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The Daily Nebraskon
Tuesday, March 26, 1 957
Daily Nebraskan Editorials:
The Blizzard
There's something about a blizzard that sets
the "older generations" talking about the long
ago. The conversation might run anywhere
from, "Why, shucks, Son, when I was a boy . . ."
to, "You people have it easy nowadays what
with automatic snowplows and no trips to the
woodshed in six foot drifts." But any way
blizzard talk goes during the time when what
ever was green gets a new covering of white, a
state like Nebraska is mighty thankful for the
snow.
Newspaper stories run from the terrors of the
storm to the credit side of the white stuff. One
article said that winter, dead but not buried,
took a new swipe at the state. People in the
East were shocked to hear of the hundreds
stranded on the plains. They're getting over
the shock, though, as the heresay becomes out
there say with the storm moving in on Chicago
land. The Nebraska farmer is mighty thankful for
the snow, we're all aware. This wet, heavy
layer for the ground is just what the doctor
ordered to ease the drought conditions.
For the local school boy and school girl, the
spring-time storm meant an extra day of free
dom from teachers and books. It meant re
shuffling lecture schedules for professors and
reshuffling coffee cups for University students.
- Lincoln and Nebraska made national news, as
we pointed out. Paul Harvey cried out the names
of Omaha and Lincoln as "stranded; cut off."
And rightly so. But within the "snowbound city
of Lincoln many things went on as usual. First
the morning papers were there for any who hap
pened to be in the halls around campus at the
right time today. Secondly, the hustle of the Rag
office isn't slowed down too much. The Crib is
fuller, the library is getting some extra cus
tomers. A snow storm can be a wonderful thing. It can
bring needed moisture, it can bring cooperation
between neighbors, it can bring a lesson in
humility for the forces of God and nature, it
can bring tons of fun for the little kids.
With every story of disaster which confronts
us because of this blizzard, we can discover
some element of good fortune. That's the bal
ance in nature.
Robin redbreasts were no more baffled by
the unseasonable snow than many of us who
waited impatiently for news from the Public
Relations office that school would be cancelled
Monday. That's surprise in nature, i
And to add an element of humor to the bliz
zard, we can't forget the story of the minister
who had been praying day and night for some
precipitation. Then came the blizzard and the
minister dropped to his knees praying, "I know
we asked for it, Lord, but this is ridiculous!"
Timely Survey
Seventy per cent of the 4,286 men and women
students recently surveyed by the Student Coun
cil are working to finance their education. And
of that number 3,348 said they felt the Board
of Regents should not raise the tuition.
The survey showed that 1,316 students are
paying entirely for their education at the Uni
versity. We don't feel that it would be fair
to telescope these figures to include all the
students (since only half of the total popula
tion was surveyed). But the Daily Nebraskan
can get some indication of bow the student
body feels about tuition increases and financial
responsibility on the part of students.
First of all we might point out that if such a
large percentage of the student population is
working to gain an education, this same per
centage is very likely responsible to Uncle Sam
for part of the tax burden of the federal govern
ment. About 2000 students said they are em
ployed on an average of 10-25 hours a week
and so must be hit with a reasonably heavy
financial burden already.
Any relatively small tuition increase (say ten
dollars) could probably be handled by the stu
dents. But for a tuition increase to do any good,
it would have to come in larger sums and keep
coming for some time. Ten dollars per semester
for four years would only give the University
about 1640,000 additional funds hardly enough
to put up a decent building much less take care
of the teacher crisis and meet rising costs on
every front.
The answer to the question of where should
additional funds come from lies with the state
From The Editor's Desk:
A word or two
legislature. One national wire service bureau
manager covering the statehouse, declared, "We
should have the students pay the bill, but that
would destroy the concept of land-grant school
education." And that's just the point.
It's easy enough to say that the students can
pay for a good education if they want that com
modity. But when you stop to consider the value
the University has to the entire state through
research and services the students should have
to foot only a fair share of the bill.
When the people of the state decide that the
cost of operating a first class school is too
great, then perhaps they should stop demanding
of the University the miriad of services now
available.
The state, then, must bear the greatest share
of the responsibility for education. Here in the
United States we could well be shamed by glanc
ing across the seas. It is interesting to note
that Algeria (just to cite one example) spends
one third of its total budget on education. The
people of that French land must realize the
intense value of education in our modern world.
Yet we trudge along quibbling about the
budget and failing to render the University a
sufficient amount to operate well.
We can look forward to the day, though, when
education will gain the pace in the minds of
every citizen of the state which it has a rightful
claim to the place of the most valuable weapon
for freedom. Then will the people of our state
gladly take up the burden of providing the
University with adequate funds.
before you go . . .
