The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 01, 1961, Page Page 2, Image 2
Page 2 The Daily Nebraskjn Friday, December 1, 1961 -EDITORIAL OPINION- Era Ends: Jennings Fired iiasxuuarfccaMETO ' YOU BECAUSE I iNE PROfES&ONAL; The boss man of the up and down but mostly down football era extending from 1957 to the present is gone. Coach Bill Jennings was fired yesterday in a statement issued by Chancellor Clif ford Hardin In order to hand the yet-to-be named athletic director a clean slate on the athletic scene. Now that the coliseum, location of the coaches' offices, responds with an echo to the slightest noise, there is no better time to make a few final observations on the athletic scene. Nebraska is now without a football coach, an athletic direc tor and an athletic business manager. One quit, one passed away and one was fired. Planned or not, the sports scene is clear of the old and anticipating the new. As we (among a multitude of others) recently noted, the athletic set up needs a new start. Now we have essentials vacancies in three top administrative spots. Step one has been taken. Now for the rugged road ahead. The NU athletic program is somewhat like a dazed fullback. He has batted his head against the wall for five seasons with little yardage gained. In fact, he his lost more than he has picked up. Now ue is a little confused with it all but not ready to give up. Perhaps the fullback now realizes his error and at the same time has more respect for the opponent the ultra-competitive intercollegiate society. He knows if he expects to enter the select circle he must have better credentials. Instead of hitting the middle he will try an end run. Coach Jennings gave it a good try but he failed. Through his efforts we may see what his successor must have. It was a long educational experience but the lesson is none the less valuable for it. The coach is only a part of the whole. It is our hope that the new coach will fill the bill. How ever, the fact still remains unaltered the players still do the playing. (N.B.) HELP St i r TXf DOCK 1.3 I GET DEPRESSED UHEN T REALIZE. HOU OTHER filftWHflri Mfc.ANl' Yfcl I KNOW ITS ONLY JEWOUSV...IT S PLAIN JEALOUSY; On Films and Things THEY OfJLY HATE ME BECAUSE I HAVE NATURALLY CURLY HAIR.. THEY'RE JEALOUS OFM..0)HAT SHOULD I DO? DONT WD YOURSELF, 515TB?.. FIVE CENTS, PLEASE! jlf -me oocrxfy tlilliill ' Ejjlg.. vj Paths of Life Rediscovering Prayer Tax Institute Criticism Invalid! There once was a man who was of the doubting kind. He trusted nothing and no one. He doubted everything except his good friend who had proven himself to be a loyal companion. In fact, his friend was always doing things for everyone. Nice things. The doubter, however, soon became suspicious of his friends. (He couldn't believe anyone could be so dedi cated and worthwhile.) Finally the mis trusting man openly attacked his friend in an attempt to stop all of the good things his friend was doing. Fiction? Of course. Then why print it? For a good reason. This little fairy tale is not so ficticious in the state of Nebras ka today. The only change we must make is in cast. The doubter is actually a group of Nebraska citizens, a section of which forms a group known as the Think and Act, Inc. The good friend is, of course, our own state University. This newly formed group has taken on a self-appointed duty of stopping the Uni versity's newest educational program the series of tax institutes to be conducted across the state next spring. Why would any group be opposed to a program de signed to further educate the adults of the state on the complex subject of taxa tion? The group has stated that the pro gram is, in the first place, illegal since the University is an arm of the state. Secondly, the group announced that the only reason the University is initiating such an extravaganza is to propagandize the Nebraska people. This hell-bent-for-action organization has recently sent questionaires to all state senators. They explained that their only purpose is to get an honest opinion from the senators on the merits of the institute. We find this hard to believe. The ques tions themselves are loaded and lead naturally to a negative answer. The two questions are: (1) Do you feel that tax money budgeted to the University should be used to con duct public, off-campus workshops on an issue as controversial as taxes? (2) Do you, as a legislator, feel a need for guidance on tax matters from the University faculty? In our opinion, these questions give the Think and Act, Inc. an anti-University con notation. In both questions this group leaves little room for any other conclusion. Of course taxation is controversial. Why shouldn't it be? Everyone pays taxes. By the same token, if taxation is of public interest, then why not discuss it? As we have already noted, the subject of taxa tion is involved and complex. Certainly no single individual knows as much about taxes as he should or wants to know. If this be the case then, an educational insti tute aimed at the voting taxpayers is en tirely validated. Then who should conduct the workshop? Who better