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The Daily Nebroskon
Moncfoy, Jonuary 12, 1959
Editorial Commcnt-
More Than Noise
Terry Carpenter's political maneuver
haven't won him a lot of friends in the
tate, especially in the Republican Party
where many feel that his Omaha television
speeches played a major role in the almost
unexplainable fading of former Governor
Anderson at the polls. Carpenter did his
pre-election stumping for tax reform and
so far has proved that he really meant
what he said he is out to improve Ne
braska's tax program.
This early in the Legislature's new ses
sion it is impossible to determine how suc
cessful Carpenter will be, for that matter
he hasn't even revealed his whole pro
gram to the public or the Legislature thus
far. His push for junior' college supervision
by the University, and his announced de
termination to seek a popular vote for a
constitutional amendment on sales tax for
state aid to education, however, indicate
that a closer than usual look will be made
at the limited property tax base now em
ployed to gain state and local revenue in
Nebraska.
Carpenter deserves a "thank you" for sug
gesting that more than a property tax
might be worthy of consideration. The
Legislature, of course, will not have au
thority this session to do much more than
tighten the present propeity tax system.
But, nevertheless, the need for additional
educational funds has been more striking
ly brought into focus by Carpenter's an
nouncement. In addition, his belief after
careful study of Nebraska's property tax
that the property tax is nearing its satur
ation point as a source of income for big
state programs brings nearer the day
when the majority of the state's opinion
may support a broadened tax base.
The place where disagreement is to be
made with Carpenter is in his single stated
purpose for a sales tax. It is almost certain
that enactment of such a tax would lead
to pressure for its revenue to be used for
more than education. It is likewise appar
ent that these pressures might be justified,
especially if some of the funds derived
from a sales tax were used for improving
roads, conservation and attracting indus
tries to Nebraska.
Moyer
From the Slot
Everybody Is pronouncing on the state of
something.
The president Is pronouncing on the
state of the union, the governor is pro
nouncing on the state of the state, Jerry
Sellentine is pronouncing
on the state of the paper,
and Sondra Whalen ft pro
nouncing on the state of
the AOPi's Coed Follies
skit.
Though the other three
may be more important,
Miss Whalen's statements
are quite possibly the
most entertaining. This
arises from the quaint lan
guage employed by the
Rag's junior bundle of energy. She leaves
out all "unnecessary" words that is words
that she deems unnecessary which means
that her sentences come out something
like this:
"Coed Follies skit craziest thing
Shakespeare set to Rogers and Hammer
stein cuuute songs but we're in trouble
no practice huuurtingg!!!."
This is certainly the ultimate in verbal
frugality, but so far there is no mad rush
by newspapers, magazines and publishing
houses to adopt this mode of writing. The
reason may be that it frequently waxes
somewhat incoherent.
Nevertheless, Sondra Is not prevented
thereby from giving a complete resume
of the songs involved in her sorority's
skit. This Is done with so much energetic
waving of arms and tossing of long blond
hair that one would think she had been
spending days in rehearsa1
So I asked her, "Are you the skit chair
man for your house?"
"Heavens no!," came the reply, "I'm
not even in the thing. Can't sing well
enough, (short pause) Can't sing at all."
Governor Ralph Brooks told the legis
lature the other day something they should
by George Moyer
have known for a long time. Speaking of
the disparity in the financial resources of
many of Nebraska's secondary school dis
tricts, Brooks said that the situation
would have to be remedied and the state
of Nebraska was the smallest possible po
litical unit that could provide the cure.
This is a thinly veiled threat that the
Legislature and the state are going to get
cracking on consolidating some of the
over numerous school districts outstate
or else.
To this we say hurrah! and sigh. Hur
rah is proclaimed because this just has to
happen for the betterment of the state's
educational system. Sigh is proclaimed be
cause the governor is really going to foul
up the World Herald basketball ratings
by eliminating all those tiny schools.
