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EDITORIAL
Thursday, February 21, 19631
Jerry Bush ...
ne of the Afce Fellowsi
It has been said that nice guys don't
win.
This is the case for Jerry Bush this
season. One of the nicest fellows around
has resigned as his Huskers are dwelling
in the cellar of the Big Eight with a
0-9 record.
THE COLISEUM Bear has had some
thrills, his players have had some thrills
and the fans have had some thrills.
Bush's teams have always given their
opponents a pretty tough go, especially
on the home court, and memories of the
'59 wins over Kansas and Kansas State
will not be forgotten by anyone for a
long time.
AND WE THANK HIM FOR his con
tributions. So to Jerry Bush, a great guy, good
luck in whatever you may do.
BUSH'S RESIGNATION brings about
one more question which many of us
have been pondering.
Who's Next???
WITH THE Legislature talking about
the budget, many faculty and adminis
trative personnel, not to exclude many
students and their parents, have begun
to speculate on who will and who won't
be here next fall.
While we will all recognize that
Bush's resignation was caused by differ
ent circumstances, it brings out a prin
ciple which strikes "fear in the minds of
many individuals.
CHANCELLOR HARDIN has said
that the state will get the type of educa
tion for which they are willing to
pay. The Legislature has given commit
tee clearance to one bill combining the
junior colleges with the University. This,
amid the critical conditions of the Medi
cal School; classrooms which have stu
dents sitting in the windowsills and on
the floor all means money.
Many faculty members have stayed
because of good faith this doesn't neces
sarily imply that they will continue to
do so.
WITHIN THE next few months, who
else will "resign" from the University of
Nebraska?
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Concerning Scholarship
Group Effort Needed
by bill ahlschwede
As the Nebraskans col
umn inches have pointed
out a time or two, some
fraternal extra-curricular
activities are beginning
and a few grade reports
are finding their way out
of the "palace." This is
all expected and prece
dented. A typical reaction to
this period is the appre
hension with which fra
ternity men count out the
grade averages of their
pledges . . . this one
made it, this one didn't,
did . . .
However, it is quite
atypical of "counters and
waiters" to be satisfied
with an initiation group
equal to 50 of the pledge
class. Too many times
during these last weeks,
fraternity men have shown
Joy because over half of
their pledges, or better
yet, 66, made their
averages.
It seems that this comes
close to the attitude
which, for the last few
years, has been drawing
so heavily upon the name
of the Greeks and has
been bringing the wrath
of campus upon us.
Instead of celebrating
for those who made their
average, shouldn't we
give some time and efforts
to those who seemingly
went astray? This is time
and effort unlike trotting
over to administration and
erasing the names of the
unsuccessful.
Better still, why didn't
we take some time and
effort a few months ago
when these men needed
help. Enforced study halls
isn't the answer, men.
When justifying the
presence .of fraternities
on campus, some mention
must be made regarding
scholarship. It is probably
defined that fraternities
promote or increase one's
academic development, or
that academically, fra
ternities are an addition
to the campus commun
ity. It is not enough to
talk about it. We must be
of some value to the Uni
versity academically if
we are to survive.
I realize that a grade
average at best is only a
fair approximation of
one's scholastic gain, but
if considerable gain is
made, it will be reflected
in the grade average.
If we Greeks plan to
see another decade on the
NU campus, we had bet
ter trade in this attitude
which lets each one of ns
slip by with a half-way
job. We should start
encouraging our pledges
to learn something more
than the ways to raise a
mug or do a push up or
shine actives' shoes.
Basically, each student
needs to find a reason to
learn something, a reason
for being here, and then
he must make something
of himself.
Means . . .
(The following definitions ire taVen from
(he Dictionary .( Wit, Wisdom, and
Satire.)
rtDai.imijn A wear!
person who yields to the
temptation of denying
himself a pleasure.
ACQUAINTANCE - A
degree of friendship called
slight when its object is
poor or obscure, and inti
mate when he is rich or
famous.
ADOLESCENCE - That
period of life when a boy
refuses to believe that
someday he will be as
dumb as his father.
ADULT EDUCATION -The
education parents
receive from their chil
dren. ADVICE Thcsugges
" tions you give someone
else which you believe will
work to your benefit.
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AFTER-THOUGHT A
tardy sense of prudence
that prompts one to try to
shut his mouth about the
time he has put his foot
in it.
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AGREEABLE - To
agree with me.
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ALASKA Miles and
miles of miles and miles.
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ALIMONY Alimony is
a system by which, when
t'vo people make a mis
take, one of them con
tinues to pay for it.
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ALL-EXPENSE TOUR
The perfect example of
truth in advertising. ,
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AMBITION The main
thing that keeps people
moving, but the "No Park
ing" sign is doing its part.
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APOLOGIZE To lay
the foundation for a future
offense.
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APPLAUSE - A dem
onstration by an audience.
