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The Daily Nebraskan Monday, December 7, 1959 Editorial Comment: As the Public See Us MAYPE THERE'S A GIRL' SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO IS JUST AS BLAM AS YOU... MAYBE YOO'H MARRY I4EI?.., And MAYBe yooIl raise A ANO THEN MAYBE THEYU. 60 OUT ANO MARRY" SOME OTHER AAUGHJ BLAH KIDS,ANP.. Page 2 f PLEAS? nm cm I don't ksb-jr. a Anyone ever u charue J LIKE WON VBROWN.. J It's not just kids who "say the darnedest things!' The director of research at Stephens. College is quoted in the Intercollegiate Press Bulletin as saying that any "get tough" policy in college admissions is -meaningless. His reasons? Since the stu dent, himself selects the college he will attend, "The type of student a college gets is determined by the public image formed of the college." "A college may become known as 'the school for egg-heads' and it will attract students, who are looking for an intel lectual haven," said Dr. Lewis Mayhew. Other schools will become known as "glamour schools," or "colleges for the rich," "colleges for the poor," or for their athletic programs, social activities or extra-curricular interests. Hence Dr. Mayhew concludes that the student selects the college not the col lege the student. "Any admission policy contrary to this concept is meaningless." If this were literal truth, one. would ex pect a mass exodus of college registrars and recruiters once the enlightenment reached them. Acceptance of this theory would mean that an academically poor school .was condemned to enternal medi ocrity; that a party school could never become an intellectual "haven" as well. This comment seems like the ultimate In the defeatist approach the final vic tory of the status quo. If it were true, no college could ever get better or worse even. To comment that "get tough" policies are meaningless is to attempt to shift the students who can't make it in an "already tough" school to some other school: It seems like an attempt to sidestep the vital issue, which is the one hammered into the American public on the radio, in bus ad vertisements and by pamphlets and maga zines, the bludgeoning enrollment in col leges today, Thinking educators have come up with a twofold solution to the problems of the war-baby enrollment. First, expand and enlarge facilities. Second, "get tough" on admissions and course requirements. This is the only answer, not a comment that a "get tough" policy is useless because the student himself selects the college. No self-respecting school should ever be caught admitting that it could not jack the demands made of the students in an at tempt to improve the quality of the student body and the finished product. Our society demands an ever greater supply of men and women who are not just educated, but educated well. This certainly will not be accomplished by throwing up the hands and saying that courses and admissions' can't be stiffened. Dr. Mayhew is correct in saying that the public image tends to stereotype the college. It is further true that in most instances that impressions of the college are passed from present students to pros pective students. But the further implica tion which seems to be clearly the point of his comment that attempting to change the public image, as well as the actual policies of a school is a near-futile under taking, seems highly unwarranted. The public is not a blind glob which is immune to trends and changes. It may take more than overnight to change the "public image," but the changing is not the impossibility which Dr. Mayhaw has implied. Even Without the Augurs In the early days of auguring, one often had to depend on the flight of a bird, the color of the innards of a lamb, or some other equally esoteric sip. Only the selected few, trained carefully In the knowledge of their predecessors, were allowed the secret of prophecy and augury. They wielded this power in a mighty way at times as in Rome when if the augurs weren't "right," no public cere mony or event might be held. Powerful guys, these augurs. ' Their modern counterparts inhabit some of the most widely read inside pages of our newspapers. We call them sports writers. Day by day and week by week they spill out sage commentary on how the augurs are for the next tilt of the modern gladi ators. s Haven't checked them recently on NU's basketball prospects. Didn't seem necessary. "We'll bet on Herschell and Maxey and crew and let the augurs tell what they may about K-State and conferences. Like it looks like a great season in the Coliseum . . . like ... Say You're Kidding! "All you people in organizations can go jump. I don't like society and I won't join. To