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Editorial Comment
The Coal Bin
Dr. Hardin's Address
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To a disgustingly tiny gathering of 500 Uni
versity students and faculty members Clifford
, M. Hardin, chancellor of the University, spoke
of the support of a quality teaching program
which assures its students the best possible
learning opportunity.
Dr. Hardin delivered the State of the Uni
versity address Thursday morning in the Coli
seum which looked as correspondent hollow
as the words which the chancellor spoke.
With the enthusiasm for which he is noted
the head of the University listed the "bench
marks" which make this institution a great
University.
These were sevenfold: 1) The teaching pro
gram; 2) research; 3) the part of the Univer
sity; 4) the Influence on the community; 5) the
willingnest to stand aelf criticism; 6) the lustre
which the University has through academic and
cultural achievements; and 7) the physical evi
dence of growth.
Important
The Daily Nebraskan feels it is important for
the students and faculty members in this insti
tution to believe they are a part of a great
university. We were surprised, however, that
the chancellor neglected to discuss the many
problemi which are real to this school in the
address which should tell of the state of the
University and not eulogize the institution.
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Chancellor Hardin
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We are not criticizing the words which our
chancellor spoke. We are not levelling criticism
at those who sat attentively and swallowed
gladly the tributes to a great institution.
What disturbs the Daily Nebraskan is the
lack of attendance at the convocation and the
lack of a frank discussion of the real problems
of the University by Dr. Hardin.
What the chancellor says at a State of the
University convocation and the total number of
students at the convocation have a direct rela
tion one with the other, we believe.
Not A Record
For if the students believe that the charcellor
is going to point out the fine qualities of the
University and discuss what makes this a great
place, students will not want to hear just a
record.
On the other hand if the chancellor looks out
over hundreds of empty chairs convocation after
convocation what else can be think than "The
students just don't care."
Dr. Hardin said that the convocation was
inaugurated so that students could "appraise
the thinking of the administration."
But if the students know only the great points
of the University they cannot evaluate any
thing. It is our sincere belief that it is the duty
of the chancellor to point blank tell the stu
dents what is wrong with the University and
it is just as much of a duty of the students
to listen, heed and act on the advice of the
chancellor.
Other Problems
Last year Dr. Hardin discussed the parking
problem of the University. He discussed the
critical staff problem of the University.
This year he intimated that the maintenance
of teaching excellence remains the major aim of
the University.
He pointed out that enrollment is up, that
educational costs are increasing and that the
supply of qualified teachers is not in pace with
the demand for them. He said that the Uni
versity has met with some success. He pointed
to the increases granted by the Unicameral for
teaching.
Dr. Hardin made an important statement
when he said that there is some "danger that
emphasis on the weaknesses distorts the per
spective of the University."
We disagree. We believe than an institution
of higher education like a human being can only
gain the help of its counselors by describing
the problems it is facing fully and accurately.
We did not hear this description Thursday.
Sorru of the items we would have liked to
have neard discussed Thursday are the park
ing problems of the campus, the plans for
increased housing and the cooperation with the
Greeks In the expansion of the University, the
teacher evaluation program which we have
called for in the past, the hard feelings between
administration and the faculty which some
faculty members past and present insist are
hurting the prestige of the University and the
possibilities for establishing more and better
courses in many departments of the University.
Accept Words
We accept the words of the chancellor which
pointed out that never before has this Univer
sity offered better educational opportunities
than today, and that never has the need for
young people with higher education been so
great as it is today.
But these ideas are not unique with this
university nor with this group of students.
These are nationally known facts and do not
lead us to think better of just this one institu
tion. As students, we must accept the blame that
the State of the University address has become
a hashing over of the items which are tradi
tionally tear-jerking spirit rousers.
Willing to Digest
But we stand ready and willing to accept and
to digest the entire story of the University
its faults and its failings in the spirit of self
criticism which the chancellor proclaimed was
one of the bench marks which does make this
University great.
We will accept the problems of this Univer
sity and work hand in hand with an adminis
tration which will present them to us frankly
and unabashed.
We will stand by our University with the
thought that this mutual failure on the part
of our chancellor to relate the whole story and
the inexcusable laxity on the part of the 8,000
students who were not at the convocation will
become the pertilizer of a renewed vigor of
the desire for truth and cooperation at the
University of Nebraska.
from the editoi
First Things First . . .
