I i '! f- Page 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday. April 16, 1953 mi mvmm Us. By DON NEPER Editor ever have to choose, let's vote for enlightenment The 39 students who were honored Tuesday The heartiest Daily Nebraskan congratulations night are representative of the individuals this in to every new member of Phi Beta Kappa and stitution and like institutions all over the nation Sigma XI. is turning out. They are individuals who have There isn't a person on either list who hasn't shown great Intellectual promise. I N believe that shown that he believes whole-heartedly in the no other group on our campus is more deserving basic principles of a university education. Too of honor than our scholars because they are the many times in this modern world of cynicism we persons this nation is counting on. find persons poo-pooing JBK's and members of other scholastic honoraries. Last spring a football coach of national fame, Biggie Munn of Michigan State, said before a group of University athletes and alumni that he would rather have his son be a football player than a PBK. At that time, The Daily Nebraskan published an editorial pointing out Munn's speech as typical of the attitude Americans seem to have toward scholastic achievement. We said thatVit would be wonderful if Biggie's son could be a PBK and a football player but, if a choice had to be made, we thought it would be better for so ciety to have another top-notch scholar. So much these days depends on the intellect ual level of our nation. This whole cold war and the hot one too if we ever find ourselves in one demands a strong nation. And modern na tional strength depends primarily on "know how.' America is famous for "know how." We are also famous for our outstanding athletic programs. I am proud of both, and I am sure that nearly every American feels the same way. We need to have both if America is to be effective. But if we The Nebraskan is sending special congratula tions to four students who were elected to both PBK and Sigma XI. Martha Christensen, Ray mond L. Linder, M. Maurice Lodwig Jr. and Joe B. Warner have shown that they excell scholas tically not only in the field of the arts and sciences but in scientific research. Our special congratulations also to the many new PBK's and Sigma Xi's who have excelled in extra-curricular activities as well as scholarship. Seven of the new PBK's belong to either Mortar Board or Innocents. These students have taken as much as possible from college life. They have worked in student organizations and shown outstanding ability in leadership and service. At the same time they maintained enviable scholastic averages. These persons really deserve the top honors the school has to offer. they have what it takes. Let us hope that they continue to serve as examples to the rest of so ciety and let us hope, too, that society begins to follow their examples. NEBRASKAN EDITORIALS Just About A Year Ago "An angry Missouri River is clawing and ham- University students were on their way to Omaha mering at dikes around Omaha today dikes and a night of flood-fighting. They were followed which an estimated 800 University men helped to by many more. build." Remember those stories? A 'year ago the male students and some of the coeds too turned out one of the finest public services of the University's 84-year history. Omaha needed help. High water was rushing down the river at terrific speeds and only a flimsy levee system built to hold back much lower crests protected Nebraska's largest city. The situation was desperate and those who were on the dikes still don't know why Omaha's lowlands weren't inundated. The best reason was the unselfish volunteer help of a 20,000 man labor force. Radio stations and newspapers which were on a special 24-hour schedule put out the call for volunteers. The response was remark able. Included in that response were the University students. They set up a record of which the school can truly be proud. One night while many students were sleep ing T. J. Thompson, then Dean of Student Af fairs, was awakened by a phone call from Omaha asking for help. Dean Thompson began calling fraternity houses explaining the situation. It wasnt long before several carloads