Tuesday, November 24, 1959
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The Daily Nebraskqn
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One year can't produce a tradition, or
one instance a precedent, but at this
time, in this issua last year, the man of
red-sweater fame abandoned the normal
Daily Nebraskan fare to comment thank
fully on ome aspects of his own life, and
those of all of us who inhabit this campus.
In grade school all of us (except the
international set) learned the story of the
pilgrim's who separated a day out from
the year in which to be thankful for that
which was good. They had little in com
parison to us to say "Thanks" for.
So while e. e. nines again will com
ment on what e. e. is thankful for (and a
wonderful list it is), the Daily Nebraskan
considers these things worth pausing upon
to praise and utter one small word of
thanks ...
Thanks to the men who sometime in the
1860's planted a sprig which was to grow
to a University on this location;
Thanks to men and women who have
dedicated entire lives to fostering and
nurturing that sprig in order that it may
grow and expand, it's roots plunging ever
deeper into the soil that is Nebraska;
Thanks to the thousands past and pres
sent who have sent the taxes from their
homes and farms to pay for the lights,
the heat, the salaries and the typewriters
and books all that is a college;
Thanks to the moms and dads who have
dug and are digging into wallets and bank
accounts to buy those books and pay the
dorm bills;
Thanks most especially to the men and
women who teach, who have not taken
the-most materially lucrative path who
have ignored industry in order to propo
gate knowledge and the methods for seek
ing after that nebulous mecca called
Truth;
Thanks, too, for-five days-five days to
rest, to chew happily on mom's cooking,
to sleep till 11, to see the old town;
Thanks to all those before us who have
created a system of government which
makes us free the mistresses and mas
ters of our own fate.
Thanks for the ideals which genera
tions past have bequeathed us ideals like
freedom of speech, the right to impartial
trial, the opportunity to enter the job field
or profession of your choice;
Thanks for the chance which is before
us to fight (not necessarily with guns but
with ideas and education) for these same
ideals;
No mere list can pretend to encompass
all those things, tangible and otherwise
the college student 1959 has to be thankful
for. It can only scatter a few thoughts,
perhaps counteract for a moment the pre
vailing cynicism and pessimism of our
age.
It is good to have a day set aside for
comment on that which is good, that which
is significant. It seems to refocus our
values somewhat.
Same Story, 19th Verse
It's been nearly three months since
many students have been home. Some
will have a long way to drive in one day.
It's possible that somebody won't make it.
That somebody might be you. Instead you
will become a statistic of the National
Safety Council. You may be one of scores
who will be killed on the highway's dur
ing the Thanksgiving holidays this year
because of someone's senseless careless
ness and neglect. '
It's also possible that you won't be a
statistic after all. Instead you may be a
murderer. It won't be premeditated mur
der, and it probably will be unpunishable
by law. But just .the same you may be re
sponsible for somebody's death, because
you didn't dim your headlights or didn't
have your brakes fixed or drove a little
too fast through a small country town.
You don't have to become a statistic or
a murderer, though. You can stay within
the law. This means don't speed, don't
drink, don't hog the road and don't be
careless or reckless. If you're going home
to meet your girl's parents or vice versa,
and she's riding with you see that you keep
your mind on the road. The closer she sits
to you; the more room there is for death
to find a seat in the car.
Don't say it can't happen to you, be
cause it can. Seven out of 10 are innocent
victims of law violators. By being extra
cautious during the time of heavy traffic
this week, you' can keep off the list of
40,000 Americans who will die on the high
ways this year. By increasing your travel
time 10 per cent you can reduce accidents
90 per cent.
Death never takes a holiday.
Staff Views:
On the Other Hand
Sondra
By Sony Whalen
Journalists are not only stalwart, up
right, trustworthy, sterling and patriotic
citizens, they are also versatile.
Not content with publishing two out
standing examples of journalistic endeav
or, the staffs of the Daily
Nebraskan and Cornhusk
er are about to exhibit
their athletic talents.
University basket ball
team beware! Competi
tion has arisen from an
unforeseen source. The
Bag and Cornhusker
staffs are going to- have a
basketball game.
Coached by the respec
tive editors of the two
publications, the game will be played Dec.
12. Tha Rag staff has also proclaimed the
F2" Sue Ann Schnabel, as center for the
Cornhusker team.
