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(Kip New (&nwtb 0 y 8 - I t V ; i 2 t Thursday, TICKET MESS: Piftenger's Headache Yesterday was indeed a day for Student Council. The action which took place on the floor set some precedents, raised some questions and left some of the nearly 100 spectators present more than a little irritated. The students, mostly girls from two NU sororities, came to Council to protest their groups' having to sit in the bleachers during football games because of an error in judgment made by James Pittenger, athletic ticket manager. The students argued that they should not be required to sit in the bleachers while others Including students from visiting schools, convention delegates, and single spectators were allowed to sit in the east stadium. The students have a valid argument, and have a right to protest the situation. They were wise in taking the issue to Student Council rather than using other more irate means which would have accomplished nothing. Even though the student's interests were disregard ed when seating was being organized, they should realize that an unusual combination of events brought about this turmoil Pittenger is at his first year as ticket man ager which is bound to pose a problem, the Nebraska football team catapulted to national fame in one year. And 3,000 new students entered the University this fall. Tie these factors into a bundle, and yon have got a problem which would tax the abilities and temperament of even the most experienced ticket manager. As a matter of courtesy to Pittenger, the interest groups who were at the meeting yesterday should send representatives to the meeting of the Student Council welfare committee tonight. This will prevent mob disre spect On the other hand, however, students should demand corrective measures this year, not next, even if it means headaches and late hours for Pittenger. GARY LACEY aniMiiaiiiuiiitciaiiiiiiiMiiioiuiiiiiiimiiiiiniuiiaiiiiiiiiiiy iniuiiniiiiiDiuii'j I The Bad Seed I Normally, I am able to shrug off unfortunate quirks of life, like discov ering too late there is no handle on a toilet, or be ing the person who just has to take the housemoth er down to lunch on Sun day. I've even been able to socialize with blind dates who wore Eagle Scout suits and spent the even ing with two fingers in the air. These are menial trials, or as Chaucer would say, "Dyon't sweat thee lyttle thyngs." He knew . However, faced with an 8 o'clock in the Soc build ing, a 9 o'clock at Nebras ka HaU, and a 10 o'clock back at the P.E. building, I have lost the spirit once so admired by many. Perhaps, with my un daunted optimism, I could have accepted such a mundane schedule, were it not for two things: the elavator in Nebraska Hall, and having to elbow my way through the Sig Ep pledges, who were waiting one morning to all get into the house at the same time. A b o a t the elevator, which was invented in 1880 by Werner von Siemens. Incidentally, rumor has it he also discovered consti p a t i o n. Someone once asked him, "Werner, is there anything yon can think of that moves slow er than your elevator?" Off hand, be couldn't same a thing, so be in vented something that did. Monday was my first encounter with Nebraska Hall's vertical Tilt-a-WhirL Accompanied by ten or so students and one faculty member, we un suspectingly boarded the elevator and pushed the button for third floor. It immediately went to the basement. We pushed the button once more. After touching second floor to pick up another passenger, it went uner ringly to the fifth story, Visibly annoyed, a junior beside me started mutter ing incantations to him self. The words were thankfully not discernible. I turned to the girl on my right to strike up a conversation. "Heard any new elephant jokes?" I inquired, hoping to pick op a few for the president of the Delt house to t e 1 1 during business meetings. She remained mute. Meanwhile, the elevator Oct. 3, 1963 had journeyed down to second once more. It seemed more advantag eous to try the stairs. The door snapped shut at that moment. Down in the basement once more, I had a chance to break for the stairs. I fled. Word-of-mouth has it there are ten students and one teacher missing. I have a good idea where they are. N.S. Three Protest Column On Dear Editor: W h e n we were in kin dergarten we were told that name calling was one of the more malicious forms of propaganda, commonly used by Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and other governments and groups known for their intolerance. Mr. John Lonnquist has called us "Nebraska Yo kels" and 'contented Cornpickers,' (Daily Ne braskan, Sept. 30, 1963) and has implied that we were rabid fumblers. Al though these names