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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, October 26, 1955
Nsbrcskan Editorials:
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibiei
. . . Md Bach Main
Almost 200 University students will take to
the highway this weekend. At the risk of preach
ing, The Nebraskan woulld like to remind the
University community that at this time last
year three University students had lost their
lives In automobile accidents.
- Before June commencement last year, eight
students were dead the result of carelessness
on the highway.
la a community of 8,000 approximately the
population of Columbus this high fatality rate
is almost unheard of and is completely unprece
dented. The city of Lincoln reported two traffic
deaths last year.
When classes resume Monday let us hope
that there will be no seats which mark per
manent absences. A fun filled weekend is in
store for the many Boulder-bound students, but
the reports of good times will give a rather
hollow echo if we don't all return.
A Certain Jubilation
Some recent figures on the partisan-nets of the
American press may have strong repercussions
in anti-American camps throughout the world.
The report (listed in Editor and Publisher) said
that well over 50 per cent of the American press
was for Eisenhower and Nixon in the coming
election. True, this indicates that the present
"powers what am" are holding their own on
.the press scene.
However we cannot forget to mention to our
Russian foes that there exists that other figure
of the American press those papers which sup
port whom they please (Democrats). This in
dicates to any one looking at the report (and we
can't recall the exact figures) that there still
remains that wonderful source of democracy
in our nation, the freedom of the press.
No one can tell an American how to run bis
paper. We might read of a newspaper closing
down every now and then because the big ad
vertisers in a community don't like a contro
versy that a paper presents to the public ...
Not inherent in our domestic setup.
- The Nebraskan those students who are re
sponsible for the stories and pictures takes
prida in the fact that it can print or reject any
item 'it so desires. Along with the ability to
judge news though we are cautioned to be just
as democratic in presenting all the news to our
readers.
The greatest injustice a newspaper can do to
community is to distort facts. This paper has
been accused of distorting news, but we have
always given the challenger an opportunity to
have his turn through our "Letterip." This
system is like the "equal time" popular with
political candidates on radio and television (and
unpopular with the management of many of the
stations.)
During American Newspaper Week we talked
about the place of the paper in connection with
freedom's forces. That week was dedicated to
the press; hopes that the complete freedom of
the press would result in a finer nation were
raised by the entire Fourth Estate that week.
That are continuing hopes.
. We of the Nebraskan feel that these ambitions
of the press are not just high flung thoughts.
They are real; we must maintain the freedom
of the press in order to preserve our society.
This statement, we hope, will be treated as more
than just theory ... it must be practice.
Election time will be the test. If we take a
stand, that is the business of the management.
If we fail to preseit the issues as they exist,
that is the business of every reader of the Ne-
Frem the editor's desk:
...with malice
towards none
braskan. The support of the students needed in
preserving a free press for them is a firm force.
A certain jubilation will exist here if the
candidates of the paper are elected. But you
can be sure that almost as exhuberant (though
less noisily expressed) jubilation will exist here
if we know that we have helped an American
function repeat itself. Platitude: "The freedom
of the press!" Attitude: "This means more to
me and you than any speech or drawing in the
land." It does; Argue with us, it makes the
press freer, the news more interesting.
After thoughts
Sorority Gains Support
The Cornell University chapter of Sigma
Kappa has gained backing in its fight to learn
the reason for its suspension by the national
council. The chapter was suspended, but so far
neither the members nor Cornell University
officials have been able to learn the reason for
the action. National officials have told the Uni
versity that the suspension does not concern
Cornell. Last Spring, the Cornell chapter of
Sigma Kappa pledged a Negro student.
Support for the Cornell chapter has come from
91 percent of the university's school women.
They passed a resolution saying they did not
question the right of Sigma Kappa's national
council to take such action, but that they felt the
local chapter had not received a proper expla
nation for the suspension.
The Need For Stronger States
The governments of America's individual states
must be strengthened in both legislative and
executive branches if they are to continue as
strong and vital parts of the federal system.
That is ne of the conclusions drawn in a report
on Southern state governments published this
week by Tulane University. The report recom
mends longer gubernatorial terms, reapportion
ment of legislatures, and removal of what it
calls "outmoded constitutional restrictions."
On the touchy problem of state governments
and their relationship to race relations, the re
port had this to say: "Governments in the South
have dealt with difficult problems before and un
doubtedly have the ability to alleviate the pres
ent tensions. The Southern Assembly (which
conducted the survey) believes that state gov
ernments in the south should undertake, by all
means at their disposal, to prevent violence and
maintain public order."
The survey of Southern governments was
sponsored jointly by Tulane University and the
American Assembly of Columbia University.
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The Turtle
All this has been said before,
but informed sources have told
me there is to be a migration
Saturday to Colorado. Some tu.
dents have already left, some leave
today and some tomorrow.
