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From fie Editor:
A Liberal View
The author was disturbed
by Student Council's han
d 1 i n g of the interviews
Wednesday for student po
sitions on t h e Publications
Board. The questions and,
in several instances, the
conduct of the Council
members showed both a
lack of knowledge of the
" organization for which
they were selecting persons
and of the. caliber of the
applicants.
With a few exceptions,
ihe same bloc of members
consistently asked ques
tions of the applicants. Few
of these questions allowed
the applicant a chance to
show whether they really
knew anything about the
Pub Board. The individual
applicant's ability to slip
in a few comments on the
side was the only way in
which he or she could ac
tually show that he or she
had the necessary quali
ties. For instance, the ques
tion of how much time a
person would put in if he
or she were chosen is rath
er senseless when the
Council member asking it
probably had no idea of
how much time the job
takes. The only answer to
such a question is, "As
much time as is necessary
to do a good job." Only
about half of the appli
cants used that answer.
When a grade average
requirement is pat en a
position as it is in this
case, it would seem that
the Council wonld only be
concerned with whether the
applicant had ai average
above the requirement, not
whether he ar she had ai
8.3 n a I t. Public aa
Bouocement of a high aver
age tends to annecessarfly
influence a person, whea
the candidate with a I.I
could be much more quali
fied thai the candidate
with a 8.L Many campus
leaders have chosen to de
vote their time more to
activities than scholarship
and for that reason may
not have as high aa aver
age but are just as quali
fied if not more so.
The conduct ol the Coun
cil in its selection of the
junior member was highly
improper and in poor taste,
in this author's opinion.
The author is not attempt
ing to show prejudice one
way or another. However,
ft is safe to say that Coun
cil members had their
minds made up before the
candidates were even in
terviewed, on the basis of
the fact that one of the
two applicants had pre
vious experience on the
Pub Board.
The author is not at
tempting to make a mar
tyr out of the defeated ap
plicant, but she was not
given a fair interview be
canse the Council had
made a premature deci
t ion. Experience should
not be the only criterion
in judging a person for
appointment to any office.
This has been proved time
and time again by repre
sentatives of the people in
positions of importance in
our government. If experi
ence were the only criterion
considered. Earl Long
would have been elected
lieutenant Governor of
Louisiana and Adlai Ste
venson would have been
ijomiiiated again for the
Presidency. (This state
ment is not intended to
place the two men in the
same category as far as
intelligence). The author
would not dwell on this
point so bog were it not
for the fact that a member
cf the nominating commit
tee, which interviewed and
selected the finalists, told
the author that be thought
experience alone in his
case was enough to qualify
the applicant.
Secondly, in the author's
opinion, except for the ex
perience aspect the appli
cant who was selected pos
sessed no more qualifica
tions than the defeated ap
plicant and has not dem
onstrated an interest in the
publications other than at
tending the meetings of the
board, and possibly read
ing them. Ia other words,
he has not discussed with
the author, the editor of
The Daily Nebraskan in
this case, what improve
ments if any could be
made in the paper that he
as a Pub Board member
might attempt to put into
effect.
Finally, the attitude f
the Council toward journal
ism majors has bees car
ried to an extreme exag
geration of the naUfr nt
and. I( is clear to this
By cr6 Probasco
author .that members of
the nominating committee
who have had experience
on campus publications
have exercised unfairly
their influence is regard
to this question. For this
reason, questions were
asked such as, "If t w o
persons were equally quali-1
fied for a position on a I
publication and one was a
journalism major, which
person would job select." 1
In the first place, to pro-
pose such a hypothetical
case such as this is as-
suming that such a situa- i
tion might occur and this 1
is highly unlikely. I
Secondly, this is a load- I
ed question ia the light it
is asked, because the Coun. 1
cil has demonstrated anti-
journalism feeling in the
interviews and as s a eh
would likely be against a
candidate who answered I
that he or she would se- I
lect the person with the
journalism major. I
It would seem only logi- I
cal that since the publica- I
tions in question do require I
a certain amount of jour- 1
aalism depending on how
far one advances, the jour-
nalism major would na- I
rurally be more qualified i
on the basis that he or I
she knows the subject on
which the publications are
based. This is more true I
in the case of The Daily 1
Nebraskan than in th e 1
Cornhusker but neverthe-1'
less, it is applicable to I
both publications. The ma- I
jority of staff members in 1
the past, from the first To the editor:
editor of The Daily Ne- I .