than a group of well-versed economists logged with years of taxation and economic study and related teaching? Certainly this state can find few people as qualified. The second question asks the senator. if he feels he needs guidance on tax matters from the University faculty. The University faculty members on this tra veling institute are by no means trying to instruct the legislators. They are sim ply doing a service by aiding the citizens of this state to better understand the taxation system they are living with in order to make intelligent decisions and comments as an all-important citizen the backbone of this state and nation. We are happy to see, however, that the University program is receiving much more support than dissent. Senators Ken neth Bowen, George Knight, Joe Vosoba and Richard Marvel have all gone on rec ord as being in favor of the institute. The most recent support came from the Cozad Chamber of Commerce and the state AFL-CIO. These individuals are accepting and welcoming the program for what it is: an experience in adult education on a very pertinent subject with everyone. The institute itself is another example of the outstanding work continuously being conducted by the University as a contri bution to the state in its quest for eco nomic and general improvement and progress. Think and Act, Inc. is asking the state senators and citizens to. mis construe their thoughts and act accord ingly. We consider the senators and voters to be more intelligent. Think and Act. (N. B.) I By Dr. William Blair Gould, University Pastor, Methodist Students ! There is a new interest I In the meaning of prayer not only on this campus, I but throughout the world. I What reasonS can we give j for this desire to better I understand prayer? Certainly the time in . I which we live is one rea ! son that many are seek I ing a more dynamic pray- er life. This has been j called "an age of sus i tained crisis." It is also a j period of disillusionment i ' as we see hopes for peace j being shattered before ; our eyes. Another reason for the j interest in prayer may be due to the deep searching ' that so many are going through on the campuses of i all nations. We have been : called the inquisitive gen eration as we have taken the crisis of our ages into our own minds and spir its. Much on our thinking is existential. We want to know not only where we are but who we are. There is a striving to re cover the meaning of per sonality. The sustained crisis of our age and our result ant existential experience point to a deeper reason for our desire to rediscov er prayer: we are basical- ly yearning for a re lationship with God that will bring wholeness to our fragmented lives. We recall Kirloff, in Dos toevski's novel, The Pos sessed: saying, "All my life I have been haunted by God." Our own lives echo the poignancy of his statement. We are beginning to re alize, as men have through the ages, that prayer is essentially dis covery. We discover that prayer is the way we meet with God. Our meet ing with God is often dif ficult, not because He is not seeking us, but be cause we are avoiding Him. We allow the pres sures of life to rob us of the one pressure that means life: the Pressure of His Life upon ours. In discovering prayer we soon realize that our prayer life is first a mat ter of response. We seek Him because He has first sought us. Jesus told the parable of the Prodigal Son for many reasons, but certainly one was to show how God as our Fa ther seeks us as we re turn along the road to Him. If we can know that amid our confusion and estrangement God wants us and seeks lis constant ly, we will have taken the first step in our rediscov ery of prayer. A second step is to thank God for the bless ings that we have re ceived and the opportun ities that He has set be fore us. So often we are so busy telling Him what we want we never have a chance to listen to the guidance and healing that He offers us. A thankful heart is God's opportunity to reach us and to help us. Third, we must be hon est in our prayers. The little boy who prayed that the capital of Massachu setts be Springfield be cause he had so an swered in a school exam ination is typical of many of us. We want to ma nipulate God and then we are resentful when He does not fit into our plans. We must come to Him recognizing our eva sions and rebellion. Once Continued on Page 3 By Phil Boroff THE COMANCHEROS is 20th Century-Fox re lease of a George Sher man production starring John Wayne, Stuart Whit man, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, and Lee Marvin as "Grow". John Wayne has been starring in big, commercially-successful films for over twenty years, and he has just about run the gamut of possible twists to standard western plots. "The Comancheros, "( like most Wayne westerns, is unpretentious, obvious, in consistent, improbable and popular and valuable commercially. Wayne Is a Texas Rang er who hunts down Whit man, a gambler who has killed his opponent in a duel and is charged with murder. The two take a liking to each other, and Whitman is made a mem ber of the Texas Rangers rather than