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) : 1 :! 3 ' 1 :; ; ! -I 1 ! f - ? Poqe 2 THE NEBRASKAN Wednesdoy, April 11, 1956 Nebraskan Editorials: Protecting Academic freedom -The clarification of the Regents By-laws con cerning academic privilege and tenure, reported -upon to the Faculty Senate Tuesday is import ant as a clear, well-defined protection' of aca "Hemic freedom at the University. Formerly, the By-law provision had been a Tague, general statement of academic privilege and tenure, which gave no legal rights to As sociation of University Professors. - In the case of a professor with academic ten ure who terminated his services with the Uni versity . . . "the Chancellor shall submit all pertinent facts relating thereto to the Senate Committee on Academic Privilege and receive its recommendations.". Under the new provision, which became effec tive January 7, 1956, any person who thinks that he has been unjustly released may receive written charges and may receive a hearing be fore the faculty senate committee on academic tenure. The committee will then recommend action to the Board of Regents. If the action of the Board is at variance with the recommendation, written opinions of the Board must be submitted to all parties concerned. This new provision, drawn up in accordance with a resolution passed several years ago by the American Association of Professors, not only insures that a faculty member with tenure can not lose his position without just cause bat also clarifies and strengthens the cause of academic freedom at the University. It spells out a chain of command from the Faculty Senate Committee to the Chancellor to the Board of Regents which makes it imprac tical and embarrassingly difficult to remove a professor with tenure from his academic po sition. Even though his job and professional reputa tion might be threatened by the influence of out side pressures and special interests, as was the case of E. N. Anderson in 1952, Clyde Mitchell in 1953 and Bill Glassford this past fall. Moreover, the new provision vests the AAUP with the legal rights to recommend censure or approval of administrative action regarding the academic privilege and tenure of its professors. Lastly, it defines the lines of authority by which the policy of academic freedom adopted by the Board of Regents in 1953 can be effec tively preserved. ' Let's trust that this statement, which guaran tees the rights of professional persons to publish results of research and to express themselves freely in the classroom, will never be en dangered at the University of Nebraska. B.B. Symbol Of Achievement The announcement of the selection of Dr. Harold Stokes as speaker for the 1956 Com mencement exercises came as a relief to a number of campus figures and perhaps as a sore point to others. This difference of opinion was not because of the merits of Dr. Stokes, who is an outstanding national figure in education, and an ex-member of the University Administration. He is sure to be well received by the graduating class and others attending commencement. The difference came through the general issue of whether or not the University should have a speaker at its commencements. This issue first appeared this year in the faculty-student committee on convocations. A suggestion was made that the Commencement speaker be done away with. Reasons for this breaking of precedence ..centered for the most part around the theme of speaker taking too much time at commence jS&nt, and that "nobody listens to a speaker -anyway." . , .Jlany graduating students seem to feel that commencement should consist of nothing more 4han the presentation of diplomas in an orderly planner, with no standing around in warm robes and sitting in hot Coliseums. This would reduce commencement to the realm of the IBM machine and statistical sheet, where diplomas would be spewed out of a great educational machine to the clack of typewriter keys instead of applause for a nationally-known speaker. Commencement is the symbol of academic achievement, toward which a student strives during his tenure at the University. A formal Commencement, complete with speaker, robes and long winding files gives the culmination of a student's academic career more meaning, and makes the symbol perhaps more meaningful. The Nebraskan feels that graduates of this University are worthy of 'a commencement, for the meaning the ceremony conveys if not for a message a speaker's address might contain. In Dr. Stokes the University has a fine speaker for its 1956 graduates. As long as a college education carries more work and more merit than the rendering of an academic mechanism, where students enter at one end as freshmen and leave four years later as "educated people," commencement and com mencement speakers will have a place. We have not yet become mechanical parts of our rapidly-mechanizing civilization. F.T.D. Challenge To All -VHere is your opportunity to present the posi 4wa side of an abundant life, with a purpose.. 