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EDITORIAL
Loss of English A
Won't Cause Tears
Few members of the University community will
grieve over the loss of English A. The "no credit" .
course was dropped from the English department's
currculum at the end of last semester. '
For the incoming freshman students, the absence
'of English A will mean a few less hours of worry. No
longer will they have to fear being placed in the "dumb
bell" category.
Far more is the reflection that the dropping of
English A casts on the University as a whole. We have
heard time and time again that the educational standards
throughout the United States are getting tougher. Many
of us are living examples of this generalization. .
By discontinuing this sub-college level course, the
English department, on a small scale, is substantiating
the fact.
One of the primary reasons for dropping the course,
according to Dr. Dudley Bailey, director of freshman
English, was because of the continual drop-off of "quali
fied" students, or non-qualified students, whichever way
you look at it.
Since the course's origin in 1925, membership into the
ranks of English A has been on a steady decline. In 1955,
5S1 new students or 30 per cent of the freshman class
were enrolled in the course. Last semester only 100 stu
dents were not qualified for regular freshman English.
This is a 25 per cent decline in the last five years.
Although this casts a good reflection on the Univer
sity and its educational standards, it is also necessary to
consider the plight of the 109 students in last semester's
course.
Under the current system, any incoming freshman
who does not qualify for the regular freshman English
courses must take a high school correspondence course
in the University's Extension Division. The cost of this
remedial course is carried by the student.
We hope that the English department will not lower
its standards to allow a borderline student to enter a
regular freshman English course.
At the same time, it might be worthwhile for the
English Department to spend a little more time on the
mechanics of English rather than the composition aspect
of the freshman courses. It has often been mentioned
by students of English 3 and English 4 that they were
happy to be where they were because parts of English
A were more difficult.
Another interesting note is what is going to happen
to the students who were planning to take English A
this semester. Will this switch place a new burden on the
already bulging freshman English courses?
We are proud of .the English department's action and
feel that this department, like the rest of the depart
ments at the University are working for better educa
tional standards.
Staff Views
Just A Thought
As the routine begins for
the second semester it is
necessary for the in-coming
staff members to transform
into their new positions as
quickly and as quietly as
! possible.
It is also necessary for
the new staffers to remind
the students of certain pol
icies of The Daily Nebras-
- kan.
Before getting into the
policy aspect of the paper,
; it might be worthwhile to
; review briefly the purpose
of The Daily Nebraskan. As
everyone knows, it is the f-
'. ficial student newspaper of
the University..
In the masthead at the
; bottom of this column it
- says, "Publication . . . shall
be free from editorial cen
sorship on the part of the
Subcommittee, or on the
" part of any person outside
" the University."
. In plain English, this is
your newspaper.
. We, the staff members are
putting this paper out four
times a week for your en
joyment and information.
;; For many of you, the brief
moments you spend reading
the paper before your
eleven o'clock class begins
or during the noon hour
may be the only time you
see a newspaper.
The door to The Daily
Nebraskan if always open,
as are the columns devoted
to letterips.
, The paper will attempt to
appeal to the interests of
each member of our cam
pus community. The- Ne
braskan pledges i t s e 1 1 to
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OPINION
By Dave Calhoun
students and their in- I
the students and their in-flatter Sevareid
terests. I extends the olive branch.
Only on the editorial I fingers tightly clenched
pages of the Daily Nebras- 1 around it for quick w i t h
kan will a reader find opin- drawarat the first false
ionated jiews,-.The..jae wsj.move. Everyone in the au
columns will present the 5 dienc ' observes the same
story as completely as pos- 1 actions and reactions. But
sible. 5 to one-half of the audience
Some of you may have I meuan quite Mterent
prints apainct th v.hr... S things than they mean to
kan. We would annr-Hat I
hearing them; maybe some- I
thing can be done. 1
Later on in the semester f
we will once again ask the I
readers to present literary
'pieces for our magazine is-
en Th iccuA Arr k S
ground last semester; this
'
semester we hope yon will
help to make it a bigger
and better magazine. i
The general policies of the 1
Nebraskan win remain the I
same as in the past. I
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be open to all readers for
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rs must be signed. If the formance trm. of ad
writer requests his name v1ce to Bew President
will not be used except in of the Uniu?d stateg.
special circumstances, such a , . . ..,
as criticizing actions of an I ,. 0neof e4!e men4Vls Wi?'
