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Friday, May 17, 1957
Daily Nebraskan Editorials:
The Wef-Nurse
Certainly the , figures for enrollment in the
remedial courses at the University which Sen
ator Terry Carpenter talked of in the Uni
cameral earlier this week were correct.
The University has been taking in many stu
dents who were not prepared for college level
courses. And rightly so.
In this day and age when young people have
an almost Insatiable thirst for education they
should be allowed to quench that thirst. And if
the public schools system of the state of Ne
braska cannot aim to satisfy that thirst to whom
can the students turn?
As we see it, the students can only turn to the
Universities. All the talk about the prestige of
the University and the type of course which the
University offers in any field and particularly
In English and chemistry is useless if It is
directed merely as talk.
The student body looks to the University for
an education. And it is unfortunate that a large
number of students have never been able to
obtain that knowledge which they feel is so
vital to their well-being and to their success in
the high schools.
These are days which demand highly educated
leaders. The time when a boy could go out onto
a farm and raise a good crop, find a f ah market
and make an honest profit without an educa
tion, without a knowledge of the land and Ha
characteristics has long passed.
The Daily Nebraskan regrets that the Uni
versity must be called a wet nurse because it
attempts to educate those who have never had
the opportunity to learn. Because the task falls
to the University and not to the high schools in
the state who are at fault. We feel that the high
schools should be the ones on whom the educating
problem should eventually fall.
But it hasn't worked that way.
But because the University must eliminate
these courses this must be a sign that the high
school educational system is reaching new
strides in teaching the basic arts and sciences.
Ah progress 1
A Matter Of Co-operation
After a two-year layoff the Interfraternity
Council is re-establishing a Greek Weekend for
campus fraternity men. This year the festivities
Include Wednesday's banquet, a chariot race
Friday and a jam session and the IFC Ball
Saturday. The underlying theme of the affair
la ,,Co-operatlon.H
The development of this weekend came as a
result of the granting of permission by the Office
of Student Affairs to hold the Ball after it had
been suspended in 1955. In an aura of good faith
between the Office of Student Affairs and the
IFC, fraternity men agreed, through their presi
dents, to observe and enforce University social
policies at this year's dance.
Right now the IFC 1 endeavoring to build up
enough enthusiasm for tho Ball to merit its
continuation in future years. The affair must
be at least enough of a success to warrant the
time and trouble it has taken to put it over. To
assure this success fraternity men must build
up enough Interest and enthusiasm within their
houses to guarantee a respectable crowd.
This falls within the meaning of co-operation-fraternities
have been clamoring for the return
of their traditional fete since its demise two
years ago. Now that they have it back they
must prove they will support it, and in accord
ance with the conditions riding on its reinstate
ment. These conditions state specifically that Uni
versity rules pertaining to social events will be
upheld, and house presidents are pledged to see
that ths, members of their respective chapters
do not get out 'A hand. There will be no drink
ing at the IFC Ball, if fraternity men remember
their promises.
This means co-operation: with the IFC officers
as well as with University officials. It means
observance of rules, not merely because they
are rules, but because it is the duty of each
man as a member of a fraternity to uphold these
rules as a matter of principle.
Parking
The Student Council Parking Committee has
eome up with some proposed solutions to the
parking puzzle on this campus.
' The committee has suggested three solutions
to the problem which the students should con
aider and discuss with their representatives on
the council prior to next Wednesday's meeting.
The first suggestion of the committee Is the
weakest in all likelihood because it does nothing
about eliminating the Increase of cars which is
expected to sardine-can the campus. It is that
parking meters be set up on the campus to hold
down the number of cars which may be parked
in location at a given time.
The second suggestion Is that students who
would park their cars on the campus be di
vided into two groups, the first, able to park in
the center of the campus, would pay $5 a year
for that privilege. The second group would be
allowed to park on the rim of the campus but
would pay the one dollar fee now charged.
The final suggestion of the council though it
might sound "unfair" to some elements of the
University community is the most practical
for it is the only solution which would actually
restrict the number of oars which would flow
From The Editor's Dosk:
A word or two
onto the University grounds.
And that is that freshmen students not be
allowed to park on the campus at all. That is
the only really practical solution.
Let's face it. If we want to have any space
available for parking and in turn want to have
adequate space for new buildings, more students
are going to have to start walking.
And they will only begin to use their feet if
fewer cars are permitted to enter the campus.
It is the solution which the students must be
come resigned to if they wish their campus to
grow physically and still retain some parking
facilities.
