The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 20, 1957, Page Page 2, Image 2
Monday, May 20, 1957 Daily Nebraskan Editorials: Platform The Daily Nebraskon I y ftl. I '1 1 1PEOPli CCME. AND u PEOPLE GO. BUT !J 1riE EARTM KEEPS PSPlNN!N5TriR0U6rl SWCE..THE EA(?TH EP60N5PlNNIN5 XHROlfeH SPACE. wmm OH, MY CHARLIE PKCa.'N! VtXI MAV NOT BE THE BRIGHTEST PERSON IN THE IL'ORLO. BUT YOU SUft HAVE 5QUE IMA6INATIOM Lt week tht Daily Ntbraskaa offerti tht atudenfc council torn suggestions on the parking tommittee'a report which, wt (eel, will bt dis cussed earntatly by thi mem ben of tht council Wednesday. Cartful consideration of tht council'! work is tht put year hu brought to our attention that many of tht programs which hart been presented la tht council thia year hart not had a chanct to ripen either in tht minds of tht students or In thoat of tht administration. In tht first plaot wa suggested that work be furthered en allowing tht students to vote on faculty committees. Thia motion on our part la mostly out of the hands of the council. But since one of the vital functions of the council should bt to convey the feelings of the student body to tht administration and faculty continued work should be done in this area. Tht motion that students be allowed to vote on the faculty committees at the present time has found its way to the table of the Faculty Senate and we'd like to aee it get off the table and re ceive tome action. It'a up to the students to prod the administration into considering the right of tht student body. Yea, prod. Not ignoring the respect due to the administration we, as taxpayers and purchasers, as it were, of education, have a right to get the most for our labors. And so we should be getting a stronger voice from tht council on this matter. Next there is the question of teacher evalua tions which has been one of tht pet projects of tht Daily Nebraskan thia year. We believed that a University can become bogged down because tht treea block the forest. A man may write a hundred fine papers every year and still not be a good teacher. So if an evaluation can throw any light onto those area in which a teacher is falling down it cant help but be effective. We see why no one should object to the evaluations as proposed by the Nebraskan under tht conditions wt sug gested. Those were that the evaluations be ob jective and that they bt completely voluntary. Now it is up to the council to make a formal study of the evaluations and present to the ad ministration a recommendation for a series of evaluations. Tht neat thing which an effective council must do is throw its weight around in getting the students a voice in the most valuable teacher award. We can hardly see how the vote of a fellow teacher can be an adequate evaluation ainct the "fellow" rarely sees his colleagues in tht classroom. Here again, first the study and then the rec ommendation must bt made to insure the proper atmosphere of responsibility. The biggest job the council will have on its hands next year ia tht tribunal. Now it ia our feeling that the present tribunal is so weak as to be pathetic. It is relying on the mercy of the administration to be operative, must lesa effec tive. ' But the administration has indicated that it is willing to cooperate fully with a tribunal (or whatever it should be called) in furthering the democratic process on the campus. That co operative statement itself should encourage the council to develop a charter for final presen tation to the regents which wouldn't be an in sult to their intelligence. The Daily Nebraskan is not claiming that the charter hasn't a great deal of work behind it. But anyone can see that the charter as it stands at this moment ia a lily-livered document crutched up by the good will of the administra tion. The council can do a fine job by revamping it by finding out what part of the job of the division of student affairs should be handled by the tribunal. For example, it has been suggested that the tribunal wouldn't handle cases involving drinking or "morals." Definition, please. Then the body-elect should discuss with stu dent leaders and student body members in gen eral what the feeling towards specific tribunal powers would be. That, we think, would give a pretty solid ground for starting the job by the middle of the first semester. Minor points like eligibility and reappoint ment can and should be worked out in execu tive sessions. The more we look at it the larger the job of the council for the next year seems. But it's not too big to be handled if the group doesn't get bogged down in politics and does obtain a clear definition of the duties of the officers. With those aids to