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Pons 2 THE NEBRASKAN Tuesdoy, May 1, 1955 Nebraskan Editorials: 'Strictly An Administrative Matter' Here are the facts which have appeared thus far in thfTase of Clifford M. Hardin, according to Nebraskan sources within the University ad ministration: 1. A meeting of the administration officials and" Regent C. Y.-Thompson was held prior to spring vacation to discuss Clifford M. Hardin, chancellor of the University. 2. Spokesmen in the department who attended the meeting havetold The Nebraskan that they were told that- Hardin would have the oppor tunity of returning1 to the University July 1 as a professor of agriculture economics, but would not be retained. as chancellor. 3. Regent spokesmen,, including J. Leroy Welsh, Clarence Swanson and C. Y. Thompson, have not commented further on the issue. All main tain that Hardin Is still chancellor and that no recommendations have been made for a new one. 4. Several individuals, including one from Michigan.'. State and another from Iowa State, have been contacted as possiblities for chan cellor of the University. $. The implication of "outside pressures" was discussed in the special meeting as influential in the decision to relieve Hardin of his chan cellorship. 6. Several professors and students close to the administration have told The Nebraskan in pri vate interviews that they were "certain in their own minds" that "outside pressures" and "spe cial interests" were an important influence in the administrative action. 7. Hardin has been under severe opposition for some, of his administrative policies, notably attacks from several political elements in the stale and member of the Board of Regents. 8. Hardin has been described by his colleagues in the administration as an administrator whose abilities are beyond question. In the light of these above facts, which have been given to The Nebraskan by a variety of reliable sources, it becomes evident that the de cision regarding Chancellor Hardin is "strictly an administrative matter" and is directly in ac cord "with normal University operating proced ure." But even though the administrative demotion of Hardin has "been in the works for sometime," several points must be considered to clear up the air of mystery, contradiction and specula tion which surround the case. It must be remembered that a University of ficial should have the confidence of the people with whom he works. It must be remembered that a college ad ministration should keep harmonious working relations with the various groups in the state. It must be remembered that a high-powered public relations program is essential to the fu ture and integrity of the Univeristy. It must be remembered that keeping a contro versial University official, when he has appar ently aroused dissident element in the state, is an abridgement of the money, the faith, the support and the confidence which the people of the state vest in the officials of their state University. It must be remembered that crying "foul" when an administrative official or a University professor loses his position is nothing more than hiding beneath the protecting blanket of aca demic freedom. And it must be remembered that retaining such a University employee may be contributing to ". . . the destruction of the free enterprise system." B. A. nrriE man on campus by Dick Bibler Toward A Solution An Interesting problem has come to the at tention of The Pink Rag staff: (Note: This item was not sent into the "Satur day Evening Post" nor was it reprinted from the Post.") "Several years ago I was sleeping in a small log cabin on the outskirts of a sleepy Canadian town. It was a rather cold night, with several inches of snow on the ground, and I had turned in early after setting my traps. "I was quite tired and would probably have slept soundly if left alone. But about 3 a.m. I was awakened by a growling noise just outside my cabin door. "Pulling the blankets around me, I went to the window and looked out. I was horrified by what I saw. One of the largest grizzly bears I have ever seen had chased a very old lady into a rather spindly tree. "It was apparent from the way the bear was shaking the tree that the old lady could not possibly maintain her perilous perch for very long. "I reached quickly for my rifle, but then re membered that I had used the last shell I had to dispatch a small dog that had slobbered on my fine hunting boots. "It was impossible to call for help, the nearest neighbor being at least a mile away. I looked frantically about the small cabin, but all that was there was my bed and the warm blankets wrapped about me. "Nonetheless, I was able to quickly reach a decision, which I feel was the only thing that could be done under the circumstances. Can you tell what I did. M. A. (See answer below) paq oj ipeq um pus mi n o) pjus jsnf j Boys, Coffee- POCfdy S into U B J3 B 'NICE frlNP PWE LITTLE T0OTAU TH0U6H." A Coed is the