Convocation
Saturday morning Sen. John F. Kennedy will
speak to the University's first student-sponsored
convocation. This leading modern political fig
ure is being brought to the University through
the efforts of Interested students and student
organizations as a service to the campus. The
administration has given its blessing, but the
student body is doing the job on its own.
Who said students were apathetic?
before you go . . .
By FRtSD DAIT
. BdSier
The Interfraternity Council
banquet Wednesday displayed
S spirit of fellowship and
brotherhood that was a wel
come feeling after the year's
political maneuvering. New
presidents were introduced
around by old presidents, and
congratulations were profuse
and sincere.
, The speaker, chairman of
(be Interfraternity Board of
Control, spoke briefly but
tersely, emphasising "co-ope
ation" as the key to fraternity
aucoeaa on the campus.
He also stressed a balance
between activities and schol
arship. '
Thie oc-operation, however,
was the main point of the
meeting. To keep the frater
nity system strong on this
campus and to enable it to be
service to . the University,
each house must forget its
little dislikes and animosities
and concentrate on the build
ing up of the system not the
tearing down on another
bouse.
Houses in trouble or a weak
ened state must be helped by
the stronger bouses. While
earnest competition is neces
sary and healthy this compe
tition should not descend to
outright cutthroat undermin
ing of a rival.
Whether or not the frater
nity system can maintain a
spirit of co-operation will be
shown In rush week next fall.
If, instead of Indulging in
"dirty rushing" and under
cover tactics, f r a ternities
would abide by the rushing
rules and respect one an
other's rights the entire
system would benefit, and the
disagreements and prejudices
that spring out of rush week
would disappear and the
system would be stronger.
Thus, from such fair and
honest interfraternity deal
ings, the system could build a
feeling of integrity beneficial
to both fraternity men and to
the University.
For the first time in seven
years the Big Seven Track
Meet returns to the Univer
sity's Memorial Stadium this
weekend. The Big Seven car
nival, once held every year at
the University plant, has been
rotated to every conference
school since 1950.
Also, for the first time in
almost as many years, the
University will present a track
squad capable of standing up
to any school in the circuit.
Coming from a seventh in 1956
to third in the 1957 indoor
meet, the Cornhuskers will be
looking for as good or better
a performance this year.
And if 1957 turns out to be a
good year, wait until next
year when Mul'.ins and his
contemporaries aren't fresh
men any more.
There are other sports than
football, you know.
Reviving an institution be
gun two years ago, the Daily
Nebraskan will present its
Star of the Year in the last
issue of the semester. The se
lection will be made by the
sports staff of the Daily Ne
braskan from candidates nom
inated from varsity sports.
Thus, with other Outstand
ing Nebraskans, the Univer
sity's athletes deserve recog
nition. Thought for the day: Sleep
Sundays.
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Doc's Diagnosis
I have been recently making a
small study of the newspapers and
publications in Russia. I mean of
newspapers- and publications that
are in Russia, not myself.
In my limited study, I came up
with a few facts and one conclu
sion. My conclusion is that Rus
sian newspapers are a farce.
One of the U, S. S. R. newspa
pers, 'Pravda," better known as
the mouthpiece of the Soviet Com
munist Party, has recently itself
declared "hat Soviet newspapers
are "colorless, lifeless, boring and
also hard to read." Now, I'm a
criticizing reader, and I seldom
find anything, no half-truth, In the
Pravda that I agree with. It is a
propaganda paper and says lit
tle. But its statement about Rus
sian newspapers hit the nail right
on the head. Granted, it did not
hit it hard enough.
What Pravda did not say was
that it has always set the tone of,
and is the pattern for all other
Soviet newspapers and to some ex
tent the papers in the satellites
are expected to follow. In fact, ed
itors of newspapers in Russia know
by bitter experience that this is thi
only safe policy to follow.
The shortcoming of the Russi'.n
papers is mostly, I believe, its lim
ited coverage of news. Or more
specifically, its limited scope, in
fact, you might say that the fault
of Russian newspapers is that they
contain no news.
Instead of news, the Soviet lead
ing papers fill their lively pages
with political speeches of the day.
The subject matter of the "Prav
da," for instances, consists of
speeches by trs Communist leaders
a few delayed decisions of the Com
munist party and government, and
what may be called progress re
ports all reproduced In dull, of
ficially proscribed terms and usu
ally at great length. They publish
the propaganda speeches by polit
buro members in full. And on the
front page of the "Izvestia," the
"Pravda," or any of the other
leading papers, one is likely to
find the detailed reports of the lat
est fulfilment of production targets
in the state-owned factories and
state-owned farms. These include
the smallest projects in the re
motest districts. These are often
accompanied by undramatic pic
tures of Stakhanovites and other
workers who have achieved some
great form of record production.
