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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.
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The Huskers Survey Slwws Flunkout
By Mary Lou Reese Not Caused by Activities
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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
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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.
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