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Page 2 The Nebroskon Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1960 EDITORIAL OPINION Registrar Infected By Military Bug "Uh, Oh! Vxa going to be late to my 0S0Q. This may be a frequent cry of chronic oversieepers next semester as another step in "The Case of the Con fused Student versus Dr. Hoover" is added to the already snafu setup of registration ad causeum. We refer to the new class schedule hook that goes into effect this coming semester. Presented without future warning to the student body, by way of the Student Coun cil it calls for the listing of class hours by the military system, or 0100 through 24C0. So don't g?t excited, girls, if you see li o'cloeks in your schedule book. It is all a plan to see that you are subject to the rigors of militar ism along with the men in ROTC. Also, as part of the latest automation, prerequisities have been removed to "eliminate errors" in registering. What it all boils down to is that if a mistake is made under the new system, you can blame your adviser rather than take the blame yourself. Look for a run on college catalogues, shortly. We will admit to one improvement in the new arrange ment Remember the long string of white cards? Well, the fellow that used the information has finished his book and we can get by with only one "bear down"" slip. There are 123 copies to bear down on, but we'll make it George Orwell fcadat seen anything when he wrote 1964. We're already there and it's only lifcW. In a few years too can expect students to be known only by their IBM number. Professors wiH recognize us in class as Mr. or Miss 39647. etc Actually, our big gripe is that this policy is made without consulting the students for their reaction. It is for us that the University exists and we would - like to know of changes, such as the one we have just discussed, before they go into effect Who knows, the new system may be for the better. I doubt it, but even if it was, the real issue is that we deserve to know what is coming our way before it bits us. - International Group Off to Good Start Oct preaching may not nave had any bearing, bat the large tarnout for the formation ff the Nebraska In ternational Association (N1A) shows that interest in for eign student relations is high on the campus. Any tame 119 students turn out for an organizational Ejecting e any type, bad more so off the nature ff this new group, it is gratifying. Even though the majority were foreign students, this is mot dijowraging. since al!y recently the problem f convincing these students ff mar sincerity was being faced. As is the problem with any organization in its infant stage, the N1A faces a rough road in attracting fresh ideas to keep its nucleus off members interested and ac tive. Its organizers are, and have been, hard at wwk. though, and they should be able to keep the mechanism ramming smoothly iff all hands ewperate. It is mr hcpe that the early success ff MA i$ an io dkatMsa ff tJlaings to came and that all students win be camme a part ff the same body and all will be Xetoras- tans. Nebraskaii Letterip Inelatic Demand Seen for Union Ta the e&,itwr: Ceai Letter to Al Bennett, SJanajKsr, SCadmt UniKaa: Iteffir Mr. Bennett: As a Bafisiiness Adnmiuis teratusoi griSxate ff the LMvers, the law ff sw$ py aasi deamaid is cam i kuwHede to me, and I Swipe to ym alsan. Same yum have raised the Trih's" prares to nseet aroi ssnrpass the cffl casmjiTiBs eat ing ftees totj have nafistired an iDelastike dennand so cr taa items, naveaaTi yiwi? Perhaps yroa dant seJl as vzzzj c se items as wesre susy im past years. Iff basaaess hasal faSei S, rra sjmijK'iisai. Skszt jejt hadiffiaiii is a sSawJonl, I ja gssft to the Causm care in a wtt, I haTe been dManrtjel rear the chasgEs in the (palsty t the ffaml hm& ffaar the feeG erl airJ the pikes iw the past year aad a Bia" fam -Campus Roundup Immigration Service Won't Boot Picketer Berkdley, CaL The CmiiafiJ Spates IxjgiaijfiHji Serviicc reversed iiseSff aunal decidei Kft to fssnce Jufea is&m&m, 4 &e Ctenersslty ff CaE$iw w, emitt ff the owEHy te caacse he parteed the Ejose CeiasaaiStBe n CB-AateiKaa dsartes J. Eechie. rc-gxm-al imiaiipaCagmi daneitor, said that the case had hem carefiTr recscsjdwed be caaae Jisraa's drpartaare wwM be a isss to the erity jsrrssss. JvuttuSt5 may reaa'a is tMs cdssfry Ental Ancjssl 2L The rsliaEf af aisat Jsfeais tra cpheJd the tsew that it wras ""ml ff feie far a fffflr st3csl to pkkzt a C5?Ea&itee f Ceczres." J.u2sSffia, a