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Within the Figures
Buried within the obscurity of unex- 35 persons a considerable drop in any
plained figures, the preliminary registra- body's system of reckoning.
tion figures released this week yield some in 1956, Arts and Sciences enrollment
Interesting pieces of commentary on the was 1,217. This year it stands at 1,546.
changing college scene. The increase is 329 again a considerable
jump by anybody's system of reckoning.
The 8,389 enrollment figure falls quite These fluctuations in student prefer-
a bit short of the 8,425 total racked up in ences are especially significant in the light
1956, despite the fact that this year's - of tne tremendous pressure being put upon
enrollment is up a bit from that of last our society to produce scientists, engi-
year, and last year's was up from the year neers, technicians. They are significant in
before that. The significant part of the tne kght of the corollary criticism of the
1956 figure is that that was the last year vanishing "well-rounded man." These
of ?90 tuition. rising Arts and Science enrollment totals
seem to indicate fairly well that the
When the tuition jumped to $120 from pendulum, which for a while was swinging
$90 only one year after a similar jump so wildlv toward the specialization side,
from $80 to $90-enrollment showed a h.as moved back to a more normal posi-
sharp drop. This was explained as partly tion-
due to higher standards, better counseling . ..... .... .. .... ....
of high school students and so on. Prob- thA" a9dd'tiona-1 Ration of Jus might be
ably some of it was. But the tuition jump e 168 drop j in But ; mess i Administration
is undoubtedly still the limiting factor in S?rhffaea from 1091 in
enrollment 1956 t0 923 tms year-
It is easy to carry speculations based
Within the total figures, however, the ,8t?SS i?0!!??"1 Se"
breakdown by colleges of enrollment of- ond gla,nce' ll woul! aPPear that4some
fer, . picture of I radically change . ffMJKtStf 2
v ' lege. Obviously all men aren't cut out to
For Instance! be en2meers or businessmen. There are
still those who would paint, write, teach,
In 1956, enrollment In the College of sing, act in other words participate in
Architecture and Engineering stood at those activities which give depth and
1,749. This year at the same time that meaning to the existence that business and
figure is down to 1,394. That's a drop of technology make physically comfortable.
'Where They're All...
Cheers to Tasseli and Corn Cobs. students and alums of this University to
be represented by such a song.
They are Jointly sponsoring a songwrit-
lng contest for all organized women's Along the line of song contests, the Na-
houses. tive Sons and Daughters of Nebraska re
cently closed one for an official state song.
Each house Is to submit an original song ' The winning song writen by ML Joyce
a . MntitnM .,, . 6 Ayres and Wilber Chenoweth, will be pre-
to a panel consisting of delegates from sented t0 the next state Legislature for
both pep organizations who will judge the an official okay. Following are the words
entries on originality, suitability for use which are adaptable to any type of music:
at games and rallies, audience appeal and
maaer ol preseUUo. and wili act StSiSSftt
three top songs. You can breathe there lots of free air
tm.ii. . x . And is really great;
These three songs will bep resented at Choru-
the NU-KU rally on Oct. 9 where they will Welcome to Nebraska
be judged for a final winner. This is tre- S;m jj
mendous. Everyone on campus knows how Where friendshiD ast, the lont
hurt we are for a really good school song. JKeUUbertT g
Dear Old Nebraska U has seen its Se?Snd
better day There was a time when calling You cn bh m Nebraska
someone a 'square was the same as say- Finest state in the land,
lng 'you're really top drawer.'
t ii , t , The 8rouP offered a $500 prize to the
Now, collectively calling all NU fellows writers of the winning song Ayres and
the squares!' is pure insult. But still we Chenoweth turned down the prize money,
keep singing it. F
. . ... . ... .. Here's where the University comes in.
And on to trite phrases-certainly the The Native Sons and Daughters voted to
one where we re all trie blue' takes the give the money to the University of Ne-
prize. Naturally we're all loyal fans of braska Foundation, suggesting its use for
our University or we wouldn't be singing scholarships for native sons and daughters
in the first place. So 'we'll stick together of Nebraska,
in all kinds of weather' that's a thought
that leaves a great deal of room for im- Let's hope these native sons and daugh-
provement. ters have a decent song to siifg when they
come here. Tassels and Cobs aren't offer-
Now's the chance to do something about ing $500 to the winners of their contest but
it. Surely, as a result of this contest, some they do have a prize. The winning house
group will come up with a spirited song will receive a trophy and in addition, they
that will catch on and we all can sit back will have done a great service to the Uni-
and watch "There Is No Place Like" fade versity.
