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Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN r EDITORIAL PAGE Good Team-Poor Publicity A University athletic team scored an over- Whelming victory several days past. The score was an impressive "one 180 to the closest rival's 6? and one-half. The victory was In gymnastics, long an underrated Nebraska strong point, in the athletic system the closest rival was Colo rado, nemesis of Husker athletic teams in football and basketball this year. Despite the Nebraska triumph over the Buffs and other competitors, the local news papers, including The Nebraskan, made com paratively littl mention of the fact. Instead, the outcome of the Saturday meet was treated as a matter of course. The attitude from several news sources seemed to be that it would be Just as newsworthy to announce the sun's appearance on the eastern horizon early this morning. Publicized or not, the fact remains the University has one of the finest gymnastic teams In the Big Seven If not in the nation. Its consistently high, scorlnr and all-around excellence is something other Husker ath letes, teams and coaches can envy. However, attendance at gymnastic meets Is notoriously low for several reasons: 1. There is not adequate seating space for Following The Crowd The discussion and condemnation of Sen ator Joseph McCarthy and his Communist purging methods seems to be unusually loud on the University campus. In references made by instructors and students who are "well informed enough to know," Sen. Mc Carthy has been raked over the coals. The general attitude at the University is that this chastisement is justified. Students who are the listening counterpart of this discus sion fall into the ranks under the persuasive powers of their instructors and fellow stu dents. Yet the University is only a minute seg ment of our nation and society which has harbored the McCarthy tactics through re election and actual support. Is the University campus an isolated anti-McCarthy stronghold in a vast sea of pro-McCarthyism or is it the true repre sentative of the nation's attitude toward the man? We have been told McCarthyism had cre ated a fear which threatens our individual liberties. Have we accepted this statement whether it ft true or not on face value with out using objectivity which is a great de lender of those liberties? We know how little time we give to out side reading end to research on material of interest to us but perhaps we need to stop "en masse" and do a little investigation of our own on McCarthyism and decide for our selves whether it is right or wrong. The habit of taking another person's word as being wholly valid must cease to be a deter minate of student opinion. J. H. Nof All-Important Last week the thoroughly debated and amended Bricker Amendment failed to pass the Senate with the necessary two-thirds rote. Though the ill fated measure was turned down by a very slim majority only one vote, the fact remains it was defeated. Throughout the nation the event was given editorial comment, and the comment, as it should have, ran the gamut of political ideas. One writer, speaking in the editorial columns of the Omaha World -Herald, how ever, cannot be overlooked. The Omaha paper seems to agree with Sen. Butler when he says "Nearly everybody la Nebraska is for the Bricker Amendment,' for the "World-Herald offers a plan to all Nebraskans to insure the success of the meas ure to limit the president's power in the field of foreign affairs. "The battle may be lost, but the war will go on," the editor writes. "Supporters of the Bricker Amendment would see to it that very man running for Congress is placed on record in regard to his personal stand. This should be made the paramount issue, the final test" Certainly, each man running for public office should commit himself on the Bricker proposal, hut it is an overstatement to say that this should he "the paramount issue, the final tent Amidst the complexities of the farm prob Jm, the unbalanced budget, the race for atomic weapons and the tensions of the del icate balance of power, it appears that the proponents of any measure, especially the Bricker Amendment, are asking too much to aay that the election should be decided on this one point And if that weren't enough, the paper uggests that if the "battle" isn't won in '54 it be continued into the presidential elec tions of 58 and every candidate for public office, from delegates to conventions to the President himself should revolve around the Bricker idea. It would be nice If our manifold problems ould be solved as easily as this particular ditor seems to think they can. D. F. the meets in the Physical Education Building. 2. The "sport is made up of many differ ent events all of which might not appeal to the individual observer. S, Gymnastics, along with tennis, golf and swimming, has never held much prominence on the state high school athletic scene. Thus, it would be foolhardy to say that Univer sity students would show great interest in 'something that was second rate in high schools. One of the major problems in stimulating Interest In the University gym team is that many students cannot appreciate what their team has done. Briefly, here are the major accomplishments in the last several years: 1. First place for the last three years in the All-College Invitational. 