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University of Nebrosko
Wednesday, February 9, 1955
Jke Red Agrarian Force
Western naivete has again been challenged
by the Russians.
From the Kremlin came the announcement
that Georgi Malenkov, in a "confession" be
fore the Supreme Court, had resigned his post
as premier because of his "inexperience" and
the failure of his agricultural policy.
This is a weak cover-up for what has ob
viously been a foreign policy "deficiency"
according to the Russian definition of a lax
policy. This deficiency was spotted early in
1953 when, under Malenkov, Russian foreign
policy unexpectedly shifted. These shifts dis
played a new flexibility and what some ob
servers would call realism. The Russians re
newed foreign relations with Greece and Yugo
slavia. They made a series of trade agree
ments without trying to break down the U.S.
inspired restrictions on strategic commodities.
Russia also dropped postwar claims against
Turkey and, for the first time, contributed to
the UN's fund for technical assistance to under
developed countries.
These shifts were first interpreted as weak
nesses indicating that the Soviet strength was
centered on the Stalin dictatorship with the
result of his death leading to confusion and a
wavering and uncertain foreign policy.
But the Russian policy was not just a confu
sion and the West finally accepted it as an
indication that the Russians wanted to do
business.
Business dealings with the Russians under
the new premier, Nikolai Bulganin, are not
expected to be pleasant. As a former Army
General under Stalin. Bulganin is expected to
have very little concern about the agricultural
policies of the Soviet Union unless it means
converting farm labor to munitions production.
These are, at present, dark forebodings of
what to expect from the Russians in the future.
If the suspicion is correct, and Malenkov was
ousted or "resigned" for his lack of strong-arm
tactics on the foreign policy level, the West
can expect a quick shift back to Stalinism and
all hopes that came with the more acceptable
Malenkov foreign policy can be thrown out the
window J. H.
Just So You Do
"The time has come," the whale told Alice
on her amazing journey through Wonderland,
"to talk of many things; of sailing ships and
sealing wax, of cabbages and kings."
Cabbages and kings aren't exactly the hottest
topics with which to begin a new college semes
ter, but the time has come to talk of other
things. Of most anything, in fact.
And that's the purpose of The Nebraskan.
To talk of many things. To tell you what is
happening on campus, and to try to tell you
why. The new semester brings a fresh start,
end a fresh staff except for a few of us old
hands they couldn't get rid of and a fresh
batch of campus goings-on, as well.
On its news pages, The Nebraskan will bring
you the facts, and we hope accurately. The
editorial page, however, is the fist of the whole
paper where the punch comes from. There the
campus events will be interpreted and dis
cussed both by students, through columns and
letterips, and the staff, through editorials. It
is not an event itself which is significant; it
is the student undercurrents, politics which
caused it, the possible" consequences and
changes, the extent to which students will
benefit and take advantage of it.
Criticism is sometimes directed at a news
paper because of its editorial stand on contro
versial issues. After all, why have editorials?
An editorial is just the newspaper's opinion,
expressed in the words of one of its editors . . .
true. But, at the same time, editorials are
more than that.
The purpose of The Nebraskan editorials
isn't to pronounce one side of an issue wrong
and another right. It is not to pass judgment
on the advisability of certain actions. Editorials
express our point of view in the hopes that
they will arouse you, our reader, to an opinion
of your own. We don't care what you think.
Just so you do. M. H.
NUCWA Tries Again
Two years ago this spring, NUCWA sponsored
the annual Mock UN General Assembly. Un
fortunately, for lack of student interest and par
ticipation, it failed in standing up to previous
spring conferences. Last year, after many un
successful attempts to bring a nationally known
speaker to the campus, NUCWA dropped plans
for the conference.
Now the newly reorganized NUCWA is plan
ning another spring conference, undoubtedly
with a certain amount of hesitancy as to whether
it will simply be an echo of the failure two
years ago.
Is the conference a good thing deserving of
campus-wide participation? There are those
who decry such events as these on the basis
of their pettiness to the bnsic issues of to
day. In view of the headlines in the papers
the normal run of college activity seems unim
portant and futile.
