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Tuesday, November 12, 1957
Editorial Comment
Council Business Musts
Th rough These Doors
george moyvr
It has come to' the attention of the "Daily
Nebraskan that in order for that organization
of representatives to be less misunderstood by
its peers, going on a business basis might be in
order.
Here, then, are some suggestions to make
the council function better than it does at the
present time.
1) All resolutions, motions and so forth which
will be introduced at a particular meeting should
be submitted at the meeting of the week
before, in writing. This way duplicated copies
of the motions may be given to each individual
member of the council and this newspaper to
avoid any question about what is contained in
the motion or what the introducer of the motion
wants to say.
J) The roll for each meeting should be pre
sented to the Daily Nebraskan in writing along
with the minutes. That way we can keep a
check on the council so that there will be no
repetition of the rolls mixup which was put
over on the student body last spring.
S) Resolutions which have been passed after
being amended should be presented in writing
to the Daily Nebraskan.
4i All major changes in council matters
(through amendments to the constitution or
charters, such as the Tribunal Charter, should
be presented in triplicate to the Daily Nebras
kan so there is a written record on file in an
impartial office on such matters.
The Daily Nebraskan believes that the council
has functioned relatively well in the past.
But there has been so much passing of the'
buck which has accumulated over the past years
that some sort of arrangements should be
made to correct the situation.
We have always been glad to cooperate with ,
the council. But sometimes when there is no
common ground, the newspaper finds that we
are not talking, in fine, abont the same prob
lems. So by 'giving every piece of business its proper
place, we believe that we will be able to help
the council function much more effectively a.id
at the same time we will be abie to keep the
students informed of what is really happening
in the council.
Our next objective will be get reports, in
writing, from the various committees in the
council.
But first things first.
from the editor-
First Things First...
. bv Jack Pollock
In addition to learning such gems of wisdom
as "The richest people in the world are those
with the most money," (author Max Shulman
the humorist who writes the Marlboro advertise
ment in the ''Rag''), representatives of the Uni
versity's student publications exchanged prob
lems and constructive ideas at the Associated
Collegiate Press conference last weekend in
New York City.
Chief conclusions by the Nebraska delegation
re lhat they are privileged to work at a
campus with no censorship imposed by the
administration and that Nebraska student publi
cations" compare very favorably with similar
publications at major universities.
Humorist Shulman was one of several speak
ers who addressed nearly 1.000 collegia. is from
33 states at the three-day meet.
Speaking on such world shaking topics s "So
You Want to Be a Writer, You Fool, You,''
Shulman concluded that editors are "People who
couldn't get jobs as writers." On the more
serious side, he concluded that today s genera
tion has ''too many rebels without causes and
too many causes without rebels.''
Associated Press columnist and former war
correspondent Hal Boyle spoke of the various
types of columnist key hole type, theater critic,
humorist and rock thrower. Of the latter group,
he said, "There are too many people today
engaged in rock throwing simply for the sake
of rock throwing."
Thomas Hamilton, chief United Nations cor
respondent of the New York Times, compared
his beat with reporting on national, state and
local legislative bodies "complete with log roll
ing." The basic element of coverage, he said,
concerns the UN lobbies .where delegates hash
most things out not in the meeting and assem
bly rooms.
If this paper turns into a shoppers' guide,
thank the convention for generating a greater
enthusiasm on the part of the Cornhusker and
Daily Nebraskan business managers. On the trip
back delegates found it difficult trying to con
vince the business staffs that the purpo.se of any
campy newspaper is reporting the news of the
University community not that of a medium
for disclosure of local and national bargains.
In attending any conference, the measure of
Its success is not merely "What Did We Get
out of it," but also the more unmeasurable
evaluation of "what did we contribute." The
Nebraska delegation reports success on both
points. .
Here are some of the comments of your repre
sentatives. Marilyn Heck, associate editor of the 19"a
Cornhusker, "... a valuable experience be
cause of the opportunity it provided to compare
our staff set-up with that of other yearbooks.