By FRED DALY
Editor
Blessed moisture has come
to Nebraska's droughth
stricken farm lands. But it
came rather suddenly in the
form of a lethal, road-clogging
blizzard that has already
taken four Uvea in a five-state
area, two of them in this state.
If nothing else, this un
seasonal snow was further
proof that man's efforts to
thwart nature are puny, at the
dust.
At approximately 7:35 a.m.
Monday a great shout welled
over the campus as students in
their various residences heard
that classes at the University
bad been called off for the
day.
The calling off of classes
proved the source of a bounti
ful monetary harvest for those
males with enough energy and
empty enough pockets to want
to try shoveling snow.
For one like myself who has
done no actual physical labor
for about four years shoveling
snow was a fine chance to get
out Into the Open Air and
flex my soft, flabby muscles.
This unprecedented move
found a number of uninformed
students trooping to dark and
empty eight-o'clock classes,
and forced others living out in
Lincoln to combat the ele
ments all the way to the
campus before they found
there was no school.
There were jobs enough, and
money enough to' make it
worthwhile, but the odds are
even as to whether or not I
will be able to get out of bed.
But when one's laundry is in
hock at the Laundromat, there
is little one can do but bare his
head and bend his back. Any
one who tries to say college
students are the "intelli
gencia" of modern society is
nutty, for a number of
reasons.
Copper Calhoun is gold
plated, star - spangled, foot
stompin, A-number-one nasty.
Yea, Stumphill.
This edition of the Daily Ne
braskan shall be known as the
"Blizzard Edition." Because
of the tempest none of the
staff had afternoon classes and
we all got together at one time
to work. This is also unprece
dented. There was a Daily Ne
braskan out Monday. It was
very interesting (naturally)
and full of all sorts of things.
Read one, if you can find it.
The political wars, such as
they are, will begin soon on
the University cajnpus. Un
dergraduate politicians are
under every bush, plotting,
campaigning and worrying.
First there is the guberna
torial race today. Tomorrow
is the second IFC election of
the year, and Monday filings
open for Student Council.
There is only one thing
about these elections that is
troublesome you never know
quite what election you are
voting in at any particular
time.
It is a gay mad adventure
anymore, never knowing
whose name will appear on the
ballot.
Unreliable sources have said
a number of local pubs did a
rousing business Monday with
the demise of classes for the
day.
Well, see you in class Tues
day, bright and early (heh,
heh).
One last word: It has
snowed pretty hard, and quite
a lot. Now maybe the legis
lature will be a bit more re
ceptive to the University's
needs, with a little water on
the land. We can only hope, at
this point.
The Daily Nebraskan
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After the completion of Selleck
Quad, two years ago, the Ivy
Day situation increased in impor
tance. During March 195S, when
the Quad hadn't fully organized,
they were invited to enter a glee
club. Last year, after a glee club
had been organized, they were
told it would be unfair to allow
them to participate. This year, no
statements have been made; and
yet, several important questions
about the purpose of Ivy Day re
main unsettled.
According to Kosmet Klub, Ivy
Day is solely to permit an "inter
fraternity sing". Since Ivy Day is
suppose to represent the whole
University, I doubt if even many
fraternity men would agree with
the fairness of such a rule. With
over eight-thousand students at the
University, why should Ivy Day
participation be limited to less than
a thousand? One fraternity man
described Ivy Day as a time,
"marked by a feeling of fellow
ship, inoffensive pride, and
good natured showing off". He
makes no mention of a continua
tion of petty feuds or class dis
tinction. Independents must equally bear
their share of the blame. In 1955
such statements as, "Independent
groups in the past when invited
to participate in the Ivy Day Sing,
showed no interest in doing so."
"If these groups are dissatisfied
with being left out of the Sing
they should make it known," were
made and went unchallenged. Con
sidering the question of RAM Glee
Club, every Quad resident and
campus independent should make
amends and support the glee club's
admission to this year's Sing. In
dependents should write Innocents
and request a reevaluation of the
whole situation and refuse to ac
cept another dismissal "until next
-Sanford McConnell
year's Sing." Once one independent
group was allowed to participate,
it would be possible to encourage
individual - houses to begin pre
paration early next fall. Other
wise, what sane group would prac
tice all year and not know till
spring if they would be accepted
or refused.
If Kosmet Klub cant change the
rules, Sinfonia, actually the BEST
QUALIFIED GROUP ON CAM
PUS TO HANDLE THE SING,
should be reconsidered. For the
past two years they have tried
to gain permission to .handle Ivy
Day. Independents should support
Sinfonia if they attempt again this
year.
