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The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, November 6, 1959
Queens Exhaust Alphabet
We've had 'an H. Q. and an H. G. and
an H. P., and coming up soon are B. Q.'s,
an A. Q., H. C, I. N. C, N. S. and Jr.
L F. C. Q.
This is on the distaff side of the ledger.
We've had an H. P. and H. B. and are
going to have to tolerate a P. K. and
S. B.'i on the masculine side.
The only thing all these letters could
possibly stand for on this campus is ab
breviations for various beauty and popu
larity contests.
And that's what they do stand for.
In the 'first paragraph above, the H. Q.
Is for Homecoming Queen, H. G. is for
Hello Girl and H. P. is for Honorary
Producer. The rest stand for Beauty
Queens, Activity Queen, Honorary Com
mandant, Ideal Nebraska Coed, Nebraska
Sweetheart and Junior IFC Queen.
The males who have scored so far this
year are the H. B. (Hello Boy) and H. P.
(Honorary Producer).
And possibly there may be dozens more
titles lurking around for young NU coeds
to grab. We've already forgotten Miss
E-Week, Miss Derby Day (over with), the
May Queen and her vast court, Miss
Moonbeam McSwine and the Farmer's
Formal Queen.
And of course there are the many fra
ternity queens, sweethearts, etc., etc., ad
infinitum. And many sororities have
their kings, too.
Some of the beauty and queen contests
are seemingly worthy. It's nice to have
a Homecoming Queen. It's not too bad
an idea to have a queen reigning over a
dance such as the military ball. And
it's kind of nice to have beauty queens
gracing the pages of the Cornhusker.
But the- organizations are running aw.ay
with the idea of having a queen just to
reign over a 10-minute intermission at a
production of some sort.
The' idea of parading around a sopho
more girl as a queen since she has run
up an amazing number of activity points
while remaining sweet and demure is
almost ludicrous, especially when the
sponsoring group has no way to present
her properly.
And as the number of queen titles goes
up, the values of the titles go down.
This year Corn Cobs did not sponsor
a contest for a "Girl Most Likely to Stop
. . ." an opposing football team.
Perhaps some organizations should fol
low their lead.
Why the Big Secret?
One member of the IFC sometime before
Wednesday night's meeting to consider the
AGR . scratchy sandwich incident com
mented that he didn't think closing the
doors on this particular meeting would be.
a good idea. "
His reasons? He said he was proud of
the IFC and its policies. From the infight
ing which went on Wednesday after presi
dent George Porter announced that the
meeting would not be closed, as had pre
viously been stated, it is apparent that a
small group of delegates shared this good
opinion of how the IFC deals with its own.
Unfortunately, they were in the minority,
and the 'Daily Nebraskan reporter was not
admitted to the meeting.
The results of the investigation were
Howell Halts Homecoming
pretty much what was to be expected. A
$300 fine was levied against AGR.
The question is, then, why the big
secrecy?
If, as the AGR president has maintained,
the incident was distorted in the press, no
rectification tf the account will emerge
from closed meeting. Doubts are rarely
dispelled by prepared statements made
after a decision' has been reached in pri
vate. In making an issue of the secrecy of
the decision, the incident has been allowed
to assume proportions which it never
would had it been handled in the open.
If, as the levying of a fine rather than
probation would indicate, the incident was
not particularly serious, it would appear
that the IFC has spited its face on this one.
Around 40 irate students were repre
sented in Student Council Wednesday, the
reason being that they were unable to par
. ticipate in the Homecoming activities be
cause of work in connection with Howell
Theatre Productions.
It was brought to th Council's attention'
- that Howell also bat scheduled plays in
conflict with the Military Ball and Coed
Follies. Perhaps the Homecoming depriva
tion was justified in the light of Teachers
Convention, members of which like to at
tend University plays, but there is no ap
, parent reason for the other conflicts.
It is our understanding that all Univer
sity houses, organizations and activities
must schedule their events through Stu-
From the editor's desk:
dent Affairs so that conflicts such as this
do not occur.
Isn't Howell Theatre just as much a part
of the University community?
In other Council action Wednesday, it
was brought out that only three organiza
tionsRAM, AWS and the Inter Co-op
Council had written letters supporting the
Council's stand on having an early opening
date in 1961. .
