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Tuesday, January 6, 1953
EDITORIAL PAGE
It's Up To Us
If you, as students at this University, enjoy
the convenience of buying supplies at the Regents
Book Store, you wilj have a chance during the next
few days to tell the administration so. State busl
nessmen, sparked by private book store opera
tors, have petitioned the Board of Regents to dis
continue the sale of classroom supplies at the
University store. The Regents and top adminis
trative officials have indicated that they will fight
this movement only if the student body wants
the sale of supplies to continue.
la aa effort to find student pinion en this
. subject, the Student Council has drawn up a
petition of Its ewa which It Is now circulating.
A student's signature oa this petition Indicates
that he feels that the sale of supplies ts a con
venlenee and worth continuing. If more
than half of the student body alms the Coun
cil's petitions, the Regents and the adtntnistra
1 tlon will consider it a mandate to fight for the
continuation of supply sales.
During your Christmas mail you received some
literature on this subject urging that you know
' the facts. Unfortunately, this literature did not
give you any facts to know. It was distributed
I by the lawyers and businessmen backing the move
ment to stop supply sales.
The main arguments of the opposition seem to
center around the principles of free enterprise
competing with tax - supported enterprise. The
whole argument appears to go under the assump
tion that the Regents store operates at a loss which
Is made up by tax funds. It is not fair, these op
ponents explain, for such a store to compete with
private Institutions who do not have access to tax
funds for subsidization. Further than this, oppo
nents have said that the Regents store operates,
constantly, at a loss.
Even so, the opponents are more worried about
the principle of the matter In which a University
store sells the same things which a private store
tells.
To the rery best of The Nebraskan's know
ledge, these are the main arguments the busi
nessmen give. The students actively engaged in
fighting the businessmen's petition counter with
the following arguments. They say that, ether
information te the contrary, the Regents store
does not operate at a loss it never has. Fur
thermore, If it did, the deficit would not be mad
up by tax funds. Bob Stewart, manager ef the
store, admits that if the Regents Book Store did
have to use tax funds, there would be positively
no Justification for Its existence. But, since no
tax funds are used, Stewart maintains, as do
. many ether Individuals, there is a perfect right
for such a store. Prices at Regents have been
- fixed lew enough but not so low that a legiti
mate profit cannot still be made that they have
forced private prices down to a reasonable level.
This has been true all down the line. The Uni
versity store Is designed to stay eut of the red,
not make huge profits.
The University, furthermore, feels justified in
fighting for the continuance of supply sales be'
cause of a law passed by the legislature requiring
the existence of a Regents Book Store -on our
campus. The University interprets this law to
mean that anything students need in their class
room activities may be sold at the Regents store
Certainly history paper, maps for geography
classes, pencils, graph paper and blue books fit
Into that category. The school is not trying to
bend any laws so it can continue its store. Of
ficials have assured Nebraskan staff members that
they do not run the store for any reason other
than to provide a service to the students. Uni
versity authorities, including the school's lawyer
believe sincerely that the sale of supplies fits
into the legal framework of the state.
Stewart told a Daily, Nebraskan staff mem
ber Monday that there were only two sides to
the controversy as he saw it. Either you are
In favor of the existence of a University Book
Store or you aren't He could not see how it
would be illegal te sell supplies and legal to
sell books. It seemed to Stewart that those who
said that they opposed supply sales were In
consistant unless they also opposed the sale of
books.
It has been brought out by several students
that the competition offered to the classroom sup
ply business by Regents Book Store Is no greater
than the competition the Crib offers local soda
fountains or the Union-sponsored shows offer lo
cal movie theaters. If private enterprise starts
in, there will be no University printing service.
The dairy husbandry department furnishes milk
for University use private enterprise would fur
nish it otherwise.
