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' 'i ' i THE NEBRASKAN Friday, October 7, 1555 Ncbroskan Editorials: Fcirraffoiv Is ikulhsr Hay . terhaps tomorrow will be different. ( Perhaps we'll see a good football game. Perhaps we'll see two team playing their hearts out. Perhaps we'll see fans cheering their team Tfvery once in awhile. Perhaps, after the game, one of the Huskers 'won't be prompted to say as he did after the Hawaii game "It's sure hell to play football when you Tcnow that your own fans aren't be hind you." And maybe one of the fans won't mention as he did after the Hawaii game "It's sure hell trying to sit in the grandstand when the boys aren't playing football." Perhaps. But you never know about football, games, players, officials or fans. However, one thing is certain. Saturday's game will give the Huskers a chance, a really good chance, to prove themselves to the fans, the students and the sportswriters. The Huskers almost beat Ohio State. But that game was 2500 miles away. And everyone says the Buckeyes haven't near the team this year that they had last. Besides, it was two weeks ago. Nebraska beat K-State, 16-0. But everyone said the Wildcats were weak this year. Tomorrow we play a fine team, one of the powers in the Southwest Texas A&M. "One of the best teams we'll play this season," said Coach Bill Glassford. The Huskers will be playing before one of the biggest crowds ever to file into Memorial Sta dium. They'll be hosting a team they've never faced before. The members of 71 bands will be watching from thfe bleacher seats. But the game won't really mean much on the record books. It isn't going to affect the out come of the Big Seven race. As far as statistics go, the contest doesn't teally mean much one way or the other. The game will be a big game in a more im portant way. It will be an indication, and an important in dication, of just how good the Huskers really are, But more important still it will be an indica tion of just what kind of treatment the team, the coach and his staff will receive during the remainder of the season. Not only from the sportswriters, but from stu dents, fans and people outstate as well. Let's hope tomorrow is another day. B. B. Co South Perhaps another University tradition has bit the dust of ignominy the victim of petty bicker ing and Involved red tape. And it is readily ad mitted that the University has few enough tradi tions. A migration to Missouri was on the calendar of many University students and was regarded with the same amount of anticipation as those dates proclaiming Thanksgiving and Christmas recesses. Most students, believed, as is regularly believed, that each year the migration is to Mis souri or Colorado, depending upon which game was away from home. The Innocents plan on the usual half-time cere mony with the Missouri senior men's honorary at which time a victory bell is exhanged. The student body planned to make a weekend of it and watch the two teams which put on one of the best contests in Big Seven play last year. Many and most of these plans will not be changed. Many students will travel to Columbia and in accordance with the wishes of Coach Bill Glassford they will support the Huskers in what apepars to be a much tougher game than the one which is scheduled to be held in Ames. But, it won't be the same as two years ago. It will be an unofficial migration. Why? First of all, the band and the cheerleaders will be at the Iowa State game which will be held in Ames. This has a great deal to do with the general dampening of spirits, but the real blow more appropriately labled a death blow was delivered by the Associated Women Student Board. Premature to announcement by the Student Council or the Council migration committee, AWS decided that the Migration, official or un official, was to go to Ames. AWS ruled that a free weekend could be taken to Ames, but if women were to go to Columbia, it would count as a regular overnight. Under the recently tightened rules, a trip to Missouri would rule out attendance at many of the Uni versity's traditional social events. In other words, AWS decided that they would be the sponsors of an official, unofficial migra tion this year and tell the nvomen where they could go, and in effect, where they could not go. Perhaps AWS considered the attractions of the two cities involved. It is readily admitted that there is much more temptation abiding in Co lumbia just as it is admitted that Ames is much more of the typical Midwestern college town. Perhaps AWS is trying to shepherd its charges in the ways of righteousness but a way that many of the flock don't choose to follow. This AWS action is quite presumptuous to say the very least. As far as The Nebraskan knows, the Student Council is still responsible for the activity of the general student body, both male and female. It is probably too petty to suppose that AWS is bitter about their point system being superceded by the Student Council's leadership limiting policy. Here we have another unfortunate, and seem ingly uncalled for, situation that has been caused by the lack of planning and petty jealousies. It is something that should, and could, be avoided in the future. As for the near present, the Innocents will be in Missouri and so will a large portion of the stu dent body. It seems that the team would rather have us there. AWS members may travel to Ames, but The Nebraskan staff will be in Co lumbia. The Nebraskan, with the permission of Stu dent Council and AWS, would like to advocate a "movement" to Columbia whether it be of ficial or unofficial. See you there .