THE NEBRASKAN
Nebraskan Editorials
A Challenging Resolution
Although Student Council elections are three
week away, it is not too early to begin empha
sizing the need for student participation and
Interest. .
The Nebraskans thus resolves: To dedicate
- Itself and its newspaper columns to those stu
dents who would see effective student govern
meat com to life at this University. To encour
age any student who fills the election require
ment to file for a Council position and to pledge
himself to a sincere and energetic campaign. To
encourage student government on the Univer
sity campus to the ends that a more representa
tive Council with a hypersensitivity to the
needs, wants and rights of the student body at
Urge may be instituted.
Beginning Monday, April 25 The Nebraskan
editorial columns under the heading "Your Stu
dent Council will be offered to any candidate
from any college who wishes to express his
views on student government and its responsibi
lities. This space will remain available until
the Student Council elections May 10. The Ne
braskan maintained a similar policy during the
state elections in November and the Student
Council candidates will be offered the same op
. portunity to express any and all views.
A list of questions, submitted in the interest
of a more effective student government, will be
available to candidates in The Nebraskan office
Monday morning. Candidates may answer the
questions offered for their consideration and may
add to the list if they wish.
The Nebraskan cannot stress enough the im
portance of the forthcoming Council elections.
It is the responsibility and the duty of all stu
dents at the University, who are to be repre
sented by this Council, to interest themselves in
the candidates and their platforms. It is this
interest by the entire student body electorate
which will determine the effectiveness and re
presentative quality of next year's Student Coun
cil. It is the student body which is directly re
sponsible for the actions of any Student Council,
whether they are right actions Or wrong.
Student government can be an unequaled
blessing, if it is supported by the majority and
not manipulated by a minority. Student govern
ment, if students would only realize, is an un
developed means at this University of express
ing student opinion again the opinion of the
majority and not the special interests of a
minority. Student government on a broad, con
structive basis can be the education in demo
cracy and democratic principles which every
citizen should have. Student government can
be of vital assistance to the little man if he
knows HE is represented and can feel free to
exercise his rights as a constituted. But first
he must become a real constituent. He must
know what he believes and vote for the candi
date which supports his beliefs. But he must
not stop here. He must then practice the rights
which his vote gives him a voice in the gov
ernment. If there has ever been a need for the rejuve
nation of student interest in student govern
ment, it is now. That interest must grow into
a vital, living necessity with each and every
student. J. H. B.
Fear Of Precedent
l A fraternity has been placed on social proba-
tioa for participating in a water fight the first
! Incident in what proved to be a very long
evening.
Most of the administration's disciplinary ac-
tion has met with the approval of the student
I body, including the suspension of 15 students
from the University. Students that have lived
' and studied with members of the University
community have been expelled, and the majority
of students have approved the action.
But, disciplinary action placed on a group
seems most inopportune and inadvisable. Public
opinion will almost certainly condemn Phi Kap
pa Psi as the leader of the riot, even though
administration spokesmen state that the frater
- city did not "start" the insurrection.
The administration also states that similar
action could be taken in any instance of "water
fights' by campus groups depending upon the
severity and circumstances of the incident.
Fraternities and other organized houses are
worried about a policy that would discipline
them for harmless spring shennanigans.
The administration has the right to control
almost any phase of campus life and usually
tries to gain cooperation of organizations
in most cases, as in the recent "drinking
policy. Most groups are able to understand
the view of the University authorities and will
usually comply with the regulations, sometimes
grudgingly, but nevertheless, cooperation is us
ually rendered.
The question lies in the advisability of punish
- Ing a fraternity, with all the resulting publicity,
for a somewhat trivial incident. There seems
to be some question as to whether Phi Kappa Psi
-... actually deserves being singled out. The an-
l versify no good and, just as surely, did the
Phi Psi's no good. The action has already been
naaiy cistortea by communication media.
Another worry, already mentioned, can be
- found in the precedent, if any, of the action.
Will other groups be penalized for similar oc
curances and, if not, why should the Phi Psi's
- be punished, if they didn't "start" the riot?
In the large part, the administration is
handling the whole undersirable incident with
Intelligence and needed expediency. The mis
take of last spring press silence concerning
disciplinary actions is not again being made.
But, the disciplinary action taken against a
specific fraternity, seems unwarranted and very
undesirable. S. J.
