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Editorial Comment:
Tighter Courses OK But
Why Not for Everybody?
The long suspected has received of
ficial recognition.
University courses are getting harder.
And they are getting harder because we,
fellow students, are an improved product.
We are supposed to be smarter than the
folks who were here five or ten years ago
so we need harder courses to challenge
us.
This is all very complimentary and
should make anyone with good grades
light up like a neon sign. He should really
be proud if he received above a seven av
erage because now more than ever be
fore . . . brother he earned it!
Except for one or two disturbing factors,
that is.
The first of these is revealed in the
Torre Case-Threat
To Press Honor
Newspaper people are generally a pret
ty stubborn and closely-knit lot and when
one of their kind gets in hot water, action
and sentiment can reach rather great
heights.
In addition, the question of whether free
dom of the press does or does not provide
protection against revealing of a confi
dential news source in court trial has been
one of long-standing interest to the fourth
estate.
When New York columnist Marie Torre
refused to name the sources of a story
about Judy Garland which allegedly con
tained repetition of damaging statements,
Miss Torre was sentenced to jail for con
tempt of court
Newspapermen all over the country
arose to decry this action by the U.S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals which endangered
the sanctity of confidential sources of
news, legally recognized in 12 states.
But the outstanding and perhaps the
most unfortunate fact about the Torre
case is that the Supreme Court refused to
grant review of the lower court action.
The Supreme Court refusal not only
might affect the 12 states with confiden
tial source sanctities, but the occupation
al standards of the newsman who must be
relied upon largely by his honor and in
tegrity. The case should be and is worthy of the
Supreme Court's consideration.
column, Porkupines which appears else
where on the page. There it becomes evi
dent that some departments are not tight
ening up at all.
This is too bad. The Daily Nebraskan
has no quarrel with the tightening up
policy because it only means that our de
grees will mean more to us when we grad
uate. That it may be harder to get the de
grees is the price we pay for learning
more.
Consistency, however, is the problem.
A degree in Teachers College should not
be more easily gotten than one in Arts
and Sciences. This is especially true when
we realize that teachers are the ones who
will train students at lower levels who will
one day have to face a tougher course at
the University.
Now, of course, we recognize that any
teacher who is certified by the Teachers
College must have completed a certain
amount of hours In the field which he will
teach. This means that the teachers col
lege grad has also had work in the other,
tighter departments. He has gone through
the mill with the rest of the folks, so to
speak.
But should it be easier to learn how to
teach than it is to learn what to teach? Is
teaching easy?
Teachers College is taken as an ex
ample here and we don't mean to pick on
it in particular. The point we are trying
to make is, however, that the policy of
tightening up coursework, when left to
the individual departments, is basically
unfair.
If the University is going to tighten up
courses in one area why not in all?
He's Right
A letter from Charles Keyes, senior stu
dent member of the Faculty Senate sub
committee on Student Publications, Tues
day set the Daily Nebraskan editorial
page straight.
Friday, Feb. 13, the Nebraskan stated
that Pub Board had neglected to appoint
a circulation manager at their last meet
ing. A circulation manager, Dick Whit
comb, was appointed but was forced to
drop from school because of ill health.
The error arose from a conversation be
tween a Pub Board member and a mem
ber of ths Daily Nebraskan staff, and we
are happy to correct it here.
from the
Sidesliiies
Last week I bravely entered the literary
world feet first, eyes ahead, noble pur
poses absolutely oozing out all over.
This week the purposes are forever
buried under a landslide of letterips and
rather forbidding glances from History II
teachers. The University is great, classes
are great, everything's wonderful and I'm
probably hopelessly intimidated. I may
even have to borrow Linus's blanket, for
a while, that is.
This is undoubtedly the gloomiest time
of the entire year. The landscape consists
of mud puddles which can turn into
treacherous ice ponds, dirty patches of
snow, and gaunt, bare trees, which look
like they too are freezing
to death.
I've been trying for
days to think of some
thing distinctively good
about this time of year
but have failed on every
issue I could think up.
Last semester I told
myself I'd be happy at
this time, starting new
Classes and all. You
know, the old bit about
wiping the slate clean and getting off to
a brand new shiny start full of vim, vital
ity and hopes of discovering I had sud
denly turned into a genius. But the chrome
on the new start is already tarnished,
what with a few slightly lower than aver
age grades and the fact that I'm behind in
every subject.
It wouldn't be so bad if I'd meet a
cheery soul once in a while but everyone
else looks gloomy too.
What this all adds up to is general de
pression and frustration. What we all need
is something new to think about or some
thing new to do. Most of the frustration
is caused by plain old boredom.
Maybe that's why Beatniks are catch-
By Gretchen Sides
ing on lately. I've been hearing reports
that they've really stalled organizing here
on the University. The Daily Nebraskan
staff has been out scouting for all mem
bers of the cult but hasn't been having
much luck. Perhaps it's an underground
movement. Well, underground or above
ground or whatever, the idea of Beatniks
at staid, conventional old NU is intriguing.
