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1 ; v 1 .1 V; f 4 h V ft' I 'I s . ' '4 , ft ?1 i a Poge 2 THE NEBRASKAN Tuesday, October 20, 19530 EDITORIAL PAGE 'Treat 'Em Rough' Tactics Racial and religious bias has taken another lumping. This time at the hands ot the New York State University when national social fraternities and sororities were banned -on the 33 New York college and university cam puses. This action was taken, "For more easy and efficient policing," against discrimination by national sororities and fraternities. Th University officials apparently con cluded that small, individual units would be more easily handled, as there would be no large, powerful national organizations to aid or control the local chapters. The plan, on the surface, is the answer to discrimination. First, the separation of local fraternities and sororities from their national organizations enables the local chapter to dis regard national by-laws that are discrimina tory in nature. Second, the problem can be better handled by working directly with in dependent local groups. But what of the local chapters who are guilty or nothing more than being nationally affiliated? All fraternities and sororities are proud, and rightly so, of their national organiza tions. If discrimination is a criterion to judge a national fraternital organization, and the rational organization is an offender, then correction is necessary. But these non-offending groups are being punished, and they are not at fault. Thus, the New York State plan is guilty of the very thing it Is aimed at policing. New Political Dilemma The complete story is not known, but it now appears that a number of top party politicos have pulled a fast one on Nebraska voters. Thanks to fast-operating' Republican and Democratic big-wigs, Nebraskans may soon find themselves faced with choosing between a nonpartisan-unicameral legislature and a bipartisan-bicameral legislature. Should the petitions now being circulated obtain the required number of signatures, next fall's ballot will require voters to make a black and white decision. " There will be no middle ground. The un dercover politicians have seen to that. Voters will not have a chance to express their desire for any of a number of other pos sible alternatives. They might favor a bir partisan-unicameral body, a nonpartisan-bi-cameral or an enlarged nonpartisan-unicameral legislature. ' But they will be unable to speak politically. The politicians have placed the voters in a real predicament. No matter what their opin ions, they must vote for either the nonpartisan-unicameral, the present form, or the bipartisan-bicameral legislature This predicament is exactly what the petition-originators want. Believing that some voters oppose the unicameral feature of the present legislature and others oppose the non partisanship, the politicians are counting on both groups of dissenters to vote for the two part package deal. Undoubtedly the proponents of the bipartisan-bicameral body are furthering their cause in placing the voters in this false, but very real, dilemma. They force anyone who favors any feature . of the present legislature to defend every aspect of the body. And they force anyone who opposes any part of the nonpartisan-unicameral to vote for the bipartisan-bicameral .legislature. The Nebraskan does not intend to argue the relative merits of the two extremes. We leave this to the politicians and political sci entists. We would, however, like to take two stands. First, we feel that the voters of the state are not being given a fair chance to deter mine their form of legislative government. Second, in finding it difficult to choose be tween the present form and the package deal, we prefer a system employing the one-house feature and utilizing party responsibility within that house. In other words, we pro pose a bipartisan-unicameral legislature. But our opinions are unheard. We must choose between two extremes, neither of which we consider the best possibility. Nebraska voters are facing the same dil emma thanks to a few powerful politicians. K.R. Undignified End A politician's demise is not a pretty thing to watch. Agriculture Secretary Benson, now in his death throes according to political pundits, is 110 exception. , The farmer's clamor for his removal or at least the adoption of "realistic" farm policies has been translated into impending action. News commentators are now speculating on who will replace Benson with several names being mentioned. It seems a little cruel to speak of successors while Benson is still in the Cabinet. Sort of like arguing at someone's death-bed about who will be a pallbearer or -who is to Inherit the family fortune. E.D. York State is discriminating against organiza tions simply because they are nationally af filiated. A poll taken by the Associated Collegiate Press showed that 70 per cent of .students belonging to fraternal groups do not condone discrimination. With this figure in mind, it s hard to understand why the move need be taken by New York State University. If the students do not favor discrimina tion, why is it common in fraternal groups? The answer is simple. Student members of fraternal organizations having discriminatory rules are following national regulations. They are merely doing what they are told. They must "obey orders" or lose their important national affiliation. Lasting anti-discriminatory action can only come from within the national