Afterthoughts
Dog's Life
The riot at the University of Nebraska has
served a monumental purpose to the city of
Lincoln after all. Had it not been for the riot
at which the mayor was present and about which
he made his brilliant observations, there may
have been no precedent upon which the City
Council could act. The mayor wasnt kidding
they do tie up dogs in the spring. Congratulations
on the fast work, Council!
Security Plus
If it's security you're looking for, you should
have been in line 37 years ago to apply for a
job in Sears, Roebuck and Co. Although the
beginning salary then as only six dollars, now
at the time of retirement, you would be earn
ing $80 a week.
Here's the catch. You would be entitled to
1380 shares of company stock worth $104,000 and
$17,000 in cash. But of course, you'd be at least
57 years old which is sometimes considered to
be too late to get married and settle down.
Color Question
Yale University recently reported, after some
research, that alcoholics do not see pink ele
phants. Quite possibly this conclusion was reached
due to the general incapacity of persons to re
member insignificent details concerning periods
when they have no control over their faculties.
The color of the elephants really doesn't matter.
Big Deal
Several students who visited the Capitol in
connection with recent legislative actions had
time to gaze at the so called "square bull" mural
on the building's wall.
A somewhat natural comment was not that
he was out of proportion, but that he was an
"awfully big cow."
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
I ""I r , !
The Self-Governed
State Conservatism
Cause For NU Riot
By LOUIS SCHOEN
Many analyses have been made pression. To
and more will be made of
the causes of and responsibilities
for college panty raids and spe
cifically for last week's mess here.
Obviously the
lack of disci
plinary action
was the reason
last w e e k's
panty raid
snowballed in
to a criminal
riot. Had per
haps a half-
dozen Lincoln
police been
permitted to
corrte on the
University premises
sticks when the riot
with
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youthful stage, the mob might have
been easily dispersed.
But much more was involved.
Some persons have reasoned that
stronger disciplinary action against
leaders of past riots would have
prevented this one. Yet the lead
ers of the 1952 riot nearest of
any recently in comparative size
to last week's were suspended
from school. Disciplinary action
following all past "panty raids"
has been sufficient to forewarn
leaders of even the "panty raid"
which allegedly was planned of
their destiny, if caught.
This is much more than a dis
ciplinary problem. The very oc
currence of "panty raids" and,
to a degree, even of water fights
among men and women of col
lege age and supposedly of above
average intelligence, indicates
some cultural imbalance. A na
tional recreation leader who spoke
in Lincoln over the week-end
charged panty raids to "recrea
tional illiteracy" which he said is
common in the contemporary
United States.
College student panty raids do
indeed seem to be an exclusively
American problem. Student up
risings are common in colleges
around the world. But in other na
tions, there is usually some
high-minded political or social
cause motivating such uprisings.
Furthermore, the frequency of
"panty raids" seems to be a
problem exclusive to the. Univer
sity. There have come to be an
average of perhaps a half dozen
panty raids or riots of similar na
ture ia tbe U.S. each year. But
normally different schools are in
volved each year with the ex
ception of Nebraska.
Youth today, of course, are fac
ed with the general insecurity and
frustration resulting from this age
of militarism, machines and mo
lecular explosions. This same gen
eration of youth was born and
reared in the insecurity of de-
these factors pre
sumably should be charged much
of the responsibility for student
uprisings wherever they occur.
But what is the cause for the
frequency of such uprisings at the
University of Nebraska? The var
ious failures of the administration
to take preventive measures, I
think, are only part of the reason.
It seems to me there must be a
social or cultural factor character
istic of Nebraska youth which is
largely responsible for the repe
tition of riots here. Nebraska is
one of few states recognized as
a stronghold of extreme conserva
tism. The state's political conserva
tism is largely a reflection of the
extreme conservatism inherent in
the' more basic ideals and atti
tudes in Nebraska society, such as
religion and social ethics.
The youth of Nebraska, much
more than their elders, can see
the wrongs which extreme conser
vatism in the past has inflicted on
society. College youth are particu
larly aware of this. There is, I
think, a general tendency of yoath
in Nebraska to revolt against
this extreme conservatism. Most
youth fortunately find less violent
and more productive means of re
bellion than .staging riots.
But a small minority of students
is inherently barbaric. Such indi
viduals are a natural part of any
society. When their nature is prop
erly diverted, they are the soldiers,
the policemen, the protectors of
life and property against the threat
of men like them whose nature
has been improperly, diverted.
