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Wednesday, February 16, 1 955
Nebraskan Editorials-
A Defense Of Principle
There is no question as to the principle in
volved in the petition submitted to the Student
Council by the Faction. .
That principle is one which is applied on all
levels of representative government to protect
constituencies against secret action by their
representatives.
In defending this principle, The Nebraskan
subjects itself to skepticism on the part of
some students as to whether or not it is ally
ing itself with the Faction because of its sup
port of the petition which is Faction sponsored.
The Nebraskan supports the petition on the
grounds that it js in keeping with democratic
principles, not because it furthers the purpose
of a pressure group which seeks a means to
"keep tab" on supposedly coerced members'
voting habits. The Nebraskan also condemns
Council opposition to the petition because it
attempts to bolt from that democratic prin
ciple. The Council's reasons for opposing the peti
tion are twofold. One reason may be disre
garded as a mere formality of procedure. The
other is based on a shaky foundation indeed.
The Council pleads self-protection in its con
demnation of the petition adhering to the de
fense that any situation where pressure on the
members is exerted, a secret ballot will alle
viate all.
Situations of pressure may be defined as in
stances where Council members disagree with
either group outside the Council or a group
within the Council. In either event any member
who wishes to vote the way he really feels
may take the easy way out and vote anony
mously or in a sense stand on his own two
feet and fight for his belief by declaring
openly how he votes. One way is cowardly,
the other courageous and it .takes a lot to be
courageous.
The Council fails to delegate to its constitu
ents any right to an absolute check on their
representatives' votes, which the petition in
the form of an amendment to the Council's
constitution would do. This right is not con
fined to the Faction whose right is question
able in the first place. Other groups on cam
pus should take an interest in what their Coun
cil representatives are doing and even if an in
terest among these groups will develop in the
future in which event would be curtailed by the
existence of Council secret ballot tactics.
The Faction has used the democratic prin
ciple of open voting in representative assem
blies to fit their own purposes with a convenient
last minute plea that their action is in the in
terest of all constituent groups with repre
sentatives in the Council not just themselves.
These purposes at the present time are not jus
tifiable insofar as the Faction is not in a legal
position to demand such procedure.
But the democratic principle remains to be
defended not the Faction. This The Nebras
kan feels to be its responsibility and duty. J. H.
University 'Extras'
The intellectual quality of culture, the en
lightened refinement of tastes, is acquired. It
comes through familiarity with works of es
thetic quality so that even if we do not like
a certain work, we can appreciate it for its
worth. How we go about acquiring this culture
Is unknown to some of us.
Most students attend university with some
vague purpose of acquiring knowledge that is,
culture of some sort. Too many of us think
of this acquisition in terms of attending some
classes and receiving a grade report at the
end of each semester. After so many hours we
complete our higher education and receive a
degree. The diploma is the tangible evidence of
our "culture."
True, courses and Classes do add to our
knowledge and culture. We are forced to read
certain books, to attend certain lectures and
to discuss certain issues. From all this, we
become familiar with certain specific works
and universal problems. Being thus familiar,
we can appreciate them, at least to the ex
tent that when a certain book is mentioned, we
recognize the title and can remember that we
studied that in English 26 or Philosophy 1.
University courses do serve as a guide to cul
ture, but we must realize that they are not
ends in themselves, just as one's knowledge is
never complete.
For the benefit of those who see nothing
more to college than credit hours and Friday
afternoon "sociar training, perhaps some of
the extra-curricular culture opportunities at the
University should be pointed out. Each week,
Indeed practically every day, the University
offers to its student extra opportunities to ac
quire a little more knowledge and understand
ing of life than can be gained from classes
alone. Most of us at least know about such
entertainments as major Union attractions and
University Theater plays. But University "ex
tras" range all the way from major convo
cations to the Aquaquettes springs water bal
let show.
