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Tuesday, May 21, 1957
Daily Nebraskan Editorials:
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Stand
Tht University! budget comei to the floor of
the Unicameral this week if the calendar of the
legislative body does not get bogged down on un
iorseea business.
Of course the budget has taken a great amount
of spact this semester In the Daily Nebraskan
and tht big dailies of the state. It is natural
that there should be much discussion of the
amount ef money the University will receive
during the next two years since the future of
the institution depends so greatly on receiving
the "right" boost for the University.
The Daily Nebraskan has held that the bulk
of the responsibility for supporting the Univer
sity should not be directed towards the pocket
books of the students. Certainly a state Univer
sity can no longer give free education as it
might have dreamed of in days past.
The fact remains that the University needs a
substantial increase over the amount which we
were given by the Legislature two years ago.
If the University fails to receive the figure
which the chancellor so desperately called for
last semester it will not alter the facts.
We believe in a fair sense of play for the Uni
versity. That is why the Daily Nebraskan sup
ported the proposal of senator John Adams of
Omaha who suggested that the Chancellor and
the Regents appear before the legislature and
discuss the problems the school is facing and
the need for an increase in tuition as well as the
overall legislative appropriation.
That the Legislature was willing to listen to
the officials of the University is no indication
that the men who are representing the people
of Nebraska are blind to the needs of the insti
tution. It might have been an indication that
they would rather wait until the budget comes
before thl floor and debate it at that time.
On the other hand it might indicate that the
representatives have made up their minds on
the issue.
The Daily Nebraskan observes that since the
colleges in Iowa received another tuition in
crease this year over and above the one which
they so recently were hit with the thinking of
legislators in general might be that state uni
versities should be self-supporting.
We would prefer to think that the theory be
hind the land grant university that of giving to
the greatest number of people the best educa
tion at the lowest cost to the individual is still
alive.
Little can be done by the Daily Nebraskan at
this time to change the thinking of the Legis
lature. The Student Council spoke with the in
dividual senators and outlined the problems of
the University. The chancellor had repeated
sessions with the budget committee and the
governor attempting to explain the situation the
school is faced with.
Now we must lay our case before the Legis
lature and pray that our needs will not be met
by deaf ears.
It is essential that the University, if it is to
survive the crisis in five major fields, must have
a substantial increase in its budget. We looked
closely at the figures the chancellor charted
prior to giving our outright support to the bud
get. We trust that the legislators will observe
and sympathize with the crisis in higher education.
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Graduation
No one can learn all he has to know in college:
he only' learns what there is to be known, and
how to go about finding it out for- himself and
applying this knowledge in some useful, con
structive way.
So, graduates, there is a lot you owe to the
University.' It is not perfection in intellectual
achievement that would be ridiculous to claim
for any university. It does, however, give a
student a start in life for which he will be
eternally indebted.
It is up to him to do something about it.
Registration
The Daily Nebraskan observes that special
checkers at the registration are looking care
fully at the worksheets presented to them and
asking the students who have not scheduled
two-fifths of their classes on Tuesdays and
Thursdays to rearange their schedules.
During the last week we noted that one way
to enforce the rule as it is written in the class
calendars would be to scrutinice the worksheets
with care.
Whether the Daily Nebraskan had any part
In reviving this dying practice the fact remains
that the registrations are leaving more of the
valuable classes open to those who need to go
to class at a specific time because of work or
families..
We commend the rebirth of this ancient prac
tice with vigor and encourage the checkers to
take with pride the chides which sharp-shooters
fire when they are caught at schedule padding.
In three short weeks a large part of the
University's student body will be graduated.
Many will leave the school and even the state
for good, and will never be seen or heard from
again. Others will settle here, putting to good
use, for the most part, the knowledge and train
ing provided for them by the taxpayers of this
state.
