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Tuesday, October 26, 1954
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Lincoln, Nebraska
by Dkfe Bi&ier Givin' 'Em Ell
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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The Colorado silver and.eold took on a tar
rushed appearance this weekend as the Uni
versity Cornhuskers fought their way to victory
on the gridiron at Boulder.
The score Nebraska 20, Colorado 6 was in
itself proof that the team had won. The yard
age gains, rushing averages and pass comple
tions left no doubt that the Cornhuskers had
outplayed the Buffaloes.
Students who attended the game in Boulder
came back to campus with tales not of their
excapades at Tulagi's, but of the game and how
well the team had played. Lincoln citizens
talked on the street corners not of the bargain
sale in a local store, but of the chance Ne
braska now has of going to the Orange Bowl.
The old complaint that this last weekend was
a dead one hasn't been heard from even the most
ardent party pooper.
Last week in classrooms the anticipation of
the Colorado game was at a high pitch, with
instructors grimacing in disapproval at students'
groans when the announcement of Friday tests
was given. And on Monday morning instructors
began their lectures half-heartedly, knowing their
words of wisdom fell on deaf ears still hearing
the wild clamor of the Nebraska crowd as the
Huskers chalked up another TD.
For those students and citizens who re
mained in Lincoln over the weekend there was
a surprise in store. Listening to the radio broad
cast, it was difficult not to feel the excitement
and pride which Nebraska rooters exhibited. The
cheers of the Nebraska audience were deafening
and the fact that even with a minority repre
sentation the support demonstrated at Boulder
was overwhelming.
Saturday night nearly 500 students and towns
people gathered at the Lincoln Airport for the
arrival of the' team. The plane landed at 9:45
p.m. and amid cheers and "There Is No Place
Like Nebraska" the team and coaches returned
after a hard day's work.
Some objective on-lookers might come up with
the comment, "Sure, everyone feels great as
long as we win." But is this a fair comment?
The Colorado victory had special meaning for
most students. First, last year's heart-breaker
was avenged. Second, this is the first time Ne
braska has beat Colorado at Boulder in 52 years.
Third, the fact that only one other team had
been able to even score against Colorado this
season was reason enough for pride. Fourth,
the Colorado game proved that Nebraska can
produce a winning team .and is not just a Mid
Western University with a mediocre athletic
record as some people think.
Saturday's victory also proved some other
things which it would be well for the psychology
department to heed. Those people who adhere
to the philosophy that football plays a minor role
in University life should by this time be frus
trated and self-critical. Those persons who think
football should not play such a big role should
re-evaluate their reasons. The opinion held by
most practical and realistic students and in
structors at the University that there is much
more to be gained from a college education than
is contained in a text book has been sub
stantiated. The entire attitude brought about by
the victory over Colorado is one of unity. Theo
rists try to tell people that a situation of defeat
is most conductive to uniting a group because it
will unite to fight. But practical men must admit
that winning is a stronger force, especially when
the united group is made up of such varied con
tingencies as it is at the University.
It is a strange phenomenom indeed when the
workings of 22 men can inflame a group many
times larger with pride, loyalty, enthusiasm and
unity. Of course, if one stops to think about it,
this is the typical American spectator, not only
of athletics but also of governmental proce
dures and spiritual teachings.
With an attempt at being "rah, rah football"
The Nebraskan would like to congratulate the
football team, Coach Glassford and his staff,
the University Alumni Association and the
University ( student body for their contribu
tions to a weekend which will be remembered
for some time to come as the weekend which
exhumed the true Cornhusker spirit, both on the
field and off J.H.
Let's Keep It
Another editorial on this page calls attention
to that elusive quality that seems all too rare
on this campus, unity. As is noted above, unity
is wonderful when it exists and greatly missed
when it does not.
Now that we have experienced something of
unity, and know what it can be like, there are a
few who would debate the fact that the "get up
and go" spirit should be a permanent part of the
University scene. However, unity does not exist
of and by itself; it must be carefullv worked
for and actively peserved in order to last. Good
afternoons on the football field will not and can
not keep the spirit and interest we now have
alive for the rest of this year.