and the term Bari Goldilocks, were intended to be ludic rous, they went over like President Kennedy's so cialized medicine pro gram. WTe are not necessarily yokels just because we live in a rather "insignifi cant" state, nor are we contended with the pres ent policies. We also have goals in mind slightly higher than getting in the corn crop. Concerning the selfish n e s s of the campaign booth in not giving Mr. Lonnquist a hat and a la pel pin: no one advertised free campaign materials. A hat given to Mr. Lonn quist would be wasted, for it would never be seen again. If he wants one, we are sure that he can buy one it a Lincoln department store. When we were over at the Activities Mart, we didn't find ourselves being whirlwinded into any has ty decisions . . . Now as to the charge of conservatives be ing, creeping socialists: that is like the pot call ing the kettle black. Un (MA rsSssbss SACS TAW THIS AftA IS M AS TJi.&EAt SASKtT OF THE USXR. Is Our Campus In A Shambles? Or Do Successes Go Uncovered As most of us read the Daily Nebraskan, we get the general impression that our campus is about to crumble to dust all around us. In writing this column throughout the year, I hope that I wil be able to counteract this feeling by pointing to Husker successess off the football field. Whether or not I w i 1 1 be able to accomplish this with "particular empha sis on Independent af fairs" remains to be seen. "Pokorny's Playmates" will certainly do all they can to contribute to a positive program, but they der liberal administra tions since World War I, the free world has lost, rather than gained, terri tory. Witness: the Chinese mainland, Cuba, the Con go .. . within the United States itself, from shortly after World War I, so cialism has been on the upswing. Big government is necessary to carry on the functions of power projects, social security, unemployment insurance ... ad infinitum, ad na senm. Moral standards seem to have declined since then. Is there a cor relation between stand ards and decline of indi vidual responsibility? On the contrary, con servatism is the stress ing of individual freedom, as opposed to the wel fare state or big liberal government! The laws that guarantee an indi v i d u a 1 freedom, such as those proposed by con servatives, are not a step backward, but a step for ward, for any motion to-, ward a goal is not a retro gression. This goal is the same as that advocated by such "radicals" as Thomas Jefferson and An drew Jackson. It seems that the liber als' views show that America under the con stitution has become out dated by the newer the ories of Karl Marx. Liber als believe that man ex ists more fully then com pletely equal, each work ing for the good of the masses or the state; whereas conservatives know that individual ini ative and ability will seg regate men in any type of situation, so that true equality is possible only under socialism. They al so feel that a man does cannot h o p e for success by going it alone. By the way, while I will be try ing to point out the good that is done on campus, I wil 1 certainly hope you don't stop reading right now. I also plan to deliv er some justly deserved criticism from time to time. Enough said about plans, now let's get down to business. There were two NU successes this past weekend, and one has been reported so far. I feel we need to take a look at the second. It was experienced by only a handful of freshmen and Goldwater more for himself and so ciety if he receives the fruit of his labor, thus ul timately providing a bet ter world for .all to live in. This ideology has been branded by the New Fron tiersmen as "stone-a g e politics." (They are trying to eliminate all oposition, in this case, using the name-calling method.) We think that an accu rate picture of the future United States, if present trends continue, may be contained in a blend of Orwell's 1984, O r w e 1 l's Animal Farm, and Hux ley's Brave New World. Finally, might we sug gest that Mr. Lonnquist's editorial seems to have ben written in haste and not subsequently revised. The style! How juvenile! Is it possible, Mr. Lonn quist, that had you re re a d your article you would have changed to a more mature apprach? Cyrus Hall David Hood Scot Jones ...miiiiiiiimiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiniiMiti'g About Letters H fbe DilT Nrtraaaaa lavltn s readers U asa H tar ewaaalsaa af amnion aa earraat lawica mar c s laaa 1 rlewvatrt. Latter ma at aa as signed, rentala a erm.iMe aa- S dreaa, and ba free af ll'oelaas mm- to rial frB aamea elated aad will aa arrtttea Brevit aa letlafllty laereeee E the chanca af publication. Length tetter, mar he edited ar emitted AMntnlH. ninr will He returned al!ll!illllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIII!l!