The picture, of a milkmaid in some
small village is as likely to fre
quent the front page of a Russian
paper as & picture of Eisenhower
is to an American newspaper.
The Russian newspaper's news
content is so different from the
typical newspaper of United States,
England and the other free coun
tries that you probably would not
recognise it as a newspaper. Rus
sian newspapers for years and
years have been forbidden to print
items of human interst which form
the everyday news of the Press of
the free world. Reports of disas
ters in Russia would tend to make
you believe there are none, since
they are never reported. During
Stalin's reign the Soviet newspa
pers were not allowed to give re
ports of disasters such as floods,
fires and automobile wrecks. Of
course the military train crashes,
airplane crashes and other mili
tary maters were never consid
ered in the area of the newspaper.
Even murders and crimes never
had made the news, more recently,
however, the policy has been loose
ly controlled. The government is
beginning to recognize the value of
news stories of crime in Russia
as a means to further the govern
ment's campaigit against gangster-
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ism, drunkenness, hooliganism and
other evils.
I just glanced a little at a few
statistics that were published in
Moscow. Being published in Mos
cow, they may have very little
truth, but I'll pass them along for
what they might be worth. They
give a picture of the extent of the
wide circulation of the Russian
newspapers. There are more than
7,000 newspapers in the Soviet Un
ion, appearing in 60 languages, with
a circulation of more than 53 mil
lion. Just imagine that, S3 million
readers reading nothing.
Nebraskan Letterips
To the Editor:
Let me tell you what I heard in
my sleep last night. The Commit
tee on Tenure and Privilege came
out with such an honest report on
the Mitchell case that everyone
felt satisfied even Clyde. The
Chancellor called an all-University
convocation. Among many thought
ful remarks I cannot recall, he said
he ' believed that we could be a
little more flexible in our thinking;
that the expansion program and'
salary increase could be a su
spended for two years; that the
people who pay the salaries and
support the University had not
even had hold-the-llne incomes for
three years; that he was refusing
his proffered increase temporarily
and was willing to forego $100 of
'Cross The Campuses
By DICK SHLT.RUE
Editorial Editor
From the University of Wiscon
sin comes an interesting note
about compulsory ROTC. The
"Student Peace Center" at that
school will continue Its program
toward the elimination of compul
sory ROTC on the day of the Presi
dent's Inspection during the
school's Parents' Weekend.
The letter states, "There will be
a group of students brought to
gether under the auspices of the
Peace Center who, will protest in
the form of a protest walk for a
twenty minute period before the in
spection. "The protestors will walk on the
sidewalk with placards expressing
reasons for their opposition to the
ROTC system."
The Student Peace Center is a
group where students with a peace
concern come together to express
this concern, the letter continues.
This brings to mind the rash of
groups throughout the United
States which protested when mili
tary training was made compul
sory back in the 20s and 30s.
We looked through our files and
came up with some interesting
materials from, for example, the
Committee on Militarism in Edu
cation, which in 1939 began a vio
lent campaign of words against the
ROTC program.
The Associated Collegiate Press
in March of 1939 stated," that old
question of military training the
battleground of the nation's college
and university campuses where
liberals and conservatives bring a
national issue home to the local
campuses is again catching the
attention of collegians in many seo
tions of the U.S.
"At Ohio State University," the
ACP continued. "The peace Mobili-
tation Committee has organized a
movement to make military train
ing optional. The campaign there
will be tied up with the annual
spring peace strike day."
The ACP's roundup of the situa
tion continued, "Meanwhile In an
Interview with a representative of
the Cornell University Sun, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt added her
voice to the chorus of those who
oppose compulsory military train
ing." Comments ranging from "Un
wise" to "Illiberal and unfair"
filtered out of the Committee on
Militarism in Education's office in
New York City.
A seven-point program for peace
was inaugurated by the Students
of the United States for Peace in
November of 1938.
All over the country college pa
pers were standing firm against
the compulsory ROTC.
And two years later, the United
States was plunged into a war
wiiich would have been lost had
not adequate officer strength
leadership strength been avail
able. Perhaps the Wisconsin move
ment is a sign of the times.
Speaking of soldiers, after Presi
dent Eisenhower and Field Mar
shall Montgomery of Britain had
hashed over the Battle of Gettys
burg and Ike said that General
Robert E. Lee should have been
fired for his managing of that bat
tle, a member of the Texas rose
in protest on the floor of his legis
lative chambers crying that El
senhower isn't worthy to shine the
shoes of the great American Lee.