Also, this year's RAM Glee
Club DOES NOT represent 900
men. It is entirely a voluntary
group with: twenty-two numbers
to work up during :he school year,
one and one-half hours of prac
tice each week with no extra
rehearsals, no special work or fines
for not showing up at meetings,
and without any professional sing
ers as members.
The question of allowing inde
pendents to participate in Ivy Day
is a test for campus democracy.
If independents continue to relin
quish their rights, they deserve
to lose them completely The ad
mission of RAM Glee Club would
strenthen campus unity more than
it would hinder. The decision should
follow the democratic principles
set forth by John Marshall, sup
reme court justice, who said,
"Let the means be justified by
the end".
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To the Editor:
In the Daily Nebraskan I have
seen many articles that made me
desperately ill. However, the one
that repulsed me the most was in
the Friday, March 22 edition. I
address this article to the editor
of "Doc's Diagnosis."
It seems to me that you are
still confused on what the so-called
modern Republicanism is sup
posed to stand for.
You contend that modern Re
publicanism is supposed to repre
sent a dynamic enlightened adap
tation of policies to meet situa
tions. I have heard the Republi
can philosophy called many
names, but never dynamic. When
most informed people think of the
Republican philosophy, they think
of something static. The idea that
changes should not occur, we
should maintain the "Status
Quo."
You further contend that a cen
tralization occurs because local
governments have consistently re
fused to perform the services de
sired by the people. This is parti
cularly the case of the federal
Grants-in-aid. These grants are
made because of pressure from
home being placed on our repre
sentatives in Washington, D.C. As
for the idea that a bureaucracy
exists in this country, you are ob
viously misinformed. Any political
scientist will tell you that we have
such a large turnover in our gov
ernment agencies that we do not
have a bureaucracy. We do not
have the type of dvil service that
is composed of a fixed static
group. Any qualified person can
become a member of our govern
ment regardless of his economic
background. I would suggest that,
a fundamental course in federal
government and possibly a simi
lar course in recent American his
tory might correst your latent
misconception of democratic gov
ernment. When a person, can describe
President Abraham Lincoln, Sena
tor Robert Taft, Senator Kenneth
Wherry and President McKinky
all in one breath, be must be com
pletely ignorant of the type of in
dividual each was. If you could
call Abraham Lincoln a Conser
vative though, I guess you could
call Robert Taft, Kenneth Wher
ry, and McKinley Liberals. I
would name them reactionaries in
the broadest context. These last
named men did not want even the
"status quo" they wished to "tran
scend the glorious past."
In your next paragraph you
claim that a so-called middle-of-the-road
policy is responsive to
the needs of the people. How . can
a body which is "least governed"
expect to have a responsive gov
ernment? A government should
not respond to needs as they oc
cur, it should anticipate them.
The National GOP Chairman is
certainly right when he states that
the Republican party cannot be a
backward one and hope to retain
or deserve the confidence and sup-
port of the voters. However, it
cannot preach the ias t." prog
ressivism while in practice it
presses for backward policies.
In your next-to-last paragraph
you made use of the GOP National
Chairman's criticism of the Demo
cratic party. I have never known
that we have a class, racial, or
group struggle in the United
States. I do believe that situations
which actually exist should be
brought forth to the people.
The Democratic Party is one of
action, progress, liberalism, hu
manitarianism, and to use Abra
ham Lincoln's words, "for a gov
ernment of the people, by the peo
ple and for the people." If you
can condemn a party for wanting
the above listed things, I would
say that you are probably a bigot.
You also condemn the Demo
cratic party because of its deficit
financing, and promotion of a cen
tralized effective government.
However, you contend that the
needs of the people must be rec
ognized and satisfied. Due to the
fact that the needs of the people
are expensive. I would suggest to
you the need of a "money tree."
It is quite evident from all of
the dissention in the . Republican
party that liberalism cannot sur
vive within its ranks. I believe that
President Eisenhower deserves at
least a Congressional Medal of
Honor (and perhaps a Purple
Heart) for his attempted removal
of reactionary Republicans from
the United States Legislature.
I myself could also believe a
statement that "they are best gov
erned who are least governed" if
it was not for the existence of
records of history. As long as we
live in a world where people will
comnvt any act for individual
gain, I say that a strong central
ized government is the best pos
sible one that we can have.
I would recommend to you,
"Doc", that you spend more of
your time at studying and skip
the next Republican party cele
bration. Wayne J. Thompson, Jr.
Hope Remains:
'Spring Sings'
All Around
Don't give up hope! Spring is
yet to come and signs of the
times prove it.