organizations. Changes on the national level will come only if individual chapters of offending national groups apply pressure to bring about" the changes. The local chapters at New York State Uni versity will not have an opportunity to urge a change in their national organization. They are no longer members of the national organi zation. They are defunct, but the real discrim intory offender, the national organization goes on minus one chapter. This piece-meal destruction accomplishes little but to weaken a potentially good na tional organization by cutting off Jocal groups of members. It leaves the problem of dis crimination unsolved and virulent as before. If the New York State "treat 'em rough" policy of discrimination against certain sorori ties and fraternities should be duplicated on a greater scale, national organizations would be faced with extinction on basic changes. But the basic changes forced upon a national group might well lend mere "lip service" to a lofty written change. Real and lasting change can come only from pressure brought to bear by the 70 per cent of fraternity and sorority members who do not favor discrimination on their national or ganization. They deserve the chance to act. T.W. No Alternatives? The highly-touted "hard-money" policy of the Republicans, a campaign subject which was frequently referred to, is now going the way of many pre-election promises. Interest rates which had earlier been hiked by the Federal Reserve System are now being eased, apparently in an effort to stem off any recessionary trends. Thus, once again, the Administration finds that in spite of good intentions and no doubt sincere criticism of Democratic policies, they have been forced to adopt many of those same policies. But, in spite the modifications which have crept into GOP policy, one must not be too hasty to criticize on that basis alone. Cer tainly the economic health of the nation is more important that partisan claims of broken promises or, on the other hand, stubborn ad herence to a policy for the sake of. saving face. Political parties, like men, must adapt themselves in the face of new difficulties and problems or they will perish. Recognition of one's mistakes is essential to this end. So, if the Administration finds it must con tinue deficit spending, it may be that they fi nally recognize and appreciate the problems which faced the Democratic Administrations. So, just because an avowed policy has been reversed, let us not condemn them. They ma be acknowledging they were wrong during the campaign. The voters now have an opportunity to mull over present developments in view of the campaign issues. The voter may find more to substantiate the contention that it really did not make too much difference which party was elected. He may find that the powerful economic forces at work do not offer alternatives. E.D. Margin Notes Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Lincolnites are getting pretty used to read ing about their fellow-townsmen going to Washington as appointees to public office. The Nebraskan wonders how this will af fect the Census Bureau's estimate which places Nebraskans leaving the State in the vicinity of 13,000 plus. Of course, this recent exodus to Washington may not be reflected in the 1960 census. Several elections will have, occurred by then ... . Tearful Victory Jubilant Iowa State students, elated over their surprise win over Missouri, were in tears over the weekend literally. More than 4,000 Cyclones marched on the residence of the Iowa State college president to demand a day off for the victory. , Police were forced to use tear gas to des pel the crowd. More tears probably would have been shed had not the gendarmes run out of tear gas. 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Dwurht jundt riebrtHiwn are penmnaily rronoixilhla for what they my or do or mom to be prlntetUfcr REPORTERS . .. ' ' Willie Deech. Marilyn Mitchell, fred Daly. Marcla Unhncrlptlon rate are a lemeter, f.S0 mailed, or Mlckeleen. Harriet Kartc. (Irnee Marrey. Ham Jen.en, 3 the eolleie year, ft mailed. Winnie eopy l flye Marilyn Hntlon, Judy Joyce, Mary Hue Limdt. Natalie ant. Published on Tiely, Wednesday and Friday, Katt. Phyllle llrnhtonrm, Mary Clara Flynn. Ingrld iwent vacation and examination period. One Mmne gwere, Mary liny Beaehler. ruMlahed during the month ot airarimt each year by the ilvcrity f Nebraeka andcr I no miiM.rvlsti.ii of the BUSINESS STAFF Committee on Brndent Publication. Kntcred a eretmd Bnetneee Manaver tttan Ripple atas matter at tlie Poet Office In l.lneoln. Nebraska. Aes't Buelneee Manager. . .Pare Erleknon, floran Jacob, anaef Act of ( onitre, March 3, 1X74. and at apeelal Cheater Hinder, rk Vrtentt mtc of fmetajra provtilcd for In ttectton 1103, Aet of Circulation Manager Hen WIMtajmura liNKTwb of iet. , autjtorlsed tkt, 10. Mi. Mia Mewe Jan Harrison LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS y Dick BSbter "Sy"T,, mm aaawBBjaBaBi - . r ICS' i(vn The Student Speaking Del-za-poppin' - Just what it says -what is "If of -?" If you had read the assignment, that question would be perfectly clear." Letterip Longer Library Hours? Dear Editor: Your editorial on Love Library hours prompts me to make a few observations. In the first place, let me say that I appreciate your point of view and I believe that you are serving the best interests of the undergraduate students in the opening of the matter for discus sion again. I would add