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Wednesday, February 11, 1959
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The Daily Nebroskan
Editorial Comment:
LITTLE MAN ON. CAMPUS
IFC Rushing Resolution
Deemed Impractical
Tonight the Interfraternity Council will
consider a resolution on rushing.
The crux of the resolution is the state
ment, "There will be no rushing of high
school students during the period begin
ning with the termination of Rush Week
and ending on June I."
This statement is hedged about with
enough exceptions to render it useless as a
policy. If the exceptions were not enough to
do so, the simple little problem of enforce
ment would.
In the proposed resolution a rather com
plete definition of what is to be considered
rushing is included. Among the practices
the resolution would fofbid are contacting
students on high school grounds: over
night housing of high school boys in fra
ternity houses (except direct legacies); a
gathering of three or mors high school
students accompanied by a person affili
ated with a fraternity; entertaining high
school students in the fraternity house.
Forbidding fraternity men to do these
things appears to be more than a little
ridiculous.
First, many Greeks like to visit their
high schools when they, especially sopho
mores and freshmen, return home on va
cations. While they are there, they usually
(if they observe the rules of common cour
tesy) say hello to their friends. Under the
resolution's definition, this could be inter
preted as rushing.
Second, while the younger fraternity
men are home, they usually can be found
in the company of three or more high
school students at one time or another.
This could mean just talking to them in
the local chili grill. It could mean giving
them a ride home from school or going to
a movie with them.
Third, the prohibition against entertain
ing high school students in fraternity
houses could be interpreted to include the
casual sorties that many high school stu
dents make to fraternity houses while in
Lincoln to visit their old high school bud
dies. Since a fraternity house is as much a
private residence (excepting, of course,
for the serving of alcholic beverages) as
any home in Lincoln, it would be violating
common courtesy again for the Greeks not
to invite them in.
Imagine a freshman or sophomore fra
ternity man not being allowed to associate
with boys he had spent two or three years
in high school with. Imagine him not being
allowed to visit the high school from which
he graduated.
In effect, this resolution is an attempt
to build an iron fence around fraternity
row It is an attempt to put an untouch
able sign on any Greek who returns to his
hometown. The difficulties inherent in en
forcing such an edict are obvious.
It appears that the proposed IFC resolu
tion is an attempt to concilliate the high
school administrators who complained to
the IFC about the rushing tactics of the
fraternities. In many cases the school ad
ministrators may have cause for alarm.
However, since they have never publicly
presented the IFC with any specific evi
dence to support their case, it is impos
sible to draw any conclusion on this.
The conclusion that can be drawn is
that, in a sincere attempt to work out a
compromise with the high school admini
strators, the IFC has come up with a reso
lution which would attach e stigma to ev
ery fraternity man
If the fraternities really want to do
something to avoid trouble over rushing,
they could look to the sorority rush pro
gram. Elimination of the fraternity sum
mer rushing program would be an easy
way to eliminate a lot of needless ex
pense, unfair competition and headaches.
How about a little real thinking from the
IFC?
Representative
Responsibility
Council Must
The Faculty Senate's Calendar Com
mittee has passed over the Student Coun
cil's recommendation for a one day period
of grace before final exams begin with a
neutral recommendation.
Such a vague stand by the committee
is hardly surprising in view of the repre
sentation the Council's position received
from the student members of the Calendar
Committee.
One of the student representatives was
ill and unable to attend the meeting at
which the Council recommendation was
discussed.
The other student representative, ap
parently not aware of the obligation im
posed by a unanimous Council vote favor
ing the recommendation, lent so little sup
port to it that the neutral stand taken by
the committee was understandable.
Needless to say, some of the members
of the student body and the Student Coun
cil who have worked hard to get the mo
tion passed by the Council are a little
disappointed.
"That is a lot of hard work down the
drain," a Council member told the Daily
Nebraskan.
This may be slightly exaggerated since,
the Council will continue to study the pro
posal and it will probably be brought up
again in time for the March Faculty Sen
ate meeting.
Thus, "all is not lost."
But Council work to bring University
students a more equitable exam setup has
certainly received a setback.
And this time the setback has come not
from the faculty alone, but also from one
of me elected representatives of the stu
dents. In the future, it might be a good idea
for the Council to make explicitly dear
the duties of representatives it names to
faculty committees.
The Spectrum
... by Carroll kraus
Kraus
Got your latest copy of World Student
News?
Better send 'in your subscription right
away if you want to get in on the latest
in subversity, propaganda and twisted
truths.
But the publishers
warn: "Make sure of your
copy every month don't
rely on finding it on a
bookstall or in a reading
room."
I guess they are telling
the truth there because it
isn't very likely that
you'U find WSN in the
Crib magazine rack.
The Post Office Depart
ment won't even deliver it to you unless
you sign a form saying you requested that
the magazine be sent. It contains foreign
political propaganda, postal authorities
claim.