University students have been offered a good
opportunity to do their bit to keep up the spirit
by several organizations on this campus.- The
Parents' Day activities, built around the Mis
souri football game, offer one of the best op
portunities for the student body to show out
state Nebraska what a really active student body
is like. The good publicity and relations to be
gained from Parents' Day are almost unlimited
and worth working for.
Good relations with the individuals who keep
this institution on its financial feet are worth
striving for; however, there is something even
closer to home, something more important, good
relations among students, faculty and admuii
stration. The Nebraskan, cooperating with Kosmet Klub
and Corn Cobs, is sponsoring the Hello Hardins
Dinner, to be held Sunday in the Union Ball
room. A dinner sponsored by student organiza
tions for the Chancellor and Mrs. Hardin is not
important by itself ether than the fact they
were interested enough to give up an evening at
home, certainly a rare commodity for so busy
"a couple, to accept the invitation unless stu
dents will also take the time to make the oc
casion a success.
The dinner can be a milestone at the Uni
versity, a good ezampie of unity and spirit
if a large portion of the student body makes
it their business to attend. If students do not
attend, those who would have us believe our
"unity" and spirit must be manufactured for
us and not by us will have more evidence for
their case. T. W.
Freedom To Debate?
Free speech; academic freedom; man's right
to investigate, then judge; the purpose of a
college; the ability of college students to form
intelligent opinion these principles, usually ac
cepted as truisms in the United States, have
been heaved into the junk yard by Dr. Herbert
Cushlng, president of Kearney State Teachers
College.
Obviously, Cushing's ire has been aroused. So
has that of many newspapers around the State
of Nebraska. These individuals feel they have
uncovered an issue that must be touched. To
implement their feelings, they have placed the
label "contraband" on this year's college de
bate topic.
Here is the situation. Each year a group of
national collegiate speech organizations submit
list of proposed topics to debate coaches
throughout the United States. One is selected,
on its merit at a debatable subject, and is
then discussed, pro and con, by college debaters
at contests and conferences during the year.
This year the topic chosen is, "Resolved: That
the United States Should Extend Diplomatic
Recognition to the Communist Government of
China." The topic was not the $rst choice of
many debate coaches, but, evidently, it was the
first choice of the majority of coaches across
the United States. Normally, everyone does not
agree with the selection, but everyone does go
along with the choice of the majority. (A com
mon practice in this country.) Debaters rarely
like the subject they are debating. They usually
feel anything would have been better. But they
are forced to discover facts on both sides of
the case.
This is the key to a debate question. Facts
must, and can, be found. A debate topic by
definition is debatable. At the end of a debate
season, the debater usually has formed an idea
on the subject. He realizes that there are two
sides to the issue. He realizes that both sides
have facts to back them up. If anything, he is
undecided about the general issues and would
answer, if forced for or no" reply, that
one side seems more right than the other.
Cushing and officials of five other colleges
in Nebraska have placed a taboo on thi., ques
tion of the recognition of Red China. Debating
this question, they feel, would be like propos
ing the elimination of the 15th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution. Someone, Cushing added,
is "trying to indoctrinate a few thousand Ameri
can college youths with what I consider to be
a dangerous philosophy."
Cushing has thought about Red China. He
thinks college students are incapable of doing
the same. College students, he adds, must ac
cept what is told to them. If a subject is con
troversial then it must be ignored. This atti
tude has been followed by too many other edu
cators and editorial writers throughout the State.
Certainly college students are not all knowing.
They are a bit "wet behind the ears" and they
do tend to be cocky about their limited knowl
edge. But is this the manner in which an edu
cated adult should handle the problem? For
tunately, the University is not going along with
this perverted point of view. It is its duty as a
university to see through clouded reasoning
such as that expressed by the leader of the
State Normal Board. This it has done.
The case of Red China is highly debatable.
It is vital, it is controversial. Suppressing ideas
is not the way to discover what the proper
answer is. If debate teaches a student anything,
it teaches him to think for himself.
If Cushing is representative of opinion in the
state, then claims against Nebraska of isola
tionism and apathy are well fouided.
The only logical way of letting college stu
dents discover the truth of a situation is to let
them debate it. They are not sold on the side
they happen to be defending. They must reason
the case out for themselves.