of sleepy WORLD REPORT Malenkov Appears Softer Than Stalin (EDITOR'S NOTEi TW following arflclt kr Krarirk HMrbm, WaialntMa nm Foadnit, apaaarta la lb April Sad edition of tlx CtevlMHl Prra. More and more the new regime in Moscow looks softer than Stalin's. Stalin's last purge is called ott, and apparently with it the anti- Semitic campaign. Whatever the secret intentions and hopes of its various members, the new coali tion is starting out bv creating an easier climate for people in the top echelons, who for years have sat in the seat of Damocles. Russia's top leaders clasp hands because they dare not to do so. Whether they are tempted to un clasp, the time must come in Russia when people in authority, from government ministers to factory managers, can do their work without being in the shadow of the gallows. This is a time in which the whole ruling elite, not merely a few top rivals, may consolidate They have shown that'" Position, with reasonable se- instead of hanging separately. It may also be a time for some modification in the relationship between set goals and perform ance. Satisfaction, as William James pointed out half a century ago, is the relation of achieve ment to aims. If the aim is beyond achievement, satisfaction can be had by reducing the aim to what can be achieved. It may also be a time for re consideration of the standards of Russian science. Whether Marx ism is scientific," as the Commu nists say, or not, Russian scientists should know that the sciences are not founded upon Marxian law IMTTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Bibler What was flood-fighting like? It was back-breaking work. Sandbags had to be filled. They had to be carried. They had to be placed on the dikes. Telephone-radios had to be manned. Traffic the roads were filled with sightseers had to be directed. It was raining and everything was muddy. The men on the dikes would slip as they carried soggy sandbags. Everything was grey during the daylight hours and huge searchlights made night work mysteri ous. But there was nothing mysterious about the stiff backs, legs and arms. Personnel co-ordinators had unqualified praise for the University action. Mayor Glenn Cunning ham of Omaha mentioned to a Daily Nebraskan reporter covering the flood that University men deserved special praise because they had nothing at stake. All the help they gave was given merely because some fellow humans needed assistance, he explained. Most of the memories of the flood are fright ening, but it is truly heart-warming to remember the unselfish response which University men gave to Omaha's call for help. D. P. II neST PA ABi6NNNr t..,-, IT HAPPENS. II I TO M.L OF UJ I It Seems To Me Coed 'Tried By Press' nd Duly Convicted Glenn Rosenquist CUM LAUDE But does this necessarily apply to University students? Will a University Alumnus Is Yale Prof Look at it from any point ol view. And no matter what point of view that is, Dr. August D. Hol lingshead, professor of sociology at Yale University, is outstanding. Hollingshead, a native of Wyom ing, received his bachelor of arts and his masters degrees at tha University of California at Berk eley, 1931 and 1933, respectively. He received his doctorate from the University in 1935. He did his thesis, "Institutional and Ecolog ical Processes in Nebraska Com munities," under Dr. F. O. Hertz ler, past chairman of the Univer sity Department of Sociology. According to Hertzler, Hollings head is a keen, aggressive analy tically minded individual. And so far as he could remember, his understudy's only fcobby aside from walking has been sociology. "He is one of those people who lives, eats and breathes his pro fession," Hertzler recalled. Upon receipt of his degree at the University, Hollingshead be came an instructor at the Uni versity of Iowa. Alter a year there, he took an instructorship at the University of Alabama. He spent but a year there, too. Ha then went to the University of In diana as an instructor of sociology. After three years on the staff, he was elevated to -assistant profes sor. For a year after his five-year tenure at Indiana, he was a Post Doctoral Fellow, Social Science Research Council at the Univer sity of Chicago. Hollingshead's steady climb up ward