Wednesday, January 14, 1953
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They Vote Today
"Finalists for arty campus election shall be
chosen without the use ol a ticket prerequisite."
This one sentence will undergo Student Council
vote this afternoon as an amendment to the Coun
cil by-laws. It was presented at last week's meet
ing in the acceptable form of a by-law and, ac
cording to Council law, must be acted upon to
day. A committee headed by Dean Linscott will
rive its report, at this meeting, on hearings held
for Individ sals and organisations affected by the
proposed amendment The results of Llnscott't
committee report will undoubtedly affect the
consequent vote.
Several groups and persons have been cham-
campus that required the purchase of a ticket
for voting requirement At the beginning of the
proposal, we firmly believed in the principal of
the entire movement Then the issue began
clouded with traditional debate and it looked like
a compromise would be the only method of solv
ing the situation created by avid believers and
opponents of the plan.
When the matter boiled down, it looked like
members of Kosmet Klub were the only real
opponents of the anti-ticket-balloting plan. This
writer, at least now can see no benefit of a
compromise In the offering. The by-law, as re
written and thoroughly discussed, seems to cover
the situation well.
If the Council sees fit to adopt the by-law
pioning action of this sort for quite some timev amendment many, many errors in many campus
The entire matter started when 24 women's or-
ganizations signed petitions to rid the campus of
7 ticket-balloting which included a Jan. 1 boy--ott
clause. From that time to this, the Council,
!I feeling that they must be fair, has conducted
hearings for the persons involved and the back--ers
of this movement have put their request into
r legal form.
The Daily Nebraskan would like to put in its
-final plea for acceptance of this plan. We have
, stated time and time again our reasons for want
ing the Council to rule out all elections on the
organizations will be cleared up not Just for this
year, but for as many years as the present con
stitution and by-laws stand. It will take time
but if ticket-balloting is ruled out, our campus
elections will regain some of their lost prestige.
To the individual members of the Student
Council, The Nebraskan asks that you rote in
favor of this amendment It has been judi
ciously and thoughtfully worked out Its long
range advantages are obvious. It will be an act
of progress in the annals of student government
R.R,
Mystery Story
mmr ill s-
"It's a disgrace to think a book could be missing for 3 years
Put a tracer en it and phone my office immediately on any in
formation and furthermore
If you like mysteries, the type that withhold
the solution until the very last minute, you'll
get a big kick out of the appointment our ex
governor is supposed to have received from the
president-elect
Although be didn't wear a big, black over
coat with a black fedora pulled down over his eyes
when he got off the plane from New York last
week, the ex-governor was just as mysterious.
He wouldn't talk. His appointment you see, is
a secret
The press has had its hands full trying out the
mystery and so far reports have been anything
but specific Of course, The Nebraskan does not
have Washington, New York and Statehouse re
porters around to cover all the press conferences
to pick up all the off-the-record comments which
are -undoubtedly being dropped about this affair.
The frustrating thing about having all those cor
respondents is that they can only report one-third
of what they hear the rest is always told in con
fidence. The Nebraskan can't shed any light on the
thing but a World Herald correspondent ran into
an unconfirmed source Monday which indicated
that Peterson would probably be placed in the
White House as some sort of administrative as
sistant with work in reference to state governors.
Since Peterson served as chairman of the national
Governors Conference, he has had a good back
ground for the job. He also served in India dur
ing the Second World War and this training was
expected to influence Eisenhower to appoint the
former governor to the ambassadorship of that
Eastern country.
The Herald's unconfirmed report indicated
that such an appointment would not be practi
cal because it would have to be confirmed by
the Senate and Hugh Butler is a senator. Evi
dently, Senator Butler is still licking his wounds
over the fact that Peterson ran against him
in the primary. At any rate, it looks to the
unconfirmed source as if it would be foolish to
even try to put a Peterson appointment into
the Senate with Butler around. Therefore, talk
is flying about the possibility of the White House
job which doesn't need confirmation.