Let us hope that inter-collegiate debating in
Nebraska will continue and will survive this
narrow attack. It must be realized that forbid
ding discussion is unreasonable. Cushing, how
ever, is not of this opinion. Cushinpr denies his
students the very rights he is trying to preserve
by not debating the Red China question.
As the chairman of a debate remarks at the
outset of the verbal duel, "Let the debate pro
ceed." D. F. "
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This Is It ... Or Is It?
NU's Weekend Victory
Fosters New Enthusiasm
By CYNTHIA HENDERSON
News accounts of the Colorado
game are now spread from ea,st
to west. They record a tremen
dous victory which may possibly
upset the proverbial apple cart, or
more appropriately, the Orange
Cart, in the Big 7.
However, bold headlines, col
umns of type and pictures have
just began to catch the spirit of
the whole weekend.
Leaving their three "r's" for the
weekend, Huskers scored with fly
ing colors in three "v's" Victory
on the field, victory in the stands,
and victory on the cinder track.
Team, rooters and cheerleaders
rated A-l in every way
Leaving comment on the excel
lent field play to sports editors,
I would like to give a special
compliment to eight outstanding
cheer leaders. "Go Big Red,"
"Fight, fight, fight," and "hold
that line," were shouted as they
have never been in many years.
The effort of the cheerleaders
under Dan Fogel's excellent direc
tion is seldom genuinely appreci
ated. As we sit in sun scorched
stands they often appear to us as
bouncing red and white specks
vainly trying to urge a squeak
from us. Their intense spirit, their
many hours of practice, their un
shaking loyalty in the toughest
spots are outstanding examples of
what it really means to be a
Husker.
Husker rooters seemed to real
ize suddenly what this means. A
breath of fresh air seemed to come
over them. They shouted, roared,
whooped and hollered. Fun was the
order of the day, and fun was had
in great style. Whether the team
actually heard the cheering or not,
the crowd was caught with a con
tagious spirit that was too potent
not to spread out to the field.
The philosophy akin to "I was
never so glad I was an American
until I was abroad," gripped the
crowd. Nebraska became a spot
on the map of which they were
overwhelmingly proud. That phil
osophy goes deeper than a great
game, peppy cheerleaders and a
responsive crowd. It has made the
students look at their school with
pride. They crawled out of their
shell of inferiority and are giving
Nebraska the credit it deserves,
not only as a possessor of a suc
cessful football team but as a dis
tinguished institution.
Pride in the University of Ne
braska is a spirit we often lack.
We too frequently harp on Ne
braska's hay seed traits. We do
no( rank NU with any other Uni
versity, but we are likely to dream
of the glories of Michigan, Mis
souri or even Colorado. Nebraska
is entitled to rank with the best.
This is not a result of the Colo
rado victory or any other sudden
splurge of fame we may receive.
It is founded on excellence of the
education NU offers. A graduate
of NU is highly accepted at any
school. Arts and Sciences, Fine
Arts, Law and many other colleges
are outstanding in the eyes of oth
er schools. We have a right to be
confident of the education we are
receiving It is of the highest qual
ity. The combination of enthusiasm
for the team, genuine pride in Ne
braska and the excitement of mi
gration boiled into a mixture of
triumph and a lot of fun this week
end. Even more exciting, all signs
show that rooters brought back
that spirit and intend to be foul
as well as fair weather supporters
of their team and school.
Lelterip .
Dthate Question
Dear Editor:
In its editorial section on Octo
ber 23, 1954, the Omaha World
Herald reports on this year's topic
chosen by the Speech Association
of America for college debating
competition. The topic, "Resolved:
That the United States should ex
tend diplomatic, recognition to the
Communist Government of China,"
has brought lo light more of the
sentiment which, in the past few
years, has resulted in library
searching and book burning
throughout the country. One col
lege president in Nebraska has
voiced the opinion that the subject
should not be used because he
feels it is an attempt to indoctrin
ate a few thousand American col
lege youths with what he considers
to be a dangerous philosohphy. The
World-Herald makes a slight con
cession to the intelligence of col
lege students by stating, "One
should hope, to be sure, that
American college students would
have the balance to judge the Com
munist philosophy for what it is."
However, they go on to argue
against the use of this topic, ad
vocating the use of a less explosive
question.
