Friday, May 20, 1960
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The Daily Nebraskan
Editorial Comment:
If Cheating Does Exist,
Should We Ignore It?
With the semester comes the inevitable,
the once-a-semester nightmare, the final
examination.
As far as the pros and cons of finals are
concerned, you could probably discuss
relative values all day. Their purposes are
to test the student to see just how much
he has gleaned from a particular class
during the semester and to review the ma
terial covered and get it into focus.
If be'i been a good student, he'll get a
good final grade and consequently a
good semester. icore. And if the student
doesn't get a good grade in the final, it
appears to be evidence of little work dur
ing the whole semester.
Perhaps the finals have no value, and
perhaps they have a definite value. But
whether they do or not, the fact exists
that few of us escape without taking at
least a couple every semester.
And with finals approaching, comes the
usual advice from instructors and advisers
and ministers to "study hard; you've got
too much to lose by not doing so."
There's another subject they usually
touch on too, either directly or indirectly.
That's cheating, an area which has re
ceived increased interest discussion-wise
on this campus this year in addition to
being somewhat of a national issue.
Some NU students and teachers charge
that there is much cheating on this
campus; others say that the situation has
been a little blown up.
But if you really think about it; there
are a few things around us that if they
aren't cheating border just a little on the
side of dishonesty.
But those who would cheat or at least
fudge would just give a cynical snicker" if
the Daily Nebraskan said, "Be good now
fellas and shoot square."
And it seems that in some circles good
old-fashioned honesty just isn't too much
in vogue.
Maybe the best thing we could do is to
take a different approach to giving tests
and the like. Maybe the worst punishment
the University could mete out is to let the
cheaters get by with what they're doing.
In the short run, this might make the
student look pretty good. But if there's
nothing else to back them np in the long
haul, well ...
Good grades won honestly are highly
commendable. And in comparing two
grades of 7.0 won honestly and dishonestly,
the former grade just has to be of more
value than the latter score.
So maybe we should let the cheaters
cheat. When they wake up a few years
from now they'll get the punishment they
missed out on when their morals slipped
before.
From the Editor's Desk:
It Seems to Me . . .
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Yesterday was that "once a year day" for
the Cornhusker staff.
The Books were out and hundreds of
purchasers made the trek to the Union base
ment to pick up this sentimentality-filled
volume.
And it looks like a good
yearbook, too. That red
cover is sharp won't get
dirty so easily.
It's a fine mirror of
what's been happening on
our campus daring this last
year; the image comes out
sharp.
That's more or less what
we of the Rag staff have
been trying to do this past
semester paint a picture of opinion and
events on this campus. We hope we have
achieved somewhat of the proper perspec
tive. '
Since the new Rag staff for next fall has
been announced, a few of us felt quite a bit
like lame ducks while putting out this last
edition of the semester.
Our work on the final paper is a job tinged
with both relief and sentimentality.
There are quite a few things a person is
sure to miss after spending anywhere from
29 to 30 hoars a week in this office for 15
weeks a semester, and in my case, five
semesters in a row.
Like the so common sounds that enter the
editor's rather dingy little office; like "Hey,
Doc, pass me the paste," or "Come on, you
staff writers, let's hustle with that copy," or
"Where in hell is McCartney with those
pictures," or "Crib trip, anybody for a
coke?" or "Good headline ... but it's a little
long."
You could probably write a short book
filled with stock phrases that are heard
down here every day. But maybe they just
wouldn't read right without a background of
laughter and typewriter chatter.
Perhaps one of the worst things about
leaving the Rag office is that 111 have to
clean up my little cubbyhole. I'm sure no
editor for quite some time has faced such a
Job.
During one short semester, and even with
throwing away an average of one large
wastebasketful of mail, etc., every day, I
still find probably one hundred copies of
exchange newspapers from other colleges,
dozens of letters, magazines and the like
bulging out of and on my desk.
Hard telling whatH be at the bottom of
tome of the drawers.
The office has already lost some of its
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atmosphere since I had to return a big
picture I borrowed from the Union lending
library.
But there still are a lot of atmosphere
creators in this small room in the basement
of the Union. For instance, there's the copy
of the Dec. 20, 1894, ediUon of the Nebras
kan, and the picture of Frank Teal Riley,
managing editor of" that year's paper.
