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WE KNOW SOMETHING
But
SOME GREEKS have recently com
plained, why don't the Nebraskan writ
ers and other people find a new whip-
ping post and stop taking digs at pledge
training and other aspects of fraternity?
The answer is simple the Greek sys
tem continually leaves itself open for
such criticism.
It is interesting to note that last
week the IFC didn't hold a "regular
meeting", but took its "informal" meet
ing to the Alpha Gamma Rho chapter.
Consequently, no report was made in the
campus press, supposedly no minutes
Were taken, and the various chapter
presidents could speak freely.
IT IS indeed a shame that chapter
presidents, supposedly outstanding exam-,
pies of their fraternity and men of
..strong beliefs and character, have to
HELD OVER at the Varsity Theatre is
probably one of the most impressive mo
tion pictures to hit Lincolnland in months.
If you have seen "The Days Of Wine and
Roses" you know what we are speaking
about. If you haven't, GO.
Bailey, one of the Nebraskan Colum
nists, has researched the drinking prob
lem and finds that one of every 10 college
graduates becomes an alcoholic.
MEDICAL MUDDLE
Could
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story was written by Bob Prokop. Pro,
who is not a stranger to the Nebraskan reader, is currently a student at the
Medical School in Omaha. The story below is his analysis and roundup of
comment over the recent hassel over Medical School funds. It Is of vital
Interest and concern to all of us.)
The' muddled situation at the University of Nebraska
Medical School concerning additional state funds has
become even more clouded by the recent apparent split
in the medical voluntary and fulltime faculty.
Both sides of the University medical faculty agree
on one basic premise, funds are needed desperately in
the fast changing medical world, a world which yester
day was merely a diseases diagnoses study to the mar -vels
of the electron microscope and the molecular level
of the human disease.
Many people io not realize that the
University medical school is a college,
similar to Teachers, Arts and Science,
and Law, dependent upon the University
Budget for support. In today's complexi
ties of Ben Casey and huge hospitals
along with the frequently encountered
supposedly high cost of medicine and its
practice, the layman fails to realize that
the University is simply a teaching in
stitution without any private funds available.
Just what is needed at the Medical ""ROKOP
School to keep up with the changing medical practice?
Nebraska University must rank as one of the top
basic science schools in the United States. The A. M. A.
stopped ranking schools in 1956, but prior to that time,
Nebraska University rarely fell out of the top ten in this
department.
The University can claim the Outstanding Patholo
gist of last year, Dr. Schenken, two of the top authorities
in the field of anatomy, Dr. Holyoke and Dr. Latta, a
much sought after and brilliant Biochemistry professor,
Dr. Jacobi, one of the top authorities in Microbiology,
Dr. McFadden, the world-wide known Physiologist and
Pharmocologist, Dr. Mclntyre, and a known authority
on Preventive Medicine, Dr. Potthoff, recently selected
as one of the top ten in his field.
The basic science faculty will match any in the
world but this same group has been so tied down in
teaching duties, their criteria for being outstanding, re
search, has to fall by the wayside due to lack of funds
to hire other instructors to take some of the required
teaching load off of their schedule to maintain their
standing in the scientific field.
Until this year, the Nebraska Medical School had
facilities that in 1920 might have been considered mod
ern. Despite this handicap, they have made the best
use of the poor facilities. With the State giving them a
V. mill levy in 1956, they have obtained enough money
to finally remodel and modernize their Biochemistry,
Pharmocology, and Physiology sections. Money still is
not avialable to revamp the facilities in Microbiology
and Anatomy. Without this remodeling, a fast changing
research field will leave the school in a cloud of dust
with its antique equipment.
Cope With Demands . . .
Without new instructors, the medical school will not
be able to expand and release the vital time of impor
tant men for the research of tomorrow which may come
up with the answers of cancer, heart disease, etc. The
men of medicine in Nebraska will not have the training
necessary in ten years to cope with medical demands.
The clinics are more sadly in need of money than
any other part of the medical school. The University
had to shut down a wing several years ago due to the
fact that they didn't have operational funds to pay
nurses, orderlys, etc. in order to maintain the facilities.
The legislature's appropriation to the University not
only concerns building but salary payment for main
tainance of the staff. These funds are dependent upon
the whims of politics and thus the University is not
sure from one- biennium to the next what this will
amount to. ,
The clinics benefit the medical school by giving the
future doctors instructions in diagnosis and observation
of rare diseases which they may be confronted with in
their practice.
