ndayJ4ar' 6, 1961
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The Nebraskan
Just A Thought
By Dave Calhoun
For the second time in as many weeks a mysterious
voice has called several fraternity houses late at night to
inform the occupants of a "panty raid at the girls' dorm
tonight." , 1
Fortunately, for the second time in as many weeks
there haven't been any panty raias.
The present generation in the Uni
versity, with tee exception of a few
graduate students, have never seen a
panty raid. To many of the younger stu
dents, a panty raid sounds like the
chance of a lifetime to let off a little
steam.
But all of the older students know
what a panty raid really means the fast
est one-vfcay ticket out of this University
ever created.
Fnr those of vou who don't believe
the seriousness of a panty
ii j
counts 01 tne iamous raid in ivot or me lesser raiu in
1956.
The scene was that of mass hysteria. Some raiders
burned anything and everything they could get their
hands on. One house mother was injured when a group
of raiders crashed into a sorority house.
If I may borrow a statement from another columnist
and use It for advice to the planners of panty raids
forget it.
Glad to see that convocations are once again in
style. The University should be proud to have a Justice
of the United States Supreme Court as a speaker for
the April convocation.
The early announcement of the convocation should
give ample time for the instructors to plan. Too many
times students are robbed of a chance to see and hear
outstanding personalities because the instructor has
planned something more important for that hour.
The instructor's semester schedule should be flexible
enough to change that hour exam to another day, especi
ally since the convocation is over a month away.
The Bite's Worse
By Barbara Barker
A couple of opening remarks before launching into my
crusade for the day . . .
First of all, congratulations to you, Joe, and all your
T friends on a mighty big, but rather amusing, blunder.
So sorry I had to disappoint you . if all the evidence
pointed my way then I'd say your sources of information
are rather lax and unreliable. The whole situation brought
a chuckle the function sounds fun and I'm sorry I'm in
eligible to attend. Keep up the good work, men next time
you jump in head first, I'd suggest you do it with your
eyes open.
Secondly, congratulations to the most officious Palladi
ans In publishing a piece of trash second to none. Hum
blest pity is extended to you if your only reality is the big
Buddha's belly. Tell me, have you ever tried to have any
of that ridiculous tripe published?
Third, here's to an excellent IFC Ball. The entertain-
ment and music were great, the crowd was good, I under
stand the IFC treasury suffered a bit, but a good time
was had by all. And speaking of IFC, which is the focal
point of this bit of blundering babble, it is my understand
ing that the proposed IFC-Panhellenic Greek Week has re
ceived the blackball treatment from high-up officials in
Administration. This is an unconfirmed report received
from IFC and from Mister Satyr's column last Friday.
Having no opportunity to get the full report from admin
istrative officials before this column went to press, I will
not commit myself to a stand for or against the word of
Administration; however, I would like to set down a few
words in favor of the proposed plan.
It's high time the Greeks on this campus realized that
it's just about do or die. The system isn't what it used to
be, in any sense of the word, and by confining our inter
ests to our own house's winning of the spirit trophy or its
setting itself above all other Greeks, we're contributing
fully to washing the system down the proverbial drain.
Admit it, many factors are working against the Greek ;
system, and something's got to be done to bring Greeks,
both men and women, under a common purpose, which I
right now ought to be that of unification of the system I
here at Nebraska. Sure, we say, this would be nothing but j
an ag school if the Greeks were eliminated. And here j
we sit, lethargically content to let this happen.
Certainly, I'm all in favor of friendly competition, j
Probably scholastic competition among houses is the j
only competition that has any real well-founded basis any- j
more. But most friendly competition has, by estimation,
gotten a bit ridiculous and out of hand, and each group !
looks out solely for its own interests and so what if three j
houses get placed on social probation and the whole I
Greek system becomes a state-wide controversy and an j
object of ridicule and one house has its doors locked for j
good but our house gets more top pledges that way so why
sweat it? Let's take our noses from the grindstone long j
enough to open our eyes to the situation.
- Isn't it about time that we, as college people and sup-
posed adults, started growing up a little bit and figuring j
out that if it weren't for the Greek system itself none of i
our individual houses would be here and that every falter j
of the system means another black mark against each j
, house and vice versa? Isn't it about time the houses, both i
fraternities and sororities, joined to prove to people like j
those of our institution living back in the 1890's that we are j
for a bigger and better Greek system, regardless of the j
odds against us? j
This system has to be united under a common goal, j
this goal has to be set up somewhere, and personally, I j
have more regard for the IFC and Panhellenle groups In j
carrying out this purpose than for the sub rosa organiza- !
tions set up to supposedly unite the Greeks. I
Give this proposed Greek Week plan a chance. It's not I
perfect, and suggestions and criticisms are welcome and j
wanted. It could be expanded into something outstanding I
, for the Greeks to contribute to the campus. This is a plea !