braskan to the present s The wnter "presses deep
have been journalism ma- i regret through the esteemed
jors or have taken many i "lumns of the4UDa! Ne"
journalism courses and en-1 braskan over tt Penn-V
tered the field. The paper I Muinute" "ef iiem
does not seem to have suf- i wluch PPI Monday,
fered. This is not to say I 0ct' 10- on front Page
that there have not been I of e D . .
outstanding persons on the 1 e Mortar. Board anj
staff who have not been 1 AWS rePresentatlves must
journalism majors but 1 have given enough xliouht
even the simplest rules of I 10 decide whether a fine of
reasoning would suggest to 1 ,penny a minute" posed
a person that being a jour- I on coeds Lving in Uni"
nalism major is an asset 1 versity rec0nized houses
and should be considered I returning late after 12:30
as such rather than a han- I p m- 'lU do them good
dicap, The writer frankly admits
As 'for the charge 'that I his iff" about fl"
journalism majors on Pub 1 nal results of this imPs'
Board will create a situa- Uon how m u c h good
tion nhere non-journalism I ? iL Bu f
majors will not be treated above coUectlon deeP!v
equally, this is ridiculous con an? o the forei2n
and results from personal I st"dents- ,'. .
grudges formed byeveral I Here m H1 Ln,vcrsity: an
individuals average foreign student
After all, what b t h e c Uv" jnJ?is own
School of Journalism- be- I tLtt,e. lth LttIf c0""
sides 151 students and sev- I Uct Hi Amen"
ea faculty members? A 1 "n "e. The American
matter of maeh greater I lo for American
concent would be present 1 g's and " versa and
if tw. or more members I h e J .M ""ly a c 1 o s e
from one fraternity irw-l friendship between an
lority were a the beard f Amencan and a foreip
aad ased thU as a means I SutJin.
u "load" the staff with f e ut2Iizat,'," of
feflow members. If the If e ab?ve. fin ?"ectn
great bond exUU as the I JOT .he,f," t0 e
cUacfl would lead as to foreign students around the
believe, betweea Journalism 1 f3 of Nebraa
students, this author is not i Uiny 1brttf feeL"3S
aware of it. among the American stu-
Needless to say, the au-1 f"? to focign
thor was not satisfied with 1 d wh.ch the foreign stu-
the manner in which the f ffef
interviews were conducted. " aPPreclale- lmt?r(:
As for improving the situa- TlterK fat
tion, the author offers the I 9 fine thld
following suggestions. In- I existing liv-
stead of Student CouncQ I Z" of, ,homes
interviewing and appoint- J ,haI1 a"d 001 m
ing the member,, place f ere arf 101 oth'
this task in the hinds of I f J' whl f0
a body more qualified to 1 cittt take"
judge the applicants, such I arf"nd the sla!c d ll u ab"
as Pub Board itself. The i szry.
faculty members would be I A foreign Student,
able to judge the applicants i e pen'ly " m,,,Bte '
more intelligently a n d I Pose4 as i One, ratb-
would not be inclined to I V" "f
let politics enter into their I mch t'r, 1
decisions nt hour past dosiag
Coupled with this change I tlmt' a he r h" da,1'
would be an alteration in 1 payl " ,or ch ml
the length of the term the I viehe, 'l? pa,t
student member w o o 1 d 1 al. eif ' m " f"
serve. In order to allow! deDu this
for experienced members, fl"'- '"J moit e"
provided they are quali- i fre haVPT tra
fied. a rvrtPm h,Z w I hoQr Pnd with their
the interviewing b o a r d 1 iat nd "? ref
would proceed to select a i fa f ?ay " cenU'
senior for a one year term, I F't" ,,p,nsorrd
a Junior for a two year bf M9rtar ard
term and a sophomore for I al year studeat de
a three year term. Each 1 T p. ffyfbr tetli1
year, one sophomore would 1 tmJT MiJ9rs "uatfr
then be chosen for a three part frem hfvin 3 pay he
year term, thus eliminating " "If1 f otheT,
the situation where a mem I BighU' "9 "M , ei
ber has to leave the board 1 " " ?
