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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday fhAa rch 1, 195 5
Nebraskan Editorials
Wanted A f.h'race
Eighty-six years old this month, the University
has made tremendous strides since it was first
chartered. But those strides have been made
against great odds. Whether the University has
made its job a hard one or whether the fates
just haven't seen fit to bless the stragglers is
a difficult question to answer, however, one
thing is all too clear. The lack of money plus
a farm population too far removed from the
impact of higher education has kept the Uni
versity from progressing.
Money is always a problem and because the
University relies heavily on state funds for
support it can necessarily only be as good as
the taxpayers, via the state legislature, will
permit. It takes millions billions to build a
university and as that university grows, the
state grows too perhaps not a growth that can
be measured in heads or bushels but in popu
lation, prestige and pride.
The latter elements are not too impressive to
the average Nebraskan who takes for granted
the state university which he helps to support.
He considers it either a social institution or a
den of Iniquity where young people go to get
out of earning a living or return home with
"high-fallutin' " ideas about how to raise corn.
This is what we call the "progressive, modern
Nebraskan." Of course this refers primarily to
the voting masses, the individual taxpayer who
contributes to an institution which means noth
ing to him, now and never has.
But there are other types of Nebraskans who,
although they may even be University alumnae,
have" severed all connection with the University
to the extent that they discredit anything the
University does. These Nebraskans pretend to
bear the University a grudge, suspicion admin
istrative attempts to get money from the state
and accuse the University of breeding irrespon
sible party-goers on which str.te funds shouldn't
be wasted.
Another type of Nebraskan s the well-meaning
solid citizen who knows the University exists,
in a vague, unrelated sort of way, and who
really wants a better educational system for
his children but who turns into a "yes" man
for the grudge-bearers whenever a controversial
situation arises. This group of citizens are easily
swayed by hear-say and rumor. They'll support
the University in polite conversation but knife
it in the back if doing so will put them in the
majority.
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DUi wnai prompts mis narsn analysis 01 the
University's life-blood? What prompts it is the
realization that progress where progress Is most
needed is curtailed because of ignorance
ignorance which is capable of being enlightened
but either will not or can not be until an issue
Is made of the fact. "
At the present time the University is planning
a vast program designed to raise it far above
its present standards. These standards lie not
only in buildings but in quality of curriculum,
teachers, facilities, opportunities and prestige.
But for one force the determining factor on
which this program rests only a partial real
ization . will be achieved. That factor is the
budget.
The State Legislature is now busy debating
dove shooting, trading stamps and gas taxes.
When the time comes for the debate on the
budget the University administration and those
with a dream of the future will be holding their
breaths. To these people the University budget
is much more important than classifying
mourning doves as game birds. Will there be
thousands of letters from Nebraskans all over
the state pouring into the Legislature asking
for the passage of the full budget? Most likely
not. The budget will be treated as routine, a
worrysome thing which comes up every two
years or so.
Wouldn't it be a miracle if thousands of
letters would pour in asking the Legislature to
grant an additional sum to the University over
and above that already requested in the budget?
Truly far-fetched? Dishearteningly so.--J. H.
The Rocky Road
Elephants can fly and arts and sciences grad
uates can be successful.
Contrary to public opinion, some liberal arts
graduates have attempted to enter fields other
than sitting by the roadside and philosophizing,
and a few have taken positions in the nation's
industry.
According to a survey taicen in 1949 among
97 industries, arts and sciences graduates were
least in demand, following in the more hallowed
steps of business administration and engineering
graduates.
The Milwaukee Journal, a newspaper with a
respected national reputation, recently reported
on the success of the three types of college
graduates. It seems that the liberal arts people
had adapted themselves to their positions and
had advanced past the majority of engineering
and business graduates.
Those with degrees from the professional
schools, according to the Journal, suffered the
greatest losses and many have fallen by the
wayside of the road which the philosophers
proverbially travel.
Perhaps the understanding of man, his en
vironment and political and social processes are
still important in this fast-moving world. And
it might even be possible tha a liberal arts
graduate can support himself upon graduation
from college. S. J.