We seem to have a much smoother production
than most other staffs and most of all. I thi.ik
we have the right idea in mind ... to record
the year's events at the University, and not just
put out a full book of pretty pictures."
rev Buck, editor of the 19o8 Cornhusker, "It
was satisfying and encouraging to learn that
. the production and staff set-up of the Corn
husker is superior to that of many college year
" books. Problems that face our staff also face
many other staffs and discussion helped clarify
several of these issues for us. It's too bad more
of4he staff couldn't attend to enable more of
the many sessions to be covered."
Jim Whitaker, assistant business manager of
the Cornhusker, and panel member on the
topic "Boosting the Budget with Miscellaneous
Income in the Large Schools," "It was well
worth the time spent ... in new ideas to apply
to our staff, in learning of different ways other
college business staffs operate and from the
viewpoint of new ways of selling not used at
the University previously."
jrerry Sellentin, business manager of the
Daily Nebraskan, "... a lot gained on the value
of advertising background, a lot of ideas on
how to ,sell advertising we are using were given
to other delegates, and the fact that we are
above the national average and local average,
percentagewise, in the amount of advertising
we use."
Most rewarding for this delegate was as chair
man of a panel on "The College Newspaper and
the Administration." Questions covered included
"Should the newspaper be free to criticize ad
ministrative acts or regulations?"
Of 100 w. 150 delegates attending the discus
, sion, only a few religious schools and southern
schools reported strict ivn.-.irship. Those attend
ing voted to support one school in its fight for
freedom of the press and inform the wire
services in that area of the firing of the paper's
editor unmentioned in the school paper be
cause of censorship and not carried in the local
paper.
The delegates of Southwestern Institute at La
fayette, La. reported "some censorship" includ
ing approval by a publications board of ail
editorials, columns, cartoons and letters to the
editors. The paper was not allowed to print
polls concerning elections and all stories con
cerning the deans and president of the college
had to be submitted to the sources for "con
firmation" before publication in addition to
"approval" by the publications board.
"Last yer the editor fought for what she
thought was right," said one of the school's
delegates at the convention. She was fired, for
"inability to hold a staff" (she had the same
problems others had but no more, and had a
very adequate staff, the delegate stated!; she
was charged with "inability to get along with
the faculty" (this is a prerequisite for being
an editor?) and for "inability to get along with
the publications board" (I don't like censorship
either beyond the scope of my individual cen
sorship on the basis of good judgment)."
The publications board evidently based their
decisions on fear of reprisal of "adverse stones
of the university's policies or stories" from the
state legislature major source of the school's
revenue.
A previous Daily Nebraskan editor summed
up the situation well with the statement, "When
the general welfare of any college is served
by the imposition of controls and denial of
Criticism, it is time for the institution to remove
from its class schedule, classes in philosophy,
liieraure, political science, and the humanu.es
to prevent any charge of hypocrisy.
Even Juan Peron didn't put out mock news
papers. He merely shut them down.
Contrary to the apparent belief of Southwest
em's administration, the censorship at t' r
school is not prevalent. In fact it is in direct
conflict with a resolution passed at the first
Student Editorial Affairs conference held th.s
past summer.
The ronference resolution condemned all
abridgement of freedom of the student press
and declared the following fundamental rights
and priviliges essential for the effective execu
tion of the responsibilities and obligations of a
free student press:
) Within the legal restrictions of libel laws
and the conscience of the editors, the student
press shall have final jurisdiction and freedom:
2) The student press shall be freed from ail
types of financial and inordinate and excessive
social pressure from student government groups,
university or college authorities, state or city
officials, etc.
3) The student press shall be free to present
all articles concerning controversial matters .
ana opinions on such matters;
4) The student press shall be free from all
faculty and administrative censorship.
A newspaper that cannot speak is not a news
paper. Southwestern Institute should allow its
student publication to speak for what it feels
will benefit the University or it should merely
turn the paper back into a journalism labora
tory, cutting out paper stories and pasting them
on a mock dummy accordingly.
Daily Nebraskan
FIFTY-SIX TEARS OLD.
