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EDITORIAL OPINION
Want to Celebrate
With a Turkey?
Would you like to celebrate vacation with a turkey?,
This week thousands of the holiday birds will be
slaughtered for the Thanksgiving weekend. Also, this
week, hundreds of drivers will be slaughtered on our
highways.
The first vacation period of the year is upon us. For
a few days we will be able to catch up on some of the
lost sleep, forgotten studies or inactive social affairs.
By Wednesday the campus will be a barren area once
again. Most of the students will be going home or to
friends homes. Many of us will be driving long distances,
some of us will drive as far as 500 miles or more just to
get home.
In the rush to get to our "Main Streets" let's not for
get the safe highway laws enacted by our state. Each of
them is there for a purpose.
Last week, tho Lincoln section of t h e Interstate
opened. It's there to speed up the traffic flow, but not to
make an Indianapolis race winner out of every driver
who travels on it.
If the weather forecasts continue to call for clear
weather, Nebraska may see a record traffic flow on the
roads this weekend. Let's not contribute to another rec
ord, the death toll.
Holiday seasons are the rush periods for not only the
average John Q., but also the motto makers and sign
painters. One of the best we've heard for a long time
goes like this:
If you're 21 don't go over 65. If you're 65, don't go
under 21. (D.C.)
Staff Views
BOVINE VIEWS
by Jerry Lamberson
A great opportunity campus, it looks like quite
awaits every Ag College an afternoon,
student on Dec. 1, as a it may be quite an after
number of professional rep- noon on the Ag campus
resentatives will come to especially if all the 950 plus
the campus to discuss some students attend the confer
possible careers for stu- ence. However in past ob
dents, servations of conferences
Each of th 950 plus Ag and convocations, it seems
students will have the op- like they're always a few
portunity to participate in who take advantage of the
three sessions of their situation and use the free
choice and find out the time as a holiday,
basic requirements of that Dr. Eldridge, has d i s-
profession as well as how missed classes on the as-
lt is related to other pro- sumption that there would
fessions. be practically 100 per cent
This year's conference of the Ag students in at
has been expanded to in- tendance at the confer
clude all Ag students in- ence. A few city campus
stead of the upperclassmen. classes may cause some to
The committee which miss the conference, but
planned the program said there should be no sym
that they expanded the con- pathy for the students who
ference for two reasons, fail to attend the confer
One that this program in- ence without a valid ex
cludes two afternoon ses- cuse.
sions as well as the eve- in order to help keep the
ring session. The other attendance up at the con
reason is that In including ference, Dr. Eldridge is
the underclassmen, they keeping a record of all
will get an opportunity to those that attend the con
find more about different ference These records will
professions so that they be kept in a file and be
can plan their college cur- referred to w h e n students
riculum according to their come in to apply for jobs
interests. Up0n graduation. If s t u-
Juniors and seniors who dents fail to attend the con
have selected their prob- ference, they should not ex
able profession, will have pect help from Dr. Eld
the opportunity to look for ridge's office in securing a
jobs. Many of the represen- job, he said,
tives plan to stay a day or i essence, if the students
so longer in order to talk are not interested in their
with those seeking jobs future and attend the job
upon graduation. opportunity conference, the
The whole conference has faculty will do little to help
been set up in an orderly them because they have
fashion and with no after- failed to take advantage of
noon classes on the Ag a great opportunity.
Nebraskan Letterip
Criticizes Union tions seem to have wonder
, . j r ful escaPe value for the hard
Jax8 and Java working student, but to ap
To the editor: ply the "Jazz" to their per
One of the most important formance is a definite mis
advances jazz has made in nomc.
recent years (to the delight If this type of music is
of the jazz enthusiast) has desired by the students,
been the development of the and it seems to be by the
recognition that a separa- large turnout, all well and
tlon, a wide separation, ex- good, but won't someone
ists between the art of Dave please have some pity and
Brubeck and Fats Domino, respect for those who are
A Friday afternoon venture under the delusion that jazz
at the Crib, illiteratively is something more, and
entitled "Java and Jazz" change the name of the Fri
seems to be trying, alas, to day session to something
once mqre narrow the gap. like "The University of Ne
I do not think that there braska Dance Party." I am
Is anything particularly de- sure even larger crowds
cadent about a group of would show up and that
three guitarists playing those of us who like our
"Rawhide," "Running music in a slightly different
Bear" and various other form could congregate else
sundry classics of our time where and not be in any
with accompanying danc- body's way.
Ing; In fact, such exhibl- Gary Stollak
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From the University Press
Chisholm's Journal Has Literary
Qualities That Enhance Its Value
South Pass, 1868: James
Chisholm's Journal of the Wy
oming Gold Rush, introduced
and edited by Lola M.
Homsher. (University of
Nebraska Press, 1960. 244
pages. $4.50.)
Reviewed by
James C. Olson
Compared with those in
California, Colorado, Dako
ta, Montana, and Nevada,
the Wyoming Gold Rush
did not amount to much.
Still, it seemed important
enough to the editor of the
Chicago Tribune to justify
the sending of a special
correspondent to the South
Pass gold fields to report
on the activities of the
prospectors.
The correspondent a
frail, flute-playing Scots
man named James Chis
holm did not file many
dispatches, but he did keep
a journal. This journal, pre
served for many years in
Chisholm's family and now
in the library of the Wyom
ing State Archives and His
torical Department, is one
of the few authentic docu
ments of the Wyoming gold
rush in existence.