was interrupted by a two- Patricia R. Keister, of 415 North 16th, junior in Teachers College, ifs 7 , . . ArvnrHmo- in Thf Tlailv Ne- w unproductive f aa tbrakan's Vi olations column reading about crushed bodies, or end. Eventually, the Muscovites DJ;asKan lolallons c o i u mn, sjenine a crusade for safetv will have io unshackle cure sci- h pleaded guilty to negligent, en signing a crusade lor safety ence, limit themselves to a Marx- d"v:ine " A?nl 19W- IS, " XrMPrit T e' rmed services. Hollingshead went ian application. ?"e 'a.nl- , . ,! ; . w . . T A .. back: to the University of Indiana iii.s icibn;! udiui,y wjuwa wi:avj x uwu i, ucv t au. rtnw . ; ag a assistant protessor. rie was the accelerator of an automobile believe our situation is as acute ipr0moted to associate professor after a year. In 1947, he went to ii ,.c,i of M,wiv .rh'year interlude m the Army Air picture in tne Rag stop negligent lrces-1 943-45 During that time driving on 16th Street? Or willjhf s?rvd. as a first untenant m - I nil1 inTai ii iron I ail in iv. nig, After his discharge from the Amnesty for minor offenders, oraerea two weeics ago, carries i y 11 . .. , . . the suggestion of less severe pun- of ?n? c" V"? ishment for such offenders. The is. She has not taken tne wneeras people wouia nave us Deueve. And vet there it is in black and Russians discovered long ago that the Communist ideal of "from iwhite. There it is for her friends and neighbors to read. Her asso- I was talking to a friend from North Dakota State last weekend. They have had two fatal accidents Yale as an associate professor and this year was raised to full profes sor. Hollingshead is a member of even now, - ... CK, t n'the Rural Soriolociral Snrietv. the . . . . . -. t-. . t -jv- iai una .iviivui jwu.. a., wi"., . " hard to realize. Even in a Com- mu"erm8- r,e ue on l c,s'icoed was crushed under an over- American Sociological Society, the ter.' Miss inuuii.1 society, me numan inai-i vidual needs incentives. In the absence of fruits that the indi- . .Z -TS " , ''Ing a fire engine. turned convertible a mile north Society for Social Research, Al- avoid punishment became the major (and not always effective) incentive. A new order of incen tives is needed. The same is true in Moscow's relations with the satellite states, where Russia's extractions, with little return, are resented. Offi cial go to the gallows when Cze- k oictpr n i n nni nriup an - ... i o : : . 1 . . tr In the 1 u-r Va tne campus. They were loiiow-'Pa ojgma x-m, .ipna xvappa : SJ -automobile Wpril 11 as alleged I. f. r.in. J melta and Rotary. He was Presi dent of the United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta in 1949. Mo hac Q arc n t manv Drfinla. 4 , .... W fc) . ...... JJ Bi mvim r scnooi.hjs credit, most of them being re- vidual could enjoy, the wish to an(1 did not plead guilty as alleged! In the second accident, a foot- to a charee of neelieent driving. iDa Player was Kineo. The coed has had a so-called1 Two fatalities for "trial by press" and has been con-,where approximately 1,500 arelated to social stratificaUon. age -in1nr1 hv Tho Tlailv Nphracbnn nflpnrnllpH Not haH vnn sav' A i s . ..... -..j , j --reiauons ana marriage ana re a leiony. Tough. It is high time some thorough examination of the value of the Read It Again choslovakia fails to meet Russia s;Rag.s Crusade for Safety is made .,...ua .u, ucuvc , U1 The problem can be divided into The Russian masters are more three questions. feared and more hated. Enthusi-I Is there need for safety? astic Czech Communists, a great j 2. Does this necessarily apply to part of the population in 1948, nnivpritv stnrfpnts' In Jonathan Swift's day undoubtedly many readers considered his "A Modest Proposal" a serious suggestion for solving the economic prob lems of the world. Perhaps they thought Swift was a little radical, but nevertheless they were convinced, that the man meant every word he wrote. An article on the editorial page of yesterday's Daily Nebraskan received the same reception as "A Modest Proposal," judging from a variety of comments. To allay any misconceptions about "Guard Ian of American Democracy" by John G. Bitzes, let us state without reservation, that the article was a satire directed