Member: Associated Oollegiate Presa
Iateroolletiate Press
EeeraaeaUtive: National Advertising Service,
Incorporated
Published at: Room 20, Student In ion
Lincoln, Nebraska
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rom the loots of things on the
Student Council, the Student Tri
bunal is going to' have to be re
submitted to ft students for -va
rerun referendum. The reasons,
according to Dave Keene, Tribun
al committee chairman for the
Council, are certain inadequacies
in the present charter.
Keene further stated that he
doubted whether the campus
would see the implementation of
the Student Tribunal this year.
"We have got to go slow and be
pretty careful." Keene said.
T.iis brings up the question.
. "How slow and to what extremity
the caution?"
Since I appeared on the campus
three years ago there has been
noise about the Student Tribunal.
Sometimes it has been a faint
whisper and sometimes, tgood old
Bruggiran) the noise was a deaf
ening roar. But so far, it's all
noise.
I realize that the faculty senate
is going to ask very carefully
thought out questions about any
charter the Council submits to
them. I know that we, have to be
as sure as possible that the char
ter is fair to all segments of the
student body. But how long does
it take to get it that way?
Work on the charter could have
been greatly facilitated, of course,
if certain of la.st year's campus
"leaclers" hadn't set themselves
up as minor gods capable of de
ciding wtiat was best for the entire
student body. This somewhat
warped belief by otherwise ca
pable and likeable people resulted
in the juggling incident that was
finally made public through a Ne
braskan editorial yesterday. Un
less a new such group is forming
among this year's Student Council
members, all delays of this kind
are things of the past.
Now that a new council group
has taken over the management
of Hie charter's fortunes. I hope
that a little more speedy action
a lot more above board will be
taken on it. Most of all though,
before I leave these hallowed halls
four years from now, I would like
to see a Student Tribunal in ac
tion. It wouldn't be a perfect one
obviously, and to begin with it
might sputter and limp a migtit
until unforseen bugs were worked
out. but it would be a Student
Tribunal at least.
The rr.oral of this all is that no
matter how long the Council works
on this tiling, there is going to
be something not exactly right.
Therefore, though I don't advocate
undue haste, I at least " mildly
submit that the Council ought to
get the whole furshluggener show
on the road.
Good old Jay Silvertieels is kick
ing it up again. Depend on a white
man to try to start trouble be
twetn the Indians and the settlers.
This time however, the trouble
is not being started by illegal coi n
liquor smuggled into the red man's
camp, but by ideas, persuasive on
the surface but unable to stand
the light of close examination.
First of all, old Jay recommends
a changed tax structure in the
state. This means of course tne
tired old arguments about an in
come tax and sales tax. Conceiv
ably these would eliminate Hie
property tax and catch a few peo
ple who had been skipping stale
taxes by not owning property.
However the revenue gained by
changing the tax base would not
be significantly larger. The real
advantage (for schoolmen 1 to an
altered tax structure would be the
reduction of state property taxes.
School revenue is derived from lo
cal property taxes which means
that local school property taxes
could then be raised to finance
bigger and better buggy washing
planus. The tax payer would be
peeled going and coming.
Jay then says that noie halls
of learir.g should be built to ac
comodate students. Sure, outmod
ed structures should be replaced,
but Jay boy, enrollment went
(town this year. Shall we bui.d
buildings to stand empty?
Thirdly, Jay wants to regear our
society to put more emphasis on
innate wisdom. Fine unless he
means by innate wisdom the abil
ity to "snow" instructors on essay
exams. If we ever are to cakli
up to the Russian Sputnik, we ae
of learning should be built to ac
going to need lacts and not "snow
flakes." The foirth suggestion oid Jay
makes is a pretty good one pro-
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vided instructors have time for all
8,000 of us. After all. when "oid
bumble brain" graduates, he isn't
going to be able to hold those
weekly conferences with his teach
er. It'll be sink or swim then,
How's your dog paddle Jay?
Lastly, Jay wants to throw out
all tests that ask questions an
swered in the textbooks. Strange
as it may seem, students find
tilings learned from books valu
able after college. Of course, I
see that Jay means we ought to
be able to apply what we know to
questions we may have to face
later. But. unfortunately the only
way to tell if a math student
Jtnows a specific formula is to a-k
him to solve a problem involving
it. This has to come from a book
Jay.