But here is something that in its small way
might be able to achieve better understanding
of the events of the Twentieth Century. Although
nothing that the conference delegates say or
do could directly effect the course which the
UN takes, it would provide a better grasp of
the motivating forces which result in Koreas
and Formosas.
These delegates will be concerned with two
issues selected by NUCWA. They are to repre
sent UN members while voting on these issues,
but to do so they must know, through research,
how these nations vote and why. If delegates
enter into the conference with serious intentions,
the conference will become a short and effective
course in history and international relations.
This depends upon student participation and
the seriousness with which they take part. If
the conference is a success, then its value is
directly related to the educational ideal.-K. N.
The Battlefield Of Ideology
And Student Government
Reprinted from The College Eye
Iowa State Teachers College
Today the nations of the world are mobilizing
all available resources in fatalistic expectation
of the deadly clash of the free world and the
Communist empire.
The twentieth century has already observed
two desperate struggles. War is not new to the
population. The two previous wars seemed to
be motivated by the same desire for world
conquest as does the expectant battle. However,
this new struggle involves a battlefield not seen
to a great extent in either of the previous wars.
This Is the battlefield of ideology. The new
weapons of ideology have revolutionized modern
warfare. The saboteur of today seeks to de
stroy the minds of individuals rather than the
physical implements of war. He seeks to weaken
the nation by pitting citizen against citizen,
class against class, and governed against gov
ernment. He concentrates on confusing Issues,
of aligning himself with causes that will destroy
the solidarity of a nation. Be seeks to exhaust
the desire of people tn fight for their principles
by providing new ones easily attainable on the
five year Installment plan. He tries to pick the
nation's pocket while occupying Its mind with
wither enemies, real or unreal.
Wje saw the terrifying results of this new war
farej in the brain washing episodes in Korea.
Wef are now beginning to realize that a con
fused mind is susceptible to any kind of injec
tion that may be put into it. We know that to
fight for God, Mother and the Country is no
longer good enough. It Is necessary to know
what makes up God, Mother and the Country
and of what significance they are. The why
and the how is now vitally Important to the
Boldier fighting for a way of life against an
entirely different mode of living.
Does student government provide really demo
cratic framework for the college student? Do
students really take seriously student govern
ment or is it considered only an honorary job
without any real significance? How well does
a student government provide the student with
a real appreciation and understanding of this
thing called democracy? If student government
is worthwhile, what conditions are necessary
to provide desirable and effective student gov
ernment? A first requirement, it would seem, Is the
necessity of believing In the college community
as a whole. The college must be more than the
institution in which people build up academic
credits. It should be a place where people with
similar motives and ideas meet on common
ground and work In close relationship with one
another. The individual must be concerned with
the drives and ambitions of his classmates. He
must realize that the success or failure of this
community rests with the amount of time and
talent he is willing to contribute in making
the community a success.
A second necessity, is the desire of the stu
dent to make decisions for himself and to be
responsible for them. Perhaps this is just part
of growing up but so often it is easier to let
someone else make the decision and also take
responsibility for that decision. This is cer
tainly the easy way, for to make no decisions
and to assume no responsibility relieves the
person from any pressure or criticism that
might be forthcoming. However, this country
was not built on the "let George do it" motif
at any time from Jefferson and Lincoln to the
days of Truman and Eisenhower.
Lastly, but most important, to have a good
student government, the student body must be
lieve in this over-used, misinterpreted word
Democracy. Proclaimed on every fourth of July,
extolled at every convention, and venerated
from the pulpit, it is still taken for granted as
some sort of good living which we should favor.
However, there are governments of the world
which seriously challenge our form of govern
ment and seem to be adding new converts to
their banner. Is democracy merely the count
ing of heads in order to determine what the
majority think best? Or is democracy a whole
attitude of life in which the expression of the
individual is held sacred? Is it a philosophy of
life which believer, in the dignity of the indi
vidual whether he be right or wrong? It is a
way of living in which dissent involves no fear
of reprisal, for the respect for the individual
supercedes the weight of his opinions.
