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The Daily Nebraskun
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 196!
EDITORIAL OPINION
UN Trips Needi
Student Backings
Last week the Daily Nebraskaa stated that it was go-
ing beyond its editorial policy in dealing strictly with on-
campus matters. It was our feeling at the time, and still
is that as members of a campus community we cannot
fford to ignore the world around us. It is significant to f
us that the Student Council indicated its intention to move
off the campus also within the near future. 1
Specifically we are speaking of the Collegiate Council
for the United Nations slated for November. The Collegi-
ate Council is to include students from colleges and uni-
versities throughout the United States. I
Indian Prime Minister Jawahrlal Nehru has given
Isis approval to speak to the visiting American students. I
Topics for the conference are "1961: UN Year of Crisis,"
"The Role of the Non-Aligned Nations in International
Politics," "African Development and the United Nations"
and "The Problems of Chinese Representation." Needless
to say the docket is quite varied and should be of inter- I
est to the visitors. I
This New York meeting is not the only outside inter- I
est the Council brought out to the public. The University
has also been invited to send six to eight delegates to the f
Midwest Model United Nations which will be held in St.
Louis March 29-31 next year. "The Model United Nations
is designed to stimulate Interest in the international
realm of affairs and help students and others to under-
stand more realistically the work of the United Nations,"
the Invitation read.
We feel the students on this campus should take seri-
ous note of these two off-campus learning situations. We
can think of no better way for any student to become bet-
ter acquainted with the problems faced today by the
United States, the United Nations and the world itself.
The first step is complete. The Council has taken the
initiative to make the student body aware of these con- 1
ferences. The remainder is up to us the students. The
second step is interest. We sincerely believe any student
on this campus would stand to benefit himself and the
student body by making one of these trips. It will take 1
serious-minded representatives who will be "willing and
able to learn and report back to the Council and fellow I
students. It should be the Student Councils job to take all
applications and select our best representatives.
Now we get down to the basics. In order to send up
to 11 student representatives to these two meetings the
Council will need money. We feel the Council is unable
to afford the costs involved and there are few students
who can muster the funds themselves. We heartily sug
gest that student andQr faculty groups realize the poten
tial of these trips and make contributions if they can i
any way afford it. Any organization with abundant funds
on tap could certainly do lesser things with their dollars.
It would be folly to suppose that we live in an isolat
ed world. This type of thinking left with the sinking of
the Lusitania. The problems we face as citizens of this
country and members of the United Nations conceivably
will not be solved by the time most of us are graduated.
Classroom study is unquestionably important in any good
education. However, we are now faced with a golden op
portunity to supplement classroom experiences with real
istic observation and participation.
(N.B.)
Students Have Chance
To Express Opinions
We heartily take note of the recent establishment of
the five-man advisory committee to Chancellor Clifford
Hardin for the selection of a new dean of student affairs.
It is our contention that this action is a positive step
In selecting the successor to Dean J. P. Colbert who will
, retire at the end of the school year. The Importance of
the selection dictates an extensive study which can only
come about when a capable study group is set up.
Equally as important as the five-man advisory com
mittee is the provision made by Dean A. C. Brecken
ridge, chairman of the committee, to allow student par
ticipation. We feel student views in the selection of a
new dean of student affairs basic to any selection made.
We feel no other individual within the Administration
hat to close a contact with students as the dean of student
affairs. Therefore, we encourage students to answer the
challenge anil take part in making this decision.
No organization, especially one the size of this Uni
versity, can long move progressively ahead without a
basis of mutual understanding and expression. The Uni
versity administrators have gone half way. The last half
Is up to us.
rrOO HARD fcJOfilC ,
Daily Nebraskan
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Siegel Letter
Evaluated
1 Thank heaven for Mr.
f Siegel, whoever or what-
ever he is. The editorial
5 criticisms in the Daily
Nebraskan have probably
reached an acme of quan-
2 tity and quality. Believe
it or not this political left
I ist has done a service for
the student body. He had
the audacity to publicly
cite his political phi
I losophy, even affixing his
name (if it is his name).
Of course I completely
disagree with Mr. Siegel's
political prognostications.
I I would even say that Mr.
1 Siegel's apparent verbial
I stomping for communism
is no more than a puny
tap. Indeed, it places
him far outside a qualified
class of verbial stompers
and an exclusive class of
just plain "shoe stomp-
ers". However, the politi
I cal airings that Mr. Siegel
has provoked from the
I student body have given
I "freedom of expression"
I to a resuscitation that has
I been long , overdue from
s this campus. I was be
1 ginning to think that the
only opinions held on this
i campus were those con-
cerning the gay empty
i headedness of Greek soci-
eties and the equally va-
cuous sport world. May
i be Mr. Siegel has started
something new on this
1 campus: a profound dif
ference of opinion. College
students should never be
afraid to express their
beliefs, opinions and any
other kind of concept. Be
sides, if there is anything
that a college education
can give us, its the ability
to refine and sophisticate
our prejudices. And we
all have prejudices. As
for Mr. Siegel, I am sure
we can tolerate one leftist
on the campus.
Joseph Whhtaker
Letter Draws
More Comment
The curious letter in the
Daily Nebraska of Octo
ber 25 which appeared
over the signature of R.
L. Siegel requires some
comment. No one but the
author of that letter can
speak with any great as
surance about its purpose.
It may, of course, be
merely a contrivance to
precipitate controversy
and lively discussion. If
this be the case, I hope
we shall be spared a sea
son of debate by tantrum.
