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V ii 2 Pecs 2 The Daify Nebraskon Tuesday, February 12, 1957 Daily Nebraskan Editorials: Results If iasf Action Is finally being taken by the Faculty Committee on Privilege and Tenure considering charges made by Dr. C. Clyde Mitchell, former chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics. Last week four top-ranking members of the University Administration Chancellor Clifford Hardin, Dean of Faculties A. C. Breckenridge, Dean W. V. Lambert of the Ag College and J. K. Selleck, University business manager appeared before the committee and replied to Dr. Mitchell's charges. This meeting was closed, as will be future meetings. The matters discussed In these meet ings are undoubtedly of very delicate nature, and will not be released until some conclusion la reached by the committee, if they are re leased at all. The charges by Dr. Mitchell, including usurp ing of academic freedom and intervention by Interests outside the University are serious. and cannot go unanswered. The committee has now in its possession a 144-page report from Dr. Mitchell presumably concerning his charges. The committee is now hearing testimony from University officials on the matter. The committee is also reportedly interested in hearing from any persons having additional information. If this is true, and there are per sons having any qualified facts concerning the Mitchell case and are willing to give them to the committee, they should take steps to do so. The "Mitchell Case," as it has been called, is an important one. Whether the charges are true or not true, or only true in part, they should be dealt with to clear up the issue as soon as feasible. Whatever the outcome, it is good to see the committee in action. Issues are not cleared up by pigeon-holing them. And neither, of course, are they cleared up by acting in haste. A Strict School The University may be forced to become more selective in its admission of new students. At present, any graduate of a Nebraska high school may be accepted by the University. But the chances are two courses of action and only two courses will be open for the admin istration in the near future. A weekly news magazine reported this week that big name campuses are becoming more selective already. Amherst Dean of Freshmen, Eugene Wilson, for example, says that "in five or ten years we may have 80 to 90 per cent of our students capable of honors work." At Harvard the number of students on the Dean's List has risen from 27 percent before World War II to nearly 40 per cent. In Oregon administrators feel that if increased numbers of students threaten college instruc tional quality they are obliged to control num bers. The University of Massachusetts is studying a plan to consider only the top 20 per cent of state high-school students. President Fred Hovde of Purdue University, who claims his institution believes in the "doc trine of opportunity," has declared that "if students fail they at least know they had their From The Editor's Desk: A word or two before you go . chance." Some educators maintain that the big compe tition for education is not a crisis but a cause for rejoicing. In classrooms professors can now insist on high achievement levels and dismiss the loafer. Our University faces the problem of epanded enrollments and lack of facilities. One professor here has stated that he has become stricter in his demands of students because of the hordes of students. "During the war when enrollments were down professors 'slacked off on their de mands of students in order that the University might maintain a large enough enrollment to continue operation. Things have changed and we can be more strict." The University has planned for more facilities in the next few years to accommodate in creased enrollments. The expansion is contin gent upon the boost in state funds for the Uni versity. It is obvious that whether or not the Uni versity expands physically the standards will be raised. In line with these thoughts it might be suggested that students "wise up" and hit the books; That might be too obvious. By FRED DALY Editor Religious Emphasis Week is Bow in the second year of its comeback on the University campus. Top religious lead ers in three faiths from across the nation are here on the campus this week to talk to students in their religious or ganizations and living groups. Too often, however, Univer sity students are likely to say "how nice," and then not do anything about it. They have a chance both to learn more about their own faith, if they profess one, and to learn about another's faith. Last year I chanced to drop in on part of a discussion with a Catholic priest, and in a few minutes cleared up some misconceptions about the Catholic Church. Religious Emphasis Week will be successful this year in the campus student religious groups, as would be imagined. Students belonging to these groups are generally interest ed in their religion. The speakers will also be brought into organized houses, and some campus organizations, to speak with interested students. The question is, how many students will allow themselves to be interested in anything outside their narrow campus channels? A person's