The clinics are also an aid to outstate doctors who
send in patients as referrals to specialists who are ex
perts in particular pathological fields. The often forgot
ten fact is that most of these cases are welfare and
not private, and therefore, the University doesn't ob
tain any funds from the treated patients. In a world of
Ben Casey, hospital complexes and the medicare propa
ganda, the laymen, pictures a multiple source of ob
taining funds for the medical school. Again, this isn't
the case at the University Medical School.
Accreditation Loss ...
There has been much talk of losing accreditation
at the Medical School. There is some truth to this state
ment but this in terms of the future rather than the
present. The basic science dpeartment will never lose
their accreditation but the clinics are in danger. If the
legislature doesn't do something now, the danger will
EDITORIAL
We Won't Tell
The Days Of Wine And
Force Move Unto Never-Mever Land
Monday, March 18, 19631
take to off-the-record-itis before they let
anyone else hear these beliefs.
It is too bad that IFC meetings re
sort to listening to committee reports
and giving approval or disapproval to
their executive council.
IF THE Greeks feel they have prob
lems (and they do); if they feel they
are serving a purpose on the Nebraska
campus (and they are); If their leader
ship is really leadership (and it is), then
there should be no need to hold cover
up sessions in order for representatives
to participate.
So, IFC members, what were your
opinions on Greek Week, on the LOOK
article, on the IFC slate, and the other
topics which you felt a need to talk over
in seclusion? Maybe the rest of the fra
ternity membership would like to know.
0. M.
Roses
THE MOVIE shows what can happen
to the family, the job and the lives of
those involved. -
We seldom recommend movies, but
this one deserves the recommendation and
probably a few Academy Awards.
P.S. If you like Chocolate, be sure to
take notes.
O.M.
increase. The A.M.A. requires a' certain minimal re
quirement in clinics. Nebraska is presently just meet
ing this requirement. If the A.M.A. ups this requirement,
the University clinics will lose their accreditation with
out building funds and additional maintenance funds.
This also will require more fulltime faculty instead of
the present voluntary group teaching without pay at the
school.
The question then arises, why the big split between
the loyal opposition and the fulltime medical school fac
ulty? The answer is in application of the University
funds.
The loyal opposition, the voluntary faculty, point to
the fact that when the University discontinued operation
of one wing, the reason behind it was not that the
physical plant was not available, but rather money was
not available to pay the staff. Their point is simply,
"why build a new hospital and revitalize the old build
ing when there is no guaranteed financial support for
a staff to operate the facilities."
Another point which they make1? is that ihe national
government is slowly taking over medicine via govern
ment funds for hospitals, equipment, etc. The doctors
are trying to prevent the government from socializing
medicine. To the medical practice, this is important.
Dictates of how many patients they must see, who they
must treat, etc. are the reason the profession is fight
ing to keep the Kennedy Administration out of this field
of service.
There has been speculation also that the doctors
involved feel that the building of a new hospital would
cut down the business which they now enjoy. This is not
completely the case since the current supply of doctors
to patients is at an all time low in the United States,
Meeting The Demand ...
The faculty and administration at the University
feel that the expansion and building is necessary in or
der to maintain the increase in graduates from the
school and to keep pace with the increasing demand of
medical men. Although the number of men going into prac
tice is similar to 30 years ago, the population explosion de
mands more graduates for. the future. The current ex
pansion is simply meeting the demand which overflows
into the research field and not the crisis impending in
the general practice field. Thus the University adminis
tration feels the necessity to build and acquire addition
al land and buildings to meet the future demand.
Terry Carpenter introduced legislation for the ad
ditional building funds necessary, but when the contro
versy arose as to necessary funds for operation o. these
facilities, the storm began to brew. The University pre
sented a maximum operation plan which would be re
quired to be a top school in the nation in ten years.
The legislature mistook this as being somewhat expen
sive and unneeded, and fell back on their old ways of
conservatism. To the farmer, the roads by his place
were more important than improved medical facilities.
So, the apparent course for the representatives was to
scuttle the plan in what appeared to be a split in the
medical faculty. To the outsider, it appeared the Uni
versity did not need the funds as desperately as they
bad stated. The result was that the split caused the
legislature to withdraw further into conservatism and
take away funds already given the school.
What's Needed . . .
This brings us to the last point, just what is needed
at the University of Nebraska Medical School?
The voluntary faculty is unpaid or partially paid for
services rendered. In order to have a stronger school,
the University wants to have an active fulltime faculty
which is devoted strictly to research and teaching.
