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J ... s , ....,, Paqe 2 The Daily Nebraskan Friday, April 26, 1957 Daily Nebraskan Editorials: A Resolution I FEEL THAT VE LETDOuX YW PLAVtlfS OHO HAD FAlTM IN M AS YOUR MANAGES.. OH, (UELL.IF THAT'S WHAT'S. BOTHERING YOU CHA0JE BROWN. CUE NEVER REALLY ANY FAITH IN YOU IT JUST FORfafcT IT. it. ill IlYWKHOU) ( WHAT BOTHERS 1 i Ue the mosW ft V j It's not for us to determine what motives were behind Senator John Adams move to call the Chancellor and the Regents down Fifteenth Street for a chit-chat with the Unicameral. Perhaps he felt that the state University should be completely responsible for the tuition boost and further, be fully prepared to answer any ob jections which the members of the Legislature have to raise. ' We do know that Sen. Adams Is concerned about the increase as a hardship for students desiring to continue in their higher education. His resolution says those very words. But what is significant, the Daily Nebraskan believes, is that "The Legislature is responsible to the people for furnishing adequate facilities for learning to the students." Now Chancellor Hardin has commented that be would be more than glad to speak before the Legislature on the vital needs of the University. He would tell them of the five areas which must have increased funds if they are to survive the cost burden of the next biennium. He would tell them that living costs have risen for instructors as well as for doctors and mer chant chiefs. And he would tell them that sens ible move to quarters where the conditions are best and the salaries highest. The chances look dim, however, Dr. Kardin isnl likely to get a chance to express his views. But the good Senator from Omaha seems to believe that if the student body is sitting in the galleries of the Legislative chamber Tuesday next and listening intently to the reading and the debate of the Legislative Resolution, it might open the eyes of some of the senators who don't seem to understand the position of the student In this game. But we would dare to say that the student body would prefer to see an increase in the tuition than a loss of some of the facilities vital to the future of a great University. This means, of course, that the Unicameral has before it a resolution which places the source of funds for the University where it be- From The Editor's Desk: longs and it is up to the Senators to, do some thing about it! We are convinced that the student body will find the debate over the resolution an interesting one. Senator Adams has his own ideas as to how the University should spend its funds. And so do a million and a half Nabraskans. But each and every one of these people must come to the realization that the University can't exist without adequate funds and these must come from a real source. We can't build on promises. The Daily Nebraskan is sure that the Chancel lor and the Board of Regents would be interested to find out where they can get the operating funds other than from the legislature andor tuition. If the Unicameral would propose that an effic iency expert should come to the school and go over it with a fine tooth comb we doubt that he would have any objection to the request of the University for funds. From what Sen. Adams implies its up to the student body to get out to the capital Tuesday. The Daily Nebraskan feels that it would be profitable for many to attend. But we are dubious as to the good of such a trip. After all, when we appeared before the Budget Committee and told them our woes we apparently were re ceived by a deaf ear. Chancellor Hardin will probably talk with Sen ator Adams and discuss the probability of the proposed speaking engagement for himself and his governors. The points which are talked over then would j be interesting to hear. It will be equally interest ing to listen to the debate over the resolution Tuesday. Those precious friends of the newspapers "un official sources," informed the' Daily Nebraskan late Thursday that Sen. Adams had been misin formed as to the nature of the tuition increase. He was unavailable for comment. But whether that will have any reflection on the resolution is still mere speculation. Son Blast A word or two before you go . . . By FRED DALY Editor The announcement by the Student Council that a pro posal to develop a student tribunal at the University came as welcome news to students interested in the pos sibility of such a body. A Council committee has been working on this proposal since last spring. The plan instigated then, and still in effect, is to bring a proposal before the all-University elec tions in the spring. If the student vote favors the devel opment of a student tribunal the Council will work toward formulating a plan adapted to the University, and submit it to the Administration. Because as full a knowl edge as possible of the plan by students is necessary be fore the idea can be submitted to a vote the Council will have this plan published in the Daily Nebraskan several times before the