Wednesday, October 24, 1 956
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Hcbraskan Editorials:
FiS Silent
Delegation
Attacks hava ben leveled at many organiza
tions for tha decided lack of school spirit this
fall. Tha pep has been defined as so super
ficial that regulated content on banners has sup
posedly threatened pep rallies with extinction.
Fingers have been pointed Jn many directions
during this controversy attempting to justify
blame, but to date seemingly no progress has
been made towards the deciding factor. This
silent delegation that will either make or break
the future school spirit is none other than the
apathetic student body.
Excuses were partially accepted when the
attendance at the rally two weeks ago numbered
less than 100. But when last week's turnout was
almost as slight, many a wrinkle came over the
Yell Squad's brow. And this worry is indeed
Justified.
Something must be dratsically wrong. When
less than 100 out of an enrollment total of 8,000
attend rallies the problem is getting acute.
This attitude of indifference isn't casting a
creditable reflection on the University, the foot
ball team or the student body.
If the University is going to compete in Inter
collegiate athletics, the school support should be
on a similar level. This all boils down to the
fact that this fall, students should support the
team at all times and not just when they get
within their opponent's 10 yard line.
Support at this time is extremely important,
but it will never result If this position is never
reached. And backing is an instrumental factor
in attaining it.
The migration to Colorado is a gratifying ex
ample of school spirit if properly channeled. The
football team always seems to be inspired for the
Colorado rivalry but they need the support of
the entire student body.
And this support could best start tonight at
the pre-migration rally.
Weslviard Ho!
Migration! The time of the Cuckoo. In other
words, the time when the University en masse
pays its respects to Colorado, Boulder in particu
lar and Tulagui's and the Sink especially.
The Move-to-the-West is a biennial feature of
student life on this campus. Everyone who can
pile Into a friend's car (anyone who can avoids
taking his own car) and starts the stream to the
mountains flowing. Cars will creep, fly and
chug along U. S. 6-34; if those in your car are
under 21, what route is it through Kansas?
To those who must remain in Lincoln over
the weekend, we wish a quiet, studious couple
of days. It will mean time to catch up on
studies, read a book , attend the Homebodies
Dance, take in the flicks and ' listen to the
Buffalo-Cornhusker game on radio.
The weekend here won't really be dull; it will
be lonesome at the most. The stay-at-homes can
laugh at those who return Sunday a little the
worse for wear. Professors will be full of wil
Friday afternoon (those who stay here hope.)
We wish to those who make the trip the best,
of luck and good times. But more than to you
the gridiron tourists we wish to Pete and the
team the bests of luck against the Buffs.
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch:
Youths !ieo Scientists
Little man on campus
The world Is moving Into the atomic age at
what seems an amazingly swift rate but the
scientists responsible for the transition' do not
appeal to the nation's youth. That is the es
sence of Purdue University survey that sam
pled 15,000 high school students and represents
a good cross-section of the 8,000,000 youths in
secondary schools of the United States.
Is the acute shortage of atomic scientists to
grow even worst? Judging from the survey
statistics, yes. They show that boys put medi
cine as first choice for a career. Then, in order,
come chemist, electrical engineer, high school
science teacher, mechanic, sales clerk, psycholo
gist, storekeeper, and last of all atomic scien
tist. Moreover, the survey shows that atomic
scientists are ranked lowest by every section of
the country and by all students.
Why Is the atomic scientist at the bottom? A
breakdown reveals 25 per cent of the students
think that scientists as a group are decidedly
"odd" while 14 per cent believe there is some
thing "evil" about them. Such beliefs show
that a true picture of the atomic scientist is not
being received by youth. It should not be too
difficult to put the picture in proper perspective.
But the best clue as to what is wrong lies in
the statement that 45 per cent of the students
do not believe their school background is good
enough to permit them to choose science as a
career. So while a surprising number have a
distorted view of an atomic scientist as an ""egg
head," many others evidently believe that their
high schools are deficient in giving them the re
quirements for pursuing science in college. That
is where they may well be more knowing than
many an adult.
