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t -, ff't m Paqe 2 The Daily N'ebrGskan Monday. April 21, 1958 s A I 1 ... v V 8 n 1 -3 i : : A Editorial Comment Birth of Scrip This spring might be remembered for more than the annual budding of bushes and trees. It may be remembered more specifically for the publication of a 40 page magazine Scrip, which is probably close to being one of the biggest 25 cent bargains ever offered on the University campus. The magazine is very plainly a collection of prose and poetry written by students now stumbling through their study paces here at the University. The prose and poetry, however, is not plain it is pleasing. Steve Schultz is the student editor re sponsible for the selection of the material which appears in the magazine, and in most cases his selections leave little to be desired. He was aided in his selec tion of material by William E. Johnson and Barbara Millnitz, also students who, along with Schultz, make appearances in the anthology as poets. And their poetry, incidentally, is the apparent highlight of the collection. Bob Perry's one-and-a-half page 'Cart wheels" is the most appealing and tight ly written short story. The lead story "Holiday in July" by Robert Almquist is also somewhat attractive. An essay on pipes by Carroll Novicki, a critical study of James Joyce by Ron Dade and a few comments on the "Metaphysical Exist ence of Ideas" by Don Montgomery are among the more unusual and varied articles published. When one sees Scrip lie wonders why it hasn't been around since the begin ning. It not only provides a place for students to publish their works, it also lets everyone who reads it realize that young artists are still around the coun tryside preparing themselves for possible literary careers. The dedication page says very simply: "To Mrs. Edwin Curtis whose original contribution made scrip a possibility." This Minden woman certainly is to be thanked for her financial contribution which made the publication of such a magazine possible. Schultz says he hopes next year to publish the magazine quarterly. The two biggest barriers: money and sufficient good material, with money being the big barrier. The present issue, for example, will only return half of its $250 printing costs even if the entire 500-issue printing is completely sold out, which it should be with ease. There is only one suggestion that might be made for next year's publication short sketches on the writers whose works appear in the anthology. This might be little more than their class, age, college and home town, but even this would help the student to have a better picture of the kind of people who are contributing to the magazine. In any praise of the magazine, the English department is not to be forgot ten. Numerous professors have worked for years to make this magazine a real ity. Perhaps their biggest reward is seeing the young artist recognized and published. Political Motivation The following editorial is reprinted from the April 17 issue of the Univer sity Daily Kansan: What's a government for? According to everything we have learned in Western Civilization, it's sup posed to represent the people and per form functions for the public good. Now student government at KU seems to be a little different matter. Many students (about SO per cent) don't vote, and don't follow the actions of the All Student Council or commit tees. Their view is "The ASC doesn't do anything, so why should I bother about it." That is a valid criticism. The ASC doesn't do much. The big decisions, the political maneuvering and the frenzied ballot stuffing are not conducted with the student in mind. Rather, they are conducted to keep ene party in power, or to get another party into power. The question is, if ASC does nothing, why all this trouble to get in the driver's seat? Just this: ASC positions, committee positions, all the spots in student gov ernment, look good on the record of a Greek (and by that we mean social fraternity or sorority) house during rush week. You don't believe It? Then why and how is it that Greek houses, with about 2,200 members, or 28 per cent of the student body, effectively control stu dent government year after year? This editorial is not going to weigh the pros and cons of the Greek system, though it should be fairly obvious that the writer is not a "Greek." It does seem, however, that student government must have a more important function than to get good pledges for Sigma Phi Nothing. As long as rushing remains one of the prime forces behind campus government, it will go on as it has accomplishing nothing. From the Editor private opinion I was around a cynic the other eve ning. "You should have led a march on the capitol when Brown's house was burned down in Havelock," this self appointed critic of the press said. I didn't answer, partly because she was at least half-correct and partly because I wouldn't have known what to say. Yes, someone in Lincoln should have led a march on the capitol or at least on the City Hall when the incident occurred over a week ago. But who would or could get the job done? The officials of the city said, "Unfor tunate incident, we'll