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Tuesday. February 17, 1953 , Page 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN ml Mviesn Us . By DON FIEPER Editor Today your Daily Nebraskan is celebrating a birthday the birthday of a great institution ot higher learning. Why is it great? How does it compare with the state universities in surrounding states? How does it stack up with the private institutions in thi3 geographical area? But, most of all, why is it surely, it has grown. But has it progressed? How great? is it great? The many stories on the outer pages of todays d not, bf eve that " has f og"ssedK,OS Charter Day issue hint at the answer to that as baslc Principles are concerned. The object is main question. They tell of,the birth and life to shed light on the darkness of ignorance. .1,1. . nf t. mthin0 m than The means of projecting that light have grown were only 2,500 Lincolnites, no paved roads and 'no automobiles. Yet this was the site chosen to house the new university. It isn't necessary for me to compare the Lincoln and the Nebraska of today with the state and town of 1869. The growth and progress are ob vious. But has the university progressed also? Most facts tied up in the story and the articles on the outer pages don't get to that. That is a spirit which has existed ever since the founding and has never been explained or understood. I cannot ex plain or understand it now but it exists as cer tainly as our present campuses (agriculture, medi cine and city) are here. The best way to explain it1 is to look at the Nebraska which chartered a university 84 years ago. It was a new state only two years old and the citizens weren't quite sure what being a state entailed. But they knew that strength comes only with education. It is highly significant that one of the first oftficial actions was the charter ing of a state university. It helps explain the spirit which still surrounds Nebraska education. Think, if you will, of the courage not to men tion foresight for that young state with its 100, 000 population to start a university. Think of Lincoln in 1869. A picture at the top of the front page shows the Lincoln of those days. There NEBRASKAN EDITORIALS in a physical way but the need for that projec tion remains just as urgent as ever. It is tempt ing here to extend this metaphor and say that our generation needs education more than any other because of the peculiar situation we lace nowadays. But remember that the university is 84 years old. Think of all that has happened in those 84 years. There have been two total wars and a total police action not yet completed. There were depressions, recessions and booms. Fashions went from ankle-length dresses and Gibson-girl blouses to pencil-thin skirts and tudced-in sweaters. t 35th And Holdrege WORLD REPORT By PAUL MEANS , Staff Writer TODAY'S HEADLINES . . . U. S. F-84 Thunderjet fighters inter cept and fire on two Russian war planes over northern Japan . . The jets scored hits on one Soviet plane before the intruders turned and fled to Soviet territory . . . This is the . first clash between American and Soviet air forces. The House Ways and Means Committee approves a bill to cut personal income taxes 10 per cent on June 30 . . . Senate expected to kill the bill, which is in oppo sition to administration policy. The Nebraska State Legislature kills the pre-primary political convention bill. 23-16 . . .'The bill received strong support from Democratic leaders and was op posed by Republican leaders. Civil Defense Administration says Russia could send 400 planes to any spot in U. S. . . . Warns that U. S. is far behind in prep aration. Thousands Escape From Iron Curtain lT'S THE RULE iec Board Suspends J fie's Xmatr fmm1 ' - Allan Schmid With the meeting of the Agl But when you multiply this one Exec Board last Wednesday an other campus activity ended. The board voted that the Cornhusker Countryman, campus magazine, should be discdntinued because of lack of interest among students. Financial troubles also contrib uted to the downfall of the magazine. With the suspension of one time by each of the approximate 900 students in the College of Aericulture you can see what re suits are obtained from such ac tions on the part of the hurrying students. I am sure we all take pride in our beautiful campus and want to keep it that way. That extra ten magazine, a new one has been es- seconds saved by a short cut is tablished on the campus. The not worth the defacement of the ElUTOK'S NOTKi Th lollowini artl c!e. written by Lfon Dennm tor NKA News Merrlce. mu published In the Omaha World-Herald. Vienna, Austria Thousands of men, women and children behind the Iron Curtain estimated as college is now publishing a maga zine telling recent developments in the college. An increased number of Ag stu dents in a mad scramble for classes are forgetting to use the sidewalks. It appears to me that the sidewalks are fairly adequate and there is no excuse for not usini them. You may think that cutting across just once can't pos sibly cause much damage. campus. Each time a student cuts across the lawns he is taking money from his own pocket, as the Uni versity has to spend money con' stantly to repair the turf when students insist "upon making a walk wherever they please. Let's take another look at the campus to see if we can help the officials of the college spend these, funds on something constructive not just for repairs. But why is the university great? ' I wish that I could answer that. It would