representation, the council should have no trouble at all. Aftermath made a permanent part of the extracurricular activities on the campus. During the next school year it is hoped that there will be at least two more student convoca tions. They will be planned in coordination with the administration and the All-University convo cations committee. But they will have the will ingness and the cooperation of the student body ! behind them. The committee which handled the Kennedy convocation has scheduled an evaluation meet- j ing in which the good annd bad points of the convocation can be discussed. The results will be drawn up and presented to the administra tion. Let's hope that the officials of the University will look with favor on the proposed student convocations. From all indications Saturday's first student sponsor ad AH-Univeresity convocation was a tre mendous success. The crowd was well above the number tht committee had planned to entertain and tht Union said that twice as many people were on hand as had been prepared for. Senator Kennedy stated that the reception by tht University group was "the finest we have had all year." " And he meant It. The Daily Nebraskan believes that the show ing Saturday is an indication that there will be increased student convocations on this campus. The administration could well observe the num ber of students who had an interest in the oc casion and could respond favorably to the sug gestion that student sponsored convocations be From Th Editor's Desk: A word or two before you go . . . Br FRED DALY (he results. By next fall, when rum to keep him happy while XdHor school re-opens, the Mitchell en route home from his old Tht faculty Committee on charges will have largely home to the CU campus. Academic Privilege and Ten- hecn forgotten as the campus . urt has finally indicated that ta itself for a new year. The Universi , it will armountt the redt, rf J n v involved in campus beau- it. hearing, on the charge. - ed in the matter will bt gone. There .g ? madt against tht Univer.ity B met to know the com- by Dr. C. Clyde Mitchell, one- m.ttee ha. finally formulated n time chairman of the Depart- report oa the MitchcU hear- s ment of Agricultural Econom- not nice, however, J 4c. to learn that the student body inaicate- " very Ptty, ,c . ... . , ... and makes the school look Tht committee, however. d the public at large will "institutional." hu said it will release these be kept from learning the finding, ctdy in a cke ses- result, of these hearings until But what I want to know is .ion of tht Faculty Senate. m. time in the dim future. hy are these said lawns This is to allow faculty to A. the main reason for the "eemmgly " a constant s at e consider tht rtport before it taistenca of the University, f being mowed? Granted, receives widespread mibii- ' rih' "ow they must cut' but " u receive, widespread puou their gd uule hard to Usten w , Iec. Thia closed meeting will be ministration, and if this ad- ture with a mowing machine held sometime before the ministration merits criticism. -n-PPing and snarling out- close ct tht exam period, but The people of the state of de the window, after remilar classes cease. Nebraska, as taxpayers sup- This may seem like an ob- Bec.ust of this, most student. Porting this University, have -cure point and not really- will be zone or graduated e?"al right to learn of worth complaining about, with when the case is finally th tate of University the Mitchell Case foremost in opened for public scrutiny. The result, of the Mitchell many persons' minds and the The result, of tht commit- , hearing, are not a matter of Jtate f the world today so tee's hearings have been pa- inter-administrative concern. fouled up, but when they start tientl awaited for long Students are expecting to running those fool machines months by interested faculty of the committee report. m somethine ought and students. It hu been the nd r relatively sure of t bt done, general opinion that the only ?aining this knowledge: but way to clear up the cloud when? Someone asked the other hanging over the University day: "Why do you spend so brought oa by the "Mitchell Onward march the legions much time in your column Cast" wu to sea what the of our Mijtown civilization rambling on about gradua- committee found out. students at the University of tion?" But now, apparently, the Colorado recently gave their Well, for Pete's sakes, isn't bulk of tht University', stu- newly-acquired buffalo mas- that the main reason we all dents will never really 'know cot a shot of tranquilizer se-' came here to graduate? The Daily Nebraskan FUT I -FITS TEARS OLD EDITORIAL STAFF Ucntbtrt Associated OsHefiata Tress H(tor . latereellttiatt Press mmmihc Editor Jack ronom Repress tativa: National Advertising Service, editorial ran editor Dtek snugrue iBCtrporated tiaws Editor KM Joaea. 