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The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, September 22, 1961
EDITORIAL OPINION
Happy Medium Necessary
At First Football Rally
Tonight the majority of the campus populace will I
take part in what has been one of the most controversial
traditions in the past. We are, of course, speaking of the
season's first pep rally. I
Originally football rallies were instituted to arouse
the students prior to the coming game and thereby in-
sure backing Saturday afternoon in the stadium.
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From this simple beginning the pep rally grew into
a tradition far beyond the expectations of even the most
loyal supporter of the Cornhusekrs. In fact, the whole g
idea of pep rallies got completely out of hand and be-
came little less than a full scale riot.
In the recent past (most juniors and seniors may be
able to recall) a pep rally was in fact an hour of battle
dedicated to a fight to the finish among students where
survival of the fittest was the cry.
In the days when each fraternity pledge class made
a sign and then tried to carry it to the location of the
rally, the results usually were shown in broken bones,
bloody noses and hundreds of cuts and bruises.
A fraternity pledge class could prove its worth in
those days by carrying their banner further and longer
than anyone else. However, if they lost their sign (which
they usually did), not all hope of immortality and glory 3
were lost. Yes, the banner-less pledges then attacked
someone else's sign to revenge their loss.
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As a result, by the time the rally caravan proceeded
a block or two, the entire procession consisted of a run-
ning, screaming, kicking and limping aggregation of 3
students.
Some termed it as "real spirit" but most people 1
thought differently. About the only people who benefited
from the rally were the doctors in Student Health.
But, as the saying goes, times have changed. Last fall 1
after the initial rally it was obvious that in order to f
save life and limb some action should be taken. The I"
Corn Cobs took immediate action and forbid pledge
classes to carry signs in the rally. This year, from all
reports, sign carrying is a thing of the past.
We certainly do not encourage mass mayhem at pep
rallies, only spirited enthusiasm the basic ingredient of
a successful and purposeful rally.
I'LL PLKY THE WlWER."
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j Staff View
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It is our hope that the recent restrictions do not kill
this traditional event. There must be a happy medium
and we feel with a little effort on the part of everyone,
rallys will again take their correct place.
Flowerpot
What's Happening?
The new machinery of the
registrar's office has now
become familiar to all,
especially those who tried
to register.
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The administration reports
that the new system has
worked very well, and by
Ironing out a few discrepan
cies, should go even more
smoothly next year.
We have been asked to
report here, however, some
suggestions concerning next
semester's registration in
hopes that student coopera
tion will enhance the pro
gram's success. Also, the
legislature has appropriated
$300,000 for add and drop
slips, so bear down.
Suggestion 1. Learn the
alphabet. Some students re
portedly tied up lines for
hours attempting to decide
whether they were MCZ
MTC or MYT-MZG. It is im
portant that you instantane
ously spot your classifica
tion. One young man, Har
old McTazanishfblok, wait
ed two hours In line HAF
HAR, only to suffer com
plete breakdown when he
reached the windows. He
then tried to crash line
MCT-MZG, but was stabbed
to death by a quick think
ing ball point pen.
Suggestion 2. Do not lose
your head If you find you
are signed up for several
hours of seminar work in
fossils or something. If you
did not properly list your
alternative courses, then the
machine did it for you. You
will have plenty of time to
add and drop, but of course
you had better get it done
before the first field trip to
Costa Rica.
Suggestion 3 .The Univer
sity is especially concerned
that you properly fill out
the add and drop slips. Sev-
s
By Dick Stuckey
eral authentic signatures
are required, and it is im
portant that you confer with
each gentleman before he
signs your bear-down! Offi
cials are now in the process
of tracking down a few
"Wise guys," and if you
happen to be one of them,
you might stick around for
that field trip. Roger Maris
is not the Dean of Business,
Administration, nor is Alan
Shephard chairman of the
Industrial Arts department.
One student, after an ad
mirable forgery of three
signatures on the go-stop
slip, felt obliged to pass a
ten thousand dollar check
on his dean. It might have
worked, had not the dean
several holds on his account
already.