At the beginning of a
speech, it expresses faith.
In the middle of a speech,
it expressed hope. At the
end of a speech, it ex
presses charity.
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APRIL 1 The day
upon which we a r e re
minded of what we are on
the other 364.
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ARIZONA Where sum
mer spends the winter.
In an editorial which
appeared in the Nebras
kan on Wednesday of last
week, Frank Landis, Jr.
voiced his opinions of the
Democratic Party, the
New Frontier, the "naive
American -vote r," and
last, but not least, the
new budget.
Frank's basic prem
ise is basically that "all
the public wants to hear
is that they're going to
get pie in the sky, and
that someone else is going
to pay for it." Following
this is a short list of the
programs of the Kennedy
administration.
Now let me say this
about that! Why shouldn't
we look, for better things?
We can produce far more
goods now than we could
during any other time of
our existence.
Is it really asking for
something for nothing? I
believe it is rather a non
inflationary price in
crease. Why shouldn't in
dustry share its profits
with labor; it never hesi
tates to feed at the public
trough (i.e., defense con
tracts and the like). It is
true that industry doesn't
call it pie in the sky, but
they are looking for it ev
ery day.
Speaking of pies and
things, isn't it a fact that
all of Nebraska's grain
bins represent govern
ment money coming into
that state? What about all
those irrigation ditches
across the state? What
about Hruska's new half
million dollar water bill
which was recently intro
duced? As a matter of
fact, no part of America
lives more on pie in the
sky than Nebraska and
her rugged individualists.
The most ardent critic
of pie in the sky would
have to be Senator Gold
water, and yet his state
received something like
one billion government
dollars, but the Senator
did not endeavor to re
turn these funds.
In regard to the budget,
Pexonr
1 RAM Action Receives Comment
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TO THE EDITOR:
I read with interest the
article in the Daily Ne-
braskan dealing with the
firing of Ron Rogowski
as RAM Newsgram edi-
tor by RAM President
Dave Scholz.
Perhaps in the interest
1 of responsible, "unslant-
ed" news reporting it
would be well to see what
so aroused the RAM ex-
ecutive council to their
righteous anger,
s As noted, previous inci-
i dents had not resulted in
the firing of the editor.
Also, as stated by Rogow-
ski, the Sigma Nu inci-
dent never entered into
1 the discussion.
We m u s t, therefore,
I look on the front page of
the Newsgram edition
I which contains the afore-
I mentioned incident. Here
I we have a report of a
1 "Banquet" held by the
I RAM executive council
I for the RAM executive
1 council-The article was
i not correct in reporting
1 the cost of the affair it
was actually $72, not $66
I as reported.
On the back of that is-
I sue was a cartoon which
I depicted three people eat-
1 ing and which was cap-
s tioned, "Hey, Dave, pass
the treasury I mean the
I T-bones."
Since Mr. Scholz has
not seen fit to deny the
charge that the Sigma Nu
incident never entered the
discussion, perhaps we
must look here for the
reason for the firing of
Mr. Rogowski.
The article explained
that the banquet was paid
for from a fund placed
at the discretion of the
RAM president. The car
toon, whose function was
aji nrlitorial on. migRt-
ed that perhaps this was
an indiscreet use of this
fund. This is in perfect
harmony with the demo
cratic ideal that elected
officials are to be ever
open to criticism. This
'democraic ideal has not
been seriously challenged
in this country since the
Alien and Sedition Acts
of the administration of
John Adams.
Yet here we see the
muzzling of this same
freedom and the substitu
tion of a "responsible"
press. A press which shall
be responsible to the
RAM executive council
and to President Scholz.
As noted in the Nebras
kan article, Scholz re
fused an offer by Rogow
ski to establish an inde
pendent censorate to
check the validity and
prejudice of Newsgram
articles, thus affirming
that from this time on the
articles printed in the
Newsgram shall be first
approved by the RAM ex
ecutive council or some
body subservient to it.
This would be compara
ble to requiring that all
articles and editorials in
the Daily Nebraskan must
be subject to approval by
the Student. Council.
Had Mr. Scholz shown
himself to be receptive to
such criticism, this would
not be necessarily evil,
but his action in firing
Rogowski has spoken el
oquently for him. In a
very random sampling of
opinion among residents,
this action found strong
opposition, despite the
success of Scholz's mo
tion of confidence. We
mourn the loss of our
free press.
Sincerely,
FoVr! Chfrey
the statement was made
"This idea of tremendous
deficit spending isn't like
rolling the d i c e or draw
ing to an inside straight,
it's just moving forward
with great 'vlgah'."
Aw, cmon' Frank, defi
cits are nothing new with
Kennedy. In the last 34
years what have we had
about six balanced budg
ets? Under Eisenhower's
so - called businessman's
government, we did have
a balanced budget for one
year, but the following
year we saw the largest
deficit in history over
12 billion dollars.