It is up to the adults to provide the curricula
and the guidance that are necessary to lead
youth into the field of the scientist. The Purdue
survey shows where the weaknesses lie.
Opinions Contrasted
The following feature contrasts the opposing views of selection methods for the title of Home
coming Queen. Since a controversy has arisen the Nebraskan has decided to print the exact words
of the two people In charge of this election process. Mick Neff is vice president of Student Council
in charge of elections and Shirley McPeck is president of Tassels, the sponsoring organization of
the Homecoming election.
By Mick Neff
A very unusual condition exists on this campus
at the present time. A condition wherein the
Homecoming Queen a representative of the en
tire campus population and the University in
general is chosen from a minute group of junior
girls belonging to a small organization with
selective membership.
Unlike the Farmers Fair Queen or the Hon
orary Commandant, the Homecoming Queen rep
resents every college, every organization and
every person on this campus. In the above in
stances if the Farmers Fair or Military Dept.
were to fold, the Queens would also disappear.
However if the Tassel organization was to dis
solve there would still remain a Homecoming
Queen. Then why do Tassels control the selec
tion? To limit the candidates to the juniors of
one organization is in effect allowing us to elect
a Queen of giri yellers, who ultimately is Home
coming Queen.
It has been stated by a member of Tassels
that this is a truly representative organization
with two girls from each sorority and an equal
number of independents ten girls surely cannot
be termed representative. The question must
then arise why not have a truly representative
group of candidates of the campus, who do not
have the limitations of Tassel membership.
We must not overlook an excellent group of
Junior girls who have shown outstanding quali
ties of campus leadership and have been loyal
supporters of the University. Should these girls
be exempted from this honor because as a fresh
man they were not selected for membership in
Tassels? However even more detrimental to the
choice of candidates is the fact that the method
of election can be altered each year (It is not
In writing). An unscrupulous group of officers
could hand pick their own Queen by method
alteration. (Four beasts and a beauty.) It has
been stated that membership is relative low this
year. If the proportionate membership does not
remain constant, why then can not the member
ship dip even lower?
The only real defense for the present system
la that a girl should be rewarded for her support
of the teams. Undoubtedly the Tassels perform
a fine campus function, but why should they be
allowed to use our queen as a reward for good
club activities.
By Shirley McPeck
The Homecoming Queen should be chosen from
Tassels because, in my opinion, a Tassel is
really the best girl deserving of the honor. Why
should Tassels have the authority to choose the
Homecoming Queen? Each sorority house has
two representatives. There are a total of sixty
girls in Tassels. Thirty are affiliated and thirty
are independents. The independents have an
equal chance with the affiliated girls for the
honor. Has the girl who stated, "I just don't
understand why we all can't have a equal chance
to be Homecoming Queen" ever thought about
who decorates the coliseum, the stage, arranges
the parade, works on rallies, sets up homecom
ing half-time ceremonies, makes the float for
the H. C. Queen, creates school spirit by stand
ing on street corners selling pom poms, balloons,
suckers, and N flowers, sets up the card section
every Saturday morning at 8 a.m., attends all
basketball and football games?
Why shouldn't a Tassel be repaid for all the
work she has done? Let's keep one election on
campus clear frc "politics" and let the girl
who really deserves the honor receive it.
The present method has been successful in
the past and the majority of the students are
satisfied. Last year, all five Homecoming Queen
candidates were tapped Mortar Boards on Ivy
Day. Isn't this proof that the girls chosen were
outstanding people?
When a girl is chosen to be a Tassel, she
knows that she will have a chance to be a can
didate for Homecoming Queen if she stays and
works in the organization for two years. Some
girls just don't want to try that hard for a title
so hats off to the 1956 Homecoming Queen Can
didates who, in my opinion, are the ideal girls
on campus deserving of the honor.
After thoughts
The Lighter Side
Bill Moore gava this description of a psychol
ogy professor in his column in the Ohio State
Lantern. He's a man who enters a classroom
and says, "Good morning, students. You're fine,
how am I?"
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There has always been a slight
feeling of strain in my personal
relations with Love Library, ow
ing doubtless to my never being
able to get borrowed books back
on time.