385 are presenting not only a game, but God, Oaf- only a code, but Christ, not only morals, "But the Master, not only a rule book but the Bible. The need is for a coach in life, accept God and Christ, Code and program will follow." "This is the challenge to athletes participating in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a pro gram which will soon take life on the campus. Although it is a challenge for athletes, it is ap plicable as a code for those who only watch sports as it is applicable, for those who actively participate: Christianity is becoming an integral part in the life of the business man and the housewife, the student and the professor. The revival of religious interest and participation is encom passing men and women from all components of life and living. Why not the athlete? According to J. Edgar Hoover, "Juvenile de linquency is largely the result of a lack of spiritual emphasis in the home . . . The Sunday Schools and churches have always been one of the greatest bulwarks against crime and de linquency." What is more logical than to join the other main deterrent to juvenile delinquency, organ ized and unorganized athletics and combine these factors into one force. Christianity is a way of life and It is rapidly becoming a part of living for the athlete and the spectator. S.J. A Tradition Passes 1 The University Singers concert on April 17 will mark the conclusion of Dr. Arthur West brook's career at the University. Dr. Westbrook, who has become a University tradition during his 17 years at the University, wili undoubtedly be very much missed by the Music School and the students who have worked with him. He has not only helped to build the prestige of the University's Music School, but he has de voted more of his time and energy to the in dividual development of his students than seems necessary. When Dr. Westbrook arrived at the University in 1939, the Music School consisted of approxi mately forty music majors. Now there are over 250 music majors enrolled. It is through the additional efforts of Westbrook and men like him that the Music School now enjoys its repu tation of being "a good school." He was also instrumental in the incorporation of master's degree in music at the University. Dr. Westbrook extended participation in music and chorus activities in the University beyond the boundaries of the music school to include any interested student. He built the music de partment enrollment until only English, a re quired subject, has a larger number of students enrolled. It is this increased enrollment and the bene fit of such experienced and intelligent directors as Dr. Westbrook that make such worthwhile University productions as "King David" which featured Basil Rathbone, and "Jeanne D'Arc Ati Bucher" possible. This is only half the story of Dr. Westbrook's career; the other half is intangible and difficult to describe. It is best stated by a music stu dent who said "... he is an integral part of our lives ... he has blessed us with precious gifts of the spirit and nothing can ever take his place." Men like Dr. Westbrook, who give of them selves as extensively, are rare. They make the trivia of busy-work and endless assignments of college less grating; they create an atmosphere which literally forces a student to learn all he can with no unnatural strain. The University is lucky to have such a man as Westbrook; he will be sorely missed J.B. Afterthoughts Style-Conscious Bermuda shorts have become standard wear for University coeds. After their origin in the mystic East, they migrated West, until even the women of this rock-hewn prairie school go about with dimpled knees exposed. Apparently some girls never go without them. On one of the coldest, most blustery days of late winter, with the temperature near zero, a naive junior man addressed a female friend, remarking how "there won't be any Bermudas now, for goodness' sake." Without a word she shyly poked a Bermuda clad frost-bitten leg from under her long tweed coat, and then said, "oh no?" The Unvanquished Some people never give up. A rumor that certain sand pits near Lincoln had been closed sent a few efficient, fun-loving students into plotting. , - They emerged with plans to find friends who have pilot's licenses, hire a plane, and fly about the country marking down uncharted lakes and sand pits for the weekend migrations. - The Nebraskan FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OLD wr. r o or mom to b printed, rcbrtiarjr 8, 19M u i v Kntwed Meond clan matter mt tha Mt office la Member: Associated Collegiate Press uoin, Neimaka, tut, "1 l"a,i IntercolleBiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF I f i? . 