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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
At Northwestern University, a
recent ruling permits couples to
kiss goodnight at the dormitory
doors, but only if the pair keep
"four feet on the ground."
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