Seriously, this is one of the main reasons
that folks outstate resist consolidation. Our
counly superintendent told me of one in
stance of two towns five miles apart, each
with a high school of about 25 students.
Another town, seven miles north and one
and ten miles northwest of the other sug-
gested that the three high schools be
consolidated.
But the voters said no. Seems that pro
posal would have fouled up one of the
hottest triangular basketball rivalries in
the slate. And we wonder why the Rus
sians are getting there firstest with the
mostest.
Congratulations to Dick Basoco, Nancy
Spilker, Alma Huerman and Jane Savener
and their recent election to posts of cam
pus prominence.
It will probably be a couple of weeks
before these folks realize that their elec
tion has placed them in the same position
as the fellow walking through a playground
on a snowy day wearing a top hat. People
are 'going to throw things at them co n
plaints, gripes, suggestions and advice.
And I think I see Bob Ireland making
snowballs now.
From the Editor
A Few Words of a Kind
. e. e. tines
Recall the furor here that followed the getting real evidence in this case that we
stone throwing reception some South are hostile to their leaders.
Americans gave Vice President Nixon & not argue WM quiet pickets who
when he made his South of the Border J'h J "J ? T '
. . - ... i j u t 4.u wiling Mikoyan to go home, but when
trip? We more or less agreed that the pickels get out of hand and enter thg peb
riots were Communist in- ble business that is another matter. The
spired, that they didn't pwwN Russian citizens, one of my associates
necessarily reflect t h e f i said, would be shot if they showed such
view of the South and Lat- 1 disrespect to an American official on tour,
in American masses, and I J "Or encouraged and organized to do so,"
gave Dick a "hero's wel- irst I anotner said.
come" when he returned y" i 'i True, the stones may not have been
to the states. iL f v or many but their significance far out-
These disrespectful r J weighs their number or size. There is
stone tossings seemingly ? jry Ife some noPe that increased visits, both cul-
couldn't happen here. The f tural and diplomatic, will improve Ameri-
trouble Is they do and f can-Russian relations. This cannot result,
have. The most immediate however, if Americans are not mature
for example case is Mikoyan's Informal enough to voice their protests against
tour of the United States. In spite of Presi- Soviet policies and actions through diplo-
dent Eisenhower's plea that Americans matic channels instead of with stone in
allow Mikoyan ta get a real picture of our hand methods.
country undistorted by the need to dodge Maybe I'm getting too excited. But cer
stones, the high Russian official has had tainly a little of my disappointment is
to do just that. In addition, someone added justified,
that new American madness the an- .
nonymous phone call which warns of a C. Y. Thompson, who retired Saturday
hidden bomb. from the Board of Regents after 24 years
What must be the reaction to these an- of service, has been praised many times
tics by the Russian in the streets? They for his outstanding work in behalf of the
must surely be as excited about how dis- University. I need only repeat the Chancel
respectful Americans are to Russians as lor's comments at the Saturday Regents
we were about how disrespectful some meeing: "He has been the kind of dedicat
South Americans were to us ala Nixon. ed public service that makes for maxi
Russian citizens, long informed of the acts mum progress in an institution of this
of "warmonger" Americans, certainly are kind."
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The Briar Patch
By R. M. Ireland
During the course of the i ar Patch looks anxiously
late year l.r8 (which inci- about and finds little to at-
Books on Review
dentally died most tenderly)
this column waged a fearless
battle against such prominent
forces of evil
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tack and even less to praise
My critics may state that
I am bitter because Santa
was again cruel to me. But
this, of course, is not true
As a matter of fact I was
macy of all richly rewarded this year by
sorts, Asian; the red-nosed, booze swlng-
F 1 u, Social
ism, and cor
r u p t i o n
in generf .
ging fellow from Northern
Canada.
One item especially
cheered me. A three foot, sll
Ireland
also attacked
that over
loaded Chinese junk called
Builders, a group whose only
claim to glory is that they
occupy more office space on
the third floor, Union than any
other of our bewildered camp
us activities.