that I, too, believe that we must have a longer schedule of library hours and I sincerely hope that another bien nial budget will make this pos sible. We have made a number of important improvements in li brary service . . . The most im portant improvement, of course, was to occupy this fine new cen tral library building. . . . Our next problem was to con vert library operations from the traditional concepts of Library Hall ... I refer especially to the development of large collec tions of books on open shelves organized by broad subject divi sions: The humanities, the so cial studies and science and tech nology. We now have about 100,000 vol umes on open shelves where all students can have immediate and direct access to them. Along with this we had to bring to gether a staff adequate in size and ability . . . and salaries had to be improved all along the line to hold such a staff together. Our next major problem was to get a more adequate budget for the purchase of books arid periodicals. This took some do ing . . . because there are many worthy causes in the teaching and research program of the University all clamoring for money. Th Libraries, obviously, serve the entire teaching and research program and so the need for more adequate library funds has steadily received sympathetic consideration. . . . This year we have a book fund of $60,000 and a periodical fund of $47,500. . . . However, book and periodical costs have risen sharply during recent years and so a good share of our increase has had to go toward maintain ing the program of book-buying that we started with. I can appreciate your remark that it ought to be possible to use to the fullest extent the books and periodicals that we have and that additional library hours might help. I would point out, however, that our book and periodical pur chases support not only the wide- ranging program of undergradu ate students, but also a wide ranging program of , graduate study and faculty research. A good library of 100,000 vol umes, kept up-to-date, can serve nearly all the needs of an under graduate student body of several thousands, but graduate, study and research require much larg er resources in printed mate rials, even though the number of individuals engaged in the work is considerably smaller. Specifically, on the matter of library hours, it is my opinion that our first expansion, if we are able to secure the necessary funds in the next biennial budget, should be applied to Sunday aft ernoon and evening. ... I am sure no good purpose would be served for more than a small number of students if we were to remain open Friday and Saturday evenings. . . . In addition, 1 'seriously ques tion if very many would be served outside of midterm and Union Bulletin Board TUESDAY KOSMET KLIB WORKER MEETING, 5 p.m. KK Room, Un ion. KOSMET KLUB ACTIVE MEETING, 7 p.m. KK Room, Union. RC PUBLICITY COMMIS SION MEETING, 5 p.m. RC Room, Union. RC VETS HOSPITAL UNIT MEETING, 4 p.m., Room 313 Un ion. RC ORPHANAGE COMMIS SION MEETING, 5 p.m., Room 315, Union. WEDNESDAY INTER-FRATERNITY COUN CIL, 5 p.m., Union. RC BLOOD COMMISSION, S p.m., Room 306 Union. final examination weeks, if we were . to remain open later at night (during the week). . . . I wonder if the majority of un dergraduate students agree with me on this point. . . .? Must we do our best to achieve longer hours during the next bi ennium, and if so, should we open Sunday afternoon and eve ning or apply the funds to other extensions of hours? Meanwhile, don't overlook the fact that the Love Memorial Li brary is now open 74 hours per week in all of its public service, departments. That is almost dou ble a full office week. We want all students to make the maximum use of the facilities they now have as we consider the possibilities of expanding li brary hours of service. FRANK A. LUNDY Director of University Libraries By DEL HARDING After writing sEwed-up (NOT sO wed-up) on the blackboard 500 times I feel ready to attempt another column. Suppose you are wondering wha' hoppon to the T Zone vo calist. Well, Vaughn Monroe was slated to team with Sauter-Fine-. gan but it looks like the deal fell through. But don't count him out for sure yet. In case you are one of those saying "who's this Sauter Fine gan buy?" they, Ed Sauter and Bill Finegan, are about the hottest new recording combina tion in years. Along with Billy May they have created sort of a "now sound" In their musical arrangements. Someone suggested the name of this column be changed from Del-za-poppin' to Del-za-poopin'. No. Don't like it. Surprised a lotta people Sun day night celebrated my 21 birthday. The old LHS crew some students and mostly par ents and faculty used to give 8-5 odds that the way I drive I'd be dead before then. Ha. I won. (Knock on wood.) Some week when I get ambi tious I'm going to write a short autobiography for this column sort of a combination of Forever Amber and From Here to Etern ity. Old gal friends beware! Since no doubt some of my readers are faculty members and University employees I will at tempt to keep them uneasy also, as they too are subject to my poison pen. This wecK, to spice up one of the volumnous Queen-King con tests, I suggest that the faculty employee group also be allowed Prince Kosmet and Nebraska Sweetheart candidates. My nom inations: dapper Harry Rose, Spanish instructor and sexy Twila Diekmann, sports publi cist John Bentley's secretary. Hear there are some train tickets left to the Nebraska Mizzou game Saturday. Get 'em at the ticket office at 11th and P. Next to Colorado, Missouri is the best fun-and-games trip. 