2. A win over the University of Minnesota. A football victory of similar stature would be comparable to beating one of the Big 10 championship teams. 8. Seventh place this year in the national AAU meet Gymnastics Coach J. G. Geier noted that one difficulty in establishing real interest in the sport is that no method exists of com paring schools on the national or regional level. He noted that gymnastics is definit ly on the upswing in spectator popularity, partly because American eyes were opened to the importance of the sport during the recent Olympics at Helsinki when the United States gymnastic team was trounced by the the Russian aggregation. Though gymnastics' importance is increas ing, lack of publicity and consequently stu dent interest resulted in a University foot ball team receiving more publicity for a had season this year than the very successful gymnastic team. This is not an outcry to "de-emphasire football,'' basketball or any of the so-called "major" sports at the University. The gym nastic team should, however, receive greater student interest and support than it does at this time. The sport should be accepted as more important than half-time entertain ment during basketball games and enter tainment for a small group of University students. T. W. Opportunity The University student who is graduated with little or no knowledge of what he will do for a living is not uncommon. Still more common is the underclassman who switches majors at least once before he finds one to his liking. An unusual opportunity will be available next week for persons who are undecided about their futures. An Omaha service club and University of Omaha are sponsoring an exposition called "Career Opportunities Un limited" at the Omaha University field house. Approximately 150 exhibits will be open. In these booths will be representatives of professions, local businesses, national busi ness firms, corporations, etc. Information about job opportunities in many fields will be available. A trip to Omaha would be well worth the time for any student who does not have a ready answer to the all-important Ques tion of what to do with his future S. H. Margin Notes Shots, Then Smiles It's traditional American humor that can see something funny in the worst situations. And House members Monday were able to smile ruefully and poke good-natured fun at themselves as targets of an unexpected fusillade of Puerto Rican bullets. For instance, a Democratic representative from Georgia who wasn't on the scene him selfsuggested three rewards for those who were in the middle of the action. There could be combat pay, for those who stood up under fire; flight pay, for those who fled; . and submarine pay, for those who - dived under their seats. And for the Puerto Ricans? The Ne braskan suggests battle pay, for action be yond and below the call of duty. 'Of Course' Girls who begin to thank their lucky stars that they will never have to fight in a com bat war, may have to change their views someday. While many countries give lip service to "peace," they never cease preparing the peo ple for war. In Czechoslovakia, for instance, the "serv ice for military preparation of the civilian population" is busying itself with training women, particularly nurses. Questionnaires recently issued to nurses contain the question: "Are you ready, in case of war, to bear arms?" None dare an swer no; all are being trained in the use of firearms. Jim 9ln6AaMmv FXFTY-TnXED TEAK Member: Associated Collegiate Press Advertising representative! 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SCSI 3. ESS STA.H n wM ' aaattar at tn Post Cfftea a SmtiMM Maaairar pan Slpnta Att rats, aodv of Csnwnaa, Hank f, as toaainaw Mankftn CM Stat, Sw j , - ,, . rata mt roMaira provided far Is iMt i tut , - t AM, at Oansraw af Out, S. aatkarUad rtrralaMm Slananr Staa I (mas , X Ktfht Kewa Ldiuir......................Circa Marray Limi Man on campus "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm$tumM.. "aa"al by Dick Bibier Student Forum "Your entrance exams oredicted failure in collere. but your AV and 'B's' show tests dont take into considerstion ambition, hard work, drive and determination." Slide Rule E-Week Judging System Change Made For 1954 By JOHN MARKS When most students think of E-Week, they picture a very strange combination of noise, motion, and color arranged to inform and amaze the general public. But there is something behind all of the effort that is expended to produce a success ful E-Week. The engineers have a reason for working feverishly day and night in the few short weeks preceding the presentation of E-Week. They are in compe tition for the E-Week plaque, an award given to the engineering college that has best fulfilled the objectives of E-Week. The catch is, who is to de termine which college is the most worthy? The problem of judging E-Week has been tossed about considerably in the past few years. Bat this year a new system of jadging has been de signed for simplicity and fair ness. Acommittee was set up to in vestigate the problem of judg ing, and their first conclusion was that the old system was too complex, which it was. In fact, it was so complex that the com mittee was unable to determine whether it was fair or not. As a result, the old system was scrapped, and the following plan devised to judge E-Week. First, the objectives of E-Week are cited so that the judges may know what is