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I, S . ' 'I I " f; ; s I. i I ) I I ' ' ' 1 I , it . i 1 11 Page 2 Nebraska n Editorials: annoi Be Ignored As Religious Emphasis Week approaches, one and confusing world; to help students clarify and cannot help but be impressed with the quality crystalize their personal religious convictions of the speakers who have been secured. They and to try to answer some of the problems fac- represent the three major faiths and many areas ing persons of faith in the largely secular world of specialization and interest within the broad of a university campus, field of religion. if. "jr ' The committee is rapidly completing the Such speakers should offer a real challenge plethora of details which the week entails; the not only to the religious convictions but also to speakers are no doubt preparing their speeches, the intellect of every student who hears them. AH that remains is for the students to express Religion is more than blind acceptance, de- an intelligent interest, spite the emphasis on faith. Religious faith Despite the best efforts of the committee and should encompass knowledge and understand- the speakers, the students can kill Religious ing as well. It is this which Religious Emphasis Emphasis Week. It wouldn't be hard. The usual Week hopes to encourage through its activities, excuse of lack of time will probably do the job. Other students can beg off by saying that "re- These speakers will come not so much to on is to deeP for me" ' convince or convert, but to help students under- K must be admitted that students are busy stand the place of religion in a rather confused 80 are the students who compose the Religious Emphasis Week committee and who have spent - s- many hours planning this. ma m It can further be admitted that the topic "Man, AA if I ft S1 T h M f kT the Maze and The Maker" is deep in its impli- Mr mmtm m aMMiiJf cations. But these three aspects of life can National politics will move onto the University scarce'v be ignored. campus March 14-17 with the advent of the Mock Political Convention. Joint sponsorship of the There are some students will try to ig- Student Council and the Nebraska University nore them by ignoring Religiou Emphasis Council on World Affairs is slating top figures Week- Apd 80 the committee will lose the time from both political parties to come to the campus and money lt spent on the PreParatlon: the and speak to what will eventually be the core sPeakers- a11 of them busv men. wiU lose time of tomorrow! voting public. whicn might better have been spent on a more w appreciative audience and the students will lose. . ... . They may never know it, but the students who Whether or not this core will pay any alien- dont attend wil, bab, miss fte mQSt of al, tion to them is another matter. But think of aU Ume th wffl gave L s In most things, a college education is a fine and wonderful thing a fine and wonderful thing to hang on the wall in your office or your home for all the world to see and say, "there is an Cj m m m VM educated man." Isn't that nice? J f 1 1 M lf4U9f f The main fault with this wonderful college edu cation is that most graduates prefer to stop The suggestion of a Spring Rush Day, intro their education with the diploma that hangs duced in Wednesday's Interfraternity Council there for the next 40 years, gathering dust and meeting, was an excellent, yet premature, pro turning a little yellow. Psal to expand the fraternity rushing program. What is even more at fault is that many col- The idea behind the proposal was to establish lege students stop their education even before a sP"n& rush dav similar to the longer three- they get their diploma. They stop it by cutting day Period in the early fall &ivinS fraternities a themselves off from that part of their college chance to pick to round out their pledge classes life that can do them the most good things like and. secondly, giving the boy who may be in- visiting lecturers, seminars and mock political terested in pledging a fraternity the opportunity conventions. to S through a more informal and much less complicated system than the fall Rush Week. When an emphasis on grades or busy-working "A" campus activities starts putting its great heavy Though the suggestion generated little enthusi- foot in the way of education, it is almost a sure asm from the floor, the philosophy lying behind thing that the student involved has stopped it is sound and would serve as a vital link be- working for an education and has started work- tween the present rushing program and the Ing for a degree. eventual system of deferred rushing. It is for this reason that things like the Mock Why not have a Rush Week in the spring, just Political Convention must be noticed by the stu- as in the fall? Why not give the fraternities the dents, before they find themselves slipping out- official opportunity and encouragement to in side the glimmer of the lamp of experience and crease their pledge membership? Why not give practical application that is much more valuable the boy who is or has become interested in fra to learning than a 9 on an hour test. ternity life the chance to pledge? By taking part in the Convention, even as a spectator, students will get some idea of what There can be no serious objections. It is com- goes on behind "the wheels of government that mon knowledge that some fraternities each year no political science text can touch. come out on the short end during Rush Week. -fa On the other hand, many likely prospects are Learning