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j Jjl l 'SB-' , L Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan Friday, October 23, 1959 School Year Switch How does a school year ending June 8 sound? Two weeks ago the chairman of the Student Council calendar committee pre sented this question. In setting up the 1961 calendar the faculty committee in charge had proposed two schedules. The first and the one in keeping with the past years would start school on Sep tember 12 and the last day of second se mester finals would be June 1. The second schedule, and one which several faculty members seemed to favor would start classes on the 19th of September, this would move the last day up to June 8. The Council was almost unanimous in its disapproval of this latter late schedule in the subsequent straw vote that was taken. This Wednesday, when the question was raised about what had been the results of the Council's vote, it came to light that the members of the Council calendar commit tee had not been able to meet with the faculty committee to present student views because they were notified of the meeting too late for them to attend. At this meeting the faculty committee ' decided to present the Sept. 19 to June 8 schedule for approval. The Council brought up several points In favor of the earlier schedule including the weather, psychological aspects of be ; tag in school late in the spring, summer Jobs, and the extending of summer school into August. ; Following this discussion the Council passed a resolution "strongly opposing" ' the Sept 19 to June 8 schedule as pro posed by the faculty calendar committee. One reason for the faculty's favoring the later schedule as advanced by a Council member was that by moving the schedule later into September that it would make longer vacations for faculty members. This of course is true ... for the first year. In order to continue making longer fac ulty vacations it would be necessary to move the schedule back one week each year and eventually students would be starting school just in time for Thanks giving vacation. ' The Nebraskan commends the Council's action in attempting to bring student opinion and desires into the faculty sen ate's calendar decisions. At the present time the only way to pre vent the Sept. 19 to June 8 schedule from going into effect according to the Coun cil calendar committee . is for students to persuade the faculty senate not to pass the schedule as presently proposed. Little Man on Campus by Bibler Nary a Stop We recently heard of a school in Iowa that has a very popular jukebox in their Student Union. It seems that there is a suggestion box on the side in which students vote for records which they would like to see in cluded in the repetoire. Once a week the votes are tabulated and the most popular records are included for the coming week. This procedure plus a nickle a play tariff evidently works successfully for at last report the music maker goes from dawn til long after dark with nary a stop. How about it Union Music committee, could you stand all that sound? Sound of Feathers The sound of feathers rustling in antici pation is gaining volume around NU. Somebody was thinking of taking off via truck. The time is here. The takeoff is im minent. Enough nesting space at the desti nation may or may not be available. But for migratory birds these are mi nor considerations. Mizzou knows the birds are preparing. Even in Columbia they have had wind of the big Husker preparation for flight. ' i.e. it's migration time at NU. ' i r " i " i y M-n - - i -ijn OSMOSIS By George Haecker After months of observa tion and precarious sifting, I have limited the illimit able plethora of subject matter down to two vitally s i g n i f i ; cant sub- , . . . ... , jects. These last two that bear my consid eration are the much d e bated Haecker From the editors desk: On Campuses 9n Things terms "placebo" and "spir it." Now in searching for something different, yet im portant, I regretfully dis regard placebo as trite, mundane and far too widely discussed to have any fresh meaning left. Only Spirit This leaves only the sadly neglected and ill-re-presented subject of spirit. I think all the talks and writings on the subject are of nothing but negative Diana By Diana Maxwell Two ideas fell together. One came late at night as line after line of Henry IV, Part 1, sifted into and out of the con sciousness, -The. mind flicked over Hot spur's honor speech, then paused at Shrewsbury to consider Falstaff's reflec tions on same. But it was late at night and the ideas didn't apply to any time but the War of the Roses. And again the strange word honor appeared when several persons chatted about honor and systems for preservation or perfection of same. It wasn't until several days later that the two ideas thudded together and the 'honor in honor system stood out in red and white relief. Behind the picture of honor as an ab stract, arose a swirl of memories, obser vations, half -snatches of conversations overheard on the sidewalks: it was on the way to an Ec 12 exam one year . . . someone from my' sec tion fell