religion is one of the biggest things in his life. Yet it is often the first thing he abandons in search of meaner interests. Religious Emphasis Week is a good chance to revitalize one's religious interests. How many will be wise enough to take advantage of this oppor tunity is another question. What will happen in the IFC meeting Thursday night is anybody's guess. Some inter tsted parties would probably not think about it until they have to, considering what has happened and what has been said already. There is still time for the IFC to start back on its way to its former status at the University. It will have to regain the respect of both alums and active fraternity men. It will have to prove it will act in the best interests of the fraternity system at the University. The best interests of any fraternity at the university are those which make the system of value and credit to school. Those interests are not gained by distrust and accu sations. What has been done is old business. Whether it was good or bad doesn't really matter anymore. The good or bad isn't too clear, since the act ing parties have never come out and said why they did what they did. A good deal of state -wide bad publicity has resulted from this IFC issue, and the meeting last Wednesday did not exactly spread sweetness and light over the organiza tion. The matter sometimes tends to descend to the per sonal level, which is no good for anyone. Fraternity men, and people interested in the welfare of the University in general, are looking for the re-birth of the IFC in an organization which realizes its responsibilities and is willing to shoulder them. A funeral is no fun, even with a dixieland band playing "Didn't He Ramble!" This week, Feb. 10-16, is National Advertising Week. Don't tell the business staff; we will look like the old Shop ping Guide again. His ffernof Dimension What are the measurements of your life? Just what are you doing here at the University, and why? I think probably we all need to stop a minute to examine what we're doing here. It's more than easy to get so involved in doing things that we seldom if ever stop to ask our selves why? We don't bother to examine the dimensions of our lives, by maybe we ought to. Here at the University, each of us must examine his life and determine its dimensions. We may find ourselves on a merry-go-round, just going around and around and around, up and down, up and down, getting nowhere. Or we may find our lives more like a barren desert where all prespective is lost and there is no meaning in what we do as we wander here and there without direction or a destination. In both cases we must each examine our situation. Somehow we must decide which things to leave undone. We can just do what's easiest, most convenient or most acceptable, or we can allow ourselves to be guided by something beyond ourselves, something of eternal dimension. We can be on a road, headed for a destination, with directions and encouragement along the way. We won't always be sure which turn to take and the way won't always be free of obstacles, but we can be sure we're headed in the right direction if we're being guided by the eternal God and sharing in His eternal love. Our lives can show forth His eternal dimension. SANDRA REIMERS Presbyterian-Congregational Student House The Daily Nebraskan FITTY-FIYE YEARS OLD Member: Associated Collegiate Press TJitercollegUte Press Representative: National Advertising Service, Incorporated Published fct: Room 20, Student Union Lincoln, Nebraska Uth A T!s THI'y SFferrta H ii3Hshd Monday, Tuesday. 1riiiedy mj 4r tanas the aebnot year, except 4rc ywi!w and exam peruxl. and one fewae la af)!!be dwinc uwt by tedJHt of the University ef )vraka mtiirr the asthorsmaittoa ef Um Committee w auKi-nt Affair mi rspreasioa of etadent opinion. I"i::s.ij" vtxarr jrtltrtw f the bubeommiHee m m.n tnrriwmMon shall fee free from editorial ejwS)tj on the irt f the Sitheornmlttee or on the pn.rt iff ot m-mhrt at the laeulty of toe I nlversrtj , or M jH.r f tmf asjtolde the L'nivmttjr. The if,. f the hrukaa ttmtt are jxwiwnailr r- i:.i fr stoat thi-tr rf or So or uaw to be p,-.-td. Feoreary S, 14S. .' : :-rr-1 w r!au matter at the (met e'"e IB Siixio, ftttoiimti, muter the act of Ant 4, M12. EDITORIAL STAFF Miter Fretf Daly Mundm Editor Jack Pollock Editorial race Editor IMek Shatra New Editor Sara Jones, Hob I r-land Sport Editor. Hob Mantel Copy Editor Art Blackmail, Carole r'raak George Morer, Boa WarholoskJ ac Editor Dirk Hendrl Night New Editor Koa War hoi en Id faff Photorrapber Dale Lsrt Office Swretejrjr. Julie Dowel! Society t.ditor Jan tarred Staff Writer Nancy DeUmf, Cynthia Zechaa, Bob Win, Gary Hedcer. doAaa Gabboroo. Etas Wldmau. i Beporter. ....... Indr Sieier Marllya Klssesi, Mlnnetter Taylor, Plana Maxwell,' ftandr Whalen, Dorothy Hail, Dlanna Gewe, Bill Cooper, Bill Wilson, Gary retenon, Mary Fat tenon, Ieeana Barrett, Emmy Lmmpo. BUSINESS STAFF rliHtneM Manarer tieonre Madwa t irrtjiatlon Manager .Jaek Norri Asaiaiasit fiuaiKw Haoafer.. iMrry hpfttein Tom Weff, Jerry beUetia :JifjZIM IT'5 JU$T BEAUTIFUL." p ii ; is THE (UHCtE WORLD 6 COVf&ED mth a Blanket of snowi run t upap ttRODY SAY SOWETWNS ARMT A BLANKET? jifh mo I icq