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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, November 7, 1956
Nebraskan Editorials:
Voters Influenced
An election day survey a' Lincoln showed that
over a quarter of the Vciors questioned attri
buted "some" influence of their vote to the
Middle East crisis and recent uprisings in Hun
gary. Taken at 10 voting centers, the poll was
conducted to see if these two international
incidents in any way inflenced Lincoln voters.
About 25 per cent answered affirmative that
they were influenced and the remainder, nega
tive. Most of those not influenced by the recent
international developments said they had made
up their minds previously. Several said, however,
that the overseas situation "strengthened" their
previous choice. This group included Republi
cans, primarily.
Those influenced by the overseas incidents
said the "military factor" played a major role
in their decision. Republicans and some Demo
crats agreed that Esienhower, former Supreme
Allied Commander and General of the Army,
had better military qualifications in event of
any conflict.
Here are quotes from some of those who said
the uprisings in Hungary and the Middle East
crisis In some way affected their vote:
A retired Lincoln blacksmith: "I would have
voted for Stevenson if it hadn't been for recent
developments, but Eisenhower is better quali
fied in a military sense."
An Army master sergeant: "The international
aituation solidified my vote."
A University housemother: "We need a stra
tegist more now than in any other election year."
Retired laborer: "After the Suez crisis I de
cided we need a change."
University medical student: "The Independent
vote may switch to Stevenson because of new
developments in the world situation."
Department store employee: "I'm going for
Stevenson but I think these events of the past
two weeks have started a trend back from a
Democratic victory to a Republican one."
Student in NU Teachers 'College: "It might
change the vote from Republican to Democrat."
Comments from some of those, not influenced
by the overseas developments:
Fireman: No change. "I was thinking about
voting for a military man even before Egypt and
Israel tangled."
Hospital employee: "Not influenced. "I gen
erally vote Democratic."
Housewife: "I vote for the person, not the
issue."
Housewife: "My family always votes Repub
lican." i 's .
University law student: "My mind was made
up six months ago. The trend is set; it will not
change. This situation is beyond the scope of
this election.
Housewife: "A personshould vote for what a
party will do at home and not abroad."
Musician: "No influence whatever."
Minister: "I had made up my mind previous
to the uprisings."
Mechanic: "No change."
Of approximately 55 Lincoln voters polled,
about 15 reported some influence from the
latest international developments.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
Shortened Exam Period
Tuesday, the Faculty Senate Committee ap
proved the 1957-58 calendar which, among other
things, calls for a shortened exam period.
During the first semester of the 1957-58 aca
demic year examinations will run from a Mon
day through the next Tuesday. The following
semester exams will be prolonged one more day .
because of a conflict with Memorial Day. How
ever, the precedent of an eight-day exam period
has been established.
Currently exam periods for 1956-57 are sched
uled for two weeks and will stay that way for
the duration of this academic year. The present
1956-57 exam schedule was prompted by action
of the Student Council last year after the Faculty
Senate Committee passed a one week plan to
go into effect this year.
The Council, complaining that the Faculty
group had not given sufficient attention to the
question both on the part of themselves and the
student body, conducted a comprehensive stu
dent opinion survey. The results of this poll,
which was held a year ago last October, indi
cated an overwhelming' student preference AM
to 1) for a two week exam period..
Faced with strong disapproval of their exist
ing examination program, the Faculty Senate
then revised their 1956-57 calendar and rein
stated the two-week period. Everyone, including
most professors seemed very content with the
status quo.
Apparently some of the faculty were not,
however, for the Senate Calendar Committee
recommended in yesterday's meeting that a
new, eight-day exam period be enforced, begin
ning in 1957-58 academic year. Although this pro
posal differed in two ways from the one of 1955
by, initially, increasing the exam time from a
week to 8 days and secondly, by providing suf
ficient time for the professors to grade papers,
etc., the new plan apparently has little benefit
for the students if their voiced opinion of last
fall is still valid.
1957-58 Calendar was accepted unanimously
by the Faculty Senate, with minor amendments.
