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Tuesday, Februory 26, 1957
Daily Nebraskan Editorials:
fraternity Averages
Talk o! lowering the fraternity initiation av
erage from a five to a 4.5 has been floating
around the campus.
Many houses would like the idea since it
would mean that more pledges could become
activated. However, the fraternity system
should look at the situation carefully before any
definite action is taken.
Fraternities are on delicate ground at the
present time not only on this campus but on
very other campus in the country. Not that
the system does not perform a needed function
in a university community.
Rather, growing desire of administrators to
house male freshmen as well as women in uni
versity dormitories combined with worries about
the financial prosperity of the fraternity system
are points to be taken into consideration before
any action is taken.
The Inter Fraternity Board of Control is
worrying about the small houses on the campus.
Because the scholastic standard is so high it
becomes increasingly difficult for the small
houses to initiate a sufficient number of men to
support the house.
What's more important, though, is the fact
that the fraternity average is falling below the
All University men's average. This might be a
serious indicment of the fraternity system or it
might be a warning to the men who comprise it.
Fraternities have prided themselves on three
points: 1) the fact that they have "top men" on
campus; 2) the fact that they are a fine social
adjuster; 3) the fact that they help a boy scho
lastically. In the past few years, the fraternity system
has been able to improve itself along two of
these lines. In the first place, there is better
understanding between the fraternities and the
independents now than ever before and sec
ondly, fraternity leaders have dont a great
deal to improve the quality of the University.
But when the University becomes disappointed
in the average fraternity men make, then the
Greek system will let the heart of the institu
tion fall out.
This must not happen.
The fraternity system, if anything, must take
a firm stand on scholastic achievement. The
men who live in mystic worlds will have to
remain ultra-practical about the importance of
a fine scholastic record.
It would be a shame if the little houses on
campus had to nail t'iclr doors shut because
they couldn't support themselves.
It would be more of a shame if fee Univer
sity's faculty no longer felt that "leaders" were
desirous of working hard for grades. v
No concessions should be made in the field
of scholastic endeavor on the part of the fra
ternity system.
Small houses will have to work hard to -obtain
more men. They will have to make their pres
ent memberships work hard for the University
and the Greek system to attract fine pledges.
But we believe that every house on the campus
can make the average needed if they are ser
ious about their place in the Greek system.
If not, the Greek system will be sunk.
No longer will young men be challenged by
the intellectual portion of college life. No longer
will initiation be the honor it is; a goal worth
working hard for.
We seriously believe that the end of the
Greek system would be in sight if the initiation
average is in sight A part must be sacrificed
for the whole if needs be; but the standards in
the most strategic corner of the fraternity tri
angle must not be lowered.
Our Nation's Strength
The policy of our nation is based on the
building of a strong military force it is of
necessity so. It is our aim in this crucial time
to maintain military supremacy for the simple
reason that it would mean the defeat of the
purpose of our nation, our civilization, and our
entire existence to do otherwise.
It is to us, the people of the United States,
that the peoples of the world look for a solution
to v world peace, not only because we are a
peace-loving country, but because we are
strong.
Military strength has been said to Jead to war,
but this is not so. In this case, it is our only
chance to prevent war. Through a strong de
fense, we can protect our home-land, and more
over, through the offensive power we maintain,
we can put all aggressors in a position that they
will know any aggression they start will end
in. their total destruction. This is our aim, and
it -is rightfully so.
Had we not the superb air power, naval su
premacy and a large standing army, we would
be confronted with Koreas, Indo-Chinas and like
situations each day. For us to slacken our
power, to lower our defenses is to invite dis
aster. It is fine for as to speak in terms of demo
cratic ideals but we cannot just speak of them
and turn our heads aside as the Communist ag
gressors continue to add more and more small
countries to their fold. There is no peaceful co
existence, there is no half-way. The principles
of democracy and communism are so basically
different that one cannot exist while the other
does, without a constant struggle for supremacy.
Our military organization saved us at Korea.
Had we not entered the conflict at Korea and
successfully conquered the Communist forces
there, that same war would still be being fought
today, in China, Europe, or even in the United
States. It is this, our power to end any conflict
before it gets started, that will save us and the
world from destruction. But the Communist
nations will never give up, they will never end
their transgression, it is, and always will be,
their policy to continue to add "satellites" till
they control the world or are stopped. They
will not be stopped by laying down our arms
and telling them, "look, we're not going to hurt
you, so don't hurt us."
It is, then, our responsibility to protect not
only our own interests, but also the rights of all
peace-loving countries. . It was with this in mind
that our President has vowed to protect the
countries of the Middle East with financial aid,
arms, and with our most valuable asset our
military supremacy.
ell (p) Week
' Ac old and sometimes revered institution on
this-campus is making its annual appearance
fraternity Hell Week.