1. c , Editor Bnem Branum E-ejfrsseafatives National Advertising Service, Editorial ro editor im iaiy Incorporated Managing Editor San Mniea Pushed at. Room 20, Student Union Uttt K Cow Kditon Bob Cook, Arleiw Hrbek, Barb Sharp, University of Nebraska - JLr .:. Lincoln, Nebraska ' . a Editor wirnwi srum Vh N . la p6!lhl Tnwdar, WedneMa and Nehraakai, Staff Writer Marjr MhrtlJy, J'lMj Frlfia itntlnif ih tbl u, WS dsirtn vacation ! u. Walt Wore, hara Jonen, Monro I h n m prlftd. and on lne is poMinhed during Reporter: Bob Ireland, Nanejr nelxmc, Marianne Tnrce- Aua-OHt. t'F mU-m the Unlverelty of Nebraska under m, George Mover, Bob Martel, Bob lr, Walt Swller, (tie (Mtdorlraitoa t Commute on fttudent Affair Judy Dawell, llck r'alroner. an evi.jrv.i.m ef 8inl opinion. VuMru,m under RflKIVF!3 ST AITS' jurtw'.HSon of ! SiuSMwmmSete on Btnden Pabll- BUbJJNfcSS ST Alt' cation !. fa im tram Wtmtal fenorhip oa th "Maine Manage George Maden pnH of the Kuberann.lt tb 7.! til l Bu.lne Manager Mirk Neft. Bill BedweM, f Jiio fcwu'i or t l,aivrtt, w on Hi pan of an - ionla Hunt. Don Beck rwnmn t.if llm l-nrwy. lb member of th tume " Dr'- k.rafea r irMmtta repoBllte for wan tnel Circulation Manager Richard Hendrls LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Biblar a--. . . - -n '.?ie i ian umssvrv 'MIND TAKING THAT NERVOUS 0OY NEXT? Red china Foreign Policy Lacks Reality The die-hard, bull-headed avoid ance of reality in US Foreign Pol icy has again reared its head to antagonize and frustrate our friends and allies; this time over the time-worn subject of acknow ledgement of Red China. With the old argument of nega tive public opinion, President Ei senhower has again reiterated to the world that we will not under any condition acknowledge Red China. Why??? The present government of China has been the uncontested govern ment of that country for the better part of a decade. They are in ab solute control, and the possibility of the Formosa Nationalists ever returning and unseating that gov ernment is remote if not impos sible. It seems inconceivable, but yet it is true, that the government of the tiny island .of Formosa is al lowed to claim the seat in the United Nations of a country on The Challeng off Fcices mm llcifff For Self - U v s r hot e o f By BERNARD BARUCH Diplomat and Statesman If only the problems we had to decide were just big and small potatoes! But we must literally think, think, think, all the time and about everything. Not only has our role in the world changed so that the United States has become the central de cision point the think spot of the free world, but our situation is made all the more agonizing by being neither at war nor at peace. Virtually all our political and economic institutions and habits are conditioned to a sharp separa tion between war and peace, as between day and night. Our Constitution, for example, has operated to give the President almost unlimited authority in meeting any armed emergency but to insure a return to legislative authority when the war ended. But what are to be the relations of the President and the Congress in the present uneasy twilight which not an all-our war, certainly is not a state of peace? Will we know when to drop the ways of peace for those of defense and survival? If ever this country is attacked and destroyed, it will be in those "to little and too late" months before we will have been able to turn our gigantic pro ductive power from peace to de fense. To see that no enemy is tempted to gamble on destroying us with one lightning blitz, at least seven adjustments must be made: First, we must never give up the hunt for peace and security through agreement. Second, we and our allies must maintain a large enough military force of immediate striking power so that no potential aggressor will be under any delusion that he could attack us without suffering instant retaliation. Third, a far greater emphasis than in the past must be put on weapons in hand and in reserve and less on the capacity to pro duce those weapons. Fourth, we and our allies must devise an over-all, global strategy for the whole of the peacemaking in which each front is seen as part of a whole. Fifth, to devise this global strat egy, balancing what must be done abroad with wnat must be done at home, there should be one over all thinking body in the govern ment, doing this and nothing else. Sixth, we must organize ourselves to see the peacemaking through. Seventh, all the