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Wednesday, January 16, 1957-
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THE NEBRASKAN
Nchraskan Editorials:
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
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Medical Concern
Medical students who visited with Governor
Anderson Friday were very concerned over the
transference of building funds into the general
funds to be used to reopen two wards at the Uni
versity Hospital.
Not that Bob Stryker objected to reopening
the wards. But he objected to the slowing down
o fthe projected building program of the medical
center because of the transference.
Stryker, who is president of the Medical Col
lege Student Council, told the Governor that he
believed the very existence of th University
medical center was tied up in the building fund.
"As a medical school we can't be satisfied
with just getting more funds; it is imperative
that we get enough funds for everything. A medi
cal school has to have the very latest in ma
terials and medicines or it will not do an ade
ijuabe job in instructing the students," Stryker
stated.
Tuesday the Legislature's budget committee
introduced a bill which would transfer $75,000
from the building fund of the Medical College to
the general fund to supply immediate funds to
reopen the wards.
The bill, which was recommended by the
Governor, would take money from the building
fund which must accumulate before any build
ing can be completed.
Dr. Lawrence Cappiello, Information director
of the hospital, explained it this way. "State law
provides that we must have money on hand be
fore we can spend it. That means that the build
ing fund must meet certain goal before it can
be used for construction." -
Stryker said that the diversion of funds at
the hospital would hamper expansion and ulti
mately hurt the standing of the medical center.
'I realize that it's more important to meet
the pressing needs of today before we go on to
the future," Sryker said, "but we must not cut
off our nose to spite our face."
He maintained that every one at the medical
unit in Omaha was very concerned over the
transference of funds.
And if safe to say that everyone at the
Lincoln campus is concerned about the transfer
ence of the funds, too. We are well aware that
the medical unit in Omaha faces pressing fi
nancial problems. We are aware that the Lincoln
campus faces similar problems.
Governor Anderson assured students Friday
that every request which could be met under the
present tax structure would be given the Uni
versity. We are not ungrateful to the state for the
support of the University, of course. But more
than gratitude, we need funds to keep the Uni
versity moving ever upwards.
Explosive Censure
Ja recent weeks, three American newsmen
who dared to defy the wrath of the State De
partment went behind the Bamboo Curtain to
find the facts of life in China in order to inform
the American people.
They were immediately censured by the
State Department with talk of revoking passports
to anywhere but back to the U. S.
The sounding box of the American Press,
Editor Publisher, immediately let off steam
on the subject saying that it is no one's business
where newsmen find the truth.
E & P maintained that on one hand we have
to contend with the Communist propaganda
which pours from China and on the other we must
avoid getting the truth about the land from
American newsmen. . ,
The State Department has claimed that be :
eause some American citizens arebeing held,
against their wills in China, the nation can take
no chances y with-further occurrences -"ol this
nature happening again.. ;; - - -
.But the .government might be putting- its. foot -bits
mouth on this secbuni. For if ire suppress''
the sources of news we are no better than a
Communist state which suppresses truthful ac
counts of happenings.
We would like to support the administration
in very aspect of its policies. In a non-political
gesture we are striving to make our federal
government as sound and as strong as possible.
But even this college newspaper is very much
concerned that the search for news would be
squelched by governmental policies.
When the three were censured no action
was taken against their employers, Look Maga
zine and CBS. Perhaps this was a move of cau
tion on the part of the State Department, for the
wrath of the industry would surely have followed
such action.
- We maintain the right of newsmen to search
into every nook and cranny to find the facts, to
keep the nation strong, by learning the . truth.
And if the .sole source of truth about Communist
-nations is the ability of American newsmen to
sift through fiction and view truthu theVwe say
that American newsmen should be allowed to go
anywhere anytime to iuluuu the public.--
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ration th Reverse
One educator has called it "the South's and
the nation's most integrated college." He was
referring to West Virginia State College which
has gone virtually unnoticed since the nation
watched efforts to integrate Negroes in schools
ia Clinton, 'Tenn., Louisville, Dallas, and others
but which has pioneered in the social frontier
by instigating integration in reverse.
It is of particular interest that one of the
country's foremost Negro institutions until the
Supreme Court decision in 1954 should now be
come one of the country' leading integrated
schools. Over half of the enrollment today is
white, and this has been done all in two years.
The school only points up that the contro
versial segration can go both ways and ironically
shows that the whites who by their ancestors
have proceeded down the segregated path have
actually taken the opposite role to discriminate
against themselves.
West Virginia State didn't go out looking for
new enrollment in whites after the Supreme
Court decision, in fact it was a young man liv
ing only five miles from the campus who called
the day following the court decision asking for
admission.