about the time he has! ,tad' ihe f a"",ed Uie
caught on to the situation-1 minuttt' which u "rta
This, coupled with the sug- l-"m0Dnt Tt accumulated in
gestion that Pub Board in-1 "5t ta e,n,Pn- edl
terview the candidates i tor
woul-? place two itudrati
l?irl darin! tater' 1 Early Opening
views for. the sophomore 1 J 19
applicant each year. Iodi- i n . t. ,
viduals and g r o u p s con-f T Z L '
terned would do wen to I umhrT tkket U for
conSid. tfJL I the Fafl Show, KK wfll open
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tonight to accomodate
WAITING FOR THE CUE
Inside
By Phil Boroff
Current Lincoln motion
picture theatres are offer
ing films with little interest
for the college student This
evening's Kosmet K 1 u b
"Historical Hysterics' and
tomorrow's Army football
game will attract the larg
.est college audiences this
weekend. However, for
those few persons who may
wander into a motion pic
ture theatre during the next
few days, here's an analy
sis of current film offer
ings: The Subterraneans, a Metro-Gold
wyn-Mayer picture
starring Leslie C a r o n,
George Peppard, Janice
Rule and Roddy McDowaU
In 'Jack Kerouac's novel,
the basis for this film, beat
niks of San Francisco's
North shore were fairly in
teresting people; in this film
adaptation, they are com
pletely dull. Leslie Caron, of
"Lili" and "Ggi," and the
entire cast get so involved
with their stereotyped parts
that they ach.eva nothing
but talk. "Like, man ....
it's a drag."
Desire la The Dust, a
Twentieth Century-Fox pic
ture starring Raymond
Burr, Martha Hyer and
Joan Bennett.
With a title like this,
what can a view possibly
expect?, It's obviously an
imitation of the screen
adaptations of the writings
of William Faulkner. But
even its "fratricide, insan
ity, adultery, and sugges
tions of incest" are trite, un
real situations. At least Ray
mond Burr gets to play a
part different from his high
ly successful interpretation
of TV's "Perry Mason."
The Crowded Sky, a War
ner Brothers pictures star
ring Dana Andrews. Rhon
da Fleming. Efrem Zimbal
ist, Jr., John Kerr, Anne
Francis, Kennan Wynn and
Troy Donahue.
This past summer your
reviewer was employed at
Alton Wilkes' Lakes Region
I3THIM LINDELLMil
MINNEAPOLIS ST A
View
Playhouse, a summer stock
theatre in Laconia, New
Hampshire. Among the
plays given was a fine pro
duction of "Two for the
Seesaw" with Dana An
drews in his Broadway role
of Omahan Jerry Ryan.
During one of several infor
mal conversations with An
drews, "The Crowded
Sky" happened to be men
tioned. Andrew's immedi
ate reply was, "It's a bad
picture." After viewing the
him, how can anyone con
test his observation?
Prisoner of the V 1 g a,
a Paramount picture star
ring John Derek, Elsa Mar
tinelli and Dawn Adams.
This completely unin
spired foreign 'epic import
of Czarist Russia joins
"Hercules," "Hercules Un
changed," "The Giant of
Marathon," and similar en
tries as among the worst
pictures ever released.
AI ii inn us Gives'
Graduate Review
Two University graduates,
and a former Law College
Dean are featured in this
month's Nebraska Alumnus.
Representative Walter
Judd Rep.-Minn.) and Ted
Sorenson, strong Kennedy
backer, are presented in the
October issue by Dick Baso-
co, a 1960 graduate of the
University.
Also featured is Dean
David Dow and Dr. Harold
Edgerton.
