The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 10, 1959, Page Page 2, Image 2
Tuesday, November 101959 Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan Who Are the Naive Ones? Via the Daily Kansan editorial page we learn that 21 campus organizations at Creighton University have signed a procla mation against cheating. Through this proclamation, all members of these groups have pledged to do his or her part to abolish the practice. As the Daily Kansan points out, the proclamation does not state how this is to be done. The assumption is that personal integrity will win the dayj While proclamations never win wars by thenselves, and stands unsupported by ef fort i ever accomplish anything, it would seem that the students at Creighton are at least thinking in' the right direction. Their declaration shows an awareness at least that cheating is more than a small problem in college today. True, the percentage who crib may be relatively small, but it is a corrupting minority. As long as any . one individual condones cheating by indicating that it is clever to outwit the powers, that only clods really study, there is a tendency for this feeling to spread. On -our campus it has spread just how widely no one is quite sure, but lingering suspicions and fragments of knowledge lead us to assume that the spread has been wide. Those who signed the proclamation at Creighton surely did not expect dishonesty to flee from their campus with the stroke , of a pen. Ink rarely chases bogeys away. ' What it can do is point out the problem. It can define the issue and pinpoint the fact that there Is rather rampant cheat ing going on and that this is not some thing to be chuckled at as proof of some one's ingenuity. Cheating won't disappear by ignoring its existence. It won't, disappear by hav ing proctored tests, unless there is ap proximately one proctor per four students and we are not advocating this solution. Another partial solution is an honor sys tem. Army ROTC is experimenting with an honor system and all indications are that it is a success in nearly every way. We would like to see other departments or even other instructors attempt their own small-scale experiments in honesty through honor. Each of these solutions though, is some thing imposed upon the student from with out. In a way, proclamations of the sort issued from the Creightonians is the same. The difference is that it was instigated by students in an attempt to yank student hon or upward. There is much value in influ ential campus groups discussing honesty whether they choose to make public state ments on stands. . Dishonesty erodes not only the school but the individual. It creates hostility and bitterness among those who do not cheat and see others making higher grades or at least not flunking when they should. And it breeds. It breeds rapidly. It breeds a rotten sort of blight which can fix' itself onto a young person say a freshman. Once there, it stays. The students at Creighton may be label led naive in issuing a proclamation such as theirs. But at times being a bit naive is infinitely more commendable than being so cynical as to assume that there is no remedy for moral depravity. ' While it is not to say much for our value system, it is still a pretty reliable rule that what our peers think of ourselves deter mines our behavior. Hence, if the only vo cal ones are the fudge-abit boys who crow at their clever devices for skipping through exams and papers, small wonder that the cheating problem here doesn't disappear. If you don't believe in cheating, if you believe that to cheat misfits a person for the college degree; speak up once in a while. Even "Without an Auction . . . For those who haven't been hit yet, the AUF drive is very much on. It's harder for the people in AUF to raise sums equivalent to those of years past because of the abolishment of the AUF auction in which pledge classes and people were auctioned off. So it is with hats doffed that we watch the organization of the All University Fund swing into full action to glean nickles, dimes and dollars from the cam pus to support five charities. AUF is one of the few campus organizations which has little to gain for itself except the satisfac tion of doing something worthwhile. - It is difficult to ask for money. Pocket books have a tendency to be closed until pried open. Some of .the ideas put forward this year are clever like the wishing well in the lobby at the Womens Residence Halls. It's easier to contribute money when it seems like fun. Along this line we learned of a really "Wcampaign at a small college in Illi nois. At Park College, which has an en rollment of only about 300 students, one of the big events of the year is the WUS Auction for the World University Service. terested groups and this does not mean houses pushing members dream up stunts which may be auctioned off. One day is set for the big auction. Just a few of the things which went on one year at the WUS Auction show the fun it might be: a booth is set up whereby students for a dime can hurl wet sponges at faculty members. four or five girls put up the price of a steak dinner, then auctioned off the right to partake of same to fellows. another group made arrangements for a trip through New York and Buffalo, staying at friends homes. It went to an international student for about $95. a" goat. parties, parties. (This is reminiscent