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m V if'r 10 V.)l M V V. . ?. il : ' it 'r. 'it 'J .J The Daily Nebraskon Wednesday, November 13, 1957 Editorial Comment Football and Reality No matter how often a person is told the reasons why the Cornhuskers are not doing as well this season as they have done in the past, following a loss the old shout comes rising up, 'What's the matter with the team?" But the shouting is bora somewhat out of the fear that people are laughing at Nebraska as football school. , We would like to aid in the dispelling of this fear. We would like to re-establish the case for the Cornhuskers and the future of football around here. First of ail, the general spirit for football which dominated the universities of America has died down to say the least over the past eight years. Life Magazine has an interesting article concerning the general attitude toward football in its issue this week. It is well worth recommending to the folks who think that we Nebraskans are a strange lot who just don't give a hoot about the team. Those of you who have taken the time to read the article know in general, all over America, collegians are taking a more vehement interest In scholarship and have left football to the big fellows who are looking for a job. Nebraska isn't a victim of the national trend entirely. But it is caught in a situation which very much resembles a vice. On the one hand there are many students who look with scorn on football and who don't generate the enthusiasm which the folks of the past days have generated. On the other hand we have a University which relishes being in a position of honor among men. At this University there are no charges that the football team is being paid extravagant sums of money and given special privileges. Football players are eligible for scholarships, but they have to work hard to get through school. So the Cornhuskers are playing teams which believe that good football, good sport, depends on how much a player is paid. And that's not really our bowl of soup. There is another problem. The team which is playing for Nebraska today is the product of recruiting by Pete Elliott and Bill Glassford. Bill Jennings' boys haven't come around yst. It is hard to work with a bunch who have been directed toward another school of foot ball and produce what the alums like to call "results." Cornhuskers can be proud, we believe, that they still maintain football as a sport rather than as a business. Students here should be proud that they still want to attend games, win or lose. We should be proud that Nebraska shouts, either for or against the football team, haven't been stifled by the general apathy which is evident in America concerning football today. "Roundup" Recommended reading: "Roundup: A Nebraska Reader" edited by Virginia Faulkner and printed by the University of Nebraska Press is entering its second print ing. The book contains articles about Nebraska and Nebraskans and is compiled from the works of those who have lived in the Corn husker State or who have passed through and been touched with the fresh vitality of our state. It'i always a tribute to any book when the second printing comes around. This collection of Nebraskana is worth having In any library. But it is particularly worth hav ing in the libraries of people closely associated with Nebraska and her culture. Therefore, per haps it would not be premature to recommend that the reader be purchased by students to take home as a Christmas gift. But before the snows and jingle bells come falling down on Nebraska, it might prove to be a pleasurable notion to pick up a copy of the reader and lose yourself in the stories of the state gathered therein. Miss Emily Shossberger, University Editor, had this to say about the Reader, "We were happy to see the reception the book received. The second printing was necessary for we wanted to have sufficient stock for the stories both here in Nebraska snd over the nation. "This is a book which sells not only once but at many times. We believe it is a prize to have on one's bookshelf. The book plays up the state's good points and is, therefore, wonderful for Nebraskans who are usually apologetic about our state." Miss Shossberger added, "The reader points out to those away from Nebraska that the state is much more than it hand been before the war. It illustrates the cultural and scientific growth in Nebraska which go to make this a wonderful state." That sums up the reader: an inspiration for those who believe in the future of Nebraska and look to the past for a great pioneer heritage. The State's Taxes . Tha following it another in the series of tditorials which are culled from the nation's newspapers and presented here for consid eration by the population of the University. This editorial is reprinted from The Lincoln Star. Sen. Terry Carpenter's Legislative Council Investigating Committee has not been too peace ful an organization but it has been getting things done. It has already found out, as it fully expected to do, that personal tax forms are a far cry from the truth. The evidence shows that in both the tangible and intangible field, the state is hardly scratch ing the surface with the revenue derived from this form of tax. In simple language, the com mittee has found that people either don't turn to all they own or greatly depreciate what they do turn fa. It is a little difficult to understand the rea soning by Carpenter and State Tax Commis sioner Fred Herrington which seems to absolve county tax assessors for the pitiful state of the personal property tax situation. Certainly, an assessor must be expected to have sense enough to know that farmers with cattle have to have grain to feed them or that a man in business must have an inventory to stay there. Herrington also suggested that taxes on house hold furnishings might be abolished because of the great amount of work