individual. Letterips must Lam R- Mathews, the Art
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Honr an rwi r s
most not violate the laws 1
of libel. 1
The editorial policy w i 1 1 1
be one of constructive com-
ment on campus events or 1
any other state, national or
International affairs in E
which the staff feels com- I
ment might be helpful or
of interest. I
The editorials will attempt f
to voice the general campus
feelings. Ideas will be wel- s
come from any reader who s
feels comment on something I
should be published in the 1
student newspaper. '
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(Familiar Pantomime Has Different
iMeaniiiss to World-Wide Audience
ERIC SEVAREID
I The world is lining up to
I watch another act in a fa-
miliar pantomime. Moscow
and Washington are edging
s towards one another, across
the stage.
The former
holds out
j the carrot
' in one
hand, the
stick barely
I d i s c e r
1 nible in the
other hand
behind its
back; the
1 a t t e r
the other half. The specta
tors have come in through
different doors and. they
were handed different pro
grams to read in advance
and prepare their under
standing of the drama.
Perhaps the simplest way
to H"trate this is to take
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n b? tw0, ling"Jlish
mtn of e51ual J"00 1n
comparable alarm at the
worid'i drift Both yeara fr
ace and t,he nourishing of
happens,
has written his interpreta-
is printed in the Atlantic
magazine, ine oiner is Sal
vador de Madariaga, the ex
patriate Spanish scholar,
whose advice has appeared
in the Neue Zurcher Zei
tung. What Mr. Mathews
says, in effect, is, Let
Moscow pluck the olive
branch from your hand and
you will find that the stick
behind the back will be
dropped."
What De Madariaga says
is, "But put away the olive
branch and free both kinds
to take up a stick of your
own."
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mk. Maine ws, as l read
I him, is one of those who,
like so many European in
I tellectuals, believe that both
I sides are equally at fault in
s preventing the peace the
I world desires. He tells the
President that while the
i American people are pre
I pared to make war, they
I are poorly prepared to
make peace. They have
f been conditioned against in
i evitable compromise as acts
I of "appeasement" he says,
I believing we are always
right, the other side always
wrong and that if we don't
1 achieve victories we are
bound to achieve defeats,
i He believes American as
I well as Soviet sincerity is
j now at the test: That the
Kremlin will respect n r
primary interest in Eastern
Europe. In other words, Mr.
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Mathews' appears to beUeve
that negotiation can end the
cold war.
The Spaniard also pleads
with the new President for
a new vision, a new faith
but it is faithful acceptance
of the grim view that every
thing since the rape of
Czechoslovakia should have
taught us, namely, that for
the Russians, negotiations
are only a form of warfare,
that the Soviet Union means
war, not hot war, but hard,
relentless cold war every
where possible. Let there be
no more illusions, he says,
about an understanding or
a compromise. Let us ac
cept the challenge, organize
the free world for the fight,
if necessary establishing a
new free United Nations if
the Russians succeed in de
stroying or making unim
portant the present one.
Entries Due .Today
For Table Tennis
The deadline for entries in
the campus table tennis tour
nament is 5 p.m. today, Tues
day, according to Ron Gould,
chairman of the Student
Union games committee.
Students may pay the 25
cent entry fee at the games
desk in the Union. The tour
ney is slated for Feb. 8-13.
A schedule of matches will
be posted in the games area
Wednesday and matches must
be played on or before the
date indicated, Gould said
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Surely, there has been
enough evidence these many
years for all intelligent
adults to know which inter
pretation, which program
they believe in. Yet not
many do, with clarity and
conviction. If I were to add
footnotes to the programs,
as a guide to the audience,
one would have to be the
recent declaration of the
World Congress of Commu
nist Parties. Its basic theme
and determination was
stated in these words:
"Peaceful coexistence of
countries with differing so
cial systems does not mean
conciliation of the socialist
and bourgeois ideologies. On
the contrary, it implies in
tensification of the struggle
of the working class, of all
the Communist parties, for
the triumph of S, o c i a 1 i s t
ideas."
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Staff Views
The Goal: Perfect Grades
By Norm Beatty
, A new semester, a new
start. Each and every Ne
braska student now has the
opportunity to forget the
past semester or semesters
(as' the case may be) and
strike out for new and bet
ter horizons preferably a
nine average!