Early in the second semester pledges from
the different houses can be seen trotting to
class"dressed in suits and ties, a little haggard
and more than a little perplexed. This goes on
for a number of days. When not in class they
are back at their respective lodges either work
ing or undergoing physical training. There are
study halls.
What goes on behind those closed doors is
only speculation. Different houses have dif
ferent methods of pre-initiation drill.
Jzl recent years Hell Week has been replaced
From The Editor's Desk:
A word or two
before you go .
by "Help Week" on many campuses. A number
of houses on the University campus follow this
idea by sending their pledges out to do some
sort of manual labor type good deeds. And pad
dles, or course, have been outlawed here for
years.
What would be a good outlet for this captive
labor force would be a campus-wide "Help
Week," with pledges volunteering their services
and simple skills toward some collective end
like the Hungarian student fund.
And, of course, after dark actives could put
on their masks and brandish their swords and
rant and rave on how tough it was "when I
was a pledge."
By FRED DALY
Editor
From the Febr. 22 Batta
lion, student newspaper at
Texas A&M:
raising the tuition the
only way to get more money
lor the schools or is it the
easiest way? There seems to
be no movement toward in
creasing revenue from any of
the other many sources of
state income. Students have
no lobbies."
It seems we are all in the
same boat, all over the coun
try. Kansas State College is con
sidering the possibility of ban
ning cars of freshmen from
the campus in an attempt to
help the K-State traffic situa
tion. The same thing has been
put into effect at the Univer
.sity of Florida.
Perhaps the same thing
could be done on this campus.
With the University sur
rounded on all sides by the
city of Lincoln, extra lots
come high. When present
parking lots are turned into
building sites, there will be
the biggest mess you ever
saw next to getting into Social
Sciences Building at 10 a.m.
Apparently, for one reason
or another, the hearings by
the Committee on Academic
Privilege and Tenure on
charges by C. Clyde Mitchell
are going to drag on into next
month, y
The campus has been sat
urated, with the "Mitchell
Case" since the spring of 1956,
and many students show a
tendency toward extreme un
interest and mild distaste
whenever the subject comes
up.
Hold on, folks. Eventually
we shall find out what the
whole thing is or is not about.
At least we hope we will find
out.
The following is a warning
to campus footpads, sneak
thieves and trophy snatchers!
A member of the University
swimming team returned to
his fraternity house in the
quiet hours of the dawn Sun
day morning after the team
bus pulled into the campus
at 5 a.m.
Finding the doors zipped up
tight, he began to struggle
through a first-floor window.
He was half way across the
. sill when the paper boy
spotted him, thought he was
a burglar, and set about to
attack the early-entering
swimmer.
With blows from a large
size Sunday edition fanning
his ears the "burglar"
shouted "I live here," and
bounded through the window,
scared silly.
"Neither rain nor sleet nor
dark of night...
The Daily Nebraskan
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Football
MINNEAPOLIS (ACP) If you
had your choice to go to a foot
ball game or a basketball game,
which would you choose? As far
as college students are concerned
the football game has the edge,
but not by much.
College men however, would
prefer football by a margin of al
most 2-1, while the coeds would
prefer basketball by the same mar
gin. Associated Collegiate Press gath
ered the collegiate view on this
issue by asking the following ques
tion of a representative national
cross-section of college students:
If forced to a choice, would yon
prefer to watch a college football
or basketball game?
The results:
Men Women Total
Football ; 58 35 49
Basketball ....34 57 43
Undecided .... 8 8 8
Football enthusiasts are almost
In unanimous agreement that foot
ball is more exciting and has more
color, etc. "I think that there is
much more color at a football
game ,and I have always enjoyed
myself more," is the way a Villa
nova University Villanova, Pa.)
sophomore puts it.
A sophomore attending the Col
legt of St. Catherine St. Paul,
Minn.) feels the "color, the many
varied and intricate play paterns
make for a more interesting
game." And a Moorhead State
Teachers College (Moorhead,
Minn.) junior looks at it this way:
"Basketball has too many rules on
fouls. Football is faster, harder
and more interesting to watch be
cause of its .complexity." But a
senior attending Ohio University
(Athens) sums up his opinion in
one statement: "I don't like smelly
gyms."
Students liking basketball over
football feel that it has faster ac
tion, is easier to understand, and is
played indoors out of inclement
weather. Here are a few com
ments typical of these opinions:
"Action and comfort," is the
short statement of a junior at the
Newark College of Engineering
(Newark, N. J.), while a Univer
sity of Arkansas (Fayetteville sen
ior says: "There is action all the
time." And a Rochester Institute
of Technology (Rochester, N. Y.)
sophomore feels the "game is
much faster and more exciting."