How many of these graduates will remember
their University? It has become unfashionable
in this age, perhaps, to be influenced by "old
school ties," and to become nostalgic about the
ivy that is slowly pulling apart the old brick
buildings at dear old Si wash.
Most college students look to graduation as
the welcome end to four or more years of toil
and unaccustomed hard work. Many will never
'ise their brains again they are through with
college and what it stands for they have their
degrees.
Only a few, perhaps, realize what they owe to
their "alma mater." First, and to many this is
the only meaningful thing, a university is the
source of the coveted degree that is expected
to open the doors of opportunity. True, but the
degree is only a certificate indicating the indi
vidual has been exposed to a certain amount of
knowledge. What is retained is up to the stud
dent. Secondly, college life opens to those willing
to be receptive a new scope of human relations.
Here you must prove yourself to be capable of
adapting to a somewhat intellectual society.
Finally, college gives the student the founda
tion for knowledge and skills he will apply later
in life in his job or profession, and in his life.
From The Editor's Desk:
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A word or two
before you go . . .
' By FRED DALY are capable of such responsi- Look, everyone, I'm a Col
Editor bility; and secondly, you don't lege Graduate!
The re-birth of the Interfra- have to drink to have a good Good now get to work and
iernity Ball was a success, ac- time. . prove you are worth what is
cording to those in attendance. ' written on that little piece of
The crowd was large, the band Graduation comes iu less paper.
good and the atmosphere ad- than three weeks. It doesn't Hey, look, I'm a college
hering strictly to social stand- seem possible, after slugging grad . . .
ards sat down by the Univer- it out academically and extra- Son, you've only just
gity. curricularly for four (or five, started.
The reason the Ball was 0r etc.) years. It is something
banned after the 1955 affair, you have looked forward to as Remember when it used to
and why it was not returned the logical conclusion of col- be Springtime in May? The
before this year, was because lege, but when you get there birds would yell around your
those same social standards you aren't quite sure what to window at dawn, and the sun
had been violated overwhelm- do about it. would come out, and you could
Ingly. This year fraternity is it for real honest? go swimming and picnicking
presidents signed a pledge, in- There is still the system to and boating?
furing they would be respon- go through, of course: caps Remember when?
sible for the conduct of the and gowns, speakers, hot June it must have been great,
members Of their respective morning (it is always hot and
houses. sultry on graduation day, as a Note for posterity: The cre-
Apparently the signatures of matter of tradition), relatives ator of the 13 Mystics which
those 24 presidents repre- to see, etc. And, for some, decorated the May 3 issue of
ented the good faith of every there are commissioning cere- the Daily Nebraskan has been
fraternity man attending the monies. found! Once known as an
dance. ' Now, son, you are gradu- athlete, scholar and states-
In putting on this dance the ated. You have the whole man, this brilliant figure has
1FC relied upon and received world ahead of you. And if now invaded the realm of the
the support of the fraternities. you don't do a better job hand- arts.
In allowing the dance to be ling that world than your He is none other than Robert
held the Office of Student Af- predecessors have done Melville Cook, known to friend
fairs relied upon and received touh. and foe as Bob.
thfc am support- So I'm graduated. Now He is not, however, 11 feet
The success of the 1957 Jn- what? tall, as impressionable people
terfraternity Ball proves at The service, that's what. insist after meeting him sud-
least two things: fraternity Well, I suppose you're right. denly at dusk,
nsea at the University are Only $1 kickback on this cap
willing and able to uptiold Uni- and gown? Weather reports say rain,
versity rules on drinking, and Tough, again. Not really!
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The views expressed by Daily
Nebraskan columnists are their
own and do not necessarily re
flect the views of this paper.
Note: The Nebraskan has been
told (hat the author of and all
professors concerned in the fol
lowing column will, if necessary,
substantiate all statements of
fact under oath. This column has
been recently brought to the at
tention of Chancellor Clifford M.
Hardin, Dean of Faculties Adam
C. Breckenridge, and Dr. Harry
Lloyd Weaver, chairman of the
University Liaison Committee.)
