The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 12, 1957, Page Page 2, Image 2
Page 2 The Daily Nebroskon Tuesday, March 12, 1957 Daily Nebraskan Editorials: saa. v i r if 3-t Union Decision ar.itti.iTHis is MENDELSSOHN'S j 2 ( COULDN'T HE THINK ) N of anyt y i Prophets, artists and geniuses aren't recog nized by their own communities. Neither are attempts to bring the finest of entertainment to a city. The City of Lincoln proved that when it failed to give true support to the opening show in the new Pershing Memorial Auditorium. You would think that 'a city which has dreamed of a new place in which to meet and show and laugh would swarm the arena of the auditorium as it opened its history with a fine show Sunday night. But no, the city forgot that it had dreamed for fifteen years of an audito rium which could host top-flight entertainers. What is sadder yet is the fact that the Uni versity will lose an opportunity to see the many fine shows which have been available in the past through the wonderful work of, the Union. Duane lake, director of the Union, said that the Union is pulling out of sponsoring top-flight artists. "We've been losing money on Just about every .big program thjts .year and cannot afford to bring in art figures like the Dave Brubeck show and the Roger Wagner Chorale anymore." He said that he doesn't know the . answer to the problem of lack of interest hi cultural pro grams in Lincolnland. "We certainly can't ex pect the University students to support the activities alone. In the past we have felt a responsibility as "an educational unit "to present , fine artistic pieces to the people of Lincoln. But from the looks of things Lincoln isn't inter ested in the type of program we have to offer." He stressed that if programs like those won't sell-Caine Mutiny tickets were being hawked for $30 in New York two months later nothing 1 will sell In Lincoln. Perhaps the people of our community spoiled. Since they have the Plnewood Bowl shows, the University Music groups and other free cultural entertainment programs they may feel that It is silly to spend money on culture when H can be obtained free. Maybe Lincoln is in a cultural desert. Those who desire to see and hear really fine shows will take the trip to Omaha often. i It is a shame that the Union sponsorship of big name activities is being halted. It is a blight on the spirit of the people of this community to get behind wonderful programs. Perhaps it is a blight on the students of -the University. Prices were dropped quite low so that just about everyone might attend. That did little good. Lake said that the Union has been able to survive by attracting large Crowds to the popu lar entertainers like Fred Waring and, ,the Sadler Weels ballet. , .' , . . -. "But this only indicates that the new audi-, torium will have to sponsor large drawers like Satchmo every time it has a show. Cultural programs will be left out," Lake added. The Daily Nebraskan hates to believe that the University wants to feel left out of cultural activities which have been available to us in former years. We are sorry for the Union activities commit tee which has worked hard and long hours to boost the top notch entertainers who have come to Lincoln. We are sorry to see the Union drop a program of big name artists. But we have only ourselves to blame for it. ' Pigeonholed Votes The Student Council's resolution asking that students on Faculty Senate subcommittees be allowed to vote has apparently been pigeon holed somewhere. According to the secretary of the Senate and the chairman of the Com mittee on Committees, the issue is not on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Senate. It has been a month since the Council passed this resolution. It was given to the Office of Student Affairs, who passed it to the Committee on Committees, a regular administrative pro cedure. Apparently any action by the committee was too late, to put the matter on the Senate meeting agenda, or action has been postponed until a later date The Daily Nebraskan has been in support of the Council's resolution since it was first passed. It has tfsked members of the Senate to give this resolution their fullest consideration. The Daily Nebraskan, in its function as a medium for student opinion, sincerely hopes students will have their- voting rights in committees restored. However, all future developments hinge on action by the Faculty Senate, the final deciding body. Until the matter comes before the Sen ate and a decision is made, students will have to go on serving without the privilege of voting. AH we can do now is to urge the Senate to bring the Student Council's resolution to the floor for discussion and, it is hoped, an affirma tive vote. Budget, Again The University's budget request goes into a hearing before the Legislature's Budget Com mittee Wednesday. It has been a long pull since Chancellor Hardin first asked for his five million dollar-plus increase. Governor Victor Anderson has said he could not recommend the entire amount the Admin istration asked for, but wanted the University to get as much as possible. State Senators have spoken out at one time or another, some think ing the school's budget should be decreased even more. The budget has been in the news for a long, andr often discouraging, time. Now, with the Budget Committee's hearings, the final result . is in sight. ' . ' The Daily Nebraskan, like student newspa pers in most state-supported universities across the nation, has been concerned about this budget problem. There apparently