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Wednesday, May 1 5, 1 57 i I Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan Daily Nebraskan Editorials: Student Votes g k In U O. 0M . indecision i 15 an awful ) JHING.. y 31 i A The motion to allow student members of faculty committees the right to vote has been stalled off again by the Faculty Senate. The motion originally presented April 9 was not taken off the table, and a new motion presented by the Dean of Student Affairs was held from being discussed or voted on until the next meeting. Frankly, we are getting tired of waiting. Time and again the Daily Nebraskan has pre eented reasons why students should be allowed to jegain their committee voting privileges. This vote gives the student the opportunity to ex press his views in a concrete manner, rather than giving a mere opinion that has no actual backbone to it. Allowing students to vote on these commit teescommittees dealing directly with student affairs and student interests gives decisions of the groups the weight of opinion from both faculty and students. It is vital to the interests of the faculty, the students and the University ss a whole that decisions reached in these com mittees come through the honest exchange of views from both sides. Without the vote the Student's side is not fairly represented. The action b7 the Faculty Senate did not kill the motion to allow voting; it only postponed it. But with that postponement student representa tion will be held back still longer until that time the Senate will finally get the motion off the table. The student vote has been absent for an en tire semester now. Such committees as the Board of Student Publications and the final exam committee have been operating in very important areas of student affairs without the benefit of the votes of their student members. Aside from tribute opinions, student members of these committees have been wasting their time. As the matter stands, the future of student voting has been postponed indefinitely. The Senate has taken no stand, and apparently is not ready to commit itself in any way. As the Uni versity prepares to retire to its summer session, important matters of the regular school year will be buried and forgotten. Students now cannot be assured their vote will be returned them, much less even considered. Unless the Senate takes up the issue again in their special final week meeting, the motion will have to ride over the summer, and hope that it will be revived again next fall. Meanwhile, tempers will change, personnel turnovers will go into effect and those most interested in the matter might pass out of the picture. The student committee vote has reached its second stalemate of the semester. Whether it will endure this setback is only speculation. It would be a severe blow to faculty-student relations if this should be the case. It is up to the Senate to take action, before it is too late. Report! The Committee on Privilege and Tenure has prepared a report on the case of C. Clyde Mitchell, former chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics who was relieved of the chairmanship of that department last year. But the committee is bound that the student press won't have a chance to review the report this semester. It might even be hoped that by the time the report will be available for the student press the whole question will have "blown over." This practice is to be condemned. And particularly the Daily Nebraskan feels that the committee is slighting the student body. When an issue as vital as the Mitchell case comes up, an issue which would challenge the integrity of the University, the student body has a right to know it as soon as possible and to comment freely on it. We agree that a discussion of the report should be held by the Faculty Senate so that the teachers can know and perhaps voice opin ions on the case and the investigation which lias ensued. But we see no reason why this could not have been done since it is apparent that the report has been ready for some time. If the measure is of such import that there can be called a special Senate meeting on . the matter when exams are well in progress and when the stu dent press can't discuss the case we see no reason why the specialy meeting could not have been called before school is, for all practical purposes, "out." We look, of course, to the Senate and the Mitchell committee for a fair review of the case. But we believe that the students as those most vitally interested in the future of the in stitution and as the greatest supporters of the institution have a true right to know what is going on. The Daily Nebraskan has always believed that a student or a professor has a right to face those who would make or discuss charges per tinent, to them. We believe that since this Mitchell case was brought to the public eye by the student paper that the student paper should be given as fair an opportunity as the local and state dailies to study the report and comment on it. All the Daily Nebraskan asks is a fair deal for its readers. We can expect no more; we bewail any less. Don't Go West proposed for the next year. Tuesday the Daily Nebraskan commented that the proposed median for nine-month professors is $8,100 and the figure for year-round pro fessors is $9,400. The highest paid professors at Colorado if the increase