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I The Doily Nebroskon Fridoy, Februory 20, 1959 Editorial Comment: Registration The Student Council apparently has come up with a solution to the registration problem. And it is one which meets with the ap probation of the administration. Registrar Floyd Hoover told the Daily Nebraskan that his office would give the new idea a try. Mr. Hoover and his office will un doubtedly be delighted to give the Coun cU idea a try. Because the Council idea is one v.tuch closely parallels a procedure the administration was planning to insti tute some time in the future anyway. The Council has just speeded up the process a little. Council members, at least those we've talked to, are heart and soul behind the idea. They should be. Once a body like the Council casts its ballot on such an Idea, it is less messy all around if its members stick together. Whether the students are behind it is another matter. Opinion on the campus has not had a chance to jell as yet. How- a Solution? ever, we have a suspicion that most stu dents will not take too kindly to having someone they don't know and over whom they have no control do their registering for them, guaranteed safeguards notwith standing. After all, the safeguards may or may not be effective. The Council has placed the student body in the position of allow ing the administration to pull their cards in exchange for some safeguards that may or may not be available. In other words, the Council has given the administration something right now in exchange for a service which may or may not be com petently rendered later. There is. however, a hole through which the Council might wiggle if things do not go well. Presumably, since It was their idea in the first place, the Council may de mand that the administration return to the old registration procedure if the new one doesn't work out. However, bureaucrats have never shown a very marked tendency to return will ingly a power once vested in them. NO USE f ft CRACK 00rSgkUk!E A PE SIDES, THIS BlANKET OFFERS ME WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO... Daily Nebraskan Letterip Casual Observer Maybe if I hadn't just finished the first four chapters of "Brave New World" the whole idea wouldn't have looked so re pulsive. However, it did, it does, and it probably always will. First we are fed alphabet soup. Now, the Student Council suggests intravenous feeding of a new concoction. In a motion passed Wednesday, the Council approved a proposal whereby the Registrar would pull cards not only for Junior . Division, but for everyone. Under the Council plan, cards would be pulled first for seniors, then jun iors and so on down the line. Now, this would be more equitable than the plan now whereby Junior Division students those with de ficiencies and freshmen have their places in classes nailed down even before the Abbots and Ackermans. The Council plan further suggests that students would indi cate second and third choices of classes, so that when conflicts arise, the student Diana would have some say in what changes are made in his 'scheduling. I doubt that they can. It would seem fairly obvious that what we would all be doing is tacking ou notation after notation to our registration sheets, trying to cover all the possibilities. More paperwork. Parkinson would chortle with smug de light at the probable results. I'm sure the Council felt it had worked out the best possible plan. However . . . whether it is or not depends partly on whether you would choose to be sheltered from the horrors of an hour in line or" would prefer to be presented with a schedule which might or might not be " the one you chose. At this point I can hear Borland's aca demic rag, and frankly, he's not far wrong about this motherhood complex that often emanates from one of our newer build ings. Honestly fellows, most of us are just about all grown up. Really! Daily Nebraskan SIXTY -EIGHT TEARS OLD Member: Associate Collegiate Press iBtefecUetlate Press KeprtseoUtive: Nation! Advertising Serriea, Incorporated Published at: Room 20, Student Union Lincoln, Nebraska Utb A K Tb Daily Nefcmnkaa n nMhM Monday. Tun toy. Wsaaaaaay aa Friday iariat tin sekaal yar, mm tartan vaaatMas ana tmua oertotoa. b? staanrts af tka Ua(yrstty Nebraska anaar tka aatkartaattsa af tka Caouaitif a atuaial affairs aa aa tximlaa af ata rat apMiiaa. eatollcatlaB aastar the lailattattaa at tka gunwitaniHtar. aa fttaanat PaMifatfcMM shall fca rrr frasa aaUtnrtal w asamkta aa tk par af Ik Aahfnasnlrtar a aa ska aart af aay awiptr af tka fatal af tka Ca varsity, ft aa asm n af tka Nakraakaa staff ata aer anaalt? maonsiaa far trkat tJsay say, or sa ar aaass ta aa arlata-4. fbraary 8. lftM. SahsmptM ratca ara U Bar atiaku ar H far tka Easrraa as iin rlast aiatwa at tha Bast afflr ta Llama. 