fakri rpsparrh hevnnd what time will allow. But high as 250 thousand each month SIU1, 4 Ullljft. UJdb W1C aiiavvci vyuuiu (.unit uunii , , . j.,i A, , ' , , . , . , are trying to shake the dust of mis. lilt; peupie ui iicuiaaiva want aiiKx uwci vc a fine educational system. They have worked to ward that end. I think that they have achieved their purpose. from Closed Minds And Closed Minds The Chancellor of the University said in a transcribed radio interview Sunday that the prin cipal reason a university refuses to hire .Commu nists as instructors is that they have closed minds. Or the one who hates Negroes? Or the man who does not accept Darwin's theory of evolution? True, the first should be not teaching a course in political parties: the second would have no Consequently, he said, they cannot follow truth right to instruct a class in social welfare; and wherever the search for truth would lead them. the last would not be prepared to teach a course At first glance, the reasoning appears excep- in biology, tionally sound, even if idealistic. As the Chancel- But these particular theories would not, under lor pointed out, members of the Communist party present university stipulations, disqualify these are subject to the "party line" and can accept men from teaching mathematics, history or eco- nothing as truth which from Moscow. is contrary to the law nomics. If they possed open minds in their own fields of instruction or at least held the widely- Communist-ruled countries their feet. Though some are undoubtedly Red agents aiming to infiltrate the West, the overwhelming ma jority, according to United States and Western intelligence, are gen uine anti-Communists. They run grave risks and dan gers in their desperate Did tor freedom from Red "paradise." The number of anti-Commu nist refugees has been swollen in past weeks by East European and German Jews fleeing the anti Semitic terror raging in Russia and the Kremlin-dominated countries. For the second time in a gen eration (Jewish survivors of Hit ler's gaS chambers face wholesale extermination this time at the hands of the Reds working closely with the dregs of nazism. "Since 1945, nothing has been seen like this panic flight from Soviet domination," says Ernst Reuter, Communist-hating mayor of West Berlin. The number of Union Cues Dining Service Geared To One 0'Clock Closses Tropic plants, bamboo ture, scarlet and gold carpet, matching drapes and soft music provide the atmosphere for the Union's main"' dining room. Students and faculty may eat in the main dining room Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to p.m. A host greets patrons and directs them to a table where they are served by waiters: Kay Conway, assistant food di- Shirley Murphy furni-1 between semesters. Luncheon menus change daily in the main dining room. Three set luncheons are planned daily plus ala carte choice. Luncheons are planned around the needs of students and faculty financial and nutritious needs. By the way, service allows for patrons getting to one o'clock The Library: For Sleep, Talk, Study By KAY NOSKY Staff Writer Where is it that frosh go when they want to chit-chat with their girl friends but can't have 1ftes because of house study hour rults? Or where is it that the less en- cranHn stnHpnts an when thev want to sleep because it's the quietest place on the campus? Love Memorial Library, of course. In case you're still in the dark, it's that brick building on R street with a tower on top. However, there are actually some students who use the library for something that's optimistically called studying. For the most part, this column is directed to them. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 7r50 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from 7:50 a.m. to 6 p.m. During those hours the library has two study halls for student use: Room 109, formal reading room strictly for study, and Room 103, where students may talk and smoke if they wish. Students borrowing library ma terial should obtain a lending card. A card may be obtained by presenting an identification card at the loan desk on second floor. The location of books needed for study is given in the card cata logue, also on second floor. Books are listed according to title, author and subject matter. Books are located in three gen eral subject divicions. These-are Humanities, Room 204, Science and Technology, Room 205, and Social Studies, Room 304. Educa tion Reading Room, Room 305, is part of Social Studies Division. Most books may be loaned for rector, is in charge of main dining . room facilities and reserves tables "Aggie Shags" start Wednesday for committee meetings or private at o p.m. in tne Ag union recrea parties. tion room. The restaurant-type room has Informal dances sponsored by tables for two. four, eight and the. A8 . Union dance committee twelve persons. For private par-iw De neld weekly. "Shaggers classes on time. The main dining room is open during winter and , ",ay "c 1UcUlcu UI summpr srhnnl lw0 weeKs, oui some on greater , . Uv.uv.v... j j ucuiauu aic ieaii.nji.eu. w over' ! night, loans. accepted theories of the day-no regulation would East Germans seeking refuge in But at this point, one must observe that Com munists are not the only persons who follow a single line of thought and refuse to consider any other view on a subject. (This, it is assumed, is close to a definition of a closed mind.) What about the man who refuses to see any good in the Republican (or Democratic) party? Devil On Wheels The campus