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Wednesdoy October 3, 1955 Paga 2 THE NEBRASKAN H t 1 1 t i 4 t 1 Nobraskan Editorials: Of Basic Essence Amidst all this talk about the "silent genera tion" the "crazy college kids" and the "parties, banquets and balls", we tend to forget that a few young college people today are doing more serious thinking about, and talking about, our basic problems than any other segment of our adult economy. An outstanding example of this has been the surprising pro-integration policy of many South ern schools. In 1C53, the University of Georgia's "Red and Black" took a direct stand against segregation. The university regents stated "in their (the edi itor's) juvenile damn foolery they were hurting the university ... the money for the operation of the paper will be discontinued unless they do a better job." All over the South student newspapers have come out with the same "damn foolery", taking stand that the Southern professional press has not dared to favor. College papers have also warned against the danger of conformity to mass opinion in regard to communism. Following an American Legion attack on the University of Minnesota for inviting a self acknowledged Communist to speak at a convo cation last year, the "Daily" defended the school for giving the students a chance to think for themselves. "Some people show themselves for what they are just by opening their mouths, and the Com munists are not immune in this respect. While fighting for the right of freedom of dis cussion of speakers of campus, the college press has fought even harder for its own right to dis cuss freely. The biggest tattle last year was between the "Daily Texan" and the Universty of Texas Board of Regents. The "Daily Texan" was one of the few papers in the state to take a firm stand against the Harris-Fulbright natural gas bill. The regents asserted that the paper had gone out of bounds and should not discuss con troversial topics. The student editor answered, "cannot a newspaper sometimes be the under dog?" jhe Nebraskan has in the past carried out much of this philosophy. Last year in the face of opposition from many and total difference of others in the controversial issue of academic freedom, the editors again asked, "cannot the newspaper be the underdog?", and almost singlehandedly fought the case of C. Clyde Mitchell. The Nebraskan will continue to hold the job of a college newspaper, that of presenting facts and issues to the student body so that they may draw their own formulations. And if the issues are there, the Nebraskan will present them. This will be done by not trying to force any thing' down anybody's throats; disagreements are in no way discouraged. One fundamental principal must remain apparent: to keep our selves and the rest of the students thinking. If overemphasis seems in sight it is because of student newspapers like "Komsomolskaya Pravda," the Moscow youth journal with an im pressive 1,200,000 circulation. When a delegation of American college editors touring Russia in 1953 went in to meet the "student" editor of the paper, they shook hands with a middle-aged, bald headed member of the Communist party. Salute To Us Today, S'S.OOO.OOO persons spent almost $3,200, 000 in nickels and dimes for their daily news papers. We Rpint with pride to these figures especially as this is National Newspaper Week. The theme of the week, "Your Newspaper Freedom's Key to Better Living" has, we are sure, many mean ings to the many editors, publishers, copy read ers, reporters, and "back shop" people observ ing the week. Most of all however, it means that Americans have the right and the privilege of reading about the latest hapenings in any corner of the free world a brief time after they occur. At the University and to the University it seems that the issues, no matter how significant or insignificant are brought to the attention of the 4,000 students who pick up their "rag" three times a week. The issues are mulled over in the newsroom of the Nebraskan, thought over by the reporters and editors and in turn reflected in the minds of our fellow students. It means more than this, though. That issues can be discussed in an open forum, that action is taken on any of the issues this newspaper presents for public review, that re sults are produced through this news medium means that the well-known power of the press still exists. Robert Brown cites a report James Russell Wiggins, executive editor, of the Washington Post and Times Herald in the recent Editor and From the editor's desk: ...with malice towards none Publisher, makes in his forthcoming book "Free dom Or Secrecy" which says "There is abroad in this country, and in the rest of the world, an impulse, to secrecy. It is an impulse which will alter and curb our governmental institutions if it is not altered itself." Brown's article says that newspapermen have been fighting secrecy at all levels of the govern ment for many years and they have been aware of the trend. The moral in Wiggins article, according to Brown, is that