toward none . . . Men, since the beginning of time, have been concerned with religion and religious experience. We live in a Christian society where we are taught to bring our religion into our daily living. At all times we are in the presenc of an Omnipresent Being. This is a main tenet of both Christianity and Judaism. During the past week, three ex amples of religion in daily living or perhaps the absence of re ligionhave stayed in my mind. The first occurred at the Wednesday meeting of the Inter fraternity .Council when a candi date for office made a short speech to the effect that although he did not have the time, he felt that it was his "God gjven re sponsibility" to run for office. This mild manifestation of blas phemy became evident when 10 minutes later, this same person stood up before the group of rea sonably intelligent people and said that he felt forced to with draw his name from considera tion since he "couldn't get along with the advisers." Ancients believed in the divine right of Kings, but it is some what ridiculous to assume that this divine right has passed down to the president of the IFC at the University of Nebraska. The second incident that stays in my mind is a ban placed by Roman Catholic authorities in Al bany, N.Y. and Omaha, Nebr. on movie theaters which showed or are showing the picture "Baby Doll." This ban is intended to stay in effect for six-months after the showing of the movie. This action has been prefaced by a squabble in Chicago over an attempted scheduling of the film, "Martin Luther," over a TV station in which the Catholic Church ha3 been successful, so far, in keeping the movie off the air. To many Protestants and some Catholics, these actions are al most unbelievable. It can be' ar gued with some justification that the Church can exert some con trol over the minds of its ' mem bers, but when action is taken by ecclesastical authorities which is Statement Of Policy The views expressed by colum nists which appear on this page are their own and do not neces sarily reflect the views of the Daily Nebraskan. through george moyer Geerc Moyer, Dally Nebraskaa Ceay Editor, will take lane with the world la ceaeral la his "Throarh These Doors," Moyer Is a sephemere la the Ceilere ef Art and Science and 1 a member ef Kama SUrma. th Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, warned Monday that any U.N. steps to punish Israel at this time might complicate the Middle East situation. Hammarskjold said that he made no progress in getting Is rael to withdraw from Egypt and the Gaza strip. The U.N. failure in the Gaza strip is the latest of a long line of U.N. failures leading from Korea and Indochina to Kashmir and Bud apest. Surveying the major crisis which the U.N. has tried to de cide since the end of World War n, one comes to the conclusion that the world organizaton simply hasn't served its purpose. The U.N. was conceived as an organization to transcend the pow er politics played by the "Big Four." Instead, the U.N. has be come a useless debating society where the great powers wrangle and bicker in a manner unheard of even in the days of Hitler and Churchill. Thus have the "one world" dreams of Roosevelt and Wilkie "succeeded," just as they "suc ceeded" for Wilson after World War I. However, there is one difference between the world of today and the world of Wilson. The United States is taking a lively interest in the affairs of the world instead of pulling their oceans around them like a shield," in the words of Senator Bora. It is from this interest, the inter est of a strong democratic power, which eventually will accomplish world peace. It does no harm to argue with Russia in the U.N. so long as the United States does not tie its hands by supporting too strongly and organization whose idealism is commendable, but whose strength is questionable. Fellow flunky Gary Rogers and I will attempt to give an intelligent analysis of the events of the out side world in this column. Since statements made here will be opin ion drawn from current events, you dear reader (if we have any) have a perfect right to disagree. in effect, economic pressure against members of the commun ity, then any appeal to reason Be comes unreasonable. It should be stated that no pres sure has been directed towards the local theater which is now must be also said, that Omaha is predominately a Catholic com munity and Lincoln is not. The third evidence of religion in daily living which I would like to mention is Religious Emphasis Week at the University. Throughout the week, repre sentatives of the three- major faiths will visit with student groups. The purpose is to recon cile the church of Sunday morn ing with the student life of Fri day afternoon. Philosophy 152, New Testament Ideals, is a well attended course, but fewer than 10 per cent of the student body ever come into even an academic acquaintance with religion while at the Univer sity. Religion is, or should be, a real and large part of our daily living. Four years at school is not meant to be a four year vacation from religion. 