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Wednesday, December 14, 1955 Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN 1 Little man on campus by Dick Bibler Nebraska.! Editorials: - t . t ' 5 , T V 'ft: .s - .. a i. ' ft 2 ' - V, 1 ' v . -.1 - ' Afll'S Afexf CfuMiouse A quiet little announcement came cut the other day to the effect that plana were finally moving ahead on the new Faculty Club. The International House was being considered as the logical place to have it. Plans were being considered for making whatever changes would be necessary. Funds were being considered with the eternal question, "where will they come from?" But generally, all went well. This is all nice. More important, though, this Faculty Club is a needed addition to the Uni versity. The Nebraskan has spoken about the diffi culty of attracting and keeping top-notch faculty members. All parts of the University adminis tration engaged in the business of hiring have been aware of the many problems of getting new personnel. The new Faculty Club might well be one of the "extras'' that will help this difficulty, for professors of all types will appreciate the new facilities. The present International House is ideally suited for this new use. It is owned by the Uni versity and requires no expansion of present holdings. Its location is nearly perfect: close to the main classroom buildings, far enough away from the hustle and bustle of everything, close to parking, just a little off the main student by-ways obviously a fine location. But, all is not as pleasant as it seems. Women students, now living in International House have raised questions, as have the wo men living in Terrace Hall. What the situation really is, is simple. The University has a long range building program which includes an addition to the present wo men's dormitory, the erection of a new dorm on the Ag campus and possible revamping of the organization of Terrace Hall, possibly mak ing it into a Women's Co-op. All University owned women's residences are considered part of the main dormitory system, so nothing is at all amiss in the plans of the administration. Girls now living in the International House will be given whatever priority necessary when they eventually move out of their present quar ters. Terrace Hall will more than likely re main much the same as it now is, a home for the co-ed wishing something other than either the dorm or a sorority house. Interestingly enough, less than 25 per cent of the women now in the International House represent a foreign country. So, from the evi dent facts, no unusual problems should be en countered. The net results of all this will be a fine addi tion to the University. It is easy and pleasant to envision what the new Faculty Club might mean to the University, to the present profes sors, the new men and women who will teach here in future years and even the students who might someday be guests of one faculty mem ber or another trying to "butter up" a student, possibly for good cause. D.F. Competition Welcomed Recently, the University radio station KNUS the station. The station hopes that this will be announced several additions to its facilities in- finished by the end of the second semester, eluding a commercial advertising contract, a This would increase KNUS potential coverage wire service and the possibility that KNUS may to an audience of 2500 to 3000 persons, soon be piped into all organized houses. These improvements, coupled with the fact All this means that KNUS will have a greater that air time is being increased, mean that in opportunity to become an informational and the near future, KNUS will be able to offer editorial force on the campus. more programs and features to more students By its very nature, KNUS has several ad- than ever before vantages over some of the other media. It With this must come an increase in the re can get news to its audience more quickly than sponsibility of the station. It must be willing can a newspaper, and its superior knowledge to assume leadership as an editorial force on of campus news sources should give it an ad- the campus, vantage over the local stations. jr- Valid opportunities to comment on both Now KNUS is affiliated with the College Radio campus and outside issues are many: the sta- Corporation, an agency to solicit national ad- tion should avail itself of them through the use vertising for the station. This will make possi- of news commentators and interpretive report- ble funds for increased expansion of the