The Doily Nebraskon
Tuesday, April 21, 1959
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WE CALL
PRACTICE"
You might not be able to recognize the
' season of the year from the weather, but
one look at the faces of junior activity
people will tell you for sure.
It's definitely spring which means that
Ivy Day is just around the corner. And all
the junior contenders know it.
This isn't a slam or a bite. It's just
traditional that juniors get nervous about
this time, because dare we say It?
there Is the possibility that they will be
tapped or tackled for the senior honorary
societies.
The tradition behind the honorary so
cieties goes back to the turn of the cen
tury. The Innocents started tackling their
members in 1903 and the Mortarboards
entered the field with their first selec
tions (as Mortarboards) in 1918.
The original purpose of the two groups
was to honor juniors who had provided
the University with outstanding leader
ship through their first three years. The
societies were to be an outlet whereby
this service could be continued during the
member's senior years.
Since tht positions in the honoraries
advanced th prestige of any organiza
tion that happened to have a member, po
litical jockeying moved into the selections
early and has remained to the present.
For the most part, both organizations
have been able to stear clear of political
pitfalls. In the crucible of misled campus
cynics, the girls have managed to come
out a little more favorably than the boys
when it comes to honesty of selection,
probably because they can take as many
as 25 members. This means that there
are fewer girls left out each year for the
cynics to talk about.
The boys of course, can only take 13,
which increases the chances of a few bit
ter grapes being squeezed into Union cof
fee. We don't doubt that there will be some
of this sort Of business again this year.
We only hope that there won't be that
grain of truth in the whispers that lends
itself so admirably to the spread of ru
mors. Tht Ideas and principles behind the
senior honorary societies make them
wrothwhila organisations. Th only thing
that could destroy their value to the cam
pus is the selfishness of a few individuals.
The desire for prestige for a fraternity
house or other organization, personal likes
or dislikes and pork barrel trading should
never enter into the selections.
T, only question involved is:
"On his (or her) record, is he (or she)
worthy?"
Of course, worthy could mean a lot of
things so maybe we ought to say just
what we think is meant by worthy.
First and foremost, to be worthy means
to have good scholarship. If the- purpose
of the University is to educate, nobody
really serves the University who is not
serving education in an outstanding way.
The next most important criteria is
leadership. Leadership has nothing to do
with the number of people who like an in
dividual. There hive been a lot of real
leaders who have never been well liked.
Leadership instead is the ability to get
the job done efficiently, competently and
well. The president of an organization
may be the most well liked person on the
campus, but if he or she is not leading,
he or she has no place in an honorary.
The final criteria embodied in the word
"worthy" Is service. A person who has not
used the natural gifts of leadership and in
telligence to a constructive purpose also
is not worthy of a position in an honorary.
This means that he or She may never
have risen above committee chairman in
an organization. But if he or she embodies
good scholarship, real leadership and not
just personal popularity, and concrete
service to the University, then they are
worthy to belong to an honorary.
In the end, what we say here we hope is
already recognized by this year's mem
bers of the honoraries. It will do little
good in the actual selections because the
new Innocents and Motarboards are al
ready chosen.
There may be even some who will
snicker at this attempt to avoid corruption
in the selections. These people will be the
cynics. Others will say "So what, it's just
a pretty college activity." They are jaded.
College honoraries put a stamp on an
individual. They put an indelible tag on
him or her which says "Outstanding." It's
a tag that follows them the rest of their
lives one they have to live up to.
It's a tag, that means too much to be
corrupted by the really petty things which
may become involved.
The Spectrum
J, f
Kraus
While considering the subject for a
cc'uxn Monday, I thought that perhaps
s jmething on the recent crisis in Tibet or
Berlin might be apropos.
But then again I decided that something
of this nature might be a
little too weighty for
some students who, judg
ing by recent letterips in
this newspaper and cam
pus comment, are more
interested in beer, parties
and faults of campus or
ganizations. ,
So after coming from a
cold outside into a dis
comfortably hot Rag of
fice, it occurred to me
that perhaps we could solve a" these
problems of Student Council and Student
Tribunal nominations, selections, etc., by
having some sort of open hearing type
interviews for . finalists for these offices
and memberships.
After considering the idea for a while
and being told that it was a damn poor
idea, I began to think that it was because
many people probably wouldn't come to
watch the open interviews, independents
would still be lethargic about filing or at
least feel unable to do any good and there
would still have to be an interviewing
committee which would provide that pos
sibility of human miscalculation and er
ror (which would "be all right since we're
all humans r-"way) and I've run out of
words for this sentence.