in salaries out there goes through will be earning $9,356. So we can see that the University is just meeting the proposed median salary of a sister school in the Big Seven. But the ranking department chairman at the Colorado University had this to say when he submitted his resignation: I do not believe that a superior faculty can be held or attracted under present conditions." Truly a sobering thought for anyone in a po sition to do some good financially for the Uni versity. It is the hope of the Daily Nebraskan that the salary increases proposed for the faculty mem bers on this campus will be obtained. We cannot hope to compete with the staggering salaries paid by some industries to top men in particular fields. But we can hope to keep those staff members who recognize a duty to the younger generation by giving them a decent wage. While the University is seeking higher salaries from the legislature for the faculty and admin istration they might well reflect on the situation as it exists around the Big Seven. If the competition in the teaching field is so great as the statistics seem to indicate then this competition must be from the private schools who because of large endowments are able to offer good salaries commensurate with the education a teacher must have in this day and age, Colorado University is having the same prob lem the University of Nebraska is faced with. A few months ago the Colorado Daily bemoaned the fact that the state legislature there had raised the tuition again and claimed that the government didn't appreciate the value of edu cation for all. Now the Colorado paper has just come out with new signs of the times: a dean has re signed to accept a post "to do research in nu clear propulsion at the Los Alamos Sicentific Laboratories in New Mexico." What was- interesting to note In the story the Daily ran was the list of faculty salary increases From The Editor's Desk: A word or two before you go . . . By FRED DALY signed, and the IFC agreed to the vows they made a few After a two-year absence, keep drinking away from their months ago about adhering to the IFC Ball is returning to annual dance? regulations, the campus. The festivities Since then, many houses If the fraternity system sin will be held Saturday at the have elected new officers, cerely wants the IFC Ball Turnpike. perhaps some that are not back as a permanent institu- The Ball was given back to fully aware of the seriousness tion, and it is logical to as- the fraternities by the Office of the no-drinking rule, and sume that it does, then fra- of Student Affairs under the who do not remember that the ternity men must show they assumption that the houses Ball was banned after the 1955 are willing and able to assume would enforce University rules affair when there was little the responsibility to back the prohibiting drinking at func- or no control over drinking. University rules, tions involving University This is no assumption that Inter fratres! groups. fraternities are planning to Fraternity presidents signed break the rules it is only a The happiest person in the a pledge earlier this semester warning. The IFC and the world: A graduating senior that calls for them to enforce Office of Student Affairs acted watching underclassmen these rules, and to see that together in good faith in struggling over schedule books the members of their respec- allowing the IFC Ball to be for next fall. tive houses abide by the law. put on. With the Ball only a It is the little things that How much has been for- few days away it is time for make life worth living, after gotten since the pledge was fraternity men to remember all. The Daily Nebraskan FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OLD EDITORIAL STAFF Member: Associated Collegiate Press Kd((uf fni , Intercollegiate Press . uas7iiii tiriitor jru follow Representative: National Advertising Service, uditnriai ran Editor Dick snugrue Incorporated Mews Editor. . . San Janet, Bab Ireland Published at: Room 20, Student Union ' sports editor Bub Martei Lincoln, Nebraska Copy Editors Art Rlarkman. I'arnln I-rank J4tjj fa George Moyer. Run IVarhnloekt Th rmNi Nebraskan la publlthrd Monday. Tuesday. N,ht N,v Editor Hon Warholnskl Wednesday and trlday during the school year, except ISdltu Waller Patteraoo atitiina; vacations and exam rrrlods, and ine Issue l staff l'hotngrapher Date Lewis published during Awrnst, by student of the University tlffire fjerretary , Julie' Dowell ej p-brka ndr the autharliatlon of the Committee -tori'ty Editor an rarrcU e Student Mfalrt at an expression ol ' 'tudent opinion. importers. ., Mana Maxwell, Mary Patterson, ntblicatlon. under the Jurisdiction of the hubeommltteo K , KeMh Smtn m Student I ublleatlont shall he free from editorial f;rlmmlt. Sam Hall. Jark Carlln, censorship on the part of the Subcommittee or on the MJk , h ..rry Kelllson port of any member of the faculty of the I nlversity. or B,m" ,J"n' ,Brry "" a the part of any person outside the University. The Staff Writers Cynthia Zschan, Bob Wirt, Gary memheri of tile Nehrasliaii ttaff ars, personally re- Rodgert, Stan Vt'ldman, aponstble for what the tay. or do ax cant to be RfTarwcc eTAFlT printed. February 8, 19.15. BUMiUMS Subscription relet are li.Atl per semester or $t lot Business Mlnaier Oeorne Madsra he academic year. assistant Business Manager Larry Rpsteln Kntereil