This week, for instance, Is a typical one filled
with various entertainment and lectures. "The
Consul," an opera by a new and well-received
American, Gian-Carlos Menotti, is being per
formed for the student body. Allen Tate, dis
tinguished American poet and critic, is giving
two public lectures Friday. The Nebraska Uni
versity Council on World Affairs is holding its
mock United Nations General Assembly, with
Dr. William Jordan, a U.N. personality, as
major speaker. Dr. Ruth Seabury, a leader in
Christian missionary work, is the other major
NUCWA speaker. For art and science enthusi
asts, the Union has an exhibit of the works and
life of Leonardo Da Vinci. Sunday the Uni
versity will observe the World Day of Prayer
with evening services on city and Ag cam
puses. These specific examples are only a few of the
many extras offered to University students.
Those who are wide-awake and eager to learn
will look for such opportunities and will take
advantage of them. They will be the cultured
graduates of the University and they will no
doubt continue this cultural self-training
throughout life. Those who attend only classes
will be missing the most worthwhile advan
tages of a college education. Their knowledge
will be on the surface and superficial a series
of dates, titles and authors, an encyclopedia
with no depth. M. M.
-Campus Circuit-
U.S. Foreign Policy Must Aim
For High Consumer Standards
Reprinted from The Yale News
Yale University
. Three desperate stories were finding their way
Into news headlines these past two weeks. In
California General Douglas MacArthur was re
flecting on war; in the general's old stomping
grounds, the Far East, a US fleet was cover
ing the evacuation of a small, untenable group
of Chinese Nationalist islands; and in Mos
cow, a speech of well-worn invective against
the West in general and the US in particular
was delivered by a man named Nikolai A. Bul
ganin. MacArthur was not the first to denounce pub
licly the possibility of continuing wars among
nations.' His speech was well qualified by conn
terthoughts that many construed as revealing
the general's real sentiments for all-out war.
"The action by the Seventh Fleet in Formosan
waters is Just another chapter in series of
skirmishes and little wars that have not ceased
since World War II. Bulganin's talk sounded
little bit familiar.
From three corners of the world comes the
same problem of keeping the Cold War cold,
or is It cold in the first place? The tone of Mac
Arthur's remarks hinted strongly at a justifica
tion of what cannot be called "preventive" war
(a term that would imply US initiative in such
a struggle), but a justification of ultimate mili
tary victory over the Reds in any conflict that
may arise as a condition of world peace. The
US policy that Bulganin denounced from the
Kremlin was again aimed at keeping the peace
by war, if necessary. The Red Premier went
on to point out a turn in Soviet domestic policy,
renewed Stalinesque emphasis on heavy in
dustry that would make the USSR better pre
pared for possible war.
It Is perhaps symptomatic of our world that
hopes and plans for peace may be expressed
only in terms of war. Moreover the headlines
of the past few weeks that point up this para
dox so painfully reflect a secondary danger
perhaps more captious: 1) that "war talk"
may inure the peoples of the world to the idea
of war as an evil, and 2) that the necessity
of high armament levels on both sides may
make positive expressions of peace policy seem
ingly inconsistent in the eyes of the all-important
neutral nations now quietly looking on.
MacArthur's California talk leaves little doubt
on either point.
The admitted uncompromising attitude of the
new Kremlin leaders makes this general policy
problem all the more intense for our leaders:
"American imperialists are surrounding the
Soviet Union with bases and propagandizing
for atom warfare, but under these circum
stances, the Soviet loses no time in perfect
ing its skill and training." To disprove this
simple statement of the Kremlin leaders must
be the aim of any foreign policy we under
take in the coming years. Words alone are im
potent, for words of peace in 1955 seem trans
latable only in terms of war itself.
Our greatest -foreign policy weapon then must
be envisioned in terms of a point that Mr. Bul
ganin touched upon himself. If the Soviet is to
curtail seriously efforts at increasing the well
being of her citizens in favor of what seems
to be an effort at total war mobilization, we
can, by our continued encouragement of high
consumer standards, show the real flexibility
of the system they would destroy. Such en
couragement must be coupled with proof that
we see in other lands something more, than
bases for atom warfare, in short, that we can
match by deed deeds of economic and tech
nological improvement and a genuine willing
ness to help in the achievement of these ends
what the Soviet claims in words.