iasyftysacist, las beea a teaching aad re s2Tzh asj3ci2!e, as weU as radxate stsisrst, at the Daily IVehraskan Utm&tt AmriiM CWiorte Tram, tatefwatimal rren T&i& t Xmmm 2. S!wrM turn. Limb, Xeartda. :tevtt-ove ruts old H!l A K Tlewfcw EZ T-Zai. ext. tJ5. r mm w& sa much as a few weeks ij when I imatuicd yon chamfej! to "saft ke creaaa"" ia yodjr muuts. My what a jjraht yom raKst make! Yea are mw connmpetiiicg with ae If yr eihhsiirs; mly their tEalSs M the sanne jiaality are cheaper. The Crib msed to have : sSaramt food at "stauHeisl praws'"' ami I aam very sac- ; ry to see that this has! cfcaEed Iff the stadeats are heJfKEf ssappiDit the SSaaieEt i Ujniaai with part ff their tan- i tecfflL why fia ya ei4 starh : a proffiit a fiMii itecms? ; M'jst the mrwiJiSiHni desigi da away cwptete-Jy with the i ffiU ""crsh sfariSL?"" Iff y o m wasl giexpeisive ke: creaao. why ismj it at whaiaesal rates ffrotn t b c i llnnrersiity ffXebraskaj dairy which has sSeSsaxBis ! ke creaa? I aarn a!s srry far their j havi2$ to raise the pae$. I wmosSer iff they have feJi the Dipeeie ff am iaseiassiic jteanajsj yet? Oiizaljtfth Faxats. i Oaiversilry t CalfienLLa I saate 13S6. Caahriiixe, Mass. Aa ea- tinmaJei 2a8 Harvard aad 1 BaifcEfe sJodeaito hae I saaed a f oxar miost peliilwia 1 cnt i: x rg C. psficks to ward Odha. The petiiSaism, spajtsamed by the HarrarstRa;fcSiTe liher al Cejot, KKEIXT), crjel aa ead to the "ffl caramveaT emharfa. riSiLg2ess to l&eiiae'' ver GutaElajca 9 Bay and aa eiLwl keep pea avenoies ff cass maunkaix It sl&j Krgfd PresiiiaEl Eiisejshujwer mot to cBEjai3t his saccessisr ir revccahlly m the Cffihaa is saie.. Peter LiviEgsto-se, Pres desst ff ERLU erpJaioed the aim ff the pffitim is to re uajjnid the gweransent that ""seEtirisesrt exists whkh is jasd to the coarse the U.S. has bwa taifz." If Wishes Were White Horses; Eric Spins His Magic Wand By Erie Sevareid Iff wishes were white horses, the social critic, if mot the beggar, wald ride at the head off the Iaaatg; ar al parade djwm Peomsyl t a n i a A v ea ue; and if the crank haaxJIe ff the White House ma i ta e -graph roa chiaie were a in a g i c warnd. we as we span imt exectLtive rders, Beholid the wwo drois trai&sfdratKMiis to which hit iak-simiiidged pa per tablets wjwffild c o tn lEaad the cwnctry: Beaanty we wm!d rder, ami the people wcild have aaian the legacy their fre f aihers coimmiLiitlied to their tare the Ammeriicaa land scape with the scabrous bbtcards, the sdaot eyes ff Bernm sias. the jsjEi yard canrac a heaps all varnished lite a nightmare aad the sp&cktm gSry ff the laad VTe wfflffild sanEmo ffrana their Th-ipr.m.g pCaces thssse architects wh kaew a!2 the time that a box cff g!ass aad mietal is scarcely a wrk ff art, that the hucmaB eye wearies ff straight lames, that aly the tsalisral snib stasifces f wsd aad stoe and clay acannmnicdate trace ami twilight assd the shiae ff hifh bkmhb, asd that net ivy bat nakters are the Ely i'vmg thimjs that grow a ahintiiiiinoa asd jUass. We wwid rder tbe eae f daiy biaj that nt space aad w weaA im ply. We ww3d dispel tbe BMtdera pla$we i mtcia&i cal beetles. ed tbe rmw arcQy abaadMraest f mt cities to the awtoaubOe. aad sake mt great ra Bsclties cities M mam tmtr mt. PfjJe wtcld traiel hy fast taSerarbaa ftUie traitfrt ac Gd iateaded the ewauaster t travel. hasp)e targB the ffieU I -"mm I U V 1 ate- iilalh 2g f finest priat n the lei ssrely KirniB paper. The edifice engraved upaa et paper ciunreoey Would EtA be the Treas ury boMuag b6ft the Su preme Court of justice, symfcwl of sir nw income tax system which would provide no nmore escape hatches for the business owner than it does for the wage and salary worker that is. none at all We m oidd not merely sing but shout, for joy as we spun out the - orders stop ping the bequest and trust fund deduction gimmicks whereby the very rich may hoard masterpieces of art and. educate their children at virtually no cost to them selves whatever. We would baldly assert that human flesh wears ut at least as rapidly as a steel tractor aad permit a npsrcent-a-year dedactiom to every worker by hand r brain aJter the afe ff forty, un der tax form line A-I "human depreciation. We expect t stay with this jasticc tae, ehxia pafie glats ia ooe hand, all through laaagvratiea auht aad to bell with the red-eyed r red-isk haig oier. til we fix tJiiajs so aa Ai&ericaa X e g r no igtr has his private ex plaaatioa of why the God dess of Jastice is at oaly Ikiad bat white, aad aatil a hospital roam for a tfeCd wKh aaeaiaiis no loajrer