Monday, February 15, 1960
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The Daily Nebraskan
Editorial Comment:
State University Criticism
Covers Only Bad Points
Charges being made publicly against
state colleges and universities are depress
ing. Institutions such as Nebraska con
stantly are being called playgrounds and
marriage mills that are more interested
In quantity than qualtiy and devote more
time to athletic spectacles, beauty queens,
fraternity high jinks and other immature
horseplay than to the dedicated pursuit of
the scientific knowledge that is vital to
our survival.
In defense of these schools, Paul Engle,
English professor at the State University
of Iowa, has written an article which ap
pears in the Feb. 13 issue of "Saturday
Evening Post."
Engle visited many state universities,
talked with scores of "students and profes
sors and from this "emerged an exciting
composite of the state university, like
American society itself, fumbling its way
toward new greatness in an organized but
sometimes loose-jointed way.
"The amazing contributions of our uni
versities in the arts, Sciences and social
thinking are so vital that it seems likely
our country's future security, as well as
its future greatness, is bound up with
them," he continues.
The list of accomplishments being made
by state institutions is great. The author
mentions but a few:
The University of Nebraska not only
has one of the finest living American
poets, Karl Shapiro, on its staff but also
has an outstanding museum of prehistoric
life in that part of the country.
The University of Arkansas has built
a one million dollar art center, designed
by Edward Stone, architect of the Ameri
can Exposition Building at the Brussels
World's Fair.
The University of Indiana each year
presents the opera "Parsifal," an under
taking musically far beyond the resources
of most, if not all, private universities.
The development of the cyclotron on
Marital War
(ACP) From the "Old Black and Gold"
of Wake Forest College (N.C.) comes the
story of a professor in the process of hand
ing back blue books after a quiz.
The prof stopped, turned to the board
and wrote "martial."
He explained that it did not mean the
same thing as "marshall," as some had
written on their quizzes.
He did go on to say that some spelled
it "marital," which is the same thing.
the Berkeley campus of the University of
California by Prof. E. 0. Lawrence, Nobel
prize winner in physics, made that school
one of the world centers for nuclear study.
In the field of missile development
everyone has read the initials BOMARC.
The last four letters stand Michigan
Aeronautical Research Cente; ( where the
land-based guidance system for the mis
sile was developed.
The University of Minnesota devel
oped a process by which low-grade iron
ores could be converted into concentrated
pellets of taconite and vast, previously un
economical iron resources were made
economical. That same University pro
duced what is believed to be the largest
audience ever to hear a poet when T. S.
Eliot spoke there.
The first communications this coun
try had received from outer space follow
ing America's launching of her first satel
lite came from miniature instruments de
signed and built for the most part in small
rooms at the State University of Iowa.
"The motto of these schools has been:
The State Is Our Campus. The state uni
versity is dedicated to the total life of
man, not only to his mind or his know
ledge of classical culture. The same school
can teach the Greek tragedy of Oedipus
and at the same time can offer a psychi
atric recognition of the emotional 'com
plex' to which Oedipus has given his
name.
"The really serious problem of the state
university is not the natural tendency of
young folks to have fun, but rather it is a
mysticism of mediocrity that has resulted
in some unrealistic policies."
A widely publicized criticism of these
institutions has been that they tend to ad
mit the incompetent student and go to the
wasteful necessity of giving him housing,
food and instruction and at the same time
demand too little of that breed of student.
The same criticism fails to notice or come
into contact with the greatness inhabiting
the same campuses.
"These institutions will offer the medi
ocre and the marvelous on the same cam
pus, in the same buildings, at the same
hour," Engle points out. "But their vir
tue will triumph because they exist in a
free country and will be great instruments
for keeping it free."
For this reason state universities should
be the cause of "hope, not despair. The
fact is that these schools a unique Ameri
can invention have become distinguished
institutions faster than any group of edu
cational places ever has before."
From the Editor's Desk:
It Seems to Me
By Carroll Kraus
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Seems like you really have to be sick to
get into Student Health lately.
The place is filled with flu-ridden pa
tients, is the official word. And no visi
tors, either. Nurses say that most of the
visitors are coming back
as patients.
However, I did manage
to get into the building
Saturday afternoon a t
about 2:30 to bring a few
things over to ray bed
ridden pinmate.
Some fellow happened to
be holding the east-side
night emergency door
open. How he got it open
I don't quite know since
it Involves pressing a button on the oat
side of the door and more or less telling
the nurse within what-the-heck business
yon have pressing the sacred button.