But, mystery fans, there may be an end to
the frantic waiting. President-elect Eisenhower's
press secretary probably because of an on-slaught
of mystery-hungry reporters announced Monday
that the news of the Peterson appointment will be
made soon. In his words, the announcement will
be made "in the near future." Anyway you want
to look at it, a darn good mystery will come to
an end before long. D.P.
Something To Investigate
Once Over Lightly
final Exams Take Stamina
horn Students, Professors
Marlin Bree
Just Around
Home Parties, hrmals
iliffe Busy Weelmi
Jan Staffer.
More Christmas vacation en
gagements: Jo Michelson, Alpha XI, and
Herz Olson, TKE; Joyce Hobbs,
Alpha Xi, and Doyle Beavers,
Acacia; Nancy Lindell, Pi Phi,
and George McQueen, in the
service; Jean Spetidel, Tri Delt,
and Marv Johnson of Wilcox.
Jean Smith, Gamma Fhi, and
Bill Holmquist Phi Gam; Mary
Lou Solfermoser, Wilson Hall,
and Dick Peterson, in the Army;
Marv Lois Glota and Richard
G. lost Pi Kappa Phi; Gladys
Humann and Bill Walton, Pi
Kappa Phi.
Another newly engaged couple
Dolly Rhoades, Chi O, and
Rusty Richards plan to be mar
ried Jan. 24.
We also have four more vaca
tion pinnings to announce. They
are Faye Jones and Don Cunning
ham, Acacia; Diane CorL Alpha
Xi, and Fred Dowden, ATO at
South Dakota University; Shirley
Pollock, Alpha Xi, and Al Blah a,
Theta Xi; and Alice Staley, Alpha
Chi, and John Dick, Phi Psi.
Union Plans Fun
For Exam Week
feature special
Beside the two formals and
several home narties which pro'
vided entertainment for the past
b-jsv weekend, several orgamza
t onal Catherines were neia hi
local night spots.
A number of Phi Delt's and
their dates spent Saturday eve
ning at the Continental, and a
group of Sigma Chi couples
were dancing at East Hills.
-Several engineering students
and their dates held an infor
mal party at Italian Village.
We have a wedding to report
this week. One of the Christmas
holiday cere
monies. The
newly - wed
ded pair are
Lt. and Mrs.
Orval M. Con
ner. Lt. Con
ner, an Acacia,
is now in the
Army. Mrs.
Conner, the '
former Miss,,:
Marlene Wall,
lived at Wilson ,
Hall before her
marriage.
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Steffen
Finals, for most students, is an extremely try
ing time. It is the time when strong men turn
weak, and weak men break into sobs.
But what most students don't know is that
it is equally trying for the professors. It isn't
easy to watch all that suffering," said one professor.
"Take this room where I
have given finals. It certainly
has taken a beating from stu
dents while they were taking the
test."
He pointed over toward
on rnrnfr of th will.
See that?" he asked, indicat-
ing some scars on the wall. ?
students have tried to get out Bree
of the room. They didn't quite make it, as
The Union will
entertainment for students dur
ing final exam week.
Included in the Union's plans
are entertainment in the Crib in
the form of student combos solo
ists and pianists. A special area
will be set aside for card playing,
games and refreshments.
The Music Room will remain
open during the week and there
will be dancing in the Round-Up
Room. Also maintained by the
Union will be television in the
lounge and reading facilities in
the Book Nook.
recall. They used their fingernails.
"Ah yes, I can look back over the years and
recall how the finals have always gone. The
first part of the exam goes rather quietly with
only the occasional tapping of fingers. -
"The second part, as the tension increases, is lnt6!"ViWS
a little noisier. Occasionally, a student squirms
about in his chair. Pencils tap on the desks.
"The last part of the final is always the
worst This time is devoted mainly to compos
ing nasty thought to be directed at the instruc
tor. Common practice is to wear a hounded
expression."
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ne usuany managed 10 ass. me siuaem now uie ager and assistants will be con
test was.