These are the individuals who
composed the rioting mob last
week. In rioting they find a means
which more" suits their nature of
rebellion against the extreme con
servatism of tbe society in which
they were reared.
This alone is not responsible for
last week's riot or previous bar
baric student uprisings at this uni
versity. But it is, I think, a major
factor. It is the spark of uprising,
fanned to flame by tbe other in
fluences which have been discussed.
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Schneid Remarks
Long Look At Editor
Ends In TV Party
Rv STAN SCHNEIDER
, , , T om nf)f ner- penea 10 move uuu me Daoy
(Author's note - I am not per p y
they ain't out for eating cake and
Ice-cream. Any how, I was in this
house when the riot started and
I just happened to get caught in.
the middle of it."
sonable. I do not play the piano.
I play a pretty wicked chop-sticks
with a sharp hatchet. I am even
afraid to write. If the Unicameral
should take time out from throw
ing rocks at a square cow and read
this, have pity on me, I'm just
trying to have a little good old,
red-blooded American fun. Besides,
I'm just a little guy.)
Sen. 1 "Along the line of dyn
amic legislation, I propose that we
take a long look at the editor of
the Nebraskan. Some body said
she has been writing opinions in
the campus paper."
Sen. t "Well by dingy-dongy I
have been around this Senate for
57 years and I propose that we
take a short look at the Editor.
Yer agin' old senator from Yu,
Nebr., ain't got too many good
years left and a short look at that
young sprout is about all these
old eyes could stand. My cane,
page boy. Both of them."
Page Boy. "Here's you toast
soaked in warm milk, Senator.
Gum it, boy."
Sen. 1 "I understand the Uni
versity budget calls for candel
abra for the editor's piano. I pro
pose we take time out to watch
Liberace. What does the Senate
think of George?"
Sen. 3 "I think he's too fat to
fit in Liberace's swimming pool.
I propose we invite the editor of
the Nebraskan to a swimming par
ty." Parlimentarian. "Gentlemen,
gentlemen. Pa-leeze. I look ter
rible in a swimming suit. We can
solve this whole problem by se
lecting an editor who every body
hates. One with no personality,
one with no culture. One who only
has one name so we'll know who
to look for."
Sen. 1 "It just so happens that
I was down on the campus the
other night when this little get
together took place and . . ."
Sen. 2. "Yeah, you gay rascaL
I understand you were in one of
those sorority houses. , Tee-hee.
Tell me, boy. Are they still grow
ing them like they did when I was
a kid?"
Sen. 1 "Better. Let me tell you
about this one toothsome coed . . .
Now wait a dad-bumed minute fel
lows. A vote is a vote. I just hap-
Page Boy. "Who caught your
(yuk, yuk, yuk)"
Sen. 3 "I move that we finger
print every city bus in Lincoln and
especially the one involved In the
gathering and after we find out
who was rocking it we take thoss
names and put them into a hat.
Then well draw ene name from
the hat and make him the editor
of the Nebraskan"
Sen. 4 "I move we go watch
Drag Net. What do you think of
Frank Smith?"
Sen. 2 "I think his wife Kate la
fat."
Sen. l "If It's alright with you
guys I would like to go back and
tak another long look at the
editor. All in favor say I."
Everbody. "I"
Sen. 1 "Come back. You didnt
say 'may I."
"Somebody throw that jerk out.
What does he think we're here
for? I think he's wasting the tax
payers' money. Where's the Ser
geant at Arms?"
"He's here but you know about
his operation. He had a calous
removed the other day and the
bandage stuck to toe seat of his
chair and he can't get up."
Sen. 43 "I move we go watch
'The Medic' on television."
It was carried and they did.
Quick
Quips
Coed to man at telephone com
pany complaint desk: "Nobody
ever calls me."
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Dear Editor:
This letter may seem tardy in
that tbe subject I desire to is-
cuss &as long since dropped from
! journalistic significance. My delay
ia writing is largely due to the
poor mail service that your publi
cation enjoys here.
Perhaps the activity situation has
changed considerably since I attend
ed tbe University (What an un
derstatement!) In those days
ell dL tea months go there was
jwej' room in an activity for any
mtvs desiring to participate. They
tibs were privileged in that they
eii Mk fcJcber positions ia those
"terssjozaticm. if they were inclined
Is nrr.k dOigently and conscien-
v s, if they displayed initiative
-sn-S sincerity, if they were honest
' dtpeafiable, and if they were
"j . I'-iOus sad arising to compete,
-y stood fighting chance -of
mztcLTg ia those groups. The
Let cf Lot niftier is that there
SLrent ciary individuals capable
Ivli.g -cp to those qualifications
f.r;3 if they 'axe capable, they
trsst willing to exert themselves.