by doing is a fine thing. If one has not pledged or do not go through Rush Week, to go outside the academic circles to do it, then An organized, official Rush Week during the go outside by all means. Just don't neglect this spring would benefit both the fraternity and the part of a college education. prospective rushee. You're only hurting yourself, you know. Let's hope the suggestion isn't forgotten next F.T.D. year. B.B. Attitude Important University Experience Is Life By Dr. ROY GREEN tha destructive, the im- activities, extra courses, Dean, College of Engineering moral and the incompe- etc) . and Architecture tenti ' Creative advances are Your attitude toward For example; the not made by those who the University is import- evaluation of your work simply repeat what was ant to you and to the is based upon what you done yesterday or last society which brought it actually deliver in terms year. What you ara able into existence. The ap- of service to those who to undertake or contem- plication for admission are managers of your plate tomorrow is the asks the question, "Why organization and is al- jiope of the future, are you going to col- ways based upon their These are only illus- lege?" appraisal, not yours, trations. You can no The reasons given by (Grades). doubt add to the list. I entering students are in- You work with indi- have been unable to teresting reading. They viduals of widely differ- think of any really basic vary through a wide ent characteristics and differences between the range. A sampling would attitudes, some of whom standards of a good uni- ln elude "to create may be irritating to you. versity and a free so- friendships;" "to pre- This should not prevent ciety. pare for a career;" "to you achieving your ob- It has been extremely be able to make more jective. interesting to hear dis- moasy;" "to broaden my Important undertak- cussions by personnel interests;" "to develop ings are broken up into recruiters who have myself;" "to be an en- workable parts by man- visited our campus seek- gineer;" etc. agement, item by item, ing the services of grad- Regardless of the Each has to be done if uates. They universally stated reason for com- the whole enterprise is assume that the stu- ing to the University, it to be successful. You dent's pattern of life and might he interesting to are welcomed at a new the meeting of standards examine the question, assignment if you have during the university in- "Is the University ex- performed your last task terval will not change perience a preparation with unquestionable ex- when they are employed, for life or is it part of cellence. (Complet- They are locking for life itself?" ing each course satis- learning men, not learn- The standards of a factorily). ed men, who will help food university are Your community is create a better society asically the same as the made interesting, whole- through their particular standards of a free so- some and enjoyable by concern. The University ciety. In both there are those who are willing to experience is life and certain minimum a c - do more than meet the should be also prepara- ceptable standards es- daily requirements of tion for a better life. You tablished to protect bo- their vocation or profes- will be expected to con- tiety against the lazy, sion. (Extracurricular tinue to be a learner. The Ncbraslcan FTFTY-FTVE YEARS OLD " OT " " to Printed. February 8. 19S5 ru-i rVi IE. Ana vuv Entered aa leeond ! matter at the pout off lee In Member: Associated Collegiate Press "'". N''braS "m 4"""' 191,1 Intercollegiate Press E(IltoI, Bruc. Bngmmam Representative: National Advertising Service, Kditoriai Pare Editor Fred naiy TiMoroorated Mananlnit Kdltor Sam ienwu .... . . WP . .... Newi K.lltor Judy Boet Published at: Room 20, Student Union Hportu Kditnt Mn Krritmaa ntu t. n Copy F,dltor I,oHrrr Swttxer, Monro tinner, ln rv Barbara Hharn. Bob Cook University Of Nebraska Nlht Vew Editor Monro lUher Ak Kdltor Wilfred Rebut LlllCOllt, Nebraska Nbrkan taff wrltrri Mary Tha Nehrankan I published Taenday, Wednesday and Hhttlledy, Arlene Hrhek, Tyntlila Zchau, Walt Blore. Friday durtnf the school year, except during vacation Kr porters: Linda levy, Bob Ireland, Pat Tatroe, Nancy and exam periods, and one Indue la pulillnhed during IlrLoni;, Marl-ina Thygeann, Sara Alexander, Pat AM(ti, ly tudnt of the Unlvernlty of Nebranka und Drake, Diana Ka.vmond, Alyce Frltchman, Bob Win, to" Mittxirlxntton of tba Committee on Student Affair George Moyer and Dick Falconer. m a orio of itudent opinion. Publication under ttTTCTVCCQ STAPTB1 t Jnrmdictlon 'A th Siibeommlttc on Student Puhll- KUOlIMrioS OXAIT wtS nhall b free from editorial eenwinihlp on the Rulnri Manager George Madsen port of ' Bubeotimlttee, or on the part of any member . ,, Mick Ncff Bill Bedwell. ! raenlty of the linlvemlty, or on the part of any Bmlnei Manager cOImle Hi.rt n nick r-rw, out,,iu the mtverntry. The member of the Connie Hum, Don Beck Ktirakan daft ar personally reponlbl for what they Circulation Manager Richard Hendrlz THE NEBRASKAN Friday, February 24, The Image Letter To 'Broozie' Offers Student Poem By CORBAN LE PALL ' k dear broozie, enjoyed your last letters to the "members", you don't like mathieu there will be a georges mathieus in the march show red cake frosting that's unpalatable, let's throw away craftsmanship just explode, frank english has been writing and fixing spaghetti, here is a peom of frank's you may have read. A Winter-Wind Autumn A winter-wind autumn closed the petals of its bells in