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i Poge 2 The Dailv Nebroskan Mondoy, December 15, 1958 Editorial Comment- Best Foot Forward The University's best foot goes forward at this season of the year. And it was a well polished foot Sunday as Earl Jenkins directed his first presentation of Handel's Messiah. Handel's oratio was impressive as al ways," and as always, a large crowd of Lincoln and campus inhabitants turned out to hear the 500 student performers combine their talents. Last Sunday, Uni versity Singers drew above capacity crowds to their annual Christmas Carol program. Thursday Madrigals are more than likely to do the same at their addition to the campus Christmas atmosphere. This kind of spontaneous public relations probably does as much as all the efforts of George Round's official PR department to enchance the University in the eyes of the community. Page one today tells of another phase of this foot forward air that spreads around the campus this time every year. Practi cally every organized group on campus gives a party for orphans, buys gifts for a needy family, or takes gifts to children in hospitals. And for once, it is not done for the publicity that might ensue. Caroling comes into vogue, and city old people's homes, hospitals and orphanages are deluged by offers from campus groups to come and entertain. In going to these places, the typically blase college student can let down a few pretenses of ulta sophistication and sing the songs he learned in the little church at home. It is refreshing (and fortunate that it comes annually) to find the students show ing themselves to the community and the state in this favorable, and unplanned fashion. From the Slot With the Christmas season upon us, the office is full of plans for little gifts and big parties. Along about this time of year, one of the more pleasant duties of the managing edi tor arises. It is traditional that the slot man, who has passed out little but acid comments and head lines to be written during the semester, should step out of character for one day and pass out the pres ents at the Nebraskan Cornhusker Chrl stmai party. The one hitch this year Is that at 155 lbs., I make p rather disillusioning Santa Claus. However there is a member of my im mediate family who will make a perfect old St. Nick. Cousin Morris Morgan "Butch" Moyer, tips the scales at a Christmasy 250 lbs., all crowded onto a 5'9" frame. Not only that, his eyes twinkle too. M Moyer The motto of the family is "A Moyer for every occasion." The student loan system proposed by the National Defense Education Act of 1958 sounds like a really constructive program. If the Board of Regents can see their way clear to provide matching funds fpr those offered by the federal government, the step should help alleviate a need long felt in Nebraska for really top flight teach ing personnel. The act provides that one tenth of the original loan will be cancelled for each year recipients teach in public secondary by George Moyer and primary schools'up to a maximum of five years. This is quite an inducement. Under such a system, a student -in Teachers College could get half of his or her college educa tion free. Moreover, special consideration will be given to students with skill in math, science, modern and foreign languages and teaching techniques. This places heavy emphasis on the areas of the high school curriculum that this column has long advocated stressing. The' only catch to the plan right now is that the legal position of the University may not allow it to provide matching state funds. The University's legal staff is now investigating the pros and cons of this pos sibility. If the lawyers decide that the present laws of the state won't allow the accept ance of the federal loan funds, the Uni cameral should take steps to see that these laws or policies are changed. Conservative policies Vhen it comes to federal aid to education are laudable in view of the controls federal gigantomania tend to impose on local government. But, where primary and secondary education is concerned, Nebraska has dug itself into a big hole. It is a hole that must be filled if the state's reputation for endowing its chil dren with their educational birthright is to remain respectable. It will be "up to the vigilance of the peo ple v and their elected representatives to prevent federal control from extending beyond the limits prescribed by good taste and the American ideal of local independence. From the Editor A Few Words of