Ti;3 Escojir.u for .there being just
s va;y few great men, but soulii
iu5es el email men.
Tb action taken by the Student
Cluneal oa XSarch 30 in effect
tLt textile student from.
competing for leadership respon
sibility in more than two campus
organisations. Insipid, absolutely
insipid! The theory of this action
assumes that more students will
take part ic campus activities by
limiting participation by students.
How ambiguous can this action
become?
I have never known an over
aboundance of students in any
of the many extra-curricular en
deavors. There has always been
room for more. The need for them
is evidenced by the continuous de
mand for help by practically all
campus activities. But where are
the interested students to fill the
vacant spots? The simple answer
is tt& the are not enough inter
ested people to fill the biH Does the
SC propose to create interest in
these lethargic parties? Better yet,
does the SC propose to coax these
individuals into activities? I hope
not, for I fear that the leadershp in
organizations that were once proud
representatives of our great Uni
versity would falter and ultimately
destroy the very groups they at
tempt to lead.
I want my leader compete
for his job, to show initiative and
ambition in the work that elevated
him to a position of leadership.
Kone of us want a person that
must be coaxed into accepting a
post of responsibility for he's not
worth the buttons on his shoes.
The Student Council has thrown
competition out the window and
sold the capable man down the
river ti make room for the mamby
pembies that ha vent and never
will have the guta to compete.
Congratulations to Bill Devries,
Mimi Hamer, Walt Wright, Tom
U think and to act for myself, a standard of good behaviour to
enjoy the benefit of ray creations, ! be adhered to for its own sake
and to face the world bwldly and'
say, this I have done. All this
is what it means to be an American.'
Dear Editor:
Last Thursday night's scene at
the Women's Dorm and those sor-
Woodward, Jan Beal and all the;0"1? houses which were stormed
others who are mature enough to
fight for a fundamental right that
has always been ours as Ameri
cans. BOCKFORD G. YAPP -54
Ensign, U.S. Navy
P.S. I think yon might be inter
ested in "My Creed" by Dean Ai
fange. It goes:
"I do not choose U be a com
mon man. It is tmy right U be an
eommv if I can. I seek eppor
tunity not security. I 4o net kb
to be a kept citizea, humbled and
dulled by having the state look
after me. I want to take the cal
culated risk; to Areata and to baOd,
to fail and to succwu. I refase
to barter incentive for a dole. I
prefer the challenges of life to the
guaranteed existence; the thrill of
Utopia ... I will not trade free
dom for beneficenc nor my dignity
for a handout. It is my heritage
fulfillment to the stale calm of
was one of savage paganism.
There is no one thing to be held
as an explanation for it. It was
probably tbe product of a great
many factors, some, no doubt, be
ing very nebulous.
Although some students, who
were guilty beyond a doubt are
being called to answer for the riot,
theirs was only a small part of
the major cause. They were simp
ly a group of young men away
from home, and with no standard of
behaviour to fetter tfc ir gross,
Freud could probably classify
them prettily into one category
or another and dismiss them. The
fault lie with hundreds, nay,
thousands of people. The people
who started this University, those
who have attended it over the
years, those who attend it now,
those who administrate now are
all guilty. They have not set up
A student will do anything he can
get by with today. There is noth
ing to hold him from wild im
pulsive action. In short, his only
ethics is -a choice between taking
a chance or not taking a chance.
It the odds are with him, he takes
it and havoc reigns.
What this University needs, is
crying out for in real despera
tion because of the lack of , is an
honor system.
Immediately, I know, scoffers
say that it wont work, that young
students are not ready for such a
code. WelL it has worked and is
working now for several universi
ties over the nation. It can work
here. Students at this University
are not less capable of being put
on their honor and restraining
themselves fpr the sake of that
honor than anywhere else. Cer
tainly there would be infractions
no system is perfect- But an
honor system is a workable, en
nobling thing. It has a curious ef
fect. It changes a person's point
of view from an ethical system
surrounding him to one within
him: the latter he is not so ready
to violate. It is part of himself, a
precious thing his self-respect
PtOMETHEUS
4
Anther -Bartaol Bf Wit CUKm 4
LOVE IN REVERSE
They were at the campus swimming pool. She was standing on the
diving board lithe, young, vibrant He came swimming over. "Hey,"
he called, climbing up on the board, "was it you who made that dive
a minute ago?"