-S. 3. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPCS by Ckk EiMer Iff. If Th Crib For well over two hun dred years now Ameri can newspapers have been free. All papers as far apart as The New York Times, The Chi cago Tribune, The Daily Worker, The Post-Dispatch, yes and even The Rag they've all had complete freedom to say what they thought was true. In this country, the enforced debacle of La Prensa (an achievement of the late Senor Peron) is entirely Inconceivable, as it should be, for in the United States, the press is the one and only pri vate enterprise given specific sanction and freedom by the supreme law of the land, the Con stitution. This freedom, insisted upon by the adoption of the Bill of Rights, carries with it an equal amount of duty and obligation. It is to this freedom and to this duty that these words are directed. In our own commun ity, the University and all its appendages, this operates free from all editorial supervision with all responsibility resting completely with the staff members. It is of more than inci tksntal interest to note the stories now appear- Ing in the local press saying the city is filing charges against a dis tributor of magazines for selling what "some certain party" in the city feels is the wrong type of literature. The issue here, the real crucial issue, goes far beyond the local businessman, the maga zine publisher, the citi zen bringing the com plaint and even the city's logal officers who have initiated court action. The apex of the entire matter will come Monday when the judge, sitting on the municipal bench for the City of Lincoln, makes his decision, for these former people are either merely doing their jobs or are filled with what we might call an overdose of what they think is public spirit. The judge Monday will rule on question of law. Does a given maga zine show evidence of violating the Code of 1936 forbidding the sale of "obscene or lewd or indecent" printed mat ter? But what is to stop this judge, or any judge? Where is the line of de termination b e ,t w e e n photographic magazines, magazine covers, short stories or even some of the classics; for accord ing to one of the local officials working on the case, "in time we'll get to the twenty-five cents jobs, too." If one ruling is made, limiting publication, no matter what the cause, precedent is established. From this point on, the various branches of gov ernment could advance. Who could determine how far they might move? There is danger in what is about to happen. Men of courage and mind and stature have wor ried about this for cen turies. Men of today can well take a lesson and begin worrying. Referring to this prob lem, John Milton wrote one of the world's most definite essays on the freedom of the press, when, in 1644, he penned Areopagitica. For over a century his plea fell on deaf ears and was inef fectual. Still, his words have the ring of freedom basic of our life. "Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth," he wrote, "so truth be in the field . . . Let her (truth) and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" The f4o FirTY-FTVE TEAMS OLD l2i&br: Associated Collegiate Press Intercollegiate Press 'EsgF$eJalve: National Advertising: Service, Incorporated . Room 20, Student Union 14th & it University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska ' f ' a to miMii tT times a work by to f fnivmity of Nhrra imlir ttv ilthorlT- if fTw omltt" m tnt Affair as an ptprMfrtmi m .1'- . pit' ''f-.riimn wrrtr the JitrtiK-tlm of !,-, fv.. ''-( tm tttnaent pnMlmtHnmi elwll he fm f . . ; : is osnr...! ii I he part of thr Hiihwimml-. wr fm th- pert of tny member of tbe faculty of the r aw ttm vrt of ov prn om.trte rbe 1'rdver. ' h ffrmtw ef ft Tfeftrasksm fff are perelly p,,..w;iff w n t ty, (r (o 9t rattse to tt f,.i.u-t. February , , IsfiO. Ifni.rH Mrmil etaea matter at tbe pout offtea la IJiMinlB, under the act of Angnst 4, IBB. hrcsskan EDITORIAL STAFF pIHor Welt rellman r.ilt.r1g Far Kdltor ............... .Urarr Bruitmann Managing I' ollnr Ham Jensen News K.'l'nr . ........ .Fred Italy Wrmlts KrilUw Hob IM Copy Kdttara Jndy Rntt, Hah Hir.rhnl.. Mary fthelleOy, Lnnlfmutc Mwltur Ag rdltor ....... .................... .....Jim Plinth ft Klht Kmi Kdlrnr , Mary Phellcdy RfftKtrt. .Warfiara liarp, Hiwrly HW!. rlM lliiirti. Mhart I,mvI. Nam AImW, fiarnlyn Hntlr, rarrf Moyr. v tlUnth, Hill llln, llary rmtrl. 