into step with me on the way to the Coliseum . . . said he'd just spent two hours memorizing the order in which he was to alternate marking a's and b's and c'l . . . it was in a geology quiz once where two fellows sat with crib notes on the floor between them . . . sometimes they even flipped the pages ... it was in the Crib when someone asked for an old theme ... it was someone skipping an exam be cause the makeups were always easier . . . it was a girl dating her quiz instruc tor . . . it was someone's eyes glued to the inside pages of the blue book on the ad jacent test ... it was someone who got a Regents exam early ... it was an instructor walking out of the room for an instant ... but long enough for the buzz to accomplish what buzzes do . . . it was an exam stencil lifted from a wastepaper basket in an office once . . . And Falstaff says "What is honor?" . At West Point the wrath of a school and a country turned on athletes pushed too hard for academic success who turned to cheating. Dozens of exchange newspapers from other colleges come into our office weekly. Some are from schools like ours state supported big schools expected to do ten dozen things for ten dozen types of per sons. Others are from schools of strong tradition like Texas A & M and the Ivy schools. All occasionally talk of honesty and honor, of cheating and passing. And In each may be seen a slightly dif ferent intonation a vaguely different atti tude. Hence comes the question which comes first, the honor or the system. We hear that in the ROTC department the honor system is working magnifi cently. But take the proctors from a mammoth psych exam and just watch the kiddies cheat. So you proclaim that without basically honest individuals (if such beings exist) no honor system would work. Then the other side claims that a proctored exam system increases the incentive to try to "get away with something to beat the system since they don't trust me any way." Perhaps. Perhaps some fantastic meta morphis would overcome the studentry (recently rediscovered moniker for stu dent body) and overnigh' honesty would prevail. But like Hall, I Doubt It. It seems rathtr that neither the system nor the honor come first. They need to exist concurrently. The cheaters arc the obvious ones you see them cheating, you hear them tell of their clever schemes, you see the results of their machinations. What you don't hear is an outspoken criticism of this at titude. An honor system is something to be con sidered seriously not leapt into rashly, but pondered carefully. And with the con sideration might go a hard and unshak a'uie rule if caught cheating, expulsion would be automatic. No school should be asked to continue to offer an education to an individual who is not working for it who feels that he can squeeze around and beyond the requirements that everyone else must fulfill. I remember the honor system working in grade school ... and I've been told that we're a tad bit older now. Hang down your head, D. Maxwell, they told me. You goofed in the worst way. Thanks to Prof. Keith M. Aldrich of the Classics Dept. for pointing out that it was Violet, not Lucy batting Charlie Brown over the head with a newspaper Monday. And from a Peanuts fan, too . r. ten thou sand apologies to all followers of the small people. asms i value (this, of course, in cludes what you are read ing right now). But I'll men tion a few aspects of spirit that make any discussions of it worthless. Spirit is like love. It does no good to put up banners, yell, scream, and light firecrackers about it. It is an intangable thing and ' even an undescribable thing, and to see a school trying to enhance it by physical display only af firms its absence. Spirit, around here, has come to mean only the ve- cal intensity of the students on Saturday afternoon. And from all the material writ ten on it, one would assume that this is the highest form of our concern. What a pit iful thing it is that we can't direct this concern toward a higher appreciation of ed ucation and toward our real purpose in being here. Some Hope Of course the hope is that by having a winning foot ball team (or a winning team in any prominent sport) we will direct atten tion toward the University and perhaps get donations for other causes than ath letics. This is one way to approach the problem but it is a little inconsistent. The main trouble being that as soon as our teams lose a few games the inter est dies and thus there is no definite trend of , con cern, only an escilating in terest. Our season this year is a good example of this. There seems to be , a marked difference in en thusiasm after losing two' games that there was after we won two. How strange. Because of this, I think athletics is a worthless place to concentrate spirit. It is the easiest place though, and for day-to-day living it is the most enjoy able. But for something more permanent and sig see more concern with our educational detractions. Med School I noticed that our Med. School is among "th top twelve in the nation. This trivial information didn't make headlines like a meaningless football vic tory would, but I know just the thmg to increase Its popularity. I suggest some one establish an Extra Med club, this would not only attract attention to the University but it would sure help out those poor underpaid med students. pooosooooooooooosoosooooc Daily Nebraskan , SIXTY-NINE YEARS OLD Keraber: Associated Collegiate Press. 