Other than to say I have yet to learn how the
wearing of beanies can deter one's "maturity"
or "education at the college level," I'll make
no comment on KFAB's classical comment
Tuesday praising the decline of beanies on the
University campus. The statement almost
matches that of the young coed who blurted,
"I don't mind the beanies but they're not red,
they're purple."
Cornhusker comic Johnny Carson hosts a new
TV show this week.
A former student at the University, Carson
ad-libbed his way into the national airlanes.
Admittedly his is not a "show biz" story. His
parents never played in vaudeville, he never
starved on the streets of New York, or had to
ell newspapers.
Carson discovered the intrigue of magic in
Norfolk at the age of 15 and performed as "The
Great Carsoni." After graduation from High
School in Norfolk in 1943, he traded in his
magician's tux for a set of Navy blues, serving
three years in the Navy.
He then enrolled at the University and took
job at KFAB. In 1948, knowing little more
than how to turn on a TV set, he accepted a
TV challenge at Omaha, made good, and went
to the coast.
His big night came with a frantic call for
by Jack Pollock
help from Television City in Hollywood. Red
Skelton had just knocked himself cold when a
breakway prop failed to break when Red dived
through a door.
Driving to the studio Johnny pulled together
from his memory various bits of dialogue and
situations that had clicked before. Before he
had time to worry, the show was o"er and he
had a contract with CBS.
(Red recovered nicely despite the fact Car
son sent him a "stay sick" card.)
During the past six years Carson has worked
on a local show in Los Angeles, written mono
logues for Red Skelton, spent a year on CBS
network, and worked night clubs. He's also
looked at several Broadway plays and admits
having had "a couple" of offers to do a picture.
His new program, which will be aired Monday
through Friday, at 4:30 p.m .over KETV, is a
marital merriment quiz, "Do You Trust Your
Wife?" It was hosted last year by another
comedian Edgar Bergan.
For his new program Carson move- his talent
and family east. His wife is Judy Wolcott of
North Platte, a college "acquaintance" and
assistant in his magic act. Carson quips, "We
have three boys, Kit, Ricky, and Cory so if
that isn't trusting your wife, I don't know
what is."
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60 UNAPPETIZING !
All intellectual hash laid aside.
Flu . . . the Asian strain. No
one likes to be sick, so . . .
Epidemics might hit NU, but
have no fear. The university is
well prepared. Commendations to
the health service for laying out
definite :lans. I went to the IFC
health meeting Wednesday eve
ning, and it looks as if Dr. Fuen
nirg and his bunch have done some
good work,.
Orientation sessions have been
held for housemothers, health
chairmen and presidents of all
houses; and special meetings for
mutterings
sieve sehullz
I was surprised the other night
to find that one of the brothers
was unaware of a golden oppor
tunity; he had never heard that a
girl student is not officially a coed
until she has been kissed under
the pillars. He
was pleased at
being told, and
when last seen
was standing
in front of Love
Hall offering
his assistance.
The point of
the slightly ex
aggerated an
ecdote is that
a University
student is able
to go
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to school
nearly three years without being
aware of one of the pleasantest
traditions ever evolved on cam
pus. One wonders whether any
thing is left of the collegiate fet
ishes that dear old dad and the
other alums weep over in the booz
i!y reminiscent moments. I su
spect that if ten students were
asked the significance of the Mis-ssouri-Nehraska
bell, five would
ask, "What the hell's that?" I
note with dismay that beany-drive
chairman Jack Pollork was forced
to admit that the freshman no
longer are eager to wear the school
colors on their little pointed heads.
I am continuously displeased to
note that the University's archi
tects designed a girl's dorm with
a slick shingy glass facade to
The Galley Slave
dick slu i zinc
As far as I was concerned, this
was the end of the line.
The University of Kansas Daily
Kansan reports that the Ivy League
fad has reached the point of no
return.
, . ''An ad in a
magazine the
other day was
a d v e r t i s
ing socks with
a buckle in the
back," the sis
ter publication
pointed out.
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' " " days when
Nebraskan PhotoDUCkles had a
Shugrue real purpose
and were revered for the work they
could do, not the decoration they
afforded.
Buckles used to be worn on the
shoes of dandies. Once upon a
time some clever youngman (no
doubt) thought he found the answer
to the corset problem by deciding
that the fat strap should be
squeezed by a buckle.