No comment concerning the exam week innova
tion was uttered.
Thus, unless the Council some other or
ganization decides to take a stand, University
students are now faced with the prospect of a
shortened exam period in 1957-58.
From The New York Times...
World In Tor men
(Editor's note: The Nebraskan urges its read
ers to study carefully the words of our nation's
leading newspaper in one of its outstanding
commentaries on the international situation and
what lies ahead in a "new world.")
We stand today at one of those decisive mo
ments in history when we begin to see what the
late H. G. Wells called "The Shape of Things
to Come." The clouds thin, the mist rises and
Israel, even though under extreme provocation,
invades Egypt, that must be counted, and we do
count it a mistaken and wrong kind of nation
alism. In justice we must apply the same standards
to the people of Britain and the people of France,
our ancient friends, and sharers with us in a
common culture. These nations have suffered
loss of power and influence. Thev feel thpm.
we see neaven or hell we cannot yet know selves weakened and humiliated when their
which. ' mandate no longer runs where it used to
As we look at the civilized world in the morn- run and tneir trade moves over perilous seas,
ing's news we can scarely put a finger on any But when thev' too take the' law into their
point that is not somehow troubled. Within own hands with no regard for the Charter of
the past few days conflict and uncertainly have e Umted Nations, we have to condemn that
revealed themselves, first in one spot, then in an- form of nationalism.
other. Foland, Hungary, Egypt there the spot- .Nor are we ourselves entitled to be self-
light has concentrated and moved. We do not rignteous. We have lost no power. Indeed we
know what the next day's news may be from the ave gained almost more power than we wanted.
Far East or the heart of Africa
This is not alone a political crisis. It is also,
above all and beyond all, a philosophical crisis.
By what and for what do men live? Shall they
move toward freedom or. away from it? Where
is the boundary, where is the truce line, between
anarchy and tyranny?
Our nationalism, if it came back upon us. would
doubtless oe in the form of a neurotic with
drawal from the outside world, an evasion of
responsibility, an attempted retirement to a
kind of dream island in which the sound of the
outside surf would be heard but faintly.
.The good and the evil march together. V"ith
the surge
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We hunt wmvi0 .iw- .-- 1 au'sc "lc "ew nauonansm tnere is evi-
on. One wflthiSoStt f '? W"M n IongCr COntrolled
not the thinking, of iZTofTS? J TlTAT T7" "
nationalism. But nationalism is a vague expres! ?Z w P bee wkened, we do not
sion with too little meaning-and too much 7 T', men'S
When the people of Budapest rise in the streets J ZlrT' "
against an army of strangers and against the r I I S ?g 88 th?y Were 8 few months
own traitorous leaders, that is natilSm, and TlTlu 1
in its presence we stand, in silence and in rev- T5.:!. t!?t,0Ml Se"gth of
u.vwiuus nas gone aown ine wind. These
nations would still stand together against attack,
but the policies of peaceful statesmanship that
made attack less likely have gone adrift.
Thus out of chaos and torment there is aris
ing a new world, a world unplanned, perhaps
not even desired.
For this future we must , now begin to pre
pare. We do not know its shape. We cannot de
fine its practical necessities. . But this we do
know: that there are some ideas and ideals that
were born in the morning of human time and
that need not perish. Many old ideas ad
programs may have to be abandoned, but one
idea and one program we must still proclaim
and defend: the idea and program of the free
dom and di gnity of man.
erence.
When Egypt . under Nasser offends against
the peace of the world, sends spies and materials
of war secretly into French North Africa and
threatens to sweep Israel into the sea, that
seems to us an evil nationalism. Yet it, too,
comes out of history. It is an exploitation for
bad purposes of a people who have been poor,
sick and oppressed for countless centuries; the
impulse that makes such a people desire better
things cannot be condemned.
When little Israel herself, with a population
ol less than two million, struggles to develop
a place of refuge and a creative society on the
edge of the multitudinous Arab world, we regard
that evidence of nationalism as good. But when
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The trade in ideas seems to be
slow. I don't know the reason; I
suppose the tendency of the times
is that everything be oversimpli
fied. Perhaps the real reason is
that man which in most cases
includes most college students
wants a picture drawn for him.