Does not a true democracy Include the idea
of Voltaire which states, "I do not agree with
what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say It." Docs not the idea of
democracy Imply that ali of us collectively can
figure out a way much better than George ever
could?
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The Self-Governed-
Campus Misjudges
Independent Apathy
By LOUIS
"In'de-pend'ent . . . n. . . .A
person or thing independent in
some way . . . adj. Not
dependent; a , . self-governing;
. . , not relying on others;
i r r e s pect
ive of others,
each other, or
or another; . . .
free . . . syn.
U n c o ntrol
led, uncoerced,
self - reliant,
u n r e stricted
That's what
Webster says.
But Webster
-hardly does
justice to the "independent" who
long has been and probably will
remain the subject of frequent
campus discussion and a "prob
em" to those who feel a larger
portion of the student body should
participate in campus social, civic
and political activities.
It seems to me that a general
misunderstanding exists among
the non-independent population
and probably much of the inde
penent as well of the acutal
nature and legal and social status
of independent students at the Un
iversity. Therefore, I shall at
tempt in this weekly space this
semester (1) to clarify that na
ture and status, or at least to
present what I believe after four
years of humble observation that
it is, and (2) to present views on
current campus affairs which I
believe are in the best interest of
independent students. I shall not
pretend to represent the views of
ali or even the majority of" inde
pendent students.
It must be understood first that
three classes of independent stu
dents exist at the University: In
dependents per se; unaffiliated
residents of dormitories and University-owned
houses; and mem
bers of self-owned, self-operated
male co-operatives. AH three
groups have in the past shown
notable apathy toward student ac
tivities. In each case, this apathy
must be attributed to the general
nature of the majority of indepen
dent students. This nature is nor
mally the reason for their being in
dependents. The average independent student
of all three classes is, as Webster
says, self-governing. He denies the
right of any person, group or in
stitution beyond the realm of nor
mal environmental pressure to com
mand his actions. Ee loves free-
SCHOEN
dom, despises both tyranny and
class rule in any form. From this
arises the friction which normally
has been inherent in relation be
tween independent and affiliated
students, since affiliateds have tra
ditionally ruled the campus roost.
Particularly the independent per
se, and to some degree the mem
ber of either of the other inde
pendent classes, is totally disint
erested in any form of organiza
tional work. Many of thr inde
pendents per se and some mem
bers of the other two classes are
perhaps apathetic toward organiza
tions and government to a dan
gerous degree. They are the dis
interested, non-voting citizens of
tomorrow. Efforts to interest these
students in activities are thus com
mendable. Yet there is a large group
perhaps the majority of inde
pendents who either are forced
into their apathy by economic
conditions and the consequent re
quirements of part time work, or
are sincerely convinced that cam
pus affairs are insignificant, that
their time is better spent in other
activities of greater present or po
tential importance to the com
munity, the state or society at
large. These are the students who
resent efforts to interest them in
University affairs, and who hold
a superiority attitude "toward ac
tivity - conscious students in gen
eral and toward affiliated students
in particular.
Any effort to interest large num
bers of independents per se in cam
pus activities is futile. Continued
efforts are being made with some
success to Interest men's dormi
tory residents In activities. Yet
only a small percentage of these
students may be expected to re
spond. Greater success may be
anticipated for such efforts among
members of male o-ops. Their
status itself indicates an interest
in organizational affairs. But large
numbers of them are working part
time and have no time for Uni
versity affairs.
Recognition of these facts led
the Student Council at its final
meeting last semester to name
the University of Nebraska Student
Co-operative Association official
successor to the several years de
funct Independent Student Associ
ation as council representative of
Independents. The SCA represents
not all male independents, but the
majority of those outside the dor
mitories who are interested in
campus affairs.
Globetrotting
The Great River
Trick In Russia
By CHARLES GOMON
Did you ever stop to think what
would happen if the Mississippi
River flowed north instead of south
and emptied into the Arctic Ocean
instead of the Gulf of Mexico?