be ing judged. The three-fold pur pose of E-Week is to 1. Interest high school students in the Uni versity, 2. Build good will towards the University in the minds of the public, and 3. Pro vide a means whereby the stu dent may display iniative and creative ability. Now all the judges need to do is attend E-Week and observe just how well the six colleges have succeeded in accomplish ing these objectives. The judges then indicate their choice by ranking the open house and the window display first, second, etc. Of course the displays are marked as to whether they are old or new, and the judges will be asked to take cognizance of the old and new marks as well as the number of students in each department. However, the winner of open house or the window display will not necessarily get the E-Week plaque. Six places will be as signed in the Blue Print sales competition, E-ribbons sales. Field Day competition, and E-Week Banquet ticket sales. As in a track meet, a college will get so many points for first place, a lesser number of points for second place, etc The col lege with the highest number of points get the plaque. I am sure that the committee thought for a long time in order to arrive at a system of judging as simple and fair as the one I have just outlined. Incidentally, E-Week is being held on April 29 and 30 this year. If past experience can be relied upon, the 1954 E-Week should be a bigger success than ever. Letterip University Instructor Beutel Raps 'Diabolical' Editing In Lincoln Paper fTlM letter arlBlad batow H aaat a The Kabraaikaa by lr. Baatct with Iha aotattna tkat M wat a cnar af am mmt is Aw La nk Jftamal. Tat lattar mm wrtttaa Mlww ka) crtticlna of a waatk Itr. BealaJ de liver at tat caaawa YM-YWCA kaaeaet.t Dear Sir: In your 'More or Less Per sonal" column, pink edition of February 5, 1954, you criticize a speech I made the night before to the Campus YM-YWCA ban quet, saying that I am one of those professors "who claim for themselves the unalienable right to speak their own minds freely, yet deny the same right to others." The column then goes on at length distorting a speech, which yon did not hear, with carefully chosen quotes diabolically edit ing it entirely out of context, as a denial of the rights of people to criticize professors and uni versities, making out the whole as an attack upon the freedom of speech of others. One hundred persons who were present will bear witness to the fact that just the opposite was said. The whole tenor of the talk, at you should well know from your reporter who was there, upheld the freedom of expression by everybody as the very basis of our civiliza tion. What was criticized was action interfering with this right, specifically: 140 collective cases of discharge of professors in vio lation of academic freedom, single instances at Rutgers, Cali fornia, and Oklahoma, and the enactment of the Nebraska high school teachers' oath law. There was also praise for the action of Harvard, and Chicago, who like the Nebraska University Dob's Billies By ART DOBSON Night Watchman "Young man, are you going to kiss that girl?" ' StudenWNo. sir." Night Watchman "Well, then bold my lantern." "What is college bred, Pop?" 'College bread is a four-year loaf made from the Caver of youth, and the old man's dough." "You know," said the high school graduate, "I have half a mind go to college." "Well," his teacher decided, "that's as good as most." "Josle certainly has grown up." "Yes, she used to yell for an all day sucker. Now she just wants one for the evening." administrators are protecting academic freedom, none of which you report. My statement about taxpayers which you deliberately distort was "Some taxpayers claim, as such, the right to hire and fire professors." The Star printed a brief but accurate report of the speech; but nowhere In that edition of the Journal is it mentioned or reported in the news columns. Your own twisted version in your editorial is typical of what I meant by "abuse by editors of the freedom of the press." Of course you have a legal right to distort the news; but it is another classic example of abuse of a legal right. Such prac tices have no place in American Journalism, and decency requires that you print this letter or a retraction. FREDERICK K. BEUTEL Don't Bloc Vote Dear Editor: The members of the 1953-54 Black Masque Chapter of Mor tar Board would like to remind all women students to go to the polls Thursday to vote in the spring elections. The authority to choose the Associated Women Students and Coed Counselor boards has been delegated to all women students, and so for a just selection of board members, it is necessary that each woman exert her right to vote. For the same reason it is important that all independent women vote to choose tha BABW board and , that all members of the WAA vote for its new officers. a Information concerning the qualifications of each candidate , for office will be given in The Nebraskan and will be posted at the polls. Therefore, we would further encourage each woman to be familiar with the qualifi cations of the cendidstes in or der that she may wisely mark her ballot for those she believes to be the best qualified. By being an Informed voter each woman can cast her ballot individually and wilt not need to participate in any kind of bloc voting. Mortar Board would lend its support to all organizations which encourage