And that would mean that every
thing we say or write must con
tain profuse illustrations. Any idea
I0 WCIR ALLTtf GIRL5 ARE 60 ANXIOUS TO
PATE FOREIGN STUDENTS.
Dick Shugrue
we try to express can't seep into
the minds of the listeners unless
it is concrete. I should qualify
that statement for those who are
idea-conscious; I apologize to those
who can reach great heights of
mental comprehension with ab
stracts. It's . a dying art not
a losing art, though, I am forced
to admit.
. Schultz and I don't sit down and
'round, the
prickly
pear
Now that Jess Brownell has
wheeled into town, presumably for
a series of top level diplomatic con
ferences with Marvin Breslow and
Steve Davis, the teapots have be
gun to simmer in Ellen Smith
and the revolver chambers to click
in Adminny Hall. ,
It isn't that Br'ownell (former
ly of Jess Jesting fame) is contro
versial like the rest of us, though
he has been known to Henklishly
nudge the soft underbelly of the
administration on occasion, or that
he is often found unwashed and
hung over.
Instead, his appearance on
campus happens to coincide with
l'affaire morale, in" which a por
tion of the Homecoming celebra
tion, transplanted to Turnpike Ball
room Saturday night, has tempor
arily upped tea consumption in
Ellen Smith to staggering proportions.
This incident evolved when five
fraternities originally banded to
gether to sponsor an unofficial par
ty at Turnpike for the eve of
Homecoming. But, when the IFC
president feared that such a par
ty (of which his house was an
affiliate sponsor) might jeopardize
plans for an IFC Ball this year,
he instigated some personal ma
nipulations, although to have can
celled the affair after it had been
planned, an orchestra hired and
tickets distributed, would have
been a vacant gesture, insulting
to the intelligence of the Com
mittee on Student Affairs.
However, prompted by the fact
that the petition to restore the
Ball was to come before the Stu
dent Affairs Committee last' Fri
day, he put his henchmen on the
phone to tell the four other hous
es involved that the University
had knowledge of the party, the
faculty committee would consid-
er it "an act of bad faith" for
those fraternities to have such an
affair and that all of the other
groups had withdrawn support for
the dance. ,
On the basis of this information,
the houses did back down momen
tarily. But, when further checking
revealed the deliberate attempts
at coercion, the four fraternities
became angered, support for the
dance solidified and plans pro
ceeded with but slight revision.
Soon afterward, those four hous
es, with Phi Delt prexy Sam El
lis conspicuously absent, were of-
Bruce Brugmann
ficially admonished by the Dean
of Student Affairs several soror
ity houses were informed that the
party would be raided and the
unofficial word from Ellen Smith,
which was passed to a few fra
ternities, was that students might
jeopardize their University stand
ing if they attended.
In addition, Associate Dean
Frank M. Hallgren was said to
have been lurking about the Turn
pike Saturday night, but, accord
ing to report, was denied en
trance to the Ballroom.
The party, legally separated in
the end from sponsorship by the
four fraternities, was attended by
nearly 750 students following the
Homecoming dance.
These remarkable developments
point up several things: first, the
leadership of the Interfraternity
Council, particularly evidenced in
the recent action of president Sam
Ellis and secretary Bob Schuyler,
has used the same calculated de
ception and misrepresentation
characterized earlier in the well
disguised move to legalize spiking.
Secondly, the solid front pre
sented by the Phi Gams and Phi
Delta (who have apparently lost
the Delts in their original 3
pronged hold on the IFC) is rap
idly alienating the remainder of
the fraternities. Not only are they
tiring of this obvious high-handed
chicanery, but they are growing
weary of the two houses exchang
ing presidents each year.
Thirdly, this recent incident typ
tifies the frivolous policies of the
Student Affairs division the per
sonnel of which must be taking
John Foster Dulles seriously:
Who, when they expel two Pi
Xi's, neglect to find out the re
maining members of the organ
ization (even though this infor
mation could be demanded be
fore, the two students they ex
pelled are readmitted.)..