of the old AUF auction here.) Anyway, auctions or not, AUF is an ex cellent group. It keeps dozens of other charities from banging on our doors, and it offers a large group of students an op portunity to learn the art of doing for others by soliciting from their friends. Without any particular organization, in- Like give. Staff Views: On the Other Hand By Sondra Whalen Tucked away under the topic of educa tion in Time magazine is the answer to the world situation. Hunkerin. No longer do the campus elite stuff each other into phone booths and cars'. No more panty raids. No more blasts. Everything has been re placed by hunkerin'. Briefly, the new craze is defined as "squatting on the balls of the feet for a long time." (Hunkers is Scottish for haunches.) Started at the Univer sity of Arkansas, the fad grew out of a chair shortage in a fra ternity house at the University, whose students had watched their Ozark daddies squatting end whittling at crossroads stores. Not confined to Arkansas, travelers are exporting hunkerin' to campuses in Mis souri, Mississippi and Oklahoma. How ever, no sign has been spotted at the Uni versity. Various phases of hunkerin' are sug gested. For the sophisticated hunkerer, Sondra the feat is accomplished flatfooted. Pro gressives hunker with elbows inside the. knees. But the keynote of hunkerin' is togeth erness. Hunkerers always hunker in groups. Hunkerin' and hookin (would be illegal here and bring on an investigation) is squatting while drinking beer. Hunkers look upon the whole thing as the way to solve all of the world problems. They advise that Ike and Khrushchev hunker at the summit,- while steel-strike negotiators hunker awhile over resuming work. The IFC and the Rag could hunker over closed doors, and if the Tribunal joined in, we'd all be hunkerin buddies.' What dean could resist a hunkerin' social chairman? It would be pretty difficult to assume a lofty AWS court while everyone was squat ting. - "This is a peaceful thing," Time quoted onehunkerer as saying. "A respite from a world of turmoil. The main purpose of hunkerin' is to get down and hunker together. It's a friendship thing; get your friends to hunker with you." "The man you don't know is the man you haven't hunkered with!" Daily Nebfraskan SIXTY-NINE YEARS OLD Member: Associated Collrjriate Press, Inter collegiate Prut Representative: National Advertistnf 8rr .. Hoc. Incorporated ' , Published tt: Room 20, Student Unloa Lincoln, Nebraska Uik AS Telephone 2-7S31. ext. 225, m, 4227 The Dally Nebrw.sxa I po!ihea' Monday. ThkIit, Wednesday and rrlclar during the school year, esrepi diirlaa titration Bail exam permit. by students of the University of Nebraska under the authorisation of the" Commlttr t Ktudent Affair as aa expressing of stc ri i..s. rsb!!raf nmler the Jurtsdlrtloa of the Subcommittee oft Rtudent Publications snail he trea .;s sdltria'eenscrsh'p i hm oar of the Kuheora mittee or the nsri of an member of the faenlty of rtt!vfr t. or the part of any person oufcsld ataff are Benuntailr respoaslMe for what tfcef tar, a or raose U be printed. Febraary 8. IMS. Stibxerfpt.' rates are 13 per semester a II lor Dm eadrmle rear. . ' . KntetTd aa seeond elaaa matter at the port of fire la Liaenia, Nebraska, anow the art of Aaguss 4, liU. EDITORIAL WtktW Bailor ' Olasa Maxwell Managing Editor Carton Kraoe News Editor Sandra Whalea H ports Rdltnr Hal ftmwa NUht Newa Editor Herb P rebate Copy Editors John Hoerner. Sandra Laaker. Herb Probaara Staff Writer Jaeqa Janecek. Karen Lang. Dour MeCart&ey it. Staff Writer Mike Mllroy, Ann Mover Reporters Naarjr Whltfnrd. 41m Forrest, lerl Johnson. Harvey Perlman, lllrk Hturkrr BUSINESS BTAFI" ftiiftiiiSG Manssrer ..... Stan Kmlmaa Assistant Business Managers loa Perauson, tiii Crftdy, Cfcsrleoe rivmia Circulation Manager Dona Vounvdnh fl,.. Mnrmrer Ardltb Khlera 1 I1IHPW T fiPT M ! BI6. I'M GOING TO U PE A HUMBLE l LITTLE COUNTR I'LL LIVE IN THE OTV'.SEE.AND EVERY MORNING I'LL GET VP. dm INTO'AW5P0RT5 CARANM ZOOM INTO THE COWTKY! THEN I'LL START HEALINS PEOPLE... I'LL MEAL EVERYBODY for miles Around I- I'LL BE A (OfiRLD FA.WS HUMBLE LITTLE COUNTRY DOCTOR; small talk By Ingrk. eder Of a 1 1 the buildings on this campus there is only one I dislike, and that's the Planetarium. Every time I walk past it, I can't help but remem ber how I flunked English 3 the , second week of my college ca reer. The addi tion to Mor ri 11 Hall which forms the Plane- Ingrid tarium was being built my freshman year, and during the first few weeks of the fall semester, classes held in the north half of Andrews were constantly disturbed by loud drilling that went on outside. One day of the second . week my English instructor asked if someone would like to go down and ask the men to stop drilling. Having al ways been extremely gul lible, I raised my hand. As I was walking out of the room, I asked Mr. Lewis whether he was serious about this, and he said yes. First Service Thinking that I was do ing my first service for this University, I ran down stairs, ail the way around Andrews through wet grass and arrived breathlessly at the construction site. I ap proached one of the work ers and asked him to please stop drilling because we couldn't hear anything in class. At first the man looked at me rather stupified, but then consented to stop drill ing. . I ran back upstairs think ing that I really deserved a gold medal or