Another Rochester Institute of
Technology student, a freshman,
feels that basketball "is a more in
teresting game from the spectat
ors point of view because you can
see what is going on better," while
a sophomore coed at Mississippi
College (Clinton) simply says: "I
understand basketball and not foot
ball." "I understand basketball, and
besides you don't freeze to death,"
is the feeling of a Aakima Valley
Junior College (Yakima, Wash.)
sophomore coed. But a University
of Nebraska sophomore coed gives
her view in two words: "costs
less."
Students undecided on the ques
tion generally agree with the view
expressed by a Georgetown Uni
versity (Washington, D. C.) sopho
more coed who says: "it depends
on the teams," or else they echo
the opinion of a Villanova Univer
sity sophomore coed who says: "I
really like and enjoy both sports
very much."
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Arrested
If we take time
Arrested in perfect immobility,
And extract from it
The, essence of now;
Have we ever paused to wonder.
And to meditate upon how
Transient this our life is?
Yet in its shortness,
Dare we dream
Unearthly dreams,
Trying to catch a gleam
Of His divine purpose.
Yet how oft it may seem
Utterly purposeless our life
might have been,
Were it not for His grace
Our souls to redeem, '
Thus linking our littleness
With the outlflowing continuous
seam
Of eternity and hopefulness.
Cheerfully then do we toil
Without sighing and without com
plaining; And not from our daily tasks
recoil,
Content with nothingness, but
with everything.
. Nelson S. Chuang
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' In the land Campus Universi
tatis, there once lived an official
of the department of agrarian fi
nancial remuneration who believed
that the only way to help the serfs
and the peasant population was to
establish what he called a "May
Weight." Under this plan, all serfs
and peasants would haul their to
tal crop yield to the capitol of
Campus Universitatis, Abraham
sonland, each May to be weighed.
Livestock would also be counted.
These figures would be tabulated
by a grand wizir, Wizdunninger.
The serfs and peasants would
then offer their products to the
Lords and Barons of such grand
provinces as Chicill or Neworkny.
If the Lords weren't buying, then
the serfs and peasants would sell
their produce to the government
which would give the toilers of
the soil a full price based on the
previous year's market value of
the various commodities.
This was the plan of the offi
cial whom e shall call Academi
cus Libertus.
Now the rulers of this country
were not in the least impressed
with Academicus's plan. They
said that serfs and peasants should
sell their products for what they
could get, but plans should be es
tablished to cure overproduction
which the magnates believed to
be basis of the agrarian "problems.
The rulers told Academicus that
they did not favor the plan, nev
ertheless, our brave official
toured the country extolling the
praises of the "May Weigh." He
spoke to meetings of the Interna
tional Agrarian's Organization and
they rallied to the flag of the
May Weigh." Our hero addressed
rallies of the Cousins of Daughters
of the Civil War and these women
sam jensen
immediately began to organize call
tees. Now the rulers of Campus Uni
versitatis summoned Academicus.
They asked him not to advocate
the May Weigh in such a way
that the people thought the pro
gram to be an official policy of
the government.
Academucus said that these good
gentlemen went so far as to ask
to see his speeches and addresses
before he delivered - them to the
1AO or the CDCW. They told him
that he would have to quit his
post if he didn't cease advocating
the "May Weigh."
"Here I stand. I can do no
other," Academicus said.
Well, gentle readers, as it hap
pened, Academicus was removed
from his position in the depart
ment of agrarian financial remun
eration. The reason, according to
Academicus, is the "exterior
forces" influenced the rulers of
the country to relieve him of his
duties.
Now when this happened, there
arrived on the scene a white steed
of newsprint color with a tall
rider. "What ho, Rosanante?,"
cried the noble knight " as he
charged the windmill which was
in reality the state capitol build
ing. But the windmill would not
fight back.
And Academicus retired to a far
far better land where he was paid
4 times the salary that he re
ceived in Campus Universitatis.
And he is still there for all we
know.
In conclusion, dear reader, we
would agree with the author who
said "a busy person never knows
bow much he weighs," and who
knows how much a "May Weigh"
may weigh?
Nebraskan Letterips
To the Editor:
Just for the record I would like
to give my opinion of Mr. Dunnin
gre's performance The test that
I devised for him was designed not
to prove him a fraud but to deter
mine some of the limitations of his
ability.
First, I believe, that his "read-"
ing" abilities are restricted to
number combinations and to
simple and short phrases. I also
believe that the emotional and in
tellectual condition of his "sub
jects" is a limiting factor on his
"reading" ability.
It appeared to me that his show
was a mixture of honest ability
and showmanship but a man has
to make a living.
P. S. The article I had concealed
on my ; person was a Remington
pistol, the date of which is 1858.
Dunninger said the article was a
"coin or medallion" but guessed
the right date.