newspapermen must be even more vigorous and alert in the fight and educate gov ernment officials to the ultimate dangers of secrecy. Our "beat" is the University. The discretion of the Nebraskan in the past may not have been what the highest code of newspaper ethics dictate it should. Yet any attempt at withhold ing news, or ideas from the paper is in itself not in the best taste. We ask for the privilege the right, if you please, to gather and judge all news at the Uni versity. If we are given the chance to assimilate the facts and weigh the policy suggestions of the administration we can better serve the Univer sity as a whole. If not, we may be treading on dangerous grounds. The right of the public to know the news, to understand the issues before them can never be challenged. We present this idea as it is very significant when pondering the newspaper and its position as "the key to better living." Dear President Eisenhower: I went to my first political meeting Tuesday night at which our three candidates for governor spoke. Each time one of them would take the stand all the people would rise Republicans, Demo crats and Independents which was all very good for bi-partisan co-operation, but seemed inconsistent with the democratic tradition (notice small "d"). The Republican incumbent, Victor Anderson, was the first man to speak. It seems that he had another engagement in Omaha and could , only stay for the meal and his talk which is just as well since the two men that followed him didn't have much to say in favor of him. Gov. Anderson said that be was doing the best he could and was improving the state's highways, mental health pro gram and educational facili ties: He also said that the University needed funds if it was to keep pace with the state's growing population and growing seeds. I can't argue with this and neither would Chancellor Hardin. - He said that in order for the state to function properly, it was necessary to spend money. He promised to save as much as. money as possible, which seemed a safe promise. Frank Sorrell, who has run for Governor a couple of times before, is a Democrat. He said that Nebraska is a cne party state and the party which was in power was not the one he belonged to at the present time. He said that the chief issue before the voters was that in past times, Re publicans times, I think, party loyalty had been placed be fore the welfare of the state. Mr. Sorrell then mentioned the relationship of the torna does of tax foreclosures to the possibility of the appearance of Communism in Nebraska. I thought this was somewhat far-fetched, but then I am not a devout student of politics. Concerning the University, the Democratic candidate said that scientists and technicians were being trained at our cam pus to serve industry of other states. He has a point here, but unless there is Nebraska industry where will engineers get jobs? This is a problem for the Republicans, I guess, who are the party associated with big business. Gov. Anderson did say that prospects for business being located in Nebraska were very good, but then prospects for everything are very good. The third speaker was a man very few University students have heard of, a fellow by the name of George Morris. He is a former state employee and was director of the state re formatory for men before be ing "given .he axe." He is an Independent candi date. I do not believe the head quarters of this party are list ed in the phone brck, but Mr. Morris's address is included. Mr. Morris gave the most impressive talk from the point of view of a political scientist. He referred to Jefferson, the founding fathers, the feudal system, eJsus Christ and Soc rates. He said that government in Nebraska should be a govern ment of laws and not men and particularly not men like Gov. Anderson. He said that Gov. Anderson is no more an engineer (in reference to the state's roads) than he is a penologist. As a political scientist, I would take exception to this statement as he should be a Governor and not a specialist in some one field. I doubt if Gov. Ander son knows much about ti e sanitation system of the Capi tol building either. The people that fired Mr. Morris, the Board of Control, are not very good people either. Mr. Morris would like to change the personnel on the Board and then change the system which would be quite thorough, I do believe. Which, Mr. President, leaves me somewhat confused and a bit cynical. Yours truly . , . Nebraskan FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OLD .J? J. LT""4 poet .trw Member: Associated Collegiate Press "ncoia- Nebrk- ti e inmt 4, mi. Intercollegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Besweseiitativej National Advertising; Service, sawi""": J Incorporated mZPSIh,?" ...V.y.V.7.7.7.V.7.7 dS5 Published at: Room 20, Student Union - mm buSr '.