Ground rules for the event have already
been established. No more than six play
ers may be on the floor at any one time,
and no more than three of these can be
male.
Although girls win not be allowed to bite,
scratch, kick or gouge to get the ball, the
male staff members will still play under
a slight disadvantage.
First, the men are forbidden to jump.
If right-handed, they must shoot with the
left hand and vice versa is true for those
who are left-handed.
Unlimited time outs will be allowed, due
to the expected physical condition of the
staffs. The game will last 32 minutes,
divided into four eight minute quarters.
Two faculty referees will be chosen by
the coaches, with a moral base of im
partiality, uprightness in the face of dis
pleasure and honesty in the name of bet
ter basketball.
An appointed official time keeper will
adher to the same code of ethics.
Each member of both teams is re
quired to play at least one minute. Any
failure to abide by this rule will result
in the deduction of two points per unused
player from the total score of the team
commiting the infraction.
Free throws will also be unique. Girls
will shoot from a line seven feet away
from the basket, while guys will shoot
with their backs to the basket, one-handed,
over the head.
All paid members of both staffs are
eligible to play plus regular reporters of
the Rag and Cornhusker section editors.
The Rag is presently looking for a 7 foot
reporter. No previous journalistic exper
ience necessary.
'
To another subject. Examination of the
student paper at Colorado State University
disclosed that more Nebraskans attend
that school than from any other state,
(outside of Colorado of course). Twq hun
dred and seven natives of our fair state
are going to school there.
Why?
True, the school has a good college of
agriculture, but so does the University.
And it's right here. And it's cheaper.
Nebraskans going to school in Colo
rado must have to pay out-of-state tui
tion, thus what does Colorado have that
we don't have? Or what does any state
have? t
Maybe we need a more extensive public
relations program, both by the University
and the state. But as suggested by Miss
Laaker's editorial several weeks ago,
the problem goes deeper than that.
A state can't afford to lose a great per
centage of- its youth potential. And Ne
braska is no exception.
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A Few Words ...
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by e. e.
The sentimental slob
comes out in me when holi
days come around.
On Valentine's Day I
think of all
the little
blon d e a
and bru
nettes I
used to
send valen
tines that
cost a nick
el instead
of being the
penny ones
that the e.e.
other girls in my classes
got.
Thanksgiving has a very
unusual effect on me. I ac
tually stop to ask myself
what I have to be thankful
for. Last year while play
ing editor of the Rag, I took
occasion to make note of
some of the things that
popped into my mind at
Thanksgiving time.
Same Thing
I'd like to do the same
thing again if you don't
mind listening to a cynic
turned gusher. These are
some things I have to be
thankful for:
People who get angry
at me when I'm rude to
them, and make me stop
and think how I'd feel if I
were as rudely treated by
them.
College Instructors who
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The Satyr
Hines
point out fallacies in my
most brilliantly conceived
philosophical systems, and
circle split infinitives in my
most profound critical es
says. A state with a change
of seasons that allows me
to experience spring re
births and radiant-hued au
tumns every year.
A University where I've
met some of the finest peo
' pie I shall ever know, and
studied under both good and
bad instructors. The for
mer being more abundant.
My wife, who not too
many moons ago stood
laughing in her sorority
house when I walked to
ward her in a ceremony
that got our names in the
pinning column. She hasn't
stopped laughing since, and
I've even begun to smile
occasionally. '
A country 1 In which
books can be written de
bunking the first Thanks
giving story as a too-sweet
story manufactured for the
consumption of grade
school students. While at'
the same time, I need only
look around to see plenty
of things to be thankful for
here and now.
One could go on and on.
I'm thankful for public li
braries, good television
shows, chewing gum, good
health, good friends and
uncontaminated cranberries
small talk
By Ingrid Leder
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt once said that
the most important func
tion of government is edu
cation. Although Roosevelt
was refer
ring to fed
eral, state
and local
gov ern
ment, this
idea can
also be ap
plied to
s t u dent
gov eminent.
There Ingrid
is a distinct difference be
tween educating and taking
a poll. I have to, admit that
most Student Council mem
bers went back to their respective-organizations
and
took a poll of how many
students would be in favor
of extending library hours.