I can see it all now, future University stu
dents, spouting poetry, clad in togas, lum
berjack shirts or whatever Beatniks wear.
Well, at least they're different and right
now anything that's different seems rather
refreshing. But seriously, if you see a
Bona fide Beatniks floating around cam
pus be sure and tell him to stop in at the
Daily Nebraskan office where a reporter
is waiting, typewriter ready, to give a re
port on University Beatniks to the cam
pus, which is undoubtedly waiting for the
news.
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Dulles' Slav
If Possible
Though suffering from a recurrence of
cancer. John Foster Dulles is being urged
by President Eisenhower to stay on as
long as he feels able.
Dimes Out
Bingo and nickel and dime roulette and
slot machines will be barred rhen Cuba',
gambling casinos reopen.
Castro's government feels that this will
keep the low income group who supported
these games out of the casinos.
Ob&cenily Ruled
The Nebraska State Supreme Court h.?s
ruled that the book, "Peyton Place," is
obscene.
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To the Editor:
I would certainly like to
write to the letterip column
about the Buckshot thing
that appeared in .Tuesday's
paper except that I don't
know who wrote it.
It would be nice if the
individual who issued such
a tempting challenge were
known to the public. I hope
that he has the audacity to
reveal himself or is he
afraid of the wrath of the
aroused multitJe? '
Jim Setcrest
(Editor's note Buck Shot
was written by Melvj n
"Buck" Eickleberry. An
oversight in the production
of the paper resulted in his
name being left off the
column. "Buck" assures us
that he is definitely not
afraid to face the "wrath of
the aroused" so long as it is
limited to the Letterip col
umns.) Patience Needed
To The Editor:
Being a cosmopolitan stu
dent I also would like to
add some comments about
the problem of mutual un
derstanding between the
American and international
student.
Some of the criticisms in
last week's letterips were
quite true. There is a gen
eral tendency on this cam
pus for the American and
international students to go
their separate ways. What
causes this so-called segre
gation? Before one can an
swer this question it is nec
essary to explain why each
group acts the way it does.
I shall make a mere at
tempt at answering this
question, and if I should be
wTong, I hope someone will
correct me.
Upon his arrival in this
country an internation
al student has to make
many adjustments. Just to
mention a few, there is the
language barrier, a new
culture, acquiring new
friends, etc. Slowly he real
izes that it is not as easy
for him to make these ad
justments as he expected.
He then tries to seek out
other international students
who are in the same "pre
dicament" or tries to act
"real America n." Of
course, this does not remedy
the situation, for in the first
place he cannot change
overnight and secondly ad
justment does not mean that
one has to change com
pletely. In some cases the inter
national student is shy and
Scented Ink
Troublemaker?
Editor and Publisher had
an interesting story in a re
cent issue about n e w s
papers using scented ink in
newspaper advertisements.
The magazine reported
that chocolate odors have
been added to ink in run
ning cake ads, vanilla for
vanilla wafers, mint for -whiskey
ad and even an in
sertion order for Lysol.
It is interesting to pic
ture the mass warfare be
tween the' advertising and
circulation departments of a
newspaper if the ad people
got too carried away by
their scents.
And imagine the printer
who reported home to the
little woman after working
on a perfume ad.
'Important'
Cosmo Club
Meet Tonight
There will be a meeting of
the Cosmopolitan Club at 7:30
p.m. tonight in 316, Union.
The meeting is being held
because of the recent concern
over foreign students, as evi
denced by the numerous art
icles in "the Nebraskan Let
terip. The Executive Commit
tee of the Club said the meet
ing would be important and
may be a turning point for
the organization and for the
future handling of grievances
on the pan of the foreign
Indent body.
insecure and this is inter
preted as snobbishness by
some American students.
All the foreign student
wants is to be accepted as
an equal, but he encounters
quite a few barriers. Some
of the international students
come from quite well-to-do
families and upon their ar
rival they find that they are
not accepted by the so
called elite (sororities and
fraternities); he resents
this, for he expected a
friendlier welcome. It is a
human mistake to idealize
" a country about which one
hears such favorable propa
ganda. In all fairness, however,
I am sure that the fault
lies on both sides. It takes
time to achieve mutual
understanding and for some
persons it does not come
fast enough. They t e n d to
criticize everything under
the sun, just to relieve their
disappointment. Criticism is
very good, but only if it is
valid and not based on '
prejudice and mere resent
ment, for then one tends to
get only a distorted picture
of the facts.
It seems to me then that
the key word for mutual
understanding is patience.
When the American student
hears any unreasonable crit
icism from a new interna
tional student he should bear
in mind what causes all
this resentment. That does
not mean, however, that he
should accept all the criti
cism against the United
States, quite to the con
trary, he should correct the
international student if he
is wrong.
I would advise the inter
national student not to give
up too easily, for it took
me two years to adjust my
self. But I have found quite
a few nice American
friends, who are very un
derstanding and very inter
ested in international stu
dents. In conclusion I would like
to make two suggestions
which might help towards
better understanding be
tween the Americrn and
international students:
1. A weekly foreign stu
dent column in the
"Daily Nebraskan."