Campus Capers
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The Self-Governed-
Faction Challenged
To Become 'Legal'
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By LOUIS
Tht so-called "Faction," in pe
titioning last week to abolish sec
ret voting on the Student Council,
raised an issue at least as old as
the concept of a free press. The
issue o i se
crecy of action
by gov em
mental agen
cies partic
urlarly legisla
tive bodies
always has
been and re
mains of ut
most import
ance. The f o c al
question i s
whether a public which is directly
affected by the actions of a repre
sentative governmental body has
an absolute right to be informed
fully of those actions down to
the vote by each member of that
body. Persons who uphold that
right are conducting a perpetual
fight to enforce it on every gov
ernmental level.
But representatives of the "All
University Party, or Faction,
raised an issue as old as govern
ment Itself when they described
their unofficial organization as an
"extra-legal political party."
Historically, organizations have
adopted extra-legal status to pro
tect their own autonomy. Most
frequently it has been to protect
members of the particular organi
zation from public or governmental
action against them. The Chrisitan
Church was forced into extra-legal
status in the face of persecution
threatened under the old Roman
republic. The Communist Party
of the United States is on the verge
of becoming wholly extra-legal to
avoid prosecution under the revised
Smith Act.
But I, for one, cannot imagine
SCHOEN
what possible source of persecution
or prosecution the Faction is at
tempting to escape by maintaining
extra-legal status.
It cannot be denied that a legal
political organization end its mem
bers, if responsible for election of
any number of public officials, have
an inherent right under a repre
sentative governmental system tr
kow how those officials vote. But
it is questionable whether that
right is maintained by an organ
ization wh'ch itself remains outside
the law.
It is obvious that the 'Faction
i3 determined to gain its maximum
possible power in campus politics.
It is apparent that the unorgan
ized mass of students finds the
prospect of a Faction-controlled
campus revolting. But even if the
mass of students was organized in
opposition to the Faction, the Fac
tion's extra-legal status would im
pair the opposition fght. .
It would seem that the Faction,
if it were truly interested In main
tenance of rights and responsibil
ities under a Republican govern
mental system and Us campaign
against council secrecy indicates
such interest would be willing
to become a legal political organi
zation, subject to all rights and
responsibilities accorded to such
organizations.
It is the Faction's responsibility
to itself, to its opposition, to
the student government to place
itself under the law, to come com
pletely into the open. On behalf of
what I believe to be the vast ma
jority of students at this Univer
sity, I challenge the Faction to ful
fill this responsibility. I challenge
it to adopt legal status and make
its membership rolls available to
the public, in the tradition of free
free and responsible republican
society.
ebrashan Letterip
Faction Silenced
Dear Editor:
Last week a petition was submit
ted to the Student Council adding
an amendment to their constitution
that would eliminate secret ballots
except during the election of offi
cers. During the discussion of this
petition, the petitioners were criti
ciezd because they did not , verb
ally present to the Council their
views.
When I presented the petition
outlawing secret ballots in the Stu
dent Council to Jack Rogers, presi-
Quid
Quips
"Mommy, why is it that Daddy
dowsn't have much hair"
"He thinks a great deal, dear."
"But, Mommy, why is it that
you have so much hair"
"Finish your breakfast, deari"
The .husband answering the phone
said: "I dont know, call up the
weather bureau," and hung up.
"Who was that" asked the- wife.
"Some fellow asked if the coast
was clear."
a
Managing Editor of a college
mag. "Let's not have any more
jokes about sex, drinking or pro
fanity." Editor: "Okay. I'm tired of put
ting out this magazine, too."
a
A spinster was shocked by the
language used by workmen repair
ing a telephone near her home, so
she wrote the company.
The foreman was requested to
make a report. The report read
as follow:
i "Me and Spike were on this job.
I was on the pole and I accident
ally let the hot lead fall on Spike
right down his neck. Then Spike
looked up at me and said, "Really,
Harry, you should be more care
ful.' "
dent, on Feb. 4, he offered me the
opportunity to explain our views to
the Council. At that time, and as
far as Jack knew, the petition
would be given to the Registrar for
validation of the names. Jack ex
plained that this process would
probably take a week, therefore,
the petition would not be called up
before the Student Council until
Feb. 16, if this process was fol
lowed.. I did not attend the meet
ing of Feb. 9, at which time the
petition was the first order of
business. Jack ruled that ho one
could speak from the galleries
without prior permission. I was
the only one having that permis
sion and because of the misunder
standing, I did not think it neces
sary to be there. Hence, the peti
tioners were denied effective and
timely arguments for the petition.