station. mS- One of the first sponsors has furnished the Active, responsible leadership on the part of station with a wire service set-up for national the students who run KNUS will not only be news, sports and music. As a result, KNUS, of benefit to the campus in providing more corn starting in January, will be able to add more Plete news coverage and more varied pro national news and sports coverage to its pro- grams, but it will give the students who work gram at the station many new opportunities. KNUS is also planning to expand its coverage Already the station is finding that it needs to all organized houses. Presently, it is avail- more students to work next semester there able in the Residence Halls for Women and are new Positions and more varied ones, part of the Men's Residence Halls. By the end of the semester, the rest of the Men's Dorm The new facilities will make it possible for will be wired. KNUS to become an active force on the campus Because KNUS does not have an ICC author- it is up to the interested students to make it ization and is considered "wireless" it is neces- so. sary for the University to do the wiring for Even though it may seem like cutting our own throat, The Nebraskan hopes that KNUS I - will become a major competing media on this MO dOSS Of! AAOflClQV camPus- NoihinS breeds success like competi- tion. Merry Christmas and a happy beginning to For this reason, as well as the others sug- the New Year. gested above, The Nebraskan hopes that KNUS That was the apparent wish of the Faculty will take advantage of the new opportunities Senate when they voted to extend Christmas open to it and meet them with intelligent, vacation another day much to the delight of responsible leadership and with the vision and football TV fans. foresight which leaders in the field of radio The difficulty which destined students and have always shown. L.S. faculty to appear in classrooms on Jan. 2 has been overcome and joyous noels will not be f , I marred by the thought of an ill-desired return I I"T nOllCl fll to the campus. Of course, faculty members W lvVMIJ are human too and perhaps they, also, might r I J I enjoy an added day of rest. rOOT JUCfQIDQ It is almost heartwarming to think that fac- . , . . , t . . ,, . , ,. ti n debate, every defeat is usually blamed "on tdty and students agree on such fundamentals . . J as Christmas cheer, peaceful and cozy after- ? ' . noons and the curtailment of Monday morning :. Ug "uatrng circumstance, mtervened, classes whenever possible. thlS Saturday 8 tournament aUJVmfield, Kan., was no exception. tAt One University debater was much dismayed The only difficulty that can be seen from this to find just before the fourth and fifth rounds viewpoint is that the bluest of blue Mondays, Saturday morning, that he had left his entire the Monday after Christmas vacation, will come brief, complete with evidence, case and rebuttal on Tuesday this year and will possibly throw material, back in his motel room, the whole week out of perspective-and Friday And wasnt time to g0 back after it may never come. However, after the results were announced, Students and faculty will gather around the the defeats were still laid to ..poor judging TV sets to watch the bowl games and students will be able to spend Sundays with their par- I ents. Santa and his reindeer will make their PUCCini Pi OS Kin Visits and depart. 3 AH will participate in a bit of harmless and Last Sunday afternoon provided an inter somewhat pointless revelry as the year 1956 esting situation in an organized house on the is ushered in (unless you understand the new campus. Scheduled on the afternoon's television year to be here already as indicated by the agenda at the same time were both a live per appearance of the 1956 model cars). formance of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly) and It's really surprising how much good will Pro football game, and positive feeling can be generated by a Two factions immediately formed on which logical and expected action. Since the faculty was to be watched, and it looked like war would and Faculty Senate have joined together to give result. The opera enthusiasts refused to re us a welcome present, perhaps the student body linquish Puccini and the football fans couldn't could reciprocate in a small way by whetting give up pigskin. their appetite for knowledge and erudition The situation might have proved drastic had especially in their Tuesday morning classes. not one diplomatic person providentially reme.m- Perhaps we could all pretend that Tuesday bered that the housemother had a television'set was Tuesday instead of blue Monday. S. J. and both factions could be pacified. i The Nebraskan FIFTY-FTVE XTSARS OLD Entered n second rlm imtter at the post office la .,-.. Lincoln, Nebraska, miner the act of Aornst 4, Ult. Member: Associated Collegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Intercollegiate Press Editor Dick f-eiimaa Ecpmentattve: National Advertising Service, tl.n, ",Jd!.:::;:::::::::::.?wrn"': Incorporated editor , ed pat Published at: Room 20, Student Union JEEST ::.