As the University Liaison Com
mittee apparently plans to forego
further investigation of the rumors
of faculty discontent, and the acad
demic community prepares to re
ceive the verdict on the Mitchell
case, it might
be well to re
view a typically
distasteful inci
dent in which
three ranking
a d m i n i
s t r a tors
sought to pro
tect a subordin- k
ate dean who
had intemper-
ately mal- vtbtx.k.n rhi
ligned a group Rrugmann
of nearly 30 professors in par
ticularly, one prominent and re
spected professor who has served
the institution for more than 25
years.
This is the unpleasant story, un
til now known only to a small
group of students, faculty mem
bers and administrative officials.
Late last spring Associate Dean
Frank M. Hallgren of the Division
of Student Affairs discussed the
demotion of Dr. Mitchell in conver
sation with me in the dean's of
fice. The Dean of Men directed par
ticular attention to those professors
who wrote to The Nebraskan on
behalf of Dr. Mitchell, singling
out several for critical comment,
and those faculty members who
were associated with a banquet in
honor of last spring's Nebraskan.
He characterized the latter aa
'malcontents" and "troublemak
ers," professors with whom the
University has been having diffi
culty for some time and the type
which would support an "anti
administration" campaign. (Over
20 professors, representing 12 dif
ferent departments, attended the
banquet.)
The associate dean spoke dis
paragingly of several in this group,
pointing in particular to one pro
fessor, who is about two years from
retirement at the University, as be
ing "neurotic" and "schizophren
ic," and under the care of a psy
chiatrist for some time.
Did you know, Associate Dean
Hallgren aked, in effect, that this
was the reason this professor was
relieved, of the administration po
sition which he once held? He as
i serted further that the professor
I was retained on the University
staff only at the "pleasure of Dean
Militzer."
I received the disturbing impres
sion in talking with Dean Hallgren
that the remarks which he made
were neither impromptu nor im
pulsive. Following this conversation, 1
talked with two professors who
personally knew the faculty mem
ber most severely criticized by
Dean Hallgren. Both assured' me
in no uncertain terms that the
dean's comments were complete
ly untrue, and received my per
mission to relay them to the pro
fessor whose reputation had been
impugned.
On June 20, 1956, I received a
long distance phone call from As
sociate Dean Hallgren at my home
in Rock Rapids, la. He said the
professor concerned had come to
him, reported what I had been told,
and was then in the office with
him. He said he did not remem
ber any of the comments which
he had made earlier to me.
I later learned that Dean Hall
gren had asked the professor if the
student concerned had been me,
and then insisted on calling me to
get the matter straightened out.
After this incriminating revela
tion, and the subsequent telephone
call, he admitted the entire inci
dent under further questioning.
Upon Dean Hallgren's request
for that which he could do to make
proper restitution, the professpr
suggested that he write a letter
to me admitting the falsity of his
(Hallgren's) accusations, and to
send carbon copies to Dean of
Faculties Adam C. Breckenridge,
Dean Walter E. Militzer of the
College of Arts and Sciences, an
other professor and himself.
On June 21, 1956, I received, the
following letter from Dean Hall
gren: "This letters is the result of a
conference which I had with
Professor X this afternoon. A
part of this conference was a
long distance telephone conver
sation with you.
bruce brugmann
"There are two point which
I should like to make. The first
is that I urge you ' U discuss
with no one any comments en
' the mental health, tht character
or the professional status of Pro
fessor X. Such discussion as has
taken place is a source of great
distress to both Professor X and
me. Both Professor X and I agree
that further discussion would
worsen the situation.
"The second is that I have no
knowledge nor do I believe that
Professor X is neurotic, a split
personality, Is under or has been
under the care of a psychiatrist,
or is retained on the University
staff at the pleasure of Dean
Militzer."