something for my accomplishment, but when I walked back in to the classroom, complete silence reigned, and every body just stared at me. I hadn't expected this kind of a reception and thought at first everybody would be laughing. So I-went back to my seat in the front row. The minute I sat down, Mr. Lewis said, "Miss Leder, IUIUCW T fiPrtlil l If, I'M 60ING I TO BP A . AfJOUNTRY DOCTOty HA! I CAN JUST SEE YOU UVINsJ IN THE COUNTRY.' V ft Didn't say" rt LIVE ) j; IN THE COUNTRY.. J ft! fix commute fbom the city IN MYSrWSCAR you have just failed this course." ' I couldn't believe my ears and thought he was just kidding. So I decided, to act as though nothing had hap pened and continue in class discussion. During the" first week Mr. Lewis had called on me all the time, but now everytime I raised my hand, he would look straight at me and then call on someone sitting di rectly behind me. After he had done this several times, I started to accept the .fact I had really flunked Eng lish. Tears started to rush to my eyes when I begap to think how I would never get initiated and would proba bly get kicked out of Journ alism School, but I tried to conceal my tears by look ing down into my book. It seemed as though I had been in class for hours when the bell finally rang. I remained in my seat un til everybody but Mr. Lewis had left the room. I walked up to him and asked him what I should do now that I had failed English. Ho looked at me very sternly and told me to go see my adviser. Then I asked him why he flunked me because before going downstairs I had asked him distinctly whether he was serious. ,Mr. Lewis answered in a firm voice, "I was serious, but you didn't get the men to stop drilling for very long.' (It happened that five minutes after I got back to the room, the loud drilling noise started again.) Figuring that I couldn't do anything more, I walked out of the room. Mr. Lewis, followed me, and when' I was halfway down the stairs, he said, "I was kidding, you didn't really fail." I was so happy I almost turned around and kissed him, but I thought I'd bet ter not because he might flunk me again. Nebraskan Lettenp Rag Criticized To The Editor: -I do not believe that it is in company with the dig nity of a University news paper to print headline ar ticles deprecating other campus organizations for honest errors incurred while promoting a new program. To give such excessive at tention to such an error is indicative of a personal prejudice disguised as pub lication policy, and, further sensational iconoclasism. Second, I do not think it a proper policy to select one issue and stay with it the entire semester until it is worn out from journal istic misuse. The present run of editorials on "Cam pus or University Spirit" is such an issue." Third, I cannot, under the rational for a public press, condone a policy whereby editorials are printed and criticism of them s u r pressed. Let us remember that one of the marks of a totalitarian press is that the official doctrine is shielded from attack and thus the public can be presented but one view. If an editor invites or per mits an individual to write columns, then that editor has a responsibility to the roct nf the nublic to air contrary views. The Ne. braskan is in a unique posi tion, in that it is the only organ for disseminating campus opinions. To use this monopoly to surpress adverse opinions to its own or those of its writers is to violate not only the tradition of American journalism, but its obliga tion to the student body. - Further, and in conclus ion, I think that extreme caution should be exercised in editing material furnished for publication, less every thing submitted be cut to reflect what the editor, not what the author wishes to express. The right of public free speech includes the right to say the wrong thing. J. F. H. flinviiiirWyMs IMmsMiox low oi aMyMmo i JE zo o P-TSSMvia aa oi ng NjvMvlwwivo IKS5 3j9MI sm3 1 aia n NMMii ""Vigj4 v 3 w oTipfEvt!a9o z z vmljvoTglJdjiola assaawaBiaa See RUSSIA for 1 yourself in 1960 American conducted StudentTetcher Economy tour, by Maupintour the best route at lowest costs. From S495, all-inclusive, summer departures. RUSSIA BY MOTORCOACH. Beginning Helsinki or Warsaw. Sea country byways, rural towns plus Moscow, Leningrad. 17 days. DIAMOND GRAND TOUR. 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His heroine msde eigsrettea (not Kools!) 25. Doggy Irosh 29. Gew'a com panion 80. Pitts' fore runner 81. Double-hull boat H3. It'a either 84. Pony-tail temptation 85. Menthol Mafie makea Koola Uste 40. Describing bathrooma 43. Feel aeepyT Hav a little anoozy 44 Unbalanced upper 48. Subject of Mexican bull session 47. Heel's alter ego 48. Snicker 49. Old card game; go away 60. It'a backward in fraternity 61. Watch over DOWN 1. Atomic or aerosol 2. Exclamatory molding 8. Smsll boys' club 4. Festival 6. Sheepish expression 8. Texas' money 7. "Come up, up to Kools" 8. Lotlabrigidian 9. He's ia balance 10. Monroe-Ilka kiss feeling 11. Ares of defense 18. Tell all 20. Rutgers routina 22. Kool ia America's moat refreshing 25. "Ii aor 28. Snooty London street 27. Th 60 best 28. Humor's black sheep SO. Goofiest 81. Not a pro' 82. Numbers' racket 85. Baby beds 88. Kool, from th wrong end. sea 87. Pound of poetry 88. Siiaw'a v St. Lawrence 89. Cheer from the bottom up 41. Not a bit odd 42. 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