I may be overly sensitive about
the whole thing, but I have sus
picioned for sometime that they
haven't been very crazy about me
over there for this reason. Once
in awhile an austere looking of-
Bruce Brugmann
ficial from the Loan Desk will
pull me aside and speak to me
about my delinquencies, which
serves only to worsen this infer
iority. These people always seem
pleasant enough, and, I imagine,
wouldn't be a bad sort to have a
beer with some evening. However,
under these circumstances, I al
ways feel a bit uneasy, especially
when an affectionate pat on the
head accompanies the solemn in
tonation: "Well, lad, let's get those
books back, ey?"
This approach usually has the
effect of solidifying what little re
sistance I may have left. (My rep
utation for resisting authority has
been steadily ebbing away, now
that my morning professors are
beginning to comment on a con
stitutional inability of mine to at
tend eart classes.) '
And so It is that I stoically hold
on as the bureaucratic machinery
turns on me in full force, pelting
me with a barrage of imperson
ally nasty notes from Love Li
brary, teacups from Ellen Smith
Hall and unpleasant leers from
campus do-gooders busily cultivat
ing' their virtues.
Eventually, after I think that
the people behind the big desk are
sufficiently done in, I contact the
finance company and wheel anoth
er Brugmann Annex contribution
ver to the Library.
Now, what I think is needed
most in the personal relations be
tween a library and its loanee is
a sense of fun. Love Library is
usually pretty good about this sort
of thing, keeping the good books
as well hidden as possible, putting
the ones you want to check out on
reserve and locking the dirty ones
away in the cage.
However, this gaming spirit on
ly extends so far, and if I, in a
typically dreamy mood, should
happen to check out a tier of books
(as I once did, in a liting vein),
the institution ought to know that
I have every intention of return
ing them as soon as I have clipped
out the pages I need.
And, instead of turning my name
over to the campus police, they
could dash off a short memo for
the secretarial staff, just to keep
their records straight, in the play
ful spirit in which the books were
checked out (how else would they
be checked out?), perhaps drop
ping me a kidding line in return:
Dear Mr. Brugmann; No
ticed a 'collection of books
overdue for Dearly six months.
Glad to see you are exercis
ing your library privileges
again. If yoa are in the neigh
borhood, drop in sometime for
a drink, and we'll chat about
your problems. Damn It all
anyway, LO.VE LIBRARY'S
LOSS.
Now a note like that would dis
arm me completely, and would
make me do all in my power to
get those books back to the loan
desk. There wouldn't be this con
stant bickering inherent in the
old system, and if I ever got
the chance to do the Library a
favor in return, you may be sure
that I would follow through with
the same spirit of genial burlesque
end jolly good fun.
This surely isn't too much to
ask, and if Txve Library would
transmit such a message to me
on the four books of mine which
are now overdue, I'm sure that
I would be more than willing to
coopera-e.
Rag Migrates
The Nebraskan will be avail
able in Boulder Saturday morn
ing at a stand near the main
lobby of the Colorado Memor
ial Center, through arrangements
made with the Colorado daily.
Friday's edition of the. Rag
will include several stories on
the Rusker-Colorado game and
migration.
A pep rally has been tentative
ly slated In front of the Memor
ial Center at 12:30 p.m.
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DANCE
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Featuring
CHARLIE SPIVAK
and THE HILLTOPPERS
Saturday, November 3
University of Nebraska Coliseum
Dancing 8:30-12:30
Admission $2.75 per couple
H GET YOUR TICKETS NOW
jj FROM TASSELS OR. COBS
The
Silent Majority
If you are In the Snack Bar of
Selleck Quad, and happen to hear
a terrific musical sound drifting
from one of the adjacent rooms,
the RAM Glee Club is probably
responsible for it. Not long ago,
I had the pleasure of listening
to this group display their ability.
Although they were not giving a
concert, they had a pleasing sound.
Everyone would surely enjoy this,
kind of music.
The Glee Club has actually
Jumped into existence. One year
ago the first practice was held.
Here, eight men gathered and
called themselves the RAM Glee
Club. Since then they have
Dwane Rogge
progressed into a solid, polished
singing group of thirty members.
