Wednesday, February 24, 1960
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The Daily Nebraskan
Editorial Comment:
YD, YR Objectives Lost
In Weight of Numbers
It's .election year.
This is the time when the blame for em
barrassing goings-on, both domestic and
foreign, is tossed from party to party; the
time when irrelevant trends achieve nation-wide
notice; when embryo politicians
make their first moves into the big time;
when Presidents take trips or make state
ments in attempts to boost their own or
prodigies', chances for election.
It's also the big year for some groups of
"organized youth," like the Young Demo
crats and Young Republicans on our cam
pus. !
' Keep the students posted on current
governmental affairs, prepare them to be
the thinking voters of the next few years,
create and inspire true feelings of citizen
ship among collegiates these are the pro
posed goals of these campus groups.
They are virtuous motives but not al
ways achievements.
Somewhere in the maze of politically
minded YR's and YD's, as they're fond
ly called, these noble objectives are lost,
however. The result two organized
bunches of 100-200 members, with a plural
ity of activity point seekers and a minor
ity, usually a small one, who have the real
interest needed to make the organization
function the way it should.
The nucleus of each organization car
ries the "weight," attempts to find a noted
speaker (generally to turn down their in
vitation to appear at NU) and compile
mailing lists at the local headquarters.
The rest of the members, in true party
tradition, keep the chairs warm at week
ly meetings, pile up those sorority-fraternity
activity points and worry about
what they'll do in the "off" election years.
Too bad campus "busywork" organiza
tions can't cultivate such intellect and culture.
It's How You Watch the Game
- It probably happens at every basketball
game.
A few students sit in back of the oppos
ing, team's bench, not for the exclusive
purpose of enjoying watching the basket
ball game, but for harassing the opposing
players.
Monday night the same time was car
ried on. There weren't a whole lot of heck
lers and their jeers probably had little ef
fect on the Oklahoma Sooners, except per
haps to urge them to play a little harder.
But the riding that went on violated all
the rules of good sportmanship and good
taste.
Sometimes there is a pre-game an
nouncement urging spectators to respect
and treat the opposition in the manner
they would like to see the Huskers treated
when they're on a foreign court. After see
ing some of the exhibitions put on in the
Coliseum, it would be hard to except a
reciprocal deal elsewhere.
Nebraska fans are noted for their parti
sanship. This is fine; you should support
the team. But Supporting Nebraska does
n't mean trying to verbally tear the op
position to shreds.
The matter of taste is involved even in
such a seemingly prosaic matter as spec
tator conduct. The conduct has to be kept
on a high plane or the whole theory of
spectator courtesy is lost.
Nebraska beat Oklahoma in football; we
lost in basketball. Although this may be
bordering on the maudlin, you've got to
be good winners as well as good losers.
A sports figure once said, "It isn't if you
win or lose, it's how you play the game."
The same statement could just about be
applied to spectators.
Support Needed
Lack of attendance at the so-called 'mi
nor sports' at Nebraska is certainly evi
dent this winter. While attendance at the
Huskers' basketball games has been real
good, the individual sports haven't re
ceived this top-notch support.
The students must realize that the ath
letes participating in such sports as swim
ming, wrestling and gymnastics work just
as hard and put in an equal amount of
time as do the 'jocks' in the popular spec-
tator sports.
Most of the time, admittance to these
meets is free and quite often a real thrill
ing contest or race develops, the type any
red-blooded sports fan loves to see.
Starting this weekend, let's see if the
University student body can put a little
more effort into supporting the 'minor'
sports.
Staff Comment:
A Leftist's View
By Snndi Laaher
The first of the annual women's popu- 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday,
larity contests began this morning May Friday, Saturday and Sunday the hours
Queen primary election. Since Mortar are noon until closing hours.