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Bitter, bitter grapes.
That is what we tasted at the
book review Thursday which was
attended by a few intimate friends
and curiosity seekers.
Now that
much was said
at ail.
But now
we'll have
some indica
tion as to ;
what activities ,
on campus we
have an obli
gation t o at
tend.
Let's it? e.
Who was
there? No facility members.
That should mean that when a
faculty member aiks me to com?
over and meet some signitary
and present some comments in
this paper concerning the digni
tary I wouldn't have to do it.
Or if someone in the theater
asks me to come over and see
a p'.ay of the laboratory stages
I could sit home that night and
read the Tales of Fu Manchu.
Or ;f some instructor in the his
tory department wants a full
house at a lecture by Toynbee I
could $.t home and brook about
it and not attend . , . just out
of spite.
But then the light Hashes above
my mean ai.d I realize that we
really didn't have too much to
offer. Just an experiment in stu
dent culture.
This might he blown up into an
issue on teacher apathy with cul
ture. But it's hardly worth trie
paper, is it?
I see where the paikirig board
of the council has promised to
look into the poor condition of the
parking lots.
We might expect a report nhich
says something like this, "Yep.
The lots sure look bad."
Then we wait and wait and wait
until spring and the word on the
signs changes. "The Union addi
tion will be started in summer of
19"8." I have put tank treads on
my car replacing the wheels.
Should save some money in the
long run.
.
A Red Lion acquaintance tel's
me that Omaha men are a little
disgruntled with the University
football team.
These are the men who are,
apparently, putting up the money
to pay for the team. They are
doing it out in the open and have
a right to get a return for the do-re-me.
But just what return are they
getting?
Nebraska is getting the reputa
tion of being a good ole fashioned
ornery school with the spirit and
the flagrance of the wild west.
Note these examples: In Mis
souri the Cornhusk?r boosters
chunked (he big M to a big N.
This CHiised general panic among
the Tigers. It caused a great
number of chucks around the
home front.
Spies from Iowa State tell me
that the Cornhuskers at least
some of the braver nnesi man
aged to get into the IS cheering
section and goof up the card sec
tion. They irritated the Cyclone peo
ple no end when they started put
ting up the wrong color and
shouting the Iluskers on to what
might have been a win.
Well, this Omaha fellow indicat.
ed that he was pretty mad about
the results of the team. But he
was stunned 'or stoned t v.hen I
related these other gay incidents.
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Pet peeve of the week: People
who iign up for work in mi or
ganization j,ist to impress the up
perclass students (they're really
being rather naive irom the start I
and never show up. Pow !
H w to fill up those barren walls
in our ghetto. Start bending in
1 r mi or in Jt: on from such places
as the Brit.sh Tourist Services and
the French Tourist Services and
the Free Map Company of Amer
ica and the Renault Auto Com
pany. Thee people have little ee to
do but stulf envelopes chock f.ii!
of goodies for our walls. I just
got a lovely bluck poster from
Me Renault people which is hir.s
ing in the Daily Nebraskan inner
aii.t,.m. Anyone with a free min
ute is encouraged to drop in and
lei; me what the Frent h words on
the thir.g say.
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Let We Forjet. A I write this
the lait hours of Veterans DbV
are creepu.j aby. We youtts
don't appreciate 'and never will,
I vrspert. the acrilites which
have been marie for us by the
men in uniform. Today is their
day.
And America has just about
forgotten about them.
No poems in the Lincoln Jour
nal on the front page. No free
parking meters. No big. noisy pa
rades. Just another indication of the
complacent nature of Modern
America.
Needless to say, "Where would
we be if men had not been willing
to give up their personalities to
the armed services in times of
stress and war?"
But it's the truth.
So, maybe a date late, we could
bow our heads a little and thank
God that there are such things
as our veterans who had to be
American soldiers first.
A recent survey made by a pro
fessor of secondary education
shows that the percentage of stu
dents of high school age enrolled
in such courses as physics, chem
istry and mathematic has de
clined over the past forty years.'