a Kind - . ft "-it e.e. Appointments will be the end of me. For years I have placed great faith in a mind that always (or nearly always) carried me to a designated spot at a designated time to see a designated person. None of these Builders Calendars for me, was my attitude. But now ... this is the time my faith has begun to falter In the sureness of my memory. Everytime I walk into someone's of fice they seem to ask, "Say where were you?" Then conies a long com ment on my shortsighted ness in overlooking an ap Dointment made for a cer tain minute in a certain hour several weeks earlier. None of the appointments, of course are my idea. . Appointments usually begin with a note on an advisors door or with a card or com ment from an instructor. So one day when I do walk proudly up to the office door of a person to see about this or that desig nated purpose, what happens? I find I am on time but a note tells me that the per son had another urgent meeting or be came ill the day before. I trot away think ing how bad things like this are . . . com pletely upsets my schedule. And before. I walk out the door I check a bulletin board to review the time when my meeting with another advisor is. The board tells me it was 11 a.m. the day before. One fellow was telling me how he had had such a bad run of "missed appoint ments. "People kept dragging into my of-, fice late all day. It .was terrible." He went on to add that missed appointments seemed to indicate a gross irresponsibil . . . e. e, hines ity except in the case of women who "you always expect to be 10 or 15 minutes late, anyway." I sat listening with a sort of glowing pride for he was one of the few souls who could never accuse me of being late for one of his appointments. But then I hap pened to recall a comment written by an author in the 19th century, even before things got as bad as they are. People used to miss a weekly stagecoach without the slightest irritation, the author had writ ten, but now they nearly go into hysterics when someone is five minutes late. This made me think of how more and more punchclock like my life and the life of those about me is becoming. I think I changed the subject. Bob Ireland, Jim Harpstreith, Terry Mitchem and Barbara Michelmann, the four new Phi Beta Kappas who I know, certainly dispell the myth that a PBK is a bore who may be great in history class but a bungler in society. They are all sur prisingly human and well adjusted. Bob tells me he is even an athlete. I vote the following as the funniest joke I've read for weeks: "The train was speeding toward its des tination when a man rushes into the club car and yells, 'Has anybody here got some whiskey? A woman in the next car just fainted.' "Another person pulled forth a pint bot tle and gave it to the man. The man un capped the bottle and took a hurried gulp. 'It certainly disturbs me when I see a woman faint,' he said. Then he capped the bottle, returned it to the owner and walked out." Daily Nebraskan SiXl t -EIGHT TEAKS OLD ewialrjr responsible for what ttwy so, or do or cum to Members AMoetetefl Collect. Preaa s!EiiJ? "SZZ L 8p mM, ,8 , fh Eaterealleglste Press Mmts rmr. KepreseststiTe: N.tional Advertlslnr Service. o,n"nXVT." t" 2 Incorporated sditorul staff Published t Boom 80, Student Union . E",,'v--U- '. Em Riv Hm m K Sports Riiltor , Bmifoll Lambrrt DeOy ffetrMwtau to paMtotwd Mend, Tuesday, '"bL'!?,,;- ' n.HHT' Ermn' Dmum Maxwell, WJww FHr Ourlna the school rw. eei .. wrtEil7 0rrteh0 rtn vmMom suid mmb partnds, ty atadmts of tin l,i!L iJ5.ili.' ' uwl' i MrUi Coffer, HJnwrlr Nlnwtal under lb. uthort.atloa of tho mSt pLXSSZL. ,Tn" m". ., Comminr l Stortwi Affairs u npnl of ttn- rnotniranner Minnette Taylor Stent opinion. FoMfewtlMi mm tho ImrMlatloa of tho BDSDrCRS STAFF euSMMmmSMwi on Stoilfnl tuhlltlnnii hull t frw from Btnlnmn Murium . , KlitoMoJ MM.hl on lh. p. of ,. Ahromm,t, , A militant Il""lnZV Hmnn ("H '"M tto oan of nwmlwr of h faculty of tho Dm- MMnrer. , , h,mi lUlmu, HMtf, JHo wntn ot tbo Kebnuku limit or. per- Clrralattoa Unoasw 0 ' R""ln LITTLE MAN ON.CAMPUS mi M TUTV Owl I ANYTHlMQ YOl'H? UKTO 6TUCY FOKA WH01.E The Briar Patch By R. M. Ireland -'i "if La 4A-U Ireland I have just discovered that I have an extra rib which un doubtedly means I am des tined to establish a new, more invigorating race of living things. Some day when I wake up in my cave room and light tho p stubby candle which pro vides me with what little il lumination I n e e d, I will d i s c o ver a new creature has been