on the sale of class
room supplies in the University
operated Regents Book Store.
The Council action was taken,
Council officials told The Nebras
kan Thursday, in response to a
petition circulated to merchants
In 34 Nebraska communities re
questing that supply sales be dis
continued. Trurlnj vacation Council
workers will prepare the sta
etrnt petitionsdrawn up at a
Thursday meeting between a
three-member Council commit
tee and Dean of Student Affairs,
J,T. Colbert and the Chneel
U . administrative awls tan t.
Bruce Nicoll for distribution
before organized house meet
ings Jan. 5.
The Board of Regents and Uni
versity administrative ornciais
By ULA WANEK
staff Writer
THree student nurses were very
late in getting back to the hospital
ortrnight. As they were slipping
Ini-iiiey met three internes coming-out.
,Shh," they said, "we've
been out after hours."
"Shh," replied the internes,
"wt'lfe going out after ours."
"Ted: My girl doesn't under
stand me. Does yours?
jew; : &n't know. I never
heard her mention your name.
Alter a long and bitter areu
mc-nr hi unman screamed. You
weael, you! You used to say
iAnd now," her husband rc
tortpn, "I understand why I
flunked geography all the way
through grade w:hool!"
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lrlver: Ikw far is it to the
aeii filling utatlon?
-IHirmer: Two miles as te
eA) tf1i
-Iirlver: Well, how far is It If
Uie J darned crow has to walk
m-puh a flat tire?
local
they will fight for the continu
ance of supply sales only if the
study body want them to.
If a majority of the student
body signs the petition, the Stu
dent Council, officials said, will
consider it a mandate from the
students to oppose the request to
discontinue the sale of supplies.
The Council petition reads:
"We. the undersigned students
of theTJniversity of Nebraska re
quest that the University of Ne
braska Board of Regents continue
the sale of classroom supplies in
the Regents book store operated
by the University.
"We alm believe the sale of
such supplies for classroom use
is in the best interest of the
University student body and is
compatible with the broad
philosophy that a University
should perform such services as
will assist as In securing a uni
versity education.'
According to preliminary plans,
the petitions will be circulated to
all organizations not Just organ
ized houses. A booth in the Union
is also being considered.
The Junior-Senior Class Board
has offered the Council its help in
circulation and certification of the
petitions.
The Council request, In a
letter to organization president,
that signed petitions be returned
to the Student Council mailbox
in the Union basement by noon
Wednesday, Jan. 7. The Council
will make further plan at Its
regular 4 p.m. meeting that
Wednesday.
All Officials involved stressed
that the ptltioin was merery an
attempt to find student opinion
and did not mean that students
would have to buy supplies at the
Regents store.
One administrative official said,
"It is merely a question of prin
ciple. The Regents store, he said,
is a convenience, not a bargain
counter.
The Council committee studying
the problem includes Jan Steffen,
Bob Peterson and Connie Gordon.
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Faculty Club Dance
Scheduled Friday
The Faculty Dance Club will
hold a Christmas dinner dance in
the Union Friday at 6:30 p.m.
The dinner, held in Parlors ABC,
will be preceded by a short busi
ness meeting.
The dance will begin at 8 p.m.
in the Ballroom. A Scandinavian
theme will be carried out in the
decorations.
The dance club is composed of
about 70 couples from the Uni
versity faculty. The club holds a
dance once eacn montn.
La ni era f
!nmaiirs 1 ll ate
Part In IfMCA Panel
'ecRisvTQiri
on Ssf
01 ilnci S
Upperclassmen Urged To Present
Grade Slips To Speed Up Process
Freshmen may draw registra-, Hoover says he expects most
SiNU Faculty
Plans Annua!
Art Display
tion numbers starting Thursday,
Jan. 8 in the Military and Naval
Science Building drill hall.
The sooner freshmen students
pick up their numbers, the lower
registration number they will re
ceive and the earlier they will be
able to register for second semes
ter classes. Upperclassmen will
register according to the number
of hours earned as of Sept. 1.
The dates for registration are
Jan. 12, 13, 14, and IS, Jan. 16
will be set aside for students
with "special problem'' con
cerning registration, according
to Dr. Floyd W. Hoover, direc
tor of Registrations and Records.