We are mighty lucky it doesn't,
because the Arctic Ocean is frozen
most of the year. If the Ole Miss
did flow north its mouth would
freeze first as the frost line moved
south in the fall and the waters
of this mighty river would be
spread out over most of Canada,
turning vast tracts of land into
swamp and semi-frozen muskeg.
Sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? It
is. Ask the Russians. Most of the
drainage for Soviet Asia is north
ward, and three of Russia's most
important Siberian rivers, the Ob,
the Yenesei and the Lena, empty
into the Arctic Ocean.
This problem of waste land and
waste rivers plagued Russia gener
ations before Karl Marx dreamed
of militant Communism. The Czars
hoped to create a wealthy asset
to the Russian empire by devel
opment of the known but untapped
forest and mineral riches of Si
beria. The difficulty of using the
great rivers, however, thwarted all
schemes by eliminating the cheap
est mode cf transport.
It was true that other disagree
able factors existed the climate
was far from encouraging, and the
land was mostly unproductive be
cause of rocks and swamps, but
it was thought that hardy pion
eers could overcome these diffi
culties if a profitable way could be
found to bring out their products.
No solution to the rivers problem
was forth coming and military col
onies and prison communities have
remained the only settlements in
most of Siberia.
Now, however, Russians may re
joice, says the Kremlin. At last
a way has been devised by Com
munist engineers to utilize the north
flowing rivers of Siberia. Accord
ing to a recent news release you
may recall, atomic boms (or per
haps hydrogen weapons) are to be
used to blast a gigantic excava
tion in Russian central Asia. This
huge crater would cause the trou
blesome rivers to reverse them
selves and flow south, creating a
vast new inland sea.
Well, maybe. The task would be
similar to the work Involved if we
were to blow a big enough hole
in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and
the Dakotas to make the Missouri
and Mississippi flow north.
Unfortunately we cant just laugh
it off; maybe they know something
we don't. The Commies rewrite
the history books to suit them
selves. Possibly they think they
can do the same for steography.
We'll see in ths meantime let's
don't hold our breaths until the
Lena flows south.
For that Bite
off Campus
One Door East
of the Temple
1227 R Street
Schneid Remarks"
Grandad Izzadore's
Mexican Hat Dance
By STAN SCHNEIDER
tA. i . student who shall sea. Izzie,
uuvnj w "v
drink deeply from this column be
cause from it he will reap the har
vest of a better understanding of
those fascinating things that con
spire about him. We shall explore
the regions of your schooling, both
social and scholastic, which you
daily encounter but rarely consider
seriously. ,
We shall discuss in some detail
such enlightening subjects as:
Shaving with straight edge razors
for girls with mustaches; Dairy
farmers, double your milk yield by
eliminating calloused hands; The
finger method as opposed to the
pick method of banjo playing;
Handball for men with holes in
their hands, and Smokers, forget
it. You have to go sometime.
For our first discussion we shall
consider the basic social norm, the
dance.
We shall eliminate tribal dances,
dancing around funeral pires, and
Mexican hat dancing. These are
eliminated because of the obvious
danger involved and the expense.
Don't you dare sit there and tell
me Mexican hat dancing isnt ex
pensive and please turn this paper
right side up. People are staring at
you. To prove my point about the
expense in Mexican hat dancing,
let me tell you a story.
My great-grandfather Izzadorc
had a corner on the canoe and sling
shot market when the Spanish
American war broke out. Needless
to say lie made millions from the
Navy and enrolled in a Spanish
course. He did so well In Spanish
that he decided to go to Mexico
and follow the war. While there,
be met a fabulously rich fortune
teller named Imelda Cattlefat.
Actually, Imelda was a gambling
fool and introduced Izzie, which
was the name some of my grand
fathers gay friends gave him, to a
jockey. Well, the jockey, who was
a careless rascal, introduced Izzie
to a local bar-fly and together they
had a pretty passionate affair
which I need not relate. The bar-,
fly, who shall remain nameless
for obvious reasons, was a past
master at the Mexican hat dance.
She danced day and night, through
hills and valleys, over land1 and
who was a lover of
clean sport and no fool when it
came to Mexican hats, followed
girl wherever her fat little feet
tripped.