She nodded lithe, yonng, vibrant
"Whew!" he whistled. "That was some dive! A back jack knife two
and a half twist full gainer swan. Where did you learn to dive
like that!"
"I fell off the board," she explained.
"Oh," he said. He looked at her lithe, young, vibrant "Let's g
steady," he said.
"But I don't know anything about yon," she said.
"W hat's there to know?" he said. "I'm a typical American coDega
man young, healthy, and broke."
"That's good enough for me," she said, "for I am not interested ia
money. I am a girl of simple tastes lithe, young, vibrant"
"Dad!" he whispered.
"Crazy!" she breathed.
Their lips met Their arms twined. They fell off the board.
"If you only knew," he said later, as he applied artificial respira
tion, "how long I have been looking for a lithe, young, vibrant girl of
simple tastes', for though my heart is large and full of love, my pur5
is lean and meagre. My cruel father sends me an allowance barely
large enough to support life. So I have been looking high and low for
a girl of simple tastes."
"Search no more," she said. "My tastes are simple; my wants art
few. Just take me riding in a long, sleek, new yellow convertible,
and I am content"
"Goodbye," he said and ran away as fast as his chubby little legs
could carry him, for he knew this girl was not for the likes of him.
He had neither convertible nor hardtop, nor the money to buy one,
nor the means to get the money, short of picking up his stingy father
by the ankks and shaking hira till his wallet fell out No, there was
nothing for it except to forget this girl.
But lying on his pallet at the dormitory, he could not get her
out of his mind and finally he knew that whatever the expense, he
had to have her -lithe, young, vibrant
So he sold a few things-h textbooks, his overcoat, his hi-Y pin,
his roommate's trus-and soon he had accumulated a goodly sum. Ho
went to a place that sold automobiles. "How much does it cost," ho
aid, "to buy a yellow convertible automobile?"
The man told him. He collapsed in a gibbering heap.
After a while he stirred and shambled home. But on the war ho
focc-f,1SMTW)th 1 bi sigrn 1,15,1 Mid: REN'T A CAR DRIVE
V. j Hop Cime lnt0 our hero's eyes. He went inside. "How
much does it cost" he said, "to rent a yellow convertible automobile!"
Ten dollars a day, plus seven cents a mile," said the man.
Uone and done, said our hero, and soon be drove away in a long,
sleek, new, yellow convertible.
-V5!001" Mid the litiie- Tonn 'brmnt girl when she saw the
car. 1 his suits my simple tastes to a T. Come, let us speed over
rolhne highways and through bosky dells."
And away they went Tbey drove north, they drove south, they
drove last, thef drove slow, they drove east they drove west they
drove and drove and drove and, finally, tired but happy, they parked
fcagh on a windswept hill.
"Philip Morris? he said.
"Yum, yum!" she said.
-JffiM6"" .Pinst "You know," he said, -yoa
rl; Phllj.P Morns -mild and fresh and relaxing."
mmiAi H!?J? " lg difference between me and Philip Harris,
.valine in rl " nd re Md 1 onl'
They laughed. They ki.sed. He screamed.
VI hat is it, dear man?" cried she, alarmed.
h? E3 do.metr- h . "I just noticed. We put on 200 miles
tonight, and this car costs seven cents a mile, and I have only $14
But that's exactly enough," she Said,
a lotoi'ml! Ut,K ' StiH ?Z to driTe borae. nd t "
for thTt?" Cr VVbcre wiU 1 tht money to pay
I dont know," said she,
out i'SSSL gluaJy-He -d
7ol"t? PrL 'Peedometer doesn't move when
movioS.rd-notIiWV0n,y rd the car was
ranis wmyreUter andl-lTl? hom ia
"f" .rfrT nd m enough monev fc. r,at
ui wiais a ueerre idea!" ..j ,r ' ' . r.
. ( cu. arid ana wsa wierrtT str
d, clothes, ana
ce is piling up
ave enough to
C Mat tiulnan. W-
causetcdayTur
take his girl out riding again? be ,hould hav DOUb W
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