sent back to Louisiana to stand trial. Wayne and Whitman then, as Texas Rangers, become involved with the Comancheros, a renegade band of Comanches and white men fighting for the Indian cause and led bv Nehemiah Persoff. And, correct for a western, Persoff's daughter, Ina Balin, loves Whitman, (it could have been Wayne, but those May-December romances seem to be fad ing from the main charac ters of the movies. Be sides, Wayne has Joan O'Brien, a widower, like Wayne, in the film.) "The Comancheros" is not a blockbuster western. There is a tremendous amount of killing for kill ing's sake. There are slow moving, irrelevant scenes. There are uneven scenes, the studio and location shots not matching. How ever, there is colorful cinematography of the Moab, Utah, location and an exciting though fa miliar musical score. "The Comancheros" does not distinguish itself, but the box-office response makes it one of the more successful films. It has mass appeal for a mass audience the fans of John Wayne. SUSAN SLADE, a Warn er Brothers release of a Delmer Daves production starring Connie Stevens, Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire and Lloyd No lan. Predictable, melodra matic soap opera of un wed motherhood has be come a staple in Holly wood's yearly film out put. In "Susan Slade," a cliche-ridden, trite plot is decorated with handsome players and attractive set tings and costumes, but the result is still disas trous.. Poor Connie Stevens, as Susan Slade, is the inno cent, virginal daughter of an travelling engineer with a boy on board ship as her family returns to the States. But her lover is killed climbing Mt. Mc Kinley (because it is there) and Connie and parents, Dorothy McGuire and Lloyd " Nolan go "to Guatamala so Connie can have her baby in quiet, unwed motherhood. Mama Dorothy McGuire will say that the baby is hers. Later, after the baby is born, papa Lloyd Nolan dies of a heart at tack. Connie and Mother McGuire " return once Continued on Page 3 1 When Lt. Kennedy's PT boat was sunk in '43, he and his crew were given up for dead. But actually, fhey were fighting starvation on a desert Island. Read the authen tic account of their ordeal in this week's Saturday Evening Post. TW Smlmrdmy Ermtmr POST UftN U I Hfc PUBLIC DANCING wlirHrV' BUD HOLLOWAY ORCHESTRA .plus New Attractions: Don Anderson Dancers (Kids 7-13 performl iner For Res. Ph. 483-0929 M'mlis W urn v un Faculty Floors Football Fans Ohio State's faculty council rejection of a Rose Bowl bid in favor of the academic atmosphere was indeed an unfortunate decision. The faculty father commented that the vest coast trip would interrupt the con tinuity of the curriculum. Undoubtedly the Columbus, Ohio school-. masters are looking at the present student demonstrations protesting the decision at that school with a smug intellectual air of superiority. Perhaps faculty council acros the country are chewing the bit for the oppor tunity to get on the study hall bandwagon. The gridiron battle for a successful season climaxed with a bowl bid will soon be small compared with the fight to get the bid approved at home. What we object to is certainly not an emphasis on education, but the irrational overemphasis and the failure of the Ohio State faculty to recognize the proper per- f spective of things. 1 In our America, football and bow game deserve their place in the colle- giate atmosphere as well as Shakespeare and the chemical properties of cobalt. The American scene hag nearly lost the color 1 and thrills of the magnificent circus. Leave us the power and excitement of football. With every bowl game, there is a parade and what parade has ever played to anything but standing-standing room only? Imagine this: The University of Nebras- ka, wheeling and dealing for the best pos- f sible in athletic director, football coach, business manager and whatever else, in an effort to produce some real Big-8 I bullies, comes up with a full house of Aces and Kings, which in turn earn a chance at the pot in Miami. Then, with our lights 1 paid off, the faculty throws down a straight flush. I It happened to Columbus. Lincoln has 1 been shot down before, too. (N.B.) Daily Nebraskan Member Associated CoHeriate Frew. International Frets RrareseatsttTe: National Advertlctnf fterrtoe. Incorporated "milisncd at: Koora St, Student Union, Lincoln. Nebraska. SEVENTY-ONE TEARS OLD 14th ft Telephone HE 2-7631 est 4225, 4226, 4227 MmoMIm nM an t ar mmM ar t f ar ta ataatmla ft. m.- m mrt mt Aaxaat 4. Kit. . Taa OaMr KoferM'-aa I MMm4 M dir. fMW. Waiaeaaar u Fr4 mmm Cartas tt trkwl rear, nrrv aartat raettaaa ami aiara pen, mj ZStmM a Um (iBtnmlty mt Neamaka aaaar aallMrlsaMaa mt tha (nrt ZLunrm4 Afalra aa aa wniili af atuaal aplalaa FaMteauaa anaer taa kTrlMtlMi a " HabiiMiimlttoa aa Maarat rafcllfUaa. tmmJS ka frea fma fjtlMial emwanaia mm tht aart mt Km Saaeaimntttaa at aa Vmm mmrX mt mmr awMi mti4m Ma tntttntty. Tha aa-mawm af Nw DmOf NcbnMkaa ataff am nMMur fcwMaatMa iar mai Ut aaaaj la mm artataa. m iBatfnnnan Mm ilNftaTo EDITORIAL ITArr a4Mf ,s ..,.......... 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