prove I'm not alone in the way I feel, I'll introduce you to the rest of the people in MY club. They all think the way I do." Daily Evergreen, Washington State U. Perspective Remember perspective. Large things are large, But small things are also large if seen close up. Japanese poem From the editor's desk: On Campuses 9n Things By Diana Maxwell and look at all the guys dressed just alike. A move to the left crunch. Ladies room looks like a corsage box A turn to the right smack. " storehouse . . . Standing stffl-grind-a heel into the 'fSStt,1001,10 Instep . . . probably bruised for life. A"J Anloa g Lovely dMce though. And even with crowded floors, Balls are Ooops an elbow to the tmimmmimftl9 fBut evervbddv looks After hollering and hollering about the bSih I V too-many-queenishness of our campi-it (Even if that girl I'm WT - w" JfllNetofan'hM hidinff from does have the (SU' 1 deci(led to add to the bevy. So . . . !ZV 1UV. I e having our own little contest And the bandstand with lAXf S . Thf ,one not designed to get people to the voice in red and the ?X buy tickets to a dance or a show, though,., grey platinum hair went f V and there won,t e any campaigning, round and round and I 1 Sony Whalen is masterminding this con round and round . . . . f,.,, ,.,fTJl test. which is part of a national competi with the fountain spilling Diana tion. and spilling ... i hope Elgart's boys have The jal who wins will have a chance at strong stomachs that's one long spin ... a fantabulous trip to New York City. Ah hah! A clear space. Ten steps, un- More later, banged, bruised, or impaired. Dancing can be fun. . " I read with disgust an article in a re Closing in . . . . Maybe Eigart will play cent issue of the Texas AIM paper, the , a rhumba or something to clear the floor. Battalion, that a special committee was be Bnt everyone does look tremendous .... ing established in College Station. Some of especially the Honorary C and Service the members of this committee would be Queens-.... excellent choices this year taken from the college. . . . there's sunshine at AOP1 with two This in itself was fine. The gimmick scorers and the Gamma Phis with the top was that this little committee was to de prize twice in a row ... termine the acceotableness of content in Bandstands in the middle of the floor matter presented for readership in College are lovely fairly drip with atmosphere Station i.e. a little group of censors, but it'd be nice to have some room to The motives behind this sort of group move in, too. " are noble, I suppose. They want to keep But everyone does look lovely .... pornography and real smut off the news And the male population votes Yes to stands and out of the book stores. But Cadence Countesses . . . Legs are in this Milton's "Areopagitica" floats into mind year ... and I think again that Censorship by any Hum . . ,. two other girls are avoiding other name is still a malignancy on so each other . . . cute dress anyway ... ciety. Daily Nebraskan . , SIXTY-NINE YEARS OLD w' Umabtrt Associated Colleiriiito Press, Inter- JLtX."" " 15 CollegiAte Press Entered n seemd els matter at the pott of flee Sepnseatattve: National Advertising Serv- trnTonllT' " lee, Incorporated . mm Fablished st: Room 20, Student Cnlon Mncin Editor cmn Kraut tocoin. Neb.. . tt'SStV: :::::::::::::::::::::::;9on IVSI An Copy Edlton John Hoerner, Baifdra Laakrr. , Telephone i-7881. ext. 4825. 22. 4827 mm New. EdItor . Tito Dally It bTMkan to published Monday, Tuesday, Stan Writer Jacque Janeeek, Karen l-ons. Wednesday and Friday during the school year, eserpt Mlbe Mllroy. Ann Moyer dart at Taxations and eiam perteds, by student wt the Beporten Nancy Whltfnrd, Jim Forrest, Jrrl Carrarelty or Nebraska omter the authorization of the Johnson. Hanrey.Perlman, Diek Stnrkey Committee on Student Affair a an expression of oto- oT.- aent opinion. Publication under the Jurisdiction of the BUSINESS STAFF Subcommittee on Studrn Publications shall be free Business Matiaier . . Stan Kainuui bvm editorial toumivtlilp uu Die swt e the Siioeuw- Assistant Business tian&cer Don Frrxuou, (k rrrtttRS or an she part f any member of the faralty of Grady, Oharlene Gross ttis University, or on the part of any person outside Circulation Manager Does Vounsdah1 Ms tiulwrstty. Tue members tbe Daily Msnimskaa Office Manas ..Ardlth fchlers tMWpMsd HE'S EAT. I P VREALtf GREAT! REMEMBER HOW HE USED TO 'SUlAT-THE 0L' HORSEHlDE FX last Summer? H0LL W HAVEN'T SEEN I 1 f WHY CAN'T THEY JUST J rboroF it?xH 2 m r Errant Thoughts by caesar dear di well kid being quite on the ball you undoubtedly realize that Christmas is just around the corner such a realization came to me the other day and i