1956 Election: Students Think People Like Ike, But Not GOP MINNEAPOLIS (ACP) Many Republican politicians have at tempted to interpret President Ei senhower's tremendous popular vote last Nov. 6 as an equal en dorsement for the Republican party. Democratic politicians are prone to believe the people voted for Eisenhower rather than the Re publican party. In order to get some opinion on the matter, as far as collegians are concerned, Associated Collegi ate Press asked the following question of a representative na tional cross-section of college stu dents: President Eisenhower received an overwhelming popular vote on Nov. 6 BUT the voters still re eelcted a Democratic Senate and House. Do you feel that Ike's re election was more indicative of the people's faith in him as an in dividual, or their faith in the Re publican party, or both, or neith er? The results: Men Faith In Tke n Faith In GOP 1 Faith In both .... 4 Faith la neither 4 Undecided 1 Women Total 1 90 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 ft 1 GREEN The Music Of Her Peers How could we survive If TLiie did not exist, If in the furor of the pages Of fine Miscellany mist We could not have discovered (Unless the Muse had hovered Which she seldom does, for spite, Except, perhaps, in the Diamond Bar at night) That Miss Glenna B. (Berry), Phi Beta K., Awardee of Most Georgeous Prose of the Day, Is going away? , What impasse would we reach If Time did not inform us That she would take a warm bus To the station Where the nation By the -chores of Guitchigoomi Waving flags of Barbara Frietchie, Singing "Happy, Happy Birthday" In the style of Forth of Firthway, Singing "Ave atque Vale," Would fling noble twigs of holly At her ship? Without the cathartic catharsis of Time, How could we bear the separation Of this daughter of our nation. Who goes steaming off to Chile Where she hopes to study Shelley By a torchlight in the tropics. Finding fascinating topics In "Th" Influence of Percy B, On the Headhunters of C." Who speak only Portuguese While intoning on their knees Hosannas in the Highest To the genius who is nigbest (Although slightly, how, myopic, For it is not really tropic), Glenna B.? Rooty Toot Toot for Time! Edguardo D'Gnestivo The figures show that nine out of ten eollege students believe the people voted for Ike and not the Republican party. And the great majority of this ninety percent justify their response by pointing out that the people also elected a Democratic Senate and House. Here are a few typical remarks: "They voted for the individual, or else they would have selected a Republican Congress also," is the statement of a freshman coed attending Moorhead State Teach ers College (Moorhead, Minn.). And , a Villanova University (Vil lanova, Pa.) sophomore puts it this way: "I believe that Ike must have won because of his popular ity since the people still re-elected a Democratic House and Senate." An Ohio University (Athens) sophomore states: "It's so obvious when the House and Senate are both Democratic." Other students stress the point that Ike was re-elected because of his personal popularity, or because of his ability to handle the world crisis, his background as a mili tary man, etc. Here are a few representative comments: A Rochester Institute of Tech nology (Rochester, N.Y.) fresh man feels that there is "very little difference in the issues of the two major parties and people tend to vote for the individual," while a University of Nebraska sophomore coed believes Ike's re election is "indicative of the 'per sonality cult'." A senior at Brook lyn College (Brooklyn, N.Y.) says simply: "Ike represents the 'fa ther image'." Faith in Ike is due "mostly to the world situation," is the feel ing of an Arkansas University (Fayetteville) junior. A freshmaa at Jacksonville University (Jack sonville, Florida) says: "I believe people voted for Ike because they felt that he could keep the United States out ofNwar." The very small number of stu dents who felt Ike's overwhelming popular vote was reflective of faith in the Republican party can best be represented by the state ment of a freshman coed at tha College of St. Catherine (St. Paul, Minn.): "It's a good party and they have proven that they can do a good job of running the coun try." - " ' Some students feel the vote In dicated a faith in both Ike and the Republican party. A junior at Northern Illinois State College (DeKalb) thinks the vote reflects "a faith of what Ike represents in the Republican party; he is something new in the Republican party and that is what the people want." A few students felt the large vote was not indicative of faith in either Ike or the Republican par ty. For example, a Barnard Col lege (New York City) freshman coed puts it this way: "The vote is due to a fear of change in the administration because of the Middle East crisis, plus a lack of interest in long range plans." Builders Meeting There will be a Builders mass meeting Wednesday in room 315 of the Union, according to Natalie Johnson, publicity chairman. The meeting will be for old and new members. Committee work will be explained and workers may sign up for committees at this time. it a II ! If ' 1 ' ! ' ' ' i " I M Spice ftnoOM TONIC owe Mce HAIR GHOOU TONIC j I. - 1 I N UNBREAKABLE PLASTIC I Grooms your hair while it treats your scalp. Controls loose dandruff. 1.00 eiw in SHULTON N.wYorl T.r.nt. 9 to