Board masked only 12 last year there are During these times men may be "guests
a number of candidates for the title who in women's houses. If a man is in a wom-
are most deserving of re- w mJ, en's house after closing hours, she will
ceiving this honor. V receive late minutes as long as the man
On most campuses n remains," says the book,
where a May Queen is The penalty for not observing visiting
chosen she is representa- hours? "A girl will receive a notice to ap
tive of scholarship, activi- ,'vy Pear at AWS) court."
ties, her university and ,371 This means that friends, pinmates and
she possesses other such . ; what have you cannot chat or study to
queenly qualities. gether in the girl's dorm or sorority
Maybe too little is 4 t house living rooms during "quiet and
known about the candi- study hours." WoW.
dates here at Dear Old. Sandi Can't see that any tragedy would occur
When this is being writ- from letting "male visitors" be guests
ten, (Tuesday), I'm assuming that the during the afternoon and evening for pur
candidates' pictures will be posted at the poses of study or quiet conversation,
polls as they have been in the past. Might Housemothers could still expel anyone
be neat to also list brief biographical data creating a scene but think that wouldn't '
on each girl. Like averages, contributions happen. Never.
to the University, previous honors, etc. The book also says that "women may
And on the subject of elections, the real- be guests in men's organized houses dur-
ly big marathon is next Wednesday All inS visiting hours when there is an of-
Women's Elections. WAA, IWA, Coed flcial chaperon living in the house." The
Counselors, AWS the whole bit. wrds when through house are underlined.
Oh yes, junior and senior women will "Otherwise, you are not to be a guest in
vote for the May Queen and her Maid of m,e,n s houses at any time." il continues.
Honor from a list of finalists. Women may also attend scheduled par-
Wish the Big Red Buddha would send im" f rViding
n AW? nresidert and board member Umversity chaperons are present,
an AWb president ana Doara members Thi . fch bM
who would revise some now existing, UA11 K.Q . B y .
archaic rules bv which we live l U been a guest in a men 8 org&Tazed
archmcruies by wmcn we live. house when an official chaperon hasn't
A section entitled Visiting Hours in this been present?
year's AWS handbook of rules and regu- '
lations for women students makes me Glad to see friend Basoco is again a
think I'm residing in a cell or hospital in- columnist tor this publication. And with a
Stead of a sorority house and that at some by-line this time. Thought his piece on the
bewitching hour t a warden with keys constitutionality of out-state tuition was
clanking .will walk down the hall, unlock quite worthy of all the space it took
my room and allow me to have visitors. i had a conversation with a law student
Wiese so called "visiting hours" are on the same subject some time ago. May-
Boon to 1 p.m.; 4 to 7 p.m. and 9:30 to be we have a mutual friend.
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For the Heck of It
Some time back the Col
lege of Agriculture decided
that the American political
community should have the
advantage of the Nebraska
layman's opinion on how
to operate the nation. The
idea was to go out among
the masses and ask them
various policy questions aft
er a brief and anemic in
doctrination on certain
problem areas.
Frankly, I think the move
slightly deplorable. Perhaps
the College of Agriculture
should spend its time in
growing corn and cease
searching for means of har
assing American political
figures who already have
enough of their time occu
pied answering unsolicited
advice from other inexpert
laymen.
. Politics, as all mod
ern social fields, requires
experience and training. It
is a field that is hopeless
ly involved in this day and
age, almost incompre
hensible even to many ex
perts, and certainly beyond
the capabilities of average
man with his dearth of
knowledge, perception and
plain old common sense.
Few if any of the persons
to be solicited would ever
be able to assimilate all the
information necessary to
give objective policy opin
ions. Opinions based on less
are most frequently more
damaging than construc
tive. Idealism in operational
democracy is a necessity,
but? when idealism out
weighs reality rather than
tempering it, it is an abonr
inable defect in a political
system. The American in
tellectual, himself too fre
quently malinformed out
side of his own discipline,
is too often prone to give
more than lip service to
the ability of the common
man. Factually, common
man is little more suc
cessful at governing him
self per se in a democracy
like ours than in any other
system. His opinion is not
only biased and unin
formed, but frequently
it has been, in post-perspective,
contrary to his own
interests.