On receipts of the letter on June
21, 1956, the professor called Dean
Hallgren and objected to the word
ing in the letter, pointing out that
the language used did not place
the responsibility of the incident
where it belonged on the asso
ciate dean.
Associate Dean Hallgren asked
the professor if he would be
willing to meet with Dean Breck
enridge, Dean Militzer and him
self and iro' the matter out. The
professor agreed to the proposal,
and Dean Hallgren asserted that
he would call Dean Breckenridge.
Within the hour, the professor
was summoned to the office of
the Arts College. Upon arrival,
he found Dean Militzer and As
sistant Dean Walter F. Wright,
and not Dean Breckenridge and
Associate Dean Hallgren, waiting
for him. The two deans sharply
upbraided, the professor, telling
him, among other things, that he
was believing stories circulated by
a troublemaker and trying to make
trouble for the University.
The professor pointed out that
Dean Hallgren had admitted to
him that he (Hallgren) had made
the statements to me. Dean Milit
zer said he refused to believe this.
The professor asked that Dean
Hallgren be called into the con
ference, and declined to discuss
the matter further until this was
done.
Finally, at the insistence of the
beleaguered professor, the asso
ciate dean was brought into the dis
cussion, whereupon he not only
readily admitted but apologized for
making the statements about the
professor.
After this apology and admission
of guilt, the professor said he
would press the matter no further.
Associate Dean Hallgren's guilt
was formally confirmed five days
later on June 26, 1956, when he
replied to a letter which another
interested faculty member had
written him in support of this pro
fessor and myself:
"I assure you that I believe to
fail to correct a serious wrong
only compounds the original
misdeed. For this reason I was
eager to do anything I could to
correct my error."
The point of this disturbing epi
sode, but one of a long series, is
that certain ranking administrat
ive officials of the University not
only failed to penalize, but acted,
in effect, to protect a subordinate
dean who admitted his guilt of
recklessly maligning the reputation,
character and professional abil
ity of a University professor to an
undergraduate student.
These facts would seem to
strongly suggest that several of
our administrators are more con
cerned In protecting themselves
and their own positions than in
maintaining the professional integ
rity of -the members of the fac
ulty, particularly those with faith
ful records of long and meritori
ous service.
This sorry state of affairs con
firms three main points: (1) the
type of whispering campaign and
administrative pressure of which
Dr. Mitchell is but a typical vic
tim; (2) but one of the many
rumbles of faculty . discontent
which the Liaison Committee
should have Investigated long ago,
and (3) another little-publicized
reason why a number of our more
prominent professors have left
and will continue to leave the in
stitution, and why as many more
will hesitate to come to Uni
versity of Nebraska. '
It is with these points in mind
that I urge an immediate, represen
tative investigation into the rumors
of discontent in the Colleges of Ag
riculture and Arts and Sciences, if
not by the Liaison Committee, by
a faculty group which has the
courage, resources and purpose to
get the job done.
Todays Chuckle
A father of two teenaged chil
dren was heard to remark, "I only
want to get my kids out of their
teens without them doing some
of the things I did when I was
their age.
A former student returning to
the campus for a look-see while
the ground was still too wet to
plant commented in the crib the
other day that hs didn't miss
school so much but he sure got
restless around ten o'clock coffee
time.
Nebraskan Leiterips
To Tha Editor:
I feel that English is over-emphasized
in colleges .
It may be true that every per
son in every occupation should
be able to express himself in both
speaking and writing, but when
English is forced at people until
they develop a violent dislike for
it, it is a bad thing. This is true
of anything so isn't it also true
of English?
My major complaint deals with
over-emphasis on the' writing' of
themes. Every student at this
University, no matter what col
lege he is in, finds himself writ
ing approximately one theme a
week ofr possibly four semesters.
For students who enjoy writing
and who do it well, this is a fine
arrangement although many of
these students are even inclined
to tire of such a drudgery. But
for students who have trouble
with writing anyway, the set-up
becomes extremely hateful.