' to your individual houses as well as to Administration, j
And if it does go into effect, stand behind it all the way. j
It's a good plan; it has an excellent purpose, and it may I
surprise a few people who feel that Greeks are outward- I
bound.
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Says Bark
1 The latest issue of Scrip
I squeezes into purchase
competition today.
And this consumer guide
I contends one would be wise,
at a penny a page (35
cents), to not pass up Vol-
ume Four, Number One:
Scrip.
The undergraduate contri-
butors and editors of this
issue of Scrip offer a bal-
a n c e d enjoyment which
I promises a future increase
of weight on the ruthless
1 scales of literary endeavor.
Eight promising short works
give a variety of literary
I vectors indicating good
i things to come for future
f reflectio.
1 Thelma Christenson's "A
I Portfolio" does a good job
1 of holding the magazine up
in the middle. Her sophisti
I cated poetic satire accom-
panied by seven excellent
I "tongue in cheek" illustra-
tions gives an enjoyable
i maturity to our old friends,
the nursery rhymes.
I Miss Christenson's cover
1 sketch, an "as you like
I it" possible suberbia settle
ment struggle, hints at the
1 king of gloomy Scrip ear
I lier editors dreamed of
brightening.
But the cloudy cover
3 opens to brighter things,
especially the last selection,
"Variation on a Theme."
p Done as a joint report of
team researchers, the edi
s tors, "Variations" proves
Barnstorming
The College of Agricul
ture's staff and faculty are
certainly going to have their
! hands full when the antici
pated 8,000 acre land grant
is transferred to the Univer
sity by the federal govern
ment. All Barnstorming has to
say is you asked for it!
For the last five years the
anguished cries ol research
ers and pro
fessors o f
various de
p a rtments
on Ag cam
pus have
swelled to a r
high pitch
because of
the need for
irritable and
flexible land
In quantity. Forrest
In response the Univer
sity could do very little
about the matter with only
320 acres on campus and
another 1,000 outside the
matter wiUuonly 320 acres
on campus and another
1,000 outside the city, but
now the University has
dropped an 8,000 acre plot
of land in Ag college's lap,
almost before many of the
Ag staff knew what was go
ing on.
In fact, this Is one of the
reported reasons for the
Friday afternoon meeting
of the Ag experiment sta
tion council, so Carl Don
aldson could fill in the
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UNCLE TStfOfABt'S Ctf&M
Scrip Review
our generation is not en
tirely doom-drummer, and
emphasizes the valuable
ability to laugh respectfully
at our elders and loudly at
ourselves. Eight satires on
style throw "Little Jack
Horner" into the Christmas
pie of Walt Whitman, James
Joyce, Jack Kerovac, E. E.
Cummings and others in an
amusing manner that ought
chuckle the great plums
themselves.
Barbara Wilson's "If She
Should Push the Matter on,
What Would Become of
-You?", a burlesque seduc
tion of an English profes
sor by an average-seeking
coed, is perhaps the least
appealing selection, but
nevertheless casts an inter
esting lightness on faculty
vulnerability.
Mike Stek, Darryl Free
, land, and Lyle L i n d e r '
each present a single
poem. Stek's is the best as
he proves poetry's power to
paraphrase a good deal of
life in a few lines.
"Teddy Bear," a short
story by Lee Parks, is an
excellent triangular look at
life with a first person con
cluding optimism offering
an imperative hope that
someday maybe everybody
will return everybody to
themselves.
And Fred Gaines short
story, "The Sacrifice" is
taken last, but placed
first. Despite reminding
By Jim Forrest
members as to Just what
has happened.
This land grant blitz real
ly began two and a half
years ago when the federal
government announced that
the 15,000 acres of 'land
around the shut-down Mead
ordinance plant was surplus
and up for grabs.
Very shortly after this the
College of Agriculture was
, authorized to set up a com
mittee to study proposed
uses for this land and to
formulate an application to
the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. The
committee's first request,
which was later revised,
was for 13,000 acres.
Yes, Ag college, you've
asked for this land and now
you're going to get it. You
convinced the department
heads that you needed the
land,- the heads convinceoV
the dean, . the dean con
vinced the University and
the University convmcea
the federal government.
It is going to be all yours
and you have two years be
fore the leases expire to
plan, formulate and prepare
for the massive responsibil
ity of developing not only
the land but a program
which combines research,
teaching and extension ele
ments. The land can be all that
was ever hoped for or de
sired by the College of Ag
riculture with imagination
and progressive thinking. .