Soma students are cutting classes
with neither fear nor favor; oth
er students are heartily cursing
professors who decided to give
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ATTfeNpANCE IN MY ClMSiejOO"
Fred Daly
tests Friday; others are duty
bound or broke, and are staying
home.
It should be a fine migration,
although it couldn't be any finer
than the one two years ago, when
they had to close down The Sink
early Saturday. Nebraska won that
year, upsetting the Buffaloes, who I
didn t feel too kindly about the
matter.
The Cornhuskers will probably
be the underdog again this year,
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QU&&Tm0 CANDJPATS
After glancing at the state
ments made in Wednesday's
Nebraskan of Shirley McPeck,
Tassels president, and Mick
Neff, Student Council vice
president, I havt come to the
conclusion that the Homecom
ing Queen will be a Tassel this
faE-nd probably will be a
Tassel next fall
But, an ksiresting point in
xampus politics is also seen.
That is, the Tassels have no
legal right to a monopoly on
the selection of Homecoming
Queen candidates. If they
would like to have this privi
lege embodied in law, it would
probably fcava to be written
into their Constitution which
ia turn, would have to be ap
. proved by tha Student Coua
ciL The Council seems perfeetfy
within thro- rights ia challeng
irg the validity of a Tassel
- Ilmaecomicg Queen each
1 year. This is not to say that
a Tassel type queen is alto
gether undesirable. Tassels
tart admitted what students ,
&v often suspected, feat the
Uzmgcoztizg Queen is not a
beauty cpeea, but is, ia .
tasjay, a pep qr-ieea,
tea illzz is certilo, the sit
Ktiss tbydi five the Council
fssseiiirj. to do which I
' suspect was one of Mr. Neffs
motives in bringing up the
subject
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William Shakespeare bad a
few things "to say about the
current political campaign in
cluding a comment that fits
in with charges made by Sen.
Kefs isver that the soil bank
and other measures are only
election years tactics.
The Batd said:, , t
The people cry you mocked
them, and of late
' 'When com was given them,
you repin'd." ;
Shakespeare also stated a
prominent Democratic appre-'
btnsioa when he wrote: " '
"But, I fear they'll roar him
in again."
Aod to close tha poet's
corner, 01' TCP once said:
"His speech was like a
tangled . chain; nothing im
paired, but much disordered.'
Fred Sea ton. Secretary of
the 'Interior, said Wednesday
that be would watch the Corn-,
busker Football team with
mora interest and favor now
that bis alma mater, Kansas
State, bad met the Husker ag-.
greg stSpa. lis commented that
the team wasn't much like the -old
squads which featured the '
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etc.
But, then not many people
have yet associated the name
of Seaton with the team of
men that make up the Eisen
hower cabinet.
The Hastings publisher is
certainly one of better in
formal orators of the Repub
lican party. His rigorous
t schedule 'doesn't 'seem to
phase him in the least and
when he talks looking
straight, at bis audience In a
friendly manner it's bard not
s ia think you're participating
, in a personal conversation.
- Another thing that makes
the cabinet member attractive
i his open mindedness con
cerning th achievement of
members of the opposition
party. "It's foolishness and
illogical to say that a man is
- a scoundrel just because be is
a Democrat," Seaton. says.
"We often forget that Demo
cratic party members are jusi
as patriotic as Republican
. party members.'
This point of view doesn't
keep Seaton from bitting into
" certain Democrats named
Stevenson and Kefaaver, how-
ever., .
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Pogo Invades
'Down Under1
In Campaign
CANBERRA, Australia (Spe
cial) Reports that Pogo Possom,
American Candidate for President,
will stump the country for the
Australian vote brought about an
angry exchange on the u p p e r
floor of the lower house today
when a delegate from the rich
Marsupial Belt flatly declared that
Pogo is not a marsupial but is
ia fact a Monotreme. This has
been- denied by both political
groups, " the Marsupials going sc
far as to.challenge their maverick-
member to produce evidence that
Pogo has .ever laid an egg.
"It would only put the distin
guished visitor in an awkward po
sition," said the Marsupial dele
gate, "and-1 do not intend to press
him into any sort of demonstra
tion either public or private for
the mere sake of political argu
ment." "Without anything more than
hearsay evidence," claimed a Po
go -adherent," "this delegate f has
already made a wanton attack up
on.. PogoV qualifications for" Ihe
Presidency. The people of the-Unit-ed
States may take offense. "After
all, such 'an allegation, if true,
.would stamp Pogo as a member
of the sex normally opposite to
the President.-We' feel it is a
blow calculated to. embarrass both
the candidate and his constituen
cy.", s
' The Monotremes point out that
they are not, to a man at lea!:, of
a sex normally opposite to .the
President. "We are not opposite
to anything, especially the Presi
dent. We are as much on his
side as anybody. We take um
brage at such suffrage and wai
not suffer ourselves to particpato
further in the discussion."