It seems as if the number of services the Uni
versity now has which compete in some manner
with private business is larger than anyone real
izes. Perhaps the lawyers and businessmen are
working for a complete freedom from University
competition. They must be working for some
thing more than just stopping supply sales. At
least it hardly seems possible that the money
lost in competition with Regents could equal that
spent to get the petition before the Board of
Regents. The group had business men in 34
Nebraska communities sign their petition quite
an expensive proposition. Then, they sent let
ters during Christmas vacation to all University
students the stamps alone make quite a sum.
Whether or not you sign the Council petition,
think about the situation thoroughly. D.P.
Lefterip
Congratulations . . .
Dear Editors:
Recently Mr. Elmer Davis, out
standing Mutual Broadcasting
System commentator, devoted sev
eral minutes of a broadcast to
a discussion of the "communist"
issue in your Department of. His
tory. He said that the editor of
the student paper a young lady,
I believe courageously and ef
fectively supported the faculty
The views expressed by columnists and letter
writers on this page do not particularly represent fj)
the views of the Daily Nebraskan. kV
AWS Point System Improved
By Complete Revision In 1951
By SHIRLEY MURPHY
Staff Writer
campus who are capable of re- hour. The revised system gives
sponsibility. j coeds two extra hours in which
A lire knnuJ AMV..r. nAneiiUiwI A u,.r 1m ."tiiHao
Why is there an activity pointWith presldentg and set up a ten- AWS board does not feel its
system? I tative point system. The group de-1 SyStem is infallible. Sue Holmes,
rresiciem 01 major campus or- termineu xnai eacn siuuem " ws point system chairman, re-
mfmbr T shot iM like tft extend ,,. nr.. .v.o ,wv. w.. approximately 22 hours for par- nnrt tha avatem in nnnimllv rev
my strongest congratulations and! . tj f Assoclated women 1 t!c'Patlon ln extra-curricular ac-jviewed and revised by each new
Liviut's. v I aiAsi ri" t-n netur Ai0,nt,.
sincere gratitude for your action.
If you have available copies of
your editorial and of other mate
rial relating to the case, I should
much appreciate receiving a re
print. As you no doubt have learned
by now, fools are always numer
ically predominent; and today
they seem to be in the ascen
dancy. I am happy that you have
Students to revise the seldom-used
point system in the spring of 51.
The old point system allowed
women students a maximum of
20 points as determined by
AWS.
With a point system, campus
hnarrl and now ni-paniva.
A school week of five days com tlonal presidents.
tains 120 hours.
T it. - .. niLUllllCIIUl VI I 'Will 13 la uuiiv
If the average woman carries u. .u. '..
15 scholastic hours, allowing two consumi ni and aVe also nald
hours 7ftteejetaS SriteSnffi
period she then has 75 hours for, measure of prtstge anJ, wint
activities. Uk.u. .;;( ic nAmt-ft hi..
However, in a five-day week,' Vi m I .7!
nors.
Sorority offices vary by chap-
and intellectual ideals
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM R. ALLEN.
We Tata Issue . . .
Dear Editor:
Wt wish to take issue with the
petition recently circulated by a
Nebraska pressure group calling
for the abolition of the sale of
supplies by the Regents Book
Store. We feel that the students
of the University should have
such service as the bookstore pro
vides and its very existence is
not only beneficial to them but
is also a safeguard of their privi
leges. We feel that this abolition
of service might pave the way to
further curtailment of University
provided services.
This is the crux of the
matter. Private enterprise mlskt
forseeably supplant any of the
valuable services provided by
the University. In this cate
gory could be Included such
benefits as tlu Corn Crib, the
Union cafeteria, the Student
Health Service, concerts, the
sale of milk and ejrrs by Uni
versity departments, movies,
and various other recreational
facilities.
ter in amount of work necessary
and are difficult to point. Re
sponsible offices in religious
groups, nonoraries ana profes-
AWS have that broad a cover
age?
