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Page 2 Summer Nobrasknn Editorials: Guest Editorial By WALT SWITZER Whatever the results of the bill signed by Governor Earl Long banning interracial athletle contests in Louisana it is to be hoped that someone will test the law in the courts. Despite pious assurances by such people as the sponsors of the Sugar Bowl that, "the Su gar Bowl is a Jaw abiding group end has no plans to contest the law," there must be someone in Louisana who will protest the segregation law. Possibly Loyola which has de segregated its field house and its total athletic program will find the courage to take the law to court. Of all the comments and all the questions that have arisen since the bill was signed, the most pertinent, and most em barrassing, question was asked by the field secretary of the Na tional Association for the ad vancement of Colored People. "Is racial prejudice less of fensive in so-called democratic Louisana than under the Ger man race-ridden dictatorship of Hitler?" is the question he raised. If it is troe, as Earl Long has stated, that no one appeared before the legislative committees to oppose the bill, the situation must be worse in Louisana than had been supposed. There Ss some indication that opposition to the bill may come from those who are interested in the Texas Baseball league, for other Texas League teams will scarcely agree to keep their Negra players out of Shreveport games. Those who have heavy financial interests in the Shreve port team may decide to test the Air Easa Tour There win be a lour of t&e Lin coln Air Base Wednesday., Buses will leave from tbe Union at 2:39 p.m. Cost for transportation Is 40 cents. Those interested may "register In flie Union Activities Office by Tuesday.. TOtSOffS VP TO mYEARS OLD WHO ENLIST FORSTTAfeS If THE "READY RKEKVfS ANO WHO SUITER INJURY OH DISEASE DUIMNG THEIR RRST 6 MONTHS OF ACTIVE TRAINING DUTY - T CERTAIN VA BENEFITS Pcr fall btwMtlMi ttmimt Twer f'A"A Good Temchrrm Asm DAVIS Sc&oeJ Eervtee 2ftxbUtSMtd I9S8 mmrriaa Hm 2oeat Enrcrtl Nor. 57 Sfsrwl fn thwm'n i.. i w 1 -j t..v.,-...lr:...v.-a-.-.Ji.A. law rather than take a tees. In all the news reports that have come out of Louisana since Governor Long signed the bill, there has not been much said about the open defiance of United States Supreme Court. The fate of various baseball and football contests has been emphasized more than the human considera tions. There wasn't much new in the requirement of the new law of segregated seating, and separ ate sanitary, drinking water and other facilities for members of the white and Negro races. Such segregation has long prevailed at Pelican Park and other sports arenas, as well as other public places in Louisana. This part of the measure reads like an accent on the negative just to underline Louisana's defiance of the almost nationwide trend toward deseg regation. v One thing' sure, Louisana should be a happy hunting ground this summer for recruit ers of talented Negro athletes. From The Editor: Two books claimed my atten tion this week. One I read, the oth er I ordered. The first was "Small Sounds in fee Night" a collection of broadcasts by commentator tsic Sevareid. Here, gleaned from the last five years, are the headlines, the people behind them, the fea ture stories and as always, Seva reid'c familiar wry humor. Just 'a sampling of some of the titles should give a fair idea of the wide range- of his topics. How to Stop Non-Smoking, Rise and Schine, Ulcers Grow on Glass,, It Was Only a Little Bitty Holocaust, Pets are Unfair, and so on, touching on all the things which have interested a very observant newsman in those five years. This is not toe commentator's ill pickiea Student ItH$ 4:20 Eric Sovareias- Book (& doe Qm Inlll Ll&sses Lis SUMMER NEBRASKAN rTTU f.U ON CAMPUS rHW.MAC-0VfcR tRE WITH first book. "Not so Wild a Dream which was published in 1945 was his best-selling personal narrative. I His first collection of radio essays was puous&ea m unz, m une Ear." . In the mail I received work of another new book, but this one has me boiling mad. Entitled "Give 'em Hell Harry" it. calls itself an "informal biography of the terrible tempered Mr. T." The book was written by E.XL. Dayton, and is distributed by the Human Events organization. As 'soon as I receive it, I will no doubt have more to say on this subject. Another kern of interest which has just been brought to my at- ' tention is "teen beer." This is real- he up Union AM. to 1 PJ1. :PM. to 7 PJ1. by Dick Bibter ml THAT 50P-PACKEK. lues Wry .Look; ly Just a revamping of the so-called "near beer," bat it ia being ad vertised and sold ia many parts of the country as a "teenagers spe cial." The brewers claim that the produce looks like, beer, foams like beer, tastes like beer and smells like beer, but contains a low enough alcohol content to escape federal regulation. In' some states the product is ad vertised as cereal beer, and is ad vertised on TV with the suggestion that the tots pull up a long foamy glass of t& stuff along with their parents. Some Juvenile authorities are wor ried that if the beverage is not harmful in itself, it might encour Now in New Location I filfLLER SHOP 131 South 13lli JUST SOUTTI OF MAM STORE Career Shop Ladies9 Shoe Sale Continues I Over 1000 pairs Eh-vss Shoes Valoea ta 12.93 Barefoot Sandals Value to 5.95 1 SWLP CinEEft SHOP SHOES rCw ai 131 Cawil II TKursdoy, July 9, 195S Guinness To Star In Union Movie "The Lavender KilJ Vtob' star ring Alec Guinness, will be shown in the Union Ballroom free of charge, Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. Filmed in England, this Is the story of Mr. Holland, trusted eiv per visor of buEion at a batik. His dream is an ambitious one to ap propriate a million pounds of gold bars. He succeeds with the help of what is probably the motliest crew on either aide of the Atlantic, but has a littTe more trouble dis posing of the gold. , This delightful movie is Academy Award Winner. aa Music Teachers Select Materials Between 200 end 304 Nebraska music teachers attended the fourth annual Materials Exhibit Tuesday and Wednesday at the Union Ball room. Sponsored by the University's department of msie, the exhibit gave teachers an opportunity to select new material foe the com l mg year. age a premature taste for alcoholic beverages anaosiy teenagers. It sort of leads em to wonder when the smart marrafachirers will come up with an alcohol-less whis key, patented t taste just like the real stuff. Progress Report There was a fine turn-out at the Friday Lunch eon, but no em brought me a solu tion to my puzzle, so tfcere Is a new one this week, and prizes for those who bring- me the correct answer at the luncheon. Joke of the Week Department With the final reports of the num ber of acres placed in the soil bank, at least no one can say that it is "dirt poor." 490 y J 390