And, there have been no major problems be
cause of the new integration. It has pointed
out that any difficulties that have arisen be
tween white and Negro students have been
because they were students and not because
they were of different races.
We in the North have little understanding of
integration of white schools in the South let alone
Negro schools. To us this may not seem as a
step toward a better understanding between the
social relations of our two races but to West
Virginia State a well deserving hand must be
given.
From Tho Editor's Desk:
With Malice Towards None
The loss of the vice-president
O. TFC for the second
time in one iwn ester would
seem to place ajinx on the
position. Both of tie former
office holders an now on
conduct probation, one for an
infraction of fee University's
liquor policies and the other
for failing to iriorm the Uni
versity that 5ie was a non-resident
stud 4 and had not been
reside for over two years.
Thfcfte persons who are in
Xterti.ied in such things point
out that both indviduals, prior
to their forced resignations,
bad attempted to carry out
action which caused some
small pain to Dean Colbert
and Dean Hallgren of the Di
vision of Student Affairs.
' Both students, while ad
mitting that they are guilty as
enraged, also believe, or are
alleged to believe, that the
Student .Affairs Office went
cut of its way to punish them
and that the punishment was
not actually so much the re
sult of the violation as it was
fee result of opposition to pol
'iies td the Student Affairs
If it is true that the Student
Afafirs office is going out of
it3 way to punish certain stu
dents, then it is most appar
ent that this sort of proceed
ing is not consistent with the
responsibilties and the power
of this office. The student af
fairs office has almost auto
nomous power in student dis
ciplinary action and can sus
pend students from the Uni
versity, if they believe such
action necessary.
Another charge that is pre
sently floating around is bat
Dean Hallgren has, on several
occasions, attempted to infu
ence student affairs in a man
ner that could best be de
scribed as political "back
scratching. In other words,
he has supported certain
students for campus positions
in opposition to other candi
dates whom he believed to be
either less qualified or unde
sirable. It is doubtful, if the
charge is true, that this sort of
action is within his preroga
tive. The reason that I mention
these allegations and that is
what they must be labeled is
that more and more incidents
which contribute to their pos
sible veracity are coming to
light.
One thing must be ad
mitted. The past two vice
presidents of IFC hive not
been loyal supporters of ad
ministrative policies and they
haven't lasted in office as long
a those other members of the
executive council who usually
go along with administrative
action.
These comments, are not in
tended to be received as some
final judgment or dictum, but
they are presented unsubstan
tiated comment that seems to
be becoming more substantial.
The Student Council has de
cided to poll students about a
passible tuition raise at the
time when students are paying
their fees for the coming se
mester. It is very unlikely that any
student, immediately after
paying $90 to the University,
would favor a tuition hike.
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Communist Press:
Nan's Views
By FRED DALY
Managing Editor
A Westerner reading the Com
munist press would be amazed at
the interpretation of world events
as seen through eyes peering from
behind the Iron Curtain.
In the world of Ivan Ivanov
there is a sharp distinction be
tween black and white, good and
bad, etc. "Good" is very good
(Communism); "bad" is horrible
(capitalism). A person or nation
is either "peace-loving" or "agres
sive." Individuals are either
"workers" or "Capitalists." And,
of course, the Communists are
the good guys, and the United
-States is the haunt of the bad
guys. ;
In their newspapef stories, cer
tain phrases and epressions are
used to easily identify persons and
countries for the"average reader of
the Russian steppes. American poli
tics are "desperate intrigues and
plots of imperialist circles." "The
glorious camp of socialism stands
firmly together as one ready to
repel this massive campaign of
subversion."
The purpose of Vice-president
Nixon's visit to Austria was to
"gather the remnants of the counter-revolutionary
bands and try
once again to stir up disorders
in Hungary." It -was also noted
that "Ruling politicians in the
United States, carefully concealing
their plans to colonize the Near
East and replace the discredited
British and French, have under
taken new intrigues 1ft pursuit &f
their nefarious goals."
It is also - interesting to note
that order is being restored in
Hungary "with the help of the
friendly Soviet troops who acted
on the request of the Kadar govern
ment." It was, of course, "impe
rialist circles in the West who
sought to restore the capitalist
landlord rule to Hungary."
To ease Ivan's mind when his
belly is empty, he is assured that
"it is well known that relations
between the great Soviet Union
and the Peopl's Democracies are
based on mutual respect of sover
eignth, equality and mutual trust."
Finally, there is usually a smat
tering of releases on how United
States' spies are being liquidated
here and there, and that "the whole
world knows of the increasing sub
version of the American imperial
ists against the peaceful People's
Democracies."
After reading these reports, it
is easy to understand how people's
under Red domination can remain
as passive as they do, notwithstand
ing revolts in Poland and Hungary.