involved in collecting them as compared to the total income derived from this source. With Nebraska pinched hard already for tax income, it seems a little odd to advocating removal of any tax at this time. What is needed on household furnishing taxes is a stiff law and rigid enforcement. People aren't paying personal property taxes because nobody else is paying them and because the state and the counties are doing nothing to make anybody pay them. Trust in man's basic hon esty and other principles is fine as a rule but doesn't work on taxes. People don't pay taxes unless they get in trouble by refusing to do so. from the editor First Things First. . . Tba hallowed reputation of the Arts k Sci ences honorary, Phi Beta Kappa, received a evert jolt at the University of North Carolina last week. A letter was sent to the honorary' "rush chairman" recommending consideration of a certain boy for membership. Kansas State offered the students a holiday added to their Thanksgiving vacation if K-State won the football game with Kansas University last weekend. They didn't get their holiday but the idea could be transplanted here. A win over Colorado or the Oklahoma Sooners probably would be met with a holiday anyway . . , Staff Reporter Tom Lee of the Creightonian at Omaha provided a bit of comic relief on Creighton's parking crisis with a few tidbits on the different types of autos and their occupants on campus. First mentioned was the "gravel-thrower." He's the type who runs out of class, jumps into his Belchfire Eight and roars out of the parking lot leaving a lethal barrage of flying rocks. Then there's the exit crasher and the space hog. The latter glides into a parking spot meant by Jack Pollock for three ears at an 85-degree angle to the next car and ambles to the class. It stops others from parking but it gives sightseers a better view of the skull and bones painted on the side of the vehicle. All in all, Lee reported, the situation "is worth a chuckle or two which is just what is needed by the guy who is looking for a parking spot within five miles of his next class." For a broader coverage of the University's other half, the faculty, the Daily Nebraskan will soon start a series of articles dealing with instructors, teachers and professors and signi ficance of their research or publications, past and present. The feature articles will carry a short bio graphical sketch of the instructor concerned. In addition to providing information on some of the more noteworthy projects (past or pres ent) of the faculty members, it will give students and outsiders, a better outlook on the stature of University faculty. , The series will start with those in the sci encesgeology, physics, chemistry, zoology, etc. If it meets with any success, the program will be expanded to cover other departments. Daily Nebraskan FIFTY-SIX YEARS OLD " tb part of any pM aatsM tin TJnlTenlty. Tha oeaben ut the Nebraakaa staff an personally ra. Hember: Associated Collegiate Press o.itt. ttm cam u m printed. February 8, Ivoo. UtereoUegiate Press gubaerlptloa rates an ll.M pet Mmeitar or Si fat BcpraentatiT: National Advertising Senriee. J11" ,"",J , . ., , . , . ' EatenS aa aaeoaS elaaa matter M tha post afflea la Incorporated Liaeaia, Kabraaka, under the act of Ausut 4. MIS. ED1XOB1AJ. STAJfa Published at: Room 20, Student Union Editor Jack rouaea 1..1. ari....b. Editorial Editor Ilck Sbutrue Uneom, NeDraSKa Manajlnc Editor Bob Warbolo.kl iv. a. b N,w" Editor Sara Joaea HID a B Sporta kdltor Ham iurtt l To Van, Na.ra.ka. la pablUaat Monday. TB,. "J J" IUr ' un!"" Mi,u! dHrlnt Aort, b atndeata of the taivenltp 8P"rt Writer. ..Kea Kreed, Del Kaimmitn, Ron Sba. IKiMnSit ander tha aatborlzatloa of he fm.i- aaen, Harold Fri mp. Bob W js. aa SnHMwit Affair aa aa etpreuloa of student oplntoa. BLSl.Nrjm sm" , - rabiiftattona ander lh jurisdiction of tht Subcommittee Bonlneiw Manager .. . Jerry Bellentia as Stndeat Publication! hall be tree from editorial Aislitant Bulneu Maoacert. . .Tom Nell, Stan kalman Manniililp aa the part of the Subcommittee or na the , Bob Hmldt art at aar member at Use faculty el Ute Inivenltj, at Circalatloa lUamt riifH miiiir i x,t Moirla Bitter Ashes lyle haiisen . Convention time is here again I It seems as though every year there are more conventions being held at more distant places than the year before. Don't get the wrong idea here! I'm a red-blooded college man, as college men go, and I love conventions. But I'm certain there is a difference be tween enjoying the ride to and from the site and the extra-curricular activities that go on at most national get-togethers and at tending with a real desire to gain something significant from your fellow members. I trust that the latter will prevail when a small delegation from the Independents at Nebraska attends the annual national convention of Tomahawk this weeked at Iowa State. The delegation is small, but they will be able to gather many of the ideas which result from the meetings. A couple years ago the idea was initiated on this campus, a con stitution was drawn up patterned after the national constitution, but we lacked complete co-ordination with the national headquarters and more important with other Inde pendent organizations right here at home. There are conflicting ideas run ning around campus as to what Tomahawk actually is, and until a few weeks ago, I was confused myself. However, after a bit of re search I've been able to straighten out my own ideas, and as a re sult, I want to clarify the false impressions that I know a lot of people must have. Tomahawk is a national organi zation designed to give official rec ognition to Independent students "who have been outstanding in their contributions to the Univer sity through their service, loyalty, and co-operation. . . in all campus organizations." Its purposes are basically three fold. First, membership in the or ganization is a