Dr, Hoover urge upperclass
men to bring copies of their grade
slips, the ones received by stu
dents last summer, as this win
speed registration "considerably."
Studend who do not have
these grade record with them
will have to wait while their
total number of hours credit 1
checked. Student with 9 hoar
credit and above may register
starting at 8 a.m. Jan. 12. Dr.
Library's Vacation
Hours Announced
All books checked out of Love
Library after noon, Friday, win
Ote day the
The annual Faculty Art Show
will be held in Morrill Hall Jan. 9
to Feb. 8. This Is the first time the
'faculty art show has been held
ihta atnmiR for two vears.
i Faculty members participating day of regular classes after Christ-
in the show are: Leroy Hurket,mas vacation, mis memoes hours
iGale Butt, Irf-nfred L. Keiler.lordinarily overnights or two-hour
preacher, Walter Meigs, Kathcrine Nash, 'reserves only.
seniors to have completed regis
tration by the end of the first
day, with Juniors, sophomore,
and freshmen following In
order.
Students will pay their fees on
Jan. 27, 28, and 29 using an alpha
betical scheme yet to be worked
out.
Graduate school registration
will be hefd Jan. 30 to Febr. 7.
New students placement tests will
be given on Jan. 28 and 29 with
registration on Jan. 30. The dead
line for paying fees and adding
courses is Febr. 21.
Y's Sponsor
Family Type
Yule Service
American Legion members who have recently attacked a book, "State of Asia,"
used in History 102 and the instructor, Prof. E. N. Anderson, will appear in a panel
at an open meeting in Love Library at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8.
The YMCA is sponsoring the hearing at which Legionnaires will present their
case, then be questioned by the audience, tf the Jan. 8 meeting does not clear up the
matter the YM plans additional l j jj " m
IForum Pronosecf To Discuss
The decision to call the hear-; i
American Legion's Charges
An open forum to discuss re-1 tee.
cent charges concerning the Amer- Kllleen said at present the
lean Legion and the University
was proposed Thursday by John
Killeen, co-chairman of Lincoln
Public School Legislative Council.
Kllleen suggested that the
forum deal with the charges of
Joe Vinardi of the Omaha
American Legion Post's un
American activities committee
and Terry Carpenter, state senator-elect
from Keottsbluff, pro
testing the use of the book, "The
State of Asia," in a University
history course.
The book was published by the
Institute of Pacific Relations, now
unHr invpsticatinn aa a Pnmmn-
This freedom is not license, the mist front Arraniz.-tt.inn hv th Sen-
pr elude to anarchy, but con-Mc internal security sub-commit-,
fellowship. Men should not de
prive one another of the freedom
God has granted to each of us.
Christians also cherish America's
democratic heritage because of its
great concern for the individual.
And they feel freedom of speech
and inquiry are essential to the
maintenance of democracy.
''Because Christians believe In
the right of Individuals to search
for the truth, they are con
cerned when hysteria and fear
shot off free inquiry on college
campuses.''
ing came after YM Cabinet passed
a resolution saying that "In the
search for truth the University
faculty and students must exam
ine all sides of an issue, test exist
ing theories and explore new hor
izons." Earlier a statement made by
the Committee on Effective Citi
zenship of the National Student
YMCA and YWCA in effect sanc
tioned such action.
The statement " Christian
concern over the abridgement of
academic freedom stems from
the belief that freedom of choice
is a right given to man by God
for the fulfillment of personality.
forum is "just an idea" but that
more positive action will be
taken on It after the Christmas
holidays. He named Vinardi and
"the members of the Lincoln
committee" Roy Sheaff, Don
ald Wood and John Slothower
as persons he would like to
have on a panel to which ques
tions would be put by member
of the Lincoln school system and
other interested persons.
The'purpose of the forum would
be to find out "just what's in their
craw," Killeen said. He said he
would bring the plan before the
Legislative Council after the holi
days for their approval and recommendations.
The llnlverxltv YM and YWCA
presented a family service entitled,
"The Night Before Christmas,"
the Union Ballroom Thursday.
Guest sneaker for the service
was Dr. W. A. Cross, pastor of
the University Episcopal chapeL
Rev. Richard Gary, director of
Cotner Ilonse gave the pra.er.
The traditional scripture of the
Christmas story was read.
