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Paqe 2 The Daily Nebroskan Friday, April 11, 1958 Editorial Comment JawATsa?T0ri (IRL, I D LIKE HER TO HAVE BLONDE HAR...AND WAVE AN EVEN DISPOSITION... AND I THINK SHE SHOULD BE FOND OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. STRIKE THREE!!!! 11 f Gi'RL IDOULD YOU l LIKE TO MAtW Avoid Traffic Jams -1 i ' l A i I i i: i .. . i The City Planning Commission has re ceived a preview of possible city con nection routes to the Interstate Highway which will be built north of Lincoln proper and the University. The main plan calls for the routes to pass by the east and west edges of the University campus. And as it looks now, no matter what route is finally decided on the campus will be caught in one of the biggest traffic squeezes known to a school when the insterstate is finally opened for traffic. As stated, this isn't a definite plan but 10th street and 17th street along with R were mentioned so frequently in a report of the proposal that traffic-wise it doesn't look too hopeful for the Uni versity. There is, however, one spark of hope that something of the campus can be saved. This gleam of hope was con tained in a comment that the University officials hope to eventually close 14th, 16th and 17th to traffic through the cam pus. Such a step would be one of the How To Pay? In the middle of a recession period no body cares to hear talk about more taxes. The usual words people are waiting to hear are "tax cuts," "increased relief" or "easy credit." Nebraskans, however, aren't escaping this "more tax" talk. A concerted drive is being made by the Nebraska Tax Equity Council to see that more money drivels into the state's coffers. The way they propose to do this is through a broadened tax base that will enable the state to use a sales or income tax to obtain revenue. One of these, or a combination of them, would be used to replace or supplement the present property tax the only sizeable means of income Nebraska now has. The tax council had hoped for support from the Nebraska PTA organization when it met in Lincoln this week. But thanks to a well organized delegation from Omaha a group which would nat urally be strongly affected by a sales or income tax state PTA won't be giving this support. The Nebraskan has previously favored a broadened tax base and continues U do so. The state's system of obtaining revenue is perhaps the most incongruous system in the nation. It is certainly the most limited. The University of Nebraska is con tinually reminded of the shortage of state funds. Everytime budget approval wrangles begin, the University officials must sit back and watch hoped-for ap propriations be whacked off as lace fringes not needed by a state university. The shame is that often these whacked off items aren't fringes, but badly needed funds. As long as large delega tions like the Omaha PTA continue to hamper the work of outstate delegations to improve the state's income and thus improve the University's chances to get these needed funds, Nebraska will be hopping along like a true farm state of the middle ages. It's nice to be a person from a state known as the place "where folks are friendly," but it's not good to come from a state where 1-room school houses and other poor excuses for edu cation facilities are common place. It's time that the Omaha PTA wakes -up and looks beyond the Omaha city limits. And it's time that Nebraskans throughout the rest of the state unite to produce something more than a wooden school house state. We've left behind the wooden plow. Let the wooden school house go next. From the Editor private opinion . . . dick shugrue .3 in When the word about a student tri bunal got around, some students were up in arms over the idea that pawns of the administration would run for and be elected by the council to the tribunal jobs. That may well enough be true. But it can only be true when the student body allows it to be. So1 it wouldn't be a bad idea1 after vou pet a look at. who the nominees are tolV!!!6: make a little noise with! your council representa-f rivoa nktut this ni-nti'nm Ban4lV)K lb. TV. AfcVUl 11119 fLSJUmik. And if you see some Shugrue character applying for the tribunal who you don't think will act judiciously, objectively and what have you, then let your representatives know what you think about the idea. What with council elections coming up, they might, for a change, pay attention to what the students have to say. You know, politicians all the way from the national ones right on down to the cam pus ones are pretty glad-handed this time of the year. I might add that it won't do any good" to talk with the junior members of the council. That body is one of the self-appointed, self-perpetuated groups which has the power to turn on and off other organizations but seems to turn a deaf ear to charges of "unfair" processes within its own ranks. However, I've heard that legislative bodies sometimes feel they don't have to live by the rules they have set up. After all, they've made them so why can't they break them? It's time to talk a little politics. Have you registered to vote? If not, fet on the stick before it's too late. The registration office (the election com 'missioner's) didn't have much going on the day I dropped in to take the oath and sign my life away to the party of my choice (one guess what that is). So, as honest tax-payers we ought to give those public servants something to do just to keep them out of mischief. News Item: The young GOP contingent is off to the races at Indianapolis or somewhere. There they will be told to toe conservative and prove there's no need for a change. There they'll probably be told that everything's o k. and Ike is a great guy and Dick is a fine