female counter part of a student. She likes boys, dates, corsages, coffee, dates, bridge, formals and sleep in that order more than anything else in the world. If she can't have the in abundance, life to her is not worth living. A Coed wears either flat shoes with no heels or six-inch spikes. She wears sloppy sweaters that would be loose on Primo Camera or skintight sheathes that look as though they were sprayed on with a paint gun. She is by turns a freckel-faced torn-boy practicing a flying tackle in the Bowl, or sultry siren undu lating to Cuban rhythms in Kings Ballroom. A Coed is a magician. She squeezes marks out of papers that deserve none. She hypnotizes crus ty old professors and transforms them into misty-eyed philanthrop ists with a single sweep of her artificial lashes. Confidential NU Dirt Dug Up From Sources Boy, am I going to lash out this week. I just know that you've all been waiting for a few more of my perspicacious, (I love that word, perspicacious,) comments on the University situation. So here I am, a black cape wrapped about my scrawny shoul ders, a dagger at my belt and blood in my eye, ready to give I the "big boys" what-for. Now, I don't like to dig up dirt, even if this newspaper does read like Confidential most of the time, but you've heard me talk about the Chancellor's building program before, and today I have some in formation, (from a reliable source My Shoeless Snorts Hold High The Torch Another blow has been struck for Modern Education! The introduction of liquor by the drink into all University-operated vending machines struck this blow, and it is sure to be well received by the entire eampusv- Already reports have come to the Administra tion from people across the state, and from prominent alumni across the nation, congratu lating the University on its innovation. It is further proof that the University of Ne braska is looking out for the best interest of its students, its faculty and the entire state. Some of the direct benefits to be derived from this change to liquor by the drink can be enum erated as follows!" 1. Incrased HSfrnony between students and faculty bjflhis new medium. An air of general congenialty and pleasant drowsiness will prevail in classrooms. 2. Students vSL develop initiative in their science lafioratortfS, as they strive to develop more batches of-booze for campus machines. 3. The University will derive a handsome profit. 4. No toore coffee nerves! 5. Students will stay away from the harmful atmosphere of beer parlors and roadside "joints," where an -obviously unacademic air prevails. 6. Wreckless traffic to the pits will virtually disappear. All in all, the University should be congrat ulated on this new development. It shows the Administration is ever striving to promote free dom of expression, freedom of choice (on-the-rocks, with water, or sweet) and to provide a keen, tangy atmosphere for its students. Hold high the torch of academic freedom! P. H. D. Heartwarming It was one of these hartwarming events in every life. Ed Elackthirst, junior in ceramics, was sitting in the Union having bromo-eltzer to help his indigestion. He was also munching a fe'v chocolate-dipped oysters with a dash of Mother Knuckle's Kosher Broth. One of their Friday specialities. Anyway, Ed wanted to go get a pack of cig arettes, so he asked his friends to excuse him because he had to go to make a phone call. And there at the cashier's desk, he saw her. Mona Rumble, famous film beauty. "Can I have your autograph, Miss Rumble?" he asked. "No," she said. in the ag college,) that should be brought to your attention. Are you aware of the fact that a certain Ag College fraternity, de spite a loyal alum's countless claims of a new building program, has been without a house for most of this year? I can't tell you any more at the present time, but it sounds a bit fishy, doesn't it? It. sure does. It's been some time now since I subjected the library to one of my withering blasts, and I notice that the boys over there have been get ting a little cocky lately. Beware, gentlemen! That furtive character lurking about the" halls of Love Memorial this week wasn't Brugmann trying to get out of paying his library fines, it was me gathering a few facts. I won't break the story this week, but I'll give you a warning; you had betier be careful about what goes on behind the Reserve Desk from now on. Now 1 have a few questions I would like to throw out to my readers, so that they may ponder them for a while. What adminis trator was recently caught in El len Smith Kali with his teacups down? And which other worker over there can't even tell what's going on right beside him? Is there anything to the rumor that the University is going to an nex Turkey and become a world power? Is it true that the Uni versity of Nebraska owns the only talking pipe-rack in the world? For the revelation of these and many other well-kept secrets, con tinue reading this column weekly, as I go on with