In many schools the technica
lities of composition are over
stressed and this makes the hor
ror of writing themes even worse.
At some schools the grade is
dropped by as much as one whole
point simply because of one error
in punctuation, capitalization, or
spelling.
Certainly college students should
guard against careless errors and
should do their best to use proper
mechanics, but is it really that im
portant? I don't think so.
Students who are planning to
make some form of writing their
career should write many themes;
but students who are going lo be
engineers or executives should not
have to emphasize theme-writing
that much .
After all, what are stenogra
phers for? They have been specil
ly trained to handle letters for
instance. If their bosses can give
them a general idea of what
they want said in a letter or
written report, the secretaries
should be able to put the ideas
into proper composition, using
good mechancis.
I feel that students who have a
faculty for writing well should be
able to take as many composition
courses as they wish in order to
have every opportunity to develop
their talents.
They should especially be en
couraged to write about things
they're interested , in and to de
velop a style of their own. But
students who do not have particu
lar interests or talents in com
position should certainly not have
to take more than two semesters
of composition, and these two se
mesters should be devoted to a
practical use of composition to
writing things like letters and tech
nical reports on their own parti
cular courses and interests.
This plan, I feel, would be
more satisfactory and beneficial
to more people.
INTERESTED
To the Editor:
This past week end, the Univer
sity was host to a Big Seven track
meet. It was a gu.id meet, and
competition was keen; however,
there were some serious blunders
made which caused comment from
even the most ignorant of sports
fans.
Generally at any sports event the
Star Spangled Banner is played
before any action gets under way.
Why then were several events run
before the national anthem was
played? To my mind this was in
very poor taste!
Less serious was the fact that in
the pole vault, broad jump, and
other field events there were no
markings to tell the audience how
high the jumper jumped, how far
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the javelin was thrown, or any.
thing of this sort. And tha spec
tators would kind of like to know
these things!
I cannot help but think that there
was something amiss in the or
ganization of the meet. We want
our school to be known for its ath
letics, but not for pulling such
boners as these at its athletic af
fairs! Let's hope that these errors
are remedied at future track
meets!
Patricia Flannigan
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ha typed double spses on l'i by 11 Inch
pspers. Letters muti be slraed, bat if
the writer wiihes, the Pslly Nebretksa,
will not publish th tlfaatur.
ACP:
Students
Offer Views
On Love
(ACP) Recent surveys hava
shown that boys and girls of to
day tend to marry at an earlier
age than did their parents, and
grandparents. Thus, college's and
universities fjnd themselves with
'ncreasing numebrs of young, mar
ried students. The students them
selves are divided upon the ques
tion of whether or not being mar
ried helps or hinders coirege stu
dents believe being married helps
dents believe being married ehlpa
a student in his studies while an
other third are undecided. About
a quarter of the students think
marriage hinders studies.
Associated Collegiate Press
gathered collegiate opinion on this
issue by asking the following ques
tion of a representative national
cross-section of college students:
Do You Think Being Married
Helps Or Hinders A College Stu
dent In His Studies?
The results:
Men Women Total
Helps 42 18 37
Hinders ..20 33 25
Undecided 38 38 38
The figures indicate a substan
tial gult between the men and
coeds, with men holding more to
the opinion that marriage helps
college studies.
Students believing marriage
helps college students in their
studies generally feel that it has
a stabilizing influence and gives
the student more of a psychologi-
, "A married student is more aet-
teled and is ready to study rather
than find 'a date for tomght.' "
A Barnard College (New York
City) freshman coed simply says;
"Marriage is a stabilizer."
f the new suevruoe benefits
ACT DOES NOT CHANGE THE
RIGHT TO CONVERT Gl TERM
INSURANCE POLICIES WHICH
have been CONVERTIBLE
UNDER PREVIOUS LAW
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VkTfcRANS ADMINISTRATION
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibier
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