against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. v"i "Vr searcn metnods. He is a con should have eight. Think of it. tributor to such magazines as the Eight fatalities. (American Journal of Sociology, jvo, i am not trying to eiuue.me American sociai Keview, So- are disillusioned, The Muscovites fatal accidents in any way. I am not trying to belittle a good ra tional safety campaign. But a politician does not buy votes with spiders or snakes or bombs. He buys votes in friendly gatherings, by fondling babies, by 3. Are we coine about our cam-ihanriine out nins and buttons themselves 'paign in the right way? I Which brings us to our third i In answering the first point, we 'point. Are we eoine about it in the have considered McCarthy "our Guardian orthusiasm at the beginning of:must 00k beyond the campus.! right' way?-Does our Daily Ne- American Democracy" is beyond the comprehen-it'or"rT,unis.t conquest and later on. pcopie are dying every day. They braskan safety campaign only an sion of The Daily Nebraskan. Likewise, it seems wcf, ! Russia. Can die m f,res, from falls, m plane jtagonize instead of lure or train a irceiKi- i.iuf i;, ,.1ij e enthusiasm be recaptured? crashes and most of all, automo-'generation of good dirvers? impossible that intelligent Americans could everSo often, the purge victims are'bile accidents. Automobiles kill Apparently, printing these minor believe that a writer would be serious in saying the great idealists, those who were hundreds each week. j violations only antagonizes. And the things Mr. Bitzes said satirically. accounted at one time the bestj Why not a campaign for safety? 'especially if facts are mixed up. men in me movement, it is pos- Certainly. Just as advertisements Why not use the positive method sible that the second-string men1 can make us bargain conscious, with a smile. Let's not put our in Moscow may achieve far more newspaper crusades can make us culprits in the stocks and whip than Stalin did. 'safety conscious. Uhem besides. cial Forces, Rural Sociology and Social and Sociological Research. Hollingshead, now 46, is mar ried and has two daughters, Anne Marie and Ellen Mae. Indeed, with a carrer In so ciological study and research that has been marked by such rapid advances, Hollingshead is, with out a doubt one of the most out standing men of his field in this country. NUBB Although many readers interpreted the article as presenting the case for McCarthy, Writer Bitzes intended no such thing. Misinterpretation was not limited to students But Americans seemingly do believe in Sen.; McCarthy as theJ'Saviour of the Free World." A ' recent Gallup public opinion poll proves this Gallup reported that of the 43 per cent of inter viewees who had formed an opinion of McCarthy, those who opposed him held only a slight edge over those who supported him. The Daily Nebraskan did not label Mr. Bitzes' article a satire because it felt assured that Uni versity students would discover the truth within two or three paragraphs. To have labeled it would have destroyed its dramatic effect. INVESTIGATIONS What About The Churches? THURSDAY Aqoaquettes water show at 7:45 p.m. in Coliseum Pool. Physics Colloquim, speech by Dr. Theodore Jorgensen, at 4:15 p.m. in Brace Laboratory, Room 211. Nebraska Welfare Association convention registration at 10 a.m. in Hotel Cornhusker mezzanine. Phi Sijmu Iota met tint, at 7:30 p.m., in Union faculty lounge. (EDITOR'S NOTE: TW fnUowta iMt paMfalwd la Itw Arrfl I. UiS. bw at Pmtittrriaa I Me. i M-wcktr aacuiat of Ike Pmancviaa (tarra la Itw I ... and of the State Department leans including Communists After Mr. Velde's first sugges-j their sympathizers. tion about a church inquiry. He said. "There are Communists Bishop Oxnam stated that if any in the church, as there are in labor A lot of people hoped the ques- investigating had to be done, the education, entertainment, and the tinn WnnM npvnr nrvma tin XTantr Caa...! 12. .h.. t I . ; ; m A ft n : 1 I . . . . w j . , i " - - . r . j scuciai uutcau Ul Auve3iiiiiuil a wo aim sciciiuca. 