my work of clear ing the University air. I! GREEK zz. From The Bog PiHlc Rag Plays Necessary Role Infringing Truth To University By HORACE GREELEY Editorial Muddle Editor May 1 marks a solemn and meaningful page in the daDy story of the University. It is the day The Pink Rag comes out- Z. Althougtr only appearing once a year, The Pink Rag ful fills a vital and necessary function in our University community. So, the . staff of The Pink Rag, through its hard-hitting Editorial Muddle Editor, pre sents to its readers the real function of its newspaper. The main purpose of The Pink Rag- u to present the Ul too-true picture of the Uni versity. Through its factual and piercing news stories and Its keen, hindsighted editor ials. The Pink Rag unfolds the news as it's not usually seen by the garden-variaty student or professor. ' For months, undercover re porters from The Pink -Rag course the campus, jotting down the news as it really happens. It may not appear to happen that way, but Pink Rag reporters are trained newshawks and know their jobs. Hidden microphones, cun ningly concealed in vases, pic tureframes and ash trays pick up confidential conversations from The Higher Up. Reporters, before going into interviews, are given careful instruction on misquoting, and how to ask embarrasing ques tions. Editorial writers stay up all night carefully misinterpret ing the news, so that their stalwart editorials will help clear up the campus and na tional issues for the clear young minds of the students and faculty. Unselfishly, the staff works for weeks and months, until the great and wonderful day The Pink Rag appears on the newstands. "Watching the eager faces of the students light up and the faces of the faculty blanch with horror, the staff of The Pink Rag knows the wonder ful feeling of a Job Well Done. Only here, in The Pink Rag, can you get such a picture of the news. Nowhere else on earth or even on the Univer sity campus will such tales be unfolded before the eager eyes of the reader. In a great blast of Free dom of the Press, the Bill of Rights and Home, Mother hood, and the Flag, The Pink Rag sheds the Light from its Torch of Truth across the length and breadth of the campus. 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EDITOEIAL ITAFT Editor .... ia Bruta BmcaaMia Editorial fata EdiWr Fna , lading ew 9fewa E-dHr .... porta Koltur ... Copy Editnra . LaeltTBOt .arise. tt'iZx-. r.dltur' Wilfraa Sebula MKM ew editor ...aneaa Krtwk Mtraskaa Staff Writer Cnj 7.t, mmM Kara mr, W alt 1tr. Boa hJw' B,or BUSINESS ITAFF -aHlnraa Manacer - Qaorca Madam Btndiwai Maoaser. Kink Krti, ul . vauiia Sam, Dua Bark ClrculaHoa aUnhara tUadrla Letterip What To Do? Dear Miss Lonleyhearts: I am 11 years old and a senior at the University of Nebraska. When I first came here, I was bright of eye and fair of cheek, but since I have been at Nebras ka I have met a boy. Now Jugular is a nice fellow, but all that he wants to do is drink and go for long rides. Well, now I am pregnant. What should I do? Mother Dear Mother, Your case is a very interesting one, and I am sure many of our readers would have suggestions for things that you could do. If so, they can write in, and we shall print their suggestions. My only suggestion would be to pray. Miss Lonleybearts Good Deal Dear Editor: I certainly agree with the sug gestion that we need a Faculty Club. I htink it is just terrible that our teachers have to sneak in to the basement of Andrew's Hall for a little nip before class. These teachers work hard and deserve a place to relax and get stoned. Many is the time I have seen members of the faculty slipping down dark alleys f) avoid the se curity agents. We need to keep our faculty off the streets and avoid this source of potential delinquen cy. Therefore, let's have a Fac ulty Club and to Hell with the foreigners. Johnny Walker Rumor Scotched Dear Editor: I wish to scotch rumors that I was 'caught necking in the lounge of the Girls' Dorm during Easter Vacation. Thank you, John AlberUoc Back From Byzantiun Roses are red Violets are blue Nobody loves me Boo hoo hoo. G. T. Fairclough Let's Multiply A rabbit's life must be good fun, No studies, classes, work undone. No themes, no taps, no loss oi slep, No Monday blues, no hours to keep. He has so much more fun than I, For all he does is multiply. H. H. Munroe a Semantic Ping-Pong Lice Ice Mice Slice Ellie Elliott a Glow, Little Glowworm Hey nonni, nonni no Glow little glowworm Glow, Glow, Glow The cat's in the meadow The cow is in the lane Black is the color of the mark of Cain. Thomas Rayson The Challenge Student Succeeds In Primary Goals By JESS BKOW.VELL Student T.dfc, Voir jrs Brownell. enrolled in nr 'iHl.r at art and Krirnreh. is prrhapt- ht'tu kiiuw-n a, a liard-litttiuic NVhraskan columnist. He nae not been iHirnin.il. d for a Khodr KiholarKlilp. a rullnrittii I Hloanliip or Phi Ufiu Kappa, ttui i writ-known Ur iii literary and aradrmir aWurvrmpntfi. Br is not men tioned