Aside from its importance
as source material, C h i s
holm's journal has literary
qualities which enhance its
value and elevate it above
the level of most western
diaries. Reading Chisholm
provides entertainment as
well as an understanding of
what life was like in the
Wyoming of the late 1860's.
An introductory essay and
editorial notes by Lola M.
Homsher, Director of the
Wyoming State Archives
and Historical Department,
fit Chisholm and his jour
nal into their historical set
ting. The book is illustrated
with some of Chisholm's
own drawings.
"South Pass, 1868" is Vol
ume III of the Pioneer Her
itage Series recently
launched by the University
of Nebraska Press to pre
sent the history of the
Trans - Missouri West
through the eyes of the peo
ple who made that history,
to enable the reader, in
the words of the Press, "to
perceive the American fron
tier experience with a new
immediacy, with a solid
awareness of how it felt to
be living in our west a
hundred, or seventy-five,
or fifty years ago."
The first two volumes in
the series received wide
critical acclaim. There is
every reason to believe
that this one will receive
similar treatment.
Independent Col
Becomes Weekly
Berkeley, Cal. (UPS) -Lack
of funds to cover
printing costs has forced
the Independent Californian
to switch from daily to
weekly publication, accord
ing to Editor Dan Silver. -
Although 500 subscriptions
have been sold, Silver said
the papsr can no longer af
ford the daily printing
costs.
By Eric Sevareid
The President-elect's first
order of urgent internation
al business is not, as it
turns out, to shore up the
alliance by direct Ameri
can action
to streng
then our al
lies, but to
shore it up
by persuad
ing our al
lies to ac
tion that
will streng
then Ameri
ca. Our sys
tem of alliances has never
been put to its fundamental
peace-time test. That comes
when we seek to discover
if the system works in
both directions; until now
it has worked mostly in
one direction, with Ameri
ca the habitual giver and
guarantor. Now we need
our allies' quick and con
certed help, and it is pos
sible that by the time these
words are printed some
thing sizeable may have
been done.
We have to ask them to
save, not American soil or
cities, but the value of the
American dollar. They have
it in their power to break
down the dollar because
central banks abroad hold
around ten billion in dollar
securities and if they should
follow the recent rush of
the private speculators into
gold, the dollar will crack
in world markets it has
already been "psychologic
ally" devalued and the
long, post-war period of
America's bold generosity
with troops, weapons, loans,
g r a n t a and investments
abroad would fairly surely
begin to close. The new
President could find, strugg
ling with an angry Con
gress, that America will be
"on the move again," but
back toward previously un
prepared positions, not to
ward his new frontiers.
The best of our allies are
anxiously aware of this pos
sibility; the Russians are
eagerly aware of it. Both
are coming to believe,
though with different emo
tions, that unless the dollar
is strongly bolstered and
now Mr. Kennedy cannot
initiate his domestic spend
ing program for defense and
welfare without further and
possibly disastrous conse
quences to the dollar's buy
ing and charity power
abroad. Operating a basic
ally inflationary program
at home and an internation
al currency abroad presents
a fundamental dilemma.
Mr. Kennedy is caught
squarely in it.
In considerable measure
the present fierce pressure
on the dollar is the result of
our bold generosity in
spending with our allies.
It is perfectly true that we
have done this in our own
long-term Interest. It is also
perfectly true that unless
they now exhibit a bold
generosity toward saving
the dollar, their own long
term interests, wheth
er measured In sterling or
francs or marks or yen,
will suffer badly In the gen
eral economic degeneration.
The first act, then, to
ward shoring up our alli
ances must come from our
allies. The second must and
surely will come from Mr.
Kennedy the appointment
to the key foreign policy
and embassy posts of the
kind of first rate diplomats
our allies send to us. This
exchange is now in drastic
Imbalance. As one goes
down the liat Britain,
France, Germany, Italy,
Japan and various lesser
nations it is quite clear
that in most cases their
envoys to us outmatch our
own to them in experience,
sophistication and linguis
tics. One may add to this
NATO and the UN. For
Europe, the bizarre truth is
that our most distinguished
and Impressive diplomat Is
a soldier, General Norstad.
The appointments may
have been made by the
time this Is printed. For the
record then, if for nothing
else, let It be said once
more that, besides Mr. Ach
eson, the one American
with ready-made entry to
the governments and the
esteem of all European al
lies is Mr. Stevenson.
It is common gossip that
Mr. Kennedy is cool toward
Stevenson not only because
of his role in the convention
campaigning, but because
of Stevenson "indecisive
ness." Agonizingly indeci
sive he has been, indeed.
But a truth about the man
has finally dawned on me
and should be understood
by Mr. Kennedy and his ad
visors as well. It is this:
that the agony and the In
decision came into play only
when Stevenson confront
ed decisions about his own
life, his personal future;
and his inherent modesty
was a strong element in
these internal struggles.
On objective problems
Stevenson is and always
was a thoroughly decisive
man. This was apparent as
we watched him make re
peated tough decisions on
the Illinois police and Il
linois patronage, for exam
ple, when he was governor.
It was apparent In 1952
when he quickly took the
boldest imaginable stands
against the tidelands oil
pressure, against politically
organized labor, against the
professional veterans and
the McCarthyites. It was
apparent in 1956 with his
bold positions on atomic
testing, the draft and the
Middle East menace.
Dial. i960, by the Hall Synd., lac.
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