their members to vote, but would condemn any organisation that Insists that its members support particular can didates. We strongly urge all women to vote, to be informed voters, and to vote according to their individual evaluations of the candidates up for each office. BLACK MASQUE CHAPTER OF MORTAR BOARD A Second Glance Bv PAUL LAASE On October 2, 1949, General Chiang Kai-Shek and his Chi nese Nationalists abandoned the Chinese mainland and retreated to the island of Formosa. Why did this happen, and more im portant, what will the future hold for Chiang? After WW II ended in 1945 the uneasy truce that existed be tween the Nationalists and the Communists was stretched to the breaking point In 1947, a full scale civil war broke out At this point Chiang's armies outnum bered the Communists about 3 to 1. Yet by late 1949 Chiang found himself on the short end of 2 to i odds. The Nationalists were finally pushed off the mainland and onto Formosa. a Throughout the '47-'49 period, the Nationalists were receiving aid, in limited amounts, from the U.S. Most of the equipment used by Chiang's troops was supplied by the U.S. General Barr, Chi ang's U.S. military advisor, pointed out however, that 80 per cent of the equipment we gave to Chiang was abandoned during the months of constant retreat Further, 75 per cent of this abandoned equipment eventually ended up. In usable rondltion, in the hands of the Communists. General Barr also noted that the Nationalist armies were losing more troops throurh desertion than could be recruited as re placements. Chiang and his Nationalist government lost the civil war because they had no large deirree of popular support. As far back as 1935 Chiang had allied him self with, and catered to, the large Shanghai business inter ests. During the lone, months scent in the interior of China in WW II, Chiang joined forces with the large land-lords, and favored them over the peasants. It was in this period that Chiang reintroduced the hated Pao Chi system, which gave the government a means of direct political control over each indi vidual family. The Nationalist government did nothing to curb the widespread inflation that ex isted all during the war. On top of all this, the Nationalists ran a first-class political dictatorship in the country, with the party holding the same position the Communist party holds in the Soviet Union. In contrast to this, the Chinese Communists acted as a guerilla army throughout the war. Oper ating behind the lines, they were forced to seek and cultivate peas ant support. This they did ex tremely well, even going to far as to make some land reforms in areas under their control. While Chiang was suffering defeat after defeat at the hands of the Japanese, the Communists were rather successful. It was only natural that the Chinese people would turn to the Communists as the only available alternative to the Nationalists. Today Chiang has 600.000 poorly equipped soldiers on For mosa! Their averatre age is 27 to 32. In five years this army will be too old to be an effective fighting force. Across the straits are 3 or 4 Communist armies of about one million men each. They are seasoned veterans. Chiang cannot move his troops to the mainland without the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Once there, he would be sadly out numbered. Remembering his past military record, we cannot ex pect this army to defeat the Communists. Chiang's past po litical record is still too vivid a picture in Chinese minds to ex pect the people to flock to h;s mainland. a As long as the Nationalists re main on Formosa it is safe in the hands of the free world, as a strategic outpost Knowing that the U.S. would probably inter vene, it is doubtful that the Chi nese Communists would think it worthwhile to occupy it If the U.S. assisted Chiang in a land ing on the mainland we would undoubtedly soon find ourselves carrying almost the entire bur den. The safest course for Chiang Kai-Shek is to remain on For mosa and wait for better days. Copped Copy Pinning, Beginning Told; 'Sneak'Tactics Noted By BRUCE BRUGMAXN A poll at the college book store at UCLA found 89 Com munists among students. It seems that a sociology major with "nothing better to do" stood at the door of the store asking customers, "Are you a Communist?" The results were surprising when 89 from 328 questioned answered "yes." Later ten re turned to say they were only kidding. a "College is like a laundry; you get out of it Just what you put into it but you'd never recog nise it" From the Texas Uni versity Daily Texan. a a The University of Georgia Sig nal presents the story of the true origin of pinning: "Pinning is relatively new to the college scene and is slowly but surely replacing another quaint romantic courtship cus tom known as "bundling." The idea got started about 40 years ago in a small Eastern co-educational college. It seems that one evening a winsome young lass named Ima Eastie loaded herself quite heavily with cotton padding. Later, when she was out on a date., this undue strain caused one of her shoulder straps to break, whereupon she began to cry. Her date, not knowing she was putting on a big front, offered his fraternity pin as a possible means of repairing the broken strap. Ima immediately accepted it pinned the strap to her sweater, and a new custom was born. 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