wasdeathly silent Saturday morn ing. The Devil on Four Wheels had taken the life of one University student and critically injured two others. The living were first stunned by the two accidents, then sobered by the realization that the narrow line which divides life from death is no wider than the white stripe down the center of a highway. The next reaction was a wave of talk about sleeping at the wheel, speeding, trees and bridges. By the time the weekend was over, nearly every University student had undoubtedly discussed the accidents. On the heels of these tragedies and the at tention they have called to the dangers of driv ing automobiles, The Daily Nebraskan will inaug urate a campaign for traffic safety, both in its bar them from being considered for a position on the faculty. If a closed mind is t)ie principal reason for re fusing Communists the right of teaching in our schools, they are no different from the man who is prejudiced against Negroes or against Republi cans. They all refuse to follow the truth to its extremities in their respective fields. The question then Is: Why should a Commu nist be barred from teaching an accounting course or a radio engineering course? Have the Com munists decreed a party position on how accounts should be entered? Or on how a variable con denser can attune a radio circuit? Certainly no one would think of allowing a Communist to instruct classes in economics, his tory, political science or even philosophy. The party line would indeed prevent him from objec tively presenting the subject matter. While no one may quarrel with the state's objective of keeping Communists out of teaching positions in state colleges, the closed-mind objec tion appears to discriminate against one group the Communists, as strange as it may seem. The Chancellor's secondary reason for the loy alty oaths which exclude Reds appears to be the more logical even if the traditional, cliched rea editorial columns and in its news columns. The son for preventing Communists from teaching our youth. That reason is that Communists are sworn to overthrow of the United States government by force. The Chancellor's anempt ,to explain the oaths by a fresh approach indicates his efforts to avoid referring to the now accepted-without-question campaign will join hands with the Crusade for Safety begun in February by the Omaha World Herald. , Many such campaigns have been conducted be foreand this won't be the last. But when a campus is startled by two serious accidents in one mgni, us nme someone am something to make threat of subversion. But the reference to the students realize the dangers of the Devil on Four closed mind indicts a large number of instructors Wheels, who may search truth in their own fields but It seems to take a death to do it K.R. remain prejudiced elsewhere. K.R. Yesteryear At Aid . . . By DICK RALSTON We look back upon the year just passing with much Staff Writer satisfaction. We look forward to the coming "Character day is a day for taking stock of our years with abundant confidence. The University progress as a university. The early days of the which , has furnished opportunity leading to final University were times of privation, even of pov- success in the past has lost nothing of its creative erty, which would make present times seem like power for those who strive. Success comes only times of abundance. Still out of that period came through strenuous endeavor." stalwart men and women, founders of a great state. In earlier times poverty was no barrier to secur- So spoke Chancellor E. A. Burnett on Charter ing an education. Those who sacrifice today in Day, 1933, the 64th birthday of the University, order to prepare themselves better to meet the battles of life in later years will look back upon The editorial columns of The Nebraskan took their college days with the same feeling of satis- the opportunity to discuss the growth of the Uni- faction as do the graduates of our pioneer days, versity to the year 1933 and the editor reiterated The past year has teen growth in many schol- his oft-stated plea for "a library, a student Union astic interests. It has seen a strengthening of building and a fund to insure the retirement of student organizations. Less than normal attention veteran professors whose services to the institution has been devoted to social activities, with more have made it what it is." than normal interest in scholastic objectives. So- The University had a right to be proud in 1933. cial stratification based upon ability to spend Today, it can be additionally proud of the growth has tended to disappear, but scholarship and ster- and achievements of the past 20 years. May it ling character has tended to seek higher levels, achieve as much in the next 20. West Berlin has reached "catas trophic proportions." Not all who attempt escape from behind the Iron Curtain reach safety in the free world. Many are caught on the satellite borders or shot while escaping. Such casualties are reported by refugees to run into the thou sands. Red-ruled Bulgaria, Czecho slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Po land, the Soviet-occupied Baltic states and now Eastern Germany have adopted drastic measures to check the flow. Forty-year-old Jan Chmarek, Poland's former export-import chief, just escaped from his coun try by swimming the treacherous river Neisse. He told me that every "farm er" within 15 miles of the Polish Gerniant border is a secret MVD agent. Not a single Polish or Ger man civilian remains in the en tire