Possibly the letter was
calculated to provide a
means of measuring how
thoroughly the editorial
page is read. Or was the
author giving vent to his
spleen because he had
suddenly become aware
that American democracy
sometimes falls short of
its promise and that'
American foreign policy
is not alwayi above re
proach? Surely this is not
such a startling discovery
Nebraskan Letterip
that it makes lucid and
orderly thinking impos
sible. In fact it should
goad us on to greater ef
fort of mind and strength
of purpose, not s t e r i 1 e
negation.
Whatever the purpose of
this jeremiad, flippant or
calculating, it cannot be
taken seriously as an in
tellectually honest evalua
tion of the present course
of American history. The
substitution of taunts for
facts and shrill emotional
ism for logic is singularly
inappropriate to the gra
vity of our situation.
Mark Twain is said to
have remarked that it is
not so much ignorance
that makes trouble in this
world; it is rather people
knowing so many, things
that are not so. The firm
ness of the author's grip
on reality may be inferred
from his interesting de
scription of North Amer
ican capitalists as "lech
erous." Are North Ameri
can capitalists really
more erotic than other
people? What vistas of re
search are opened up by
this statement!
Sincerely yours,
Carl J. Schneider
Spotlight On
Ah-Sar-Ben
Letterip:
We have our own FFV
in Nebraska. It's wonder
ful. We all love it. You
know what is is it's
Ak-Sar-Ben, perhaps the
most serious spelling er
ror in history.
Undoubtedly you were
just as impressed as I was
at seeing all of those
lonely, $1,500 gowns flow
ing so majestically down
the center of the cattle
judging area, hardly notic
ing the smell (after all,
they were on television!).
It was a big push for
the center ring the
chance so many had been
waiting and paying far.
The social elite sat
around, smiling, "We are
neat, aren't e?" The
women talked about their
old, old sorority days. The
men talked business, one
foreclosure after another.
But everybody found it in
their hearts to give the
crowd, and the T.V. audi
ence, a thrill by waving.
I -loved It, didn't yon?
Perhaps the most im
portant person there was
the T.V. commentator who
described the beautiful
people "Tonight, Annie
is wearing ..." or "In
her left navel Annie has
a . . . "
Next in importance, al
though he doesn't show up
until the thing is about
over, is the Czar, or King.
He is usually from Oma
ha, which we all love.
And, he generally owns
his own home, and a few
other peoples' homes, and
has children you
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know, all kinds of Ameri
can things.
He probably belongs to
the American Legion or
NHRRF. And his wife is
in all the right groups,
especially the anti-Mexican,
anti-immigrant, pro
Independence Hall-w i t h-out-Marian-Anderson-
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left side is out of the ques
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Today we are dealing
with quality and quantity
in the market of workers.
This is not, however, a
problem for the labor
u n i ons.
It is a
probl e m
try ing
the lead
ership on
this cam
pus AND
the 13 so
rority ac
t i v i t y
chair-
men.
In an open letter which
appeared in yesterday's
Daily Nebraskan, the
quantity aspect of the
worker problem was
pointed out every clearly.
"The worker will loose
his identity in the mass
he will be just a worker
with no chance touse his
own creative power," the
letter said.
Why do we have these
masses? Because these
same 13 activity chairmen
are "pushing" their kid
dies into campus activi
ties. (Before you all raise
eyebrows at this nasty
connotation, note the fol
lowing clarification : )
There is a valuable pur
pose in your push to
broaden the individual
freshman (who is usually
the one who enters ac
tivities as a worker).
From an individual
standpoint, activities are
an excellent opportunity
to meet and work with all
kinds of members of the
campus community. It
helps a freshman mature
by learning leadership
and responsibility at the
same time he is serving
his campus, his Univer
sity, or his community.
But, is the purpose of
the activity system at the
University designed solely
to develop the individual?
This is where the quality
factor enters in. Does
Builders exist merely to
develop each of its 206
workers into "thinking"
young people, or is its
main objective to further
the University to the best
of - its ability?
The organizations must
first decide what their
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main goal is, and then
base their program . on
that objective. If, tot in
stance, Builders wishes to.
produce its five publica
tions or conduct its high
school visitations at t h e
most efficient level p o s
sible, then Builders would
best benefit from working
with a smaller quantity'
of able members. But if
its purpose is to give 200
freshmen an experience in
responsibility and leader
ship, Builders must sac
rifice some quality p e r
formance and provide
quantity activity.
It has been pointed out
that if efficiency were the
only factor involved here,
a small staff could be
hired to do a professional
job of running the Student
Union in place of students
volunteering their serv
ices. Likewise, a few paid
PR people could be hired
to replace Builders in con
ducting tours and printing
a Student Directory, Cal
endar, Handbook, etc., or
two or three individuals
could conduct a charity
drive which takes ALT
members all year to or
ganize and execute.
The argument for effici
ency can be answered by
those who advocate the
cause of the individual
worker. Each worker
should be given a chance
to show his worth, to de
velop his talents. Fine.
The object of our present
activity system; the ob
ject of our "push" pro
grams conducted by the
13 activities chairmen.
BUT. how far can Susie
"grow" when she is com
peting among 400 U n i o n
workers?
It all boils down to the
fact that there is just
not enough opportunity;
there are just not enough
jobs for the workers to be
passed around so that
each one will be judged
for further positions on
the basis of his past work.
And no work, no responsi
bility or leadership result
ing from work.
The fault lies in our
traditions. The activity
system is one that has de
veloped over a long period
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