Who, when they banned the
Mallard Club Dance last spring,
neglected to discuss Friday eve
nings at King's, Saturday nights
at East Hills, pre-game primers
and before-and-after-formal cock
tail parties.
Who, when they piously speak
of enforcing those laws usually
reserved for county and city po
lice, appear to have no inten
tion or means of seeing that
they are enforced.
Who, when they wish to dis
courage attendance at n unoffi
cial Homecoming party, dispatch
a lavenaer-scented fugitive from
an English tea parlor to tell fra
ternity friends that "it might be
bad" for them or their associates
if they attend the party.
What must it be, worthy mon
itors of virtue, an act of bad faith
or an auto da fe?
think up high class words and
phrasas with which to impresa
Nebreskan readers. I don't bud.
pese that those who might venture
t j read either or both of our col.
umns would be the ones to object
to a relatively sophisticated conver
sation on paper. However, as one
("' er said to me, "Just what
is E:-vl-l,"'--r" L-l I frnuy
can't r!rv.:v h'm; it ceitair.ly isn't
the pb:li;y to m'.x t!;e b?st cock
tail. That, in essence, i3 the prob
lem anyone looking for new ideas
and logical developments of old
ones has to face. We live in a world
I hesitate to say a culture of
people who don't have the same
set of values that I as a classicist
or Schultz as an iconoclast has.
An interesting example of this
came from a local journalist who,
having read both Schultz' and my
columns, said, "Now, who gives
a hang what Horace or Thucy
aides (he couldnt pronounce it)
thought?" He wants to see "col
lege type" humor throughout the
rag; he wants to see "good news"
played up; he has a right to his
tastes.
Here, though, I must dissent
from the majority (if it can be
represented in announcing its opin
ion by a single reporter.) I feel that
while my own ideas may be no
more than rehashing of ideas su
perior men have pondered years
before me, that I must present
them if they have influenced me.
In general the ideas of old have
helped me become more tolerant.
Those who have pounded me on
the head with the notion that one
age must view another not in the
light cf the present day but in
the light of the judged day may
now rest assured that the idea has
sunk in. I want to share it. And
I can share it by opening the chest
Pandora dared to open and letting
out some of the tribulations that
afflict my own personal world.
Of course too many generalizations
can become trivial. I don't want
to be accused of Pealeing off my
problems on those readers which
I may by the slimmest chance
have attracted.
The college newspaper , should
contain some ideas which are per
tinent to college affairs. In addi
tion, both Schultz and I feel
(and if we have to Mutt and Jeff
it all over the campus just to at
tract attention and readers we
will) that our columns should be
devoted to the discussions of top
ics which have always been time
ly which are timeless. And who
knows, Pandora must have found
a great number of sandals in rea
diest which fit more than one per-
son.
Voting Age:
ollegiate
urveye
'pinion
d By ACP
GREEN
I
The Roundhouse
In that place where East meets West, :
There stands a temple, deserted and at rest.
Once the refuge of "travelers" weary,
It rests now in an attitude dreary.
The dusty, dry walls crumble.
Here the sparrow seeks in vain
Some musty corner to escape the rain.
Only the spider has welcome mind;
His silken strands," the timbers, bind.
At breath, the silver cables tremble.
On the floor forms soft callous;
Mixed with dust, oil most odorous.
Near a long-discarded shirt,
A black bug crawls ocoss the dirt.
v v Scuff not Time's peservative humble.
Here, where hammers' clamor beat,
Where giants wailed in forges' heat,
Once great gods of blackened steel,
Forced their rule with whirling heel.
In reveence, hear Time mumble.
Jon C. Dawson
The Mystery
cubicle of ice in an empty glass
Morning is water . .