form of recognition to those Independent students who have shown outstanding work in activities and scholarship during their freshman and sophomore years. Secondly, Tomahawk is de signed to stimulate interest in stu dent organizations and activities among freshmen, specifically Inde pendents. And thirdly, it will serve as a co-ordinating body for all Independent students and for those activities which operate in the in terest of the Independent students specifically. Perhaps this third point is one of the most significant items con tained in the who'le idea. This group could become the basis for a more closely-knit Independent association. This will give every Independent organization an oppor tunity to become a part of a group which is real and not just a skele ton on paper. In attending the conference, we hope to gain a new approach to the problem of bringing the Inde pendents closer together, and of making them feel that their help is needed and wanted in more of the campus organizations. Cole Bin Jim Cole Walk downtown and go through some of the stores, even if you don't want to buy anything. Look at the window displays. Read the u6s in e Journal and Star. For big business think they've seen Santa Claus acoming, and they're shoving out the merchan dise for gift buyers. They're trying to draw you up to their counters by ringing holiday bells. Not as loud as they'll get later on, but they're ringing, nevertheless. They were last month in October, too. If you'd ask me, I'd tell you the merchants are starting the festivities too early. I like to be old fashioned about a few things; and it seems that when the toy lands go up two or three months ahead of time, I don't get a very big bang from looking at the toys. And I like to havet hat kind of fun once in a while. After all. And I really don't think anyone is getting excited over what pres ents he's going to get this soon. Anyway, people will buy what and when they want regardless of ad vertising tones. So I wish the Christmas shop- ping season would get back some of its old charm, for those of us who like to be sentimental. Not that it has much to do with the significance of Christmas, for it doesn't; and t h a t's a different story. e Emanual Widow's observation that an orchestral interest in the public schools is dwindling seems rather interesting, and may hint at something else about Ameri cana. For if science has got its hat on, and art is near the closet, perhaps humanities will be next. Oh! Steve Schultz. I'm trying to improve, you'll not particularly be interested to hear, whether it look,s that way ot not. I really haven't been as cocky as you would charge, and I think you were a bit too harsh on me, if I can say that. And I doubt whether you really are so abnormal, you know, as to never get just plain sick of anything, whether you think you don't or not. But anyway I will try to profit from your advice and foster an at titude similar to yours. Thanks. Young Jim. Oh, the 'folly of youth! 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Char: Have you been badly scared at any time? Joe: Yes. Once I was nearly run over by a cattle truck. Char: What did you do? How did you react when you' thought that you were going to be run over by that cattle truck? Joe: I jumped out of the way of course. Char: How did you know to jump out of the way. Where did you learn to jump out of the way of a cattle truck? Joe: What do you mean? I just jumped out of tha way like any one else would. It was a reflexive action, I guess. har: In other words, you didn't think or figure out what to do, you just did it. Some people would call it instinctive. Joe: Yes. Char: Have there been any other times when you have acted on a reflex or instinctively so to speak,? Joe: Yes, I should think there have been many times that I have acted so. Char: Now, Joe, if you were out on a battlefield and death was near and there was the whine of bullets and the cries of men In pain, would you be calm or tense? Joe: I would probably get killed. Char: Now then, let us say that you were captured and taken to a Communist prison camp. Let us say that it was cold and that you were without heat and food enough to do little more than survive. Let us say that the guards were brutal to you as well. Would you be calm and in a stable frame of mind or would you be upset and some what unstable. Joe: I would be under a great . stress no doubt. Char: And how would you fart that situation, Joe? Joe: I would face that situation the only way I knew how. Char: A"d how would that be. Joe: I don't really know. I should suppose I would react to the situa tion in a way which would be a result of my background in soma manner. I don't really know as I said before. Char: If you had been used to strong authority being- over you, then you would look for a strong authority again. Joe: Yes. Char: If you had been used to exercising authority, then wouldn't you naturally take over? Joe: Ye. Char: And if you had been used to thinking of your unit or outfit as being for the birds and of little consequence, then wouldn't H be reasonable to assume that you might revert to this attitude of every man for himself? Joe: Yes, it could be assumed fairly. Char: Now, Joe, isn't that pre cisely what DID happen, and isn't it an important reason why som men succumbed to the brain wash ing? There are other reasons at well, but wasn't it found that this lack of discipline and lack of group spirit was a substantial contribut ing factor? Joe: Yes. Char: Can you see now that polishing a button is important after all. Joe: Yes, I see It now. Char: Do you see the importance of training and discipline as it might be applied to other things in life as well. Cannot it be applied to everything you do? Joe: (silence). Char: Throw me that towel on the back of the door, will you please. Joe: Her. Char: Thanks. BORGANA! 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