I tried to bring the things over earlier
that afternoon. I pressed the button on
the east-side emergency door, gave my
name, rank and serial number and said,
please could I come in to take a few things
to a patient
The terse, hardly sweet reply: "The
door won't be opened until 2:30."
That was all. No "I'm sorry's," no ex
planation. It's fine to keep visitors away from the
health center when germs are all over
the halls of the building and it's fine to
keep regular visiting hours. But it seems
like maybe restrictions on keeping the
building locked np not even allowing a
person to go in to bring a friend books or
cigarettes or the like could be relaxed.
Maybe this lock-up situation exists only
on Saturdays and Sundays but it doesn't
make for very good public relations.
If a student can trundle half a mile
across campus through freezing temper
atures and snow to bring books to a
friend, it doesn't seem out of the ordin
ary to expect a Student Health employee
to walk about 20 steps to the east door to
get the package for the patient or to press
the electric release that would allow the
door to be opened.
That is all it would take. Then the stu
dent could either hand his package to the
.nurse or aide, tell her who it's for, and be
gone. But as it is now, you have to have a
. detailed time-schedule of events to even
smuggle a deck of cards into the bright
windowed building.
And if tilings are that busy over there,
you'd think the University could afford to
put on just about one more part-time em
ployee, anyway.
Hmm, hope my grievances don't in
validate my Student Health privileges.
Gotta get my money back from that Uni
versity health insurance policy one way or
another.
Late evening televiewers this week may
find old movies more of an attraction
than the Tonight Show, since host Jack
Paar quit after a huff with NBC.
It seems to me that Paar has set him
self up as quite a martyr while it's what
he said not what others have done that
has got him in hot water with the network
and Hearst writers like Dorothy Kilgal
len. Balm and Sager Herb Probasco prom
ises more words on the situation in his
column later this week.
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ROTC Training
To the Editor:
The advantages of being
a member of the advanced
Army ROTC unit here at
Nebraska are no doubt,
many. However, the disad
vantages of being a jun
ior member of said unit
under the guidance of a few
self-enthralled senior mem
bers seem to be extremely
overbearing.
I am not affiliated with
the advanced military pro
"gram and, therefore, feel
that I can do myself little
harm by enlightening the
other ignorant and non-military
components on this
campus as to the "war"
proceedings on the Mall
every Thursday noon. The
reason for my interest m
this affair is my roommate,
who for all general pur
poses, I will call Lindwell.
Now normally, six days of
every week Lindwell is a
mild-mannered, unassum
ing little guy, but about
noon every Wednesday his
entire personality changes.
This is the time when he
begins his preparations for
his weekly inspection by his
Company Commander the
following noon.
He begins by going down
and getting a haircut. This
is normal enough but then
he lays out his Brasso, a
toothbrush with which to
scrub his brass, a polishing
rag for his brass (I've been
told this helps maintain a
glossy finish on the shoes
so I have gladly relinquish
my use of it to the cause),
a lint brush, and finally a
clean towel so he won't
touch anything with his
hands and get dirty finger
prints on it.
The extent of these prep
arations amaze me because
since the beginning of the
second semester, Lindwell
has accumulated a total of
seven demerits for: 1) not
having a haircut; 2) dirty
brass, and 3) needing a
f'oeshine. Not to mention
a few of the minor offenses
like, needing a shave, lint
on the tie, needing a press,
and having a crooked "gig
line." I have heard that it takes
15 demerits this semester
to be forced from the pro
gram and Lindwell tells me
that last week his Com
pany Commander gave out
107 demerits among 24 men.
At this rate, there won't be
any juniors in the program
by mid-semester. Seems as
though power affects some
people in strange ways.
Come down to earth,
guys! There are bigger and
better things to be learned
on this campus than how to
become extremely unpopu
lar with your fellow stu
dents! Right, juniors?
James L. Murphy
Poll Questioned
To the Editor:
Sen. John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts is a consis
tent choice for both the
Democratic president i a 1
nomination and the presi
dential election in Novem
ber. This fact has been
demonstrated by a major
ity of national polls.
In contrast were the re
sults of the Daily Nebras
kan poll announced Mon
day, Feb. 8. Why the differ
ence? National polls are con
ducted in accordance with
the latest and most scien
tific methods of opinion
measurement. They are
handled by trained person
nel. A representative cross
section of the population is
questioned.
And the Daily Nebraskan
poll? In an off-hand fash
ion, a scrambled list of
questions were presented to
members of the Cornhusker
staff who were close at
hand and to an undescribed
group of students lounging
in the Crib on Sunday after
noon. No evidence was present
ed that this group was in
any way representative of
the student body as a whole
, yet a "cross section" poll
was claimed.