formed overnight from my rib. Soon more " of these living things will occur and we will form a cult. By next semester we will have multiplied so much that we will have become a threat to the AFL-CIO faction in Roca. Eventually we will be a strong, powerful, and myster ious clique although we will paint no sidewalks nor send roses to 4-H queens. And then, with fire in our eyes, resolution in our hearts, ana swords buckled to our sides, we will strut down to campus, throw open the glass doors of the Administration Building and nerform a conn d'etat in. the Registrar's Of- tice. There w ill be no bloodshed only a few broken pencils, and burned downslips together with ripped manuscripts and shredded drop sheets. And then, after my new race has dissolved the powers that be, we will eliminate the alphabet, classes, chicken gumbo soup, and Santa Claus. We will write "Humbug" on all blackboards, sorority bedroom doors, and lavatory ceilings. We will outlaw all Christmas presents. We will eliminate morning so that everyone can be hap py. And above all, we will make everyone drive small, foreign cars so that more parking space can be had. Saturday saw the opening of the first annual Sigma Chi parlor games in the field and on the track. And after the smoke had cleared and the dust had fallen we discov ered that we have in our fra ternal order one man who can run the mile, two others who can run, and twenty-five peo ple whose legs have no use other than for normal, every day functions. If the United States is de pendent on performers such as we Russia will win the Olympics in 1960 and T. Sloan and I will provide sawdust for some forlorn pole vaulting pit. Indian Yoga By C. S. Krishnaswami If About a year back a team of medical experts from America visited India to study the reactions in the brain dur ing performance of yogi ex ercises. Their w: ' jsKMtiL repon snouia make a very i n t e resting reading. Since com ing over here, the writer has seen some pictures of p h y s ical e x e rcises in dailies and Krishnaswami periodicals which resemble some of the ' Asanasas, like Sirasasana and Halasana. The Yogi physical exer cises, by themselves, do not make one reach the ultimate aim of yoga, but as an aid in developing the mental ca pacity required of it. As an added consequence, they help preservev good health which everyone would like to have, and in this at least, lies their being worthy of pursuit. For example, the Sarvanga sana and Sirasasana affect the endocrine glands which legulate metabolism and con trol balanced growth; the Parchlmothanasana helps one to be youthful, by drawing upon the flexibility of the body to the fullest extent possible. Controlled breathing prac tised for an appreciable time cures certain lung troubles Mention may be made of the Savasana (to be like life less) the posture for relaxa tion, which can be practised for any length of time, at any part of the day. Lying flat, with hands close to the body, legs stretched loose, breathing slowly, one creates a feeling of let-go, starting from the toes to the head. If the i;,iHd deviates, the process is started all over again. By practice ft Is possible to carry the relaxation to such an extent as to lessen the sensitivity of the body to touch. A few minutes in this Asana will give the relaxa tion of a few hours of sleep. It is enjoyable. Try it. Students Discuss World Affairs Two University students will discuss re 1 a t i o n s between American and international students tonight on KUON-TV. Sidney Jackson, an interna tional student from Jamaica, and Ernie Hines will appear on Colin Jackson s program, "World Affairs Comment," at 8 p.m. Mr." Jackson will conclude his 6-weeks series of programs on world affairs with "Travel ling With Jackson" Thursday night at 7 p.m. Nebraskan Letterip Th. fll7 Mohrxkoo wU onbHih only Ihm Jtter 'ZJl'Zi. iMim otiKklnf b 4J vidua ) mtt cmiry tho author inarw. other. my a lmal or dm noma. Ittn ihoulo not JTJ"- Irnm rhH this limit th Ntbraakaa reorrvoa th rtrtt to ooenaa tftrm. rrlaJnlnf th writer'! Ttewt. piq LTf 5i 1 Tr Columns For Elgin . The question of just how the Elgin building is to be made beautiful has been raised". It seems to me that the Memorial Columns by the coliseum could be at tached so that Elgin would conform with the rest of the buildings on campii. I realize there will be those who will protest, but they are to be reminded that the "parking" space is larger at Elgin than the one on the Mall. The columns could be placed in the middle of the