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Earned Good Excuse
Grievances of one sort or another are pretty
easy to find just about any place more than
one person gathers.
And among those grievances often hear, the
loudest though usually not heard for a long
duration, are those lodged against the AWS
Board, especially in matters regarding hours
and hou? regulation for women students.
Now at times there are legitimate complaints
of various sorts against anybody's actions, AWS
included. Right now, however, one must say
that the furor being raised amounts to nothing
more than crying (to corrupt the fine Biblical
phrase of Jeremiah) "Wolf, wolf," and there is
no wolf.
The question again circles about coed restric
tions pertaining to overnights.
To begin, the word "overnight" is a misnomer.
There are different kinds of "overnights" those
at home and those where coeds may return to
their own University living quarters but may do
so a bit later, say 2 a.m.
Even more important, the word "overnight''
carries overtones that are first wrong and
econd unnecessary. To end this confusion, the
AWS might give consideration to a new glossary,
to wit:
a. Lincoln out "I'm out on the town, Mamma,
but expect to be safely tucked in at a sister's
house by about 2:30 a.m."
b. Out-of-town "I'm out of town altogether
tonight. Mamma. You know how it is, sort of
boring around the holy city."
c. Gone home "This time, dear Housemother,
I'm go'in home to Mamma, but please don't
check me."
d. Late night Out, but plan to return by 2
a.m. (Among those mentioned this seems to be
the male favorite.)
Enough for the nomenclature. The issue of
how these nights away from the house should
be broken down is separate from that of late
nights vs. "overnights."
The AWS Board has referred to a vote of all
non-Lincoln women, the question of what to do
about a new proposal which would cut the gen
eral number of "overnights" per semester from
six to five and add two "late nights" each se
mester.
The AWS Board showed wisdom in this action,
In calling for the vote and the advice of all
coeds who would be affected, they demonstrated
their desire to follow a democratic process. This
is good.
It is good, that is, if the AWS Board will con
tinue the process and follow the vote when the
question is decided and then reveal to all stu
dents exactly what the vote was.
To The Nebraskan the new plan looks fair in
all respects, possibly even better than the pres
ent plan. The net result would be more and
later nights out. Coupled with the flexibility
which the AWS is supposed to maintain, that of
their appeal system.
When one gets down to the facts, 2 o'clock is
plenty late. If the Dean of Women thinks there
are now too many trouble areas, and nobody
doubts this; and if local mothers have begun to
complain about misuse of privileges, and no
body doubts this; then this new plan looks good.
Besides, a 2 o'clock rule is a darned good ex
cuse to get home, for both parties male and
female. D.F.
To Clear The Record
A Nebraskan editorial Our Vanishing Pro
fessors which appeared in Friday's Nebraskan,
has stirred up a storm of comment its writer
never expected. This comment, very justified,
has made it necessary for the Nebraskan to
make right several gross errors which appeared
in the editorial.
In illustrating the departure of several top
Instructors from the campus, the editorial made
reference to professors who were "due to retire
in the next year." For the most part, the edi
torial was wrong in listing certain professors as
Dear retirement.
The editorial was also erroneous in listing Dr.
C J. Schneider, associate professor f political
science, as having left the University for a posi
tion at Duke University. Dr. Schneider is not at
Duke. He is in Bonn, Germany, on a lezve of
absence to study, and will be back next year,
according to the political science department.
Of those professors "due to retire," Dr.
Lowery Wimberly, professor of English, Dr.
h. W. Lancaster, professor of political science,
and Dr. R. W. Frantz, professor of English, were
wrongly included in this number.
Dr. Lancaster wi3 not be up for retirement for
two more years. Dr. Wimberly is not scheduled
to retire next year. He will have time for two
more one-year appointments after this school
year before his retirement would be scheduled.
Dr. Frantz has, according to the English De
partment, several more years of teaching before
his retirement age will be reached.