Freshman workers often do
more time consuming work in
more organizations than anyone
' , " ,T t . I approximately 10 hours are re
organizations would have in-qufred for cing. 8o for sieeping;
orr-ncori f finiAnnv )ipnueA nffiorc wAVVxa KAonAnciKUifiaia wA
SSta eltffi8 deals' "iwould have time to devote proper chapter, peelings, etc.; five for
attention to their duties. i persona, auues, turn Bl .ui uv-
Individual students would bene-, ng: .,,. u , hn,,rm nr
fit through careful selection of .tivities. The point system is con-'sionals should perhaps be pointed
extra-curricular activities and'structed with each activity point' iiU"cr?;ase 'f"cfency' But Bhoul(
niorJ roughly equaling two Hours spent
F.ww v. ... -v -;in activity work The maximum
ship by not overloading them-number pf points a student should
seives. hold is therefore li.
Activitv offices would be better, And undet the 20 points sys-
distributed among students on tern, each point represented one else. They would be difficult to
point Decause meir responsibility
is optional as a worker rather
than a board member or execu
tive. No, the point system is not In
fallible. It tries to aid organiza
tions and Individuals alike by
getting the maximum quality and
quantity of work for both.
AWS tries to be familiar with
the nature of all activities.
Through the appeal board, AWS
tries to determine any unjustifi
catlons which the system might
impose upon an Individual.
The point system has its merits
as well as demerits. And the
AWS board which sponsors and
operates the system continually
tries to Improve It "
Since every woman on campus
is a member of Associated Women
Students, it is her duty to help
the board help the system.
Read tomorrow about the ap
peal board and its functions dur
ing the year, December, 1951 to
1952.
Preface
(ostein's 'Silver Chalice'
Duplicates 'Black Rose'
Barbara Dillman
Lincoln To Washington
Monday evening's city paper announced two,
additions to the new Eisenhower administration
T both well-known to Lincolnites and Nebraskans,
Although the exact nature of the job has not
- been announced at this writing, our governor, a
fervent Eisenhower supporter even before the
general decided to run, has received an "important
assignmnt" And J. Lee Rankin, Lincoln attor
ney, has been appointed U. S. assistant attorney
general in charge of executive adjudications.
With Herbert Brewnell also in Washington
erring aa Attorney General, there are three Ne
braskans algh in the new administration a sit
uation which has net existed for a good many
yean. It Is interesting to note that each of
these three influencial men received a University
ef Nebraska education.
The Rankin apopintment was made by Brow
i nelL an ex-editor of your Daily Nebraskan. Ac-
cording to news dispatches, Rankin will prepare
all presidential orders and proclamations as well
as supervising all United States legal relations
with the United Nations. This is a man-sized job
in anybody's book.
There is nothing so definite about the Peter
sen appointment. According to Peterson, The
general asked me to accept an important as
sirnment In his administration. I accepted and
he will make the announcement In the near fu
ture." Lincoln Journal research Indicates the
possibility that the rovernor might return to In
dia where he served during Werld War II with
the Air Force. S.nce the present ambassador
to India is a Democrat, Chester Bowles, there
is a definite possibility that Peterson might re
place him. However, at this point such talk is
merely speculation.
These three men will be making important
decisions involving the future of our nation. They.
like yourselves, received their education at our
University. D.P.
C h a 1 i c e."
think Costain
should have
quit writing af
ter he wrote
"The Black
Rose." Maybe I
Why should the University pro- s h o u 1 d have
..Ms Kao Clnt.nl. OU1I r B 8 O lfiB
could be deprived of invaluable Costain aiterl
nartlrinatlnn In tho nptivifiM nf read "The
their University, activities which! Black Rose."
fnrm nn 1ntn"tfral nnrt of eolleee' The books
I am probably the only person t the Christians, many disasters fe
i ever iaiK 10 who uuesu i
"The Silver
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V- ;.sJ
life. In some instances these ac
tivities are closely coordinated
with actual classroom work. Pri
vate enterprise could provide any
of these services but without as
much student participaiton.