in Wu Who io Am-riran Cot irKr Vheu eKked lor a alatemrnt on lii ChtilletiKp, he eouid nut be awakened lor eomment. After ail, it vh only noon.) When a student enters a univer sity, he enters a new world, a world of freedom and responsi bility, learning and ignorance, se curity and anxiety, peace and war, home and flag, mother and coun try, booze and women. In this confusing welter of con flicting interests, the student should not lose sight of the primary goals which should be his. It is a part of our great American Tra dition that every college student should have primary goals. Secondary goals are all right in their place, but this place should remain secondary. Primary goals are primary. Through out our history, brave, clear-eyed, unsophisticated, young men and women, with their beads held high, their chins up, their upper lips stiff, their hair combed sleekly back or tied in a bun, have moved upward to the highest pin nacles of success. Why have these men and women succeeded where others failed? Be cause they kept their primary goals in sight, that's why. Not long ago, while on a lecture j too can score. trip through the Midwest, I met a young man whose story should be a source of inspiration to all of us, jaded oldsters as well as eager youths. After my lecture, which was en titled, "Banquet Speakers: The Hope of the World," a young fel low came shyly up to the podium, nervously fingering his hat-brim and casting really obscene glances at my secretary. "Mr. Brownell," he said, "I've read all your work, and heard many of your lectures, and I want to tell you that you have' been a great help to me. It has been largely through your influence that I have been able to keep my prj. mary goals as a college student in sight." And with those words, the lusty lad locked arms with my secre tary and slipped out the back door into the alley. Well, my secretary has now reg istered under an assumed name at a San Francisco hospital, and our young man has moved on to bigger, better and more challeng ing conquests. This incident, trivial as it may seem, points up the extreme value of keeping your primary goals in sight. Now that you see what one man has accomplished by taking my advice, you need only have faith in yourself and you can do Hie same. Don't be a slacker, keep those primary goals in sight and you in l manges nivetsitv Coe In two or three hours of con-makes up for the self-denial she centrated effort she can produce a passable essay copied flawless ly from some well-worn library book and hand it in only two or three weeks overdue. A Coed sips cokes and coffee by the hour in the Crib. She chain smokes cigarets, and acts bored and nonchanlant when a male passes by. At the same time she notes his The ofllewlnr la aa excerpt from a thri far a maiter's derree ia adaea tlonal yehology, wrillea ar Aoea Stomp, craduate (indent : every move and casually hitches her skirt to the level appropriate to his date-rating. SRe berates her roommate's beau in public while secretly cov eting him and planning his early submission to her charms. A Coed becomes adept in sim ulating the beauty of a Venus, the logic of an Aristotle, the wis dom of a Solomon. Her thespian abilities are comparable to those of another Barnhardt. She laughs uproariously at all jokes related in her presence, though she sel dom if ever gets the point. A Coed spends the morning avoiding the professors whose classes she has skipped. During the afternoon she develops neural gia, headaches and lumbago . . . all of which combine to make studying impossible. As the weekend approaches, she suddenly sprouts pincurlers, fac ials, manicures, mascara and a Southern drawl. A Coed becomes vivacious on dates in direct proportion to the number of gin-fizzes with which her date is able to supply her. She las suffered all week when faced with residence food by gorg ing tierself on chop-suey and chow mein when someone else is pay ing. She table-hops from friend to friend, showing her latest back less, strapless gown which is rein forced with wires, bands, pads, scotch tape and prayers. At three minutes to one she has forgotten to get an overnight and rushes back to the house in a flur ry of excitement while her dat tries to figure out what had hap pened to his money and the eve ning. At the doorway she suddenly gives him a passionate kiss on the cheek, thereby repaying him for the expenses involved. A Coed is the young freckle faced child worn you sent to the faced child whom you sent to the -. !