1rhra.Ua. aaSsr tka ax af assraat 4, ISIS. Shocking To The Editor: The Feb. 11 article in the Letterip by Jim is terribly shocking. It is miblie knowl edge that the United States has long been aiming to achieve a noble goal, that of peace world peace. Jim's allegations clearly showed a sharp and dis tinct contrast. Here is a simple case of an American citizen who extends the warm welcome of the Uni versity of Moscow to erring foreign students. Let me remind you, Jim, that for eign students are also hu manthey err. Please don't mistake this as an excuse. Jim's attitude is a tempting invitation for making ene mies, not friends as your great statesmen had been preaching and hoping to win. Instead, Jim's attitude should be that of being tol erant and pioneering in cul tivating harmonious rela tionships with foreigners, whom he claimed had abused the freedom of speech. Think of your great, great grandfathers who sac rificed life so this country could have democracy. Had it not been for their pas sion, tolerance and forbear ance your life might be even miserable to those now liv ing behind the Iron Curtain. At this . crucial stage two mighty countries are vying for world power. Both use tact and diplomacy to win a foreign country's favor. Furthermore, in Monday's Daily Nebraskan Jim added he ' was speaking of a minority of the foreign stu dentsa minority that has reflected badly upon the majority." In this adden dum Jim was trying to clarify his former state in e n t. This verification came late a distaste had already been created among some foreign students. Jim. here is one consola tion for you. It has been said that a swallow does not make a summer. How I sincerely wished that my fellow foreign students won't take your word as the voice of the people of the United States. Just as they, I hope,' won't judge the United States by Nebraska alone. As to their impres sion of this place when they return home, no guarantee or assurance can be made. Let's hope against hope for the best. A foreign student comes to the United States for an education. Who are these foreign students? They are either government scholars or privately financed stu dents. Government scholars are selected to represent their countries on the basis of their achievements and personality and dignity. They are not merely some body picked in the street by their governments; they are leaders. They undergo thorough screening. With re gards to privately financed students, they also com mand respectable positions in their countries. Can you imagine the cost of individ ual maintenance in a year? They must obtain a sworn statement concerning their moral characteristics be fore they can secure their visas from the American embassies of their respec tive countries. These foreign students are not here in the United States to become a public charge and liability. When they return home some will be working with the Department of Foreign: Affairs. What would you think of their foreign policy with the United States? Would those policies be un biased? Would they take in to account their experiences while in the United States? I have but praises for Mr. Sydney L. Jackson for his wonderful article in Mon day's Letterip. More power, to you, Mr. Jackson. The mannerisms of some Ameri can military personnel in most parts of the world are really unbecoming. I won der how many are aware of this. Pause and think of this. Carlos R. Manese the Briar Patch If I were able I would sponsor a contest in an ef fort to liven up the camp us a bit. The name of my compe tition would be "The Miss Wild Life Contest." It would, of course, cen ter around the socially in clined females on campus. The requirements or goals would be i Ireland s i m pie: namely those con test ants who chose to enter (and who were e n t ered) J would be judged in their efforts to blow off lids during the weekends and week days if their schedules allowed. Women around here need to be recognized socially what with the lack of cotil lions and other such sport ing events. .But, alas. I would have to go through administrative channels to promote such a fete so the chances are slim. 1 doubt if the powers that be would ever condone such activity. So don't send me any names of likely entrants. I have a few in mind, too. Just a Suggestion May I . suggest to our woe-begotten head of the campus gestapo that in event he loses his case be fore our city judicial body that he then seek a review from our student group of judges. Certainly an appeal to the Student Tribunal would prove most interesting If not revolutionary. It would open a whole new field of law. Soon professors and ad ministrators as well as criminally inclined stu dents would be clients of our young magistrates. What irony! The Univer sity of Nebraska students versus John Law. In fact if said person is willing to submit his case before the Student Tribunal I shall be more than hap pay to appear as his coun sel, duty free. In fact I hereby offer my ' services to any administra tors who desire legal repre sentation before our little group, of student judges. No students, however, for their cases are too com monplace. And besides with the multitude who will no doubt be aspiring for my non-existent title of "Miss Wildlife," the business would be too much to handle. Oops! I hereby apologize for my grievous error in my column of last week. The Draft Law has already been passed. A fellow named Ace brought this to my atten tion. Being one of our campus heroes in ROTC, he was all for the draft. "Makes a man out or you," he growled as he waved his swagger slick at me definitely and wen off into the dusk whirling "Ode To A Fallen Fighter." n cf f3 Lru laaaJ iaaaa iff If ' LaJ -J- ' """"'"l Laaj Vm s O YOU CM 17 IT! Get the basketball win string started again with the defeat of Kansas Saturday - and we'll all be . at the Coliseum to watch you turn back the Colorado Buffs Monday. ALPHA CHI OMEGA r ALPHA OMICRQN PI ALPHA XI DELTA CHI OMEGA KAPPA ALPHA THETA PHI GAMMA DELTA KAPPA DELTA PI BETA PHI ZETA TAU ALPHA DELTA DELTA DELTA DELTA UPSILON DELTA GAMMA FARM HOUSE KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA MU SIGMA PHI EPSILON THETA XI ZETA BETA TAU