Especially in Russia itself, the
people hear no news other than
that edited by government control
lers. The newspaper, the most com
plete media of communication of
truth and honest opinion. Or, like
in Iron Curtain countries, it can
be used as an effectual drop by
drop poison.
Anyone read Little Orphan An
nie, lately?
Collegiate Poll:
lungary And heeiom
MINNEAPOLIS (ACP) The in
spired Hungarian revolt for free
dom proved to the world there is
still a desire for liberty and in
dependence behind the Iron Cur
tain. But heartbreaking to freedom-loving
nations of the world
was their inability to give Hun
garian freedom fighters anything
but moral encouragement, lest
other action precipitate a general
war between the East and the
West.
Associated Collegiate Press
sought to gain collegiate opinion
on this issue by asking the follow
ing question of a representative
national cross-section of college
students:
DO YOU FEEL THERE IS
ANY WAY, SHORT OF WAR,
EV WHICH THE UNITED NA
TIONS CAN HELP HUNGARY
REGAIN ITS FREEDOM?
The results:
Roughly half of the students
feel there are ways to aid un
gary in its attempt to regain free
dom. The most common feeling
eems to be that the free world,
and especially the United Nations,
should exert pressure of various
sorts upon the Soviet Union, such
as economic boycotts. Others feel
diplomatic maneuvers are the an
swer while some believe another
summit conference is necessary.
And a few students feel we should
go as far as to threaten Russia
with war. Here are a few typical
responses :
"We should insist that commun
ist satellites be allowed political
independence by freedom of choice
at the ballot boxes," is the opinion
of a sophomore at the Rochester
Institute of Technology (Rochester,
N.Y.). A sophomore coed at the
University of Nebraska feels this
way: "I think Russia is too afraid
to start a war and we could do
almost anything to free Hungary."
A freshman coed at Jacksonville
University (Jacksonville, Florida)
believes the answer is "moral sup
port and encouragement by the
free nations," while a junior at
tending the Bernard Baruch School
of Business, City College of New
York, gives this observation: "We
should place embargos on Rus
sian trade and send UN observers
into Hungary." And a junior at
tending the Newark College of En
gineering (Newark, NJ.) puts it
this way: "Exert more propagan
da pressure; Russia is highly sen
sitive to world opinion."
Students who believe that there
is no way short of war to help
Hungary regain its freedom either
feel that Russia is too strong to
bully or that the UN is ineffec
tive. A sophomore attending
Georgetown University (Washing
ton, D.C.) exemplifies this latter
position as be says: "The UN is
not able to enforce any decision
it may make because of its in
ternal organization." Here are
several comments typical of other
points of view:
"Unless Russia would relent,
there seems to be no alternative
other alternative than war
much as we would hate to witness
it," is the feeling of a sophomore
coed at yillanova University (Vil
lanova. Pa.). An Ohio University
(Athens) senior has this to say:
"As one of the two most power
ful nations in the world today the
U.S.S.R. will not allow outsiders
to change its basic policy."
The Campus Green
The Ascension Down
Ses ailes de geant l'empechant de marcher Baudelaire
John of the Cross tearing
The tangled fibers of a lover's brain,
A poet, sees the besotted face
As wild as tigers' eyes
Embedded in the moon:
The aesthetic' waning swoon.
And down and swifter
Falls the burnt Icarus
With a forehead hot as suns
And a heart that died in sweat,
His ascension rest
In crests of his jutting, chained will
As the splash echoes back
Richard M. Kelly ' I
The
Iconoclast
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More random thoughts from a
curiously shaped mind . . .
Back in Iowa where I come from,
we cuss about the cowpath high
ways and the ridiculous laws; we
re-elect the GOP with patient reg
ularity and then grumble about
the capitol hill crowd. We also
stand for the Iowa Corn Song as
readily as for the Star Spangled
Banner. And we are as proud of
calling our state university the j
"Athens of the Mid-west as we
are of calling the football team
"Rose Bowl Champs." I write this
Steve Schultz
preamble as an extenuation for the
remarks I am about to remark.
For I am an Iowan by birth as
I am a Democrat by birth, and
my prejudices are ingrown.
I submit that by comparison with
the Great State to the east, the
stae of Nebraska suffers from a
mass infefiotiy complex. What is
.the- Nebraska state song? Or the
"state flower? Where is the state
Jlag flown? And who knows a Ne
braskan by his state pride? I sub
mit that the only invariable sign
of a native of this state is his
neurotic fear of highway patrol
men. This deatribe is apropos of the
University's budget problems.
They seem to me another indica
tion of the massive Nebraska fear
of greatness. We, as students, and
the state natives, as tax payers,
have every right to be proud of
the University for the potential it
possesses, for what it can be.