fellow who likes to have his picture taken with young ladies from the Midwest. They'll get the in side information on Ike's route to Get tysburg and the latest scoop on the ADA. Oh! There's something I knew I wanted to talk about. In the Lincoln Star the other morning there was an article noting that a Republican "information" group had blasted the Americans for Democratic Action as a group support ing "creeping socialism." Outlandish at tacks were made against the group, com posed of liberal Democrats (who have no official connection with the party.) The article went on to say that the Re publican party would not be responsible for what was .said despite the fact that the book was supervised by a big-wig GOP group. Then the buck passing went to the most incredible extreme by re lating that a prominent Republican sen ator was a wheel in the publication of the "campaign issues" booklet. I suggest that if the Republicans want to do any muckraking they should at least have the courage to say, "Yes, we said it." Yet, somehow, I didn't expect that the party in general would admit they had gotten their hands dirty. SIXTT-SEVEN YEARS OLD Member: Associated Colleriata Pre Intercollegiate Press Representative: National Advertising Service Incorporated Published at: Kom 29. Student tnion Nth St R Lincoln. 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In this case, to close off traffic as quickly as possible through the cam pus, and to reconsider other proposed access routes to see if one more distant from the east edge of the campus wouldn't be as acceptable when con sidered in the long run; that is, that the University of Nebraska may be ex pected to do a lot of growing along with the rest of the state. "Vou'll Note The Familiar Cave Painting Motif , , ii a a-THi a i i a yai mm ty a m , , , My Weal Or Woe by dick basoco Despite the results of a re cent rag poll which disclosed the fact that XU students want the paper devoted to campus affairs, it has reacnea my ears that some few people here are interested in what is happening in the wo rid around us. Therefo re, this column will be de voted to a ! Basoco keen analysis of some of the world's more earth shaking news items. These are the events that have crammed the space of our newspapers, filled our weekly magazines, and have been on the tongue of every commentator. These are the events that shape our lives and illuminate our times; these are the events of the 20th century. Princess M .rgaret, one of the more obsure members of the British royal family, is at it again. Yes. she had tea with that retired RAF" cap tain, P. Tovvnsend again. This tete-a-tete lasted for not less than two and one-half hoin . Although the whole thin;,' i being kept just terribly h .,.1 hush, it is expected l iai a sum mit conference will be called in the near fuiure io try to alleviate the situation. If all else fails, the Prime Minister will probably dissolve Parlia ment and call lor a vote of confidence. More headlines will undoubtedly follow, for such state emergencies can hardly be relagated to t h e social columns. And never before has a hair cut caused such a stir! But not only have the LP's care fully combed locks been chopped, but his guitar has been unstrung and his quiv ering is now in cadence ! Will American womandom stand for this? I predict they will not! Not less than 3 or 9 million righteously frenzied females will storm the gates of Camp Chaffee, Arkanss, in protest. And for those of you who just haven't been able to keep up with the fast pace of Pres ley's induction proceedings, dog tag reads 53310761. he's a "nice kid" and doesn't want any special privileges for his $4078 a month worth of mili tary service. Which probably makes him the wealthiest pri vate in the Army. But the biggest' story of the year is at Yale. The Ivy League has been steadily un dermined by the acceptance of female undergraduates, and now Yale has fallen. Smith and Vassar girls are go.ng to be invited to study with the men of Yale! Within 24 hours of the an nouncement. 10 Vassarites had already applied for admission to what used to be one of the really fine all-male schools. But with the admis sion of co-eds, Vassaah, Suh mith or what ever, the de mise of Yale has started. Soon it will be relegated to the ranks of a marriage bu reau for husband hunt ing women too. Oh, the shame of it all! And somebody is sure to say, ",Why, this guy hates women." I don't. I don't! I DON'T! As a matter of fact, I like 'em. I think they're a great institution. They're irreplace able, and that's the whole trouble. With girls running running around a campus how can anyone concentrate on schooling. Yale used to be a school of learning, but now it too will be a place where the major interest is physiques not physics. And I don't advocate kick ing the fairer sex out of in stitutions of higher learning. I don't advocate kicking them out of' Nebraska either. In fact, I advo"atr bringing more gals to old NU. Afterall, if we're goim to have them any way, we tniiht as well have them in sufficient quantities instpr of this ridiculous 3 to 1 ! I !'