There's a book entitled "Fire in the Ashes,
Europe in Mid-Century," which must have
been left here by some campus journalist
who sought reference in that book to vari
ous world problems as they arose.
There's the cracked window just to the
east of my desk, a victim of who knows
whom, and just outside in the window well,
leaves, dirt and bits of paper.
There are three copy baskets, two of them
marked hopefully "Future" and "Corrected
Copy." The old green iron desk itself with
the one perpetually stuck drawer wears
bare spots on its legs where editor's shoes
and knees wore away the covering.
There are the many carefully-whitewashed
hanging water pipes. And in the
ceiling is what looks like a trapdoor, but
stuck tight by paint and perhaps nails.
These are a few of the things you don't
really notice until you're ready to leave;
then they stick.
The other day, a friend said to me in a
jocular or saddistic tone, "Kraus, you're
washed up. After this week you'll be just
a has-been."
I had to agree, if being a has-been entails
losing or giving to someone else a lot of
responsibility, perhaps some degree of no
toriety. The new editor of a campus newspaper
always comes on the job hoping to accom
plish more than he ever can. As he leaves,
he realizes that he's had quite a job, one
that few people have had the chance at like
he's had.
But it doesn't take long until "It's time
for a change" in the campus newspaper j
business, which truly is one hell of a busi- j
ness.
From the outgoing to the incoming, the
best of luck.
And to the staff, a sincere "thank you" j
for a newspaper that I was quite proud of. '
These staff writers and copy editors form
the heart of this small sheet that fills the '
boxes in Burnett and Bcssey and Soc and i
Andrews and all the other buildings four
times a week. I
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One parting bit of editorial opinion: bet- I
ter study for those finals.
A'o Solutions
To the Editor:
John Else in his column
"Or Else" has leveled sev
eral attacks at the Univer
sity of Nebraska and its
students.
Some of ithose attacks
have been legitimate ones
and some, on the other
hand, would be very diffi
cult to back up. The latest
attack, for example, that
the majority of Nebraska
students employ one or.
more of a number of cheat
ing methods suggested by
Else, is a gross exaggera
tion. I do not defend cheating,
but I feel that attacks such
as Else's need at least a
few facts before they can
be taken seriously. Frank
ly, I am not surprised that
the Daily Nebraskan does
not hold higher journalistic
standards than what ap
pear in these broad, often
indefensible, generalized ar
ticles. In addition to the absence
of any facts, Mr. Else
gives no hint of a solution.
He lambasts students, fac
ulty and administration, but
does not indicate that he
has any constructive sug
gestions himself. After read
ing his last explosion of
sarcasm, I felt like, "So
what, what is wrong with
cheating?"
In humility I must admit
that Mr. Else's column
may be so filled with sub
leties that it has missed me
entirely. If that is the case,
I offer my most sincere
apologies to him and to the
Daily Nebraskan.
Incidentally, if this prob
lem is the result of a des
perate need to fill space, I
have a series of campaign
speeches that I will offer in
the name of my .good friend
A. E.. Neuman. Alfie is not
full of answers, but he has'
some suggestions.
Glenn Conner
Hats Off?
Dear Sir:
Hats off to someone for
their tremendous job of
ruining the Greek portion of
this years CORNHUSKER.
To call any of it literature,
would be even a worse slam
to literature than this
year's CORNHUSKER is to
the Greek System.
An annual can contribute
greatly as advertisement
for the University as well
as its organizations. I doubt
that these 75 pages will
impress even the most illit
erate of high school stu
dents Perhaps this year's CORN
HUSKER staff is making
an effort at reforming the
campus by bringing the
drinking and moral prob
lems to the front in its scen
ic pictures and tremendous
writings. If so, their prob
able success might be com
pared to the lasting effects
of a snowball in the fiery
inferno. Maybe their object
was comedy. If such be the
case, I doubt if any of
them will be hired by Max
Shulman.
I wish next years seniors
better luck in their en
deavors to receive a year
book which they aren't
OR ELSE
by john else
The officials of the United
States have played right in
to the hands of the Krem
lin. Why? Because we did
just exactly what they ex
pected us
to do, and
they were
pre sum
ing what
we would
do on the
basis of
what they
would do.