8iii Ir-laml, Bill filtt. Km Frli-ron, Dirk KMlllinr, Watt wHt.it, fat Uraka. Editorial ftttary , . ....Mannwn Nftwhraaa BUSINESS STAFF ftnitiM Matiacar flMrrce Maitoen A't BmtncM Manager .. .Bit; RaDwrll. Barbara Kleke, Canrria tttirtt. Mirk Nrff UlrmlnUnn Manager .........Hon Beck ; If f?f' V WAN tfWOMEN SAID V A fLy'l'Vlt ABOUT INTIN'THlSlMiLJrl )i i J$r4l , THING AT TH'filfS U M France Flings Dictatorial Tactics The enigma that is French do mestic politics has descended on the United Nations like a dead hand. Angered by the decision of the General Asseihbly to discuss the problem of Algerian nationalism, Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay led the French delegation in a walk-out as dramatic as that staged by the Russians five years ago. Where has this courage of con viction been during the four years of civil conflict in North Africa? Frenchmen, Berbers and Arabs alike have died by the thousands in North Africa while politicians wrangled over technical delays. France now challenges the deci sion of the UN and scoffs at the ; Iuwii.iikii iiiiiiiv "i - '-0rnnuM Globetrotting principle of peaceful discussion upon which the UN is built. Why has not this determination been used to settle the dispute in Al geria? Unlike neighboring Tunisia and Morocco, Algeria is incorporated into Metropolitan France as a de partment. Algeria has about the same status as Hawaii would if it were the 49th American state. It is this political set-up which has prompted France to declare the nationalistic agitation of the Alger ians to be a domestic question. Domestic issues are outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations by statement of the Charter. By pleading "d omestic question" France had been able, until Fri day, to prevent a public airing of her colonial rule. In actuality, and according to ac cepted usage of the terms, France is correct in assuming Algeria to be a domestic problem. A with drawal from the United Nations, however, makes the Paris govern ment look like a school-boy throw- ing a tantrum. Having picked up his marbles and gone home, M Pinay has only played into the hands of the USSR by splitting Western solidarity. Admittedly, M. Pinay was act ing on the orders of Premier Ed gar Faure who apparently had both ears to the ground of politics. As Eric Severeid put it, "It is im possible to hold both ears to the ground without burying one's head in the sand." Probably a violent reaction to the UN decision was all that would placate a National Assembly of manjfV'iil -parties and 544 ex citedvFteisii&deputies. Possibly, moderation "would have brought a collapse of the Faure govern ment. At least we know such an eventu ality was close enough to prevent M. Faure from functioning as a statesman and to ensure his be having as a politician. It is ironic indeed that freedom conscious and individualistic Frenchmen chose to fling at the UN the same tactics Hitler, Mus solini and Tojo used to strangle the League of Nations. Behind The Eightbal!: The Story Of My Life Or, 'As Time Goes By' By Clyde Vatt Guet Columnist I Imagine that some day I shall be referred to as the late Mr. Vatt. My reputation for habitually being unpunctual Is quite spotless. In fact, right offhand, the only time I can remember coming close to being on time was my last year in high school at the commence ment exercises but then I forgot my tassel and had to go back after it anyway. My phenomenon of tardiness is really quite interesting and should be examined critically. I can still remember, when I was home in Dismal Seepage, 0., how my father and I used to get ready for meals. We would come into the house, perhaps fresh from "digging around the shrubbery" (we do a lot of "digging around the shrub bery" when I'm home) and begin dawdling in the living room, thumbing through the evening pa per, toying with a vagrant balloon or manipulating jackstraws on the rug. Fairly soon, when we were the least prepared and the most oc cupied with our pre-meal diversion, the feminine segment of the house hold would announce that supper was ready. Then, moving furiously, my dad and I would streak for the bath room, slosh water all over' the place, and appear at the table, quite breathless and looking like the butt end of a battering ram. Mother would look up and say, "I'm sorry, but your food is stone cold." (Now, this fewm interesting point. Grandmother tnight be painting lawn chairs all through the meal hour or Sister might be dancing marionettes ail during suppertime but their food Is always "cold." The menfolks' food is always "stone cold." Never "cold." Al ways "stone cold." This bothers me. This early training might, per haps, be the reason for my con stitutional inability to get anywhere on time. I don't know really. I do know, however, that I don't neces sarily mean to be late. It's just that each time I have to be somewhere, an arm of Fate catches one of my bony shoulder blades, turns me in the wrong di rection, and sends me thither with a healthy shove. Just the other day I was walking down to the Journal-Star with some copy for the Rag. Moving along aimlessly, with the creeping shuffle of the Neanderthal Man, I noticed a group of men drilling with some sort of instrument on a large stone building. The men, with their snappy, bus inesslike manner, and the drill, drumming out a hypnotic staccato onto the cement, captured my at tention and, leaning contentedly against the nearest mailbox, I watched, fascinated, with my fin gertips pressed gently together. Finally, the men stopped, disas sembled their equipment, and, when one happened to back the panel truck