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Entered as second class matter at the pott of flea in Lincoln, Nebraska, nnder the act of August 4, 1911. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Diana Maxwell Manairlnf Editor Carroll Krmus News Editor Sondra (Vhaa Sports Editor Hal Brown Night News Editor Doug McCartney Copy Editors John Roerner, Bandra Laaker, Herb Prnbasro Staff Writers Jaeqns ianeeek, Karen Long. ... Doun McCartney Jr. Staff Writera Mike Mllroy. Ann Mover Reporters Xsjicy Whltfnrd, Jim Forrest. Jerl Johnson. Harvi-y Prrlmaa, Dirk Stacker BIM.NESS STAFF Business Munaexr ntan Balmnm Assistant Business Managers Don Fercuson. ili . , .. Grady, rharlrne dross Circulation Manager i,g xounidaht LOOK SHARP ON OOQC4 NEW SHIPMENT OF o SUITS with VESTS, o SPORT COATS ! o SLACKS Clothes For The Complete Gentleman ht (ipaptaitfjj IflalH UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN Across from the Campus ' 1127 R Street r By George! "i. By George Moyer Moyer The load of mail was con spicuously heavy last week. I got one letter a new rec ord. ' And it was a very in t e r esting letter or rather card, it was a remem b r a n c e from Theta Nu E p s i lon (the T N E 's). The m e s- sage said: "You live in a fraternity house, why not write and act like a fraternity man." Obviously the TNE's don't like what I said in one of my recent columns. One of these was a blast at frater nity hazing and a plea to the Greeks for sincerity and common sense in their pledge training- programs. The other1 commended the campus police for the gen erally fine job they do and tried to clarify their atti tude toward the students. TNE Twang The TNE twang must be directed at one or both of tljese columns. That must mean the men of the crossed keys and red rose are in favor of fraternity hazing and against the cam pus police. Not,' it's not too sur prising that the TNE's don't get along with the campus police. Their organization is outlawed on this campus and all others in the Big Eight. If the campus gen darmes catch anybody par ticipating in TNE activi ties, they face automatic ex pulsion from school a lau dable way to end an aca demic career, what? But it is a little amazing that men who will take the trouble to s warn a Greek that his conduct may be a detriment to the Greek sys tem, will favor hazing. It might be pointed out that this stand is directly in opposition to the IFC's. It is directly in opposition to the administration, the na tional organizations of most fraternities and the national Interfraternity Council. So It may reasonably be wondered whether a group opposed to the recognized authority of the University and opposed to the stand of the governing body of the Greek system has the right to be critical of opinions honestly tendered or praise sincerely offered. Real Danger The real danger of TNE, however, is that it can make good its purpose of controlling campus activi ties. When this happens, merit is no longer a consid eration for responsible stu dent positions. Hard work and ability cease to be criteria for re ward. The caliber of stu dent leadership is forced, inevitably, into decline. Nice group to join, eh? Dishonest and sometimes criminal, they seek only power and must tell a thous and lies to retain their se crecy and reach their goal. "Socialism will not tri umph from without. The citadels of democracy will crumble and fall from with in" Joseph Stalin. DANCING Saturday Nite, Oct. 24 STACY-GARNER ORCHESTRA Couplet Only Adm. $1.00 ta. East Bills v l 70 t Sumntjf For Rot. Ph. 4-282S KAPPA BETA PHI Says TIGERS NEAR END A column of incidental intolligincm j brand -TMI WORM TURNS" Shokespeora said it this way: "The tmallett worm will turn, boing trodden on." But Miguel de Cervantes beat him to it in "Don Quixote", Part II, Book 3: "Evan a worm wien trod upon, will Mm ooohi.' "MUSIC HAS CHARMS Hie 17th Century playwright, William Con grave, was the first to set down this classic metaphor concerning the powers of sound and rhythm. You'll find the whole quote in "The Mourning Bride", Act I, Sc. 1: "Music hath charms to soothe the savage kmast. To soften rods, or beno a knotttd oak." "RHYMJ 01 MASON" Edmund Spenser, 16th Century poet, expected pension. He didn't get It. So he wrote this rhymes " was promt fd on o timeTo have reason far my rhmttFrom that time unto thit Mason J I reaWved nor rhyme nor reason." tOCkQif U n d e r w e a r SANS Of ad the kinds of underwear, only Jockey brand is espe cially tailored to feel better because it, fits better. This superior comfort is assured by exclusive construction fea. tures that no other underwear has duplicated. Tb enjoy real comfort, insist on Jockey brief-the world's first ond finest, look for Jockey at your campus store. ' ' fashioned by the house of ' 1 t 21 7 I kW TP-""