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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, September 22, 1 953
EDITORIAL PAGE
UTTLI MAN ON CAMPUS
Two Prizes: Golden Bui Awkward
The world awoke Monday morning to read
that the West may now possess two of the
Soviet Union's most prized possessions La
vrenti P. Beria and a MIG-15.
Someone connected in some manner with
the McCarthy investigations subcommittee
thinks he has discovered a refugee who is
Beria. .
Gen. Mark Clark bought the plane from its
pilot for $100,000.
Neither prize may do the Western World
much food.
Last spring Gen. Clark announced to the
Communists that the United Nations would
pay $100,000 to the first MIG pilot to fly his
plane to the UN side and $50,000 to every
additional pilot. The object, of course, was
to lower the morale of the Communist avia
tors and to obtain a MIG for detailed exam
ination. But the fighting is supposedly over; the
UN and the Communists are engaged in ne
gotiations for a permanent armistice.
.. Because Clark says that the cash offer is
still In effect, the Communists may charge
that the UN is not negotiating in good faith.
They may accuse the United States and its
allies of "purchasing treason" among Com
munist troops.
Regardless of how moral our offer to "buy"
MIG's might be, giving the Communists any
opportunity to criticize our actions is bad
policy if WE are negotiating in good faith.
The other prize, Mr. Beria, is a more diffi
cult subject to approach. Obviously, the man
could aid th United States and the United
Nations by explaining the progress of the So-
'One-Solicitation'
All-University Fund representatives, an
xious to set the record straight about the
pre-school collections, contacted The Ne
braskan Monday to explain the reasons be
hind the early solicitations.
The campaign, according to AUF president,
Rocky Yapp, is not in conflict with the "sole,
. CAe-hit drive opening Oct. 5. Those persons
who made their donations before the start of
classes were given receipts which, in effect,
.WW exempt them from further AUF sales
talk. The purpose of this "pre-drive" drive was
t contact thai incoming students who, ac
' ""cording to AUF, frequently change their ad
dresses by the time the general solicitation
begins. Also, many independent students con
tacted during the "pre-drive" would have
been difficult to locate when the actual drive
starts.
Yapp further explained that the pre-school
drive has been in effect for the last eight
years and is not an innovation. He said that
perhaps a "one-solicitation" label would bet
ter describe the AUF principle than the oft-
used (and sometimes misused) "all-inclusive,
one-hit, sole" drive.
Despite any change in describing AUF's
drive, The Nebraskan continues to endorse the
AUF principle and wishes the best of luck in
ta "coming" campaign. E.D.
Here's Hoping
Engineers are quite definitely engineers; ag
students have the same group-conscious at
titude. An affinity exists between students
and between students and faculty which is
lacking in other colleges within the Univer
sity. The College of Business Administration is
taking steps to remedy this lack with the
formation of a student council within the col
lege. According to a communication from
Dean E. S. Fullbrook, a student council had
"functioned successfully but was a war cas
ualty." Formation of a council might be looked
upon as merely another step in an age of in
creasing specialization and centralization. It
could be said that no longer can persons be
JtWt students, in an abstract sense, that they
are forced into identification with a group
within a group, that they are being pressed
into an ever-narrowing niche.
It could be added that the council would be
"another activity" something else to take
p the time of already too-busy students.
These things could be said and they would
be true, but to stop there would be to ignore
the three point purpose of the council: "to
represent the student body of the College of
Business Administration in promoting func
tions of the College; to represent the student
body in its relations with the faculty; and to
promote the general welfare of both the Col
lege and the student body."
Constitutions always speak in generalities,
particularly where purposes are concerned.
Thus organizations, as well as nations, become
whatever those most concerned make them.
If Biz Ad students wish, the council could
provide that elusive, if much-sought object,
an open forum for the exchange of ideas be
tween students and between students and
faculty.
Here's hoping the Biz Aders make their,
eouncil-to-be a constructive, helpful organ of
expression for their mutual interest, and a
link with their faculty not a time-waster,
not an "activity." S.H.
viet Union's atomic andhydrogen bomb pro
jects, as well as the secret police.