Afterthoughts
War Of Roses
A recent newspaper feature reported that so
called "rosebud lips" may return to the Amer
ican scene.
A Hollywood fashion authority thought it only
natural that the lips made popular by Clara
Bow, Bebe Daniels and Mae Murray should
come back into style along with the other
flapper fads currently being displayed in fash
ion magazines. '
University men, who have made no organzied
protest (to date) to the Dior lock, will undoubt
ably be opposed to any move that would make
a coed's face prickly, like a rose bush.
Speedy Birthday
Today is Nebraska's eighty-eighth birthday.
During the past three years, it has been neces
sary to wait an additional day to celebrate the
admittance of Nebraska to the Union, but leap
year has subtracted the last day of February
and our state has become older sooner.
"Campus Circuit-
Economic Outlook In Europe
'Hopeful, Promising' In 1955
By ERNEST T. WEIR
Chairman, National Steel Corporation
Never in all history has humanity had so great
an opportunity to exercise a choice as to what
its future shall be. And never before has it
been confronted with a choice between such
drastic extremes. Scientific knowledge and the
ability to apply that knowledge in practical ways
have been increased at an ever-faster rate
particularly over the past half century.
The critical question is will humanity use this
expanding knowledge, and the ability to apply
it, as a tool or a weapon? WH1 these things
result in a better, more livable world, or m
the suicide ef elvilizatisa?
... At times, the movement of world affairs
seemed to be in the wrong direction on the
way to world disaster ... I believe a change
has taken place ... the outlook is now more
hopeful and promising than it has been and the
reasons for this view stem from the economic
and political situations that I think are develop
ing in the world today.
In terms of its effect on the world problem,
it is the long-term economic situation that is
important. In this connection ... our real
worry will not be temporary periods of reces
sion and unemployment although of course
everything possible must be done to minimize
their effects. The real worry will be to find
the ways and means to provide for constantly
growing needs and demands of the world's
peoples.
Let me Illustrate by reference to my own
Industry. Present Steelmaklng capacity Is about
125 million tons per year. United States popu
Jttion Is about 160 million. It is estimated by
the year 2M0 ony 45 years away United State
population will be 300 million. To provide for
the same per capita consumption of steel as In
1333, the steel Industry, by fhe year 2ft00, will
need at the least an additional 85 million tons
ef steelmaklng capacity.
The entire economy faces the need for a
very great expansion just to maintain present
standards of living. Naturally, these standards
will not stand still. They will continue to im
prove and possibly at an even faster rate than
in the past. In the United States this progress
is the norm. But that has not been true in other
parts of the world. Peoples of other countries
have wanted more, have wanted to live better
but, as a rule, have considered improving
standards as beyond practical reach and have
been more or less resigned to their fate.
Now there is a definite change in attitude
and it holds utmost significance for the long
term economic situation of the world as a
whole. In Europe there has never been extensive
installment buying as in the United States. Now
a French automobile company is making an
approach to it in France. This is an indication
that the mass domestic market is really begin
ning to develop in Western Europe. It is coming
in response to an active and insistent public
demand for better living.
Along with this economic activity there is
something else of probably greater Importance.
That Is the change in the spirit and attitude of
the people. On earlier visits Europeans were
plainly a beaten people. Now It is apparent . . .
that Western Europe has turned a corner. There
!s hope and confidence. There is a sense of
direction, a belief that at last firm foundations
are being built for sound home economics and
that the nations of Europe are moving again to
their former positions of Importance In world
affairs.
Since the war, the relationship of the United
States to Europe has been, in the main, that
of leader to follower. Europe will now insist
not only on a more equal rtatus but also on
recognition of the right to a European view
point that may differ from the United States
viewpoint. . . This will be good both for Europe
and the United States, In fact, it is the develop
ment of this situation that caused me to say
at the outset that the world outlook is now so
much more hopeful and promising.
The Nebraskan
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Campus Capers
By Bruce Conner
"I don't think she's so typical.'
Givin' 'Em Ell
Active Vocabulary
Is Step To Wisdom
By ELLIE
I feel that I owe you, my read
ers, both an apology and an ex
planation ... of principles and
procedures in this column.
