1935
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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, October 26,
Nohraskan Editorials:
The Red Issue v
In what now seems the far distant past, at
least the legislative far distant past, this whole
thing we now call the policy to limit activity
-participation was begun.
Since that 'time, nearly eight months ago,
a great deal has been said about the proposal,
a few new facts have been found and a few
more opinions have been heard, yet there are
still the same irrelevant and immaterial ar
guments being used on both sides of the issue.
.When this debate first began, Murt Pickett, ,
then chairman of the committee which ori
ginally invested the idea and submitted the
first piece of legislation, was quoted as saying
in the Council meeting that "long and thor
ough discussion" should be given to the then
new idea.
Obviously, by now w have had what Miss
Pickett asked for back in March. In fact, it
is now easy to understand why it sometimes
takes Congress or one of our legislatures so
long -to get a bill from its introduction to the
final stages where it is ready for the final
vote. Even our Council, small and compact
as it is, is running close records with the
mightiest of parliamentary bodies for long,
drawn-out debate.
Now that the measure is going to be given
Its final hearing, the record should be cleared;
for whether it is kept, amended or defeated,
honest and Intelligent especially intelligent
argument should for once be heard.
There is no reason for the many side issues
that have too often been heard to once again
block effective inquiry and voting. ,
The activities limitation plan is not meant to
serve 'as a recruiter for campus organizations.
There is nothing ih the policy that will guaran
tee more activity workers. ,
There is nothing in the plan which will inter
fere with the established AWS rule3 governing
participation in activities.
There is no direct or even indirect relation
ship between this plan and the fact that Corn
Cobs, or any other organization, is experiencing
trouble finding workers, members, hanger-oners
or anyone else.
Further, neither is there, if the plan is close
ly considered, any real threat to the liberty
of the individual student to select for himself
exactly where he wants to go and in what ac
tivities he wishes to participate.
These are all side issues that must be dis
. missed.
The basic issue revolves around the notion that
the individual student can do better work and
gain inore, as well as contribute more, if he con
centrates his abilities and talents in a limited
number of specific activities in which he has
honest interest, a type of interest for its own
sake rather than interests for the sake of the
future and the path to the Union's fourth floor.
The plan calling for activities limitation was
given careful study by last year's Council. It
was carefully conceived by active students who
themselves had experienced the problems of
over-activization. These individuals understood
the difficulty. These students were attempting
to guide others by their collective experience.
The real issue and the real goal was and
still is that of encouraging quality in participa
tion in activities on the widest possible base.
In essence this plan will merely serve as a
guide. It will force the aspiring student to care
fully plot his activity course. It will encour
age him to strive for quality of participation
rather than quantity. It will stress scholarship
and self-discipline.
Finally, it will use the accumulated experience
of the many students who realized, too late for
change, that it accomplishes nothing to have
a name on a dozen letterheads, but that it ac
complishes something worth accomplishing to
have participated thoroughly and actively in an
activity which has basic worth. D. F.
Quiet Week-end Proves
Difficult To Enjoy Alone
Last weekend, while all of
you went dashing off to Mis
souri, I remained quietly in
Lincoln. I decided to spend
this time leading an easy,
graceful and even rather
6cholarly life.
The decb'on led me to dis
cover a p- anal failing which
I had formerly thought was
not one of my store. This fail
ing is the inability to enjoy
myself without anything in
particular to do,
I think this fault is wide
spread among Americans. We
Jess Jesting
are not at ease unless we have
eome concrete plan for pas
sing the next few hours, or
even the next few minutes.
We nervously push the day
from one event to another,
never stopping to savor fully
any single moment.
When we do pause, It is with
vague feeling of frustration
and the half-conscious belief
that if we do not participate
in some wonderful and excit
ing act right now, the chance
will be lost to us forever.
I suppose we are afraid that
if the process is ever "halted
for any length of time we will
discover our own insufficien
cy, our inability to live with
ourselves. Thus, we live har
ried lives, never content with
the knowledge that if today is
soon over, there will follow
another day, much the same
as this one, which will also
have to be gotten out of the
way.