quickly into the past. It's degrading to the (Sandra Laaker)
M. E. Speaking
By Carroll Kraus like to wake a sleeping man, even a
After hurriedly looking over copy as it pledge,
goes through the copy desk on the Daily The enrollment story. Coeds have less
Nebraskan, sometimes you pass over ' a chance of catching a University man
some of the choicest phrases. this vear. it seems. The girls' number has
Today, after the end of classes, I re- gone,up uKwhae the number o maIes
laxed with a beat-up copy , , has PP , ,
of the Rag" and began to r. . ....
read some of the stories ; i'l in, .thf newspaper vein, I think it
if ', ; , I , would be kind of interesting to record the
' events in a student's day with headlines.
And I wondered as I -, fy A few typical incidents might be headed
read: v ' like this:
The male fashion V 'A ",Jnes TeUs CaU Bov' 'Don,t Wanna Get
story. How could I ever Vy 'V UP' "
look stovepipe-slim In f -m' ' f 1
new styles when my I Jf 1 Breakfast Order Is 'Two, Over Easy'
stomach distends like that Uk o ', LA .
of a contented cow? Kraus Slumbering Student Awakened By Wide-
-The housemother-with-painted jeans Awake Prof n O'clock
story. I never knew housemothers had ... 1 .. 0 . c ... ,,
jeans. Not that this isn't all right, but a UnhaPPy Crib Rat Says Union Coffee
little surprising, nevertheless. coia , , ,
ssMjasffA'i'sss A.TS-'c'oek &ndemned Academic
the "hacking away agressions" bit. '
The ChanceUor denying seeking the Girl Spills Coffee in Dinner Before Pin
presidency story. Would we ever be able ning Ceremony
to get a better Chancellor if Mr. Hardin
should leave' And consequently, if he Conscientious Studier Attacks Serenad
would happen to take the Minnesota job, ers
would MU's football fortunes rise? , ,
The ATO dog story IT . ber if the Sugar in Bed Incident Provokes PilIow
Kappa Sigs ever got a dog, they'd call it Fight
Bud
The women's fashion story. I must dis- Note to juniors:
fj?ree with Miss Bloom. Extra pillows on There is a rumor out to the effect that
the contrary, are valuable. When I do one of the esteemed undergraduate lead
happen to sleep in bed instead of on the ers on our campus is going to write a
floor, someone in my sleeping room usu- book.
ally has his head resting on the pillow I The title will be: "How to Push Softly."
used two nights before. And I really don't Ring, ching, ching.
Daily Nebraskan
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The Daily. Nebraskan
Wednesday, September 30, 1959
Be Our GUEST
By Raymond Balfour
This year we American
students of the University
are fortunate to have
among us 320 students from
other countries. These 320
comprise an all-time high
number here at Nebraska.
These students come from
the upper social, economic,
educational, and political
levels in their homelands.
In addition to their own cul
tures, many of them have
had the chance to travel
and gain an understanding
of many other countries be
fore coming to this country
to study. They hold within
them backgrounds and op
portunities which few of us
are ever able to attain.
With the inclinations
toward academic study and
learning about Americans
and their country, these stu
dents come to Nebraska
from around the world. Both
of their desires seem to be
dampened sometimes, how
ever, by lack of understand
ing on the part of their
guests, the American stu
dents. Think A Moment
Which of us, if he were
fortunate enough to travel
abroad, would not welcome
another American with
whom to share experiences?
Would we not welcome a
chance just to talk with an
other American and if we
were in a nation where
English was not the lan
guage of the people, would
we not speak in English
with our fellow Americans
anyway? Would we not feel
a bit insulted if. we couldn't
speak the native tongue
without flaw, and were in
some way resented because
of the fact?
Which of us wouldn't wel
come a chance to be includ
ed in a friendly group of the
nationals in whose home
land we were guests in
cluded as an equal with the
others? Wouldn't we feel a
bit insulted if, after being
asked the elementary ques
tions of homeland, course of
study, date of arrival, etc.,
we were then dropped from
the circle of nationals and
left by ourselves once again,
with only occasional greet
ings from those whom we
had hoped to learn to know.