No doubt the majority of
NU students pause briefly
at the beginning of each new
term and visualize the "per
fect" grades he or she
would like to get.
The spring semester, 1961,
is now two days old and
these dreams undoubtedly
remain with most of us. The
question is. for how long?
In a little over a month
the boom will be lowered.
The nine students will be
separated from the populace
maybe.
Actually there is no rea
son for most of us not rais
ing, our averages. Speaking
from personal experience,
my grade average could be
better as I am sure most
others could, too.
Since I do not intend this
column to be an outlet for
crusades (better grades for
one) I shall go into another
aspect of the coming semes
ter. This is the semester of
Co-ed follies, Student Coun
cil elections, the wind up of
winter sports and the start
of spring sports, the annual
high school migrations for
the state basketball tourney
and state track meet, E
Week, Greek Week, Ivy
Day, Spring Day a n d the
games, the tapping of Mor
tor Boards, the tackling of
Innocents, Easter vacation,
Legacy weekend, Kosmet
Klub spring show and All-
G5P
OnC$npns
"A GUIDE FOR TJIE DATELESS"
With the cost of dating rising higher and higher it is no wonder
that so many of us men are turning to discus throwing. Natur
ally, we would prefer nursling warm coeds to flinging cold
disci, but who's got that kind of money? Prices being what they
are, the average man today has a simple choice : dating or eating.
Unless the average man happens to be flnster Sigafoos.
Fmster came to college with the normal ambition of any
average man: he wanted to find the prettiest coed on campus
and make her his. He looked long and carefully, and at last he
found her a tall job named Kretchma Iiaskip, with hair like
beaten gold. v
lie asked her for a date. She accepted. He appeared at her
sorority house that night, smiling, eager, and carrying a bouquet
of modestly priced flowers.
"Now then," said Kretchma, tossing the sleazy flora to a
pledge, "where are we going tonight?"
Finster was a man short on cash, but long on ideas. He had,
prepared an attractive plan for this evening. "How would yow
like to go out to the Ag campus and see the milking machine???
he asked. . .
"Ick," she replied. .
"Well, what would you like to do?" he asked.
"Come," said she, "to a funny little place I know just outad
of town." ;
And away they went.
The place was Millionaires Roost, a simple country inn made
of solid ivory. It was filled with beautiful ladies in backless
gowns, h&ndsome men in dickeys. Original Rembrandt adorned
the walls. Marlboro trays adorned the cigarette girls. Chained
to each table was a gypsy violinist ,
Finster and Kretchma were seated. "I," said Kretchma to
the waiter, "will start with shrimps remoulade. Then I will have
. lobster and capon in maderia sauce with asparagus spears. For
- dessert I will have melon stuffed with money."
"And you, Sir?" said the waiter to Finster.
"Just bring me a pack of Marlboros," replied Finster, "for
if ever a man needed to settle back, and enjoy the mild benefi
cence of choice tobacco and easy-drawing filtration, it is the
shattered hulk you see before you now." -
So, smoking the best of all possible cigarettes, Finster watched
Kretchma ingent her meal and cidculated that every time her
, fetching young Adam'e'apple rose and felUie was out another
97 i. Then he took her home.
It was while saying goodnight that Finster got his brilliant
idea, "Listen 1" he cried excitedly. "I just had a wenderful
notion. Next time we go out, let's go Dutch treat I"
By way of reply, Kretchma slashed him across the face with
ber housemother and stormed into ths house.
, "Well, the heck with her," said Finster to himsetT. "She it
just a gold digger and I am well rid of her. I am sure there are
many girls just as beautiful aa Kretchma who will understand
the justice of my position. For after all, girls get ar much
money from home as men, so what could be more fair than
. sharing expenses on a date?"
With good heart and high hopes, Finster began a search for
girl who woujd appreciate the equity of Dutch treat, and you
will be pleased to hear that he soon found one-Mary Alice
Hematoma, a lovely three-legged girl with sideburns.
a a a V M Mu skntou
IrVre no expert. on Dutch treat, but fcere an American heat
tee recommend with enthuttaimMarlboro'e popular new
partnerfornon-KUeremoken-therhllipMorrUCommander.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1961
Sports day to name but a
f6W,
Now as I stop to consider
these many events which
mean tradition and excite
ment to all, I winder what
my average will be?
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