But let me tell you about the copy I
have. It's very informative if you're an
anarchist. For instance did you know that
Hungarian students are flocking back to
their homeland in droves, and while wait
ing for college interviews are "nervously
pacing back and forth in the cool corri
dors of the Budapest Polytechnic. Clutch
ing their university cards in and glancing
from time to time at their notes," etc.,
etc.
These cases pinpoint the fate and situa
tion of students who left Hungary in 1956
and also shows the forces that "wanted to
take political advantage of the Hungarian
situation," World Student News says
The story continues that these students
left at a "time when all who fled Hungary
received a big hullabaloo and promises. It
was not important that children were sep
arated from their parents . . . young peo
ple from their homeland . . . what was
important to them (the people who appar
ently wanted to take political advantage
of the Hungarian events) was to entice as
many persons as possible to go abroad and
to keep them there, if necessary by intimi
dation and threats."
The article comes closer to home when
it quotes a returning Hungarian student as
saying, "But what is most intolerable is
that people there (Canada) are judged
not by what they do but by the kind of car
they own or the amount of money they
have."
WSN continues with such red-tinged ar
ticles "of interest to the student" that my
eyes were blood-shot before I got through.
But if you do happen to find a copy on a
stroll through the WSN pressroom in
Prague, Czechosolvakia, maybe you'd bet
ter have a card. Or at least be able to
prove you're a traveler.
Not Hurt Yet
This week is National Advertising Week
as Jerry Sellentin well knows and you,
dear reader, may have suspected.
Thus, many of the promised goodies on
the editorial page had to be left out. Page
filled with too many more important
things.
Anyway, no one down here has writer's
cramp yet.
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To the Editor:
This is in reference to
Tuesday's editorial concern
ing foreign students. What
was stated in the editorial
was true. The American
students do tend to congre
gate among themselves and
unintentionally ignore our
foreign guests.
There is also the matter
of American students trying
to be friendly and welcom
ing foreign students, but in
the end being driven away
by those same foreign stu
dents. No country is without its
weaknesses and mistakes
both domestic and interna
tional. The United States
has made her share of blun
ders which have hurt not
only others but ourselves
too. Any American student
who maintains even a slight
interest in international
events is aware of this, but
he does not appreciate be
ing continually reminded of
these past mistakes.
I am fully aware that the
foreign student is extended
the right of freedom of
speech when he reaches the
United States. What the for
eign student does not seem
to realize (perhaps because
he has heretofore been de
nied freedom of speech) is
that freedom of speech must
fr' IHOUJASEYOU )
WHAT DO THINK OF THE
WORLD IN GENERAL? WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE?
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don't say Anything..
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TOUR
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more students or teachers
to join our Mornineside
College Seminar. Tour leav
ing New York on the Zim
line June 25th and return
inx August 21st. This is an
official tour of our college
directed by Dr. and Mrs.
Walter Benjamin of the
Morningslde College far
uity. S I x college credits
will be given. The tour
visits Greece, Italy, Swit
zerland, Germany, England,
France, Spain, Belearic Is
lands. Write for folder giv
ing complete details.
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Nebraskan Letterip j
I he Dally Nebraskan will publish irnly those letter which are turned.
Letters attaeklni Individuals must earr the author's name. Others nta
nee Initials or a pen name. Letters should not exceed 200 words. When
tatters exceed this limit the Nebraskan reserves the rttht to condense them,
retaining the writer's views.
be tempered with responsi
bility. The American student
does not like to hear cat
calls from foreign students
when our newscasts con
cerning American policy or
governmental officials ap
pear on television. This has
occurred at the Student Un
ion many times. 1 should
say too many times. The
American student does not
like to hear of the greatness
of Soviet Russia and how
this or that country could
benefit so much more
through that Communist
entity than through the
Western Bloc. This state
ment has been heard less
seldom than other com
plaints, but often enough to
draw attention.
The American students
arc also at fault. They do
not defend their country. To
the foreign student this is a
sign of weakness.
The foreign student should
temper his emotional out
bursts with sensible, quiet
discussion. We Americans
are tolerant of criticism if
not carried to extremes. The
American student should
realize that these foreign
students are guests. Simply
because they are guests
does not mean that they
should be allowed to tear
our country down. We
should be able to defend as
well as accept sensible cri
ticism. To the foreign student who
truly cannot accept our
standards and who truly dis
likes, or even hates the
United States and its resi
dents, there is usually a
ship leaving New York at
least once a week. I am
sure that the University of
Moscow will welcome vou.
Jim
the
distillery . .
They're meeting down
there on R street again to
night, charcoal panU,. Ivy
tie and all. This is probably
of no concern to yiu and
should be of no concern to
me, except 1 frustrate easy.
Everything inside just
seems to sag when I think
of all those boys marching
into Student Union parlor
B to hear The Word and
hear their own bitter pro
tests overruled Then I al
ways think of lambs being
led' to slaughter, recently
elected, buckle-in-the-back
lambs, marching into a
room with large, sombre
pictures of Big Brother
pasted about the walls and
a lean boyish-looking man
standing at the front of the
room, his sleeves roiled up
baring muscular arms with
the tattoo of a swastika, and
above that, the tattooed let
ters I F C.