Also, in referring to the School ft Journalism,
the editorial stated that there are only two in
structors now teaching classes. This is wrong,
la addition to Dr. W. F. Swindler, director, and
Dr. L. J. Martin, Dr. W. J. Morrison, assistant
professor of journalism, and Ray Morgan,
assistant professor of journalism, teach courses
on the technical aspects of journalism
la addition, Robert Crawford teaches fall se
mester classes in public relations and magazine
work.
In drafting the editorial, the writer meant to
refer only to courses taught by Dr. Swindler
and Dr. Martin, and neglected to refer to Dr.
Morrison, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Crawford in
their very valuable parts of the journalism
curriculum.
The writer of the editorial has been duly in
formed of his errors. In not checking on the
authenticity of his information, he committed
one of the grossest errors of the journalism pro
fessionthat of unwarranted inaccuracy. There
was no excuse for the errors, not only in the
journalistic sense, but also in the embarrasment
that was caused to the persons involved. The
Nebraskan, and the editorial writer in par
ticular, extends its most red-faced apologies.
However, in criticizing the editorial as to its
very apparent mistakes, the essence of its pur
pose must not also be abandoned as erroneous
or as the result of hasty judgment.
There is a problem at the University when
professors are lost, no matter who they might
be. These losses are caused by a variety of
reasons, among them retirement, wages, better
chances for study or chances for academic ad
vancement. This problem must not be overlooked. The
University and the state of Nebraska must do
all in its power to give its instructors the sup
port and facilities they need for successful
academic accomplishments. This is for the
good of the University as an institution, the
state as the supporter of the institution, and the
students, especially, for the training they re
ceive from these instructors.
Therefore, in recognizing the obvious mistakes
in the editorial, the reader must not lose the
importance of the message. This problem can,
if steps are not taken to stop it, eventually pre
sent a very large stone in the footpath of the
University' progress.
The Nebraskan, as the student newspaper, is
backing such steps. And, assuredly, with more
accuracy and forethought than in the recent
past. F.T.D.
Dilemma, Dilemma
A University student with a S.6S average has
been elected to office in a student organization.
The recently established Council ruling, whk-h
sets a 5.7 grade average as the minimum for
holding as executive position, should explicitly
and owjuestkmably prohibit this election.
The Council provision does not authorize a per
on with a SMfm or a S-S58 average to hold
top level office; it authorizes only those stu
dents who have compiled an average of S.7 or
hove. (The TFC is especially rigid in a similar
situation, repeatedly prohibiting fraternities
from initiating pledge with less, even tefinites
imaHy less, than the required $A.)
The Kebraskan thir.k the prv&ul frtdtat
merit is unfortunate; this isolated incident typi
fies our argument against the scholarship rul
ing: (1) many rtuder.ls will be deprived of val
uable leadership training in certain activities;
(2) organizations w3 tose the services of other
wise fuEy qualified officers, and, (2 students
who meet the University's minimum of 4 or
tht individual organization's scholarship stan
dard should be allowed to participate and hold
effke ia extracurricular activities.
But, ttrm that the Council scholarship stan
dards has been passed and tested by repeal
proceedings, the Nebraskan feels this ruling
should be rigfey, tmequvocaL'y enforced.
However, ia lis finst test only a few weeks
ago, the Council members who argjed tor the
minimum grade reqtdremeni voted to allow two
AUF board members with insufficient averages
to file for executive office.
Thus, a precedent, and an embarrasing one,
was set. Whatever the reasons, whatever the
motives, whatever the arguments of the influ
ential speeches were, the fact remains that two
persons with below minimum averages were
allowed to file for executive positions.
Thus, the student who holds office with a S 66
average and anyone else for that matter, from
any other campus organization can legitimately
appeal to the Council, providing they can show
satisfactorily that their cumulative average will
be raised above the minimum at the end of the
semester.
This, then, is the perplexing position, pointed
out quit rueely by the student with the $M
average, in which the Council has placed
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Come Again?