china long ago, rung its ochre grief through a master potter's eyes, through the red mountain doe. Leaves rushed down to the scythe tongued grass of his sand slippered hill mocked the scudding flock of silent grey gulls raining with fevered will from sea stone copse to shrilling wave crest. His hands were fragile as a hungry girl, he turned them from the sea, set fingers in clay, drove a wheel to work crescent shadow free. Then threw high a twig thin neck crowned by a white turned lip, a clay wet, caul stripped throat that sang the oars of his funeral ship to voyage his bones to the silent gull sea. The glaze stone throat sang great costumed wars from ancient to infant hand, a warrior horseman fled a harbor gate his plundered flask in the sand, shattered by beach pocking enemy hoofs, crushed to a pebble row. A fisherman's maiden paced on the shore in the hour of dew mist snow and drew one yellow flower from the broken twig thin throat, audrey and i got a letter from jean-she's been working pretty hard between coffees and discussions of art and society, we like to read her letters, ray rice saw "odd man out" on t. v. of all things and he said there was a lovely mad artist who painted james mason as he was dying, ray then fell upstairs and read Yeats, i did a water colour las week-it's thick with powdered gold fused with coloured pigment, i took some elmer's glue, mixed it with water and used powdered pigment to lay thickly on fabriano. the painting is dark and opaque with a re cessive golden area as its light source, using powdered pigment is like using very thick oil paint, the edges are textured and the sh apes seem to move into and out of the thick surfact. i'U send you a slide of it. leda says, "hi" CHICKEN DELIGHT PHONE 5-2178 Free Delivery We HOW Serve 1 35 . 85c .1.35 . 85c 95c CMekea DellgM D'juier. . Vhiekea Delight Snack. ., Shrimp Delight Dinner. . Shrimp Delight Snaek . . , na Delight Dinner. . Open Seven Days A Week 115 So. Z5th St Letterip Deletion To the Editor: You asked for student opinion and we obliged with our Letter of Feb. 17. However, our letter, cause and opinion was fouled by unneces sary and unitelligent editing. The deletion of our pivot para graph ruptured continuity and suf fered a break in our line of logic. The meat of the letter lay in this paragraph and the preceding two lines, which were also deleted. Our letter was not of such length as to warrant cutting and the de leted material was of printable na ture. Then why edit? Does Cor ban La Pell ajso read copy? The purpose of our letter was to show up Ellie Elliott as governed by the word and to give La Pell a rap on errant pen-hand. With this purpose we wrote the following which composes the sum of your deletion (speaking of Kettering's article) "It's gram matical failings were as nothing when weighed with the worthy thought it contained. Of what value are complex words, nicely-connected, if they do not formulate worthy thought?" "Compared to Corban La Pell's Junk verse, the writing of Kettering is grammatical perfection. How ever, it is not the wrappings, but the content that is important. It is only the fool that will forsake the gift in favor of the color ribbon. Kettering presented us a rich gift in a plain package. La Pell gave us poor hash in a golden bowl." Too often the meaning of a writ ing is changed by editing. We would hope that student opinion will not suffer the fate of ours in the fu ture. If you are to print student opinion, please leave it uncensored. In search of pure student opinion, John F. Flyffn Roger A. Langenheim Solution To the Editor: We must admire Dick Johnson for his determination in seeking a solution to the farm problem. Nevertheless, we feel that Mr. Johnson is knocking on the same battered door that has led other political aspirants to further deter progress toward solution of the growing farm problem. Specifically, it seems that Mr. Johnson (along with a majority of the farm population) refuses to recognize that surpluses and low farm income are a result of tech nological advances in farm pro duction and that the only logical solution to the problem lies in a sizeable reduction of the farm popu lation. As we see it, Mr. Johnson pro poses to solve the farm problem by finding channels of consumption for our huge surpluses thus caus ing demand which, in turn, will bolster farm incomes. This is not feasible. Our population can consume only a limited farm produce; produc tion above that level will necessar ily result in surplus. These surpluses cannot be dumped onto the foreign market without seriously affecting foreign economy. Thus having eliminated the channel of broadening human consumption and what other means is there where can we turn? There is only one logical ans wer, Mr. Johnson. Sometime in the future, Congress must free itself from the shackles of farm politics and must see fit to discontinue a substantial proportion of farm sup port so as to permit agriculture to function as an efficient unit adher ing to the principles of supply and demand. We do not need to repaint those graying farm buildings we need to tear them down. A part of the traditionally agricultural sections must be converted to flourishing in dustrial sites absorbing the former agrarian as a vital part of the expanding industrial economy. Richard E. Rice Robert D. Malone Thanks Given To the Editor: ' This is just a note to let you know how much we appreciated your editorial in the Nebraskan on Wednesday, February 15, 1956. 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