voting. The possibility of a student tribunal on ' this campus is not just another bit of "busy work" as far as students are oneerned. It will mean that students breaking campus laws wll be judged by their peers, so to speak, instead of being judged only by the Student Affairs Office. According to tribunal sys tems used at other schools, the student group handles cases involving student law breakers, and either passes their decisions to the Chan cellor or to the student af fairs office for review. Student tribunals thus do not have final jurisdiction, but must submit their findings to a higher authority. However, decisions rendered by student tribunals are almost always approved and enforced by the administration. The student groups do not handle extreme cases, such as those involving morals or alcoholism. Their cases are usually reserved to trying stu dents breaking general cam pus rules. Putting a student tribunal into effect at the University, if it is passed by the students and by the University, would give the student body a much stronger voice in its own af fairs. It would mean that a student breaking a campus rule would have to face his fellow stu dents, instead of thrashing things out in the sanctuary of a dean's office. It would also mean that the student body would have to take on greater responsibility for the actions of individuals in the campus community than it does now. Students would be made to realize they were breaking their ewa laws in stead of laws put out by the rather nebulous power known as the University. For all of these reasons it is very important that students know what they are voting for or against when the pro posal for a student judiciary comes up in election. This is not a thing to be entered into just for the frivolity of it. It would instead be a real chance for the students of this school to prove they are "capa ble of handling their internal affairs in a judicious matter, if passed. Whether or not University students are capable of hand ling these affairs is a matter of speculation, resting on the approval or disapproval of the plan in May. The Religious Week By CINDY ZSCHAU Church Editor BAPTISTS AND DISCIPLES OF CHRIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP 1237 R Sunday! I p.m., supper and discussion of sum mer conferences. Wednesday: 12:30 p.m., chapeL B'NAI BTOTH EILLEL FOUNDATION Fridayt 8 p.m., service at South Temple, SO & South. Friday S p.m., service at Congregation Tifer eth IsreaL. 22 k Sheridan. Saturday: f and 10:30 a.m., service at Congre gation Tifereth Israel. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION Thursday: 7-7:30 p.m., worship in Room 316 of the Union. LUTHERAN STUDENT HOUSE 535 No. 18 Saturday: 1:30 p.m., choir leaves on tour. Sunday: 9:45 a.m,, Bible class; 10:30 a.m., coffee hour; 11 a.m., morning worship; 5 p.m., LSA meeting; 6 p.m., exchange program at Methodist Student Haute. Thursday: 5 p.m.. Church Council. METHODIST STUDENT HOUSE , 1417 R , Friday: 7:30 p.m., Friendly Friday party Sunday: 5 p.m.. Wesley Fireside: B nm exchange program with the Lutheran Student uouse. NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER 1602 Q Sunday: 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m. and 12 noon, masses. Monday through Friday: 6:45 aad 7:15 a.m., masses. PRESBYTERIAN-CONGREGATIONAL 333 No. 14 Sunday: 5:30-7:30 p.m., forum led by Dr. Blum speaking on "A Doctor Looks at Alcholism." Monday: 7 a.m., Bible study. Wednesday: 7 p.m., vespers. UNIVERSITY EPISCOPAL CHAPEL 346 No. 12 Sunday: 9 a.m.. Holy Communion; 11 a.m., morning prayer; 6 p.m., Canterbury Club. Tuesday: 10 a.m., Holy Communion. Wednesday: 7 a.m.. Holy Communion. Thursday: 10 a.m.. Holy Communion. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 15 & Q Sunday: 10:45 a.m., worship; 5:30 p.m., Gamma Delta supper followed by a discussion of "The Chaplaincy Program of the U.S. Air Force" led by Chaplain Petrich. Wednesday: 7 p.m., choir rehearsal. Thursday: 7 p.m, doctrine group. The Daily Nebraskan nrTY-FITE TEARS OLD K&.Ser: Associated Oolleriato Press Iniercelletiatc- Press teprssKSBtfiT National Advertising Service, laeorporateA Fi". 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Copy Editor. .. ........... .Art Blackmail, Carol frank fiaarga Morer, Boa W arkotaaU Nlt-M K'tr M Ka Warbalaahl 55..Bt!5- .....Waltar rattenoa taff -8iorrpoer Dm twt Vttutrmrr ....Jall RawcU aa farraO BeBerten..... Diana ManreU, Marr raHenaa, Emmie Umpo, Keith Smith, m,k Grimmlt. Kaoi Hall, Jack Cart la. Mike JUmch. Staff Writer Cmthla Xnehaa. Boa Wirt, Cary Bodjrer. Staa rVlamaa. BUSINESS STAFF BndMM HTaamaar dwerira MaSaea ajttaat feaataaaa Jtaaatar. Larrr EiMea Taa Heff, tnrrr ifxHIIetta CireoiaUoa m. ,,, . jama Well, "Spring is here," as Chris Connert sings. All over the campus convertible tops are coming down and windows are going up. We've all had time to rest up from the stress and strain of last week's vacation, and before you know it the only thing between us and summer will be two weeks of exams. The