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The Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, October 21, W9
No Excuses Valid
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Dormant on this campus since the in
cident in which a pledge was delivered to
a sorortiy house in a laundry bag, once
again fraternity "pranks" have emerged
from house basements to the downtown
newsprint. '
What one hfcuse does to amuse its elder
members has again brought censure to not
only that house and the fraternity system,
but to the University as a whole. To the
V great mass ef students whether or not
AGR pledges eat sandwiches concocted
fcom vinegar and grapenuts is of little in
terest. If an individual is so dominated by
a group that he acquiesces to this sort of
degrading nonsense, this too, is of little
interest to any but the eater.
What is of vital interest, however, is the
light which such actions puts the Univers
ity into. What the public thinks of the
University largely deciles to what extent
it will support it and bolster its growth
and expansion. If the public conception is
one of students dominated by Childish de
sires to" see another individual embarras-".
sed and abused, small wonder administra
tors face a monumental task when they
face the legislators of the state with their
requests for funds and support:
Those who inhabit the University know
Season's Opener
Those who ar new to the campus,
whether freshmen or transfers face a
pleasant surprise somewhere between the
dates of Oct. 28-31.
' Wednesday marks the opening of How
ell's doors for the first of the 1959-60 Uni
versity Theatre presentations. The first
play is no small task for a group of ama
teurs a Shakespearean masterpiece,
"Henry IV, Part 1." n
But if performances in University The
atre productions in the past have any
bearing on those yet to comeas they cer
tainly must, since the same directors,
many of the same actors and the same en
thusiasm sparks these as sparked those
of yesteryearsanother highly successful
season opens Wednesday.
The amount of work which goes into the
production of one good Theatre production
is staggering to the imagination of those
who have not worked in Theatre. Rehears
als take place nearly every night for at
least a month leading up to the production.
Even before that much of the technical
presentation of the production must be
worked out. Lighting, costuming, casting,
make-up, scene designthese are only a
few of the off-stage efforts which, when .
combined in the proper proportions pro
ducealmost magically it seems 'some
timesa performance which captures, de
lights or intrigues the audience.
The cast for "Henry IV" is an exper
ienced one. Among its members are sev
eral who have appeared on the Howell
stage many times before. To them and the
crews and directors, we wish a successful
performance. -
that such actions as forcing pledges to eat
food which caused one to be rushed to Stu
dent Health is not typical of either the
University or fraternities in general. But
as long as any one house tolerates or en
courages any such forms of hazing, the
possibilities of personal injury and harm
exist. This is far more important than
even the poor publicity which results to
the school itself.
Fraternities should be able to '"build bet
ter men" without making attempts to
knock them down first. The idea that by
forcing an individual to subjugate himself
to the group in order that he might later
feel more at one with that group seems a
sick theory when one remembers the West
Coast pledge who choked on liver, or the
dozens of other stories over the years of
young fraternity men who didn't quite
make initiation ceremonies because of
some fatal prank.
In an age when conformity runs ramp
ant, when instead of developing leaders,
we are churning out excellent followers,
little sympathy can be found for a pro
gram which encourages an individual to
siiove his human dignity aside and grovel
for the group. The fact that he may make
others grovel two years hence is little com
pensation. The AGR's are unfortunate. Their sand
wich made deadlines.
It would be more than naive to assume
that theirs was the only group which par
ticipated in some form of hazing.
It would appear that members of the
IFC acted in good faith in drafting their
resolution banning any form of hazing and
hell weeks. No fraternity man was willing
to stand up in this group and say that he
felt that there was anything beneficial or
morally uplifting in requiring pledges to
undergo some form of embarrassment.
"""But does this mean that there is a con
sensus among fraternity leaders that the
spirit as well as the letter of the recently
passed resolution is to be followed? The
AGR incident is a relatively harmless one.
Probably 99 times out of 100, the person
eating such a sandwich would not find
themselves in such condition that others
felt the need to call an ambulance.
But there is always the possibility of
that 100th time. And nothing justifies ask
ing an individual to undergo some kind of
physical punishment merely for the sake
of becoming a member of a social group.