The above reflections re
mind me that for a ninety
,minute period last Saturday
night, I did not feel lost at
all. These minutes were large
ly taken up by the antics of
Noel Coward and Mary Mar
tin, two very entertaining
people.
The only disturbance in the
program came . during the
middle third, when George
Gobel came on over another
network. I was forced into a
, pitched battle to keep people
from switching channels.
I do not mean to offend Go
bel lovers with the above
statement. When George is
not being hindered by the
other members of his show,
he is a very funny little man
indeed. However, he is not
as funny as Noel Coward,
and Mary Martin sings much,
much better than Peggy King.
Looking back over this, I
see it has been a pretty dis
organized and incoherent col
umn. The only excuse I have
to offer is a pretty valid one,
I think, and I'm sure you will
forgive me.
You see, down hours are
out, and the occasion always
drives me to near-distraction.
So if you see a thin, haggard
creature lurching around
campus, mumbling to him
self, at any time during the
next week, just smile to
yourself and ignore him, I'll
come around in a week or so.
Benny Visits The Chancellor ,
As Pistons, Turbines Churn
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Benny cringed when he saw
the letter. It was addressed to
Jiim, and he knew it was an
Official University C o r r e
apondence. Benny well re
membered the last Official
University Correspondence he
bad received.
That was back in the spring
of 1967, a day or so after he
and several pledge brothers
had captured Dr. Sellers and
tried to mail him to Afghanis
tan. Dejectedly, Benny opened
the envelope and unfolded the
white slip of paper inside. He
choked with terror, for on it,
in bold, black letters, were
the words:
SEE ME.
And underneath, the note
was igned:
THE CHANCELLOR.
Pfsfully, Benny thought
baov to the previous day,
when ha had been caught dis
tilling whisky in Chem 4 lab.
A tear welled up in bis left
eye as he realized he must
now pay the penalty for his
misbehavior.
Mr. Possips, Special Assist
ant to The Chancellor, was
dusting furniture in the Ad
ministration Office when Ben-
Mock Tails
ny came in that afternoon.
Observing the crumpled slip
of paper in Benny's hand, Mr.
Possips put down his oil-cloth
and quietly walked over to the
door leading to The Chan
cellor's . private chamber,
where he pressed a button.
Benny winced as a lar?,
red sign over the door flashed
the words:
ENTER LAD.
It was almost quitting time
when Mr. Possips finally fin
ished dusting the woodwork
around the reception desk. He
had just stepped back to ad
mire his work when the door
to The Chancellor's chamber
slowly opened and Benny
staggered out.
' Mr. Possids watched im
passively as Benny stumbled,
gasping and gurgling, through
the room -his eyes glassy,
his mouth twitching and his
arms jerking spasmodically.
When Benny had gone, Mr.
Possips walked over to The
Chancellor's door, opened it
gently and tiptoed inside.
For several minutes, he
stared in mute admiration at
the throbbing pistons, the
blinking lights, the clanking
gears, the droning turbines
and the billowing steam.
Then,' turning around, Mr.
Possips reached down and
gently pulled out the plug. The
Chancellor was through for
the day.
Tho Nebraskan
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Quick Quips
In college it seems the freshman's,
dream,
Is how to win his letter.
The coed I guess, is sure of suc
cess: She starts by wearing a sweater.
When a girl goes out with an
Antarctic explorer she has to be
careful about watching her equa
tor.
Psychologist: "Are you troubled
by improper thoughts?"
Coed: "No, I rather enjoy them."
Shapely shopper: "Do you have
any notions on this floor?" '
Floorwalker: "Yes, but we sup
press them."
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Parents Day...