powers that would be needed in case of an- Eds. Note: Today's "Challenge" was written by Bernard M. Baruch, world-famous diplomat and states man. This column is an excerpt from "A Philosophy For Our Time," a collection of essays by Mr. Baruch. In a letter to The Nebraskan, he said his philosophy on the challenge to today's world could best be found in this particular piece. ' other war emergency must be en acted into law now on a standby basis. For more than thirty years, I have fought vainly for such a stand-by mobilization law." Some of my friends have asked, "Why don't you give it up?" My reply has been that this is the fight that must be won if our civilization is to survive. The test of any policy we lay down and it is a test the Soviets will beure to put us to will al ways be our answers to one ques tion: What are we willing to give up to see that policy through? - The time has come when those who would be free must prove that they actually can govern themselves. The test is not one of faith but of performance. It will not be enough to demonstrate that we be lieve in self-government. We must succeed in making self-government work, first by thinking our prob lems through, and second, disci plining ourselves to whatever ac tions may be necessary. Think! Discipline! J LA aD Uses Discretion Henlcle Opponenl I was afraid to write my usual fire-breathing, sword-of-justice col umn this week for fear of getting acid thrown in my face. So I de cided to look around for a worthy successor for my column, a man who can please and charm my huge, avid public. It is, of course, next to impos sible now that H. L. Mencken has died to find anyone of my stature, with my rapier wit and eagle eyes, my strong moral fiber and my righteous zeal, my charm ing savoir-faire and my happy way with words. Nor with my modesty. The nearest I ould come is with Ron Martis, a veteran of many wars who had the audacity to chal lenge me in a battle of wits the other day. He has recovered enough to be able to pen the following bit, or namented by some discerning com ments on my "good brow" and my "unbowed head." This boy will go places. , , "At last! I have a chance to be, a crusader. Just what I have been waiting for ever since I was a lad. Being an impulsive fellow, I gath ered all of my bile into one big pile and prepared to hurl it at the feet of the administration. 'But Henkle caught me just as I was rushing up the steps to the administration building. He shook his somewhat beaten, but still un bowed head, and said, "Discre tion, my boy. You must be dis creet." "It turns out that you don't just rush headlong into this crusading business. Fellows like Henkle spent years practicing before they could tear things up satisfactorily. "They put in a lot of work per fecting a genuinely surly disposition and a passable outraged counten ance. Henkle even fervors a pretty good brow and pounds a fair chest. My Bootless Cries "Once I get these things down pat anyone who gets out of line is in for Big Trouble. "I've been shopping around for worthy causes (all crusaders must have a worthy cause) and I have decided to start out with some thing small and work my way up gradually. "My very first mission is to be rate whoever is in charge of the campus grounds. Where are all the "Please Keep off the Grass" signs? Are you trying to spoil the fun of people who are going to all the trouble of tromping out the lawns on campus? "Lets get those signs out there and give full satisfaction to these people who painstakingly walk to class the same way every day in order to wear nice neat paths across the lawns. "After all, it takes a certain amount of malicious effort for these people to stray from the side walks. Everyone knows that these people get more enjoyment out of doing things that they are asked not to do, so make sure that they have their fulfillment by getting out those signs. "So much for my first crusade. Remember "Discretion is the word for the day. Those are the two weapons we must rely on in this crucial battle in man's long war to govern him self. If that battle is lost, the cause of self-government will sink into eclipse not rise again until after a new dark age of world wide slavery has been undergone. To sum up, on this vital issue of man's ability to govern himself, we must now either put up or be shut up. whose soil it has not trod for al most ten years. It is allowed to claim the voice of 450,000,000 people that it can not speak for. What effect does this have on the great mass of oriental people as we woo their friendship, that we refuse to acknowledge the exis'-, government of those 450, OOO.cJj Chinese? One of the big arguments against Red China has been the possibil ity of her ' veto on the Security Council. What is the difference be tween one veto or two from Com munist Nations? This line of reasoning also re fuses to take into account more than one disagreement between Russia and Red China, and the fact that even our own government realizes that Red China is a mere satellite of the Soviet Union. We have actively tried to come to an understanding with the Red Chinese government since the cap itulation of the Nationalist Armies and yet we hold forth recognition of its existence. This makes any understanding with them impossible and our at tempt appear quite asinine. Rec ognition must be our first step to wards peaceful relations. One would think that our govern ment could learn from experience of the danger of not acknowledging an existing government merely be cause of its ideological structure. Our failure to do so with Russia not only strained 'relations with our allies of that period but created a tremendous feeling of animosity between that government and ouri that certainly has not been resol ved. Idealism and dislike of an ideo logy can be and are fine, but to use it in place of realism and the teachings of history and tradition is foolhardy and outside the scops of pure common sense. with (Author -Barefoot Boy rVttt Chttk," to.) THE MANY LOVES OF THORWALD DOCKSTADER When Thorwald Dockstader sophomore, epicure, and sports manfirst took up smoking, he did not simply xhoose the first brand of cigarettes that came to hand. No, indeed! He did what any sophomore, epicure, and sportsman would do: he sampled several brands and then picked the gentlest, tastiest, most thumpingly, wondrously, unfailingly pleasing: of all Philip Morris, of corris ! Similarly, when Thorwald Dockstader took up girls, he did not simply select the first one who came along-. No, indeed! Thorwald sampled. He took out several Hkely girls and then ha compared their charms and then he made his choice. His first date was with an English lit major named Elizabeth Barrett Grish, a wisp of a girl with luminous eyes and a soul that shimmered with a pale, unearthly beauty. Trippingly, trippingly, she walked with Thorwald upon the beach and sat with him behind a windward dune and listened to a sea shell and sighed sweetly and took out a little gold pencil and a little morocco notebook and wrote a little poem: will lie upon the shore, 1 will be a dreamer. will feel the sea once more Pounding on my femur. Thorwald's second date was with a physical ed major named Peaches Glendower, a broth of a girl with a ready smile and a size 18 neck. She took Thorwald down to the cinder track where they jogged around thirty or forty times to open up the pores. &JrfQ tl&tr$ tO Vpftl Up WC fUt Then they played four games of aquash, six sets of tennis, SS holes of golf, nine innings of one-o-cat, four periods of rugger, six chukkere of lacrosse, and a mile and a quarter of leap frog. Then they worked out for a few hours on the parallel bars, the flying rings, and the bongo board, and then went ten rounds with the eight-ounce gloves. Then they had heaping bowls of bran and whey, exchanged a manly handshake, and went home to their respective whirlpool baths. Thorwald's final date was with a golden-haired, creamy-browed, green-eyed, red-lipped, full-calved girl named Totsi McEstway. Totsi wag not majoring in anything. As she often said, "Gee whilhkers, whet's college for anyhow - to fill your head full of YOU?" ld faCtS' r discover the fining essence that is Totsi started the evening with Thorwald at a luxurious res taurant where she consumed her own weight in Cornish rock hen. From there they went to a de luxe movie palace where Totsi had popcorn with butter and a bag of chocolate covered raisins - also with butter. Then they went to a costly ballroom and cha-cha d till dawn, tipping the band' wildly all the while. Then they went to a Chinese restaurant where Totsi, unable to deci pher the large and baffling menu, solved her problem by order ing one of everything. Then Thorwald took her to the women's dorm boosted her in the window, and went downtown to wait for the Morns Plan office to open. While waiting, Thorwald thought over all of his girls and came to a decision. "It is clear," said Thorwald, "that I am not yet ready for girls." "It is equally clear," he continued, "that a man needs a gentle companion, and who." he asked, "will be my gentle companion?" "Why, PHILIP MORRIS, of corris," he answered. "Philip Morris will be my tender comrade, my solace and my strength, my friend in adversity, my shelter in vicissitude my boon and bosom buddy," and, so saying, Thor wald lit a PHILIP MORRIS and was content eiL Z. of triT ""7i imokc ring, together JcU Philip Morrih AJ ff I t V