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Larry Krlllnoo ir pT, rrz tri r'itLr-tZ . )d all ra at tk Kearaakaa (iaif an enaaiS r- Rodfera. rltaa Mldman. amawNa what tb maj. ar S ar aaaaa o a BUSINESS STAFF 'satweHpidoa rata lira KM ear MMWatw ar 14 tar Bo.Iwm M"r-r or Maa m far. Aaalatant Buslaes Manacer Larry Kpnteln aaSaris m -M M a aaot m M ro K.rf. dr, H,'n. tannrni. Jt.Hraaaa, mmtn aa aat af AacaM A. lttt. Ciraalatkai ataaaiw daek Kiarru LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibter '$Af WmHL-P& SO) GAINING?' pandoria In the days when editors were fearless and young people rioted almost at the drop of an insult philosophers were inclined to call collegians rhe "Lost Generation." Whether that was fair or not men like Mencken and his school of cynics directed the thought of the times. Those were the days of the roar ing twenties. And it's never said too often that "bathtub gin, speak easies and jazz" were the motives for living. .Maybe those days are returning. Time Magazine this week had story in the press section about a man in the East who it running a good old-fashioned yellow news paper; communists are rt ported lo be in filtrating (lie fraternities; young men in the namr of peace are protesting against the ROTC everything indicates that a re birth of lost generation is about to occur. Now the American Mercury toos come out with what it terms "The College Forum," in which it sug gests that youiig people voice their views on the present society and present "unsociety." We'll need more of this to put the present apathetic men-of-campi on their feet, however. I'm inclined to believe that a good old-fashioned riot is important to the health of the intelligentsia. I'm not talking about the kind of riot which the University was so unfortunate as to be host of a couple of years ago. And I don't even think that the type of riot over the parking crisis in 1948 is in order. The kind of riot which the stu dent should undertake ia a Ghan dian form; the subdued type. But it must have a purpose and it must be one which has a true signifi cance. Now the Peace Institute at the University of Wisconsin which the Daily Nebraskan discussed Friday has a point whether you agree with it isn't the point which it feels is important to the present student. And when it is willing to strike in an effective manner and to present its view before the public in a sensible fashion it should be commended for its sen sibleness. When riots are held just for the sake of rioting the democratic pro cess is interrupted. We receive an interesting pamphlet from the Kohler Plumbing Company of Koh ler, Wisconsin, which decried the violent strikes it hss been inflicted with in the past months. Kohler suggests that a free enterprise cannot exist where violence is tol erated. We doubt that violence is tolerat ed or ever was by the leaders of organized Unions. This dis counts the muggings condoned by the dress workers in New York or the fights over the rights of haulers. Nevertheless violence has given to organized labor a bad name. And tliat same name has been tossed left and right at the Uni versity student. We have lost face witt'. the public because we just couldn't control ourselves. On the other hand if the student population could get a cause and present some sensible arguments to an administrative body and still not receive a sensible reply there might be cause for those students to "strike."' Strikes must be conducted in a civilized manner. Nothing is ever accomplished by violence except, perhaps, bad worse feelings on both sides of the fence. I sense that students have be come somewhat more rational in their judgments in the past few Dick Shugrue years. But they can never hope to conduct a good "riot"' unless they have proved that they are respon sible beings. What's the next step? Probably to give this students the opportun ity to show that they are decent and totally rational human beings. They can't win any friends by slamming themselves and their fel lows around the streets. And the chances are good that students would never have to riot or strike of they had been listened to in the first place. Civilization might not remeber us if we are calm and peaceful but it will respect the traditions which we have safeguarded by onr rationality. Now the next step is gaining the respect of our elders so that the days of the roaring twenties won't have to come back. Wt needn't think that all is lost just because we can't drink ringed bathtub gin. GREEN H Christopher