costs as nach as a saite at the WaMorf for a cb paay rice presideat wish aa expense aecoaai. When we start waving otzr magic crank handle over the federal bureasKra cy hold your hat we wj equip every "ia"' aad "-sEt" basket in Washsnglisn wdb the raorag-ffloor me chanical principle an! elM irte boch baefab and g:t-hleiyfk as the local trapses, replac jig t h e ra w;t the one other people know as plain EnLh. The prefixes "inter" and "co" i-J d.e out f the language as we mow down superflu ous committees. We win in GIRLS: stall Big Brother is Watch ing You television screens in every office of State, Defease and Atomic Ener gy, after which amy more contradictory policy state ments from officials in these three establishments win mean instant exile to Santiago de Cuba. In the realm of world pol icy will cause simple Truths to dawn at both ends of Pennsylvania Av enue in a blinding double sunrise of common sense, to wit: That "tlosiag the missile gap is not the real secur ity problem. The real prob lems, pending a start oa m stall disarmameat which is suit far off, are preveat ing sarprise attack or ac cidental war aad the spread f atomic weapoas to other aatioas. That we wont even begiin to penetrate the dangerous mysteries f Commu nist China until we can talk with her. That the United Nations is the ""parliament of man"' only in terms ff debate, ret ff legislation, and that assembling representatives from all govemmeats, in cluding maay ff the most corrupt and ignorant on earth, does not transform the institution into the "conscience off mankind- That aa aver-al! "settfe memV with a worU revo bitioaary force is a roatra dictioa ia terms. WeH, we could spin the magic wand for hours yeL But sparrows are starting to chatter in the back gar den. A milk wagon just rat tled past en Pennsylvania Avenue. We will stack the paper windrow ff wishes on the real President's desk, fountain pen beside it, then swing down the Tru man balcony, scuttle across the Eisenhower potting green, and 1 i k e a lepre chaun (who else under stands the Irish?! hide in the nearest magnolia to dis cover if the new Presideat, unlike his defeated oppon ent, swears a government time. The Captain Suggests You Shop Now for Christmas Featuring Bay Rum and' Sweaters Staff Vietcs Just A Nebraska isn't as bad off as some people may think. Last week at a college newspaper session most of the "problems that face this campus didn't even reach the floor during the discussion periods. Most of the editors were discussing their campus's battle against the Greeks or the Independents or the problems of integration. One school sa!d that their major problem was the fact tbat the works of a contro versial author had been' banned from his campus. The author's works, inci dentally are accepted here at the University with no criticism. In connection with the Greek - Independent prob lem, many schools were ready to admit that they had problems, although the degree of the problem pro vided most of the discus sion. Many schools said they print the calendar of each of the Greeks. listing their meeting times, social events, etc. One fellow from Rochest er University in New York said that he had no prob lem with the Greeks. He just refused to print any thing about them, as far as VOY i ' 1 1 J H3L i V I I : rf) I U93 to 1495 Thought By Dare Calhoun the calendar was concerned. The student body took a referendum and defeated this editor. Although he still refused to print any of the day by day reports of the Greeks, he satisfied his readers with a weekly pre sentation of "A Week with the Greeks," an interesting little item printed on the editorial page. The high light of the article was the fact that it was written in Greek Another interesting point brought out at one of the meetings was the discus sion on freedom of the press and supressioa of the news. Once again, we Nebras kans do not seem to have to face a problem such as this. In the east there was much discussion about adminis tration controlled newspa schools of journalism and salaries are paid to the staff in the form of credit hours. W ith this sort of set up, it would seem that the faculty of the school of jour nalism would be able to cen sor the content of the school newspaper. After hearing the prob lems that face the campus editors through out the coun try it appears that Nebras ka in its own pacify ing ways, is not so bad off after all. Vote For Honorary Commandant SOWLES HONORARY COMMANDANT Vafe M (far. 21 2 2 1 I I I 2 2 2 2 2 2 Slop Harris Alt i 0) - 300 2 2