look into it thor oughly." Church leaders shrugged their shoulders, many admitting that the North is a hotbed of hypocrisy. Kind people made offers to Brown, offers of shelter, of financial aid. of sympathy. But no one led any marches. Cautious people didn't want any open expression of feelings toward or against segregation popping up in Lincoln, Ne braska, U.S.A. Mothers withered into their parlors and school boys quickly forgot about it, what with the majors opening full guns during the week. Lincoln's racial problems are worse than you might believe. Why, if you're out walking some evening just go three blocks east from 16th Street and see the ghetto son?e human beings are forced to live ia. Barriers of prejudice are ev erywhere in this town, you know. Ask any real estate man or any "private club" member or the employment agency down on 9th Street. And still, no marches on the capitol. Well, here's an encouraging little thought for every eager University stu dent. Dr. Willard Libby of the Atomic Energy Commission admitted recently on a TV program, according to "To- dick shusrue to ward World Disarmed." that the United States is the hottest place in the world. He was talking about that atomic fall out poisoning Sen. Humphreys was yelp ing about a couple of weeks back. More specifically, radioactive vegetables are up 50' I'm not sure how to interpret that statistic, but it looks impressive. Met a man from the Beat Generation the other evening, Kerouac fans. He was way out there. You guessed it. His name was (is) George. A cool fellow who digs Brahms and Shorty Rogers. No kidding, if you have never met a man from the beat generation, then make it a point to do so shortly. It's a great and enlightening experience' . The strange thing was, Kerouac tans, George has never heard of Jack! George is the type of fellow you might find on the Jack Paar Show any night of the week. The Jose Melis of Kvanston, Illinois. Memo to the Student Council. About April 26 of last year, the council re jected membership in the National Stu dent Association. The reason for rejec tion was the financial situation. "It'll cost too much," said one council mem ber. However, the chairman of the group looking into the angles, said that the door was still open for future examina tion of the NSA, since there seemed to be no other reason than the finances that NU shouldn't belong. Now, council, what's $150 to a group that can send delegates to student gov ernment conventions (like the Kansas City trip last year.) I for one (and this is old stuff by now) would like to see the students given a chance to say whether we should affili ate with the NSA. What, I wonder, do you have to do to get an item of business like this on the Spring Ballot? sxxtt-seven years old Member: Associated Collegiate Press Iatercolleglate Press Kepretentatl7e: National Advertising Service Incorporated Fablished at: Room 20, Student Union 14th R Lincoln, Nebraska The Dally Mchnwku t published Monday. Iim-mIm. Wctetriw and t rtda during the arboul year, exrept taring raratioai and fim periods, and one Kane In Batbllshed daring August, by atudenta of the lnlverity f Nekraaka under the authorization of in I ommltte a Mtndrat Affah-a aa aa expreasion of ttiidenl opinion. Puhlfeatlnns under the Inrlsdletlnn of the Hnhenm antttee n HluriVnt Publications shall he free from editorial eensorshlp na the tiart of the HiihronmilHee m Um part af aa aacmber at th faculty l I ha Onlrerslty. The member of ike Nebraska alalf are personally responsible tor what they eay. or da. ar caus to aa printed, February S, I9U. SnlMcrlpthia rate ar ! to per armeater ar $4 for Ut aeademl year. Entered aa eennd juts matter at til aot offlr -a iJnroln, Nebnuka, under the art f Auguat 4. Kit. LIMTOIilAL STAf Editor ...... Editorial Editor . Managing editor fcea Editor sports Editor . . I.ony Editor Dick Shut-run Ernest Hine ....Mark l.undstrora Emml l.lmna Oeorge Moyer Gary Rodrera. Diana Maawell. Pat rlannltan. arroll Kraus. (iretrhen Hide Mht New Editor Carroll Kraus Stall Urlli-r Margaret Hrrtman. Herb Probaarn, and Charles Smith ftiiHlne,a Vinaa-fr -ferry Metlenlin Assistant . -nines Managers - Tom Neff, ata Halman, Hob Smlilt Circulation Manager Jerry Irupp WrUTLEA&'E ARE WE IN, CHARLIE BKULL'Nf WELL. YC0 VE HEARD OF THE AAj6e LEAGUES. THE MIN06 LEAGUES AND THE BOSH LEAGUES HAVENT YOU? A Few Words Of A Kind by e. e. bines i e.e. One wonders where it all will end this scramble after the uncovering of the uni verse's secrets. It's almost impossible now to pick up a '?t4:!8S,wl paper on any i . " 1 without! 1 reading about some new harness i n g of this or that power or ele ment. "Soon we'll go to the moon," some say. "Soon we'll be able to monitor any place on earth," another says. The fangle-dangled lives of ease or t u r m o i I which lie ahead of us don't really ap peal too much to a fellow who thinks that we should have stopped our scurrying with the establishment of the postal system, paperback publishing firms and indoor bathroom fa cilities. The latter achievement is undoubtedly the greatest. 