And so we would say to the IFC, good
luck in enforcing your resolution. It is a
good resolution. There is no need to de
grade a boy before he may become a mem
ber of a group. He can. learn to love his
fraternity, to live up to its ideals without
first having to suffer humiliation for it.
The, IFC, which passed the resolution
banning any form of hazing, is composed
of the president or representative of ev- -ery
fraternity on campus. Hence the very
members who passed the fine sounding
dictum are the ones who have the power
and the position to see that it is observed.
Staff Views:
On the Other Hand
Sondra
By Sondra Whalen
At last! A solutidn to end all Homecom
ing Queen controversies!
With all campus arguing over whether
the Queen should have a 7.5 average, 23
beauty titles, an equal number of activi
ties, love of country,
mother and dogs, a sug
gestion has emerged to
put a stop to elections for
all time.
Come Home To
"A Homecoming Queen
Should " be someone you
want to come home to," a
thinking male student sug
gested in the Crib.
Elections will be elim
inated. Instead we'll have
a contest. Several contests.
Judges? The persons suggesting the idea
seemed to have coming home to a man
type in mind, but this suggestion wouldn't
apply to this year's list as none of the can
didates are married.
Instead, they come home to various
types of mothers and parents, friends, etc.
Must Be Happy -n
Those who live at home many times
come home to animals, too. Dog, cat,
monkey or birds, one of these must be in
cluded ia the judging. Makes little differ
ence which, just must be happy to see
our Queen.
Ought to have sisters and brothers in
here too, uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews,
nieces, sons, ' daughters, grandmothers,
great grandfathers, guardians, step-great
aunts, nephews-in-law, better include ev
eryone. Maybe the contests should be classified
into several categories too. These could in
clude Mother Wanting Queen to Come
Home, Dog Wanting Queen to Come Home,
Everybody wanting Queen to Come Home.
The various events would then be listed
under these headings.
Judging would be on a broad base. Can
didates would be judged on how well they
baked Apple Brown Betty, prepared Dry
Meal Dog Food, darned socks and dried
dishes.
Points would also be gained for the
speed through which these tasks were
accomplished.
Points Lost
Points would be lost for those who
burned the Brown Betty, broke dishes and
fixed the dog food -too mushy. The girl col
lecting the most points in the various con
tests would then be named queen.
Good grief.
A more thoughtful thought.
One suggestion of the Tassel committee
that revamped Homecoming Queen elec
tions and presentation was to have two
elections. Students would vote for three
candidates the first time; a rally would be
held announcing the three winners, and
voting would then be held on the three to
determine the queen.
The Queen would be presented at the
Thursday rally before Homecoming, as
planned now.
Two election still sounds like a rather
good idea frhich might be investigated.
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Errant Thoughts
by caesar
DEAR DI
WHAT IS WITH THIS
MACHINE
FOR SIX LONG WEEKS
I HAVE STRUGGLED
NOBLY ALONG WITH A
TYPE WRITER THAT
HAD LOST THE ABILITY
TO CAPITALIZE SO I
CHANGE MACHINES AND
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A
SCREWED UP OUTFIT
IF I WERE YOU ID HAVE
NEBRASKA TYPE
WRITER OVER TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THE EARLI
EST I NOTE THAT THE
GREEKS ARE OUT
POUNDING NAILS ETC
IN AN ALL OUT EFFORT
TO COP THE DECORA
TIONS TROPHY THIS
WEEKEND A RUMOR
HAS FILTERED DOWN
TO ME THAT IF ALL
THE GREEKS ON CAM
PUS SPEND TEN HOURS
WORKING ON THIS DUB
IOUSLY WORTHWHILE
PROJECT THE MAN OR
WOMAN HOURS WOULD
EQUAL THE TOTAL NUM
BER OF HOURS WORKED
BY TEN . MEN ON A
FORTY HOUR WEEK FOR
ONE YEAR WITH TWO
WEEK PAID VACATIONS
IT ALL SEEMS LIKE A
LOT OF TROUBLE TO GO
TO JUST TO TEAR SAID
DISPLAYS DOWN WITH
IN FORTY EIGHT HOURS
BUT THEN TRADITION
IS TRADITION
PERHAPS UNFORTUN
ATELY DOT DOT DOT
ALL SERIOUSNESS
ASIDE KID IT LOOKS TO
ME LIKE THE IFC IS GO
ING TO HAVE TO THROW
THE BOOK AT THE CLUB
THAT PULLED THAT
BONE HEAD MOVE LAST
WEEK AND NOT JUST
BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE
TO BECAUSE OF ADMIN
ISTRATIVE PRESSURE
EITHER
THE IDEA THAT. THE
PRESIDENT .OF SAID
ORGANIZATION HAS
TRIED TO LEAVE IS
THAT IT WAS JUST GOOD
CLEAN FUN FELLAS BUT
ffiWrtS.CHARUE
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I'VE WRITTEN A LETTER TO
THE'lSR'EAT PUMPfclNTELLING
HIM lOHAT I WANT Him
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1 IP YOU HAVEN'T lOClTTEN
HID HM YET, CHARLIE BROWN,
VYOO'D BETTER HUI?RY.'
