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The Daily Nebraskan Friday, October 16, 1959 r Page 2 N From the editor's desk: i On Campuses 7i Things By Diana Maxwell Bringing this . idea down to earth at I was ruffling through left-over papers least to that portion thereof occupied by in the journalism lab in the upper reaches the campus, seems like this method might of Burnett during class the other day be one take-off point for some of the cam when I came across a remnant of an ad- pus organizations whose members feel vertising class project. Advertising nor- that the group has gone stale and is only mally being a relatively performing those functions now for which dirty word in our circles, r- there is a fat file of reports from which my immediate impulse ! : to work.' This is easier than thinking up was to drop the thing, but V V new eas-but scarcely as beneficial or that might have created stimulating too much of a stir during - - I 1 You couldn't hold 6 mass Builders meet- the class session. fi ' in to brainstorm, but a small nucleous So there I was Vi ' 1 board members could sit down in a trapped with an advertis- X f completely informal meeting-like don't ing project in my hands, t X have the reading of the minutes, the call- This particular project & of the roll, the giving of announce- was rather painless-all . ments, the reading of the correspondence the class had to do was to and so 011 aHd on-In tms kght 1 tmnk that sit around and think verbally for a space ay gP. whth.er ilLbe a or of 20 minutes. The idea-Brainstorm. ganization a religious house or whatever . should at least once a year evalifate istelf I've' sat in on one or two mock-brain- and " "ew horizons, storming sessions-never one in which the And lest Builders feathers be ruffled, rules of the game were clearly defined, he illustration could as easily have been but even a pseudo-session is something Union or.Red Cross-any group of large no one should miss participating in at S1Z- . , , , . . .. least once. The object is to assemble a t Old projects go stale and flat. Once they group of persons, define the problem to be have bfn done successfully two or three licked, then literally open up the skies to ' ll s- "if "ew chairman has a complete ld . outline. Good enough in some cases, but for the sake of interest and imagination The rules usually are defined thus: to say nothing of leadership and initiative 1. Only positive ideas allowed. No nega- training, I'll make a wild generalization tives, no suggestions of why something and say that every gr0up ought to tackle won't work. , something new every year. 2. Hitch-hiking on ideas is encouraged. Every group ought to attempt some Let one idea lead to the next. thing which it had not even thought of 3. Some time limit usually shorter two years before. than an hour is set . And besides, when you brainstorm, you 4. All ideas are recorded. These are . discover the tremendous imagination po sifted afterwards to distill the feasible tential in yourself and your cohorts. And from the improbable. . sometimes it's not a bad idea to discover 5. In ,the session, however, the sky is that you can think. the limit sometimes the farther out the idea, the more fields it could open. And then a word on Homecoming It was about three years ago that I be- mums. They are wonderful white flowers gan to notice magazine articles about decorated with red N's. They cost a dol- brainstorming, and at that time I believe lar the profits of which go into financing it was in connection with advertising. The things like the Foreign Student Tour in technique has spread to industry and the Spring. Or guess who has a quota of other areas. 125 mums to sell. Only 118 to go. Grief! Daily Nebraskan SICTY-NTNT ! YEARS OLD J-SJSTW JKT VtiSftiSS! Member: Assoclited Collegiate Press, Inter ascription rate m n pet wnmur or is for th. eolteriata Ptmn Madrmto yrar. , ... , .! ... EntrrM Monci An mattrr a th port afflo. Representative: National Advertising Serr- h iSSeoii. "rta. th at t An 4, int. Ice. Incorporated . . editorial staff swished ;i: Room 20. student mion '::::::::::::::::::::::D Lincoln, Nebraska Editor somir wnaira 14th & R Sporti Editor Hal Browa Telephone 2-7631. ext. 4225. 4226, 4227 SESf.ZZSjX'iXiiSi SEE Tbr Dallj Nebtvkaa tf Bobllshed Monday, Torsdar, Herb Probaara Wrdnnday and Friday during the arhool year, ric.pt StaK Writer Jarqna Jaaeerk, Karra U, diirla vatattpn and exam period, by Undent of th Doat McCartney IniyerHlty ot Nebraska ander the aathorliatloa of tha Jr. Staff Writer Mike Mllroy. Ana Mnyer Committee oa Stndrnt Affair a aa expremlna of t- Brsorter Nancy Whltford. Mm forrrnt, Jrrt drnt opinio. PnbllcaHoa ander the jurisdiction of tha Johnnon. Harvey Prrlmaa, Dick Starker Knbeommlttre oa Stndent Publication (ball be frea . Bl'SlXESS STAFF from editorial eentnrthlp on the part of the Bnbeom- Bntlaru Manarer Stan Kalmaaj mlttee or an th part of any member at th faculty of Aulitant Bullae Manager Doa Fertaion, Oil th University, or oa th part of any peraon outald Grady. Charlea Orow the Uaivcnlty. Tb member ot the Daily Mebraakaa Clrenlatkia Manaier Dour Voonrdahl SIGMA CHI says "GO NEBRASKA" Beat Indiana Pi Kappa Phi says Hoot On The Hoosiers WHO SAYS THE HOOSIERS ARE HOT? WE DON'T BETA SIGMA PSI WELCOME BAND DAY PARTICIPANTS FARMHbUSE says SMASH 'EM KAPPA SIGMA WELCOME BAND DAY STUDENTS TO SEE THE HUSKERS KNOCK THE LtL Out Of The Hoosiers ThetaXi says Inundate Indiana GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, i Delta Delta Delta v LI THE HOOSIERS Sigma Kappa says Shovel Through To Pay Dirt Delta Gamma says LET'S BEAT 'EM u 11 II . ')!J I "I see a brilliant future for you.." 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