remaining hours of school are filled with events which require more all-university support than those occuring at any other time in the school year. Action will range from pie slinging to electing student representatives. At no other time during the year will Independents have a greater chance to gain a foot hold on the trail to campus recognition; there fore if they ever intend to cease hiding their heads in the sands of compus oblivion, now is the time. Before setting out to bring the banners home, however, it would be wise to take a quick glance about the ranks.. At Sellec Quad, preparations for spring elections are being completed. The position of RAM president is currently the most important Independent po sition on campus; since the pres ident of RAM supervises the pro gram for the campus's largest group of organized Independents. I say organized because there is a common misconception that all In dependents are exatly what the name implies. True Independents on the contrary, are not forced to -Sanford McConnell abide by any rules of organization. Any member of Selleck Quad who thinks he is included in that cate gory should try eating Sunday din ner without a tie on or turning his radio on full blast during study hours and see if he is really im mune from organizational author ity. Independents have proven in the past their inability to elect a can didate to a campus position. Re gardless of how many ovotes are cast in the Seleck Quad election, one group of campus executives will be all Independent. The few men who do vote should support men who will unify the sixteen houses into an effective group. With the increasing interest being shown in house activities and the expanding financial condition, there is no reason why next year should not be the golden year for quad men. Independents already occupy respectable positions on State cam puses in Iowa, Colorado, Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas to name only the closest schools. Numeri cally, Independents at Nebraska need only a common desire to achieve success. It would be quite foolish to expect the future Qua officers to change the position of the Independent in one year. It would be enough to elect men of ability, not just personality, who could organize the goals of Sel leck men and successfully join them with the rest of the campus. Lefterip To the Editor: Politics is much the same in the academic circles as it is any oth er place. Mr. Dow has been re warded for his work of obscuring issues and placating most every one aroused over the Mitchell case. For any thinking individual, Mit chell remains the victor, but of course not the rewarded.. It should not also be difficult for these thinking individuals (few as there are around here) to know who was responsible in getting the reward for the person who did the services for him. The case was closed and all that remained was to pay the lawyer. Let those that wish be glad that everyone is tak en care of. Carletoa R. Holmes To the Editor: Can it be that today's students comes to college for ski jumps and 3.2 beer? How nice! Enlightened Adult To the Editor: I for one won't take it. This tui tion increase, I mean. Although I have the money and could well afford the boost in tuition, I don't feel that I should be part of an in stitution which has been pressured into a move beyond the reasons- bility of a free society. Perhaps those are strong words. But it was a strong move. And it was a move which was prompted for fear of men who try to hold an iron axe over the heads of the young people of the state. We're not in a position now to actively object. I mean we can't have an active voice against the pressures of the Unicameral. Certainly the Daily Nebraskan was correct to assume that the Regents had no alternative. But does that mean that they should have acted? Perhaps if the Regents had not acted and the legislature had seen what if any facts, were behind that move. IS it kgal for the Legislature to take into his hands an administrative Job allo cated to such a fine group of men as the Board of Regents? I am becoming increasingly dis gusted with the UnciameraL The men there have no real stand to take at election time. If they were backet by the major parties of this nation perhaps they would be forced to act or reflect upon the party they represent. Since the failure of the Legis lature to pass a new tax base for the state I have become in creasingly wary of them and the ideals they stand for it certain ly can t be a modern Nebraska. And so when the doors reopen to the "nice guys" next fall and the teachers are sitting in shiny suits at the heads of rotting class- roosm at NU I will be far away and feel free! Jim Colleraa Company Offers $2500 Scholarship Applications are now being re ceived by Illinois Institute of Tech nology, Chicago, for graduate study under a new fellowship es tablished by the Ohmite Manufac turing Co. Called the Ohmite Fellowship, the award provides a $2,500 stip end plus full tution for study to wards a master degree in physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering or mechanical engi neering next year. Choice of the fellowship recip ient will be made this summer. Students interested in the award should write to HT as soon as posible. oc s EjiQ gnosis An alert, interested and partici pating citizenry is the life-blood of a republican democracy. The average American is deeply inte rested in government and world af fairs. In years gone our interests were primarily in domestic affairs, but today an increased amount of em phasis is placed on foreign affairs and foreign policy. Up to the time of WW II, the U. S. had always assumed the role of an isolated country little dependent or con cerned with any other nation. To day we are spending billions and concentrating to an unexcelled ex tent on foreign affairs. . . Recently, though, our foreign op erations took a backward step. Our stand in the Middle East sit uation left us on unfriendly ground with one of our old allies, France. The Communists are not declining in presitge. They penetrate the Arab world and gain every foot hold they can. The current stop page of traffic in the Sues Cnnal and the cutting of the oil supplies of European nations shall for some time keep that area a trouble spot of the world. It may lead to an other Korea on a different back step. These cold wars with a few hot spots here and there cost us dearly. I do not mean to say that the Middle East is not of great im- GREEN J Reflections On A Sandhill e.d. When she sat upon the evening stone And looked across the pavement way to us But one heart was turned to meet her sweet eyes And one mind beheld the loveliness hid deep. Not tender eyes nor soft voice lingers In the mind that cares; still all is there. Every bit of the her who sat in front And gazed fascinates the watcher's heart. He often wonders if a human being Can grasp reality and conceive of love. He must buck with agents rich with goods And suave with fashion's straighted ways But she to him is worth the trial And goals of souls are the only truth. John W. Campbell Drouth Sod house on the prairie; Plow stuck in the ground Plow a-gettin rusty; Sod house fallin' down. Ground is awfully dusty, Hasn't rained in years: Only moisture present Came from sweat and tears. Farm out on the prairie, But it's all run down Farmer he went busted, Now he's moved to town. James Campbell' LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by OkSt tihltr 1 , M -L k IL 1' THIS IS N'JTKlN'-U SmCA SEJi OSteCQi flCSTUSTYCSf ' ' ml., Use Nebraskan Want Ads Gary Rodgers port to theU. S. It may be tha last gap in our defense' around the Soviet Union. But for us to increase our national debt to put Russia in her place may not be wise. We must be economy mind edin defense as in all other spend ing. For Russia, there need be no concern for economy look at her ways to raise money. Only last week reports were received here of Russia stopping payments on all her savings bonds ... for at least 20 years. Yet the people of Russia will continue to buy these bonds. They have to. Six per cent of their pay check is invested in these savings before they get it. I can not see our country doing anything like this. We must curb out spending in aid in defense, NATO, United Nations, foreign bases, and a large standing army. They will break us. And this would be playing right into Russia's hands. Many, many years ago, some where sbout the time of WWI, Lenin said that the way to beat the U. S. is to let is spend itself to death. This may still be her plan after some 40 years. A clever one it would be indeed, if it allowed her to defeat our nation without her exploding a single bomb. This is not the way for the U. S. to play the role of defender of democracy. Its best defense is to keep American strong militarily within the nation itself and econom ically strong. Let the Russians be stopped by movements from within. It will not spread out its territory when U. S. withdraws its foreign posts without consequence. When Russia ex pands, as in Poland and in Hun gary, uprising occur. The leader of the largest revol utionary movement in U. S. S. R. recently visited the U. S. In his talks to the U. S. news men he said a successful revolution would occur in Russia within the next two years. He should know. Meanwhile I believe it is tha duty of the United States to main tain a face of peace loving nation and accordingly reduce its defense spending and its national debt. FASHION.. As I See It Judy Rmmey For many years the name Paul Sachs has meant beautiful, adapt able dresses for stylish women over the coun try. A fresh new collec tion will be shown Sat urday on Gold's Fash ion second floor. The popular Eli Noveson will be there at the Paul Sachs trunk show ing to help you make tne rignt selec tion. paul sachs cup The SDrin? styles by Faul Sachs are young and lovely. In know you'll want to see them. You may select styles from stock or special order the one you choose. Come to Gold's sec ond floor Saturday for the Paul Sachs trunk showing.