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Page 2 The Daily Nebraskon Monday, March 14, 1960 Editorial Comment: Convocations Committee Doing Extraordinary Job The University will host another very distinguished guest April 1. He is Norman Cousins, editor of the Sat urday Review, an outstanding weekly journal dealing with the ideas and the de velopment of our national culture. Cousins is a very-widely traveled man and the author of several inspiring books. He has received many public service awards. His foresight in national and in ternational matters has drawn acclaim from many political and social leaders throughout the world as well as readers of the Saturday Review. President Eisenhower has called Cous-, Ins "a distinguished editor who stands as a symbol of America's creative, crusad ing, sensitive mind." The synthesis is that his appearance at the University is one that shouldn't be missed if at all possible. The Student Union- convocations com mittee, which Is bringing Cousins here, has obtained the Coliseum for the 11 a.m. speech the Review editor will give. The committee also has provided for an after noon question and answer session. Cousins' appearance tops off a list of noted speakers that the University has en- We're Sorry, Tribunal; You Were Misquoted Apologies are In order for an article in the Friday edition of the Daily Nebraskan concerning the cases heard by the Student Tribunal last semester. It was a king-sized blunder and we ad mit it No, the Tribunal did not recommend 28 students be "dismissed" from the Uni versity. The truth is that it only felt that the cases should have been dismissed. We're sorry that the error occurred and can only print a retraction. Newspapers have to be open about admitting their mis takes. It's only fair. If other groups also err, we're sure they feel this way, too. joyed hearing in this academic year, in cluding Dr. Tom Dooley and C. Northcote Parkinson. Both Dooley, the doctor who gave so much to the people of Laos, and Parkin son, the economist whose fresh thinking has won international attention, were brought here by the same convocations committee that is bringing Cousins. , Their effort has been tremendous it certainly has taken a great deal of work. The whole University owes this small group a vote of thanks and can give it by turning out in force for the Cousins All University convocation on April 1. While in the vein of convocations and service, it might be well to mention the efforts of NUCWA (Nebraska University Council on World Affairs). When NUCWA was reformed this year, it appeared that a primary motive may have been political since almost the entire slate of new officers came from the junior class. But despite what the primary appear ance or initial motive was, the group has turned out two fine convocations and ap pear to be on the way to developing an other of interest. Next week NUCWA has planned a pro gram by the Committee on Political Ed ucation; the five-state director of the group is expected to speak. Earlier this year, the group put on a panel syposium on unions and a faculty discussion of the "population explosion," What with these 'convocations, a revised Student Council Constitution due, torrid ac tivity by Young Democrats and Young Re publicans, a Kosmet Klub show in the of fing, fraternity help instead of hell weeks, a new Red Cross "walking blood bank" planned and many other new or worth while projects finished or in the formative stages quite a bit can be inferred about the attitude of the student body. It's a healthy one from all indications. And what with the University itself under going a self-study, the only result can be good. It should be enough to dispel a lot of the "inferiority complex" that many peo ple insist is prevalent throughout this cam pus and the state of Nebraska. From the Editor's Desk: It Seems to Me . . . t ;t.) Kraus Situation normal nearly reigns on cam pus after the State High School Basket ball Tournament last weekend which sent hordes of prepsters swarming to Lincoln. Their enthusiasm was contagious and as an easy chair TV bas ketball viewer, I found myself rooting for teams I'd scarcely known ex isted after meeting a player or a student from one of the towns repre sented in the tourney. High school days, it seems, are really days when everybody in school sticks together. For in stance, cheering at bas ketball games back in the old Columbus High crackerbox gym was so loud at times, especially the year we went to state, that you could scarcely hear for a half hour after you left the game. And seeing all the high school people this weekend reminded me, and I sup pose many others, of their old prep days the games, classes, activities, and also, the class spirit. Back in high school, it seemed like the freshmen were classified as green; the sophomores know-it-all; the juniors con servative; and the seniors revered. Sophomores and juniors especially, it seemed, had a tremendous unity. Thus with such a situation, it was natural to have a body of officers for each class. Perhaps the officers were just elected as in a popularity poll; and perhaps they -didn't do much besides plan the frosh soph hop and the junior-senior prom. But they were respected by their classmates and what they did do went over smoothly. A friend of mine was president of the senior class here at NU back In the early '50's when class officers were elected here, too. But in the second semester of 1954, the Student Council of that time failed to ap prove a class council constitution as a substitute for a failing officer system. The constitution was voted down, it was said, because the University was too di versified and departmentalized to form an effective organization based on classes. The chairman of the Student Council Judiciary committee said loyalty to NU rould best be obtained by strengthening and uniting loyalty within the colleges. By Carroll Kraus Arguments went that seniors attend freshman classes and that high school or a small college was the place for a class officer system, not a big University like Nebraska. And the Student Council at this time ar gued that its favored discontinuance of the class council because of a lack of purpose. But the class council did have a pur pose; perhaps the council was shot down because it failed to carry out its goals of increasing loyalty to the University through encouraging class loyalty. A hard-working, clear-thinking class council, however, might be