Regardless of how much
academic work the academ
ican m agriculture had ac
complished, it has been di
rected toward a particular
area of competence. That
area is not politics. If the
people who spend their lives
in the latter field, who have
most surveyed the ability of
the people at large to actu
ally govern themselves,
thought the American
mass man had any partic
ular political acumen, they
long ago would have solicit
ed his advice. They would
not have left the job to
local agriculturists.
True, our system of gov-
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ernment feels and operates
according to the dictum of
public opinion, but it Is a
public opinion much more
narrowly defined. Our gov
ernment needs advice, but
the advice of experts in
particular, not masses in
general.
The pathetic scramble in
this country to serve the
bumbling whims of the
mass has had a tremen
dous negative impact on all
of our social institutions as
well as on the conduct of
political relations. It has
brought grief not only to
our own country but also to
the world community.
When the good "demo
crat,", in defense, says
look at what a real coun
try we are this way, he
overlooks the fact that we
may well have been great
er and more successfully
with a little more leader
ship from the upper edu
cated classes in this coun
try instead of sterile ca
tering to mass man.
He overlooks the acci
dents in our success. He
overlooks that fact that our
greatest economic impetus
came at the least demo
cratic period. And he also
overlooks the fact that the
intellectual and social me
diocrity our system has fos
tered may some day bring
its n i c k e 1-plated -castles
tumbling down.
I join inconoclasts such
as Philip Wylie in condem
ing situ.ation politically
and educationally in our
country where the best ed
ucated and .most expe
rienced persons give the
mass what it wants without
judging whether it is nec
essarily best or worst.
Perhaps a lasting and
burning error in our system
of educating is that it fol
lows the'people rather than
leads them even when the
educators are sure the peo
ple are basically wrong.
Tuition Rise
Is Hoax
"I wish that someone would
tell me," was the comment
made by Dr. Floyd Hoover,
University Registrar, after
being questioned about a re
ported increase in tution.
A report had been circulat
ing campus that the now high
tuition of $120 was going to
be raised even higher to $150
for next semester.
Dr. Hoover went on to say
that he had not been notified
at any time about a change,
either being planned or put
into effect, in the present tui
tion charge and that all Uni
versity catalogs are now be
ing printed with $120 being
the quoted amount for a se
mester's tution for Nebraska
residence.
and it's going to run all day. Other
thoroughbred colors this springi grey,
brown, black, whito. (Keep your '
ye on yellow . . . definitely a dark hone).
These are our hot Hps but . . .
' off the cuff, all your favorite colon
arc here at
Career Shop
Iwm.
P.S. Glamour Representative in our Career Shop,
Mon., Feb. 29
The Campus Green
By P. A. Drake
DON'T STARE!
there goes the Gray one;
see him over there?
gray in" thought, talk and
hair.
Don't stare
he walks the pebbles flat,
same tree-shading mat
follows curving twisted hat.
Don't Stare
'sits now to sit.
blank sun-polished knit,
his eyes Ttnow where to grit.
l Don't Stare!
he's seen the second side of
death,
awaits the next troubled
breath.
already abandoning all rea
sonable thought, cards, flow
ers, birthday brought.
patiently, impatiently
fingers wait,
feet shuffle.
Don't Stare!!
white arms,
nurse's arms,
'tenderly, firmly touch our
Gray one
he must rest, as well as the
Sun.
' rest for death?
who is sick now?
DON'T STARE!!
SAD JAZZ
babble thumbs to hold a
jnystery, untold in a mo
ment's un-thought (un-truth);
so it may hold my attention
some milkless afternoonling.
bass, so mature of
rich-yen for Zen type
protocols, and
red Sand-beer and
brunch and bubbled fears
are all enlightened on a
wallpaper clown ,
of desire..
well-wishing passers-by
pause to reflect the bouncing
chin,
' sadly reproducing mute
sounds
of my heart's jazz. f
(blended with and without
more stares born of un-
equaled shallow snobbery)
babble on bill (of no rights).