Suggestion 4. Would the
individuals who broke into
the administration building f
and stole the four boxes of
class cards please reconsid-
tr? This has made it highly
difficult for instructors with
large classes. There are
presently 127 unofficial au- a
dlts In Love and Marriage, 5
and Art 439, Advanced
Drawing Live Model, had
a first day attendance of
1,387. Because of crowded
conditions, the class was I
moved to the Coliseum, and
the model caught bronchial
pneumonia (double bron-
chial pneumonia) In the
chilly arena. This move g
also Increased attendance
considerably as there were
several hundred students 1
still trapped In line ZKT- I
ZVG.
Suggestion 5. If the de-
sired student cooperation is f
not acquired next semester,.!
the registrar has threatened
to throw back in them four-
teen accordian folding f
cards. Play ball.
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Miss Shellbcrg
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Norm Beatty
Maoafmir Editor (iretchrn Mhetlhrrg
News Editor . Ann Rloyer
Bporta Editor Dave Wnhlfarth
Af Nw Editor i Cloyd flark
Copy Editors.. Eleanor Bllllnfa, Louise Holbert, Jim Forrest
Mrht News Editors Uole Holbert, Bob Nye
Staff Writers Nancy Whltford. Jan Hack
Junior Staff Writers .Tom Kotoue. Bob Nye Mike Met lean, Sue Hovlk
Staff Photographer Paul Hensley
BUSINESS STAFF
Itaslness Manager ' Don FersiiKon
Assistant Business Managers., John Zelllnser. Bill Ounllcks,
Bob Cunningham
Clftalatkw Manager Jim Trenter
Remember those old
overworked phrases "on
ions to. .. " and orchids
to. . . ?"
(Onions being a subtle
hint that
some
thing sme 1 1 s;
O r chids
being . a
c o m p li
ment for
lovely).
The reg
istrar is
t r a r is
growi n g
both of these botanical va
rieties in his own back
yard, or more specifical
ly, behind his own win
dowed counter.
Orchids, Mr. Floyd
Hoover, on your new sys
tem of registration. Ex
cept for the fact that
your absent minded IBM
machines occasion
ally forgot to include
some courses on some
p r e-registered students'
forms, the whole system
really was very "lovely,"
And it is easy to for
give an absent-minded
IBM machine. After all,
they're hardly human.
They should at least be
entitled to the same mis
takes that a full-grown,
r e d-blooded registrar
might make (and has
made in the past.)
Compared with the ex
cellent improvement in
the whole registration
process, however, this Is
a minor flaw. The time
saved by the IBM regis
tration fqrms being filled
out prior to registration
and the smooth flow of
business resulting from
appointment cards are
true virtues In the new
system.
But, Mr. Hoover, you
do have a few Onions
over there smelling up
the whole crop of new
ideas. They are Onions
of two varieties: Add and
Drop.
Speaking as one who
stood (not sat, please
note) waiting for those
III Onions to bloom, I
must say that it was
about like watching a pot
(not of the "flower"
type) and waiting for it
to boil. Watched pots
don't boil. But waiting
flowerpots do boil. At
least this one did.
I began to wonder just
how much time was
saved in new registra
tion methods only to be
lost in the add and drop
process. Since no one
could add or drop a
course at the time he paid
his fees, he had no altern
ative but to stand in line
Monday (Tuesday,
Wednesday, etc.) and
then run through the
chain of command nec
essary . to sign the little
add-drop worksheets: ad
visor, dean of college, in
structor, department
chairman.
And may I add, run
ning through the chain
usually entailed running
around the campus.
It also meant students
who added and droped
generally missed the first
day or two of their
classes.
By Gretchen Shellberg
All this running and
standing ana boiling and
missing tends to leave a
rather smelly taste in
one's mouth. Like one big
ONION.
May I suggest, Mr.
Hoover, that next semes
ter you plan your crops
a little differently Or
chids and Onions don't
belong in the same flowerbed!
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NEBRASKA UNION
Med Technology Majors
Form New Organization
University students study
ing medical technology now
have their own organization,
the Association of Pre-medi-cal
Technologists.