Dean Dow, the tenth dean
of th? Law College, has
planned a program to afford
attorneys greater opportunity
to continue their legal educa
tion. Dr. Edgerton, a 1925 grad
uate, is presently at Massa
chusetts Institute of Technol
ogy and is acclaimed as the
father of stroboscopic pho
tography. GUTCH'S BEST
thmcm Kmmi, Oct. 14
Strictly
By Sam Jensen
Let's return to the Great
Debate between Nixon and
Kennedy not just the
television part of it, but al
so the words as they are
rep orted
from Bill- ,
l n g s to
Biloxi.
AU over
the coun
try, Ken
nedy has
been telling
A m e r i- "
ca that it is a second rate
power and that the United
States under Ihe leadership
of President Eisenhower
has been los:rg prestige.
This . Kennedy theme of
weakness might be success
ful for him under two re
lated conditions. They are
that the American voters
are made fearful by his
talk nd then, as a result,
the voters seek Kennedy is
a Messiah a man of
strength who can save
nation from almost impend
ing nuclear destruction.
Bui I doubt that even if
the American voter is made
fearful that !fe will turn to
the inexperienced junior
senator from Massachus
etts. This is the junior senator
who claims the Adminis
tration has been forgetting
Africa. He says he knows
aU about this, continent for
he is chairman of the Af
rica committee of the Sen
ate. But, look at the record.
In 1960, a year of increas
ing turmoil in Africa, Ken
nedy didn't caU his c o re
mittee together even once.
Yes, Sen. Kennedy tells
the people in PocateUo that
America is weak and has
hit a low in prestige
but, the man in the street
can pick up a newspaper
and read about Nikita Khru
shchev at the United Na
tions and this voter might
wonder: "If our prestige is
low is Russia's any
higher?"
K. came to the U-S.-o
achieve, Soviet diplomatic
victory." What did he win?
Nothing.
He tried to put his can
didate in as President of
the General Assembly. He
failed.
He tried to re-establish,
the Communist controlled
government in the Congo
and he failed.
Khrushchev wanted to re
vamp the U.N. by substi
tuting a three-man body
SMART
AND
LOVELY
HAMILTON
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ThJftlm J00O, S6SJ0 i
Aroeocan campu. To mtch this modem nm;(t.
. . tl 'WW own for years to coma.
-3 iz.ro
-Hj creator of th. world', fjrjj e,.ctric wateh
Partisan
for the Secretary General.
He failed in this.
He wanted to fire Dag
Hammarskjold. He tried to
get Red China admitted.
Twice more he failed. '
And he failed vhen he
tried to move the U.N. out
of New York and when he
tvipA tn coll hie nrmvtcola
for disarmament to other
nations.
The only satisfaction Ni
kita probably has had in
the last week is in reading
that Sen. Kennedy -rga
cede two outposts of free
dom off Formosa to Red
China. He might have
thought that the blackout
on Communist terricrial
expansion over the past
eight years wduld soon end.
During the recent TV de
bate, Mr. Nixon said:
?I remember the . period
immediately before the Kor
ean War. South Korea was
supposed to be indefensible
as well. Generals testified
to that, and Secretary
Acheson made a speech
. . . indicating in effect
that South Korea was be
vond the defense zone of
the United States."
But we were forced to
defend Korea, indefensible
as it was.
The Vice President
pointed out that these two
islands, Quemoy and Matsu,
are in the "area of free
dom." If we get off them, he
said, we begin a chain re
action, because the Com
munists aren't interested
in these islands, they are
interested in Formosa.
And from there . . . ?
Mr. Nixon said at Chicago
that the only answer m a
strategy of victory for Com
munism is a strategy for
victory for the Free World
. . . but does our stra.ey
begin with a retreat from
Quemoy or Matsu it
does it begin with the
drawing of the line a
line that is freedom.
So far. Sen. Kennedy's
generalizations of doom and
gloom have not been very
convincing. Some may wish
fully hope that he wiU ajon
be able to substantiate his
charges of weakness and
loss of prestige.
But in the meantime.
many of us from all per
suasions, wiU not subscribe
to an undocumented propo
sition that the United
States has both hands tied
behind its back. We just
rof 1 1 co t n Ha on o raA Kw
either Jack-o-lanterns or
Jack.
LEAN
AND
HANOSOMF
HAMILTON
FOR
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