Wound we w e a r our
American clothes, or would
we buy native clothes which
might seem enormously ex
pensive by our own stand
ards? Would our dress con
form to the exact style of
the m o m e n t if we did
choose to buy clothing of
that country? Would we
not feel resentful if we were
looked upon with question
because we wore our
American c 1 o t h e s, or
' missed by some degree the
current fashion of the lo
cale? What, too, might we do if
we were among people
whose skin had a different
complexion from ours and
who, further, thoughtlessly
discriminated against mem
bers of even their own na
tion whose skin was of
about the same color as
ours? Wouldn't we have
even more reason to wear
our own American clothes,
so that we would be known
as foreign visitors and
thereby possibly be spared
some of the discrimination?
Into Homes
Would we also like to be
invited into some of the
private homes in the na
tion where we were? Which
of us would not like the
chance to spend some time
in the home of a school
friend, with time to feel as
a most welcome guest and to
share the real warmth of
his family? Would we not
feel a bit lonely if, month
after month, we lived in a
country where we had no
family of our own and re
ceived no invitation to be in
cluded in someone else's? .
Wouldn't we feel insluted
if we were not able to date
people of the nation where
we were living merely be
cause we couldn't speak
their language as well as
they, or because of slightly
different skin coloring, or
for no reason at all?
We American students
here at Nebraska truly are
fortunate to have our for
eign students with us. Each
of us could gain a great deal
from getting to know them,
as well as acting as better
hosts. A week end or a va
cation shared with a for
eign student in our own
homes could be a very en
joyable and worthwhile ex
perience for everyone concerned.
From Someivhere
Out in Left Field
L i a C j
I'm JA
Jon Moyer
By Jon Moyer
Due to the fact that I am
so easily convinced that I
am a literary, I decided to
force my column upon the
Daily Nebraskan.
The ob
ject of this
column is
to create
a diversion
from the
f r a t e r
nity squab
bling that
my brother
stirs up. I
would not
want this
eleeful rivalry over the
Greek system to develop in
to a challenge to fisticuffs.
George is a sickly city fel
low who could be thoroughly
stomped, unlike a healthy
backwoodsman of my na
ture. E Pluribus
i We have heard some in
teresting criticisms and ar
guments to say nothing of
a good many preposterous
speculations and threats in
the past weeks and 1 can
only hope that something
good will come of it. This
statement sums up the
whole sum. E pluribus
unum.
, Tlfre is one thing you've
got t3 say about the Greeks
when we have something
on our minds we blast it
across the newspaper pages
in no inhibited manner.
It shot across my mind
a few minutes ago, as I was
examining a beautiful pic;
tare of the ideal Duroc hog,
that I am a member of an
other exclusive club on this
campus. Yes, even I.
I belong to the student ar
cade or blockade, it resem
bles both, in which any
paying student, that means
what it says, may sprint
the gamut of bread and cir
cus until this bores him.
(After rereading that last
graph, a clarifying state
ment is now appropriate.
To wit: arcade or blockade
happen to be a pair of
terms synonomous with stu
dent union.)
After the gamut, a student
still has considerable time
rented in the clubhouse
(further synonym) parking
lot whereupon he may pass
time in the west gallery fir
ing a few harmless shots at
the bullet-proof administra
tion building smiling across
the way.
With this feeling of ac
complishment still fresh in
his m i n d, he departs
through the turnstile to the
bright yellow dung stuck to
his car window by a cam
pus meter maid.
I would venture to say the
student paternity house
makes working people
green. Therefore, we may
expect a large influx of non
students to enjoy two se
mesters of palatial luxury
before abrupt exodus at the
request of . . .
Luck!
Here's wishing the club
lots of luck on their latest
venture.
My chemistry teacher is
about to prod my conscience
with electricity so I am go
ing to give her my undivid
ed attention, whatever that
is.
WRITING ABOUT
I EVIL STEP- I
EVERY" STEP-MOTHER IN
THESE FAlRr TALES IS ,
DMKD AS BEING ElllJ
V
DO YOU KNOU)
WHAT THIS
Amowts TO?
fA blanket condemnation )
OF STEP-MOTHERS! J
OSMOSIS
By George Haecker
Haecker
"We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with
straw, Alas!"
But what
the hell
says the
edito rial,
we got spi
rit. Hitler
had sipirit
too, and he
knew how
to use it. He gave his peo
ple spirit and they thought
they had something. No
body stopped and figured
out if it was any good or
not, they had it, that was
enough..