-iV ii; teta mm lith Jtr R Mary Shelledy. Loclfrace Bwltier r . .! w .. Editor Judy Rout University of Nebraska a Editor im tath IJnroln. Nebraska Rwrtr: Barbara Sharp, Arlmia lUrbek, Sara AIx- Lincoin, IcorSK M1w Carolyn Birtlw, ?M.r Moyr, Wm PIMark, Til VfhrtmUtui Hi punfigheo' Tow. (lay, Wednndaf and Rill OIwn. Hob If land, Bill Hltta, Jack Carlln, Julie Yldy dartp the aehool yowr, except dnrtn vacation. IJowell, Mary Prtermin, Marianne Thyeciwn, Manr and exam period, and one Imioe In puhlmhed durtn !!rtn',, W'v'a kin, fiermalne Wrleht, Mary I7. Aufftrat. by fttmlMitt ef the UntversItT of Nebraska ander a, Nanry I)r LmK. Aylre t rttehman, Pat Tan. to, t.er,-.rn e, f e "pi, h I ra thins wilder KK. SUSXT IfiTftpS g&STESl a an mrlo of tnnit opinion, ra Miration der Mr4 Nancy Coover, Monroe Uher. the iiirt.'iiftloa of the fcBbeommlttee oo Stortcnt PaMIra- Editorial Hecrctary Manrtn Newhnne tt-m hn be free from editorial eenor.hl on the Drctvrca rt of the SubrommBtee, or on the part of any member BUSINESS S I At r mt the facnlty of the I lcrlty, or oa the part of mnw Rnlnc Manarer Oenrre Madoen r-nai ntie the Inlvenity. The member of the Am 'l Buflncn Manager ...BUI ftadwrll. ftartiar fsiekr. Mehrankxn iff are personally responsible for what they Connla Hnrst, Mick Neff ay, er do caam to he prluted. February 8, 1H6A, Circulation Manage ........................ .1 Mask I HELPED HIM WITH HIS HOWETO-DlDNT KMWHF WS At itoSMfMt 'Messiah' Needs Heated Coliseum l i I These last few weeks before Christmas vacation are usually hectic for students, and most of us are exhausted by this time. At least, I am exhausted ... far too tired to become excited about such tnings as whether or not ex-high fchool students wear ten pledge pins or no pledge pins on their bathing trunks in the summertime. One of the contributing factors P to my state of disrepair was an apoarently inescapame participa tion i the Messiah concert. Two things", however, made this con cert valuable. One was the fact that, for the first time in my memory, the solo ists were all young members of our University community; and their performance was truly ad mirable. The second was that Dr. Westbrook, tor the last time at Nebraska, contributed his superb S- i -Wow"., I I 4 LA ttvLJ a It's Intolerance!' Nishni Novgorod Barred From U.S. I was really up the creek last eventide, hurting for something to criticize in my column. I desper ately needed some corruption (I have always felt that we needed more corruption in this world) to ferret out and bring to the atten tion of my vast reading public. However, my mind was put to ease by a noteworthy article in the sporting pages of the local tabloid, Sabbath morn. Persuing it with my usual acumen, my falcon eyes (a beautiful hazel brown color, if any girls are listening) chanced upon an obvious example of intolerance and injustice. It appears that the stuffy cus toms officials have refused to let in a champion racing cockroach, named Nishni Novgorod, who can sprint 17 yards in 12 seconds. He has been bred by an English play boy (Oh, those English playboys!) named John Richmond, who once served as an advisor to Ibn Saud (you remember Ibn, played hunch back for Notre Dame last year). This roach ran the 50 in less than a minute in the Tigris and Euph rates Valley last season. And, as far as I'm concerned, any bug than can do the 50 in less than a minute in the Tigris and Euph rates Valley is Okey-dokey in my book. In fact, he's Jim Dandy. I'll buy that. And they want to keep this re nowned athlete out because they (the nasty customs people) think he's "vermin." A clear case of intolerance. Intolerance, intolerance, intoler ance! Are you going to let this happen The Challenge Charles De Gaulle IV riles In trench En Francais ... (ed. note: This Is a note submitted to The Nebraskan by Charles De Gaulle, leader of the Free French during the Second World War and presently la retire ment at a small rhatean on the