im mediately started making a list of gifts and those to whom i would like to send them i submit my listing to you for any help you may be able to give me in pro curing some of the items to jack nielsen a potato patch to dig in behind the d u house to andrews hall higher water fountains to sam jensen member ship in the democratic party to the beta house some grass to n us football team the ability to stay quote up unquote for two games in a row to dear di an all amer ican rag to sam hall i thought id be able to get him some thing but now i doubt it to dick masters deodor ant so that he can continue to sweat it and still be popular to frank hallgren bruce brugman and marv bres slow to the theta chis fewer d g shades to auf less politics and more fund raising to ernie hines fewer words to the red dots more mortar boards to lynn wrlght blinders to john hoerner knee pads so he wont hurt him self practicing to . gtan kaiman a four page ad instead of his us ual three to the campus cops a drink to k k a decent date for the spring show and a few more innocents this year to karl shaplro a crea tive writing course to the tnes better luck to the student union coffee spoons to aws stricter hours because of the wild n u women to corn cobs some spirit to tassels anything at all they can use it to john heeckt a by line for his letterips to the nebraska research and resources foundation a book entitled the power of positive thinking to jean morrisson membership in the repub lican party to the boys dorm the alpha phis to bob paine a nourish ing sandwich to the aopis faster an swering of their colored phones to the campus a few more queens to the theatre people a few more pseudos and to the student' coun cil less talk more action and better representation yours in xmas merriment caesar Nebraskan Letterip The Dally Nohraskaa wUl publish only those letters which are slfnad, totters attacklnc Individual must carry the author' nam. Other may Uss Initial or a pen name, Letter should not exceed 0O words. When lettor exceed this limit the Nebraskan reserres tb rtsht to condense them, retalninc the writer' Ttewe. Biochem Speaker On Ag Campus A top biochemist from Beth esda, Md., Dr. Simon Black, will be on Ag campus Wednes day at 4 p.m. to speak on the subject "Biochemistry of the New Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids." Black is chief of the Amino Acid Biochemistry Section of the National Institute of Arth ritis and Metabolic Disease. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Bio chemistry and Nutrition building. Library Hit To the Editor: Recently we have read articles about the extension of library hours, the rais ing, of library fines, and a statement by an anony mous library staffer to the effect that students should do less studying and more research in the library. Per haps, then, it is time for some student criticisms of the library. Fines are plenty high al ready. The notion of rais ing them seems to be based on the idea that students can afford to pay more in these prosperous days. My own thought would be that fines should be based on the amount the library loses (or 1 other students lose) through the book's not. being available. Strangest of all in the area of fines are those as sessed on bound volumes of magazines. These may be checked out overnight, and are due back at 9 a.m. the next morning. The fine is 25 cents for the first hour and a nickel an hour thereafter. Yet I have several times observed the magazine that I broke my neck getting back on time sitting on the shelf behind the main desk for several days before It finds its way back to .its proper place, i And If the library is really interested in getting its books back, and not in the re venue that fines bring, why don't they set up a bookdrop for night returns? Library hours could al , ways be lengthened, but es ' pecially poor is the practice of closing early Friday and ' Saturday nights. Finally, it seems to me that a rather valuable piece of equipment is going to waste. This is a Russian typewriter installed in the Technical Service. The Technical people are quite reluctant to let Russian stu dents use the machine. With increasing enroll ment and expansion of the Russian Dept., I submit that the typewriter should be placed somewhere in the library where bona fide Russian students could use it at all hours. Pupil "0 COME ALL YE FAITHFUL" TO HAMILTON'S PHOTO STUDIO 1146 "P" PH. HE 2-24M oCucife 2)i uerr Jair Styling The Finest in Haird'essing. i Have a Styled Cut, Set or Beautifully Sort Permanent Wove. Located at 1340 N St. Phone in Self Park HE 2-2302 12' LP VINYL RCA Custom Record . 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