into me, I started on my way again. As usual, however, I was late. I have one, or should I say, two methods of defense against inquir ing eyes or stern looks when I ap proach my destination late. The sweet, innocent, self-righteous type I ' vanquished with a single flourish and the statement, "Punctuality is the vice of virtuous women." The other kind, business-like and pontifical, I waste no time on and quell quickly by saying, "Only those that have nothing better to do ever get anywhere on time." I've been thinking about my plight for some 4jme now. Maybe it all goes back to early toilet training. The best lead ever written in journalism history: "D.a mmit, king," said the Duchess, "get your hand off my leg." For Effective Results Use Nebraskan Ads 5.7 Minimum Grade Criticized Last spring the political circles . on the NU campus were alive -with the question of a proposed rule to limit the number of offices in activities which can be held by one person. After several stormy Student -Council sessions the rule was passed. One part restricted t h e number of board positions and of fices. This part aroused the dis cussion. Almost unnoticed was another provision in the r u 1 e which changed the minimum grade aver age required for participation in activities from 5.0 to 5.7. Now, with the new rule in its first months of application, a proposal has been made in the Council to abolish the rule. Independent students apparently favor abolishing the rule entirely. Many of them feel its sole purpose was to give more Greeks positions in activities. I do not think this is true. Independents have held high po sitions in activities and will con tinue to do so. I grant that an in dependent will have to work hard er because he does not have the support behind him that a Greek has. But, nevertheless, he has a chance which is made better by the limiting -of the number of posi tions one person can hold. I am in favor of the limitation on activities officeholding because I believe that college activities should train students in leadership and that this training should be available to as many students as possible. I favor the limit because I agree with the principle of pro tecting the individual from an ex cessive work load which can result from holding too many offices. As a third point, 1 think the limitation will favor the independent in the long run. However, I cannot accept the raising of the average requirement to 5.7. This part of the rule undoes what the other portion attempts to do. The Increased grade average disqualifies many persons whom activities, 'through leadership op portunities, could help. The "University administration is perpetually concerned because many students do not participate in activities. The increased aver age requirement will tend only to The Silent Majority Quick Quips The green between them was as soft as swan's down. . .. closer and closer they came. . . one a blushing red. . . the other a pale white. . . closer over the parapet of freen they came. . . they met. . . an instant later they kissed. . . . then, dam the luck, a little more English on the red ball and it would have been a billiards. Do "you know why I wear two pair of pants -when I'm on the golf course? Case I get a hole in one. A manufacturer of a certain beer was required by the state board to send in some samples for certification. Shortly afterward, the manufac turer received the samples back with the terse note, "Your horse has diabetes." decrease the number of active students to an even smaller fig ure. Some people will argue that seven-tenths of. a grade point "will not make much difference. At most places on the grade scale this is true. However, at the level just Above five, seven-tenths of a point can affect many students. Five is the all-University aver, age. It is the average required to be activated in most organized houses. It is the point at which "respectable" averages begin. For these reasons countless stud ents are content to bring their average to a few points above five and let it remain there. To enforce a requirement of 5.7 would eliminate many students from the benefits offered by lead ership in activities. At the same time the rule would deprive the major campus activities of the tal ents of many able leaders. Such a rule in effect says that the average student is not good enough to hold a position in activities. This idea is contradictory to the American democratic system to which the operation of govern ment and responsibility for public policy are placed in the hands of the common people of- the "aver age." If the average college student is not acceptable for leadership re sponsibility, how do the advocates of the 5.7 rule justify the qualify ing of below average college stud ents and non-college educated per sons to hold the far more import ant public offices of our nation? In respect for American princi ples of equality and the widening of" the educational opportunities of the University, the 5.7 rule must be abolished. A NEW LAW STILL (?EQUIB5 THAT VTS WITH NONCOMPEMSABli SEPVICf-CONNECTED DENTAL CONDITION MOT CAUSED BY WOUNDS OR SERVICE ACCIDENTS, MOST APPLY WITHIN ONE VEAR. 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