South wall, with a flying but terfly, reinforced concrete roof placed above, in order to protect those without auto mobiles from the ravages of the elements. CALEB HEATHCOTE No More Advent "Christmas is just a few days away and we haven't had our Christmas party." It was hard to withstand the panic-stricken plea but I tried to point out to the grief laden young lady that there was no real catastrophe as yet. In fact, I stated that there would be nothing really wrong with out a Christmas party during the Christmas season. When she had recovered from the shock of such an unprecedented proposal, I held forth for several minutes on one of the truly disturbing features of modern life, the unchristian and irrational practice of celebrating Christ mas all during Advent. We are all Christian enough that we do uct like to receive Easter eggs on Ash Wednes day. We are all rational enough that we do not shoot off fireworks for a month be fore the Fourth of July. On the other hand, if someone in vites us to a Christmas Party the day after Thanksgiving, the only normal thing is to buy a present and go. I applied the real clincher by stating that we miss out at both ends. We omit the days of quiet and prayerful preparation for the entrance of Christ Child Into our hearts. To compound mat ters, we tire ourselves to the point that Christmas rejoicing ends with a horrible th u d right after Christmas Dinner. We have no stomach for the Christmas Season, those glo rious Twelve Days till Little Christmas and the F e a s t of Kings. Instead we take down the tree as soon as possible, and mutter fervently "Thank God, that's over for another year." RT. REV. CHARLES J. KEENAN And Parking, Too Satisfied by their solution to registration the adminis tration can continue their scourge of rights and priv ileges. With the aid of IBM's and ABC's the Parking Prob lem can join the list of "dem ocratically" solved items of the U of N. THE 7:30 CLUB Zorro Strikes Out of the night when the full moon is bright come I, to avenge the wrongs of Alpha betical Registration. Look for my sign. Zorro. Aardvark Speaks There comes times' when one must speak for justice, when truth cries to be heard, when reason lies bleeding and the voice of the demogogue is heard rising above all others. Now is such a time. In this land where the in dependent spirit first achieved its lasting triumph, we now see on this campus such a spirit attacked from all sides. A university which rightly should be in the van guard of progress finds itself in the throes of reaction. One in this university who would elevate reason to its rightful place in the guidance of our affairs has been as sailed by such emblttere l and frenzied enemies of prog ress as are the cancer Oi every age. He stands alone who would resolve the chaos of registration In a serene alphabetic discipline w h 1 c J would secure to all the ben fits of an abstract, disintc ested arbiter. Opposing him are those wht, would lightly put aside ai achievement which for mort than five millenia has en abled man to e x p r e s s hi? thoughts in a symbolic form. Through the alphabet, now under such a heavy attack by the apostles of self-interest, the accumulated knowledge and the chronicle of the cen turies have been the priceless legacy of succeeding genera tions. Unfortunately, the author of the panacea has diluted its effect by suggesting that reg istration begin with different sections of the alphabet from semester to semester. This deference to the hostile group is a reprehensible de viation from principle. Such an error can of course be cor rected with the support of the thinking faction on this cam pus. Secure In the knowledge of our own disinterested sincer ity, we shall uphold the self less action of this latter-day Caesar, defiant of the oppos ing stilettos. AARON AARDVARK HOLLYWOOD BOWL Open Bowling Saturday & Sunday 24 Lanes Automatic Pinsefrert Restaurant . . . Barker Shop 920 N. UthPUQNE 0-1911 THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT ja o-N. f the new iuou portable Stereophonic Phonograph System tits Mm Mist 1060 wtth Its Companion ISO ipatkar tyittm la emptor, portable lrophonle ptwnofriph. Thtro it nothing Im to add; nothing to buy. Tako It Into any mam of your Horn, and Imtantly, k will transform that roem tiowavor amall-lnto wmsIou eoneart hall filled with a now quality f aound the aound of INIng muale raeraatod In In fuH expansive dimensions, through modern stereo record . 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