Dick Oehrlng, their director, de
serves a lot of credit. He has de
voted many hours toward mak
ing this group a top Glee Club. Of
course, every member deserves
part of the credit for the group's
success.
The Club likes to sing all types of
music and constantly tries to en
large their music library. For in
stance, one of the members said
they sang anything feasible. I
found that this includes some con
temporary serious numbers, old
standards, novelty numbers, and n
gro spirituals. Such a large selec
tion can hardly help but satisfy
most member's likes in music
type.
The Glee Club seems to enjoy a
busy schedule. Last year, the mem
bers appeared on TV to give a
concert, and they also had a thirty
minute radio show. Besides this,
many other appearances were
made. A similar busy outlay is
planned for this year. One of the
events is the annual fall concert.
Incidentally, I hope you plan to
attend. I heard last year's con
vert and was thoroughly captivat.
ed by their music.
Another of the group's interests
is the Ivy Day Sing. Last year,
they made a guest appearance
here, I believe that such a group
should not be excluded from regular
competition in this event. Our coun
try and our University and its
students supposedly support demo
cratic ideals; one of which is the
ideal of equality and equal oppor
tunity for everyone regardless of
association.
The RAM Glee dub members
like to sing and they show it when
they perform. They enjoy work
ing together and learning from
each other. This makes them one of
the lively, vigorous organizations
that are serving the U. of N. In
dependents, giving them part of
the finer side of life, and develop
ing the informed, well rounded col
lege man.
AWS Workers
The first AWS workers meeting
will be held Wednesday at S p.m.
in room 313 of the Union, Rita
Jelinek, AWS Workers Chairman
announced.
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LANGUAGE MADE SIMPLE: No. 1
In this day of swift International communication,
like radio, television, and the raft, it becomes increasingly
important for all of us to have a solid grounding in
foreign languages. Accordingly, I have asked the makers
of Philip Morris whether I might not occasionally forego
levity in this column and instead use it for a short lesson
in language.
"Of course, silly!" chuckled the makers, tousling my
yellow hair. Oh, grand men they are, the makers of
Philip Morris, just as full of natural goodness as tha
cigarettes they make. "Of course, fond boy, you may
occasionally forego levity in this column and instead use
it for a short lesson in language 1" said the makers and
tossed me up and down in a blanket until, rosy with
laughing, I bade them desist, and then we all had basins
of farina and smoked Philip Morrises and sang songs
until the campfire had turned to embers.
For our first lesson In language, let us take up
French, which has often been called the lingua franca
of France. We will approach French in a new manner,
because, to be brutally frank, the way it is taught in our
colleges is archaic and obsolete. Why all this emphasis
on grammar? After all, when we get to France does it
matter if we can parse and conjugate? Of course not I
So for the first exercise, translate the following real,
true-to-life dialogue between two real, true-to-lif e French
men named Claude (pronounced Clohd) and Pierre (also
pronounced Clohd) :
CLAUDE : Good morning, sir. Can you direct me to
the nearest monk?
PIERRE: I have regret, but I am a stranger hera
myself.
CLAUDE: Is it that you come from the France?
PIERRE: You have right.
CLAUDE : I also. Come, let us mount the airplane)
and return ourselves to the France.
PIERRE :t We must defend from smoking until the
airplane raises itself.
CLAUDE : Ah, now it has raised itself. Will yoa hava
a Philippe Maurice?
PIERRE: Mercy.
CLAUDE: In the garden of my aunt it makes warm
in the summer and cold in the winter.
PIERRE: What a coincidence. In the garden of my
aunt too I
CLAUDE: Ah, we are landing. Regard how the a!,
plane depresses itself.
PIERRE: What shall you do In the France?
CLAUDE : I shall make a promenade and see various
sights of cultural and historical significance. What shall
you do?
PIERRE : I think I shall try to pick up the stewardess.
CLAUDE: Long live the France!
CMax Shulnwn. 19SS
El vive aud la Philippe Maurlc; la cigarette fret bonne, tret
agreable, tret tnagnifique, et la tpontor d cette column4a.
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