Now fully organized and
recognized by Student Coun
cil, membership is open to
all students who have de
clared their major in the field
of medical technology or a re
lated field such' as bacteri
ology, dental technology, bio
chemistry and zoology.
. Dr. Kenneth Rose, chief of
laboratory and medical re
search at the University
Health Service and faculty ad
visor of the organization, ex
plained that they hope to
eventually be associated with
Lambda Tau, scholastic hon
orary for pre-medical tech
nologists. The first meeting will be
held Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the
Student Union. The meetings,
which will include speakers,
films, live demonstrations,
and visits, will be held on the
second Thursday of each
month.
Gayle Sherman
Joins Union Staff
The advancement of Gayle
Sherman to the position of
Program Director of the Stu
dent Union, and the resigna
tion of C. E. Miller as Presi
dent of the Board of Mana
gers was accepted at Wed
nesday's meeting of the Un
ion Board of Managers.
A graduate of the Univer
sity of Illinois, Mrs. Sherman
came to the University as
Assistant Program Director
last year after a year at Chi-cago-Illinini
Union on the
Medical Center Campus in
Chicago, Illinois.
Presidency of the Board of
Managers evolved to first
vice president John Schroe
der, President of the Pro
gram council. He will act as
president until a nominating
committee presents another
candidate.
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With thia installment I begiu my eighth year of writing column,
for the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes, as fine a bunch of men
m you would meet in a month of Sundays-loyal, true, robust,
windswept, forthright, tattooed in short, precisely the. kind ,
of men you would expect them to be if you were familiar with
the cigarettes they make-and I hope you are-for Marlboro,
like it makers, is loyal, true, robust, windswept, forthright,
tattooed.
There is, however, one important difference between Marl
Ikito and its makers. Marlboro has a filter and the makers do
not -except of course for Windswept T. Pigafoos, Vice President
in charge of Media Research. Mr. Sigafoos does have a filter.
I don't mean that Mr. Sigafoos personally has a filter. What I
mean is that he has a filter in his swimming pool at his home in
Fairbanks, Alaska. You might think that Fairbanks is rather
an odd place for Mr. Sigafoos to live, being such a long distam
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Irom the Marllxiro home office in .New York City. But it should
I pointed out that Mr. Sigafoos is not required to be at work
until 10 A.M.
Hut I digress. This column, I say, will Hike up questions f
burning interest to the academic world-like "Should French
conversation claasea lie conducted in English?" and "Should
students he allowed to attend first hour classes in pajamaa and
rolH-s?" and "Can a student of 18 find happiness with an eoo
uomica professor of 90?"
Because many of you are new to college, especially freshmen,
perhaps it would be well in this opening column to start with
campus fundamentals. What, for example, does "Alma Mater"
mean? Well, sir, "Alma Mater" is latin for "send money".
What does "Dean" mean? Well, sir, "Dean" is Latin for
"don't get caught".
What does "dormitory" mean? Well, air, "dormitory"
I-atin for "lied of pain".
Next, let us discuss student-teacher relationships. In college
the keynote of the relationship between student and teacher ia
informality. When you meet a teacher on campus, you need
not salute. Simply tug your forelock. If you are bald and hve
no forelock, a low curtsey will suffice. .In no circumstance
should you polish a teacher's car or sponge and press his suit. .
It is, however, permissible to worm his dog.
With the President of the University, of course, your relation
ship will be a bit more formal. When you encounter the Presi
dent, fling yourself prone on the sidewalk and sing loudly:
"Preiy is wise
Prexy it trut
Prtxy hat eyet
Of Lake Louise blue."
As you can see, the President of the University is called
Prexy Similarly, Deans are called "Dixie". Professor, sr.
called Proxie". Housemother, are called "Hoxie Moxie".
Students are called "Amoebae".
1M1 Mai ShulBta
Thit uncentored, fret-uhteling column will bt brouaht to
n,r0",uOUt C,0O, vear 6 the '',a'-e' oT Marlboro
and Mariboro t partner in pleature. the new. unaltered,
king-sue Philip Morri, Commander. It unaltered cigarettet
are your choice, try Commander. You'll be welcome aboard.