But the basis behind the whole thing
would be that perhaps candidates who
enter such elections or selections without
any ideas about what the organization
they are going to be a member of does or
has been doing (wow) would be a little
less likely to apply.
They may consider another activity in
stead of coming up with the stock answer
of "Duh well I uh . . . " when they are
questioned on why they want to be a
member of the group or what they think
can be done.
Although I think most persons no mat
ter for what interview they are taking,
ask advice from an old hand on what to
show the interviewers with, the question
is why?
Without fail a person will ask a mem
ber of the old guard, "What should I say
. . . what are some things that should be
changed," etc., when he is to come up be
fore an interviewing body.
But why? If a person doesn't know why
he wants an office or position and de
pends on other people to tell him why,
perhaps our whole system of interviews
is farcical.
Some persons that I know who have tal- '
ent for student government, etc., amaze
me when they say they do not know why
they are applying for something.
So although the idea probably never
could or would be adopted, perhaps it
would take a litcle of the deadwood off
the top of our campus activity ocean.
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Secret Life:
Just Wait Till Vm A Sophomore
By Dave Mignery
Often while walking be
tween classes after just
having had my grubby lit
tle freshman ego deflated
by some crackpot profes
sor, I think of how things
will be next year when I
am a sophomore:
It is English class. The
instructor hands back my
theme, on which are such
snide remarks as: "Do
you call this a theme?" or
"Anybody that would sign
their name to this atrocity
must be out of his mind."
Later while walking to that
den of ill repute where
English professors hang out,
he accidentally glances into
a book store window' and
notices a book on display
that is hailed by critics as
the greatest masterpiece
since "War and Peace."
It is by no it can't be
but it is.
It is the Oklahoma foot
ball game, the last quarter
and Nebraska is behind by
five touchdowns. There are
only ten uninjured players
left. I gently .tap Coach
Jennings on the shoulder
and say, "Send me in Sir."
"Can you do It?" he asks.
"I'll try" I answer, and
trot out onto the field, with
only a helmet for protec
tion. "He will be killed," says
Jennings grimly.
Never before have foot
ball fans been treated to
such an exhibition. In that
last quarter, I run, plunge,
weave, twist and smash
my way to six touchdowns
and Nebraska wins. Gregg
McBride falls out of the
press box. Governor Brooks
rushes out to make me an
admiral in the Nebraska
Navy before he is trampled
by the delirious crowd rush
ing to lift me to their
shoulders.
The professor's jaw drops
open. When he recovers he
shouts "Astonishing!" and
runs out to tell his col
leagues. .
Porcupines
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am .
Prokop
Where is the equity of jus
tice and respect for accom
plishments of true value to
mankind?
This question oc-
c u r r e a
to me while
attending a
lecture giv
en by Dr.
Edward
Tatum, a
Nobel Prize
winner. The
was
only moder
ate and
composed mostly of visiting
members of the bateriology
departments of other uni
versities. Those in the crowd
from the University were in
most cases required to at
tend. Is this the kind of treat
ment a man so notable as
Dr. Tatum is to receive or
is this just the general treat
ment scientists in general
receive?
So many people today in
our University have the feel
ing that scientists are mad
dogs wielding test tubes like
the old buccaneers use to
wield their sabres. This mis
conception of being locked
in the laboratory experi
menting with misguided life
itself has even entered the
minds of University stu
dents. Most look at a scien
tist in reverent awe, be
lieving him to be some be
ing from outer space.
Warped v
The idea that all men of
this profession are warped
and misguided by their pow
er over life is entirely
wrong.
Taking a look at a typical
science student working
toward an advanced degree
or a man of the caliber of
Dr. Tatum, a great enlight
ening awaits the ignorant.
Most men in the field are
deeply interested in the
preservation of life; from
this stems the great deal of
emotional and physical
stress of their everyday ac
tivities. The hard road to adequate
preparation in this field
makes the student a gentle,
understanding and forgiv
ing individual. Much to the
opposite of many people's
opinion, they are interested
in a variety of things stem
ming from classical music
to, strangely enough, athlet
ics. A good example of this is
the University chemistry de
partment where over the
past four years, this depart
ment has taken three All
University basketball cham
pionships, an Independent
Track Championship, and
an All-University tennis
crown. Outside of this, one
can find individuals in this
graduate department . who
are members of champion
ship teams in the midwest
in football, basketball,
track, baseball, tennis, rifle
shooting, horsemanship, and
swimming, to mention just a
few sports.