During the ; vered shoe horn which en-
last year we ables me not only to dress
while standing b u t also to
weed my backyard in com
plete relaxation. I can also
use it as a sand wedge when
golfing.
I also received an auto
graphed copy of D. Merrick
singing "I lost My Pin While
While Knocking Over A Flow-
Bowing our horned head er Pot On The Kappa Swoon
(merely an Image conveying j ing Porch."
the fierceness of a bull andj Get out and rabble rouse a
nothing else, please) we j bit people so we can once
charged mightily at the Stu-1 bellow forth in righteous in
dent Tribunal, an organiza
tion resembling the Star
Chamber of England's tyran
dignation
Requests: Janet Handler
(what a publicity hound), Mr
nlcal days. Seriously though, Butt, Robin Snider, Nubie Hall,
they have improved. John Foster Dulles, Litte Aw-
And now, as the season oflful Annie, Wendy Makepeace
cribbing approaches, the Bri-' and Old Fitzgerald.
Scrip on Newstands;
Features Good Prose
Volume two of Scrip, a stu
dent publication devoted to
publishing outstanding prose
and poetry written by Uni
versity of Nebraska under
graduate students, went on
sale today in the Student Un
ion, Miller & Paine's book
store, and the University
Book Store.
Edited by Eteve Schultz,
who also engineered the mag
azine's first volume last
spring, the book features the
works of eleven students. The
poetry does not seem to be of
as high quality as that offered
in the original Scrip when Bar
bara Millnitz and Schultz won
applause as top contributors
in that area. "The Kingdom
of Quivira," a composite po
em by Karl Shapiro's creat
ive writing class last sum
mer, is the best developed.
Jim Cole's "School of the Sol
dier" affords a mixture of
very good lines ("Attention is
a rite of its own and you can
not pick your nose or laugh
or check the time") and only
fair lines ("Teachers first kill
minds and hearts and human
beings, , but drill fields and
disciple are only a pretense
of mass.")
Schultz does not seem equal
to last year, but is still ex
cellent. Other poems are by
Judy Douglas, Becky Colwell,
Bill Johnson and Dick Gilli
land. "The Lights of No Cities,"
a short story by Roger D.
Borland, is probably the best!
written piece in the magazine
and will also win a lot of at
tention because of its subject
matter. Bob Perry has writ
ten a satire on Greek vs. In
dependent men in which vil
lainous woman finally unites
them with a handshake and
suggestion that they cut "out
for a beer." Except when he
gets careless and loses con
straint in his satire he has con
structed a laugh winning tale.
Anchor Books came out last
year with a paperback by
David Riesman, "Constraint
and Variety in American Ed
ucation," which should be of
special interest to Nebraska
students.
Nebraska not only gets an
occasional mention, but the
book itself is a collection of
lectures originally "given to
students and faculty at the
University of Nebraska Hu
manities Lectures in April
1956), and then published by
the University of Nebraska
Press in a limited edition."
"Constraint and Variety"
serves as a reminder of the
high quality of lectures that
are heard here frequently,
and also gives an unfanatical
evaluation of education by a
person not totally won over
by either education or anti
education forces.
His views that secondary
schools are too subject to
pressure groups and that aca
demic freedom needs rein
forcement at this level are
deserving of deep considera
tion. (174 pages 95 cents).
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Club Check
(ACP) Seeking to make
student government "as ef
fective as possible," Cornell j
University students are con
sidering "a strong central!
student government, with the
power of review over groups
such as Interfraternity Coun
cil, Cornell Panhellenic and
Women's Student Government
Assn., reports Cornell Daily
Sun.
The Central group would
have authority to delegate
jurisdiction to student groups
and review their decisions.
For example, under the plan,
a change in rushing rules
would have to be approved by
the IFC and the central organization.
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