just isn't enough money to go around. Every state government administered agency must take a reduction in what they asked for, including the schools. This results in somewhat of a paradox. A state's strength is found in more than mineral, agricultural or industrial wealth it also lies in an educated and trained citizenry. The bulk of this educated segmented of the population comes from the state's own universities and state supported colleges. The final benefits of a strong and amply endowed educational system cannot immedi ately be seen in bushels per acre or miles of improved highways. Naturally, these physical qualities are important, but they do not have the same far-reaching effect of an educated populace, agricultural research and leadership training that state' schools provide. The unfortunate fact is that schools, unless given sufficient financial support, . cannot main-l tain these high standards. And once ground is lost in academic prestige, it is very hard to climb back up again. The matter is now in the hands of the Legis lature. In those hands rests the future of the University of JNebraska. ootnote Onhaluations ... The Daily Nebraskan is right in the middle of it again. The problem of evaluating classes has blown up -storms on both sides of the fence. Those "agin" Ihem say that the student is not in a position to know what to look for in a teacher and any evaluation would deteriorate into a popularity contest. The "9" student's judgment of a teacher would not be the same as the "3" student's. The Daily Nebraskan does hot feel that it is the place- of the campus paper to blow its horn for any specific plan. Some clarification of the issues involved in the evaluation proposal may be sought by interested people on the campus and we feel a responsibility to back up our stands .with reasonable thought. So . . . " Mr. , Charles Miller of the Physical Educa tion department called the office to offer the 'staff a look at the evaluations which have been 'made in his department for the past seven years. "You can determine for yourself whether ,they have proved anything," he stated. His questionnaires, - given ' in classes for ma jors and minors of his department, are objec tive in form and cover such items , as , the ' quality and interest of the teacher's lectures, the quality of the text book, an over-all appre ciation pf the course and material and a view "of the benefit of the course. " "We are sure that our " junior and senior students are mature . enough to i make sound judgments of the teachers. We know that the evaluations of the courses are not personality tests for the teachers. ... ;' ; , "But we also know that our ; teachers are sincerely interested in what they can do to make the courses more valuable to the stu dents. That's the job of an educator." Mr. Miller stressed that the evaluations in his department were completely voluntary. "They would Ipse their value if they were forced on anyone." ; The teachers do not administer the question naires; the chairman of the department does. "That way there can be no mistake as to the objectives of the evaluation: we don't raise or lower a grade if a student makes an unfavor able remark about a course."" And some of the remarks on past evaluations have not been favorable.' Miller stressed that in one particular course where students had requested more lab practice, the decision was made that more lab would benefit the student. Result? This semester the course is offered with an increase in the amount of practical work, i : - i - f - Which all goes to prove that evaluations can work. The Physical Education department mem bers have gotten together following the evalu ations and "because of their sincere interest in improving, the department and the courses have taken the t suggestions of thestudents to heart.",., -f, i-lv;:;r-. . ; ; By the time student gets to college ne should be mature 'enough to-look objectively at an instructor and a course. And instructors should be willing to do' their share (whether it's big or little) to make the University a better aca demic institution, i ' " ' .'V.' : That's why we're behind an evaluation pro gram. " ' i i The Daily Nebraskan FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OLD Member: Associated Collegiate Press ' Intercollefiate Press . Representative: National Advertising Service, Incorporated . Published at: Room 20, Student Union Lincoln, Nebraska . ;- : . ; 14tn&R T Isfiy (Mjwwlran . I pabliiheS Monday, Taesday, P'eriawiiay and l-ridtiy arlng tha Kitool year,, except' !-iH..; vtotltai end em rerttiris, and itne iiw to ; pnbltshtd diifiiK August, br students of the Vnlrtrtttj ' nt Nebraska under the anttiortzittion of the liommlttva m Sru.ut Af tlr an exrwrsstoo of ituifent opinion. on Eiitxirat Publication shall h free - from editorial eeior"ng tin the part of the "8nbpmmltlf3 or on tbe jmrt f ftr.y member of-the facnlty of the ln(vcrniey. or on tls part of any wr.m ontnita the nlvfrntty. TIM airisb"-s of tte Mehr&akan staff are personally . ra imiiis for nhal they eay. or do eausa t ke) jiri"tfi. February 8. 