A change of plans was not for
seen by Jack, but I should have
been notified that the petition
would be brought up at the new
time of the Faction representative
that was present should have been
allowed to speak. Unwittingly, the
Council silenced us, and unfortun
ately, made a farce of the demo
cratic ideals it professes to serve.
Ben E. Olive
AGE ALONE is not enough to
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WAR II AND POST-KOREA VETS FOR
NONSERVICH CONNECTED PENSION.
THEY MUST 6E TOTALLY AND
PERMANENTLY PIS ABLE D WITH
INCOMES BELOW ASCERTAIN
AMOUNT.
T -SO
Schneid Remarks-
Dating Clues Show
It's For The Birds
By STAN SCHNEIDER
say that we pus to promote
I am happy to
received many comments on last
week's "Schneid Remarks." Of
course they were all derogatory
but they were comments and that
assures me that this column should
n't be set in braille.
Today we're going to give you a
few clues on dating. Those who
know me say I am unqualified to
give clues on dating'. That's a
point and I realize it so I sat down
and had a pretty risque talk with
Miss Mulvaney, women's P. E. in
structor, and I found out some
things that Serge Rubenstien didn't
even know.
Basically, there're two types of
girls. We'll dispose of the least in
teresting one first. She's the type
that when you ask her girl friend
what kind of a girl she Is, she
says, "Oh she's one of the best.
All the girls like her." Take It from
your old dad, men, drop the whole
thing right there. Or, ask her,
"I don't know. She spent the last
27 Saturday nights at the bird
sanctuary."
Then there's the second type.
She's the type that when you ask
her girl friend what kind of a girl
she is she'll throw you a wet fish.
This second type of girl sun-bathes
on the Union steps in the middle
of December in a pair of shorts
the Bikini Islanders were afraid
even to look at. Of course she could
be testing survival equipment for
the Air Force but the odds are
against it so run, don't walk to the
nearest phone. If a man answers,
don't hang up, it's probably me.
I'd like to tell you a story about
this type of girl. I have a buddy
who tried for four months to get
a date with this girl and finally
scored. He called in February and
got a date for the first Sunday
morning after Ivy Day. He worked
out a complete schedule for the
date which went something like
this: 8 a.m. Pick up date. Go
to station and watch the Zephyr
come in. 8:30 a.m. Watch the
Zephyr leave. 9:00 a.m. Salva
tion Army concert at city mission.
10:00 a.m. Watch changing of
the guard at the Chancellor's
house. 11:00 a.m. Back to cam-
loan. Expenses
running higher than expected.
11:30 a.m. Go to University
Chapel to see who didn't have a
date Saturday night. 12 Take
date home and rest from excite
ment of morning.
The day of the big date was
drawing close. He stopped by a
pet shop and decided to send her a
"personal" gift. The pet-shop own.
er showed him a choice Ethiopian
trained Cassowary which had the
strange characteristics of the pec.
tinate antennae of the domestic
Tsetse-fly and feet similar to those
of Chuckwills Widow. It was
priced at $57 but this seemed a
small price it it would please our
heroine so he sold his housemother,
and mortgaged his father and
mother and sent It to her.
The day arrived for the big date
and our hero bounded out of bed
and ran helter-skelter for the sor
ority house. In he ran and waited
panting at the foot of the carpeted
stairs. Time passed slowly and our
hero paced the floor nervously. He
glanced up the long winding stairs
and at the top, standing in all the
marvelous splendor of the early
morning sunlight was our heroin.
With the rolling of a symphony
of kettle drums she started slowly,
cautiously down the ivory white
staircase.She had to come down
that way because it seems she
got completely stoned the night be
fore and was afraid she would
break her neck on the stairs. As
she descended he could retain him
self no longer and started up the
sairs. They met. He grabbed her
snow white hand in his and kis
sed it softly. He peered deeply
into her blood-shot eyes and mur
morning sunlight was our heroine.
She didn't hear him because she
was too busy trying to hold on
to the bannister. She speaks. "Oh
thank you for such a clever pres.
ent. The bird was delicious."