This must indicate lack of interest on the
part of students as to when they want the
fall term to begin that year. And it certain
ly isn't enough evidence of student opinon
for the Council to present to the Faculty
Senate Calendar Committee.
On Campuses 7i Things
By Diana Maxwell
Until he actually admitted it, it was dif
ficult to conceive that Van Doren had
cheated, and worse yet, had lied about it
later. ...
Beneath the cynicism, apparently some
faint hope still flickers that there are pro
fessions which arevimmune. A childish
dream, I suppose, but the stereotype of the
professor wno may be
eccentric in any one of ten
thousand ways who is yet
scrupulously honest aca
. demically still, bobs into
mind. .
All the times profs have
hammered in, the need to
footnote to give credit
where credit i3 due flood
Into mind. Van Doren
probably has told some of
Columbia's English stu
dents the same thing. .
One of my instructors in commenting on
Van Doren's admissions to the investigat
ing group, mentioned this instance as an
evidence of the "complete moral de
bauchery" of our times. Perhaps.
Both Lincoln papers have commented on
Van Doren editorially. I think both view
points bear reprinting in part: ' ,
From the Lincoln Star:
"It would be hard to find a truly ethical
American although there are a great many
of them, who isn't shocked by the whole
sale revelations of the fixed qiyz shows . . .
"But there is something to be said on the
other side and in one respect the United
States merits the respects of its neighbors.
"It is not ashamed to examine its own
Li i
Diana
faults and examine them with the world
looking on. There is a certain respect for
ethics and a certain genuineness that
should recommend this nation. Of course,
the results were embarrasing, but they
would have been worse had the revelations
been suppressed ...
"There has always been and will always
be people who are prepared to take the
short cut to whatever they desire, whether
it is a better job in the communist appa
ratus, the leading position in an African
spear dance or a place in Who's Who. It
is simply the better society that faces the
fact and makes ethical war on it. The
United States may fumble the results of its
latest expose, but it has earned a blue star
for conducting it. It showed it still has a
sense of right and wrong, and that is
pretty fundamental."
The Lincoln Journal approached the situ
ation from a different side:
"The actions of Charles Van Doren can
never be condoned. This does not mean
that he is not a man worthy of a second
chance and it will be too bad if his talents
are lost to the world.
"But those talents will be worth the sal
vage only if they are guided in the right
direction. He is a young man with a great
heritage a young man who was tempted
by the "curse" of our modern day em
phasis on materialism. ....
"It would take courage and understand
ing to offer Van Doren a second chance
since he has lost his position at Columbia
University. Nebraska's universities and
colleges posses such qualifications. Per
haps one of them should consider inviting
him to join its staff."
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Errant Thoughts
by caesar
dear di 4
last friday i noted a letterrlp on this page concerning
an overheard conversation well kid i too have recently over
heard a similar conversation that i would like to relate to
you '
the conversation is between a student whom we shall
call bob and a football player whom we shall call ray
bob ray what happened to you fellows against Oklahoma
bad breaks - .
ray well we just never got a chance to use a running
kick to the right and we had a lot of bad breaks -
bob why were you always kicking like on the last play
of the third quarter you kicked on second down
ray well i guess i just didn't use my head i gambled and
we only gained twenty yards on the punt exchange
bob says whats the mater with that other quarterback
it seems like all he can do is kick field goals doesn't he
-realize thats never going to win football games
unrealistic coach
ray 1 guess the coach, has been pretty unrealistic about
having him practice like that afterall if hed missed those
two field goals wed only have been beaten by two points
bob thats the idea now then ray when in the world is the
team going to start showing some spirit you just never
seem to be able to get up for a game
ray well im getting pretty discouraged about that my
self i really doubt that our spirit will ever be any better .