2. A room in the new
addition of the Student
Union where the Amer
ican and international
students could meet in
an informal fashion.
Marina
Porcupines
The magic number nine
has an overpowering influ
ence in today's academic
work at Nebraska. This
number holds the same awe
t h a t the
n u m bers
three and
seven c o n
vey to reli
gion. When an
i n dividual
m a i n -tains
a sev
en or eight
a v e rage,
he has the
privilege of
Beta Kappa, and Chancel
lor Hardin recognizes the
outstanding academic ac
complishment at the honors
convocation. This person is
labeled genius by employers
and students. -
Mi
Prokop
becoming Phi
the
distillery . . .
Oh that academic rag!
That ragtime melody hum
ming in my ears, blotting
out whatever else I hear,
like wet chicken feathers
stuffed in the gears of a
clock block the passage of
time. So I wander from
Burnett to Andrews and
home again and wonder why
the clock stopped working.
I don't mean all the clocks,
just one little clock. The
clock that shows what time
it is at Nebraska University,
and maybe several other
universities around this lou
sy country.
I can wake up in the
morning and hear that aca
demic rag deep in my de
mented mind, and know the
clock has stopped again. I
think I know the reason
why. The pillars of this in
stitution have all turned
into a mother hen. And oft
en I've wanted to ask that
big, fat, protective mother
hen to get her cotton-picking
wet chicken feathers out
of my clock!
Not being able to read
good clock is like not being
able to read a good book.
or like a good joke, or look
at tight levis walking
around the girls dorm come
spring.
I think other people can
hear that academic rag.
They sense it and try to call
it something like apathy, or
they say it is the sound of
students revolting gainst
campus playboyism. Tliey
are dead wrong In their
reasons because they have
put on the academic rag
and begun to use group
reasoning. They have
bundled all the clods on the
registrar's enrollment sheet
into one big reason why.
Well, al least I know why
the gears are not working
at this university. I got
on a relative jag and found
the reasons why. That's
Borland's theory of relativ
ity, and it works. 1 don't
wonder how that academic
rag sounds to me as a
group, I wonder how it
sounds to me as a me. It
sounds like many typewrit
er keys colliding in one big
bang. It sounds like the la
bored breathing and scores
of tiny coughs of hundreds
of students crouched in Ed
61 mass - examinations. It
sounds like the tap of you-know-who's
heels patrolling
the halls of fraternity houses
looking for you-know-what
I don't believe in creep
ing groupism, or the sacred
cow that education has be
come. I didn't skip the IFC
Ball because I bad to study.
1 never study. I simply do
nut relish the idea of beady
private eyes prying into my
car and my coat because
there's a $500 drinking fin
on my head.
This tobacco-stained insti
tution is suffering from acute
paranoia. It is supposed to
develop our minds, not en
velop them with some aca
demic ragtime as if it
wanted to drown us out or
foul our gears. There is no
one out there in the street,
hiding behind the trees and
waiting in alleys to spring
at me. I have one mother
and that's all the protection
1 need.
If apathy exists in me it
is only a side effect caused
by not being given anything
really to do, or really to
say. I don't want to have
my brain scoured because
I voted not to support refu
gees, or have my pockets
searched, or have to regis
ter my parties in the dean's
office. The next thing you
know we'll have hall monitors.
However, what Is a nine?
Comparison of different
University departments in
the spring semester of 1958
indicates in 100 level courses
that there is a great dis
crepancy in jur grad
ing system.
The music department
leads all other divisions on
campus averagewise with a
7.081, followed closely by
by Home Economics. 6.839;
and Education, 6.770. The
honor for the lowest aver
age goes to the H i s t o r v
Department with a 4.142
followed by Mathemat
ics, 4.366; Chemistry,' 4.543;
Political Science, 4.633; and
Physics, 4.653. Other depart
ments range from 4.910 to
6.520.
An Interesting fact is that
percentagewise, the educa
tion department gave more
nines than did the com
bined departments of
Mathematics, Chemistry,
Political Science, Physics,
History, and English.
This points out one fact,
the value of a nine is not
equal from one department
to another.
This not only holds true
for department but for pro
fessors as well. Some pro
fessors give nines away in
wholesale lots while other
instructors refuse to give a
nine believing that a nine
indicates perfection.
The solution to this prob
lem is closer scrutiny of the
grading in certain depart
ments and a loosening up
policy in other sections to
balance out the nnbabneed
grade ledger.
It's time our education de
partment started to crack
the whip on the ease with
which nines can be acquired
and its lack of ones.
The mathematics and his
tory departments must
learn that giving a few
more nines and less ones
would indicate the true abil
ity of more students.
Want to be a Phi Beta
Kappa? One word of ad
vice, stay away from the
sciences.
However, please also re
member, each grade of nine
saves Dean Colbert's time!
savcs Dean Colbert's time!
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