They have served as a hat sizers
and a coat fasteners and haven't
ever been out of style in some
position on the human clothes list
for as long as I can discover. j
But who knows. This grasper I
of inhibitions and clasper of pants
seats now has been lost on the
bottom of many a University desk.
What else do Ve have in the
modern world that's as useless as
a buckle on the back of someone's
pants or socks? A Pledge? But
ton on the back of shirts? Foot
scrapers at Andrews Hall?
I know, it's a moot question.
Another columnist on this page
has recently told members of the
University (both student and facul
tyl about the bugle serenades
Thursday noons.
Thursday I went over to the
stage of the activity and looked
out on the field. Some chortles
came forth from the troops rust-
Lettesrip
Blasts Parker
To the Editor:
Of course parking is going to
be a problem as long as vested
young men will insist that cars
are a necessary part of Univer
sity life.
But in this fine weather we see
the stirring example of many of
the faculty people and fail to fol
low it. Bicycles are the rage now
on the campus and those who are
beset with parking problems could
do with taking off a few pounds,
I dare say.
Biking in the winter months is
no problem at least it isn't ' any
more so than skidding around in
Chryslers and Packards. I would
think that sturdy young American
men .would cherish the moments
spent on bicycles.
But alas. The idea that bikes
are for the radical is too preva
lent I hope the day will come,
as it did around the turn of the
century, when men will appreciate
the value of cycling.
Now these frat men who are
having trouble finding parking
places are begging the University
to relinquish good land so cars
could be put on them. Well, it
isn't necessary to have a car to
go to school as students at Michi
gan found out. But it is necessary
to be in top physical shape. There
fore I suggest that more of the
chubby old tops around here get
out of their autos and pedal up.
The bike is here to stay.
J. Silverbeels
. ling around in the grass. 1 don't
' really believe in harassing any
department in the University, but
this was worth the laugh.
I had always wanted to make
some comment about the ROTC
department in past years but
could never get the courage of my
convictions.
One afternoon as I walked into
my home from school I found a
letter from the ROTC department
telling me that I had missed a
class and that my parents would
receive a letter about the situation
and so would the Dean. They re
ferred me to the cadet code which
stated that a written excuse should
be presented to the office of the
department whenever there was an
absence and that if it were not
certain penalties (on the order of
demerits) would be awarded me.
Writer Louise Baker Wilson was
visitiqg my mother that after
noon and commented that she
wished she were my mother for
then she'd give the ROTC a piece
of her mind.
She noted that it seemed ridicu
lous that a department of the Uni
versity which was training us how
to win wars and inflict mortal
harm on our enemies would resort
to writing a letter to Mother and
Home about sonny's absence.
Her thoughts summed up quite
adequately what I as a student
(and just about every other stu
dent I know who has received one
of these letters) felt of the situa
tion. But coming from me the
thoughts were those of a young up
start. I didn't stop to question the
ROTC crew on the merits of the
novelist's thoughts.
For rabble rousers only: If you
think the University of Nebraska
and the isolated Mitchell case is
food for trouble (or was) you
should be down in Lubbock, Tex.
An Associated Press dispatch re
ports that the Texas Tech faculty
charged that the college board of
directors violated accreditation
stfndards on faculty tenure and
academic freedom in firing three
professors and then refusing to re
consider or give reasons.
Ye gods, what a field day some
of the rabble people around this
place would have down there. The
dispatch commented that the board
chairman replied to the charges
by saying the "unanimous decision
of the board stemmed from what
was considered best for Texas
Tech." Hmmm.
which no ivy could ever cling and
that fraternity houses built in the
last few years look like the de
lerium tremens of a tepressedly
drunken Frank Lloyd Wright. And
I am angered that a few fraternity
men are unable to contain them
selves within the bounds of ma
ture sanity, that they must in
stead trample lawns and start
brawls, and that because of their
stupidity the traditional Friday
night pep rally may no longer be
recognizable for what it was even
two years ago when my class
started' college.
I anticipate that one of the coffee-cup-philosophers
at whom Jim
Cole so woldly lashed out will
say that the loss of campus tradi
tion is all to the better, that all
this hallowed folderol was puerile
gibberish anyway. If one is to be
analytical, if he is to substitute a
slide rule for a heart, he will
probably agree.