- air-nr; at night without a sit ter. She left with brown hair, brown eyeiasnes, bobby sox and tears rolling down her chubby cheeks as she bids you a sorrowful goodby at the station, promising to write every day. A Coed is the tall, lithe, sophis ticated lady that steps off the train at Christmas time, sporting a blond cowlick on her forehead, mascarred eyelashes, a silver cig aret holder and a vocabulary lib erally sprinkled with four-letter words. She has written home three times asking for money. But you know that underneath it all she is still your little girl and that she still loves you and needs you when she climbs on your knee, buries her face in your shoulder and sobbingly says, "Oh, Daddy, I'm pregnant." faculty Members Write New Books The spring publishing lists show that many University faculty members have written new books. Some of these are: "A Defense of Secondary Education Techniques" is the title of John P. Anton's, Professor of Philosophy, tract. Robert Knoll, Assistant Professor of English, has published "The Positive Values of the Fraternity System." "Mein Kampf : A Modest Proposal to Subordinate the Univer sity to the ROTC Department" is Colonel Dlestel's latest endeavor. C. Clyde Mitchell, Professor of Agricultural Economics, has published an autobiography entitled "You Cant Go Home Again." Winona Perry, Professor of Educational Psychology and Meas urement, has just finished a new revised edition of her popular book, "The Complete Bar Guide and Cocktail Manaual." Also on the list of autobiographies is a book by DavM Faits. Professor of Music, called "Sincraly Yours." "Know Your Campus Leaders" is an authoritative text issued by Brace Waters, Associate Professor of Philosophy. A new botanical guide, "The Development and Cart of tb Perennial Sophomore" has Barry Lleyi Weaver, Associate Pro fessor of Botany and Adviser of Everything, as its author. Some of the members of the administration have also been busy writing. A new book by Chancellor Clifford Bardia is called "How to Read a Barometer in 10 Easy Lessons." John Selleck, University Comptroller, has completed his monu mental work, "The Rise and Fall of Nebraska Football Coaches 1 Have Known." W. C. Harper, Director of University Services, is issuing the first volume of his series called "Biographies of Great Men." The first volume is devoted to Uriah Heep and Ebeneezer Scrooge. "How to Lose Friends and Be Influenced by People" is tb accomplishment of Frank HaUgrea, Associate Dean of Student Affairs. "What's My Line?" is the tide of a first book by Marjorl Johnston, Associate Dean of Women. Brace Kendall, assistant professor of speech, has recently com pleted two books: "The Necessity of Extracurricular Activities" and "Lord Chesterfield Before The Hearth." Bill Glassford, former University football coach, has written an authoritative biography entitled "The Bobbsey Twins At The Journal-Star." Don Olson, assistant professor of speech and director of the University debate squad, has written an amusing essay which was recently published: "Punctuality, The Vice Of Virtuous Women." (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a big scoop. We have hidden a special microphone and recorder in the meeting room of Insolence Society, scholarly honorary, about to elect its new members. Insolence is very exclusive.) WORLDLY: Now, we can't keep going on all our life without chang ing club members; my uniform has worn out. Tonight we're going to elect successors. Let's keep this on a strictly impartial basis, and elect the best men. BUTTERFLY: Let's do that next week. Let's get a cup of coffee. SKIPROPE: I don't think 'we Fess Fettering ought to elect twelve boys from the airport. I think that's exces sive. BUTTERFLY: Good point. Let's talk it over in the crib. BUSHMAN: I agree, I doot like anybody. , SHADRACK: Hold your tongue; hold your tongue. Brotherly love should prevail in all of these de liberations. I think that we. should stick to people whom we know will be canonized. BUTTERFLY: Fine, fine, let's go to church. SKIPROPE: We've got boy over at our house; Jack fee Rip per, who is officer material. WORLDLY: We've decided that we have four more boys over at the airport we'd like to get in to the society, so we're going to have to expand. Columnist Tells Fantastic Tale BUSHMAN: I hate everybody; those guys too. OMAHA: We've only got one guy in our bouse our whole bouse. I think we ought to let him in. CONMAN: I'd like to add that my friends from the stockyards dont even have s house. SCHXJTZ: My friends from the stockyards have been using their special Insolence pitchforks for stacking hay. CONMAN: I hate you. SCHLITZ; Not as bad as I hate you guys. BUSHMAN: I dont like either of you guys. I'm also taller'n you. BUTTERFLY: Let's get dates and whip out to the Red Barn. SKIPROPE: Here's something interesting. Five of those air planes, have books overdue at tb library. That disqualifies them. CROCKED: I've got two boys that Shadrack would like: they're both ordained ministers. WORLDLY: We cant afford to take any more ministers. The last one we had in here quit at mid- BUSHMAN: I hated him any way. BUTTERFLY: I wish they had a jukebox in here. WORLDLY: Let's ask doctor Knitter what he thinks about this. DR. KNITTER: Well, I bate to jump out on a limb. Maybe we ought to take everybody. BUSHMAN: But I hate every body! BUTTERFLY: Lot's go play volleyball. IN UNISON: Okey-dokejr.