as second rinse mailer at the post of flee la Tom Neff, Jerry Nrlletlm Lincoln, Aeiiraaaa, under tbe art of August 4, 11112. Cirruirttion Manager Jack Nurrls the iconoclast... steve schultz Week by week I lose faith in this "cultural desert" thing, and I'm' pretty happy about It. The blow to my pessimism this week came Sun day night when I heard "Manfred", clipped British accents and all. Anytime you can get that many kids, together to sing that well, the oasis is growing so large that it theatens to engulf the aridity. So congratulations to Foltz. and his crowd. , One of the incidental pleasures of the evening was seeing that many NU coeds radiating that much class. Very lovely, tho' my appreciation had little or nothing to do with aesthetics. The time has come, the walrus said, to pull my foot out of my. mouth. Last week I made some remarks about a free movie I saw at the Union some weeks ago. Un fortunately, I had my problems with my prose, and the result looked like a slam. Really, fellows, I diun't mean it that way at all. In fact, only God and I knew what it was about. Now only God knows. As an apology and an apprecia tion, I'll credit the Film Society with a fine series. Bro. Spence and I trudged downtown every Wednesday night for a bout with the arts, and almost every time we were well pleased with the results. Particularly did we enjoy The Sheep Has Five Legs. Again, the enjoyment was not entirely aes thetic. They tell me there was something in one sequence about a fly, but I was distracted. I am in one of my rare and treasured amiable moods. My next praise is for Harry Belafonte, who reeds my tribute like he needs an other bank account. Belafonte has restored to prominence a worthy American contribution to world (dammit, here's that word again) culture, the folk song. I thought this -sort of thing was dead when Burl Ives started appearing inTen ressee Williams's dramatizations of barber shop stories. - But no, here's . Harry bringing back songs like "Mark Twain" which prove that American contrc butions are not limited to the comic strip and the wide-screen musical. This is not without its unfortu nate facets. We now have this rash of calypso songs with their at tempts to see how little words can sound alike and still sort of rhyme. Now understand that I have noth ing against calypso per se. I worked, with a bunch of Jamaiicans once who had a wonderful time with this sort of thing. But- there are very few Jamaiicans In Tin Pan Alley, and that is where most of the program service calypso got its start. It's depressing, at least, to listen to this self-consciously primitive guff. I mentioned the comic strip In passing. I mentioned it rather dis paragingly. But on second thought, wondrous works can be done with a four panel daily strip. I do not refer to "Mary Worth" or "Rex Morgan, M. D."' Those who want to read that sort of thing should confine themselves to True Con fessions or The American Medi cal Journal, But the comic strip as an art form is secure from all prosti tutions like those two. If you look; overhead, you'll see a perfect ex ample of what a comic strip should be: a means of humorous com munication in which the pictures are of vital importance. Peanuts without the pictures would be ri diculous; with pictures, it Is a ewel of rare price. The same is true of Pogo (who will be elected some day). And of Blondie, where- Nebraskan Letterips To the Editor, The recent R.A.M. elections show, in my opinion, an increase in the political maturity of the Quadrangle. The existence of an organized and directed effort to provide concrete issues in the elec tion is heartening. An election based upon person alities might be necessary when there is fundamental agreement upon all issues, but such is not the case in this residence hall. We are at the present undergo ing a period of evolution from relative political impotence and so cial misplacement to a position of influence and social standing which the Quadrangle should have since it represents the number of men that it does. It not only rep resents 900 men, but in a real sense, it speaks for other inde pendent groups with whom it shares the same problems. Evolution is not in fact the prod uct of a single group or m-... Rather it is a result, nine times out of ten, of accumulated forces at work. The existence of a gov erning body and or leader who recognizes this movement ' and seeks to guide it to its logical end is of utmost importance if the full potentialities of this evolution are to be realized. The recent R.A.M. elections would seem to indicate that such guidance is being provided. How ever, it appears to me that unless continuity keeps the effervesces Party alive and unless a strong opposition party is organized there is a danger of the Quadrangle politics not providing ttie guidance necessary to bring the Quadrangle (and thus indirectly the independ ents on campus) to full flower. Rex. W. Menuey To the Editor: It should be apparent to those senators who will look i-to the questions posed by the ir reasing college enrollments that each and every young person in a society such as ours deserves a fine col lege education. College can only be restricted to those who are unable to cope with the curricula they choose to study. I fee! that the greatest fault with proposing that college might be restricted on the grounds that a student can't