But, forgetting rr.y mind for the
moment and allowing my emo
tions to rule, I disagree. I disagree
because I remember that last year
at the time of the tuition increase
I found it easy to become angry
and to swear that I was never
going to return to the University
of Nebraska; it was easy because
1 had never felt the cohesiveness
the oneness with the institution
that I think it is the right of every
college student to feel. I returned,
obviously, but I returned because
of educational opportunities, not
because of any ssnse of loyalty
to my school. One wonders why it
is so easy to miss a football game
without a pang of conscience. One
wonders why so many students
those who do not have the am
bition to become activities jocks
not the inclination to become so
cializers feel 'out of it." One
wonders why it is so easy to think
"What am I doing in a cheezy
school like this?"
One suspects that at least part
of the reason is that one no longer
has the college student's tradition
al right to make an ass of himself
in honor of his school and its his
tory; this sort of thing is simply
not done in the best circles, my
dear.
I would suggest that these glor
ious chances to be ridiculous be
publicized; perhaps the Rag can
take one of its reporters off the
Smith Hall beat for long enough
to do a series on campus tradi
tion. I'll be waiting. But in the
meantime I'll look for a willing
freshwoman who wants to become
an official coed; I suggest you do
the same. (Well, maybe not all of
you at once. Tradition is fine but
there's no sense turning this into
an orgy.)
AND NOW THERE
ARE THREE
Once upon a time there
war. a King. But alas the poor
King: was troubled. Our King
wanted to please the college
crowd (naturally) but found
(much to his din-may) It was
too large for his one castle.
So he appointed his two
brothers to rule with him
(because they each had a
castle). Now there are three
King-a (drlve-in'i that is).
And now our King is happy,
indeed.
Join the happy crowd at
King-s!
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food handlers are srh?duhd n?xt
weok. Everyone ought to know
what to do, now in case we get
the bug. And if the persons re
sponsible for the management of
each house follow tne procedures
laid out, the contagion should be
cut down.
The AMA recommends that ev
eryone get in a lot of rest and eat
healthy frwd, in order to keep up
the body's ""resistance."
The student health people say,
jlso, that dishwater must be heated
to 180 degrees. The whole idea is
to avoid contact with one another,
as much as possible, in hopes of
squelching the "virus." In a close
community of 8500 mouths, though, i
that is hard to do. Coughing,
sneezing, nose-blowing will con
tinue. The main thing is to be alert for
symptoms, and to follow proper
measures for getting well and pas
sing the germ to a minimum of
people. That's if the intruder is
discovered . . .
The symptoms: rapid onset,
(high) fever, headache, sore throat,
coughing, weakness, aching mus
cles. What to do if suspected: tell
bouse health "authority." and he
will fix you up by putting you to
bed, taking your temperature and
your pulse, giving you cough drop:
and aspirin, seeing that you hnv.
the right diet, and reporting youi
condition to student health. D(
what he says, please. Nurses am
doctors will check on you, too.
There is nothing to be woivie?
i F care is taken, the flu is nol
serious, there is no mortality tc
speak of (and then only out o
"complications"). It only last;
three or four days six until you
are completely in circulation. The
chief danger is pulling the masses
out of operation. That is, the epi
demics can come swiftly, and they
can be big. But I hear that plans
call for medical, fire, police, pub
lic utility, communication and
transportation people to get their
vacations early.
Since April, when the organisms
plundered Hong Kong, the world
has been watching. Six drug manu
facturers have been lifting their
test tubes at the flu; we have the
vaccine now they're making
more.
Colorado and Missouri are get
ting hit, so Nebraska might be
close ahead. We hope the bugs will
choose other channels, but the de
fenses and POW plans are in good
order in case they don't. We would
rather not be inconvenienced. The
Xi's are preparing and I hope
everyone is.
Then no fret for us students . , .
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economical
sure am. I
Are you the
type? I know I
am always trying to find
smart outfit for a good price-
Most university co-eds have
a rather strict budget und art
usually looking for an outfit
that will serve them in many-
ways ana many times.
The ensemble shown hr-re
can be worn on many differ
ent occasions and vou will al
ways be well dressed. It con
sists of a 100 o black wool
jumper, a white pique dixit:
and a wool box jacket of dark
toned stripes. Wear the whole
oimu ror an afternoon or
evening of fun. Take the dixie
off and you are readv for
dresser party. Wear the jacket
with any o.' your own woo!
skirts and sweaters for
football game or wear a perky
blouse with the jumper for
classes.
Now you have four outfits
in one for only 22.95. The
sizes range from 7-15.
Visit Gold's Campus shop
on second noor and look at
this fashion hit for budget
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