One of Hollywood's more synthetic column
ists recently reported in her column on the
daily dirt that a prominent movie queen, now
trying valiantly to work out the almost over
powering problems of her sixth marriage
against tremendous odds, was in a stew. It
seems she felt well at recent party and her
husband promptly took ber borne, later re
turning to the party.
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At last the semester is nearly
over, and that blessed time of rest
called finals is close upon us. It
is time to fold our hands, roll our
eyes up to heaven and give thanks
for the gifts we have received.
So, if any of you feel particularly
reverent, I suggest that you do not
read the rest of this column, but
rather pass the next few moments
in offering up a silent, or vocal if
you wish, prayer of thanks.
However, if any of you feel, as
I do, more than a little dissatis
fied about the whole messy thing,
perhaps you would prefer to hear
my frustrated song.
It was in the month of Septem
ber that it began; this strange pro
cess, compounded of booze, bed
lam and buncombe, known as col
lege. I returned from the sum
mer's labors sharp of eye and tan
of cheek; a man, as I thought,
ready for anything. That I was
Jess Jesting
not ready for anything like what
happened to me is attested to by
my now red-rimmed eyes and
quivering lips.
The blow came during the first
month of classes, and a sly and
subtle one it was. Aware that I
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Looking back over the semester nearly finished, we can see rcany
changes both good and bad in University policy, activities and gen
eral campus life.
But there are also a few gaps issues which created quite a stir
at the time, but have quietly dropped out of sight. What has happened
to some of these controversies which were so vital and these plans
which held so much promise? Was it just all talk and no action? Or
was something really decided by the upper echelon and just nothing
ever explained to the rest of us? We wonder.
When Kosmet Klub show was banned, there was a storm of pro
tests crying "unfair" and a faint hope held forth that with an appeal
and closer regulations, the show might be reinstated. On the other
band, there were dire predictions that Kosmet Klub would fold unless
a substitute money-making project were found. But after the first
voluble flurry, nothing more has been said.
v Is Kosmet Klub making secret plans to appeal the decision? Will
they try to continue with a musical this spring, not knowing what
their status next year will be? Have they thought of an alternate
money-making project to keep the Klub in finances? Or is the Klub
sitting tight, doing nothing, and watching itself fade away?
One project which seemed at the beginning of the semester to be
progressing full-steam ahead has either been quietly abandoned for
lack of support or unexplainably delayed. Miss Helen Snyder, asso
ciate dean of women, stated that a fifteenth sorority would definitely
be formed on campus by mid-semester. The national group, Zeta
Tau Alpha, bad been selected and approved, and plans were underway
t obtain a bouse. It was thought that enough girls were interested to
form the minimum nucleus of SO. But what happened? A large num
ber of coeds here would like to know.
Another plan which would affect University women if adopted
was designed to give sororities more direct voice in administration of
campuses. Instead of sending a coed to AWS court for accumulated
late minutes, house representatives and house mothers would have
authority to decide whether she should be campused, excused or sent
to court. This proposal met with majority approval, but has any ac
tion been taken?
The Nebraskan a while back protested the "silent delegation" of
representatives who sat in Student Council meetings but never said
anything. "To encourage oral contributions to stimulate Council ac
tivity," it was announced that a chart would be published regularly
to show bow many times representatives spoke, and on which issues
(although there could be no way to measure the relative value of what
was said). This chart ran for two weeks, then disappeared. Why?
Did The Nebraskan decide the students didn't care or did it realize
that perhaps it doesn't matter as much what a person says as what
be does when it comes time to vote?
Maybe some of these once-burning issues are not forgotten but
just bemg worked upon in secret. But on the other hand, maybe they're
more evidence for another chapter in the story of student optimism
gone stale.
was a battle-scarred veteran of two
years in ;.he college wars, immune
to such obvious terrors as card
pulling and fees-paying, they cun
ningly bided their time until I
had started to attend classes.
