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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, November 28, 1956
Nebraskan Editorials:
Burden Or Boa-Down
There are rumblings in the state that because
Governor Anderson is seeking what he calls a
"hardtack" budget, the University's request for
an additional $5,563425 will be trimmed.
The Governor is faced with a budget seeking
$11 million more in state property tax money for
the 1957-59 bieninium. The University is asking
for about half that total. If all the $11 million
were granted, a tax of $10.09 for each $1000 worth
of property would face Nebraskans compared
with $8.09 at present.
The University will present its case to the
Governor Thursday at 1 p.m.
The Governor has declared that no one is
more for higher education than he. "It's a ques
tion of how far we can tax the people." Ander
son emphasized in his campaign for reelection
that government cannot stand still and because
of the demands of the people for services and
the rising cost of living, costs would have to
climb. He indicated that he is against new serv
ices and personnel for the 1957-59 biennium un
less it's "spending money to make money."
Anderson has stated that the drouth has hurt
the state's economy and that there is a crisis
at both ends for the taxpayers and the need
for more tax dollars.
As we see it, though, the fact that people in
Nebraska have faced the crisis in the past few
years that they have repeatedly been looking
for new methods of farming to alleviate the
situation should substantiate the University's
stand for an increase in funds-.
Chancellor Hardin has outlined the crisis' the
University faces. It is tied up with that the
state faces. And unless Nebraskans are willing
to take a chance with their University and give
it an opportunity to achieve definite standards
in both education and services, the state will
stand still.
Of initial concern to the Chancellor is the pend
ing loss of faculty members because salaries
are being driven higher and higher by a national
recruiting struggle between colleges. Industry
is constantly seeking the services of faculty and
professional personnel. The heart of the Uni
versity is its faculty; it must remain strong.
Hardin indicated that increasing enrollment
calls for at least 80 qualified new teaching staff
members. The University cannot afford to meet
salary needs of top educators without the sub
stantial boosts in its budget.
The building program must continue to house
the students who will flow into the University
in the next few years.
Fierce competition for the services of medical
doctors and technicians has put the University
Hospital in a grave financial situation.
But the most important point Dr. Hardin made
was that agriculture needs the help of the Uni
versity. New methods in conservation, irriga
tion and planting are the answer to the state's
farm problem. And the University is the instru
ment through which the state can gain the most
help in the farm problem.
Hardin has stated that the budget he requested
meets "only the most pressing problems of the
University." In other words, any additional cuts
in the budget could be disastrous to the healthy
growth of the institution and subsequently, the
state.
We are confident that the Governor will take
the entire problem into consideration when the
case for our healthy growth is presented to him.
We can be assured that the needs of the Univer
sity for growth is only surpassed by the need
of the state for a forward push. With these things
in mind it is obvious that the people of Nebraska
will accept the added burden of the University's
budget increase for their own progress and for
the health of the economic future of the state.
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Huch-Meeded Innovation
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
The Military Ball has a number of new fea
tures this year. There's the combination ticket,
for example, which entitles the buyer to an or
chid, a dinner, admission to the dance and trans
portation. However, the most significant fea
ture of the Ball is the new system of selecting
the Honorary Commandant.
In the past only the Miliary Science department
students were entitled to vote for the royalty.
This year, a board of faculty members and
students chose the candidate from participants
chosen from each organized women's house.
Finalists were seletced from these candidates by
the ROTC students. The innovation was the
opening of selection of the Commandant by any
male student who attends the Ball.
' Cmdr. D. B. Edge of the Naval Science Depart
ment said when proposing the new system to
the Student Council that the' idea was presented
in order that the Ball would become a more
important part of campus life; that it would
return to its former place as the chief social
activity of the year.
The idea caught on. Students began buying
tickets to the Ball knowing that in addition to
being able to obtain tables at the Coliseum in
stead of wandering all over the big barn of the
big night, they could vote for the Commandant.
Today, students who have purchased tickets
will select the Honorary Commandant. The
Military Ball committee has recognized that in
order to capture the interest of the student
body, it should be allowed to have a voice in the
seleciton of a campus queen.
The idea greatly modified, of course is some
thing like taxation with (or without) representa
tion. In simpler terms, how can a student be
interested in a queen whom he 1. has had no
voice in choosing; 2. has not particularly been
informei" about.
Other campus organizations might take a look
at the new Military Ball election system. In the
first place, a majority of the students on the
campus are in some sort of Military Science
program (it's mandatory for all freshmen and
sophomores). In the second place, all male ticket
holders can select the Commandant.
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This system is very much like the democratic
system of voting for governor or president. The
people like it. We hope that the University sees
the advantages of open elections. We are sure
that most girl students are pleased with the idea
that any one can become a candidate for the
title of Honorary Commandant.
The Military Ball Committee can rest assured
that whether or not every male student attends
the Ball (the cost is preventive to many) every
one likes the new set up in elections on campus.
From the editor's desk:
...with malice
towards none
Following is an actual and
rather real account of the en
counter of several University
coedg and a group of senior
men which took place last
night in a darkened parlor of
the Union.
The first young lady wore
- red and knew the names of all
the members of the Society.