Perhaps this is life
-R. L. Howey
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97e
In 1943 Georgia gave the right
to vote to its 18-year-olds. This
year Kentucky follows suit. Dur
ing and since World War II, agita
tion extend suffrabe down to
the lC-yeer-old bracket has con
tirued at both the state and an
tional levels. The right to regu
late voting age requirements is,
however, a state prerogative, and
notlung short of a federal consti
tutional amendment can change
this. Therefore, it would seem like
ly that future demands for lowered
voting age will be directed at in
dividual state legislatures.
To gather collegiate opinion on
this issue Associated Collegiate
Press asked the following question
of a representative national cross
section o f college students:
ON THE WHOLE, DO YOU
f EEL THE AVERAGE 18-YEAR-OLD
YOUTH IS JUST AS PRE
PARED TO VOTE INTELLIGENT
LY AS THE AVERAGE ADULT
OVR 21 YEARS?
The results:
Men Women
Yes 35 28?,
No -...57 62
Undecided 8 10
In many cases, students feel
18-year-olds should not have the
vote because they are immature
and inexperienced. A freshman at
Louisana State University (Baton
Rouge) feels "they don't think be
fore acting," while a freshman
coed attending Bemidji State
Teachers College (Bemidji, Minn )
says: "The 18-year-old isn't quali
fied to vote because he isn't
stable or informed enough in his
opinions." Here's the way a sopho
more coed at Moorhead State
Teachers College (Moorehead,
Minn.) .puts it: "The years be
tween 18 and 21 years are of
great maturing for te average
youth."
Many students feel that 18-year-olds
are still under the influence of
parents, and haven't been out in
the world on their own enough to
urm souna judgments. "Most 18-year-olds
haven't been away from
home influences" is the way a
freshman coed at Long Beach City
College (Long Beach, Calif.) puts
it, while another freshman coed at
Alabama College (Montevallo, Al
abama) ,tea: "I feel that a,,
person ;nd be persuaded by her
parents and by her friends "
Otner students believe 18-year-olds
are just not inter:rri i'
tics. Some even feel that voting
age requirement
lowered, but raised. Here's an ex!
rapie: a senior at Villanova Uni-
versity (Villanova, Pa.) feels that
voting is such an important in
stitution that an adult judgment is
necessary - better 30-year-olds "
And a junior attending Wesleyan
University (Middletown, Conn)
adds: "I don't think the average
adult can vote intelligently either,
being not well-enough informed on
the issues."
A University of Nebraska junior
has this reason for refusing suf
vgf kyw-oldsr he says:
Not with Elvis Presley available
as a write-in candidate."
Students favoring a lowering of
voting requirements to "18" ener
ally have two reasons, the fore
most of which is stated by a Me
midji State Teachers College jun
10r: If he is nnaHf;j -
, . iuiitu m serve
il"0U ry he is "ualifieJ to
vote This, of course has been
w stl?TnS arguient since World
war II. But a surprisingly large
number of students feel 18-year-olds
are just as prepared, or in
fn0.m.?.cas m prepared, to vote
intelligently because of the re
cency of their education. Here are
several typical comments. A grad
uate student at Michigan State
University (East Lansing) feels
hat "interest is keenest then -
0Ugn civic, and political sci
ence courts." And a freshman
attending the Henry Ford Com
nmnity College (Dearborn, Mich.)
says: "The 18-year-old is Closer to
education and . knowledge of the
government," vhile a sophomore
coed at Bemidji State Teachers
College pits it like this: "In some
ways the 18-year-old is more pre
pared because of studying social
events in classes." A junior at
wesleyan University feels that anv
one who has completed high school
is definitely "resdy to vote." and
a sophomore coed at Christian
College (Columbia lWn i f.la that
the "18-year-old of today is better
informed on most matters than
the average adult"
The thoughtful opinion of a small
nucleus of students is echoed by a
freshman at Long'Beach City Col
lege who says: "I on't feel that the
age difference las any relation
to the judgment tf the individual."
A senior at MicWgan State Univer
sity feels that , "age should not
be the basis for jtroting, but mental
matureness, which could come at
any age.
In general, toe small group of
students undecided on the prob
lem can be summed up in the
statement of i Christian College
freshman coed! "It depends upon
the individual."
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