President Eisenhower, it was re
ported by the National Broadcast
ing Company, has retracted some
what stating, "General Lee was a
great American."
this year's salary; that less em
phasis should be placed on security
since man Is worthy of being con
sidered more than an eoonomio
animal; that leadership is a great
privilege which those with native
ability and unusual opportunity had
achieved not tq take advantage of
those less capable but to reinvest
in humanity that all might rise
a little; that the people of the state
had done yery well indeed by the
University when they were able
and could be counted on to do ss
again; that sales taxes would hurt
worst those least able to pay; that
a little give now at a critical time
n.ight prevent a crisis in attitudes
if not in the economy. He appealed
to the faculties to stay while the
going is tough, and closed with
these words:
"Perhaps the role of leadership
is not to achieve the evolutionary
cevebpment of a society In which
the dependable value of mutual
cooperation supplants tha corros
ive compulsion that success is
equated with the dollar sign."
The faculties responded with
out pomp or delay to appeal to th
dignity and fundamental human
goodness. Just as spontaneous was
the response of the students. They
expressed a desire to accept the
tuition raise, admitted that no one
would really be kept from school
because of it, said facilities here
are actually terrifio compared
with those in some countries, (and
they named more than three);
and seemed wide awake to the fact
that additional taxes, far from be
ing the answer would only burden
their own future down the years.
Then the Legislature began to
think and speak in more flexible
terms. Ami I awoke with the im
pression that the Chancellor (of
was it the Committee?) has started
quite a stirring in the entire state
and the nation which was like
a constructive chain-reaction. Tor
that sort of thing can't be stopped
except, of course, by closlna
up, by seeing only self-interest, and
by refusing to take a chance on the
human race.
To the Editori
This might seem like an inop
portune time to bring up the ques
tion of increasing the salaries of
the top administrators when we
are having such a struggle getting
the necessary money for the con
tinued life of the University". "
Whether the chancellor should
be paid $25,000 (including room)
is not a question' which rests well
with those of us who are hurting
to pay the additional $30 a semes
ter. I suppose though, that if a
college educated person can de
mand such a salary we ought to
be willing to pay the increase in
tuition just to get our degreesl
The Religious Week
Baptfets and Disciples of Christ
Student Fellowship
1237 R
Sunday: 7 a.m., breakfast and
Bible study at Pioneer Park. In
case of rain, at the student house;
S p.m., supper and program.
Wednesday: 12:30 p.m., chapel.
B'nal B'rlth Hlllel Foundation
Friday: 8 p.m., service at South
Street Temple, 20 & South.
Friday: 8 p.m., service at Con
gregation Tifereth Israel, 32 k
Sheridan.
Saturday: 8 and 10:45 a.m., serv
ices at Congregation Tifereth Is
rael. Christian Science Organization
Thursday: 9-9:30 p.m., worship
in Room 313 of the Union.
Lutheran Student House
535 No. 16
Friday: 5:30 p.m., Foreign stu
dents Grad Club picnic at Capi-
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Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Bible study;
10:30 a.m., coffee hour; 11 a.m.,
morning worship; 3 p.m., LSA pio
nio at Pioneer Park. Meet at Stu
dent House.
Wednesday: 7 p.m., vespers;
7:30 p.m., choir practice.
Methodist Student House
' 1417 R
Sunday: 5 p.m., Wesley Fireside
supper; 6 p.m., installation of offi
cers. Newman Catholic Center
1602 Q
Sunday: 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m. and 12
noon, Masses.
Monday through Friday: 6:45
and 7:15 a.m., Masses.
Presbyterian-Congregational
333 No. 14
Sunday: 5 p.m., picnic at Van
Doran Park. Meet at P r e s b y
House.
Monday: 7 a.m., Book of Reve
lations study group.
Tuesday: 7 a.m., Teachings of
Jesus study group; 7 p.m., Sigma
Eta Chi.
Wednesday: 7 a.m., cabinet; T
p.m., vespers.
Thursday: 8 a.m., Teachings of
Paul study group.
University Episcopal Chapel
346 No. 12
Sunday: 9 a.m., Holy Commun
ion; 11 a.m., morning prayer; 6:30
p.m., Canterbury Club.
Tuesday: 10 a.m., Holy Com
munion. Wednesday: 7 a.m., Holy Com
munion; 7 p.m., choir rehearsal;
8 p.m., Inquirer's group.
University Lutheran Chapel
(Missouri Synod)
15 & Q
Sunday: 10:45 a.m., worship; No
Gamma Telta meeting.
Wednesday: 5:30 p.m., choir pie
nic. Thursday: 3:30-5:30 p.m., coffee
hours.
"Friday: 1-5:13 p.m.', funounoe
ment for communion.
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