The news accounts report xnat tne man
thought to be Beria wants to speak immed
iately with President Eisenhower, Vice-Presi
dent Nixon or Sen. McCarthy. The man ap
pears to want to share his secrets.
But three difficulties immediately arise.
First, the refugee may not be Beria, even
though McCarthy's aid said, "We believe that
there is only one chance out of a hundred
that this man is not Beria." After all, a num
ber one prisoner of the Communists Just
doesn't walk out of his cell.
Second, who knows that this is not simply
an ingenious Communist plot to give us false
information concerning their atomic develop
ment, Even though Beria has reportedly been
tossed out of his job, he may be another Ru
dolf Hess, only smuggled into Germany in
stead of dropped into Britain. If our memory
is correct, a couple of Japanese diplomats
were negotiating in Washington for a lasting
peace when Pearl Harbor was attacked in
1941.
Third, the announcement of the identity of
the refugee came from a spokesman for Mc
Carthy's committee. The last time the Wis
consin senator dealt in State Department af
fairs, he made a big news splash in announc
ing that Greek ship owners had promised him
not to deliver strategic goods to Bed China.
Later we discovered that the State Depart
ment had received a similar promise from
the Greek government shortly before and
that McCarthy's achievement was not so
great as assumed.
Curoiusly enough, the senator managed to
gain a lot of unwarranted favorable publicity
during the entire affair.
Despite the spokesman's confidence that
the man is Beria and despite the possibility
that Beria may want to "get even" with his
former Bolshevik buddies, we'll keep calm
until the State Department and the Presi
dent have had a chance to determine what
the refugee is worth.
We hope that he will do more for world
peace than the purchase of the MIG-15 prom
ises to do. K.R.
Stegpohilism
Panty raids in Britain?
Heaven Forbid!
Today's undergraduates in England neither
swallow goldfish nor stage so-called panty
raids on sorority houses.
They climb roofs instead.
"Stegophilism," which comes from the
Greek stege meaning roof and philos mean
ing crazy about, is the current extra-curricular
diversion in English schools and uni
versities. The October Reader's Digest in an article
on this nocturnal pastime states that, "Hardy,
anonymous athletes are training for the
eventual conquest of Swiss or Himalayan
peaks by pitting their muscles against the
pinnacles and drainpipes of the college build
ings. The fact that the authorities frown upon
such sport and expel anyone caught indulging
in it adds a delightful piquancy not found in
the Alps themselves."
Nebraska would-be addicts might be sty
mied by the relatively modernistic architec
ture found over here.
Oh well, more's the challenge.
See you atop the Carillon tower, eh what!
E.D.
Margin Notes
What Of Our Rallies Now?
Since Saturday's game, rally planners are
concerned with the outcome of future rallys.
Friday night's rally exceeded most hopeful
planners' wildest expectations as 1700 stu
dents joined the parade and yelled their lungs
out for the team and Nebraska. What will
happen now?
Will the student body continue to hold up
their end of the deal and create the will for
the football team to win or will the results
of the Oregon game squelch any hopes that
a new era in student body support and en
thusiasm has bloomed?
Fire Drills Replaced?
The latest news flash states that Lincoln
is one of 193 cities probably on Russia's list
for atomic attack. Although not a critical
area, the government evidently feels there is
enough danger to make a public warning
necessary.
Next thing we know, fire drills will be old
fashioned stuff and atomic drills will be in
vogue. Instead of routing the dorm out of bed
in the middle of the night with towel and
sandbag, safety-minded supervisors will be
herding sleepy-headed "victims" into dark
super-fortified cells.
That's progress?
New Department Chairmen
Congratulations to Dr. C. H. Patterson, pro
cessor of philosophy, John L. Champe, pro
fessor of anthropology, Carl E. Georgi, pro
fessor of bacteriology, and Peter Worth, pro
fessor of art, who have been named as chair
men of their departments.
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Dear Editor:
Your article. "Journalistic
Signposts Show Decay Of Val
ues," by Assistant Professor
Blumberg is, in my opinion,
slightly aggravating to those peo
ple who read for pleasure and
knowledge.
