t ' t. ' Pege 2 The Daily Nebraskon Wednesday, April 8, 1959 Editorial Comment: SET LUC IS USUALLY" MfFRffND, RrTSOrttETMAES SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE ISN'T AND SHE ACTS LIKE SOIWEDEG.WHO BSCS!" IT JUST G0E5 TO PROVE tUHAT IVE: BELIEVE0...-M3U CANT TELL A F(?IEN0 tOlTrtOUT T5 FUNN.. PATTY IS REALLY ' MV BEST FRIEND WHEN WE'RE NOT FlSHT!N6...N0U).SHEf?MY SHOULD BE MV FRIEND, TOO, BUT 63Mrl0u).HE JUST ISN'T... Howell Should Stay A Student Theatre A SCOtffcCAKD O A rHtND. BUT NOT KfcALLY.. V-f ( 5IGH fe) Utej 1 3 3HH The University Theatre is fortunate to be able to find an experienced amateur of John Wenstrand's caliber to play the lead in their final production of the season, "Ah Wilderness." There is just one disturbing factor about the selection of Mr. Wenstrand for the part. He is no longer a student at the University. This difficulty has been cleared with the office of student affairs, however, so there is no technicality which could prevent Mr. Wenstrand from assuming the role. The selection of a non-University student for the part sets a precedent that might be abused. In the past, parts in University productions have been reserved for stu dents in keeping with the purpose of the theatre to provide University students with an opportunity to accumulate some time in the theatre as part of their educa tional experience. We might point out that Mr. Wenstrand was not given the part with the intent of thwarting this purpose. Since the speech department and its students have also un dertaken the production of "The Taming of the Shrew" for the Lincoln centennial, their available personnel have been spread too thin. When the student originally sched uled to take Mr. Venstrand's Part was forced to withdraw from school, the speech department had no choice but to look out side the University for talent. This seems a shame, since tryouts for a University Theatre production are open to any University student. There must have been someone around with enough of the old Vic (that's a V, folks) in him and enough theatrical experience to step into the role. We hope that the speech department won't find it necessary to continue to go outside the campus to fill the leading roles in its plays. We think that the Uni versity theatre is primarily an amateur organization and if the quality of the pro duction has to suffer slightly to provide upcoming student thespians with the ex perience they desire, we can take it. At the same time, we hope that the students won't allow their own apathy to deprive them of one of their most impor tant student traditions student theatre. Elgin What to Do? Now that we have it, what are we go ing to do with it? That's the problem facing the Univer sity. They have the huge Elgin plant on their hands at the present time and they want to know how best to utilize the space It gives them. There is another problem connected with the space too. The Elgin building is some what far removed from the campus prop er. Students having classes there would have quite a sprint to make it to their next class on time if it were located in Ferguson, for instance. This problem, isn't as bad as it first ap pears, however. Students who think that is a long trek ought to see the Wisconsin campus. Most of the buildings are built atop hills overlooking a lake. They are usually surrounded by approximately an acre of ground. Wisconsin solves their problem in a manner that has already been suggested to University officials: they keep students in one building as much as possible. However, occasionally a student has a class in another building. When this oc casion arises, there is nothing for him to do but hoof it. Walking in Nebraska's weather really isn't too bad two months in the spring and fall of each year. Nevertheless, Uni versity students bent on an education prob ably wouldn't let something like that stand in their way. The strangest thing about the whole question is the fact that there is any in decision at all. When the University bought the Elgin building, they said they needed the space it would provide. Certainly, they must have had some thing specific in mind to use that space for. They didn't pay $725,000 for extra parking lots. And if it wasn't practical to own a build ing of that size, why did the University bid at all? This kind of confusion is what often makes institutional life the subject of whimsical cartoonists. However, the Daily Nebraskan can see the merit in taking a good long time to decide what the building will be used for. Once the decision is made, it will take a lot of time and expense to unmake it if it's a wrong one. from the Sidesliiies CP Miss Sides two student Student Council and Student Tribunal filings have opened this week both open ings accompanied by frenzied activity on the part of publicists for the two groups, many stories in the Daily Nebraskan and one large general "so what" from most students. That there is not a mass exodus to sign up for either of the two groups is undoubtedly due to many things, among them a belief that student bodies don't actually have any final power (especial ly in the case of a show down between