1HS5. . j "("-rd as second class matter at the post offloa ta EDITORIAL STAFF Editor ...M...Fred Daly Managing Editor Jack Pollock Editorial Paga Editor..... .Dtelt Shntroe Newt Editors. . ............... ..Sara Jones, Hob Ireland Sports Editor,... ...Bob Martel Copy Editors. ...... . ...Art Blatluinan. Carola rank Oeorft Hoyer, Rob WarholoskJ Af Editor Walter Patterson Staff PhototranBer..,.. Data Lwls Nuht News Editor .Crrle Frank Olflra erwetary ......Jnlle Howell ..Society roitor an, Parrel! Staff Wlitr. ...Naney DeLonr, Cynthia Zsehau, Bod . Win, Oary Rodger, JoAnq bahboron, " ' 6tan Wldraan. Reporters ...Judy Sleier Marilyn Nissen, Hlanetter .... . Taylor, liiana Maxwell, Sandra n halen. ' IWothy Hail, Dlanna Gease, BIM Cooprr, Bill Wilson, Gary Peterson, Mary Pat terson, Ieanna Barrett, EniQiie Linip. BUSINESS STAFF , Bnslneaa Mnam George Madsca. emulation Maaaffe. .. Jack Norrla Assistant fiualitesa K'MlSswo... Larry Frstln J Worn JSttt, Jerry SeUetla with malice none ... - sam jensen I'd like to say a few words about March sickness. This hypertrophical malady is associated with studentus publicus at secondary institutions of learn- lng. It usually becomes malignant during the middle of March which ' is the reason that Augustus Caeser declared that all the world should be taxed. The cause of March sickness, . or Naismith's diease, is often at tributed, to prolonged periods of yelling and screaming on cold win-" ter nights in targe drafty auditori ums. Which, if you'll excuse me, -reminds me of a joke I heard on the Jack Benny program about Yul Brynner at a basket ball game . . . One of the more obvious symp toms of the disease is an over whelming urge of citizens of such communities as Worms, Neb., to run, drive or crawl to Lincoln, Ne braska and crowd the mammoth Coliseum which is often used for personal appearances of Elvis Presley or for the Military Ball which, alledely, opens the Univer- " sity social season. According to the local newspa per, The Worms Nightcrawler, will undoubtedly win the state tour nament and it Is the duty of all citizens to cross the sandhills by Conestoga wagon and support the "Fighting Illini (where the name "Fighting Illini" came from is a mystery to most citizens of Worms.) Oh yes, Worms is in Class DD 689. . - So, thousands of people bas ketball fans descend like plagues of bumble bees on ' the Capitol city... ' - . eating hot dogs buying programs waving pennants wearing leather jakcets ignoring red lights getting run over And what of Grand Island High, . my alma mater, that destroyer of giants and champion of truth will they be represented when the big game is played over there (over there, over there)? And what of Worms Consolidated ' High that preserver of the Amer ican tradition and slayer of Go- UathS will they be represented when the big game is played over there (over there, pver there)? Yes indeed, they'll both be over there when its over, over there. Nebraskan Letterips To the Editor: During my short time on this campus I have had opportunity to notice ; the great emphasis- your Newspaper places on the exist ence of fraternities and sororities. This leads me to bring forward a few thoughts, which from" my very first day on this fine campus have been pressing to get out. In his essays "Must You Con form" Robert Lindner appeals to the youth criticizing it .for its pref erence to associate at the expense of privacy. Young people are flock ing like cattle in the , organiza tions. For this they pay more than their private lives; they give up their ego, contaminate them selves with the herd and sacrifice their own personalities. This characteristic of today's youth is exaggerated, but people, who have something to say, find it often necessary to put it into extremes to be heard. My impres sion of the American College youth is of no long experience, but clear, I believe, as the first impressions often tend to be characterized by a clear distinction. You find it, for instance, difficult to give -an impartial view on a friend, you have known for a long period of time. Would there be , any reasonable grounds to apply Lindner's words to the American College Youth? I will try to put it diplomatically saying ttiat Lindner has hit too hard on a vulnerable point. For is it not correct that the American College youth of today is marked by his uniformity, his unconscious successful attempt to resemble the others. This is manifested in the boys' crew cut, their T-shirts or in the Co-eds' white socks. As long as uniformity is only limited to the outer appearance it would hardly do any harm. But does this traditional urge for con formity not express -itself in the mentality and behavior of the Col lege youth? I think it does to a certain degree. .And I find the answer ' in fraternities, sororities and numerous other societies. As a humble apprentice-in the field of Political Science ,1 become tempted to use a quotation from Rousseau on his ,"S octal Con tract." "Each of us puts his person and all his power to the Common use under the Supreme Direction of the general ' will; and as a body we receive each member as an indivisible part of the whole." Later he says, "These clauses of the Contract rightly understood, may be reduced to onet the total alienation to the whole community of , each associate, together with all of his rights." In practice Rousseau's theory 'might easily lead to the complete suppression of the individual, which was precisely what he fought against. Now, it would be ridiculous to apply these theories to fraternities, sororities and nu merous other societies on a col lege campus. But are these in their actual form not an expres sion of group mentality? That these societies are in ex istence only because of the gen eral tendency against individual ism, I dare not say, of course. The enormous prestige these as sociations enjoy because they help to form your character and adjust you to live in a community in harmony with your fellow citizens, is well deserved. But can the members of a fraternity not