Apparently Mr. Blumberg is
saying that journalists should
not only write the news, but also
make the news and disseminate
news in the Ipso facto fashion of
a La balle law book.
Fortunately no two animals
"without backbones," as Mr.
Blumberg puts it, see eye to eye
on everyday issues worth dis
cussion in a newspaper or other
journalistic endeavor.
If this were true, one publica
tion would be sufficient for all
news commentary. And not only
is this idea ridiculous, but it
would also exclude any self in
terpretations of the information
that can be obtained by reading
publications with opposing opin
ions, such as the editorial col
umns of the Omaha World-Herald
and The Nebraskan, whose
editors seem to believe that lop
sided adjectives and caricatures
can be called editorials.
By CHICK TAYLOR
Some gals learn fast
That sin can be pleasant,
And don't mind a past
If it gets them a present.
He had just proposed, then
asked his girl
friend.
"Darling, do
you like the
big weddings
or little ones?"
'Listen
here!" she
snapped.
"there'll be a
big wedding
first or no little ones.
A small-town merchant, on a
buying trip to the city, boarded
the Pullman and pulled back the
curtains of the berth. He was
astounded to find two blonde
cuties reposing there. After
checking his ticket to make sure
he wasn t wrong, he said: Tm
deeply sorry ladies, but I am a
, married man, a man of respect
and standing in my community.
I cc-ild not afford to have any
breath of scandal touch me. I'm
sorry, but one of you will have
to leave."
Would either paper submit to
a single concensus of opinion?
Hardly. When one party of polit
ical double-talkers wants a bet
ter defense one day, then a world
disarmament race the next and
another party wants a better der
fense and reduced taxes the next,
how could any red-blooded jour
nalist make an honest, unbiased
report . . . ?
Yes, there are countless people
in this world with unwavering
backbones and among these are
many journalists who have not
been influenced or trampled
(which is remarkable) by mach
ines in a machine age. Give them
a break Mr. Blumberg. They are
only human.
RICHARD A. STUBEN
MICE
The Ride Of 600
Dear Editor:
"Into the Valley of the shadow
of death rode the six hundred."
When six hundred men ride
into the valley of the shadow of
death, it is not likely that they
did so at the point of a gun at
least not in this country.
I am sure that the British light
infantry of Tennyson's Charge
rode because they wanted to, be
cause they could have turned
back.
If six hundred men in this
country rode into the numerous
well-known communist fronts,
whether they were clergymen or
not, they did it because they
wanted to, and should be held
accountable for it.
Whj Is it, everybody wants to
find communists anywhere until
somebody starts to do it. The
fact that it is McCarthy and
Velde that are doing it is our
own "fault, or rather the fault of
people who say McCarthy and
Velde are galloping over the
backs of people that say, "I re
fuse to answer on the grounds
that it might incriminate me."
If McCarthy and Velde are to
be criticised, then it had better
be done with an offer of a bet
ter method, or not at all, because
it is only communists, pinko
liberals and Democrats who are
afraid of an investigation show
ing up how they let communists
infiltrate the American govern
ment that are screaming about
McCarthy, and why?
Because it might incriminate
them.
I notice by this morning's
World Herald (Sept. 17) that
Sen. Griswold, generally con
sidered an internationalist-Republican,
says: The effect of the
McCarthy investigations "has
been very helpful for the people
of America." Maybe the people
who scream about it aren't really
Americans.
DON SHERWOOD
Del-za-poppirt
By DEL HARDING
11:54 p.m. My name is Del.
I work out of The Nebraskan
office. My job: to write a col
umn. I just want to get the
facts just the facts. I just
play hunches just hunches.
Sometimes they pay eff, some
times they don't I just play
hunches.
Hmmm, that orazy record will
.drive me sane yet!
The annual "who'll crown a
queen first" contest was won
Saturday night by the BABW,
as Betty Hrabik was presented
as the 1953 Hello Girl.
