The Daily Nebroskon
Friday, December 12, 1953
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Editorial Comment-:
Happy Paradox
If an incidental observer were to note
the manner in which students are object
ing to the planned change in registration,
he might consider that University of Ne
braska students were a wild and uncom
promising bunch. Fortunately, however,
there is evidence to indicate that students'
negative evaluation of the alphabetical
registration plan is only a part of their
concern. Also of concern to students is
the success of their University, present
and future. Proof -of this is the interest
shown thus far in the Builders' sponsored
drive for funds needed to insure a Kellogg
Center for Nebraska.
A tabulation of contributions by student
organizations through Wednesday indi
cated that more than $2,500 had been con
tributed or pledged to the University
Foundation in the campus drive. Indi
vidual contributions will not be tabulated
until Friday when the first groups of
pledge cards are turned in to Build?rs
from the various dorms and Greek houses.
The Xebraskan has already voiced great
"favor for the drive and would like to echo
this support again. The organizations that
contributed are to be complimented for
the it support. One factor however, could
bog down the student drive. There is a
possibility that students belonging to or
ganizations that make pledges will see no
reason to make personal pledges. This
means that many studentswho could play
a bigger role in financing the Kellogg
Center may feel no incentive to do so be
cause their group has given a large sum.
No one would suggest that a student go
out on the financial limb to make a pledge
for the Kellogg Center, but if any student
has a desire to make a direct investment
in a better University the drive is a suit
able way to do it.
A for Green Apples
It appears that at least one prediction
may be safely made on what 1959 holds
for the student: Alphabet will mean more
than seniority when cards are pulled. The
Student Council has passed a resolution
which makes it very evident that, in spite
of heated opposition, they won't stand in
the way of "progress."
There doesn't seem to be much reason
for the Daily Xebraskan to rant on and on
about this point. Every student complains.
Almost none has enough real interest to
state his views on the change in a letter
to the editor or appeal to the Council.
The Council tells Hoover how little they
care for the matter and then give up the
moment L; walks out the door.
Registrar Floyd Hoover is to be re
spected for. appearing before the SU. jnt
Council in an effort to justify his stand on
the matter. More matters of concern to
the student should be discussed by such
administrators in Council meetings. He is
not as worthy of praise for feeling that the
change "wouldn't matter" to students.
If Hoover and more administrators would
stop and realize that they are dealing with
a group of mature college students instead
of a deck of cards. University morale
could not help but improve. A lot of
things do matter.
No Man Is an Island
Betty Wilson, campus adviser for the
YWCA, has chosen to submit the follow
ing selection from The Spirit of Christ
mas" by Henry Van Djke because "it is
meaningful to me and I think it should be
shared with the rest of the campus."
It is a good thing to observe Christmas
day. The mere marking of times and sea
sons, when men agree to stop work and
make merry together, is a wise and whole
some custom. ' It helps one to feel the su
premacy of the common life over the in
dividual life. It reminds a man to set his
own little watch, now and then, by the
great clock of humanity which runs on
sua time.
But there is a better thing than the ob
servance of Christmas day, and that is,
keeping Christmas.
Are you willing to Iot'Jl what you have
done for other people, and to remember
what other people have done for you; to
ignore what the world owes you, and to
think what you owe the world; to put your
rights in the background, and your duties
in the middle distance, and your chances
to do a little more than your duty in the
foreground; to see that your fellow men
are just as real as you are, and try to look
behind their faces to their hearts, hungry
for joy; to own that probably the only good
reason for your existence is not what you
are going to get out of life, but what you
are going to give to life; to close your
book of "complaints against the manage
ment of the universe, and look around you
for a place where you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to stoop down and con
sider the needs and desires of little chil
dren; to remember the weakness and
loneliness of people who are growing old;
to stop asking how much your friends love
you, and ask yourself whether' you love
them enough; to bear in mind the things
that other people have to bear in their
hearts; to try to understand what those
who live in the same house with you really
want, without waiting for them to tell
you; to trim your lamp so that it will give
more light and less smoke, and to carry it
in front so that your sliadow will fall be
hind you; to make a grave for your ugly
thoughts and a garden for your kind feel
ings, with the gate open are you willing
to do these things even for a day? Then
you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to believe that love is
the strongest thing in the world stronger
than hate, stronger than evil, stronger
than death and that the blessed life which
began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred
years ago is the image and brightness of
the Eternal Love? Then you can keep
Christmas.
And if you keep it for a day, why not
always? But you can never keep it alone.
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From the Slot
I hate snow. This Is probably because
it used to fall in great quantities on my
outdoor basketball court at home making
large quantities of the old bend and pitch
exercise necessary.
The other day someone
was wishing it would snow
a foot Well, today, it
tried, but the weather
eventually gave up and
settled down to just be
ing cold
Let's knock off this ex
traneous wishing.
Tbe last time I wrote Mover
(his column, a couple of
nasty, dirty old misspelled words got in
This immediately occasioned a communi
cation from Madison.
Not only that, but my sister, who oc
casionally appears in the Daily Xebraskan
office, has started looking over my
shoulder while I write. So at this time,
and in. view of the Christmas season, I
would like to say, "Call off the Gestapo,
father!"
If there is anything more outstanding
about Big Eight basketball than the cal
iber of the teams involved, it is the poor
sportsmanship of the fans.
Before every game, tbe public address
announcer In the Coliseum asks the crowd
to please exhibit the kind of sportsmanship
by George Moyer
they w ould expect their team to receive
away from home.