One can also find a multi
tude of students interested
in music, art, culture, orni
thology, mythology, and the
just plain out of doors. This
does not apply to the chem
istry department but to the
physics department, the
mathematics department,
the biology department, the
bacteriology department, or
any other department of sci
ence. The reason they are
shunned may stem from ed
ucation, but more so from
lack of understanding of the
work that these departments
do. Possibly it's too tough
for people to realize the
magnitude of the work ac
complished by these depart
ments. Abby
It certainly was discour
aging to see the Lincoln Star
make such a big play on
"Dear Abby." (Abigail Van
Buren), and completely dis
regarding an important in
dividual such as Nobel-Prize
winning Dr. Tatum. Possi
bly journalists stick with
journalists, and scientists
stick with scientists in our
class society. (Subversive to
the core.)
However, some day when
a journalist or English
teacher's life is at stake, it
will be interesting to see if
a scientist is food enough to
take care of their needs. It
will be interesting to see if
they will take the drugs pre
pared by the chemist, tested
by the pharmocologist and
bacteriologist, further test
ed by the biophysicist, and
finally dispensed by the
pharmacist.
The "squares" of Avery
Laboratory may someday
be the reason you are liv
ing in the social world which
has attached little meaning
to them. It may be the rea
son your attendance can be
maintained at cocktail par
ties and the life after six,
right mules?
My point is, simply that
I want more understanding
from the general public of
what science does for them
and for scientists to com
mand a respect which at
present is not there.
Once a scientist always a
scientists.
It is ROTC lab. It is an
inspection. The company
commander steps in front
of me. I snappily raise my
rifle to inspection arms.
I get five demerits for not
having my fingernails man
icured. As the commander
steps to the next cadet, I
pull the trigger-BLAM!!!
All the cowardly officers hit
the dirt. It was only a blank.
I disdainfully lower my
rifle to order arms.
I walk . into the Crib
where all the sororities are
holding a mass meeting. I
accidentally bump into a
six and a half foot, two
hundred and fifty pound
phys ed major. "Where do
you think you are going,
lout?" he growls. N
I draw myself up to my
full five feet six inches and
say, "How dare you call
me a lout? Is that any
way to talk to a fellow Corn
husker?" His only answer
is a swing at my head
which I neatly duck and
grab him by the navel with
a secret hold I learned in
Africa over the summer
from a Zulu chieftain. I
fling him out the window.
Two fifths of the sorority
girls swoon in admiration
and the rest can only stare
as I calmly step to the bar
and order a mint coke on
the rocks.
It is math class and the
professor is explaining a
problem that requires two
class periods and four
blackboards to solve. Sud
denly he stops and a fiend
ish grin spreads across his
face as he notices that I
am asleep he thinks. In
gleeful anticipation he asks,
"Mignefy, how would you
solve this problem?" I rise
as though surprised, much
to the pleasure of the in
structor who chuckles craft
ily, thinking I am cornered.
But' then I recite a formula
I had been devising in my
head that will solve the
problem in one little step.
It is the K State basket
ball game and Nebraska is
behind by one point with
only fifteen seconds left in
the game. Nebraska has
the ball in but there are
only four players left who
have not fouled out. Coach
Bush asks for volunteers.
I am finally persuaded by
the fans to volunteer. I
bring the ball upcourt drib
bling past six K State play
ers with such fantastic fak
ing and ball handling that
Hersch Turner faints dead
away. I start a hook shot
Bob Boozer (Boozer is seven
feet eight inches tall by
now) jumps high in the air
to block my shot. But in
stead of going through with
the hook, I bring the ball
back down and shoot a be
, hind the back shot. It goes
in just as the final gun fires.
Boozer applauds in spite of
himself. The crowd goes
wild. McBride falls out of
the press box. I nonchalant
ly light up a Marlboro mak
ing sure that the TV cam
eras can see my tattoo.
It is graduation and after
only two years in college,
I have received my PhD
complete with oak leaf clus
ter and crossed summa cum
laudes. The chancellor grips
my hand saying, "Congrat
ulations on receiving, after
only two years of college, a
PhD complete with oak leaf
cluster and crossed cum
in a sum complete with
crossed lumma sum clau
congratulations, boy!"
"Thank you, sir." I say,
blushing modestly.
(Editor's note we are not
quite sure whether this was
intended as a letterip, fea
ture story or note for the
bulletin board. Whatever it
is to the author, we think it
is an amusing piece of col
legiate Walter Mittyism
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