To The Editor:
The Innocents Society is sponsors
ing the annual Parents Day this
'Saturday when Nebraska plays
Kansas. Letters have bzsn sent to
the organized houses for you to
send to your parents informing
them of the game and of the events
of the day. We urge you to send
TO QUALIFY FOR 01 LOANS, ALL
NEW HOMES MUST HAVE- BEEN
INSPECTED DURING CONSTRUCTION
BY VA OB FHA INSPECTORS
HOMES COMRLETfcU MUKt ft
THAN A YEAR ar yJ
WEnfiew rnun inn .
RE3UIBEME;NT. t-a.
For lull Information contact your nearest
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ollira
these letters home so that this
event will be successful.
Enclosed with the letter is a tic
ket order blank for your parents
to use. If you do not have a copy
of the letter, tell your parents to
write for tickets to Parents Day,
Football Ticket Office, Coliseum,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska. Tickets are $3.50.
We would appreciate the co-operation
of the student body in help
ing to make the 1955 Parents Day
a significant event on the campus.
THE INNOCENTS SOCIETY
FRIDAY
October 28th
COLLEGE
NIGHT
JOHNNY COX
and his orchestra
Dancing 9 until 12
Couples Only
Adm. $1.70 per couple
Tax Included
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ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE: NO. 1
"The proper study of mankind is man," said Geoffrey Chaucer
in his immortal Casey at the Bat, and I couldn't agree more.
In these tangled times it is particularly proper to study man
how he lives, how he functions, how he works. Accordingly, this
column, normally devoted to slapdash waggery, "will from time
to time turn a serious eye on the social sciences.
In making these occasional departures, I have the hearty ap
proval of the makers of Philip Morris Cigarettes, whose interest
is' not only in promoting the pleasure of young Americans, by
providing them with a gentle cigarette, matchlessly blended of
vintage tobaccos,1 grown with loving care and harvested with
tender mercy, then cured with compassionate patience and rolled
into firm, tasty cylinders and brought to you in king size or
regular, wrapped in fetching packages of lively crimson and
pristine white, at prices that wreak no havoc on the most
stringent of budgets; but who are equally concerned with
broadening the minds and extending the intellectual vistas of
every college man and every college woman.
I, for one, am not unmoved by this great-heartedness in the
makers of Philip Morris, and though I know it is considered
chic these days to disparage one's employer, I shall not. Indeed,
I shall cry "Huzzah !" for the makers of Philip Mojjris. I shall
cry "Huzzah!" and "Bon appMt!" and "Stout Fellows!"
t
But I digress. For our first lesson in social science, let us turn
to the study of economics, often called the queen of the social
sciences. (Sociology is the king of the social sciences. Advertis
ing is the jack.) Economics breaks down into two broad general
classifications: I) coins folding money. But before taking
up these technical aspects, let us survey briefly the history of
economics.
Economics wa discovered by the Englishman, Adam Smith.
He published his theories in 1778, but everybody giggled bo hard
that Smith, blushing hotly, gave up the whole thing and went
into the cough drop business with his brother. ,
For long years after that, economics lay neglected while the
world busied itself with other things, like the birth of Victor
Hugo, the last days of Pompeii, and the Bunny Hug.
Then one day while flying a kite during a thunderstorm, the
American' Henry George (also called Thorstein Veblen) dis
covered the law of diminishing returns, and then, boy, the fat
was in the fire! Before you could say "knife," the Industrial
Revolution was on!' Mechanization and steam power resulted in
prodigies of production. For example, a Welsh artisan named
Dylan Sigafoos before the Industrial Revolution used to mako
horseshoes by hand at the rate of fur a day. After the Indus
trial Revolution, with the aid of a steam engine, Sigafoos wa$
able to make entire horses.
And so it went-factories rising from the plains,' cities bur
geoning around the factories, transport and commerce keeping
pace until today, thanks to economics, we have smog, depres
sions, and economics textbooks at $5.50. uH shumaa. ira
The maker of Philip Monte, who bring you thts column, tire no
teonomiete, but they do underetand tupply and demand. You do ,
tnonrf gentle emoking pleaeure; we eupply the cigarette that hoe it
Philip Morrle, of torrhl
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