Notice that the Mechanical
Arts building has been renamed
Stout Hall. I think it such a
good practice to name buildings
after men such as Stout by the
the way, anybody know who
he is?
Following this trend I would
like to suggest the Temple
building be renamed Hank's
Hall, in honor of the great
Machine - Gun Gibson, boy
comic.
Also how about Henry's Hut
for Andrews Hall, in honor of
Henry Cech, comic Emeritus
and former Elgin volleyball
star, who's been around longer
than Dirty Earls.
Advice to frosh who want to
avoid being senior "has beens"
just be "never was beens"
your first three years really,
it's the most!
If you like Dixieland and Jazz
In general take in the All-Student
Mixer in the Union ball
room Saturday night. Al Hol
bert's Combo (formerly the
"Dog-house Dozen, Minus a
Few" asvI recall) will put forth
an evening of top Jazzy music
if they're half as good as .they
used to be. ,
More on the Homecoming
band: I have it on reliable
authority that it will not be,
repeat, will not be, Francis
Hefti and Neil Wayne. But
don't give up hope the Mortar
Boards are still trying.
Poem:
The singer is noted for T,
The band is famed for D,
And together da da dee.
Now do you know them? All
cute coeds are invited to com
plete the last line in rhyme and
leave it with your name
and measurements for me in
The Nebraskar office.
The first correct answer will
give some lucky coed not only
the Homecoming scoop but a
date, that's right, a date with
this columnist! Please form a
double line into The Nebraska
office and leave immediatoWJ
after handing in "your entry-?
no pushing, please!
Wasn't the Friday night rally
Jolly! If the frats and sorori
ties would stop using them for
advertising contests displaying
the many and ever-growing
signs, carrying not football slo
gans but simply the "house" of
the bearers the team might be
' somewhat more Inspired.
At least the people in the
crowd could see the speakers,
which was more than they could
Friday night.
Only bright spots in Satur
day afternoon's scrimmage: the
sparkling play of Rex Fischer
and the a la Reynolds calch of
Denis Korinek. Mark Fischer
down as a future Husker great.
His running reminds one a lo:
of his brother, Cletus, who was
one of the few bright spots in
the Husker teams of the late
1940's.
Can't resist joining the list of
football prognosticators: Illi
nois to win by three touchdowns.
Pasture
Parley
Ag Buildings, Lots
Exhibit New Look
One week of , classes over.
Only 89 days left until Christ
mas. For other information con
tact Dragnet.
The Department of Buildings
and Grounds is overdoing itself
by remodeling Ag buildings this
year. Now if someone will only
mix up a little nitroglycerin in
chem lab, we'll have a new
chemistry building too. Not that
there is anything wrong with
the one we have.
I see the plastic front of the
Ag Bulletin Board south of Ag
Hall is broken again. If it's go
ing to be impossible to keep the
front of it intact where it is
presently located, perhaps it
should be moved to a new loca
tion . . . say in front of the Ag
Union. This might allow for
more thorough up-to-date event
coverage also.
By the way, the Ag Union
committee membership drive
ends today. There are a variety
of committees guaranteed to suit
anyone's ability or schedule. It
can be a lot of fun and, after
all, it's the students that ma-N
Ag Union so geKover thT
and sign up.
Now a new armory is being
built on Ag Campus. Next thing
you know Russia will explode
another H-bomb and all men
will be equipped with portable
anti-aircraft guns and each gal
will be enlisted as a member of
.the Civil Air Patrol.
Several of the Ag parking lots
have been resurfaced. As long as
it took to get some of them com
pleted, they must have been
waiting for the cinders from last
year's heating systems to use for
resurfacing material.
That about wraps it up for
now so until next week . . .
adios, amigos. Dwight Jundt.
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UNIVERSITY DAY
Sunday, September 27
11:00 A.M. Service Sermon "The Handicap of the Opyi
Mind: Our George D. Stoddard, Post Mortem."
6:00 P.M., Unitarian Laymen's League Dinner Mr. Theodore
Sorensen, Legslative Assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy,
will comment of "The Changing Scene In Washington"
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