They also would like to obtain more instructors in basic
sciences in order to better handle the expanding fields
of research and teaching. They can only do this by hir
ing more people which requires more money.
Second, the school wants to have more clinic space
available, more instruction material present, and a place
to handle the rare diseases which cannot be treated
adequately by the private practice physician. For this,
they need additional faculty and pace.
Third, the University wants to increase enrollment
in order to meet the expansion of the population which
will demand more medical men.
Fourth, the University, wants to carry on a full
scale research study in order to find the answers to the
basic questions of disease. This can only be done with
state money, not federal, in order to better treat the
patient of tomorrow. ,
Fifth, the University wants to aid the physician who
wants to keep up with modern medicine by making
available to him the necessary instruction and keeping him
abreast of current methods.
Sixth, the University wants to offer better service
to the people of .Nebraska, the real benefactor , cf a
strong school of medicine. The cries of "Why so many
students leave Nebraska University and go elsewhere"
is not true at the Medical school. It's interesting to note
that 75 of the Nebraska Medical School graduates prac
tice in Nebraska. This alone should be enough en
couragement to give additional funds because of the
Every once in awhile,
" the low level of "gyre
and gimble" is forced to
resort to an even lower
form of existance. A .ca
sual remark has elicited
that the word "tiauma"
has been used in virtual
ly every one of these ster
ling Itttle entries into the
literary world. It Is not
enough that it must be
LITTLE MAN
"This is only our eeccxip
CaCINCa U TKT ANV
gyre and gimble
used, the speaker contin
ues, but not everyone
knows what it means. In
the interests of furthering
the education of innocent,
yet not necessarily naive
minds, the following is
d:voted.
Once upon a time, there
came to the University a
small town boy who
played baseball like a ver
itable Mickey Mantle of
ON CAMPUS
vozs wvl have am ipea ne'e
MS TCNUSHT.'
direct benefit to Nebraskans as well as the nation, In
dustry will not reap what Nebraska has paid for.
Face The Problem ...
Let's face the problem head on, lets face the fact:
If the University doesn't get the money, the school's
standing, prestige, and accreditation will slip and put us
where we don't want to be last. Money spent in the
Nebraska Medical School will benefit Nebraska as much
as her roads, irrigation systems, and dams. The har
vest will remain in , Nebraska, , not in her neighboring
states.
The facts can be looked at by anybody interested.
The University Medical Administration is more than
happy to give a comparison of our situation with sur
rounding states, which I might add is not too encourag
ing. The legislature should look ahead or fall behind into
a position of no return.
"It's hard to get into first place, but very easy to
fall into the land of no-return."
the bray of
the laughing jackass
Two Wednesdays ago,
the Laughing Jackass
promised a discussion of
the University's jungle
telegraph system. v
It's amazing how fast
our telegraph system is.
That Wednesday's Rag
came out about 11:00
a.m., and by noon every
girl on Ag campus hated
me.
The reason? The jack
ass suggested that the
residents of Burr Fedde
and Love Hall would
make ideal built-in baby
sitters for the folks in
Married Student Housing,
and the coeds resented it.
100 readers lost.
Two columns written,
Don't feel bad, girls, I
worked my way through
a year of college as a
built-in babysitter, gard
ener, and dishwasher. I
still occasionally perform
bottle-warming, diaper
washing services for my
cousin. She introduces
me as her "houseboy."
So don't let's have
any more hard feelings
when I allude to those of
you who are in Home
Ec. I promise never to
call you "house girls."
Back to the subject of
today's column: Skuttle
butt. A scuttlebutt is a wa
ter cooler where sailors
hang around and trade
rumors. The Rag doesn't
have a scuttlebutt. Our
"rumors" come to us on
our beats.
One rumor that Wasn't
died yet is the mattress
rumor. Supposedly, the
students are to break up
pianos while the faculty
tears up Simmons mat
treses. This is not true.
The alumni are tearing
up the mattresses, the
legislature is taxing the
outcome, while students
and faculty watch and
make book on the winner
of the fastest ,unstuffing
title.
For a while last week,
rumor had it that the
Laughing Jackass had
changed his name to the
Crying Elephant. This is
false.
I did think for a while
of flying my true colors
and calling myself the
Crested Mockingbird.
The label might keep
me healthy since every
one knows that no right-
the boondocks. His arriv
al was heralded by t h e
sports world's greats of
NU as the greatest thing
since tomato juice and
Alka-Seltzcr. HUZZAH!