used to create an effective, active alumni group while the alums to be are still receiving their college education. It would take fresh thought and dedi cated students, that's sure, to effectively run a council to organize an alumnus group to be. But the idea seems worth consideration. NU's alumni are hot and cold. You'll see a lot of the hot at football games in the fall and you'll hear about their contribu tions and gifts. But the percentage of cold is too high, from my talking to and observing the good ly number of NU alums I do know. When a student still in college is brought to realize what the education he is getting, what the University really and concrete ly is doing for his future, he's apt to be a more avid alum than otherwise. The job is too big to be left to the alumni association. Despite all the arguments to the contrary, perhaps a system of class loyalty could be built up now as a pre lude to a stronger alum group and great er University. John Hoerner wishes to tell his reading audience that his Letterip in Friday's pa per was not the official word of the Stu dent Council. Although he is Council treasurer, he says the views expressed were his own. Fraternities undoubtedly got a goodly amount of rushing done during the basket ball tournament. But a few students sort of dirty-rushed both themselves and the University Fri day afternoon. They 'stood in front of their house and indiscriminately snowballed cars and passers-by of both sexes. Real mature. . IS STAViNS IMH LkST NISHT WF'ALL DENT TO THE SHOO) EXCEPT GRAMA.. 5HE MESNT LIKE SHOWS.... f SO SHE STAYED HOME XALONE THEN, HUH? J NO, (OE SOT A V"' j5RAMMA-glTTERiJ The Huskers Survey Slwws Flunkout By Mary Lou Reese Not Caused by Activities . - - A . 1 ... Mary Lou "Senioritis" is the estab lished right of seniors on this campus. Any senior has the unwritten right to be a "victim" of this "dread" disease and do p r a c t i cally noth ing for at least one more likely a year if classes aren't too tough. "So it's news when eight girls get together and de cide to work harder than ever during their senior year when none of them become victims of "senior itis." These Mortar Boards are doubly Huskers because they gave up their last-semester "privileges" to de vote their time to a dormitory-full of freshmen. Ask a Raymond girl how she likes Diana Maxwell, Gretchen Sides, Sue-Ann Schnable, Karen Peterson, Polly Doerlng, Gretchen Saeger, Dorothy Glade or Jane Savener. You'll be asking a rare exception If she doesn't tell you most emphatically that "They're wonderful!" "They get all their own work done in the daytime so they can help us eve nings. "They Invite us in for coffee or when they have cake or something or just to sit and visit. "You can go to them with any of your problems." Do they respect the girls? "You just have to. They're all so good to us and they have so much ex perience with studying and activities and things, and you just have to like them." The new counseling pro gram should be a whopping success if the first six weeks is any indication. And if all the counselors in years to come can match the stride these Huskers have set. Getting all their work done in the daytime really made me stop and think. Of course, they're pretty smart girls, but most of them are too smart to waste their last semester on sluff courses. Somewhere along the way these girls have learned the secret of efficient studying, and pass ing it on to freshmen wom en would be worth more to the University than the free board and room they are given. But these girls just don't stop there. They drop in on their proteges, just to visit and be sure everything is going well. And lend an ear when needed or help solve a problem or just give en couragement or congratula tions. Or give away a cup SffiMf1THATj?TUC FIRST TlMclM MY LIFE IVE ( NOT WLYDOS... IT i urn mi jum-n!,.j I THINK SAID OJHI IF I HAP MEANT l T tmu r uAvg I eh WVVbf I If ' I gLVBigPi y of coffee another chance for a chat. Like all Huskers, they have something to give, and they are giving it. They are taking advantage of a unique opportunity to pass on what they have learned in four years here to the class with the most time to benefit from their experi ence. Most important Of all, they are passing on the Husker spirit. From what I've seen of them, it would be hard to live with all eight of these girls for a semester without being a better person. I hope the program will continue to be a success. Whether it is or not, one dormitory full of girls and probably quite a few other members of the residence halls aren't likely to for get the Husker spirit which the Mortar Boards are proving grows as it is given. Princeton, N.J. (LP.) The belief that academic difficulties in college us ually stem from too great a participation in extracur ricular activities is not sup ported by facts. That is the consensus of a survey recently com pleted by Dr. Jeremiah S. Finch, Princeton Univer sity's Dean of the College. ' Few Pursuits In fact, the 'study showed that, of those students re quired to withdraw from the University for aca demic reasons, more than half engaged in few or no extra-curricular pursuits. In submitting the report to the curriculum commit tee of the Board of Trus tees, Dean Finch observed that academic attrition Is "almost always the- result of lack of Interest and lack of motivation" rather than an undue exposure to ac tivities outside the sphere of the classroom. He attributed the major share of academic difficulty to "immaturity and a fail ure to respond to the chal lenges of academic work." The study shows that of 52 men required to leave Princeton by reason of aca demic deficiency in the last college year, only four showed an adverse effect from time spent in extra curricular activities or em ployment In addition, 27 of the 52 engaged in little or no ex tracurricular activity. Dean Finch disclosed that the 52 withdrawals repre sented only 1.78 per cent of Princeton's total enroll ment and he declared that such a small percentage is "gratifying" to the admin istration because it indi cates that the University is doing its job well. mm VT f X dancing for ? spring parties V7 T w 1 VI a-as m 1 V .. d m fJ' ' fc.af 6 -jaw li t ijSP IX 1 w. TV Sketched are but two of the lovely flattering young fashions from the new arrivals at MAGEE'S. Spring flowers in profusion in prints and embroideries in fabulous colors . . . solid colors too. 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