Tragedy struck, the bar-fly died
from lack of circulation when she
tried to slip into a pair of ballet
slippers. Only then did great grand
daddy Izzie discover what a reck
less broad she was and what a
foolish young youth he had become.
Poverty was approaching unless
, , unless . , Yes, that was it.
He could teach the Mexican hat
dance to the thousands of hungry
people who were thirsty for th
knowledge of the Mexican hat
dance.
Thousands enrolled In bis courses
and stores prospered with the In
creased sake of Mexican hats. Book
stores boomed when Izzie wrote
his book in memory of the bar
fly which started him on his fab
ulous career. It has since been
turned into a ballet and is called,
"The Three Cornered Hat." He
wrote it with his pen-Name, Pedro
Antonio Alcarcon, but doat let
that fool you, it's Izzie.
But one day, as Izzie finished
one of his mad, almost frighten
ingly successful lessons. He lifted
the tattered hat from the floor nd
beneath it lay great grandmother.
She was a mess. It seemed she
was wearing the hat and forgot
to remove it when Izzie began the
lesson. Well, I Jont have to go
into much detail to tell you the
emotion, the anguish and the bit
ter pangs that Izzie felt.
This was the second time the
Mexican hat had brought him un
happiness. He took in his hand the
grape which to him symbolized
wine which symbolized blood which
symbolized life which symbolized
, , oh who cares. Anyhow, lie
picked up the grape and with one
crushing blow of his dauntless
right hand, he crushed the life out
of that poor, defenseless grape.
Yes he did. He was really mad,
boy.
No one knows what ever became
of great granddaddy Izzie after
that. Some say he bacame a wine
o, others say they don't care .and
I'll bet that's what your saying
right now.
THE MAIL BAG
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petitions, glue several packs together.
This week's column is devoted to a few of the many interest
ing letters that have been coming in:
SIR:
Maybe you can help me. I came up to college eight years ago.
On my very first day I gdt into a bridge game at the Students
Union. I am still in the same bridge game. I have never gone to
a class, cracked a book, or paid any tuition. All I do is play bridge.
To explain my long absence and keep the money coming from
home, I told a harmless little lie. I said I was in medical school.
This made Dad (my father) very proud. It also enabled me to
keep playing bridge. "We were both terribly happy.
But all good things must come to an end. Mine ended last
week when I was home for spring vacation. I arrived to find that
Sister (my sister) was in the hospital with an ingrown spleen.
Dr. Norbert Sigafoos, the eminent ingrown spleen Burgeon, was
scheduled to operate, but unfortunately he was run over by a
hot-food cart on the way to the scrubbing room.
"Oh, never mind," chuckled Dad (my father) . "Harlow (me)
will fix Sister (my sister)."
Well sir, what could I do? If I told the truth I would make a
laughingstock out of Dad (my father) who had been bragging
about me all over town. Also I would get yanked out of school .
which would be a dirty shame just when I am getting to under
stand the weak club bid.
There was nothing for it but to brazen it out. I got Sister
(my sister) apart all right, but I must confess myself com
pletely at a loss as to how to put her back together again Can
you suggest anything? They're getting pretty surly around here.
Harlow Protein
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SIR:
Do you think a girl Bhould kiss a fellow on their first date?
Blanche Carbohydrate
Dear Blanche,
Mot unles. he is her escort.
SIR:
Here is a rather amusing coincidence that may amuse your
readers.
Just off the campus where I go to school there is a lake called
Lake Widgiwagan where students from time immemorial hav.
gone fishing. Thirty years ago when my father was an under
gradunte here he went fishing one day at Widgiwagan and
dropped his Deke pin into the water. Though he dived for it for
many weeks, he never recovered it
twS ye8t"rda;-thil?y Tew. later, mind you I went fishing
hn m-S 7aSm-I ,?U8rht u ,0Ur p,,und ba88- When 1 the fish
home and opened It up. what do you think I found inside of itl
You guessed it! Two tickets to the Detnpsey-Firpo fight.
Fleance Fat
Dear Usance,
It certainly is a small world.
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