First, , I wish to apologize ' for
s u d J e ctmg
you to such a
collection o f
mult isylla
bic words as
those found in
last week's col-
Uillll. X u c Js, I " SA
both ligitimate
and precise, in
and out of con-
text, with the
exception of those changed by er
rors in printing.
I often find that multisyllabic
words contain a greater range of
connotative values than do mono
syllabic words. To a journalist, the
most simple language available is
the language to be used; journal
ists must avoid words of semantic
confusion, and rightly so. But I am
not a journalist and I do not credit
my readers with the famous "men
tal capacity of a 12 - year - old"
policy of the newspapers of this
nation.
We are university people. We are
ostensibly here "for an education."
A reasonable prerequisite to ob
taining a university education in an
English speaking country is a
sound and applicable knowledge of
the English language ... is it not?
Whether we are to become teach
ers, engineers, doctors or farmers,
ELLIOTT
we will always have to depend upon
the spoken and written English
language to convey our Ideas,
truths, commands, and even, to a
certain extent, our emotions.
Perhaps I place too much' em
phasis on the point that we are not
"just people;" we are university
people. It is my firm conviction
that the universities are the cultur
al and intellectual centers of this
nation. We, as the students of one
of these universities, are in a po
sition to assume, thus, a portion
of the cultural and intellectual
leadership of our generation.
We must, however, prove our
selves qualified to make this as
sumption. And we will not be
qualified if we are content to con
fine our knowledge of the lan
guage to the mono and duo
syllabic words of the 12 - year
old. A wide knowledge of the
language is a basic step to wis
dom; and wisdom is necessary
sary to democratic leadership
as an ideal.
We must continue to grow; If we
do not, we are dead. As our range
of knowledge expands, so should
our range of active vocabulary. We
should be ashamed to admit that
any writer is capable of confusing
us simply by his choice of words,
for if we are thus confused so
easily, we will be among the first
to submit to the art of semantic
propaganda that is the root of a
great many world difficulties today.
This state of submission would be
tragic one for any person, but es
pecially for us, the leaders.
Horter.ce 'n Gertrude
Let Us Know When
Socializing Sfarfs
By MARY SHELLEDY
and
JANET GORDON
Dear Senator,
We have read that the govern
ment is drifting toward socialism.
What we want to know is, when
does the socializing start? This has
been a drab winter for your con
stituents. Crisis and catastrophe
are in the air, along with assorted
grimy snowflakes.
We, Hortence and Gertrude, have
no party affiliation. Seems it's pro
hibited on this campus. But the
thought of a Government Party is
an arresting one in several ways.
In meditating upon the proposal,
it occurs to us that maybe a Gov
ernment Party would get people
to talking. There's nothing to do
these days but watch George Go
bel and translate, "I'm a dirty
bird," into six languages.
A while back there was a poet
on campus. He writes In what
looks like English. We figured
there was a point to the poms,
but being students, we couldn't
find it. It struck us that people as
well as poets ere trying to avoid
the point. Maybe there is none.
But even a well-timed grunt is too
expressive these days.
Not belr.g poets, we have no ob
ligation to say nothing. No public,
no responsibility. But everyone is
public at a party. So subsidized
socializing might make us say
something.
Therefore we're asking yotur
advice, since you're not a poet
either, judging .from y o n r
speeches In the "Congressional
Record." Communication Is a
hard job these days, Senator. We
thought that this party you're
proposing would oil the hinges.
On the subject of griping, if you
want a party plaftorm, we have it.
It is in the woods outside town.
It is a dandy. Old copies of 'the
"Yale Review" litter the ground.
It is picturesque as heck.
And already there is the begin
ning of a cell here. Three or four
intellectual hucksters, a few sym
bolic soul-searchers and an illit
erate novelist now writing his
tragic blank-verse autobiographical
drama.
Please tell us when the social
izing starts so we can notify the
guests.
Yours, but not for long,
Hortence and Gertrude.
My dear Miles. Kortence and
Gertrude,
Due to the proposed $20-a-per-son
tax cut, you will be able to
form your own party. The offer of
the platform is appreciated. I am
more Interested just now in finding
,a cyclone cellar.