Rumor has it that our hero isn't
dating much anymore. The moral
of this story is that a quiet night
that may cost "you $20 is better
in the long run than dull Sunday
morning that costs you the last
trained Ethiopian Cassowary in
town. '
m3 X
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Chokt" to.)
For full Information rnntnet your ncarreat
Tbl ICiitm MM AUMINIaiTHiTinN
THE BULL SESSION
I wonder if they still make bull sessions the way they used
to. Well do I remember the bull sessions of my own undergrad
uate days. How cogent they were! How informative! How the
good talk crackled and our young hearts leaped and the hours
sped by as swiftly as minutes !
Our discussions were always led by Jack Femur. (Good old
Jack! I hear he's in the extruded aluminum game now.) We
would sit cross-legged in a circle around Jack and he would fill
his pipe with his own private blend - burley, latakia, and shred
ded coconut, f he rest of us preferred tobacco, so we would light
up Philip Morris. This is a procedure I recommend without qual
ification to everyone who prefers tobacco because Philip Morris
has the tobacco that tobacco-preferers prefer the most mild
vintage leaf with a clean, cool flavor that soothes and steadies,
that gladdens and enlivens and refreshes.
Jack would puff on his pipe and we would puff on our
Philip Morris and the bull-session would begin its meandering
journey. The talk would touch on every subject known to man,
on every conceivable thing beneath the sun, but no matter how
far the conversation wandered, it would always return to "Topic
A." I refer, of course, to gardening.
But, as I say, the discussion would cover many subjects before
. it came to the inevitable gardening. Jack would open each session
with a provocative question of a general nature, like: "What's
the most important thing a man can get out of college?"
"Girls," Harold Clavicle would reply promptly. (Good old
Harold! I hear he's in the frozen lob3ter tail game now.)
"No, I don't think so," Ben Fibula would say. "I think edu
cation is the most important thing you get out of college."
(Good old Ben! He's still in school.)
"Listen, guys, I've got a question," Clyde Ilium would say.
"If you could spend a week either with Ava Gardner or with
Albert Einstein, which would you choose?" (Good old Clyde! I
hear he's in the unclaimed freight game now.)
"Albert Einstein, of course," Will Mandible would say. (Good
old Will! I hear he's in the jack handle game now.)
"What?" Cleanth Patella would cry, astonished. "You would
rather spend a week with Albert Einstein than with Ava
Gardner?" (Good old Cleanth! I hear he's in the unclaimed
freight game with Clyde Ilium.)
"Natch!" Will Mandible would answer.
"But why?" Sol Sacrum would ask. (Good old Sol! I hear he's
a parking meter in Deal, New Jersey.)
"Because,"" Will Mandible would cry, "if I spent a week with
Albert Einstein, maybe I would get so smart that I would
be able to figure out a way to spend more than a week with
Ava Gardner!"
Well sir, we laughed until our little uvulas were sore and then
we went on to a host of other topics. "Do you think it's im
portant to join a fraternity?" Murray Tarsus would ask. (Good
old Murray! I hear he's in the mica game now.)
"Only if you are a boy," Bob Turbinate would answer. (Good
old Bob! I hear he's in the sheared raccoon game now. The
raccoon, incidentally, was invented by Milton Raccoon, whose
career should be a source of guidance and inspiration to ns alL
Mr. Raccoon arrived in this country in 1907, penniless and not
speaking a word of English. Today he is the Mayor of four of
our principal cities.I)
But to get back to the bull session -"What's the best thin?
to do when the girl you are dancing with insists on leading?"
Eric Ulna would ask. (Good old Eric! I hear he's in the flutter
valve game now.)
"Hit her with a folded newspaper," George Vertebra would
answer. "Never hit a girl with your hand. They learn to associ
ate the hand with food, and you must not confuse them." (Good
old George! I hear he's in the folded newspaper game now.)
And so it went - the talk ranging the worlds of the arts and
the sciences and the social graces, until wo would climb, spent
but happy, into our little hammocks-. '. . I wonder if they still
make bull sessions the way they used to.
Mm ShulnMB, IMi
Thit column h brought to you by the maken of PHILIP MORRIS,
uho have been in the tobacco game for many long yean and ho
tell you now proudly that their product U better than ever.