adminy and student) and the seeming ineffectualness of these groups.. And, one must admit that the Council's year has not been fraught with campus shaking events. At times, it approached real inefficiency e.g. losing ballot boxes or sending a representative who didn't care about what he was representing to a faculty meeting. The Council members have accom plished several rather noteworthy things, like their system of registration, and they have a few good basic ideas which could be worked out to the advantage of the campus. An example of this is their plan for sending student representatives to the legislature. The Student Tribunal's work has been clouded in such red tape type fog that no one really has much idea of what it does. The over-protected little crew of judges Is generally regarded with suspicion by most students, who if they do have any Idea at all of what the Tribunal does usual ly regard it as almost as effective as a puppet play with the strings handled by administration. And again, the Tribunal has accom plished much that it is not given credit for. I understand that the Student Affairs office has referred a large percentage of Its cases to the Tribunal and that the By Gretchen Sides recommendations the Tribunal makes are generally followed. With all the furor and uproar created re cently by student belief that a few of their rights were being infringed upon, it does not seem logical to me that the openings of the two groups on campus which actual ly provide the only means for students to actively deal in the administrative and ju dicial functions of their University should be greeted by such that old word again apathy. I can't claim that they are the most powerful groups in the world or the most efficient, but good grief they're all we've got. And, they have given evidence of definite possibilities. The usefulness of any group is dependent upon the ability of its membership, and generally competition makes for better quality. Let's get out there and compete a little. Why not take some of that energy you waste climbing on your soapbox and screaming about op pression at NU and expend it toward some thing that might get you somewhere. Let's be logical about this even being in a place where the screams are heard is certainly .more advantageous than wearing out your lungs in a closet, which is what you ac complish by undirected and confused semi rebellion. One little miscellaneous item that is rather interesting came to my attention the other day. A tribunal member men tioned that the procedure of the tribunal is pretty well left up to the members themselves. This is just another example of the importance of the question of who will be chosing the new members. (Good Heavens, this procedure is almost enough to make the Daily Nebraskan resort to graft, dirty politics, bribery or almost any sort of method in order to get a mem ber on the Tribunal who favors completely open hearings.) Seriously though, both Student Tribunal and Student Council have a lot of poten tial. Whether this potential is utilized and in what manner it is utilized depends on the members. 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Pablleall. ader " W''" RlBIXEft BTAFF uixmmmttlM mm marten! rublleatiiwe ahall be free from BmilneM Manatee Jrr, bellentla allortal moubmHIb m lite mmrt ml I be Rubenmmlttee at AaaUfant Banlneee Manac'ri , sua Kalmaa. a bM pert ml aar member mt faealtjr mt the Da. barime Grow, Nona Boolflnf. awi. Toa mtmmm at the Hcbraaaaa atott ar per- Clae.iriee Manager ...Oil Oradj Daily Nebraskan Letterip The Oeilr Nebraskaa will pabllsb nly those letters whirb are alined. Lctteri attatklix individual limit cairy tbr author'! name. Otbera mar a Inil'ali er a " name. Letteia liou'd ;t eered 109 word. Vlhra lelten eered thia llm'l - the No hrakan reserves the rifht to con-d-n.r them, rclain.ng the writer's tiews. Thank You To the Editor: During the pre-Easter va cation a group of us, for eign students, were the guests of the Mortar Boards on the occasion of its re cent tour of the state of Nebraska. It is our opinion that this tour was quite educational and enjoyable. It served to acquaint us with the geography of the State of Nebraska and, also, afforded us an opportunity to see and analyze certain aspects of the "American" way of life. Of course, it 'had its therapeutic and rec reational values, too. This, was a chance to release our tensions and engage in a bit of diversion, as all other students like to do. Most of all, it opened an avenue for each of us to learn and understand more about the other to realize why he is deserving of be ing treated and regarded as an equal. Last Friday evening we were entertained by Mr. & Mrs. Mert Bernstein, who had served as chaperons during the above-mentioned tour. The homely atmos phere at this second activ ity temporarily relieved us of the nostalgia and isola tion that we so often ex perience. It motivated the establishing of new relation ships and the reinforcing of older ones among stu dents of different cultures and countries, colors and creeds. I take this opportunity to publicly express, on behalf of the foreign students in volved, our gratitude to the Mortar Board, the Bern stein's, and all the other individuals and organiza tions which contributed to the success of the activities. It is our hope to have the opportunity to return such hospitable gestures to our American counterparts in the near future. Roy S. Bryce Knucklehead To the Editor: To the author of the art icle on featherbedding ad ministrators in the March 31 issue of the Daily Ne braskan: Dear Knucklehead: 1. Did you bother to stop in at the Teacher Place ment office while this al leged featherbedding was going on? If so you would have seen many adminis trators going through teach ers credentials and sched uling interviews for hiring next years teaching staff. 