No college in the group that makes
up NU has any outstanding weak
nesses and many have outstanding
strengths. Nebraska University, as
it exists today, is a foundation on
which a skyscraper can be built.
But if we, or the taxpayers, cr th
legislature are dedicated to me
diocrity, we can expect just that.
I find myself suddenly on a soap
box and dangerously near the
sort of overwrought prose I fear
so much. But I feel the problem
deeply. One can tell a Texan by
his pride in size, a Rhode Islander
by his pride in smallness, and an
Iowan by his pride in height (of
cornstalks). Nebraskans of the fu
ture could have damned little pride
in mediocrity.
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Perhaps because I am writing
this in the Rag office, my latent
admiration of newspaper men has
suddenly evinced itself again. I
am amazed at their ability to keep
all those stories and all those phone
calls straight. And their perpetual
motion without emotion fascin
ates me. (I becom upset just try.
ing to make out a schedule for
the semester.)
But most incredible is their abil
ity to write something coherent in
a headline. Given just so many
spaces in just so large type, a
newspaperman is able to make
sense. If they had to work in
rhyme scheme, they would have
a form as challenging as the
Petrarchan sonnet.
One of the idiosyncracies of hu
manity that perpetually baffles m
is the desire to appear crazy. Al
most everyone I have known for
any length of time has tried to
convince me that his particular
job required mental unbalance.
They all say, "You don't have to be
crazy to be a (fraternity man, in
dependent, corn canner, ditch dig
ger, chem major, KK worker,
etc., etc.) but it helps." Apper
ently, anything to be different.
But all this is in vain because
I know that no one is as crazy
as speech majors and columnisU,
i .rk
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(Autlitr -Bartft Boy Wit Ct," ttc)
WHO WENT TO THE PROM
...AND WHY
"Hello,"' said the voice on the telephone. "Thia ia
Werthar Sigafoos."
"Who?" said Anna Livia Plurabelle.
"Werther Sigafoos," said Werther Sigafoos. "I ait
next to you in psych. I'm kind of dumpy and I always
wear a sweatshirt." v-
"I'm afraid I don't remember you," said Anna Livia.
"I'm the one whose lecture notes you've been borrow
ing for two years," said Werther.
"Oh, yes!" she said. "What do you wish, Walter?"
"Werther," said Werther. "What I wish is to take
you to the Junior Prom next ApriL"
"That's months away, Westnor," said Anna Livia.
"Werther," said Werther. "Yes, I know, but you are
so round and beautiful that I was afraid you might
have a date already."
"As a matter of fact I do, Wingate," said Anna Livia.
"Werther," said Werther. "Oh, drat!"
Tl"mmm iiri-rnar- -imnmr - i
Anna Livia did not really have a date, but she was
expecting to be asked by Stewart Stalwart, athlete and
' EMOC, handsome as Apollo, smooth as ivory, driver of
a 2.9 litre Bugatti, wearer of faultless tweeds, smoker
of Philip Morris Cigarettes, which, even without hi
. other achievements, would by itself stamp him as a man
of discrimination, as the possessor of a pleasure-oriented
palate, as one who smoked for the pure joy of it, who had
sought and found a cigarette brimming over with zest
and tip and hearty good fellowship Philip Morris!
Well sir, Anna Livia waited for Stewart to ask her,
but two days before the Prom, to everybody's amazement,
he asked Rose-of-Sharon Kinsolving, a nondescript girl
with pavement colored hair and a briefcase.
Anna Livia sobbed for a spell and then, not wishing
to miss the most gala event of the junior year, she
phoned Werther Sigafoos.
"My Prom date has come down with a dread virus,"
she said, "and I'll accept your invitation, Waldrop."
"Werther," said Werther. "Oh, goody ganders!"
The next day Anna Livia received a phone call from
Stewart Stalwart. "My Prom date has come down with
a dread virus," he said. "Will you go with me?"
""Certainly," she said and immediately phoned Wer
ther and said, "I have come down with a dread virus and
cannot go to the Prom with you. Whipstitch."
"Werther," said Werther. "Oh, mice and rats!"
So Anna Livia went to the Prom with Stewart and
who do you think they ran into? Rose-of -Sharon with
Werther, that' who!
Stewart had felt obliged to ask Rose-of-Sharon be
cause she always did hi homework, but she had weaseled
out because she really wanted to go with Werther with
whom she felt a great oneness because they were both
o dumpy. He fell wildly in love with her at the Prom,
and today they are married and run a very successful
five-minute auto-wash in New Bern, N. C.
Anna Livia and Stewart are happy too. They are
till junior and have not missed a Prom in six years.
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