Good luck.
tJtaVO
.! ft. UetfJ,if.k?l4
By Dick Stuckey
shades of Hemingway, it
promises an individual pen.
Short cold words, strong
simple sentences, and a
good way of saying what's
said produce a symbolic
sacrifice showing the cool,
constant failure of man to
beat life at living.
Robert Hough, assistant
professor of English and
faculty adv; er of Scrip,
said that he tnought this is
sue to be the best of all.
And that is seconded here.
It's not classic, but it's
good, and that's what
counts. Sacrifice an hour
in class and read it. Rome's
done burning; we've got a
few fires of our own around.
This king wrote the book on flavor. Every satisfying
puff is A!r-Soft$ned to enrich the flavor and ,
make it mild. Special porous paper lets you draW
fresh air into the full king "length of top-tobacco,;
straight Grade-A all the way,
Join the swing to
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Nebraskan Letterip
Tan Ball Jfrbra.Uan will anbll.h er.1- thorn letters which- are signed.
TW ma be Mhmllled with a pea " taltlals. However, letters
eretlen Letters skwuld eat eseeea wards. Waea letten exceed this
Emit the NrtraakM T M "h them, retaining U.
writer views.
Food Controversy
And Mr, Calvert
To the editor:
Certainly playing no
small part in the Selleck
food controversy was the
way In which Mr. Calvert
conducted himself while
under criticism from those
directly affected by his po
licies. One would ordinarily
expect an administrator in
his position and with his
experience to be rational
and to display tact, diplo
macy and self-control.
Almost as childish as
hastily expelling Wittman
for his "vicious attack" on
the Quadrangle diet was
his melodramatic appeal
during the meal boycott say
ing in effect, "If you really
think I'm bad, I'll go-I'U
sacrifice myself if that's
what you want," and offer
ing to put his resignation to
a vote.
This writer wonders how
anyone' familiar with ac
cepted standards of conduct
from persons in Mr. Cal
vert's position could have
voted any way other than
"Resign."
Joel D. Lundftk
Catacombs Draws
Student's Criticism
To the editor:
This letter is again direct
ed to that anonymous au
thor of THE CATACOBM.S
First of all, may I ask
whether or not you have an
inferiority complex con
cerning your journalistic
ability? The fact that you
constantly belittle your
writing ability inclines me
to believe that you may
have.
Second, are you or are
you not in a position, being
a colunmist, to change "what
the student likes to see in
print"? Is there any truth
to that old saying "the pow
er of the press"? Perhaps
I have some misconceptions
concerning the persuasive
power of the Rag.
Third, you say, ". , ; I
have made a few attempts
to purvey the feeble brand
of humor that I enjoy
Shulmanism if you will, be
cause yours truly feels that
the everyday, run-of-the-
l the milder, the cooler,
X the smoother it tastes
mill questions that torment
the college student are what
he likes to see in print."
My God man! do you think
that we all prefer to read
your effectively written,
immaterial "crap" to a col
umn of Eric Sevareid's cali
ber? Fourth, you say, "Trivia
is all that interests college
students. . . ." Is this any
justification for you to write
trivial jibberish which you
yourself implied in Tues
day's RAG? "The remain
der of today's mishmash
will be composed of a few
quotable quotes, quipable
quips, and unbelievable be
lievables." Ha! Ha! Ha!
Pardon my mirth.
Fifth, why don't you try
writing, in a more effective
way than Shulmanism, arti
cles dealing with the more
serious problems on cam
pus, e.g., the problem of
getting more money for Ne
braska's Medical School, for
the University itself, and
for Nebraska education in
general? Why don't you re
ciprocate Steve Gage's plea
for more money for educa
tion in this state? (He cer
tainly, in my opinion, writes
a more interesting article,
and an article whose sub
ject matter is certainly of
more importance that what
you have produced in the
past three weeks.)
Sixth, why don't you, as
part of the group, try some
radical hell - raising over
there in order to call atten
tion to the more important
matters? Probasco made a
good start by becoming in
volved in a conflict with the
Qmiha World Herald. He
also deserves admiration
for having done a good job
supporting his arguments.
Seventh, what happened
to the good ol' days of
Bruce Brugman and Emilia
Ashida?
And eighth, if you don't
have the intelligence to see
at what I am driving and
to see some constructive
value in my complaining,
then why don't you climb
back into your casket, seal
your tomb, and just plain
die!? The money I am in
vesting in this institution to
help pay your DAILY NE
BRASKAN salary could be
better used on someone
else. Frank Brewster, II
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