than it was against Oklahoma
bob thats to bad i hope the student body doesnt hear
that theyll probaly be pretty disappointed what plans do
you have for this week
ray i think well probably work a litle more on our kick
ing game if thats okay
bob can we expect to, see anything new against iowa
state , . . ,
ray well its called moore' block punt to the right and
zentic catch it and run for a touchdown
bob sounds highly improbable is there anything else
new ' ,
ray yeah there was no school monday
small hand J
and say boss i would like to add my small hand to the
many that have already congratulated our homecoming
queen i doubt that few queens have ever been so unanim
ously approved of or have ever been more deserving of such
approval
quen skip and her attendants are proof that the change
in selection methods will go a long way towards making
sure that the royalty that reign over what should be one of
the biggest weekends of the school year will indeed be outstanding
Be Our Guest
Ye Olde Drivel Shoppe
By Ned Nolte
"Taking pen in hand
tongue in cheek, and foot
in mouth, I propose fo once,
more rattle an empty head
at the world. My trusted re
porter, T. Bascom Slemp,
has informed me of the
whereabouts of the co-eds
who have been missing
since Rush Week seems
they were stuffed into gun
ny sacks by hired under
graduates, spirited off
campus to King's Restau
rantst and given glamorous
careers waiting tables. T.
Bascom is now investigat
ing reports that the quizzes
on KUON-TV are rigged.,
The manager of the - Un
ion Cafeteria has asked me
to inform the student body
that,, in view of the crowd
ed conditions during the
noon hour, customers will'
be asked not to converse
with one another in order
that they may finish their
meal more quickly. Fur
thermore, no. more silver
ware will be used, as its use
is also quite time-consuming.
The coffee will be pre
cooled or possibly frozen"
into sandwiches for even
greater convenience. If the
situation continues in spite
of these measures, no food
7 will be served, as it takes
long enough just to get
through the line and back
to class.
T'his is in line with the
latest-type campus cru
sade, the hunger strike. I
. intend to conduct a hunger
strike of, my own as a for
mal protest against compul
sory Christmas vacations.
My strike will begin next
Wednesday,, right after
breakfast, and continue un
til noon of the same day. A
rather insignificant strike,
you will say, but let us not
forget that it is in a rather
' insignificant cause. (This is
not to be confused with the
steel" strike, although the
emphasis upon starvation of
the striking parties is simi
lar.) Throughout my strike,
I shall assume a seated
Yogi posture, in which the
face assumes an expression
of rapt attention and deep
meditation, while the mind
remains totally blank, and
the teeth rush to the head.
I shall stay in this position
for periods of an hour, aft
er which I shall move on to
my next lecture.
By Georgel
r
By George Moyer
Boy, was mere joy in
Mudville!
For the fourth year con
secutively it rained on
Homecoming eve. Displays
dripped and many a heart
dispaired of a trophy while
work was
I i w
Moyer
suspend
ed with a
"what's the
use," atti
tude. With Okla
homa the
sch e d u 1 e d
foe, there
was more
than an out
side chance
that 1959 would be the most
woeful celebration in years.
Then the sun came out.
And we won the football
game. A team that hadn't
scored a touchdown in 18
quarters romped to three,
adding two field goals and
an extra point.
It just isn't safe to make
book in Nebraska on any
thing. The time has come to
take a shot at what is con
sidered justice by the pow
ers that be.
I refer to a punishment
for relatively minor infrac
tions known as conduct pro
bation. This device does not
deprive the student against
whom it is enforced of the
right to attend classes and
further his education.
It does prevent him from
taking part in any extra
curricular activity.
Now that's fine unless
the individual doesn't hap
pen to have any extracur
ricular activities. And there
are quite a few who don't.
As a matter of fact, a siz
able majority of the stu
dents on this old campus
never serve in any activi
ty. So who gets penalized?
The much maligned and
scorned "activities jock"
without whom there would
be no campus newspaper
(all right Stack, so maybe
that would be a blessing),
no annual, no Student Un
ion, no band, no football
team, no pep club or card
section.
A quick survey of those
"no's" 'ocates some pret
ty vital attributes of any
college campus. So the peo
ple serving in most activi
ties can honestly be said
to serve the University.
Their motives for serving
are not important. The
point is that the person in
activities, is punished for
serving his school by the
imposition of conduct pro
bation.
On the other hand, the
apathetic student isn't pun
ished. After all, he isn't
prevented from doing any
thing and is even given a
ready-made excuse for not
doing anything.
Moreover, conduct proba
tion for the activities "jock"
deprives the school of the
work the "jock" is doing.
This is a serious loss on a
cajnpus where there are
too few interested in activi
ties and competent person
nel are at a premium.
So conduct probation de
feats its purpose. It re
wards the apathetic for
it is no punishment for
them. It is tantamount to
giving the apathetic license
to commit certain minor in
fractions. But the interested person
is penalized for his interest
and the school is punished
by his loss.