1 It. mukjcu UUl uoviousiy, nowever, many reaoers missea lue npnnlp wnndereH u-hv thp who sympathize with the Chief Investigator but point Mr. Bitzes was making. To them, The Ne-jtion hadn't come up a long time. "People expect competent investi-'nam,- whom Mr. Jackson said, included some of his most bitter opponents. braskan suggests that they re-read the article in,a6- It took a chance remark dur- gations," said the Washington1 "serves God on Sunday and the' How any thinking American citizen could a quiet room. K. R. Yesteryear A tm 0 sofar as it may be compatible with the resaurces of the state." It would seem that the meeting is the most orderly and dignified mass protest of Nebraska students on record, and it was accepted as such by the legislature. The legislature voted to ex tend a vote of thanks to the students for their ing a radio broadcast last month churchman, "not superficial ones Communists front the rest of the to bring the question of subver- in broad fields. I believe that the, week. "The good bishop," Mr. sion in the nation's churches into Communist Party is a conspiracy' Jackson added, "has been to the and that conspirators should be communist front what Man O War discovered, tried, and if guilty.iwas to . . . thoroughbred horse punished. Mr. Velde's committee racing. . . ." should secure information so that1 His colleague, Mr. Velde. re Congress can legislate. It is not a ported also that mail coming to court or a prosecuting attorney .'Vhis office overwhelmingly "ex j Dr. Frederick E. Reissig, execu- pressed interest in, requested, and tive secretary of the Washington even demanded that this particu- Federation of Churches, warned ar investigation be made." On that "indescribable harm" would the same day, forty-two Methodist come from a Congressional in- ministers in Washington issued a vesication of the churches unless statement defending Bishon Ox- jwr. veiae, ine young minois the powers of inauirv were used nam. ine attack on the bishop wno neaas tne with more care ... line enurenmen said, appeared to 9 ! be a "reprisal" for the statements .r, , Ihe made about a possible probe audience March 9 that it was "en- r r:. , 'y oi tne churches. jtirely possible" his committee presiaenij oi ine waxionsu Associa-, And also on the same day, Pres- the open. And from what has happened since Representative Harold Velde made his now-famous statement, it is now quit- evi dent that organized religion in the United States is Involved in the loyalty probe, whether the churches like it or not And it is also evident that investigation techniques are in for a bit of hard-headed scrutiny, too. By DICK RALSTON Staff Writer The legislative committee investigating the proposed University appropriation released its recommendations' for further budget cuts on a Saturday. Monday evening the supplementary report recommending a $5,000 maximum wage was released. Thursday night a ma metin nf nncitinn and "tha fin mirit vt riicniavDi "'Congressman aH Interested students was called in the Temple However, the resolution had no tangible effect on Committ'lrnaUon-wS ucw:r. xne Dua get ngnt. James E. Lawrence, editor nf Tho T.inmln Star and a vigorous campaigner against the pro- In contrast to the legislature's reception to thewould investigate charges of Com, V?." of ufnoi3 i' knv ent Psenhow?J made it' quite posed cuts, presided at the meeting which, he student resolution, there was a great deal of re-;?" " JuK said, was called to let the students voice their sentment expressed over comments appearing in-would be more concerned with mittee ,nat assumes guilt inad-Jdent said he believed that if opinions, -mere are thousands of you students The Daily Nebraskan and the attitude of many j individuals and church-affiliated "y k'v,ii8 puuin-uy, American churches, which cer- who have been ruthlessly forgotten. That is why. University officials.. One legislator, an editor i organizations than with the " il. rases qw my menas, we sees io mane clear our determined of to intimate that we are sapheads." stand against the destruction of our great institu tion," he said. The students passed a resolution expressing sympathy for the legislature's problems, but ask ing "that we (the student body) be heard in our inued. Reportedly, much applause followed the! plea for the maintenance of present standards in- proposal. CUiWI ! . . i , rhrarfpr fir natrirtim rtf tnncp n . from Loup