area. Last May. the Czech tug Bratis lava was steaming up the Dan ube. Suddenly a man dived from the tug and started swimming toward the Austrian bank. Three armed Czechs set out after the fugitive in a dinghy, and followed him ashore, firing ties, the room, consisting of Par lors A, B and C, may be divided into two or three rooms. The main dining room seats ap proximately 100 persons. It has been in service for 14 and a half years. The decorations, however, are new. The room was redeco rated in August; a new rug added Pershing Rifles To Hold Basic ROTC Smoker The Pershing Rifles Society, a military fraternal organization, will hold a smoker for prospec tive members, 7:30 p.m. Wednes day in Room 315 of the Union. All basis &OTC cadets are eli gible for membership. The Pershing Rifles help cadets realize the most from their mili tary training. Company activities include drill meets, field prob lems, dinner dances and stag par ties. Cadets are invited to regular meetings 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at the drill hall of the Military and Naval Science Build ing, Bob Hilsabeck said. Who Knows? From the Syracuse Daily Orange The first two questions of a re cent quiz in a Purdue university psychology 1 class were: "What ts the name of this course?" and tL'V: l.TSSJL vXn auS ver " "Name the textbook and the au- vwiv linn ujecumg udujy iiwu a bullet wound At that moment an Austrian customs officer, attracted by the firing, appeared. The Czech Communists aware that they had brazenly violated Austria's frontier, released their victim and made off. The incident was hushed ud by the Austrian authorities-r ob viously to avoid new interna tional complications in their al ready troubled country. only a few of the daring es capes are reported in the West ern press. This is mostly due to tne rear of the refugees them selves. Having been subjected to me Ked terror thev remain in the grip of fear even after they reach a Western haven. No refugee from behind the Iron Curtain likes to reveal his real name. He must protect rela tives he left behind in paradise." i will dance to record music Caroline Rooss is in charge of "Aggie Shags." Junior Noble is dance committee chairman and Don Leising sponsors the com mittees. Dixieland or jazz music will be featured when Cliff Dudley and his orchestra appear at the Union Saturday. Five orchestra members and Richetta, the band's singer, will present a concert as well as dance music from 9 to 12 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the ballroom door. Couples are $1.20 and stag, 75 cents. Ag and city Union calender in cludes: Tuesday Don Leese will report on the Union conference at 7:15 p.m. in Room 3, Ag Union, for the Ag Union board meeting. Wednesday "Aggie Shags" at 5 p.m. in Ag Union recreation room. x rau snop at 7 p.m. in city I union. Saturday Cliff Dudley, con cert and dance, in city Union ball room, 9 to 12 p.m. ' "Yes, Sir, She's My Baby," Technicolor movie starring Don ald O'Connor and Gloria, DeHaven shows at Ag Union at 7:30 p.m. Bridge tournament at city Un ion, 2 p.m. Sunday Brass choir concert 4 "Yes, Sir, She's My Baby," p.m. in Union ballroom. j movie showing at 7:30 p.m. in city! Union ballroom. three-day or one-week Books kept at the reserve desk in the Education Room are subject to two-hour, overnight and weekend circulation. Bound and unbound nprinrh'nais mav h ncerf only in the library during the day and may be borrowed overnight from 9 p.m. 4o 9 a.m. A five-cent fine is charged for each day books other than two hour or overnight books are late. Overdue two-hour or overnight books are fined 25 cents for the first hour and five cents for each additional hour. Late periodicals are fined 50 cents a day. Take It Easy From the Michigan State News There's a lot of talk that col lege is becoming too easy and we've come across some ammuni tion for this argument. The Purdue Exponent, daily student publication, carried a bookstore advertisement last week which gives students an oppor tunity to avoid part of the rush of registration week. Says the ad: "Leave, your schedule card and pick up your books at your convenience." Not only that they offer to deliver books to coeds. NUBB 5 p.m., TUESDAY Corn Cob Meeting: at Koom 315 Union. WEDNESDAY NUCWA Meeting: at 7:30 p.m., in Union, Room 313. Coed Counselor Friendship din ner, 6 p.m., Union ballroom. Wesley Foundation Lenten sr. vices, 7:30 a.m., at Methodist Stu dent House. thors." They netted unusual results. Everyone answered with psy chology 1, but 20 per cent mis spelled psychology. An equal number seemed never to have heard of the book used in the course, even naming texts used in other classes. Throw 'Em Out Scientists of Baylor University's Biology department dispose of completed experiments by throw ing out the window everything from elephant's trunks to snail's shells can be found lying outside the building. Inevitably several complaints were registered by passersby. The debris has caught some of them off, guard- The head of the biology department an swered the complainers by saying. "This Just isn't the way to dis pose of used biology experiments." The Daily Nebraskan FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member: Associated Coliefiate Press Intercollegiate Pres Advertising Representative: National Advertising Service, Inc. 420 Madison Ave.. New York 17, New York Tt Pall Kthmkam h NUUai kr tka at counts af A Cat f nehmk as nvnutom af raanrlt am aarf aaMaM .'. 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