outskirts of rails. The diacritical marks most be omitted for obvlotM typographical difficulties.) Monsieur: Le projet dont m'entretient votre aimable lettre, comme les motifs qui l'ont inspire, me paraissent tres interessants et sympathiques. Je n'en regrette que davantage de ne pouvoir vous donner une repoise affirmative. Mais, je me suis fait une regie de ne prendre part a aucune enquete. Je forme neanmoins les meilleurs voeux pour le success de la votre et je vous prie de croire, Monsieur, a mes sentiments les plus distingues et les meilleurs. General Charles De Gaulle In English... teds, note: This the official English translation of De Gaulle's note trans lated by the Trench Department.) Dear Sir: The project about which you informed me in your kind letter, as well as the motives which inspired it, both interest me and appeal to me. Therefore, I regret all the more that I cannot answer you in the affirmative. However, I have made it a rule not to take part in any kind of poll. Nevertheless, I wish you the very best of success in your poll. General Charles De Gaulle The Daily Struggle1 You would wait until I am ninety and blind and with more work to do than ever. All I can do is send The Daily Nebraskan my best wishes with a profound bow to the sturdy and powerfully built gentle men who have done columns for you already. They have probably all been up for hours and got at least ten letters done and two columns before I begin the daily struggle of trying to get out of bed. If my wife were not so busy herself, she is the one you should have written, because she was born in Creighton, Neb. She left there, however, when she was only a year old and so her recollections are tenuous and cloudy. She joins me in best wishes to you and The Ne braskan, and Nebraska and the Nebraskans. James Thurber - American Humorist enp Nebraskan Le Faculty Lounge Problem To The Editor: Last week, following the usual procedure of not consulting those involved in the situation, it was 'announced that International House was being considered as the site cf the new faculty lounge. Then, yesterday, in the same manner, came the announcemerrt that the plan under consideration for the housing of I House girls was for them' to move into Terrace HalL This would thus leave the 34 Terrace Hall girls to move elsewhere. It then appears that the Administration is now undertaking a grand style' game of "Upset The Fruit Basket." . The same issue of the Nebraskan contained a story on the in creased enrollment at the University. Appearing three days earlier was an article concerning the pressing housing problem. From this logically arise only one question: If housing is present ly presenting a problem and an even greater increase is expected, why is it necessary to take one of the residence halls far occasional use by the faculty? The answer to the housing problem is not as simple as moving the Terrace girls into the addition to the Women's Residence Hall. Terrace Hall is a hall for junior aod senior woman and has always been primarily for transfer students. , This is borne out by the fact that at the present time only three of the girls in Terrace are not transfer students. By removing such a residence from campus the University will certainly ldse one of the big selling points for girls considering transferring to the Uni versity, because they as upperclassmen do not wish to pledge nor do they want to be housed in the dormitory consisting primarily of freshmen. ' . Carolyn Butler in this Land of the Free? Shall we have printed no longer on the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your sick, your tired, your hungry, your poor, your cockroaches"? You there, athletic supporters, are you going to accept this without so much as a feeble wave of the polo mallet? (Actually, I think they're discriminating against him be cause he's a jock.). It is the duty of us of the Fourth Estate, to pick up the cudgel or whatever you pick up and de ttnd the bugs of the sporting world. O, would that Granny Rice had not gone to that Great Score- My Bootless Cries keeper in the Sky! Would that, in deed. So, I say, let's all band together, and replace the Olympic Fund, by starting the North Platte Valley Roach-Rooters. We can also call ourselves the Knights for Nishni Novgorod. We can call ourselves anything, just as long as we get die Bug Across the Border. Onward, Christian Enotmol-ogistsl conducting powers to the concert. He's lucky. You know, this Messiah busi ness is a funn thing. An old say ing has been changd