For example, a notice on the
bulletin board of the ROTC indi
cates that all winter overcoats
must be checked in by the sec
ond week in April; the fences to
keep eager students off the lawns
are still burled somewhere under
the drifts of snow and the "please
use the warlks" signs are stand
ing despite the heavy winds.
A farmer on Rural Route S
who was planning to work in the
field Monday said that he was
almost sure winter was over but
"whenever I see the beer bottles
on the roadside near my place
I'm sure that spring has anrjved."
That's just a guess, though. And
when the snow melts, one Crib
frequenter speculates, the cans and
bottles will float back to the cam
pus to haunt nature lovers.
Initiative:
Students Still Retain
Imaaination: ACP Poll
(ACP) Do the youth of today
lack the drive and initiative needed
to come up with new ideas used
to advance civilization? Or are
they falling into a rut created
by present . day society that of
looking for security . first or fear
ing to take chances or go out
on a limb, and thus failing to be
real seekers for new knowledge?
Opinions like these have at times
been made public by some critics
of the youth of this generation.
But what do the youth think about
these charges?
In order to get ( the collegiate
slant on this issue Asociated Col
legiate Press asked the following
question of a representative na
tional cross-section of college stu
dents: Some prominent businessmen .
have stated that modern day
young men and women are too
concerned with problem of fu
ture security, and thus lack
imagination and. initiative. Do
you agree or disagree with this
opinion, or are you undecided?
The results:
. Men Women Total
Agree 27 23 26
Disagree 55 66 59
Undecided ...18 11 15
Coeds tend to disagree with
this opinion as expressed by some
businessmen a bit more than do
college men, although the majority
of both college menxand coeds
disagree. About one-quarter of the
students agree.
Among students agreeing with
the opinion of these businessmen
the most commonly expressed
thought is that people today are
forced by society to conform to
the modal behavior and don't have
the chance they once had to ex
press themselves. Here are a few
typical comments:
A freshman at the University of
Denver (Colorado) thinks that
there are always "some men afraid
to take chances." And a Univer
sity of Maryland (College Park)
sophomore simply says: "The al
mighty dollar is king!"
Among the majority of students
disagreeing with this opinion of
some businessmen the most com
mon belief is that concern for fu
ture security arouses an interest in
preparing for it. Others feel that
the youth of this generation haven't
changed much from past genera
tions. Here are several typical re
marks: ,
"A concern for the future causes
a development of imagination and
initiative," is the way a Mississippi
College (Clinton) junior puts it.
"Imagination in youth is natural
and initiative will result from the
drive to obtain security," is the
way a Tyler Junior College (Tyler,
Texas) sophomore looks at it,
while a senior at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons sees it
this way: "A reasonable concern
for security denotes a mature
mind."
And a senior at Southeastern
State College (Durant, Okla.)
points out that "the increasing
number of patents for inventions
being taken out each year disputes
the ideas of lack of imagination."
Most students undecided on the
question simply say they haven't
thought much about the situation
and can't make up their minds.
But a few feel that the issue, as
a Rochester Institute of Technol
ogy (Rochester, N.Y.) freshman
says: "is an individual matter,"
or, as an Ohio University (Athens)
sophomore coed puts it: "Some
students are interested in secur
ity and some arent."
The Campus Green
March Theme
When warmer days announce the advent of Spring,
The earth glows with laughter and sunshine bright,
The skies are full of life-perpetuating light.
And Nature saturated with newness, doth sing.
The season thus to us many gifts brings
In a showerful of sweet, eye-filling sight,
Fragrant with reborn growths. What a delight
Tis to behold the fresh-garbed Spring in full swing.
t
The air is filled with music celestial.
Reminding us of God's omnipresence,
And of our senses being nothing but factual;
Yet our life triumphs over its quintessence.
Though many springs will come with change of Hfe cycles,
The spirit of God wanes not from its pinnacles.
Ndsoa S. CSpMHaf
Battleground
Prayer life is the inner battleground
Upon which our indicisions are fought,
And God's spiritual powers are best sought
To make our life sublime. Hark to the sound
Of His call summoning us from the bound
. Of earthiness. Our will welded in His ought
To win the victory and glory wrought
In triumphant living and Truth newly found.
Father, Father, then, teach us how to pray
In earnestness and true humility,
And like net heathens vain repetitions say;
But churn our words into live nobility.
Thus in life's short span well reverence find.
If we seek God, His great love will us bind.
Nelson S. Cbnang
REPLY TO MR. SCHULTZ
Snobbery, snobbery, snobbery.
I snub the snob.
Snub the snub,
MR. Schultz.
If you wilL
(You won't)
(So snob away)
David Happ&
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Btbler
"I TAKE IT YOU'LL H LEAVING FOR VACATION LWCTlY AFTER CU&