"The answer to the question was usually given
in the form of a weak guffaw. A few of the
bolder students said that the test wasn't
Slated Thursday
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If Sen. McCarthy wants to investigate the col
leges of the country, he might consider a prob
lem suggested by a well-known newspaper col
umnist, Dr. Albert E. Wiggam, D. Sc., in his daily
column Let's Explore Your Mind."
Dr. Wiggam recently said:
"There are many, many young people in
college who ought nqt to be there. Some have
ability but lack interest; ethers hive interest
but lack: ability. Some lack both. Even if by
some miracle they could be pulled through to
graduation lt would pay them and the country
better for them te spend three years in some
I useful job."
r The problem, non-students in college, seems to
.call for an investigation of the educational system
; and the students in it The reward for their dis
closure is certainly a worthy one for any sena
tor greater service to the country, as Dr. Wig-
gam has pointed out
Some persons, however, will protest against
such an Investigation on the grounds that Wiggam
is wrong in saying some of the young people in
college should not be there. Even if they admit
that these attendants are not college intelectual
material, they explain their place on campus in
at least two ways. First, they maintain that per
haps a little college education will rub off on
the non-interested and non-able as they bump
shoulders with professors and students in the halls
of learning. Second, they 'argue that college is
not just a place to study, study, study but is
rather Intended to offer many education facets
beside development of the intellect
The first explanation may have some merit
But the second loses any reasonable significance
when ene considers that in essence, the enly
characteristic which distinguishes college from
any other ccup&tioD ia which young people
could be engaged is that of stimulation and de
velopment of the intellect While a well-rounded
college education must consist of much more
fhan this, the ether facets are generally found
In all areas of living.
Thus, in passing through the halls of learn
ing, the uninterested and unadapted student
merely consumes space, slowing the movement
of other students and receiving nothing for hit
stamina except bruised shoulders.
This discredits the first excuse lor th
ence of non-students in college the hope that
they will acquire the graces of 'education through
touching intellectual giants and breathing the air
of a college campus. As has been said, there may
be some truth in this assumption. But a student
has little success as a parasite In an institution of
learning. What is available here must be dug
out cot rubbed off shoulders.
Even if the unqualified, uninterested student
accomplishes little in college, what difference does
it make? He can waste his time if he wishes,
some say.
Dr. Wiggam disagrees. The country is los
ing potential service, he says. Such an invest!
ration should appeal te Sen. McCarthy to bene
fit the aaUoa is Indeed a noble goat
But this is not the only objection to non-stu-
Daily Thought
'Ilea must decide on what they will not
Co, end then they are able to act with vigor
ia what they ought to do. Mencius
dents in colleges. A number of professors, at
least a number of articulate ones, go a step farther.
They express their concern over the crowded hall
ways where everyone is jostled and distracted
from the primary purpose of college education.
The wholesale presence of these non-students fills
classrooms with millions of faces but the extra
heads, the professors say, simply dilute the num
ber of studious minds. In other words, mass ed
ucation has forced colleges to gear their programs
to slower, less capable students in order to pull
through an increased number of persons. The
lowering of standards and the presence of more
pupils naturally mean that the highly qualified
student will receive less attention; his capabili
ties will remain undeveloped and unused.
A comparison of the curriculum of American
colleges with that of comparable European schools
discloses the inevitable decline in standards when
the gears are molded to accomodate the masses.
Lest someone suggest an extended educa
tional period for the particularly qualified stu
dent consider two points. The first is that ad
ditional length of education steals time from
the lives of young people who are eager te as
sume positions in the world. Both time and a
certain percentage of qualified students are
lost
Consider also what Dr. Wiggam has pointed
out Non-students would be better off in other
positions.
Rapid, high capacity development of youth
ful minds should appeal to Sen. McCarthy and any
investigating committee. The entire nation would
benefit Of course to remove some students from
college and to push the rest through faster means,
in the present emergency, that the men will be
spending time in the armed forces if not longer
at least sooner.
But, after all and here is what should appeal
to the senator the army is apparently a wonder
ful place to develop red-blooded Americanism.
K.R.
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