It seems that some government
officials and educators feel that
the American mind is so weak in
its devotion to our form of govern
ment and way of life that it could
be swayed to the opposite view
by being exposed to even the
smallest amount of Communist
propaganda. They, therefore, seem
to assume that the only way to
save the American mind from cor
ruption is to keep it in ignorance
of this enemy.
The Armed Forces of the United
States hold the opposite view, in
that they believe you must know
your enemy intimately; know his
strength and his weakness before
you can combat him effectively.
How well could we hope to do in
a battle with an enemy of whose
potentialities and capabilities we
were totally ignorant?
Would It not follow, then, thai
the avera-re Ar?rrai wou!d be
better equipped to fight Commum-
ism if he had knowledge of what
Communism is; of how it operates
and expands; of its propoganda
techniques and lines of thought?
If a person began to read a
periodical or a book and immedi
ately was able to recognize it as
Red propaganda, would he not
either discard it or throw up a
mental barrier against being in
fluenced by what he knew to be
enemy poison? Conversely, if he
did not perceive the subtle political
ideology inserted in the words he
was reading, would the possibility
of his being influenced not be
greater?
Haven't we boasted that an in
formed public opinion is an intelli
gent public opinion? Did we not
deplore Hitler's book burning or
gies of the 1930's? Certainly, subtle
propaganda should be reviewed by
experts and boldly labeled as such.
However, removing this material
from the libraries and schools is
only to incite resentment among
the people. In my opinion, book
burning, censoring and other at
tempts to keep Americans ignor
ant of their enemy are insults to
the inteligence, judgment and
patriotism of the American people.
ALBERT L. SCHAREN
it happened at nu
Monday morning a political sci
ence class awaited its instructor
with a degree of pained expect
ancy. Friday's exam papers were
to be handed back.
But as is the favorite trick of
University professors, the class
was kept in suspense as to the
grades by a lengthy disertation on
the basis of grading, the model
answer which the Instructor had
set up and the general over-all
performance of the class.
Finally the instructor injected
a note of hope by informing the
class that he did not expect any
one to get a 100 because he didn't
give 100's. As an afterthought the
honest man aj-nitted that even he
couldn't get a 100 on his own tes.
KK Neglects
Independents
By ELLIE ELLIOTT
This problem was brought to
my attention several days ago,
when I discoveerd that the Kos
met Klub had neglected to invite
several of the independent wom
en's houses to submit candidates
for Nebraska Sweetheart. In
other years the invitations have
arrived at the last minute, when
it has been impossible to select a
candidate before the deadline.
This year, however, the invitations
were not late; they simply were
not.
I am sure that we all realize
that there are other people on this
campus besides the so-called
Greeks. These other people are
called independents . '. . or book
worms ... or lazy ... or odd
... or antisocial. What some of
us don't seem to realize is the
reason why these people are in
dependent, or what an independent
is.
The great Greek retaliation is
that "The independents have no
organization, and no interest in
campus activities. They complain
that they are not represented, but
none of them are willing to be rep
resentatives." In a sense, this is
true. Independents are not organ
ized; if they were, they would be
a type of fraternal organization,
which, in turn, would negate the
idea of independence. On a cam
pus that is organizing itself to
death, independence is a rare and
cherished freedom to some stu
dents. It is not true that independents
are not interested in activities or
in being representatives. True,
some students have no time for
many activities, some are lazy,
and some are satisfied to be com
pletely independent. However, re
member that the president of the
Student Council, an independent,
is the leader of many activity- and
politically-minded students, or.
ganized and independent.
Nevertehelss, whether the inde
pendent students are organized or
disorganized, interested or distin
terested, I firmly believe that in
dividual independents and the in
dependent houses are due the
same social and political courte
sies as are the Greeks. If the
Kosmet Klub disagrees with the
idea, it had better be honest and
change the name of its queen to
the "Nebraska Sorority Sweet
heart." Finally, I want to make some
thing perfectly clear to the multi
tude of freshman pledges who
are so impressed with their new
social standing. (Most upperclass
men do not seem to ie suffering
under the following dilusion.) Most
independents are not people who
have "flunked out of rush."' They
are not mc tally, socially, or
physically incapacitated or unac
ceptable. Experience should make
this evident, if I cannot. We must
all remember that "A man is what
he wants to be."
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