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.. "wlifSf"' 14th A R cw Editor...... '&iC'ia University of Nebras&t tfZL'wnr. ' ixn h,, Lincoln, Nebraska "SniwSi ".77.77.77.77.7.7.7. VSwtSSX Ttm Nrfcnukm Uhe Iwlj, Wr&ieertar u4 Ktlt' nH' " i V DowH" mnmr unf the arbeol yr, except during vacations B "nlr Jaocr DrLonr, Georfe Mayer, Gary w ewrtoee. rntsd 8M ttmie Is pnbHebe taring Frrntel, Marianne Thyr-xm, (rntbia Soa-oat. atnaeata tit CojrSty f JVebmke nndwr w.. f'1" Bol Wlr. ttUmrizattoa of the Commit on Stnrt'nt Affair Ptri Stan Wirt man, Art Blarkman. Barbara a en ntrrttm of opinion. PobllmUana nndiw ZS'L""' Belltin, BUI Milaon, Koa tiw tnm&rfom tto Sttocommiifcte 8!4nt FabU- bfiafceeo, Gary feb-rton. aitHon mail he f r-e from l;lnrtaj rcniomrilp an the RTTCTXTCCa ctiih prt of t'tm fabeommMoa r act te part of any nemher Uolrt.a olAJf JT of the fn"r of Mse I nlv-r(tr. or on the part of any BntlneM Manamr Georre MMwa jwnwm iHiuiuti af tit t;nlvey!iy. The mrmbera of tha f lrriiiatlon Manager Richard ftendrlx 'r'i,r!.i.n muff are peraonaMy responsible for what Uep Asutttaat Bnalnem Manarera Don fteek, ia, or do or tum to be printed. i eoraarjr 8, MM. Larry pateUi, Tom ticlt, Jery ulicuUu LITTLE Dick Bible'r MAN ON CAMPUS by fl&imtfu. jiiii niuiuil till Nebraskan Letterips The recent Mitchell case has alarmed all persons even remote ly Connected with education. Yet, for all of its importance, we have looked away from the essential function of this University: to train secondary teachers. The is sue of individual freedom of con science is so vital that it must be kept before the academic com munity at all times. If academic freedom is sacred, it must be fought for by teachers on all lev els. It is true and right that this University is split into factions as regards the secondary rpob lems. One must choose sides even though he realizes that both sides may be trying to do the s a m e things ultimately. The gruesome truth remains, that despite many fine people on its staff, the Teacher's College is miserably failing the would - be teachers. To speak freely now may be to breech the secondary ca reer hereafter; but this battle must be kept boiling by those of us who are not afraid to fight. The curiculum of the secondary school always reflects the values of the society en masse for that time. If this is so, one must ad mit that the goals of modern ed ucation appear to be practicality, necessity, mediocrity, and bar barism. The WPA professors de stroy two creative people for ev ery puppet they bottle, cap, and graduate to "teach" the vegeta bles of tomorrow's materialistic morass. True, culture Is in opposition to progress; but "progress" seems to be leading Boobus Americanus back to a two-car tree. It is time to correct the cultural lag. Teach ing is an art, not a .science. .Help students to look in, not out! Re store values to education by elim inating lesson plans with their pragmatic, fake objectives and re turn to lectures c no material value. There is no more depressing sight in the modern world than to look into the faces of the broken teachers in summer school. Now, when we need exceptional, crea tive, and intelligent people in teaching, the ministry, and poli tics, a concerted effort is being made to put "average, normal, representative, and cooperative" people into these vital posts. This should frighten those of us who believe that the first aim of ed ucation should be to train com petent critics, and that the second goal should be to raise the in tellectual level to a point that would reflect a discriminate pub lic. This society doesn't want teachers; it wants baby sitters, playmates, and thought police. As things now stand, the only teach ers who are safe in their jobs are the propagandist for the welfare state. One day some brave high school girl will wear colored stock ings to school and the whole sys tem will collapse before the "mo tivating counselors" have a chance to realize that she was a "de viate from the normal behavioral pattern." To change this disgusting reality, we must give teachers pithy sub jects that are worth teaching. To remove the classics from the high schools is to commit tr e a s o n against the potential dignity of man. To think this issue through is to face the charges of radical ism; but I implore you to reflect, discuss, and come to rational con clusions. This much is sure; the superintendents of schools through out this country should get down on their hands and knees and beg the honest, "unpractical" people who are graduating with "unneces sary" degrees, like the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, to teach their children. A school system built on the naturalistic assumptions of the pseudo psychologists can only lead to limbo and spiritual suicide. Or ganized fakery must be fought on all fronts. The happy elders of our society cannot be deterred from their course of greed, fear, and mistrust; but we might be able to make future life tolerable if we could put something between the ears of the high school stu dents of today. John P. Marshall g BE CAREFUL A I WITH I OIL STOVES! I DON'T GIVE FIRE A flACi TO START PRINTING Fraternity. Sorority, & Oraaaiaat! Letterhead . , . Letter ... Hew BulletU) ... 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