. Cut please leave the men of American some refuges. All 1"' left now are Princeton and Dartmouth. Such is Jhe new s today . . . Good For Grins Humor is where you find it. The following society story was printed in the March 28 issue of the Sidney Telegraph at Sidney. The headline read: "Beach Party Given By So rority Chapter Here." The story read: "Getting in just ahead of today's spring snowstorm, members of Alpha Iota chap ter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority had a beach party last night at the home of Mrs. James Bricker. "Chapter members and their guests, Mrs. Jerry Hile, Mrs. Marsha Rogers, Miss June Ray, Mrs. Rex Kinney and Mrs. Robert Reckard, were dressed for un-dressed, according to choice) in cos tumes appropriate to. the oc casion. "The time was spent play ing games and cards with prizes won by Mrs. Virgil Reed, Mrs. Keith Kaylor, Mrs. Hile and Miss Donna Hagemeister." - And the Falls City Journal reported how instead of the church going to the birds, as it is sometimes complained, birds were going to church: "Members and friend of First Christian Church, Falls City, are being asked to bring their canary birds to church Sunday, so that their melodies will add to the Palm Sunday service. "This is the third year that the church has had this serv ice of singing birds on Palm Sunday. When the music of the canaries is added to that of the organ, choir and con gregation, the result can only be described as heavenly, ac cording to those who attended the two previously services." t No Man Is An Island "And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with , all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." We have read or listened to these words many timer and in many places, but the full implications of them are scarcely understood if to un derstand means to do. What does it mean to love God and to love our neighbor? The word "love" is laden with many meanings in our world. We love food, love to listen to music, love our fam ily, love a certain boy or girl, love our country. Is love in tended only for those things which we also like? Or does love in its deepest sense mean something much great er? Ix)ve for God and love for our neighbor means accept ing, forgiving, sacrificing, and caring for the loveable and unloveable, the near and the distant, all people in all places as children of God. Gandhi said, "God sits in the man opposite me; therefore to injure him is to Injure God himself." You may say, "Why of course. This is what I've thought all the time. You're not telling me anything new." But just what does this mean to you, here and now? If you really believe that this must be the rule by which you live, then: No student should leave this campus with an unutterable sense of loneliness after a few weeks or after 4 years at the University. Students of racial or nation al backgrounds which differ from the majority should not feel uncomfortable in groups outside their own. Conformity in social behav ior cannot be forced upon anyone without regard for in dividual standards a force which is often informal and almost unconscious or unrec ognized. , Criticism of groups, insti tutions, and administrators cannot be lightly given with out sincere attempts to see other points of view and un derstand them. Students cannot say, "There just isn't time to keep up with the news. The world could fall apart and we wouldn't know about it for 2 weeks." And then follow the comic pages in the paper with out fail, or switch the radio dial to music whenever the news comes on. Students cannot be indif ferent to suffering, Injustice, immorality, or government by default on the campus or in the world. You say, "But if they only knew the real me that I do think and care and want to do what's right." What is the real you? What you are is what you will become. If it is real, it is to be lived. If love for God and love for neigh bor is to have any meaning, it must come alive for each of us. This is a command from which we cannot hide and from which there is no excuse. Tidings Courteny Lincoln Journal There is considerable talk that there is no difference be tween the Democratic and Re publican parties. Though this is not true, it is a fact that many people do not realize the basic dif ferences be tween the two parties. Though I a by no means an expert on this topic (who is?), I believe these are the basic differences between the phil osophy of a Democrat and a Republican: The Democrat: feels that centralized pow er is necessary, that the major ity of things can be done best by the federal government. believes that enterprise should be pce-1 under close government reulation and ma nipulation. thinks that labor is at a disadvantage in dealing with management and that govern ment should help labor. asks that government control the economy through price, wage and materi als controls and price parity programs. supports the opinion that government rather than indi vidual and private activities should attempt to remedy so cial proglems. wants the governmertt to create a new economic order, asserts that the legislative and judicial branches of the By Doc Rodgers government should be subor dinated to the central execu tive. believes an effort should be made to get away from the traditional, that the bur den of proof lies on the op position to prive no change is necessary. Conversely, the Republican: Agrees that "he is best governed who is least gov erned" and asks for decen tralization. e m pha- sizeS the sys tem of free e n t e rprise with no gov ernment con trol of busi- i ness, laoor, yj trade or ag-r" nculture. Kr-AJrt -areues fh a t labor and manage- uncoVZni ment are on equal footing and the government should not in volve itself with them. frowns upon the govern ment entanglements in the economy; prefers the process of supply and demand. relies on private, local and state efforts to solve problems which he feels they can per form. prefers the present econ omy. believes in a balance of power between legislative, ju dicial and executive branches. urges the retention of stat us quo, asserting that it is the burden of the opposition to prove that change is needed. Rixstinc Jewelry M?g. Co. rinr'-pins-medals-trophie engraving , SPECIAL ORDERS Phone 2-3810 1108 P St. EUROPE Wr'D av the vaaal, pint Norta Afrlra. Vaonlarla. Kant iermanr, O.rhwlovakia,. 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