She admitted under severe
questioning that she was
rather tall and doesn't care
much for Elvis Presley.
The opinion that Tassels are
willing to co-operate in all
things was expressed by the
next candidate who was presi
dent of the women's pep or
ganization. She doesn't believe in the
three-date rule when she has
had a fabulous time and thinks
that The Nebraskan senior
staff members are the most
desirable dates of the mem
bers of the Society.
One young member of Mor
tar Board named a new mem
ber of the Society . John
Daly sort of a Beta hybrid, I
guess.
The next young lady did an
acceptable dance accompanied
to the beat of the calypso
drum and led the organization
in the old locomotive spelling
out MORTAR BOARD. She
was a junior.
One light haired candidate
concedefl that Elvis had sex
appeal. She also said that
Mortar Board was a very fine
organization and gave the so
ciety three or four names of
young men who might be con
sidered for membership in the
spring. This was quite helpful
and all men were immediately
accepted into membership.
The next girl, a Mortar
Board, admitted that her fa
vorite drink was Scotch and
water. The firBt honest girl to
appear. She immediately was
dropped from consideration by
members of the farm bloc
milk producers, however.
One junior cheerleader ad
.mitted a preference for vodka
and orange juice. This also
alienated the farm group who
admitted that publicity from
Florida had hurt sales. The
next candidate wasn't
acquainted with Brother
Fagan which was rather grati
fying as he was becoming
rather conceited in that two
candidates had chosen him as
the boy with which they would
most like to share a desert
island.
The next young lady was a
sister .of one of the members
of the Society and was given
every consideration. We
agreed, however, that even
though she was a legacy and a
junior bhe could not be con
sidered for membership. She
expressed an affinity for
Mortar Board anyway.
Ail members of the male
group agreed on one' thing.
Contrary to some opinions ex
pressed previously, the female
crop at the University is not
at all comparable to livestock.
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The Campus Green
Oh, Well, We All Have To Go Sometime
There was an old fellow named Nast,
Whose watch was excessively fast;
He exclaimed, '"To my sorrow, ,
What I thought was tomorrow
Was only the night before last.
A hard working fellow was Clyde;
To live without sleeping he tried,
But when he expired
He was so very tired
He snored a week after he died.
,
There was an old fellow named Breeze
Who died eating Limburger cheese;
So strong was the scent
When to Heaven he went,
It melted Saint Gabriel's keys.
There was a young lady named Phillys.
Who raced about town in a Willys;
So rash she appeared
That some of us feared
That PhiUys's Willys would killys.
There was a young lady named Hyde
Whose mouth was uncommonly wyde.
It made such a draft
Whenever she laughed,
She caught bronchial pneumonia and dyde.
Del Johnson.
corioclasf
Kay Thompson's Eloise, the story
of a little girl who lived at the
Plaza, mixes delicate insight into
the six-year old mind with a rare
sense of comic value, and the com
bination is delightfully irresistible,
Frequent sklonkings of the hotel
staff, hurried telephone calls to
room service for "two raisins, one
birdseed, and seven spoons,' and
such pranks as pouring water down
the mail chute make the book hi
larious. I cannot read it often
enough. Unfortunately, I cannot.
say the same about the television
adaptation; once was too often. If
Miss Thompson has any artistic in
tegrity she must have -winced When
she saw what happened to her
creation. Instead of a sensitive
view into the child's mind, she saw
stunning screensful of Hollywood
and Broadway stars. Instead of
the delight of well-wrought com-
Steve Schultz
edy, the spectacle of Ethel Barry
more forgetting her lines. In
stead of technical facility, Conrad
Hilton bumbling through his one
speech. And the whole ghastly
mess was topped by soma of the
most inane songs ever written.
The fault lies not with Kay
Thompson, whose book has poten
tial for an enchanting television
show. Nor with the producer who
served up the fiasco. ,Nor with the
actors, who stumbled along as best
they could. The fault lies with the
public; it got what it wanted. The
televisced Eloise was ruined by
bigness; a classically simple story
was ballooned into an incredibly
involved spectacular. , And increas
ing evidence indicates that the
public wants this kind of bigness,
this brand of ballooning. Thus, in
filming The Tea Commandments,
Cecil B. DeMille portrayed almost
twice as many cMiflren of Israel
as actually look -part in the Exo
dus. From all reports the story
of Moses gets lost in 'the welter of
bodies. Movies in general are be
coming longer and more rxpen-.
sive; indeed, if a movie lasts
longer than three hours and coqts
more than E million dollars, publi
cists speed the news. Volume of
sales is construed as indication of
talent. Commonly used reasoning
insists that "since Elvis sells more
records than any other singer, he
must have more talent than any
other singer."
Causes of this workshop of bulk
by the American public are un
doubtedly as complex as that pub
lic itself. But if an individual dis
played such traits we would sus
pect that he as concealing an in
feriority complex.
Be sure as it mey, what is more
important at the moment than the
cause of the apotheosis of size is
the effect. Very rarely do we find
a man who can handle both quan
tity and quality at the same time.