2. Do you honestly think that U of N freshmen would take the time to look up their high school adminis trators or would appreciate taking the time to be inter viewed during spring vaca tion if the administrator came to them? 3. Did you consider the fact that University fresh men might be more likely to voice their true feelings while away from home and on familiar University grounds or the fact that the administrators took the time and trouble to come to Lincoln shows a sincere interest on their part and not just an attempt at pay ing lip service to the idea that one can learn from one's former students (pro vided you can do so while sitting in your own office)? 4. Do you honestly feel that the vast majority of our freshmen were utilizing all the uninterrupted or even interrupted study time they could get one day before vacation or were they engaged in such schol arly activities as: packing for a trip home, driving around the campus, sampl ing a brew in whatever, hid den spots are dear to the hearts of freshmen nowa days, etc. 5. Last, but. not least, if you were a featherbedding administrator would you even rationally consider stopping in dear old Lin coln, Nebraska, if pleasure were the uppermost in your mind? The grass in Lincoln is far from green compared to other pastures northeast of here. Come, come, worthy au thor. 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This was Rhort for Sonnenberg, which used to be my first name. I traded it lust year with a man named Max. He threw in two outfielders and a left-handed pitcher . . . But I digress.) "Dear Son, (Dad wrote) "I suppose you are finding college very big and bewildering, and maybe a little frightening too. Well, it need not be that way if you will follow a few simple rules. "First of all, if you have any problems, take them to your teachers. They want to help you. That's what they are there for. Perhaps they seem a little aloof, but tliat is only because they are so busy. You will find your teachers warm as toa.st and friendly as pups if you will call on them at an hour when they are not overly busy. Four a.m., for instance. "Second, learn to budget your time. What with classes, activi ties, studying, and social life all competing for your time, it is easy to fall into sloppy habits. Set up a rigid schedule and stick to it. Remember, there are only 24 hours a day. Three of these hours must be spent in class. For every hour in class you must, of course, spend two hours studying. So there go six more hours. Then, as we all know, for every hour studying, you must spend two hours sleeping. This accounts for twelve more hours. Then there are meals three hours each for breakfast and lunch, four hours for dinner. Never forget, Sonnenlerg, j'ou must chew each mouthful 'twelve .hundred times. You show me a backward student, and I'll show you a man who bolts his food. r- Tmr JVS . T... mar-1 v'! - m o I a I Couiai "T.e-- "But college is more than just sleeping, eating, and studying. There are also many interesting activities which you must not miss. You'll want to give at least three hours a day to the campus newspaper, and, of course, another three hours each to the dramatic and music clubs. And let's say a total of eight houri daily to the stamp club, the debating club, and the foreign aiTairs club. Then, of course, nine or ten hours for fencing and bird-walking, and another ten or twelve for ceramics and three card monte. "Finally we come to the most important part of each day what I call 'The Quiet Time.' This is a period in which you renew yourself Jast relax and think great thoughts and smoke Marlboro Cigarettes. Why Marlboro? Because they are the natural complement to the active life.They have better 'makin V; the filter filters; the flavor is rich and mellow and a treat to the tired, a boon to the spent, a safe harbor to the storm-tossed. That's why. "Well, Sonnenberg, I guess that's about all. Your kindly old mother sends her love. She has just finished putting up rathei a large batch of pickles in fact, 350,000 jars. I told her that with you away at school, we would not need so many, but kindly old Mother is such a creature of habit that, though I hit her quite hard several times, I could not dissuade her. Keep 'em flying, Dad." C last Mai Mela Here'B more advice to freihmenand upperclastmen too. if non-lilter cigarette are your pleasure, double your pleas, ure with Philip Morris, made by the maker of Marlboro. '4