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OH, I LCVE THIS TIME OF
YEAR.' EVERYONE'S SO FULL
OF JOY AND 6Q0J WILL.'
IF THE IFC - CONDONES
SUCH ACTION BY ONE
OF ITS MEMBERS WITH
THE USUAL IFC SOFT
PAT ON THE CHEEK AND
A SOFT SPOKEN DONT
LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN
v BOYS I FOR ONE THINK
THAT THE SYSTEM. HAS
LITTLE TO OFFER ANY
ONE I THINK MOST
HOUSES WILL RECOG
NIZE THE ACT FOR JUST
WHAT IT WAS THAT IS
ONE OF UTTER STUPID
ITY AND WILL TAKE
APPROPRIATE STEPS
ACCORDINGLY
IF YOU ASK ME
THAT IS ONE QUOTE
TRADITION UNQUOTE
THAT WOULD BE BET
TER DONE AWAY WITH
BUT ON THE OTHER
HAND I DONT KNOW
WHAT EVERYONE IS SO
UPSET ABOUT THIS IN
CIDENT FOR AFTERALL
HUNDREDS OF NU STU
DENTS HAVE BEEN EAT
ING THE SAME SORT OF
STUFF IN THE UNION
FOR YEARS AND THE
MUCH BALLYHOOED
NEW FACILITIES HAVE
DONE LITTLE TO TAKE
THE GREASE OUT OF
THE FOOD OR MAKE
TOLERABLE COFFEE
THIS IS AGAIN SOME
THING THAT NOTHING
WILL BE DONE ABOUT
BECAUSE THE UNION
STAFF REALIZES THAT
AS LONG AS THE STU
DENT SUCKERS CON
TINUE TO SLOP UP THE
MUD FOR A DIME PER
FIRST CUP THEY WOULD
BE FOOLISH TO SPEND
AN EXTRA NICKEL PER
HUNDRED CUPS TO
MAKE IT NEARLY
TOLERABLE
AND THAT BIT ABOUT
ONly charging a nickel for
the second cup is just a
clever publicity move
most people cant stand a
second cup
i see my machine is back
to normal so i will remain
affectionately yours
caesar
by e. e.
Leonard Bernstein added
another triumph Sunday
with the television showing
of the New York Philhar
monic's . Moscow concert.
The tri
umph
more
music
B e.
stein
he hoped
that t h e
Phil
h a
ic's
w o
help to e.e.
emphasize the close simi
larity of the Russian and
American peoples, and this
it did triumphantly.
' Though I am not one to
indulge in low-voiced' pat-.'
riotic cheerleading, I am
glad that I am what I am
an American. When the
New York Philharmonic
moved from the playing of
the Russian national an
them to "Star Spangled
Banner" I felt and believe
thousands of others must
have had the same feeling
a stir of pride; this was
my anthem and it stood for
the courage and strength
of all Americans.
Russians Smiled
The Russian audience
recognized our anthem as
quickly as I did, and the
camera showed an audience
of warmly smiling Rus
sians. Their attentiveness
and warmth must have
equaled that of any Ameri
can audience before which
Leonard Bernstein and the
New York Philharmonic
have performed.