be compared with the team of a sports club, where each player has renounced his ego to be- an anonymous part of a collective body. Activities in a sports club are extremely valuable, but. it would hardly be fair to the indi vidual and to his fellow being to cut off his rights all the day long. Does the individual not pay too high a price for this method or adjustment? As different as peo ple may be when they enter a fraternity has 'no comparison to how uniform and resembling each other they will br after a few months ia this machinery hall of collective body forming. - I have the impression that what meant to be an' adjustment and building of tha character has developed into a molding. of uni form individuals with no will but . that of the mass. : How dangerous 1 consequences - this establishment of a corporate personality and mind may have on people and society in 'general is worth pondering! ' V, A. C. Christensen LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler ' I. MttWJg? yfJCfc KETTCEMgiVr N&CT "YEAR. oc s Dia gnosis In the immediate future our na tion must take definite calculated actions to reduce tensions and in crease confidence among nations by establishing control of arma ments. To achieve this purpose a sound system of disarmament must be reached with the assurance that its enemies will do likewise, -v The need of disarmament is readily evident it is to pre serve peace. Before the threat to peace be comes any greater, step.? should be taken to lessen the perils of the outbreak of war by disarma-v ment. The greatest danger at the present is that of surprise attack, which could totality disable a coun try and put it at another's mercy before it has any chance to retal iate. Disarmament will ease this danger of surprise attack. These are the reasons for dis armament and the way of effect ing it. The reason is to curb the possibility of. a nation's surprise attack on another nation and com pletely demolish it through A bombs, H-bombs, guided missiles, etc. The way of adopting the dis armament is through a strong, well-supported disarmament plan one that guarantees disarmament of all nations. . ... .' The only factors left is the means of adopting the plans, drawing them up, and supervising it. The solution to this lies, I believe, in placing trust and confidence in the United" Nations. The United Na tions is the only element of govern ment that has the support of all nations to the extent that it can give this guarantee of disarma ment of all that no nation will lay down it's arms only to find that 'its enemy has continued to build up its military strength in secret. ' President Eisenhower stated his belief that "deliberations within the framework of the United Na- Mions seem most likely to produce a step forward in the highly comp licated matter of disarmament." Our president looks to the United Nations for the adoption of a'plan for disarmament and as the best means of gaining support for the total disarmament program. Along with any plan of disarma ment, a complete system of inspec tion is necessary. The open skies aerial inspections and inspection of key ground locations would, supposedly, eliminate all secret re armanents. Yet this inspection could never quite accomplish complete secur ity. It would be very easy for. a country to conceal atomic wea pons, in great enough quantity to destroy all civilization. To elim inate this -danger I favor a mon opoly of atomic .weapons 'for the United Nations as orfe" means of . affecting the disarming of .all gov ernments of those weapons. It is essential that the govern ments of all countries unite their o efforts for the adoption of mea sures directed toward the preven tion of war and cessation of the arms race by peaceful means. The Campus Green We're OK Dear God, Sirt Yours of the 25th received and note) with displeasure , by all us here. What are you trying to do disturbing the balance of all us here All us her - are doing quite nicety on that job by ourselves. Yours, but not so Happily . Davftl Happier The Square The square Is perfect form Compact and righteously erect k But not too righteously So much that it stands out For pridery. , ' The circle is perfect form , " also ' - i "But a bit too perfect. ' Let us not strive to be toJ Well rounded. . The triangle does not quite make perfection, Something about three is religious, mystic And we shouldn't strive to be too three, - David Happily Use Nebraskan Want Ads If you are interested in a career in petroleum ... be sure to check your opportunities with STAN 0 L I N"D One of the five leading producers of crude oil and natural: gas in the nation, Stanolind is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Oil Company (Indiana). In its search for new oil and gas reserves, it main tains an active exploration and development program in the U. S., Canada and Cuba. The company is also expanding into the fast? growing field of petrochemicals. Mr. 51. A. Meek, Assistant Division Accountant for Stanolind at Casper, 1 Wyoming, will visit this campus on Thursday, March 14, 1957, to interview - prospective Accounting graduates. Those - who accept employment will be assigned ' ; to the Accounting Department in . the Rocky Mountain Division Olf ice. Excellent opportunities and a promis ing future are available in this growing company for men who are capable' and qualified. Salaries paid are among the high-' est in industry; benefit plans rank with the best. Plan now to see Mr. Meek when he Is here. ; For an appointment,, see Mr. J. P. Col bert, Dean of the Division of Student Af