'
I have been wondering
for some time about the
pronunciation of George
Haecker's name. The other
day someone told me it
went like '"Hacker." After
reading his last effort, I
couldn't help wondering if
there was some signifi
cance in this.
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TURNPIKE
Sundoy, Nov. 15 7-11 Twilight
CAMPUS WORSHIP SERVICES
DISCIPLES STUDENT FELLOWSHIP (CHRISTIAN CHURCHES)
1237 R Ktreet
Keith D. Slephennon, ftilnlater
10:00 a.m.. Service of. Holy Communion
10:30 a.m., Coffee and DKcutilon
fi :00 p.m., Puiir
6:00 p.m , Worship and Program
LUTHERAN STUDENT CHAPEL (NATIONAL LUTHERAN
COUNCIL)
S36 North Ifllh Mreet
Alvln M. Peterflon, pastor
8:15 a.m.. Student Church Council with Blhla Study
'1st and 3rd Sundays
I..8.A. Cabinet with Bible 8tudy
find and. 4th Bundayaj "
J0:45 a.m., Morning Worahlp
6:30 p.m., Lutheran Student Association
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH (CATHOLIC STUDENT
CENTER)
1111 q Mrret
C. J. Ksenan, pastor
R. F. Sheeny, J. R. Myers, easoelstaa
Sunrin MRsaea at 8, , 10. 11. 12
Confessions on Saturday: 4:311-5:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
UNITED CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (PRESBYTERIAN,
CONGREGATIONAL, E.U.B., I A R.)
33.1 No. 14tti rltreet
Rex Knowles. minlatar
11:00 a.m., Morning Worship :nfl p m., Vespers
8:30 p.m., Supper 6:.30 p.m., Forum
UNIVERSITY EPISCOPAL CHAPEL
13th and R Streets
Oilhert M. Armstrong, Chaplain
8:00 a.m., Holy Communion 11:00 a.m., Morning Prayer
(Holy Communion, 1st Sunday) '
5:30 p.m., Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m., Canlerbury
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL (MISSOURI SYNOD)
15th and i tj Ktrecta 10:4ft a.m., Morning Worship
Alvln J. Norden, pastor with Communion
9:30 a.m., Bible class 8:30 p.m., Gamma Delta
UNIVERSITY METHODIST CHAPEL (WESLEY FOUNDATION)
W. B (lould and i. B. White, minister '(
:00 a.m., Holy Communion (Wesley House, 1417 P.)
0:30 a.m., Morning Worship i635 N. lth)
10:30 a.m., Coffee hour and Bible Study (Wesley House) -
6:imi p.m., Hopper (Wesley House
6:00 p.m., Forum (Student Union)
7:00 p.m.. Vespers (Wesley House)
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6. Gas makes a
comeback
I. Plata that's
sometimes
lipped
12. French friend
13. Cause of leas
fond hprts?
IS, Kindof welcome
' Kools never get
17. River girl
IS. Kind of active
19. To get to Paris
you muss go
22. Gal who's
almost married
23. Small
24. Forever
(archaic)
25. It's handy la
the hole
27. Self ender
28. Stick around
29. Little dealer
80. Terry type
81. Hail a year
82. Beatnik
adornments
S3. It's a kind of
relief
14. Snake in the
grasp
15. Vulnerable
spota
43. Bllko had 'em
44. Movie part
45. Movie star
46. A start In
Georgetown
47. You ma
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1. Prefli meaning
eon of
C. I love (Latin)
S. Worn by union
lettermenT
4. Greetings
t. Verb gold
diggers dig
i. Boi found In
a circa m
7. Whis word
8. Encourage,
' but partly
determined
9. Haur
10. For who'i
counting
11. Game found
in Kenyon
14. Floral offering
16. Start reading
19. Felt about
AudieT
20. What grouses
always have?
21. Kools leave
you
22. Min's opposite
number
26, Good lookers
28. Salesmen who
deal in bare
80. Gears do it
82. What Willie's
voice isn't
33. Bachelor's
better half
86. It's in a league
by itself
87. Lloyd's Register
(abbr.)
88. Record not
for Deejays
89. Compass point
40. Slippery
cuatomer
41. Meadow
42. Roguish
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