At the time of the actual
performance, our papers
carried stories of the ovation-
that had been given
the orchestra and conduc
tor. They told how Shostak
ovich, whose seventh Sym
phony the first move
ment was part of the tele--vision
performance, had
embraced Bernstein after
the concert and praised the
American orchestra. The
stories also told how Boris
Pasternak had chatted with
Bernstein.
Leonard Bernstein and
the Philharmonic will be
seen on television in an
other month. This telecast
will show their concert in
Vienna. I suggest you take
time to see it.
The best laid plans of
mice and men . . . and
IFCs . . .
We must give the Inter
Fraternity Council a 9 for
effort. They attempted to
gain favorable publicity for
the Greek system by adopt
ing s a code of conduct for
fraternity pledgeship.
They got the favorable
publicity, but one g a m e-
Hines ,
happy group managed to
upset the reform, wagon.
The illness of one pledge,
resulting from the probably
iess than voluntary eating
of an abominable . mixture
of vinegar, raw egg-and
breakfast food, has set
many people to wondering
how many other fraterni
ties are continuing childish
pledge practices.
If the only reasons for
pledgeship are to provide
amusement for actives and
servants for house clean
ing, perhaps it would be
best that pledgeship be for
gotten. If pledgeship is
rather a period in which
fraternity members may in
struct the neophytes in lore,
custom and adult conduct,,
it might be beneficial to all
concerned that the Nebras
ka fraternities forget the
lip service they have long
been famed for and strive
actively to produce mature
fraternity members.
Engaging, in children's
stunts and not even a child
would eat the AGR's "nour
ishing" sandwich p r o b
ably does not contribute to
the education ot a young
adult. As to the confession
that the "sandwich" eating
is an annual affakv I sub
mit the observation that
only fools do not learn from
their mistakes. Perhaps the
purchase ' of a good cook-.
book will provide AGR with
some more palatable reci
pes for "nourishing" sand
wiches. , Not Confined
By all means, let me em
phasize that I do not feel
that childish practices are
confined solely to this house
that "happened to get
caught." And I do not feel
that they should be made
to suffer individually for
conducting themselves in
what' might well be nothing
more than typical Univer
sity of Nebraska fraternity
fashion.
1 I am a strong believer in
the good that mature fra
ternities can do. I believe
as strongly that immature
fraternities can do a great
deal of harm to their mem
bers, the fraternity sys
tem, the University and the
state.
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1. Straw hst for
ytcht wear?
7. Jack and his
non-dieting wif
18. All
14. Come down for
a Kool?
15. That which is
retained
1. Tn smoke ft
Kool) in Italy
17. Demuted bird
18. Indians who
sound weird
20. Pltce-klck tool
21. Start a
tangerine
23. Small ensign
24. Ring, not for
engagement
purpoaea
tu. Curl the lip it
(2 words) '
27. What too much
water does
28. Motorcycle
appendbge
80. It's Holy la
Woroseter
88. What Kools do .
all day long
17. Heroine's boy
friend,
Letnder' girl
friend
88. Fill up with eat
Fggy prefix
41. Kin of Sack
42. Thit hat
Menthol Magic
44. Making like
a monkey
4. Mis Flu
47. Song, or a part
48. Inebriate
49. French pop
DOWN
1. French head
covers
2. Kind of band
8. Make
harmonious
4. Old school
6. Bird of the sea
t. Flat tire's
reincarnation
7. They're for
your protection
8. A little extra
9. This It edgy
10. Got til your
marbles?
11. Whn your
tells you, switch
to Kools
12. Hardens
19. Kind of
eollegitte
22. Platter of Paris
24. Sounds of
happy cats
2H. Start to rise
27. British fly-boys
29. Chemical Engi
neer (abbr.)
80. Talented
vegetable
Art!
81. Whtt tome
guys grow
boards to do
82. Bird from
- Baltimore
84. Opposite of
harder
85. Take it at the
tee
88. Equivocal
foliage
40. Sadie Hawkins'
real daddy .
43. It hat 1 long
arm '
45. It't easy and
edible
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