What does our spirit
really amount to? (I am
taking for granted that we
have some.) When you
examine it beyond all its
phoney facades I think you
will find it is nothing more
than a psychological crutch.
It makes the individual feel
a little bigger and more
significant because he is
part of this great hollowed
thing.
I can think of more val
uable things.
So "Papa" Zaruba goes
out and passes his hat
around the state. Contribute
to this great and worthy
cause! Our players are get
ting smashed up so we have
to buy bigger ones. Then If
we buy bigger ones we can
smash our opponents up.
This will make everyone
happy because they will feel
a little bigger and , more
secure if they yell for the
winning team. This is really
valuable and significant,
isn't it? Don't get me com
pletely wrong, I like foot
ball and all but lets not get
too carried away.
No, we cynics who form
the crux of antiism have a
deeper purpose than your
propagations of this mean
ingless spirit. Of all the
talk of spirit, I ask, what
good is it? It might have
been the thing for the Ro
mans and Hitler but I think
in our age, collective, unex
amined spirit Is more apt
to ruin us than benefit us.
We must study and under
stand ourselves instead of
yelling for-all these glories
we don't have, don't need,
and shouldn't want.
I heard a rumor that our
insidious activities and fra
ternities build leaders .of
men. I think instead they
mold followers of society.
Here you can learn to do
what is expected of you and
the one that does it the best
has his name printed in the
most places.
True, there are a few in
dividuals - who really have
a purpose and honest rea
son for their activities. But
I hazard a guess that the
majority don't know what
they are doing or why.
I think if we really want
a worthwhile institution we
should remove ourselves
from popular thought and
examine what we have with
honest reasoning.
In this light I think the
Factory, its Staff, Bloated
Builders, the all-powerful
Student Council, ROTC, and
the general aura of stagna
tion situated between the
boundaries of 10th, Vine,
17th, and R, not to mention
the adjacent fodder mill,
should be critically ques
tioned to see if anything
exists of meaningful and
permanent value.
By the author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys",
"I Was a Teen-age Dwarf, etc.)
FASTER, FASTER!
College enrollment continues to spiral upward. The need for
more classrooms and more teachers grows more desperate daily.
But classrooms, alas, do not. spring up like mushrooms nor
teachers like May flies. So what must we do while we build mora
classrooms and train more teachers? We must get better use out
of the classrooms and teachers we now have. That's what we
must do. .
This column, normally a vehicle of good-humored foolery,
will today forsake laughter to examine the crisis in higher
education. My sponsors, the makers of Philip Morris Cigarettes,
as bonny a bunch of tycoons as you will see in a month of Sun
days, have given cheerful consent to this departure. Oh,
splendid chaps they are the makers of Philip Morris, fond of
home, mother, porridge, the Constitution and country fiddling!
Twinkly and engaging they are, as full of joy, as brimming with
goodness, as loaded with felicity as the cigarettes they bring
you in two bandy packages the traditional soft pack and the
crushproof flip-top box.
How can we make better use of existing campus facilities? The
answer can be given in one word tpeedupl Speed up the educa
tional process streamline courses. Eliminate frills. Sharpen.
Shorten. Quicken.
Following is a list of courses with suggested methods to speed
up each one.
PHYSICS-Eliminate slow neutrons.
PSYCHOLOGY LAB -Tilt the mazes downhill. The white
mice will run much faster.
ENGINEERING Make slide rules half as long.
MUSIC Change all tempos to allegro. (An added benefit
to be gained from this suggestion is that once you speed up
wait time, campus proms will all be over by ten p.m. With
students going home s6 early, romance will languish and mar
riage counsellors can be transferred to the Buildings and
Grounds Department. Also, houses now used for married
itudents can be returned to the School of Animal Husbandry.)
ALGEBRA If X always equals twenty-four, much time
consuming computation can be eliminated.
DENTISTRY Skip baby teeth -they fall out anyhow.
POETRY Amalgamate tlw classics. Like thisi
Hail to thee blithe spirit
Shoot if you mutt thit old gray head
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Smiling, the boy fell dead
You see how simple it is? Perhaps you have some speedup
ideas of your own. If so, I'll thank you to keep them to your
selves. eiaMMaiSkulmaa
The Philip Morrl Company, makers of Philip Morrlt, Marl
boro$ and Alpine, have no intereet In epeedup. We age our
fine tobacco ilow and eay. And that'e the way they imoke
stow and easy and full of natural tobacco goodneu.