The student body and faculty
form a unique community, one
not intended to be incorporated
into the city of Lincoln, and it is
quite proper for the University
community to be entirely self
supporting in so far as services
of this nature are concerned. We
certainly do not wish to malign
private enterprise, but we feel
that the private stores should gain
most of their income from the
citizenry of Lincoln and should
not cling parasitically to the
University.
In conclusion, we feel that
the University is obligated to
provide such services and could
do so more satisfactorily and
with larger student participa
tion. Private enterprise very
conceivably might Jeopardize
such a satisfactory situation. We
shonld look askance at any ef
fort, no matter how trifling,
to deprive us of these benefits.
SincereljL
JAMES HEWITT
ROCKFORD YAPP
are the same Dillman
as far as substance Is concerned.
The hero in "The Silver Chalice"
is Basil, a young, honorable sil
versmith from Antioch. He has
lost his inheritance through the
skullduggery of his foster un
cle. Basil is commissioned by
Joseph of Arlmathea through
Luke the Physician to create a
silver chalice to hold the cup
used by Jesus at the Last Sup
per. Because of the ill feeling toward
like, fall our hprn. hut fvprvthinu turns
out well in the end, as you know
it will from the beginning.
There is a hint of a moral con
flict within Basil as he must de
cide between Helena, sensual and
evil assistant to Simon the Ma
gician, and righteous, faithful
Deborah. Knowing Costain and
Basil, you don't need to read the
book to find out whom he chooses.
Costain's characters are all
either black or white. He dis
plays no psychological insight,
no special technique In writing,
no concern with significant
ideas. In qnite of it all he's
makin; money, so who am I to
depreciate his work?
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Difficult Choice
It looks as if members of the YWCA both city
end Ag and the Home Ec Club are going to have
'eighty choices to make when they vote for presi
Jents and other officers. The candidates Connie
dark, Lura Ann Harden and Barbara Spilker for
Home Ec Club; Barb Raun and Neala O'Dell for
city YW; and Barb Crowe and Mary Ellen Mar
snde for Ag YW all seem like excellent choices
for the bead positions. The rest of the slates
also show that outstanding coeds are showing in
. terest in the offices of YW and Home Ec Club.
The Daily Nebraskan congratulates each ef
the candidate: and, ef coarse, says "May the
best woman win," bat they all sound like good
bets.
Learn To Lead
The Lincoln Junior Chamber of Commerce, in
conjunction with the University Extension Divi
sion, will launch a commendable plan Tuesday,
a Jan. 13, when It sponsors the first of six eve
ning sessions in leadership training. Enrollment
in the course will be limited to 20. The Ne
braskan hopes that there are enough interested
students so that other similar courses will be
planned.
Along the same line, several students have ex
pressed regret that the speech department no
longer offers a course in. parliamentary procee
flure. Elected But Not Elected
The city of Mitchell has been wondering
whether it will ever have the mayor it elected.
The mayor and a councilman were elected by
the voters but both failed to file letters of
acceptance. The city council therefore allowed
the present mayor to retain his office. Last week
the mayor resigned and the council president took
ever the position.
; This week the county attorney threatened to
sue the entire council if it did not seat the men
elected to tfie disputed positions.
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Purges,, Purges, Purges
Behind the Iron Curtain it appears as though
the fellows are cleaning house. First, there was
Czechoslovakia where former top government of
ficials admitted some pretty astounding plots j
against the Communist system and against Sta
lin. Now East German Communist leaders seem
to be starting a little purge of their own. And
the strongest part of it is that observers predict
that former Soviet Zone propaganda chief Gerhart
Eisler is high on the list. Eisler escaped from
the United States a few years ago under bond,
but under less threat than now seems to be hang
ing over his head.
0'it of the frying pan into the fire, some folks
say.
Jim (Daily Yl&hJutsJuuL
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