pass a certain entrance exam is that the high schools don't prepare everyone to face college squarely. In other words, the reason many fail to make a success of college is that everyone cannot get the prop er preparation and this is the fault of the high schools and even the grammar schools and hardly the students themselves. Of course a University such as the one we have here in Lincoln can't be a tutoring institution. And of course the state can't afford to pay the highest salaries to those who would like to teach in high schools. So where does the answer to the question lie? Well, if the legisla ture can come up with a sound solution I will accept it with joy. More than likely, however, the legislative committee which will study the situation will decide that the state just can't afford to edu cate everyone and so college doors will slam in the faces of many sincere young people. This would be a shame. Per haps if the resolution the senators are faced with at the present time composing such a study commit tee is passed we will have a de cent investigation into this major problem. But before the legislative com mittee begins any work I feel that the people of Nebraska are entitled to know on what grounds they are working. Do they feel that every one is entitled to a fair trial in college? Do they feel that the im portance of higher education is great enough in our world to demand proper facilities? It would be interesting to see how these questions will be an swered. Concerned Iletj Gang . . . THE POOL'S OPEN Come mil after flawed to relax and gel that sun tan started . , Pool Open , At Noon HIDES GAMES AMUSEMENTS jV BRING a picnic and enjoy The lovely picnic ground . . . " Park Open 7 P.M. Week Days, 2 P.M. Sunday & Holidays Catch the Beach But at 10th and "O" Street J Wr1 in the antics of the pups are bril liant supplements to the actions of the people. Is this much ado about nothing? I think not. The man who invented the comic strip was a sheer gen ius. And by the way, why doesn't the University has some sort of humor magazine, as it did in days of yore? The time spent trying to figure out double meanings for the jokes would keep students ofl the streets. And you know whal happens when you get a bunch ol students in the streets. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Biblerj Kl I'KA GOING ID PASS V0U BECAUSE I'M TIR6D OF HAVING TO MAKE UP NfcWT65TS FOK7W u&JK&i. taftM.YM.. Oil Campus tAvthtr of "Boroot Boy Chttlc," ttc.) LANGUAGE MADE SIMPLE: No. 2 Exams loom closer and closer. The sands run out ; the chips are down. This, you will agree, is no time for levity. Accordingly, I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I mighc not dispense with jesting ii. today's col umn and instead devote it to a cram course in languages. Their consent was cheerfully given, for they are fine, great-hearted men, the makers of Philip Morris, just as full of natural goodness as the cigarettes they turn out, just as friendly, just as jolly, just as regular, just as un filtered, just as agreeable. "Why, bless you, child !" cried the makers. "Of course!" Then they rumpled my chest nut curls and somebody cried "Not it!" and before you could say flip-top box, a game of Squat Tag was on, and we played 'til the moon was over the yardarm, and then, pink and tousled, we all went inside and had flagons of temperance punch and Philip Morris cigarettes and fell into our trundle beds and slept the clock around ! But I digress. Today let us turn our attention to th study of languages. ' Do you realize how important languages are? I must confess that, until recently, I did not. "What good will Spanish ever do me?" I kept asking. Well sir, I found out. Recently I took a trip to Latin America, and every day I thanked my lucky stars for having learned Spanish in college. While my fellow tour ists stumbled and bumbled, I was perfectly at home. 1 Si tonfiet (to 7 1 LA gOCA 7 I IA MAHOf If- i ' . JF i i fc. mmm i If I ft I., I I recall our first stop in Mexico City. I stepped from the airplane, walked over to the nearest colorful native, and said, "Hasta la vista, nenorita. (Good morning, sir.) jPero las lastimas y calimadades se agravaban mas y mat cada dia?" (Has thy footman finished sweeping out thy chamber?) "No, sir," he replied in Spanish. "He is an idle rogue." "How is thy footman called ?" I asked. "He is called Diego," replied my friend, "and the little daughter of his fat sister is called Juanita. She has two small books, one gray cat, three black dogs, 24 red chickens, one fat pig, eight pewter mugs, and a partridge in a pear tree." "Wilt thou have a Philip Morris cigarette?" I asked. "Gracious," he said thankfully. We lit Philip Morrises and smoked contentedly the better part of the day. "Perhaps by now my footman shall have finished swfc?' ing my chamber," he said. "Wilt thou not come to my house?" "Gracious," I said. Arm in arm we walked to his house, but, alas, his footman had not yet swept out his chamber. So we each took a barrel stave and beat the impudent scamp until it was time for my airplane to take off. Aloha, Mexico, brooding land of enchantment! QMaxShulman, 1P,T Farewell, Mexico . . . Hello, U.S.A., land of the long $ize and regular, the flip-top box, the frenh, natural, zettful tmoke Philip Morrit, of corrit! whose maker bring you thi column throughout the ichool year. rr r - 4