Daily, they presented me with
the most monumental collections of
bits and scraps of knowledge, ac
companied by a constant drone of
trivial comment. I was bombarded
from all sides with insoluble ques
tions, and then strafed with ob
scure and unsatisfactory answers.
This clever device, reminiscent
of certain ancient torture devices,
was too much for my innocent
mind, although stronger men with
stood it. It was touch and go with
me for a while, I can tell you, and
had it not been for the soothing
effects of alcohol, I might not be
here today.
As it was, the damage had been
done. I accepted defeat, without
resistance other than mass clas
cutting, and took on the public as
pect of a scholar.
I doubt if two weeks will be long
enough for me to regain my former
strength, but I'm going to try. If
I succeed, you may see me again
next semester; if I don't, it cer
tainly hasn't been fun.
f Author ef "Bart foot Boy With Chk," tie.)
VIVE LE POPCORN!
The other day as I was walking down the street picking up
tinfoil (Philip Morris, incidentally, has the best tinfoil, which
is not 'surprising when you consider that they have the best
cigarettes, which is not surprising when you consider that they
buy the best tobaccos and the best paper and put them together
with skill and loving care and rush them to your tobacco counter,
fresh and firm and loaded with gentle smoking pleasure to lull
the palate and beguile the senses and shoo the blues) the other
day, I say, as I was walking down the street picking up tinfoil
(I have, incidentally, the second largest ball of tinfoil in our
family. My brother Eleanor's is bigger more than four miles
in diameter-but, of course, he is taller than I.) the other day,
as I was saying, while walking down the street picking up tinfoil,
I passed a campus and right beside it, a movie theatre which
specialized in showing foreign films. "Hmmmm," I said to my
self, "I wonder how come so many theatres which specialize in
showing foreign films are located near campuses ?"
And the answer came right back to me: "Because foreign,
films are full of culture, art, and esoterica, and where is culture
more rife, art more rampant, and esoterica more endemic than
on a campus? Nowhere, that's where!"
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tekeepi, hopiao She'll tuta back into J UiBllU
I hope that all of you have been taking advantage of the
foreign film theatre near your campus. Here you will find no
simple-minded Hollywood product full of treacly sentiment
and machine-made bravura. Here you will find life itself life
in all its grimness, its poverty, its naked, raw passion!
Have you, for instance, seen the recent French import, L
Jardin de Ma Tae ("The Kneecap"), a savage and uncom
promising story of a man named Claude Parfum, whose con
suming ambition is to get a job as a meter reader with the
Paris water department? But he is unable, alas, to afford the
flashlight one needs for this position. His wife, Bon-Bon, sells
her haiito a wigmaker and buys him a flashlight Then, alas,
Claude discovers that one also requires a leatherette bow tie.
pis time his two young daughters, Caramel and Nougat, sell
their hair to the wigmaker. So Claude has his leatherette bow-tie.
but now, alas, his flashlight battery is burned out and the whole
family, alas, is bald.
SrfVi' f66?,."? ktest Italian masterpiece, La Donna E
Mobde n Ache All Over"), a heart shattering tale of a boynd
iVOh; v en6tian Ud of nine' ,ovc "tile dog
with every fibre of his being. He has one great dream: to enter
the dog in the annual dog show at the Doge', palace. But that
alas, requires an entrance fee, and Malvolio, alaa, i. penniless
However, he saves and scrimps and steals and finally U south'
together to enter the dog in the show. The del ZlZ JmZ
twenty-third. Malvolio sell, him to a vivisectbnilt
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( ine Kadish ), a pulse-stirring historical romance about
Yamoto, a poor f armer, and his daughter Ethel who are ted
by a warlord on their way to market one morning? The wtriord
cut Yamoto in half with his samurai .wordand ti
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alas, the war ord was also a sorrel I ,.1D1, But
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