This fantastic, distorted
image of a treasured camp
us institution can only come
from a fantastic, distorted
mind such as mine. Ho.v
ever, to insure the integrity
and absolute authority of
this beautiful organization,
and to stamp out any other
hysterical minds which may
exist on this campus, 1 sug
gest certain steps be taken.
Call an ecumenical coun
cil, bring them into the
fold! Oh the .joy of such a
united. cause! No more dis
gruntled delegates trying to
vote no. No more Intramur
al gang-wars and bloody
football rallies. Administra
tion pressure would be re
lieved and high-school prin
cipals would stop writing let
ters. There would be one
big hoiuc for everyone, and
one big house-mother, one
pin, one charter. Change
the name from Inter Fra
ternity Council to Only Fra
ternity Council and adopt a
greek name, say, Phi Cada
Walter. With rule by papal
decree the OFC could crush
college pranks and further
the cause of its leaders with
out the meddling influence
of small pressure groups.
It could keep infiltration by
pixies into its executive
body down to a minimum,
and thus eliminate the free
thinkers.
My healthy, college intelli
gence tells me this is a co
lossal idea. One fraternity
mind is supposed to be the
twin of every other, and
none is individual. It should
not be hard, ail those little
sects praying alone, each
with its own creed and
pride in its members. Bring
them into the fold. Its been
done before. Norm Peale
sold heaven his Psych 187
textbook and brought reli
gion into the fold. There are
several in the IFC exec
council who show the poten
tial and desire to do the
same at N.U. I'm sure, with
our support, they will succeed.
Wildlife Discussion
A panel discussion on ca
reers and job opportunities In
wildlife and fisheries m a n
agement will he presented by
biologists of the Nebraska
Game Commission Thursday
at the Poultry Husbandry
Building on Ag campus at
7:30 p.m.
yi its
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On Campus
with
( By the A uthnr of ' ' Rally Round the Finn, Boys!" and.
"Barefoot Boy irith Cheek.")
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
It happens every day. A young man rips off to college leaving
his home-town sweetheart with vow- of eternal love, and then
he finds that he lias outgrown her. What, ih such case?, is the
honorable tiling to do?
Weil sir, you can do what Rock Sigafoos did.
When Hock left Cut and Shoot, Pa., he said to his sweetheart,
simple country lass named Tes d'Urbervilles, "My dear,
though I am far away in college, I will love you always. I will
never look at another girl. If 1 do, may my eyeballs parch and
wither, may my viscera writhe like adders, may the moths get
my new tweed jacket !"
Then he clutched To to bosom and planted a final kis
upon her Fragrant young skull and went away, meaning with
all his heart to lie I'aithiul.
lint on the very first day of college he met a coed named Fata
Morgana, a girl of such sophistication, such poise, such saioir
Jain as Hock had never beheld. She sjxike knowingly of Frana
Kafka, she hummed Mozart, she smoked Marlhoros, the ciga
rette with btUtr "makin't". Now, Rock didn't know Frani"
Kafka from Pinooehio, or Mozart from James K. Polk, but
Marlboroe he knew full well. He knew that anyone who smoked
Marlboros was modern and advanced and as studded with
brains as a ham with cloves, (iood sense tells you that you can't
beat Marlboro's new improved filter, and you never could beat
Marlboro's fine flavor. This Hock knew.
So all day he followed Fata around campus and listened to
her talk about Franz Kafka, and then in the evening he went
back U the dormitory and found this letter from his home-town
sweetheart Tess:
Dear Rock ,
U kids had a At ( n lime ijederday. We went down to tht
fond und caught tome frogs. I cavght the most of anybody.
Then ire hitched rides on trucks and did lots of nidsy stuff
like that. Welt, I must close now because I got to whitewash
the fence.
Your friend,
Tea
P.S. ... 1 can do my Hula Hoop 3,000 times.
Well sir, Rock thought about Tess and then he thought about
Fata and then a great sadness fell upon him. Suddenly he knew
he had outgrown young, innocent Tess; his heart now belonged
to smart, sophisticated Fata.
Rock, being above all things honorable, returned forthwith
to his home town and walked up to Tess and looked her in the
eye and said manfully, "I do not love you any more. I love
a girl named Fata Morgana. You can hit me in the stomach with
all your might if you like."
"That's okay, hey," said Tess amiably. "1 don't love you
neither. I found a new boy."
"What is his name?" asked Rock.
"Franz Kafka," said Tess.
"A splendid fellow," said Rock and shook Tess's hand and
they have remained good friends to this day. In fact, Rock and
Fata often double-date with Franz and Tess and have heaps
of fun Franz can do the Hula Hoop 6,000 times.
if- 19S9 Msi Shulmaa
4H 8 irwN that ends well-including Philip Morris. Philla
Morris ends well and begins well and is made of superb
natural tobaccos by the same people who make Marlboro.