1 say this from my experience on winter trips to my relai ive's farm. And how can I ever forget bumping my head against the chair while scrambling around in the farmhouse wash-all tub? The only lault of the postal system today is that it is bur dened with second class mail which can only be blamed on this foolish "anything you can invent. I can invent better" jag. The bulk of one's mail is no longer personal mes sages written by aunt Matil da or sister Marie or girl friend Lucy it's trash mail telling you of the wonders of this or that product that you can'l live without although several thousand other gener ations of man seemed to strug gle along without its aid. And I'm not sure that even paperback books are need-d. Too often the low cost pap erback magazines makes one merely a collector of pom pous "looking and sounding volumes, rather than a reader of them. The ole Honest Alev tiring his eyes in front of the fireplace reading the Bible and a few borrowed books image is a bit overworked now, but it still has a lot of truth in it. I imagine he knew what was in the few boks he read, which is more than you can say for the majority of folks who daily tell you what new book they have just finished. i -.r This is something hearten ing about an old person's eyes lighting up when you start to talk about a classical book you read, and he lets you know he read it too when he was your age. But he read it not once or in the don't waste your time dallying over words reading style now popular, but repeatedly and painstakingly because it was one of the few books around the house. He Good For Grins The late Dwight Morrow, who was very absent-minded, was once reading earnestly on a train when the conductor asked for his ticket. Franti cally Mr. Morrow searched for it. "Never mind, Mr. M o r row," the conductor said. "When you find it, mail it to the company. I'm certain you have it." "I know I have it," explod ed Mr. Morrow. "But what I want to know is, where in the world am I going?" (The Reader's Digest) OAYESiW HEARD OF evcv: i ii i uaL.riAvHYay HEAB0 OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE" ...Jaboutthcee LEA60ES KLOOl I lT firtT It! I I YOU CAN HAVE IT ! WHO I f) NEEDS IT? IF YOU UiANT IT. TAEJT! YOj) CAN HAVE IT.1 "Sharp, Isn't It?" IF YOU 60T IT, YOU 60T IT IF YDU (JUANT IT, YDU CAN HAVE IT! UJHU Nttus 11 YOU UJANT IT? TAKE IT.' UJHO NEEDS IT? YOU 60T IT? TAKE IT.'uJHO NEEDS IT? Now Hollow Flames By Dave Rlioades f . arasw 7 Rhoades can tell you even yet what it's all about. That's another thing to gripe about the modern insistence that "you've got to go every where and do everything, buy one of each and all. or try it yourself before it means anything to you" rage. Get a storehouse of experiences, hurry, read, hurry, eat, hur ry, date, hurry, clubs, hurry, hurry, hurry bah! humbug! Some of the most creative men and women of history never stepped more than a few miles outside of their vil lage walls. A lot of the great est writers never had a for mal lesson in writing. Many of the greatest religious lead ers never took a bus to the holy river for a cleansing dip. So it goes on and on. d My big objection to this gadget crazy and over-experience burdened life that we drag, or rather propel, our selves through is that it's needless and doesn't improve a damn thing. What really matters in one's life? The fin laden car? The stinking-drunk party last night in Omaha? The million dol lar movie? The convertible ride down sorority and frater nity row? The new suit? Probably not. The big things are of a pla n nature: quietly sitting next to someone you know you don't have to try to impress with recounts of this or that deed, or shows of this or that wealth simply to sit still and realize that the earth can look pretty good in the spring, that a light rain is pleasant even though it may spoil an afternoon's plans, that it's really not child ish to be sentimental and have more than a public relations "hello" and smile for other people, that ignoring your chores for one afternoon won't mean the end of the world or your life. Pressed flowers and letters soiled from many read ings are the things that really count, the things that really make a life. -j "Romanticism, blind senti mentality" you call it. Okay, I'll accept your labels and go on playing my unreasoned game. But please don't step too heavily on the grass. I ' like it. Call this a spring in spired feeling. One of William A. Whyte's convictions expressed in The Organization Man is that the American suburban life and attitudes is largely a contin- uation of. campus val ues. A recent study by Phil ip Jacob en titled Chang-w ing Values In College, pre sents an im p r e s s i v e study of stu dents and. if one can be lieve Whyte's statement, re lates an interesting evalua tion of suburban culture. Here are some of the conclusions which Jacob's study of col lege students reveal: It might be said that the major conclusion of the study is that students share a pat tern of values and attitudes which is so much alike so as to give the impression that they are "turned out of a com mon mold so far as their out look on life and standards of conduct are concerned." Ac cordingly, they view social ability and harmony as the highest