The Kennedy approach
Is merely an acceptance
of a deficit for the next
few years, in order to di
v e r t our financial re
sources to two ends: con
sumer purchasing and
capital investment.
Increased c o n s u mer
purchasing will result in
a better standard of liv
ing, and in turn produce a
greater rate of economic
growth. Besides accom
plishing the same results
as consumer purchasing,
capital investment will
lead to far more jobs.
by lynn corcoran
This mention of jobs
brings to light a basic
problem which we now
face, ard that is the un
employment of f i v e mil
lion people, despite tre
mendous prosperity.
Each year the number
of jobs which must be
made available averages
about 900,000. For the re
mainder of the sixties, it
has been estimated that
an additional half million
jobs must be made avail
able. During the last adminis
tration we had both un
employment and a deficit.
Kennedy is trying to elim
inate the unemployment,
with this result eventually
eliminating the deficit.
Is Kennedy's idea the
best way to solve the
country's problems?
Should we attempt to
move "forward with 'vig
ah' " with ideas which
show some signs of prom
ise? Should we sit down on
the golf course and think
about it some more?
Personally, I would
rather be on the New
Frontier with JFK than
on the Last Frontier with
Sitting Bull.
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(Author of "I Wat a Teen-age DrbarJ," "The Many
Loves of Dobie GUlis," etc.)
THE CURSE OF THE CAMPUS: NO. 1
Hate me if you will, but I must speak. We college types ar
far too complacent. Sure, we've Rot plenty to be proud of.
We've Rot atom smashers, we've got graduate schools, we've got
new peaks in scholarship, new highs in academic honors. And yet,
in the midst of these triumphs, we have failed dismally to make
any progress in solving the oldest and most horrenofous of all
campus problems: we've still got roommates.
To be sure, all roommates are not bad. There is the well
documented case of Hilquit Glebe, a student at the Manhattan
College of Agriculture, majoring in curds and whey, who ad
mitted publicly that he actually liked his roommate an odd
admission when you consider that this roommate, Mervis
Trunz by name, was frankly not too winsome a fellow. He
practiced his tympani in his room, he kept an alligator, and he
collected airplane tires.
But, on the other hand, Mervis bought two packs of Marlboro
Cigarettes every day and gave one of them to Hilquit and I ask
you who can stay mad at a man who gives you Marlboro
Cigarettes? Who, upon tasting that flavorful blend of Marlboro
tobaccos, upon drawing through that pure white Marlboro filter,
upon exulting in this beet of all possible cigarettes, Marlboro
who, I say, can harden his heart against his neighbor? Certainly
not Hilquit. Certainly not I. Certainly not you, as you will find
when j'ou scurry to your nearest tobacconist and buy a supply.
Marlboros come in soft pack or Flip-Top Box. Tobacconist)
come in small, medium, and large.
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Hut 1 digress. Roommate, I say, are still with us and I
fear they alwayR will I, so we ltter learn how to get along
with them. It can he done, you know. Take, for instance, the
cla-ssic cane of Dolly Pitcher and Molly Madison.
Dolly and Molly, roommates at a prominent Midwestern
girls' school (Vassar) had a problem that seemed insoluble. Dolly
could only study late at night, and Molly could not stay awake
past nine o'clock. If Dolly kept the lights on, the room was too
bright for Molly to sleep. If Molly turned the lights off, the
nxim was too dark for Dolly to study. What to do?
Well sir, those two intelligent American kidH found an an
swer. They got a miner's cap for Dolly I Thus, she had enough
light to study by, and still the room wa dark enough for
Molly to sleep.
It must I afVfiiitted, however, that this solution, ingeniout
s it was, had some unexpected sequelae. Ixdly got so en
chanted with her miner's cap that she switched her major from
18th Century poetry to mining and metallurgy. Shortly after
graduation she had what appeared to be a great stroke of luck:
while out prospecting, she discovered what is without question
the world's largest feldspar mine. This might have made Dolly
very rich except that nobody, alas, has yet discovered a use for
feldspar. T oday Dolly a broken woman, squeezes out a meagre
living making echoes for tourists in Mammoth Cave.
, Nor has Molly fared conspicuously better. Once Dolly got
the miner's hat,, Molly was able to catch up on her long-lost
sleep. Hhe woke after eight days refreshed and vigorous-more
vigorous alas, than she realized. It was the afternoon of the
annual Dean s tea. Molly stood in line with her classmates,
lmg,to,H,,ak.e the,Dean' hnd. At last her turn came, and
Molly, full of strength and health, gave the Dean a firm hand-shake-so
firm indeed, that all five of the DcanV knuckle
were permanently fused.
The Dean sued for a million dollars, and, of course, won. To
day Molly, a broken woman, is paying off her debt by walking
the Dean e cat every afternoon for ten cento an hour.
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