Christopher stood at the top of the steps And watched for carpet sweepers. His clothes were ragged and his eyes were bright He said brothers were their keepers. But Christopher's sights were more than machines There are men and women who run 'em. And when Christopher spotted a likely man He threw out his eyes and picked up his hem Declining to wait for the steps to rise but Falling to greet the oncomer. Christopher's words were as strange as his works But his purpose was easy to see. He stood as a welcome in mat-walled house To Speak with people like me. Kea Landal Egyptian Men Three Egyptian men and a beagle ' Guard my table day and night. Their chests face me, but their ocre legs look north. Each Egyptian Man looks north with Eyes long and black. Each holds a staff of holocaustical Nature-gifts for gazing. Their names are carved in figures Which curve and point with deep Meaning never to be mine. I can't see the dog's head; it remain On Neb-Hebet's tomb. Joaa Landigaa Wallpaper Men If each little man who stripped the walls With steam irons and hoses and sweat Could stop for a moment each time he mixed paste And study the spots of intricate greays Looking for newness in colors and thoughts He might learn more about colors than goateed Men who smock their ways to success. Kea Lar.de The Mail Boxes There were eight rows up and nine Across. And one slot right in the middle Was filled with papers wadded up. They never use it; it stood Up and gathered specks of dust which Piled to collect. with malice towards none... - - sam jensen Dear Dr. Hardin: I am about to terminate my academic undergraduate career at the University of Nebraska. Speak ing for my class, I should like to express a complaint, if I may. It is not that I haven't enjoyed my four years or that I have any doubt that I have received the finest education available at a very low price (education is becoming more expensive, I understand). It is not that I don't have the high est regard for you, your staff and the faculty of the University. But, I do most decidedly object to the impersonal manner in which my classmates and I have been treated. Did you know for instance that over in the IBM division, no one knows me as "Lefty" Jensen most decidedly not, there I am 18802. How would you like to walk into an office and have 'someone say. "Good Morning 18802. How is your accumulation grade aver age?" And then, Saturday, I received a letter from your Dr. Hoover, if you could call it a letter. At least when they draft you, they begin the message with a "greet ings and salutations" and close it with a facsimile signature of Dwight D. Eisenhower. This com munique began "This is to i nform you . . ." and it went on to say that unless they send me a form 1876905436734-B-17, I will probably graduate June 10. Reading on, I discovered that I was to pick up my name card after I had put on my cap and gown (which I was to rent from some local non-academic entre neur) I was to march with my Classified Ads WANTFD: Two rlderf to Loa Anrelei. Leaving June S. Inautrt Lynn Schot tler. 2-9. Traveling Eait to Plttaburgh. Pa. Want two or three persona to share expanses. Will consider paaaengers part way. Leaving May 80. Phone M40 after 6:30 P.M. Am driving to Calif. June 10. Will ault plans and data to riders however. Contact Rex Menuey. Room 7321 Bel leck Quadrangle. LOST: Gray hard cardboard S ring note book. Reward. Call Nancy Delong. Wa Repair Lighters. Cliffs frnoka Shop. 121 N. lata. classmates past the Carillion tower, if it doesn't rain, and give my name card to someone in the Coliseum so that they will know I was there. Now, I have been to many movies and newsreels where it shows the president of the university giving each man a diploma and shaking his hand. I though this was rather nice. But, I am to pick up my sheep skin at Love Library after the festivities are over. I sup pose there will be a table, G-M, where I can pick it up from .the wife of some faculty member who is trying to get a few extra shekels to send the baby to Prince ton. I would suggest that you get rid of the commencement speaker, whoever he may be, and instead take an hour aand a half, if nec essary, and give us our diplomas with a smile of if this isn't pos sible; have the Deans of the CoU leges hand out diplomas to their students. This is the last time, any one, will ever heard from me in these columns and it has been nice. So, in clos ing I would like to suggest a senior class motto . . . WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE AND CHARITY FOR ALL, SAM JENSEN. Use Nebraskan Want Ads Little man on Campus by Dick Bibtei4 Stiff "-07-ArJ NOW HAVE A NICE), v JJ I COME HACK ALL TV" " VjePi -