To be
more s p e-
cific, let's
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Else
assume that Nikita came to
Paris with the express pur
pose of destroying the con
ference and any progress
toward peace. The U.S.
had given him the ammu
nition to make the attempt
seem legitimate, so Big K
took advantage of it.
Then, after K an1 Ike ex
changed a few words of a
kind, K demanded an apol
ogy, not expecting, of course
to receive it. Ike could have
saved the conference and
ruined K's entire plot If he
had shocked the world with
an apology.
The question is why does
the U.S. have to act accord
ing to "Goren" when play
ing the cards on the inter
national scene? Do we play
by the same rules and with
the same basic premises as
do the Russians?
If we do, then we should
ask ourselves what differ
ence our basic assumptions
and professions have to do
with our actions. What
would it have meant if Ike
had given an apology? An
apology in the U.S. has
never meant that the per
son apologizing was en
tirely, or even most to
blame. It simply means
that one of the parties in
volved in an argument is
big enough to lay aside his
personal pride in order to
achieve a more important
goal.
. If our ideals cannot be
carried over onto the world
scene because of our fear
that other nations will
rather take this as a sign
of our weakness, then it is
about time that we started
to practice that which
we claim to be our ideal,
so that the nations of the
world will learn that what
we stand for is something
by which man can live suc
cessfully and peacefully.
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Annual Disappointing
To the Editor:
I received my Cornhusker
yesterday in a disorgan
ized mas- of students and
was thinking that it would
be worth all the confusion
when " got out of the crowd.
Unfortunately, however,
this was not the case.
Because my biggest in
terests in university life
fall within the realm of the
Greek world, I first turned
the pages to the fraternity
and sorority pictures. Ex
pecting to read compli
ments of house leadership
and accomplishments, and
things that lead one to
reminisce of the past year,
I was disgusted and disap
pointed to read remarks
and petty slams that one
expects to find in the Pixie
Press. ,
If the leaders of this
campus have no more in
tegrity or responsibility than
to display their talents in
this manner, I feel that the
Administration should come
to the aid of their imma
turity in some form of cen
sorship. It is not only a dis
grace right here on our
campus, but also shameful
when one thinks of other
campuses comparing our
annual with theirs. I wish
I had spent my $5.50 wisely.
A Disappointed Cornhusker
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MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF....
It was yesterday. The summit collapsed and
the world quivered. It was a time when the world
might well have quivered. It was yesterday, and it
is today, and today just
one nation is looked to
as the one hope of a
world which has often
dreamed o f freedom
since man first began
to dream.
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One land is expect
ed to provide a beacon,
a program in a world
shaky with unconfi
dence. The land is and
was of course, America
(The Beautiful) and My
Country 'tis of. But, the
child asks, what is it
that my country is of?
And on what are we
building our plans and toward what are we working.
wnere now, wnat now, what s the purpose?
In short, where are we, the free world's hope,
going? What's our purpose? We had one once.
me ouncung atners knew what their purpose was.
They turned it into something concrete a nation ,
founded on this earthly Atlantis a nation that was ;
to be endowed not only with the "unalienable rights" ,
but with nil thf matprinl rAaniircM man rnM haira
wished for. It was a country given land, water, coal
and freedom a nation in which the individual
piayea a Key rote, it was the hope of the world the
culmination of a dream.
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It still is, but the questionis what is our purpose
now? Is it merely to put our thumb in the dam
against communism, to maintain the status quo, or
1 h
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must there be more?
When LIFE looked for
a National Purpose in
the first of a series this
week, all the college col
umnists were asked to
write on one thing:
What do you at Podunk
U think is our national
purpose ?
Try answering that
in one quick sentence or
two or ten.
to use this opportun
ity which has been giv
en our people;
to wisely build unon
the individual freedoms;
to prove that civilizations need not crumble from
within when material prosperity has been achieved;
to prove perhaps, that there is inate value in the
individual man that society need not subordinate
the individual for the state;
to affirm proudly and yet humbly the doctrine of
human dignity which ought not be subordinated to
the goals of a self-perpetuating all-pervasive state;
and perhaps to believe in herself.
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