'Specially on those neck-drink-or-sleep migration trains. I'm still recovering from the Kansas State migration train two years ago. r Well, strange happenings Ne braska won a football game, al though the showing was some what less than spectacular. Slide Rule E-Week Principles Seldom Understood It has always been my plea sure to expose or at least discuss problems which are kicked about among the engineers but never mentioned for fear of hurting some one. One concept which is seldom realized by the engineering stu dents is the purpose of E-Week. There is one basic purpose of E-Week and several reasons for the methods incorporated in its operation. I asked one of the responsible students involved in last year's E-Week for his explanation: "One of the primary purposes of Engineer's Week is to attract high school students, their par ents, and the public in general to the University so that they can become acquainted with the fa cilities at the College of Engi neering & Architecture. "In doing this, we accomplish another purpose: that of dem onstrating new methods, mater ials, processes and machines. "In this way the students of the engineering college are af forded an opportunity to gain in experience in explaining compli cated machines and processes without the use of the technical language which is not familiar to the laymen. "This is a fundamental and necessary experience if we are to have satisfactory human rela tions between engineers, archi tects, and those who are not technically trained. "E-Week offers engineering students a chance to participate in an activitywhich is a definite contribution toward a better University of Nebraska. "Further, the contemplation of this exposition stimulates the students; they must use their inspirational and creative talents most of all, and they must never allow themselves to disregard the importance of resourceful ness. "Since the display is entirely financed by the students through the sale of E-ribbons, it presents the students with the responsi bility of raising the money as well as economically using it. "So that there will be the necessary Incentive to do the best possible job, a contest be tween the departments is held. "The departments are judged on the effectrvness and creative ness of their displays, the num ber of E-ribbons sold and the number of Blue Print subscrip tions sold." I believe there will probably be some worth while discussion on the above definitions. If any one disagrees with the above concept, or any of the details of operation, the place to express it Is in the Engineer's Exec Board meetings thru the society repre sentative. Otherwise, there should be no objection in the spring io the method or manner of putting on an E-Week. Blue Print sales begin October 26, and the first issue will be given to each engineer as he buys the subscription. Another added feature of this year's B.P. is the pin-up which will appear in each issue. A different one each time, I hear. If we're going to get over-heated about some thing, that might be it. John Marks. Aside from the usual fumbles. the failure to take timeout in the waning seconds of the first half and John Bordogna's electing to punt the ball with but eight sec onds left in the game ranked tops in this week's blunders. While the punt was sailinr through the air I couldn't help remembering the Colorado game last year, in which we were held to a tie because of a tremendous klckoff return by CU star Carrol Hardy in the closing mtnutesf play Wonder what Rex Fischer did to get in Coach Glassford's bad graces he carried the ball once, made a touchdown, and was promptly jerked for the rest of the game. At least he played, which is more than Jerry Paul son, a two-year letterman at guard has gotten to do this sea son. 0 But the crowning touch came after the Cornhuskers had stumbled through to victory, largely due to Dennis Korinek's . timely pass interception. Some of the jolly pep club dashed onto the field and hoisted Glassford to their shoulders and" carried him to the fieldhouse. Considering we were six-point favorites and won luckily by but four, the victory was hardly worth such a display of exhuber ance. We must really be victory starved. By CHICK TAYLOR When the diplomats cease from their capers, Their red-tape requests and replies. Their shuttlecock battle of papers. Their saccharine parley of lies. When the plenipotentiary wrangls Is tied in a chaos o f knots, And becomes an unwind able tangle Of verbals unmarried to thoughts anguished CWh? and argued profoundly, Asserted, assumed, and avered, Then I end up the dialogue roundly With my monosyllabical word, The husband eyed his wife over the dinner table in puzzled sui prise. ' "That's a beautiful necklac you're wearing, my dear," he said. "Yes, isn't it, darling?" she replied. "I found it in the back seat of your car." AT miLLER'S Hand-Detailed 12yleae cJricot (Bh ouse Soft silky IVylene Tricot is the last word in a carefree fabric. A perfect blending of nylon tricot with a dash of acetate, it tubi beautifully, needs no ironing. BLOUSE NOOK . . . First Floor miLLER C PAlflE "AT THE CROSS&OABS OF LINCOLN" r f CHARLIE HAUPT AND TOM LARSON Wednesday evening "In The Miller Manor" Will thow what" new in men't fashion . . . - KOLN-TV 8:00 P.M. ftiilllilliillliliiUlllilittlliliillllilill fWttlBMWMUfgm lltMBIMWBMMKMM