. Three members hawking parti
san pennants, were -.ejected from
the state -.bouse. "
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BOULDER, Colorado (Special)
Today's bit comes to you through
the makers of fine booze, the serv
ers of S.2 beer and more specifical
ly from the mecca of the midwest
college students . . . Tulagi's.
The strangest thing keeps hap
pening here. Time after time the
door opens and in stumbles a new
crop of Cornhusker followers. Bill
and Ruth will be glad to know that
things are well in hand here, and
that they should not be worried
about the slack-off business this
weekend, for the Grill shall rise
again. Through some quirk of fate
the loyal lushes are being accomo
dated this weekend by Tulagi's
-nd the Sink.
This is a day for relaxation, and
for an extremely cunning business
venture. My relaxation being an
attempt to identify all the hearty
young members of Rho Delta
who sent out clever brochures on
the migration before leaving the
Cornhusker campus. If only they
bad a page in the Cornhusker!
And then there's my current
business venture. Being a maj of
tainted morals and shady ethics
(as my philosophy instructors have
pointed out) it is not beneath me
to use unscrupulous methods to
earn a few brews. Namely, the
Bob Cook
ancient art of repast in g high point
beer labels, on local bottles of 3.2.
This is a crafty little trick I picked
up while spending several days in
the ROTC stockade for falling
asleep in drill one Thursday.
But I digress. We must not over
look the outside world.
Word has just come in from
our missionary on academic free
dom at Harvard, none other than
Rathbone Road's own Black
Kenkle. Says Henkle about the cur-
rent "political campaign aa report
ed by; the Nebraskah); ,
"What is this Pogo bilge? Who
is Pogo anyway? A darn Socialist
that's who. Will Rogers once said
'I never saw m possum I liked.
I nave been ruthlessly sUacked and
mercilessly mutilated hj' more
than one possum in my life includV
ing one tussel to the death, on a
raccoon bunt one time, and I -assure
you that I am disinclined to
swing my large block of Votes to
some furry animal.'. An obvious
sign of mental deterioratbq and an
inborn andf unconscious unwilling
ness to part with bed-animals and
teddy bears.
And enough of this. In. closing
I would like to state that I don't
think Yell King Donaie Beck will
have much trouble with the Big
The Campus; - Gt&eri v
The following poem is based upai the Classical 'Anthology as
translated by E. Found." Book 1: Cbou and the South).
Ohe, ICylm
, ' Innocence is the illusion .-'
Of the egg, Kylin, . - " .
As the peach scents ,
Twirl in the fruitful May'
Around the bamboo bed.
Where was Wan when
Cider sung ber song? ,
Kylin, Kylin, the sin
la life's cord
Is stored in gords; - '.
Purple peach
Crimson Han
Browned Waa
A beast, a god, or ghost:
A mind bent thing
Rising in a sinking cloud
But biding from a beaming tail
That signals crimson sail
Eelow and slow to drift,
The nexus bleeds aloud.
Richard M. KcIJy
Reds this Saturday. For as far as
I know, there will be at least 1500
.pairs of them In the form of
bloodshot eyes following the Husk-ers.
but there is something about play
ing Colorado that puts a little more
spirit into the thing. From here
it looks like Nebraska you can't
keep a good man down for long.
Also, there is the matter of tha
rally to be held at tha CU Union
12:30 a.m. before the gsme. Since
the whole purpose of this migra
tion is the football game (I keep
telling myself) there Is no reason
why Nebraska students can't have
a real rouser of a rally that will
shake the very rock ribs of Boul
der, Colo. And then we can go
out and watch our boys whip
the whey out of their boys, and
then we can go down to The Tool
and talk about it. 5
Drive Safely the life you
save may vote Republican. And,
if you would believe the pollsters
and the registration figures, they
are getting scarcer.
This Military Ball is shaping up
to be quite an affair, what with
a good band and this economical
package deal on tickets, meal, or
chid and transportation. Maybe it
is on its way back as the big so
cial horn-blower in Lincoln.
Large Bob Cook, the Nebras
kan's editorial page editor, has
been assigned the task of taking
the traditional NU-CU Buffalo
Head out on Migration. Cool drives
a Thunderbird, and is 6 feet and
almost one-half. Suggestions could
be mailed to "Perplexed, Box 1,
Nebraskan."
The Missouri-Nebraska Victory
Bell, according to legend, once
hung in the steeple of a Negro
church, from which it was liber
ated by members of Phi Delta
Theta and Delta Tau Delta fra
ternities. The two groups wera
living in the same house then
back in the 1890's. (Obviously,
things have changed.)
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