Sports Club
Offers Tours
To Europe
European tours are being
offered by the Club Mediter
ranee for American students
and sports enthusiasts for the
first time in the Club's 10
year history. '
The Club has designed tnis
student travel to encourage
vacation time meetings of
college age men and women,
as well as sport lovers from
around the world.
Twenty-two day tours are
being offered in co-operation
with Air-France, beginning
May 29 and every Sunday
throu'gh Oct. 2.
' The trip includes three
davs in Paris, nine days in
the Club's camp at Ceflau,
Sicily, and one week covering
Rome, apri and Naples.
Information is available
from the University Travel
U.S. representative of the
Club Mediterranee, Cam
bridge, Mass.
with
Milan
Author of "I Was a Teen-age Ihiarf","The Many
Loves of Dolrie Gillis", etc.)
THE THUNDERING MARCH OF PROGRESS
Today, as everyone knows, is the forty-sixth anniversary of the
founding of Gransmire College for Women, which, as everyone
knows, was the first Progressive Education college in the
United States. -
Well do I recollect the tizzy in the academic world when
Gransmire opened its portals! What a buzz there was, what a
brouhaha in faculty common rooms, what a rattling of teacups,
when Dr. Agnes Thudd Sigafoos, first president of Gransmire,
lifted her learned old head and announced defiantly, "We will
teach the student, not the course. There will be no marks, no
exams, no requirements. This, by George, is Progressive
Education !"
Well sir, forward-looking maidens all over the country cast
off their fetters and came rushing to New Hampshire to enroll
at Gransmire. Here they found freedom. They broadened their
vistas. They lengthened their horizons. They unstopped their
bottled personalities. They roamed the campus in togas, lead
ing ocelots on leashes.
And, of course, they smoked Marlboro cigarettes. (I say, "Of
course." Why do I say, "Of course"? 1 say, "Of course" because
it is a matter of course that anyone in search of freedom should
naturally turn to Marlboro, for Marlboro is the smoke that sets
the spirit soaring, that unyokes the captive soul, that fills the
air with the murmur of wings. If you think flavor went out
when filters came in try Marlboro. They are sold in soft pack
or flip-top box wherever freedom rings.)
But all was not Marlboro and ocelots for the girls of Grans
mire. There was work and study too-not in the ordinary sense,
to be sure, for there were no formal classes. Instead there was
a broad approach to enlarging each girl's potentials, both mental
and physical.
' Take, for example, the course called B.M.S. (Basic Motor
Skills). B.M.S. was divided into L.D. (Lying Down), S.U.
(Standing Up) and W. (Walking). Once the student had mas
tered L.D. and S.U., she was taught to W.-but not just to W.
any old wayl No, sir! She was taught to W. with poise,
dignity, bearing I To inculcate a sense of balance in the girl,
she began her exercises by walking with a suitcase in each hand.
(One girl, Mary Ellen Dorgenieht, got so good at it that today
she is bell captain at the Deshler-Hilton Hotel in Columbus,
Uhio.)
When the girls had walking under their belts, they were
allowed to dance. Again no formality was imposed. They wem
simply told to fling themselves about in any way their impulsea
dictated, and, believe you me, it was quite an impressive sight
to see them go bounding into the woods with their togas flying.
(Several later joined the U.S. Forestry Service.)
There was also a lot of finger, painting and sculpture with
oat hangers and like that, and soon the fresh wind of Progres
sivism came whistling out of Gransmire to blow the ancient dust
of pedantry off curricula everywhere, and today, thanks to the
pioneers at Gransmire, we are all free.
If you are ever in New Hampshire, be sure to visit the Grans
mire campus. It is now a tannery. imom
if you like mildness but you don't like filters try Marlboro'i
Uter cliarette, Philip Morris. If you like television but you
,V. cowbytrV Max fihutman's "The Many Lovel
of Dobie Gillis" every Tuesday night on CBS.