The spotlight rested on the Na
tivity Scene, constructed by a Pan-
not be due until Jan. 8, the first hellenlc committee, as Kitty Wil- Fridav
Beerman sang "Silent Night" and
Eght To Lead
Teachers High
Band, Chorus
P.M. Headlines
By SALLY ADAMS
Staff Writer
'Civil Defense Needs Inadequate'
NEW YORK President -Elect Eisenhower, after meeting with
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, was told that if war were to come tomor
row, the country would not be ready to meet the civil defense needs.
The substance of the report, made by state defense director,
was announced In a press conference by Lt. Gen. Henry L. Larsen
of Denver, president of the National Association of State Civil De
fense Directors.
Ike, Dulles, MacArthur Confer
NEW YORK Eisenhower met with Gen. MacArthur to discuss
peace not only in Korea, but in the world in general."
The meeting occurred three days after Ike had returned from
his trip to Korea. John Foster Dulles, secretary of state-designate,
also attended.
Both Eisenhower and MacArthur called the meeting satisfactory
and an opportunity to resume their old friendship.
Siamese Twin Regains Consciousness
CHICAGO One of the Siamese twins, separated Wednesday In
uUTWvi a hnm,. where a little glrllriavid Sevier. Tom Sheffield,
livwd, She didn't know he was; fren Spaulding and Peter Worth.
thCT'trwhen she made an entrance! "Visitors from Minnesota" Art
with a dead rat in her hand. ShejShow will be held here Jan. 16 to
didn't see him as her mother Feb. 15. This exhibition rronv
S iMfnnesota will Include the work;
"Don't 'be afraid, Mother, naldiof University of Minnesota faculty.!
ihif cttrl. "It's dead. We beat hi ,!ln return, an exhibition of art
and bashed him, and stomped him j work by wrtally wlll be nre
.;ti caaJu. .h muvj the ed at the University of Mlnne-!
un oiiiioriiijr . . ,":r.: ' . ..., 1U.! "VLHrtrel
i,.t tailor, ntm'snra. 11 win i' ,f.i.,., ,.,...
preacher--"till, till
ifrom Nebraska."
Vacation library hours will be:
Sat., Dec." 20 0 a.m. to noon.
Moti., Dec. 228 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tues., Dec, 23 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 248 a.m. to noon.
Thurs. through Sat. closed.
Mon., Dec. 298 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 308 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 318 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 1 closed.
Fri., Jan. 28 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 38 a.m. to noon.
ers High annual Christmas as
sembly in the Union Ballroom at
The chorus will be led by Mar-
iorie Danly, Phoebe Dempster,
Janice Fulleiton, Nancy Norman
and Jack Wejk. In charge of the
"White Christmas."
Faculty members from the
Spanish department and group
of students from the German
and French departments pre-
..( J .,j1tH,. ,nil Aarnla In
those languages. singing Friday morning in the
The program was introduced by,na,ls of Teachers High.
Doris Carlson, president of YWCA I The assembly will leature, be
Pat Graham and Dirk Marrs were side band and chorus, several
co-chairmen of t he event. I high school vocalists and small
Following the program the1 musical groups. Climaxing Christ
group gang carols and refrcsh-imas festivities will be the annual
merits were served. I party Friday night.
Eight University seniors, stu
dent teachers in Teachers College
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If the twins survive, it will be the first successful operation of
its kind in history. The boys were Joined at the top of their heads,
with their feet pointing in opposite directions. '
Crosby Clarifies Property Levy Stancl
LINCOLN Gov.-Elert Robert Crosby clarified his pledge to cut
NhrU;i' lAM nrnnprtv tax livv and Gov. Val Peterson said his
band will be Robert Chab, Wes- own attitude toward the scheme would be "revealed in my budget
ley Reist and Kathryn Robsin. luggage"
The students will also direct carol, nt,ini r ' L r - J . tlTH
SEOUL United Nations fighter-bombers smashed huge Com
munist troop concentration 20 miles south of the North Korean cafi
tal of Pyongyang Thursday.
At least 70 buildings were destroyed and 30 were damafed la
the four-wing attack. American Sabrejets shot down one MiG-15
Communist jet and damaged another in the fourth straighl air balua
along the Manchurian border.
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