In time, the Slugging
Slob, as he came to be
called, heard the far off
music being piped by the
activities jocks. He had
a mild tremor of fear ...
did he want to wear tri
angle sweatshirt or did
he want to enter the world
series of the more erudite,
yea even literate and pop
ular, student body. II i s
poor little bat boy brain
was plagued. Finally with
much hard work and very
little thought he decided
to stay out in left field,
so he joined the activities
big time.
N jdloss to say, his house
loved it. Already the Hor
atio Alger stories were
being written "Bat Boy
'Home Runs' in activities."
And, darned if the stories
weren't all printed for the
Slugging Slob became the
greatest little leader of so
cieties since Anthony Ac
tivities. He was respected
and admired, he was c ol,
'. ' was the hondo of hon
dos and the King of the
Hop.
One day, his success
story took a turn for the
worse. There was a rush
party on campus and his
house turned the music up
to 50 trillion billion zillion
octillion decibles trying to
by bob ray
thinking conservative
would do anything as rad
ical as to kill a mocking
bird. However, the Laughing
Jackass will continue to
write under the nickname
sometimes given to t h e
A u s t ralian kuckaburra.
But Australian or not,
t h e laughing Jackass
will not register as an
agent of a foreign pow
er. All rumors to any
other effect are wrong.
It's also being said
around the scuttlebutts on
campus that the Rag
prints history, not news.
This belief is unfounded.
Next time, we'll discuss
the frustrations ot an Ag
researcher. That's so you
don't have to read the
frustrations of a column
nist all the time.
UU
Problem
Of the Week
PROBLEM: A shep
herd was asked how
many sheep he had in
his flock. He replied that
he could not say, but he
knew if he counted them
by twos, by threes, by
fours, by fives, or by
sixes, there was always
one over, but if he count
ed them by sevens there
were none left over.
.What is the smallest
1 number which' will an
swer the above condi
tions? Bring or send answers
to this week's problem to
210 Burnett. The solution
will be printed next week
along with another prob
lem. SOLUTION: The solu
tion of last week's prob
lem: The total number of
handshakes completed at
any moment is even, for
each , occasion or hand
shake sees two hand
shakes completed. The
number of handshakes,
however, is also the
sum of the handshakes
made by each individual
person.
Since this sum is an
even number, the count
of the people who have
shaken hands on odd
numbers of times must
be even (for odd times
odd equals odd). Lane
Isaacson solved last
week's problem.
drown out the music next
door going at 49.9 trillion
etc.
At any rate, the house
was proud of "thcit boy,"
and Incy stood hii on a
pedes' al in the living
room for all the ncom
ing ' armits to e and
salaam to. Having last
i heard of the campus hero
' when he left his home in
the boondocks, the visit
ing i g n r a m u s eg wor
shipped him still as the
king of w t, the mahar
ani of the dugout and the
duke of the batters box.
Little did they know that
he had forsaken the great
outdoors for the activities
whirl.
When they met him at
the door, they asked about
his batting average, and
he said he was pretty
cool with the girls and
his date life was really
swinging.
They asked him what
teams he had played this
year, and he said he had
been playing the Pi Chis
against his next door
neighbors the Upsilon
Rhos and they were at
each others throats.
They asked what num
ber .he was wearing on
his uniform, and whether
he still wore his lucky
number 7, and he re
plied that he was number
one down here and he
didn't have to wear any
numeral to prove it.
They asked him how
everything was with the
battery and he repli ' tliat
he'd never been caught
for assault and . . .but
he had come close.
And then all the broken-hearted
little clods
went next door where thy
had a Roger Maris and
they left the once Slugging
Slob nothing more than a
Sobbing Slob. He had
failed, sandlot and not
superbondogical achieve
ments were still held in
h:;' esteem; he h i been
led astray.
Fooey, he said, I'll re
turn to my happy go lucky
days. And he went up
stairs to get his old base
ball mit and decided to
put on his letter jacket
and be "one of the boys."
He couldn't decide what
hand to put his mit on.
And that's the trauma
. . . when you don't know
your right hand from your
left and yet you are still
literate and popular, you
really belong in left field,
whether you like it or not.
m.s.
You Can
Do Better
Than That
BETTING Sometimes
a means of getting some
thing for nothing, but
generally a method of
getting nothing for some
thing. BIGAMIST A man who
doesn't know when he has
got enough.
BIRD IN THE HAND
Bad table manners.
BLIND ALLEY-Easy
street.
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