What questions were
posed to this non-representative
group? Certainly
not unbiased. If such ques
tions as "Whom do you
think will be the Republi
can presidential candi
date?" were asked, then
why was t he companion
question, "Whom do you
think will be the Demo
cratic presidential candi
date?" omitted? One ex
ample of the biased form
of questioning used in this
poll.
If the Daily Nebraskan
presumes to express the
political preference of the
University of Nebraska stu
dent body, then as a mem
ber of that body, I demand
a fair, accurate and repre
sentative poll.
Barbara Langhauser
Editor's Note: In re
sponse to Mrs. Langhaus
er's criticism of the omis
sion of the question "Whom
do you think will be the
Democratic ' president 1 a 1
candidate," this was asked
on the poll.
Through a typographical
error, the question was left
out in the story. The story
did indicate that most stu
dents felt that Kennedy
would be the Democratic
nominee.
However, we would be in
terested in seeing any rep
utable poll that has "con
sistently" labeled Kennedy
as the choice for president.
If students tend to lean
more toward Nixon in this
poll than in most polls, it
is our opinion that they are
only expressing their views.
They do not have to agree
with polls of the general
public.
Federal Subsidy?
To the Editor:
Your Feb. 10 editorial
urging a raise in income tax
exemptions from $600 to $2,
000 for college students dis
gusts me.
Each group in our soc
iety has its own problems.
It seems all too easy for
those with financial troubles
to turn to Uncle Sam and
cry, "Give me ..." An in
crease for college students
in the federal income tax
exemption would, in effect,
amount to a federal sub
sidypaid for by Mr. U.S.
Taxpayer.
The list of those asking
for hand-me-outs is too long
already farmers, veterans,
oilmen, airlines, etc., etc
Let's not add college stu
dents to that list.
Education certainly Is of
national concern now, and
finances are intimately in
volved with this concern. I
agree that we should seek to
find new sources of funds to
educate the talented stu
dents of the nation. But let's
not put the bite on Uncle
Sam.
And rather than writing
to our congressmen to ask
for such a subsidy, let's
write and voice opposition
to other forms of federal
subsidies to education.
Raymond L. Balfour
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Send your troubles to Dr. Frood,
P.O. Box 2990, Grand Central Station,
New York 17, N.Y.
Dear Dr. Frood: Presumably college is
a time of intellectual ferment ... a period
of curiosity and discontent preceding a
man's plunge into commercialism and
the material life. Why must this inquiry
after lofty truths suddenly give way to
crass financial motives? Ibid
Dear Ibid: It's the children. All they seem
to care about is food, food, food.
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Dear Dr. Frood: I am a skin diver. Is it
possible to enjoy a Lucky under water?
Jules
Dear Jules: Certainly. Yon may have a
little trouble lighting the match, however.
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Dear Dr. Frood: Every now and then
you sneak a plug for Luckies into your
answers. Is this subliminal advertising?
Psych Major
Dear Piych: No, sir. Subliminal adver
tising is much less obvious. For example.
Notice what the first letters of all the
words in the next answer spelL
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PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Dear Dr. Frood. Is there any old maxim
that proves it pays for a young man to
go to college? A. Youngman
Dear Youngman: "Let ui collect
knowledge young. Soon thou res pest in
telligence kings envy." (See previous
question).
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Dear Dr. Frood: I've been kicked out of
college, rejected by the Army, divorced
by my wife, disinherited by my father,
and fired from my job. What is there
left for me? Sturgis
Dear Sturgis: Yon could still be blacks
balled by the Book-of-the-Month Club.
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Frood, Old Man Seriously, friend, your
brand of wit doesn't tit with a sophisti
cated student body. Try to sharpen it a
bit, old sock. Make it chic, what? Skoal
Dink
Dear Dink: Makes good sense, Friend
Dink. Will give It a go. Now, old bean, as
for that part of your letter yen asked me
not to print Don't be afraid of girls. Sure
you stammer and choke and blush. But
just walk right us and announce, "HI, I'm
Dink, and I think you're swell." SkoaL
COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKE
MORE LUCKIES THAN
ANY OTHER REGULAR!
When it comes to choosing their regular smoke,
co age students head right for fine tobacco.
Result: Lucky Strike tops every other regular
sold. Lucky's taste beats all the rest because
L.S.M.F.T. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco.
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TOBACCO AND TASTE TOO FINE TO FILTER!
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