Rex Menuey
To the Editor:
In an age possessing the power
of unthinkable destruction, it must
be the primary . concern of every
citizen of this country to establish
international understanding, and
to abolish the ever-present pos
sibility of war. The United States
today is in a position to lead the
way toward peace, and it. must
meet this grave responsibility. We
feel that our present foreign policy,
founded as it is on the struggle
to maintain military supremacy, is
leading us toward, rather than
away from war. The outcome of
every arms race in history has
been war, and this one is carry
ing us headlong in the same direc
tion. The accumulation of military
strength implies the threat of us
ing that strength as a means for
protecting our interests. It is un
thinkable that we fully intend to
unleash the destructive powers of
our atomic weapons on even our
most bitter enemies. Yet even if
we do not intend this, 4uid our
threat is a bluff, it is naive to sup
pose that this bluff will not event
ually be. called. When it is called,
we will be compelled to carry out
our threats, and the use of arms
will cease to be a bluff. It will be
a necessity. Our race for military
supremacy draws us inevitably to
the use of military power. . -
Our military policy has re
peatedly failed to achieve its ob
jectives. China and northern Indo
china have become communist in
spite" of such a policy; military
action in Korea has solved noth
ing. Communism has continued to
spread without .regard for military
alliances. The growth of fear about
us, reflected in the nervous plunge
into accelerated military produc
tion, is an index of this expansion.
We must come to the realization
that our military policy cannot
halt this advance. The appeal of
communism is ideological. On this
front we have failed to meet the
communist challenge. Do we feel
that we have no strong alternative
to offer the new nations of Africa
and Asia? We submit that there is
much in the democratic ideals of
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iuc uiui.ru oiaica to inspire inese i
new nations. But instead of show- J
ing the world the strength of our
way of life, we show them a 'mili
tary policy deeply in conilict with
the very ideals upon which this
country was founded. Can we talk
to the Arabs about democracy and
freedom while still supporting the
absolute monarch King Saud?
With our military outlook we cease
to view the nations of Asia and
Africa as homes of human beings
to whom our moral standards
apply. This very way of thinking
will lose the respect, friendship
and co-operation of these nations
for us.
We 'have just witnessed another
colossal failure of policy based on
military force. Let us not repeat
the mistakes of Britain and France
in the Middle East. Such action
will cripple us in the ideological
struggle and place us in imme
diate danger of the total war which
we canont afford.
To our militaristic foreign policy
is now being added the Eisenhower
doctrine committing us to military
involvement in the Middle East.
Expression of public opinion re
ceived by mail in Washington has
been eight t one against such in
volvement inhe Middle East. We
feel it our responsibility as citizens
of the United States to add to this
manifestation of opinion. As stu
dents we have the unique oppor
tunity to do so. If you feel as we
do:
1) Write individual letters to
your senator, expressing your
views.
2) Urge your student govern
ment to draft a petition against
our policy in the Middle East ,to
be sent to the President.
John S. Mann, chairman
Committee of Wesleyaa Students
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Conn.
Through
These
oors ...
george mover
Recently, the State Department
announced its intention, to prose
cute three American newsmen
who had disobeyed a State De
partment directive and used their
passports to visit the Chinese
mainland and the Communist co
lossus which occupies it.
The State Department used as
a legal basis for their case the
"Trading With The Enemy Act",
which makes it illegal to carry on
commercial relations with a nation
with which we are at war.
Now it appears that the State
Department has pulled in its horns
and wishes to forget the whole
thing in the hopes that the gener
al public will too. This is probab
ly one of the State Department's
wiser moves, since the legal
grounds for their case are a little
shakey without a formal declara
tion of war from Congress.
It is my hope that the Depart
ment's wish that the American
people forget the incident is as
shaky as the legal foundation of
the affair. For the State Depart
ment has attempted to abridge
one of the fundamental rights of
the American people; freedom of
the press. . "
In spite of anything the govern
ment thinks to the contrary, the
American people have a right to
know what goes, on in Red China
if their press can provide them
with the information.
Of course the Chinese could de
sire privacy, but in this case they
didn't having invited the re
porters in question to tour their
country. The reporters jumped at
the chance to take a look at "the
other side" in the hopes that they
could provide the American people
with some interesting and useful
information. The American gov
ernment might have found it inter
esting and useful too.)
Presented with a chance, then,
to improve relations with the Chi
nese 'and gather a little informa
tion from them, our State Depart
ment decided instead to close its
eyes and continue to fight the
"Cold War" blind. At" the same
time they took another poke at our
poor constitution, which has been
so chopped up it has begun to look
like the television screen after "Air
Power" on Sundays.
All this leads to one conclusion.
This column is too damn long.
What I should have said in the
first place to avoid the tedium this
is probably bringing you to read,
is that we had better keep aa
eye on those fellows in Washington
or maybe someday the outcry wont
be loud enough to make the gov
ernment stop such things aa
abridgement of the press. When
this happens, we might as well
join the Communists, because we
will be just like them in fact if
not in name.
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