And correspondingly the percent
age of students in English, history
and other social studies has arisen.
This is perhaps a dangerous po
sition foi Nebraska.
Obviously, the report indicates,
a high percentage of schools in
the state with an enrollment of
over lixi s;uden;s is offering sci
ence courses.
This is a serious position be
cause just .this weekend a learned
scientist claimed that if the United
States wishes to compete favor
ably with the Soviet Union in sci
ence it must realign its system of
education "from kindergarten on
up"
Here in the heartiand of Ameri
ca the trend u just the opposite,
as this sarvey makes obvious.
I would like to speculate as
to why this is true.
Fust, many of the persons
trained in the f.elds of scien.-e
have been attracted by higher pay
ing jobs in private industry. Of
course it is common knowledge
that the pay scales for teachers ih
our Nebraska hit;h schools are
down toward the bottom of the
scale in the nation.
Secondly, those curious of mind
might rather go into research in
industry rather than research in
bx.ho'jis.
Thirdly, the liberal arts, such
as the social studies and English
have geared their education to
ward educating. It is profitable to
teachers in these fields to have
some free months for tudy into
their chosen areas. But the value
tory have on the American culture
is one of inspiration rather than
o! research into unexplored fields.
S, the competent persons in these
fields might prefer to remain in
teaching posts rather than go into
writing or lecturing f.eld.s.
Then it become obvious that
dedicated persons are needed in
the fields of teaching the science,
to inspire students to go into those
difficult fields which are wide
open to new minds today.
Future teachers, take note.
A Few
Words
Of a Kind
e. e. hiiies
My days are limited. Not my
living days, but the number in
wliich people will sit down with
me and discuss the whys and
wherefores of life.
The handwriting is all over the
wall. You see, what with Sputnik
t and II and all, the scientist is
the fellow who is recognized as
the authority. When the scientist
scratches his head, everybody else
scratches his head too. It is tha
proper thing to do.
But poor me. From now on my
actions will be taken so lightly
that when I scratch my head ail
people will do is recommend a
good brand of dandruff remover
to nie.
I happen to be one of those last
souls who can't send messages on
junior Western Union sets. And I
never had an erector set.
My parents , are probably to
blame for my plight. When I was
small they told me toads would
give me warts and that mica
would give me lice. This, of
course, eliminated by desire to ex
plore the world of animals.
A bit later my beginner's chem
istry set produced a repugnant
odor that permeated our little)
abode. Because of one failure my
parents ripped away my precious
little set.
This was years ago, you say.
Things needn't be the same. I
wish it were so. But now I am
enrolled in biology and I'm having
the same old troubles.
All I see when I look through
the microscope is a fingerprint a
reflection of the windows, or a
white blotch. Yet my co-researchers
and instructors tell me there
is a whole world of life beneath
the microscope lens.
La-st week I wrote a head say
ing "Flu Bugs Vanishing From
NU." The next day I found out
where they had gone. They had
invaded my precious bones.
Now I walk about half alive with
the look of a health authority on
my spooky little face.
It is a kind of a proud feeling
to say, "Yeah, just got over the
flu," and then discover that the
person you are talking to ha.sn't
had the bug yet. This allows you
the opportunity to describe your
sick room and fevers and head
aches and soup diet. And. of
course, you have the complete
right to feel smug and warn your
cornered friend that a pill in timt
saves nine,
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Returning to the scene It is com
forting to note that my fellow
columnists are still on the band
wagon for intellectualism, eternal
freedom, sacred motherhood and
10-cent coifee breaks.
What hurts me, though, is that
even with a week for contemplat
ing I have been unable to come up
with a philosophy for eternal hap
piness and world salvation.
Most of my cohorts in c r i m c
seem to be able to plot complex
and happy little help giving piaiur,
on a moment s notice. It makes
it feel almost inadequate.
In a way though, I don't feel
had. When I was six years old I
had a great platl for preventing
s-liool playground accidents. I
suggested we all play in tha
streets. The folks at that school
never did take my advice and
playground accidents still keep oa
happening.
You folk would probably K
be just as cold to some flashing
idea of mine, so why cast my
pearls before swine?
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