attainment. They are "gloriously contented" .... ''unabashedly self-centered," .... and aspire for "gratifi cations for themselves." Obviously, Jacob is making the point that the college ex perience results in greater uniformity of values and atti tudes. "There is more homo geneity and consistency of values among students at the end of their 4 years than when they began." College tends to have a socializing impact rath er than a liberalizing impact on attitudes. According to Jacob, there is developing a new kind of Tidings I am not a politician, and my other habits are good Browne. The good Governor Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey, a leading Democrat presiden tial possibility, is having no small amount of trouble hold ing the reigns taut in his home state, according to the good and leading columnist Hons Kleeson. i But have no qualms, the good Governor Bob will solve all, will settle all. will say and do all. Doris alarmed us of the trouble our hero and benefactor was having in ' dominating" the politics of nis own par- ty in his own state. Hog wash. Surely we know better than to be lieve the great (and good l Gov ernor Robert B. Meyner would try to I, dfZj Gary "dominate" any sphere of poli tics. He's no machine string puller, he doesn't fit the stere otype of the Tammany Boss he's too American. And be sides, even if he did "domin ate" the politics in his state, there is no one in the world who could do a better job. But his people aren't suckers who would let someone run their (his) state. It also, is wash for the hogs that the good Governor Rob ert B. is bucking the big labor power in New Jersey. As elsewhere, the important source of Democrat power ' there is the union leaders. The honorable Robert B. Meyner is too honest a man to try to double cross the very people to whom he owes his election. Not to delve too deeply into New Jersey politics and fang leing it might be in order to mention that the state has been Republican by a slight campus leader the type that Riesman calls the "t a J t leader". "The mark of a stu dent leader usually is his championing of the outlook and values of the community." This new leader is "like his class, only more so." This "other directed" person oper. ates with kind of a built in radar apparatus which con stantly receives messages from his peers and adjusts him to the situation at hand. Interesting enough, how. ever, the Jacob study of col 1 e g e students reveals that there are deep conflicts with in students who supposedly promote "togetherness" and harmony and conformity in their society of friends their "society" being their frater nities, campus organizations or friend-relations. Perhaps this is best sum marized in Jacob's comment: "gloriously contented yet restless and dissatisfied." The point is simply that students are lonely in the crowd; that they are pushing themselves into nothingness. While students strive for se curity by being accepted in a fraternity, there is also an anxious fear even among the best friends that rejection will come, that one will lose self respect in the action. "Th fight for the private life is the struggle for the intimate, personal, concrete life. Jacob indicates that this shows a dis illusionment with outward securities (campus offices) and a return to the more pri vate life of religion and stud ies. It is indeed an unfortunate characteristic of any campus that harmony seems to mean well-adjusted, that personality means leadership, and that conformity implies security. By Doc Rodger majority over the past years. But the good Mr. Robert B. Meyner is above partisan ship, he is above union corrup tion. He is a good governor. Our Hero. 4 t 6 And when '60 rolls around who would be v better per son to put up for president than good ol' dependable Bob. I can hear the roars in conven tion hall now. "I like Bob . . . I Like Bob . . . I Like Bob ..." and on thru the nite. The young whipper-snapper John (Jack) Kennedy, tainted with his millions, his youth and his ghost-writers, is no opposition to the veteran statesman, t h good Governor, Mr. Robert B. Meyner. a As Ivord Stanley said: The duty of an opposition is very simple it is to oppose ev erything and propose nothing. So is the lapsed state of af fairs in the Nebraska legis lature. There no one much cares to oppose, to chal lenge or to differ In opinion. One of the highest contribu tions of a partisan legislature is that it offers an alterna tive plan for ev ery one offered. If the Democrats ar in power the Republicans oppose; if the Republicans are in control, the Democrats disagree wita everything done. j Other Campuses J Coeds living in Bailey Hall at State University Teachers College, Geneso, N.Y., wera recently informed they'd have to find other places to live next year. Their dorm will be given over to men students. Why, asked the girls, was their ball the one selected for the boys? There are other women's dormitories. The Geneseo Lantern gave the answer. The halls are so situated that if the men were put in another dorm, women residents would have been able to peer into the rooms of the male students. (ACP) i. -'.., .J .va-ar- -? fan .a-m... y ft