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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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