But how many of them took
the time and effort to ex
plain the pros and cons in
volved? If students know the ad
vantages and disadvan
tages involved in an issue,
they will be able . to vote
and voice their opinions
much more intelligently.
The Student Council may
be doing a lot of worthwhile
things, but members of the
Council al;o have the re
sponsibility of letting the
student body know what is
being done at Council meet
ings. For example, at the
beginning of the year the
Student Council had great
plans to carry out an in
vestigation of activities and
find out whether organiza
tions were fulfilling the pur
pose set down in their con
stitutions. This to me seems
to me like a very worth
while thing, but why not
educate the rest of the stu
dents on the progress of the
project?
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Many professors and stu
dents regard filing systems
as a form of cheating. I
realy can see' nothing ser
iously wrong with filing
systems used by organized
houses. In many cases you
have to study not what you
think is important but what
the instructor thinks is im
portant, and here it is very
helpful to be able to refer
to i a test previously given
by the instructor.
This only proves to be
bad if an instructor gives
the same test year after
year. However, most facul
ty members are not blind
to the fact that that filing
systems exist and conse
quently they change their
tests every year. Some in
structors even hand out
tests given previously so
that students know how and
what to study.
However, keeping themes
and term papers in house
filing cabinets Is an ex
tremely serious form of
cheating. In fact it is not
only cheating but it also
defeats one of the main
purposes for attending col
legeto learn to think for
oneself. The fact that many
students have been caught
when they turned in some
one else's paper shows that
most professors have a
pretty good memory of
what themes they have
read before.
This reminds me of the
story where an English pro
fessor called a student Into
his office and said:
"You are probably not
aware of the fact that I
am a fraternity brother of
yours and once lived in the
same fraternity house you
are now living in. The
theme you turned in and
for which I gave you an A,
is the same theme I turned
in 10 years ago. You are
probably wondering why I
gave you an A. Well, when
I wrote it I only got a B,
and I always thought it de
served an A."
By Dick Masters
Withered pedagogues, seeking recognition in some
Yellowed annals of trivial scholastic journals.
Seeking always to enlighten by confusion .
And caring little for the mass of faces before you.
And I am sorry for you because ...
Because you are emotionless and that is life.
You say "ungrateful youth" 1 -
And I am ungrateful for I do not hope,
I do not hope to know I only feel
And there is nothing else and I am nothing. '
I cannot pretend, nor can you pretend yourselvej
Away from me.
Journey through your endless pages if you must
But take my pity with you
, For it will warm your way to nothingness
And you will be forgotten and I after you.
But I care not.
' Only love a little for here is life
And love a man for he alone is real.
Stray not to your Ideals
For Everything is false.
"Let us suppose" or "Shall we believe"
And who are we and why is Plato?
"In the world of Space and Time ..."
Hollow, bitter laughter mocks me
When I perceive the sadness of it all. -Come
some day and walk with me
And leave Joyce and James and Aristotle
On his shelf, and I will show you life,
Sordid squalor of a race alone.
Walk with me past their haunts
And meet them on the street.
Unshaven, trying not to cry
And wishing for immortality
To lessen the pain of their existence.
And then you scholars cry with me.
Cry, for we are but the same
Our haunts are just as barren
And we, too, seek and are unfulfilled.
And are we "well-rounded
And "what course do you suggest?"
For God's sake try Life I
To be decided by the Staff
Perhaps we'll meet there in the lab.
Perhaps we won't and who will care.
And so friends, readers, and interested few, have we
estranged ourselves from your cozy little bosoms? We must
admit that we are much like you and these ramblings are
not intended to be wierd or pseudo-intellectual.
Nor are the SATYR wishing to cut ourselves off from
you. We have begun to build the wall that heretics build.
And then, standing defiantly in front of their wall, they are
calmly stoned.
Thank Zeus we are immortal.
Internationals Invited
Residents of Beatrice
have displayed some of that
hospitality for which Ne
braskans and Midwest
erners in general are noted.
I nternatioiral students
from the University , have
been invited to spend the
Thanksgiving holidays in 19
Beatrice homes.
It's Still Ringing
Although it was an
nounced once before, the
Lincoln residents who were
unfortunate enough to have
their telephone number
listed under the Chi Omega
listing in the Builder's cal
endar are still getting Chi
O calls.
The silent number listing
for Chi O should be 2-1516,
not 2-1526.
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