It is true that Aristophanes of
Eyzantium, when asked which of
Archilocus' poems he liked best,
replied, "The longest." True also
that part of the greatness of Mi
chelangelo's Last Supper lies in its
magnitude. And true that Moby
Dick would suffer if a sentence
were cut from its 600 pages. But
these works are exceptions; few
men can keep in mind the many
characters, the many hues, the
many tones, and above all the
many thoughts necessary to the
construction of a large work of art.
Usually we must make our choice
between quantity and quality. If we
sacrifice size, we are not suffer
ing too great a loss. A small and
beautiful cameo is a greater
achievement than a large and me
diocre frieze. But currently we
seem to prefer the sacrifice of
quality.
Perhaps more disturbing in ue
seasoning I spoke of above: that
.he who sells the most (records,
tickets, paintings) must be the
most talented. If we follow this
"logic," our artists who must,
alas, eat will naturally ride the ;
crest of every momentary fad and
will appeal blatantly to our glands
rather than our minds and hearts.
The evidence of what I say is
as close as the juke box, the cause
is as close as your billfold, the so
lution is as close as your soul.
It Happened At NU
One old, experienced senior
posed a puzzling problem to some
of his contemporaries the other
day. It has to do with all the
coming elections for various hon
orary titles on the campus.
It seems that every year a cer
tain number of feminints on the
campus are fortunate enough to
be nominated as a beauty queen
or a Nebraska Sweetheart or a
Honorary Commandant, etc. How
ever, these feminines appear time
after time but never quite make
the grade.
The old-timer was willing to ad
mit that someone always has to
lose but then he asked this ques
tion, "What can we call these un
fortunate hind-runners (losers) or
shall we be a little more humane
and just call them (non-winners?)
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HAPPY TALK
As we all know, conversation is terribly important
on a date. When lulls in the conversation run longer than
an hour or two, one's partner is inclined to grow logy
even sulleft. What, then, does one do?
If one is wise, one follows the brilliant example of
Harlow Thurlow.
Harlow Thurlow prepares. That is his simple secret. -Eefore
the date, he goes to the library and reads all 24
volumes of the encyclopedia and transcribes their con
tents on his cuffs. Thus he makes sure that no matter
what his date's interests are, he will have ample material
to keep the conversation alive.
Take, for example, Harlow's first date with Priscilla
de Gasser, a fine, strapping, blue-eyed broth of a g:irl,
lavishly constructed and, rosy as the dawn.
Harlow was, as always, prepared when he called for
Priscilla, and, as always, he did not start to converse im
mediately. First he took her to dinner because, as every
one knows, it is useless to try to make conversation with
an unfed coed.
So he took her to a fine 6teak house where he stcked
her with gobbets of Black Angus and mounds of French
fries and thickets of escarole and battalionB of petits
fours. Then, at last, dinner was over and the waiter
brought two finger bowls.
"I hope you enjoyed your dinner, my dear," said
Harlow, dipping into his finger bowL
"Oh, it was grandy-dandy !" said Priscilla. "Now let's
go someplace for ribs."
"Later, perhaps," said Harlow. "But right now, I
thought we might have a conversation."
"Oh, goody, goody, two-6hoes!" cried Priscilla. "I
been looking everywhere for a boy who can carry on an
intelligent conversation."
"Your search is ended, madam,' said Harlow and
pulled back his sleeves and looked at his cuffs to pick a
likely topic to start the conversation.
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Oh , woe ! Oh, lackaday ! Those cuffs on which Harlow
had painstakingly transcribed such diverse and fasci
nating information those cuffs were nothing now but
a big, blue blur! For Harlow poor Harlow! splashing
around in the finger bowl had gotten his cuffs wet and
the ink had run and not one word was legible ! And
Harlow broke out in a night-sweat and fell dumb.
""I must Bay," said Priscilla after several silent hours,
"that you are a very dull fellow. I'm leaving."
With that she flounced away and poor Harlow was
too -crushed to protest. Sadly he eat and sadly lit a
cigarette.
All of a sudden Priscilla came rushing back. '"Was
that" she asked, "a Philip Morris you just lit?"
"Yes," said Harlow.
"Then you are not a dull fellow!" she cried and sprang
into his lap. "You are bright! Anybody is bright to 6moke
such a perfect doll of a cigarette as today's rich, tasty
Philip Morris, which is brimming-f uH of natural tobacco
goodness and fresh unfiltered flavor.... Harlow, tiger,
wattb your cuffs and be my love!"
"Okay," said Harlow, and did, nd was.
CMas Bhulman. 1B6I
The makeri of Philip Morris Ci$artlet, tti bring you thU
column each wmnh, are very happy for Harlow and for all
the reit of you who have discovered tlis true tobacco goodneu
of today's Philip MorrUl
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Vhero tho compliments
are ladled out
These days, it's very often that you
find a guy "wearing this Arrow CUn
button-down. It rates plenty of praise tot a
its trim-taCared collar and harmonizing colors
(newest is a subtle Hue). There are a dozen shade!
to choose from in oxford or broadcloth ... and a
new Arrow silk striped tie to top it off.
Glen White shirt, $3.95; patterns and solid
colors, $5.00; tie, 2.30.'
ARROW-
first in fashion
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