City, said of the Nebraskan's editorials,! Rpaf.tin tri lhp' rpmarke was who subsequently are found to be needed investiention then thk' needed it on a broaHpr thnn haH aua. disassociated themselves from the 50 publicized as to make the social; been contemplated. : : - i in a and Political liberalism of The legislator also proposed suggesting to the &j any evidence to P" Christian leader the oc- testimony of the existence of an Board or Kegents that the Nebraskan be discon- warrant such an inquiry ... . .casion ior spnnging tne oia cucnes Almighty God, was the last in Irs the next thing to a disgrace to have a bunch prompt and reassuring. Members innocent. It will be objectionable whole country t students tell us what to do, to ridicule us, and of Mr. Velde's committee quickly also j the committee's work is scale far broadi ..... . . .. r-n nnKllAtini faff 4 n mrilrA 4Kh tvii -i 1 II . . 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Mr. Velde quickly issued a' newiabout 'Pinks' and 'fellow travelers' stitution that would be preaching, statement, saying, "There is no a" l" "e-. , . teaching, or tolerating Commu- need. as I see it, to consider this' uy YA. orauer, presi-jnism, Mr. Eisenhower could see matter further now." But he ent .of .Church Federation iof.no possible good in questioning added, "This . . . does not . . . pre-1 Greater Chicago, said, ... It is: the loyalty of American churches elude the possibility of such in-i" . hfonest liefthat no real vestigations in the future nor does Chri5,tian can1beJ a, Communist,! ... Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, it preclude the possibility of there for Communist ideals are based Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian being Communists and ex-Com-jon ls.m . . 4K I Church's .General Assembly, said a-r Hall sions' . ,Tm Waar. tmw Bairlia.i Maittra Tyaaa. Naanr OaMlaar Bum Eaar Paalar Kanar As munisU among the clergy or! t"r1; c' , h , A i ' ' om min most otner ,oyal among men who have left the y,ou4s hoslllty of " of. Con-1 Americans, in believing that all clergy for politics or other profes- sswar anJ investigation of Congressional invesUgations ... v...u, uie iuuiu miuuiu ce conauciea in such a I" "I oui on iviarcn xi, manner that the reputations of The churches were not silent Ca'lforma s Congressman Jackson those investigated are protected ine cnurcnes were not silent... had a few tmngs to say on the from careless or malicious innu In fact, severa Protestant leaders,: f)oor of the House about the Velde endo and irresponsible clwges of including Methodist Bishop G Committee and the churches. disloyalty. I further Ll eve that jui nnuii saia mat ine weeK some oi the Congressional investi- f riro ha V.o4 Kaan lckiA,lfAl' I j a . .,. i.n. amkt, Mariiw h pariier r,,,tion nm-nf thp!7u" s , V . comnmiees nave gone lar tMta f-ftr KCPOKTKBS I " 1 r j ' a a v ocllU. WaHaaac fiaama. Mrtfya Rnttaa. Ntu Ktt. Cratbt fm. the World Council of Churches, before he had been 4m. Mini. flMffc if.. ui,. I. ... . .. . ... iui c ne imu uceil Miu-aHi. ..r, odom. 'r-yHiT k-W" JST earlier quesuonea some oi inej the implications of Mr. Velde's afield from their purpose which T.XVTiJS: SSr"pL et.-.yJJ ?l0Vld had t he,;should be confined to the Consti- . i,m. kii ba- fi-a. iwZiiij-&'Z"""'& (n .Z. ' f.7.fi,i commi tee, tutional purpose of securing facts raia3M at a re of Communist influences in edu-' would have no Dart of it p.,.t hlmnn n y". cation. And church people have.'went on to sav that ho hv,0hr r,,r. ,ii r: Maaaan . u a-U,.ir, h .w: . .1 ' -";" " ' wmhcs lU JllvebURaie ai Btam. hm --w-n.-j, ... lwu J"" ',u'e ...ji.s oi me nouse un-Amen- church leaders with that limiwi i rtrr.hu k. Man., . !.' " Oman ntmm nirwi 0Uier Americans in questioning can Activities Committee were be- kib xew uitor kuuUm t,um , methods used in the Senate probe ing "distorted" by many Ameri- church leaders with that limited purpose in mind there is no objection. en Guarantees no ink-stained hands or clothes ever again mm it n it Iff A'o cap p ' y ..there llh y is no I!, I Hi 7 V r Push button rttractabU point. can't leak, transfer, smudge, smear or fade-ink is permanent on paper. SfUXf MOCK 70,000-word refills only 49 Always a dean point