to read at Nebraska, "Nothing's sure but death, taxes, and The Messiah." Granted that the Messiah is a f'ne piece of music. Everybody knows that; everybody seems to perform it at Christmas, too. "All we like sheep." There are plenty o other Christmas oratorios of equal (or better) calibre, however, that might be sung at this, Univer- Giveh' 'em Ell sity. For a change. Aren't there? J don't know what it's like to listen to the thing year after year, but by one's tourth year of singing, the prospect has become rather formidable. This attitude is wide spread among students,, unfortu nate, and avoidable. I think. There are other aspects which make The Messiah a less than pleasant singing experience. It is performed in the mausoleum . . . er, coliseum. Such attempts to pro duce art in an oversized barn have been called "coliseum con vulsions," and so they are. Flanked by flags drooping the colors of the Big Seven, a chorus of about 300 singers and 300 per sons, who contribute nothing hut ballast, risk their lives on narrow, uncomfortable, crowded and ex tremely precarious bleachers. We lose a few overboard every year, but the gaps fill up nicely. For not only are we sitting on each other's laps most of the time; but. in addition, there is no heat. Ever try to play a violin with gloves on? It's fun. Oh, well. This Is Your Univer sity . And good luck to our soloists and to Dr. Westbrook. We hope vou find a school with an auditor ium. A heated one. -ONbUvSoOP3 WMMCRGOIOK (Author ef -Bartftet Bey WttK Chtek," te.) HOW TO BE A BWOC A few weeks ago in this space I passed on some hints to college men who wished to become BMOCs. I would be remiss not to do the same for college women who wish to become BWOCs. The first and most basic step on the road to being a BWOC is to attract attention. Get yourself noticed. But be very, very careful not to do it the wrong way. I mean, any old girl is bound to be noticed if she goes around with a placard that says, "HEY ! LOOKIT ME !" Don't you make such a horrid gaffe. On your placard put: "ZUT! REGARDEZ-MOI!" This, as you can see, lends a whole new dimension of tone and dignity. Once you have been noticed, it is no longer necessary to carry the placard. It will suffice if, from time to time, you make dis tinctive noises. If, for instance, every three or four minutes you cry, "Whip-poor-will!" you cannot but stay fresh in the minds of onlookers. We come now to clothes, a vital accessory to the BWOC-indeed, to any girl who wishes to remain out of jail. But to the BWOC clothes are more than just a decent cover; they are, it is not too much to say, a way of life. This year the "little boy look" is all the rage on campus. Every coed, in a mad effort to look like a little boy, is wearing short pants, knee sox, and boy-shirts. But the BWOC is doing more. She has gone the whole hog in achieving little boyhood. She. has frogs in her pockets, scabs on her knees, down on her upper lip, and is followed everywhere by a dog named Spot. All this, of course, is only by day. When evening falls and her date comes calling, the BWOC is the very picture of chic fem ininity. She dresses in severe, simple basic black, relieved only by a fourteen pound charm bracelet Her hair is exquisitely coiffed, with a fresh rubber band around the pony tail Her daytime scuffs have been replaced by fashionable high heeled pumps, and she does not remove them until she gets to the movies. After the movies at the campus cafe, the BWOC undergoes her severest test. The true BWOC will never, never, never, order the entire menu. This is gluttony and can only cause one's date to blench. The true BWOC will pick six or seven good entrees and then have nothing more till dessert. This is class and is the hallmark of the true BWOC. If .-.. VC y S7 Finally, the BWOC, upon being asked by the Cigarette vendor .which is the brand of her choice, will always reply, "Philip Morris, of corris!" For any girl knows that, a Philip Morris in one's hand stamps one instantly as a person of taste and discernment, as the possessor of an educated palate, as a con noisseur of the finer, gentler, higher pleasures. This Philip Morns, this badge of savoir faire, now comes to you in a smart new pack of red, white and gold, in king-size or regular, at popular prices, wherever cigarettes are sold. cmi shuiiasa, mm To all on cam pug, big or im all, men or women, the makert of Philip Morrit, trho bring you thi$ column, extend 4 cordial invitation to try today', gentle Philip Morrit, made gentle to -moke gentle.