The request for statistics on
communication has been referred
to the FCC. There Is a clear-chan-nel
station in your area, on which
I suggest you listen to "Mary
Backstage, Noble Wife."
Sincerely,
Senator Catharsis
Where There's Smoke
Summer Rushing
Needs IFC Action
By JOHN GOURLAY
and
MIKE SHUGRUE
Summer rushing is a problem
confronting University fraternities
and it is one deserving of consider
ation. At present, summer rushing Is
out of hand for many of the larg
er houses. Inordinate amounts of
money are being spent. Smaller
fraternities are being rushed to
death. Too much time is being
wasted by fraternity men on
something that could be better
handled in another way.
Cut-throat competition is being
waged among some of the big
houses for the largest summer
rushing program. Lavish state
tours, elaborate parties and expen
sive dinn e f s
are major it
ems in rush
ing expense. In
self - defense
houses plan
bigger and
more co stly
rushes. To
compete suc
cessfully each
house must be
prepared t o
sDend b i sr.
For example, it may be said that
in the past year more than one
house exceeded reasonable limits
in spending for rush pamphlets.
A great evil of this ungoverned
spending is the harm befalling the
smaller fraternities. Unable to keep
the pace because of lack of man
power and funds these groups are
forced to accept such small pledge
classes that their financial status
is greatly weakened. The eventual
result of this may be the disap
pearance from this campus of sev
eral of the smaller fraternities.
Fraternity men are forced to
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spend great amounts of time and
effort during the summer. Fail
ure of a fraternity to do this is
cited by opposing groups as
apathy. The spirit of competi.
tion has begotten these evils, one
of which is the wasting of great
amounts of time.
By rush week most fraternities
have obtained at least a portion of
their pledge classes. This makes
rush week a farce. The effects of
this situation are frustrating. Much
time and effort are spent trying to
pledge men who are already sec
retly pledged. This detracts at
tention from many sharp rush
week newcomers.
The IFC has a problem to cope
with. To those who would advocate
summer rushing on a large scale it
might be well to point out this:
fraternities rush in the summer to
get the jump
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Quick
Quips
Teacher (warning her pupils
against catching cold): "I had a
little brother seven years old, and
one day he took his new sled out
in the snow when it was too cold.
He caught pneumonia and three
days later he died."
Silence for ten seconds.
A voice from the rear: "Where's
his sled?"
There are three kinds of women:
the beautiful, the, intelligent and
the majority.
A man entered a drugstore and
asked for a dozen two-grain quin
ine pills.
"Do you want them put in a tox,
sir?" asked the clerk, as he was
counting them out.
"Oh, no, certainly not," replied
the customer. "I was thinking of
rolling them home."
"But darling, if I marry you
I'll lose my job?"
"Can't we keep our marriage a
secret?"
"But suppose we have a, baby?"
"Oh, we'll tell the baby, of
course."
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He who laughs last has found a
meaning the censors missed.
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She: "What's the difference be
tween dancing and marching?"
ROTC student: "I don't know."
She: "I didn't think you did.
Let's sit down."
on other
houses or to
keep up with
their competi
tors. The idea
here is to go
into rush week
ahead of, or at
least equal in
position to the
next house.
However, i t
seems logical
that if fraternities refrained from
summer rushing they would enter
rush week equally. This is the way
it shou)d be. Great amounts of
time and money would be saved
and possibly smaller fraternities
would be aided instead of penalized.
Fraternity presidents compose
the IFC. Surely, they are aware
of the evils of summer rushing.
However, this awareness is insuf
ficient as a remedy. The IFC needs
new legislation to outlaw these ex
cesses. More than anything else,
however, it needs some legislation
with teeth in it. To achieve an effec
tive and fair rush week fraternity
presidents must bind themselves to
enforcing legislation prohibiting
summer rushing . or at least its
most evil consequences.
IFC rulings would be ndhered to
If each fraternity had the as
surance that Its competitors were
also obeying the rules. Only good
can result from action against
summer rushing excesses.
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