The fans, knowing full well what kind of
crowds the Huskers will play before while
on the road, pour it on the visiting teams
and coaches. Last Monday, against Mar
quette, they even went so far as to strike
Eddie Hickey, the visiting coach.
However, there is a sort of latent feeling
of fair play lurking below the surface of
each Cornhusker fan. They will sometimes
reveal their true nature by cheering for
the underdog.
Since in the past, Nebraska has usually
been the underdog, the denizens of the
Coliseum haven't needed cue cards to
tell them when to lend vocal support.
But against Northwest Missouri and
Montana, a pair of foes hopelessly out
classed by the more active and aggres
sive Cornhuskers, the crowds occasionally
waxed silent as if in confusion.
It is a good thing that Nebraska finally
got into' the meat of its schedule. Other
wise, Husker, fans might have switched
en masse to the opposition teams.
Seriously though, it would be sice if
those attending tbe next home game could
manage a slightly more courteous atti
tude toward the opposition, the referees
and anyone else who is not patently a Ne
braska partisan.
Having now completed my weekly joust
against a prominent campus windmill, I
will now pass on to pleasanter things.
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Conservative Estimate
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Students relied heavily on
their elected representatives
Wednesday as only three
cared enough to show up at
the open Student Council
meeting to
protest the
regis
tration sys-.
tern.
The meet
ing, to me,
was a big
the
outcome of Hoerner
which you can see on page
one. The discussion moved
rapidly from one phase of the
subject to another and from
specific cases to general dis
cussion so fast that it was
hard to follow what anyone
was saying except that Dr.
Hoover was for the new sys
tem and most of the council
members were against it
The fact still remains that
there are a given number of
classes in a certain subject.
These classes are held at
specified hours. It is evident
from this alone that all stu
dents can't possibly have the
schedule which is most ideal
for them.
Dr. Hoover seems to feel
that the most important fac
tor in this case is getting the
registration done smoothly
and as long as every student
gets the classes he needs
everything will be fine.
The point w hich needs to be
brought out, however, is that
not only is getting into the
class of importance but the
time at which the class is
taken is of vital importance
to some student.
Under the old system, one
of seniority, students with the
higher number of hours had
first crack at the classes they
wanted. . . whan they wanted
them. .They may not have
been able to get the exact
schedule they wanted but at
least they had first crack.
Under the new system the
ones who get first crack at
an ideal schedule are those
whose names begin with A,
B, C, . . . etc
The only advantage of the
new system that the council
could find Wednesday was
that it would save a little
time in registration.
By John Hoerner
Is there any student on
campus who wouldn't rather
stand in line the whole cotton
picking day than have a
screwed up schedule for the
rest of the semester.
Anyone can see that getting
in first is most .desirable.
Surely there is a more equita
ble way to do this than by
letters of the alphabet
It appears too late now to
do anything about it this se
mester but we still have a
chance. Dr. Hoover has
agreed to work with the Stu
dent Council and accept any
hconstructive sugge
tions which they have to of
fer after they have had the
opportunity to w atch the new
system in action.
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I've been trying to get this
in for three weeks, Maybe I'D
hit this time.
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If you want to be happy
for an hour, get drunk.
If you want to be happy
for three days, get married.
If you want to be happy
for a week, roast your pig.
If you want to be happy
for a lifetime, learn to fish.
Old Japanese Proverb.
International
Meeting
In Chicago -
International students
throughout the Middle West
have been invited to attend
Chicago's Holiday Center pro
gram Dec. 20-31.
Tbe program, sponsored by
the Young Women's Christian
Association, wiD be held in
the YWCA, 59 E. Monroe St,
Chicago 3, I1L
The program will include
tours of the Chicago Natural
History Museum, the Art In
stitute and the Museum of
Science and Industry.
Other tours include Inland
Steel, an advertising agency,
the Conrad Hilton Hotel, and
The Chicago Tribune.
Christmas and New Years
Days the students will be of
fered hospitality in Chicago
homes.
' Interested students should
see Dr. George Rosenlof s of
fice for further information.
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Fraternities Beware
The recent interest of fra
ternities in academic stand
ing is certainly commend
able. I should like to point
out, however, that there
is considerable danger
involved in some of the con
templated actions arising out
of this interest.
We are all aware that it is
easier to get good grades in
some courses than in others,
depending on the' course
material, the standards of the
instructors, and (ideally, pri
marily) the abilities and in
terests of the individual stu
dents. We are also aware that
the most valuable courses to
an individual student are not
necessarily those which he
finds easiest.
Grade Record
We are further aware that
a student's grade record wiD
be of considerable importance
in the short range (a few
years) and that in deciding
whether or not to take a dif
ficult (for him) course he
must weigh the long range
educational value of the
course against the negative
value of the expected below
average grade.
My point, then, is that in
attempting to encourage stu
dents to become better schol
ars we must be careful not
to plate still shorter range
importance on the grade av
erage. Now, the situation can be
come very bad if a student
has to consider group loyal
ties when choosing courses
and loads. Most students are
to some extent willing to take
personal risks (below-average
grades) for the sake of per
sonally desirable goals (cer
tain courses and perhaps high
loads) but might be very re
luctant to extend a risk to
their friends ("social proba
tion") for the sake of person
al goals.
I therefore beg ot the fra
ternities, that in whatever ac
tion they finally take to im
prove their grade averages,
they very militantly refrain
from putting pressure on their
members to take easy courses
or postpone difficult ones, or
take smaU credit hour loads,
for the sake of high grades.
Competition for good grades
among various groups and in
dividuals can be a good thing,
provided the stakes are not
too high.
Edgar A. Pearlstein
Assoc. Prof, of Physics
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