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHi The Daily Nebraskan JOHN MORRIS, manaelni editor; SUE HOVTK, newe editor; STEVE SY DOW. SUSIK SMITH BERGER, GRANT PETERSON, aeiiior staff writera; LARRY ASMAN, MARV McNEFF. GARY MILLER, FRANK PARTSCH. SHARI JOHNSON lunlor stafi writera: PATTY KNAPP, ARNIE CARSON, copy editors! HAL FOSTER, photographer. MICK ROOD, I Porta editor) MIKE JEF FREY, circulation manager JIM DICK, aubeciiptlon mananer: BILL GUN LICKS, BOB CUNNINGHAM. PETE LAGE. buunena asilalaiiu. Subscriptions rates S3 per semester or 15 per year. Entered aa second class matter at the post office In Lincoln, Nebraska, under the act ot August 4. 1012 The Dally Nebraskan la published at Room 51, Nebraska Union, on Monday. Wednesday. Thu.Mlay, Friday by University of Nebraska students under the jurisdiction ot the Faculty Subcommittee on Student Publications. Publications shall he tree trom cen o-shlp by the Subcommittee or any person outside the University. Members of the Nebraakan are reaponsible for what they cause to be printed Chicv SoV-Tr.ff By Gary Pokorny less than a dozen upper classmen, yet the implica tion of the YWCA Fresh man Camp will have far greater significance to the University as a whole than any single football victory if we learn a les son from the camp. A number of facts about the camp stand out: Ev eryone who attended it felt it was an overwhelm ing s u c c e s s one of the few off the gridiron for the University. Part of the reason is the fact that out of an origi nal registration of seven ty freshman almost half chose not to attend for one reason or another. As a result of this unplanned screening process, those who did attend were en thusiastic and sincere about making this week end a valuable experi ence. All of us can learn a lesson from this. A lesson that is too easily forgot ten as we rush all over campus: Unless we throw ourselves completely into everything we choose to do during the four years here, we are shortchang ing ourselves, the people we work with, and the whole University commu nity. The freshmen in attend ance were not the only reason for this success. The counselors and Y staff, too, came to the camp with the idea of pushing the camp to the top. There was little glory attached to the work they did. Very few people realize the time and effort need ed to start from scratch and build a whole new tradition. Judy Keys, camp director, and every one who helped her worked for over a year planning the camp. It was thankless work and there were times when it seemed hopeless, especial ly with no backlog of ex perience to rely on. If more of us on campus learn our lesson and take the positive, constructive attitude shown by the project and work toward creating valuable new tra ditions instead of lament ing the passing of some that may be better buried, we may all be able to someday be proud to call this campus our home. I am not convinced that we can today. Without a doubt, the YWCA's Fireside Chat program is the best con ceived new program on campus this fall. Since education involves an ex change of ideas, the con cept of discussion with rather than being lectured to, is better suited to the univers i t y community. Unfortunately, the pow ers that be do not recog nize this and as enroll ment increases the stu dent and professor are faced with an ever in creasing class size which makes a give and take situation in the classroom difficult. Fireside Chats, howev er, will give a limited number of students the opportunity to meet six times during the first semester with outstanding faculty and community members in informal seminar situations. This brings to mind a series of seminars con ducted in Washington, D.C., this summer for col lege interns who worked on Capitol Hill and the executive departments. Not only were they given a chance to learn by participating in the day-to-day activities of other offices or by observ ing Congress in session, but they were able to meet with prominent political figures as individuals, in small groups, or large au diences. The Large semi nar programs were con ducted by the White House, the Republican National Committee, and the Congressional Intern Association. In most cases, following '(Br fte AiUkor of WORDS: I tm i 1 "" Today let as take p the subject of etymoJopy Watonwfcg as it is sometimes called) which ie the study of wotd agkaf (or insects, as they are sometimes called). Where are word origins (insects) to be found? Wi&tHe,.BOme times words are proper names which have passed Into the language. Take, for instance, the words used In etectrie&jw ampere was named after Ha discoverer, the Frmekmn Andtm Marie Ampere (1775-1836); aimilarfy, ohm was named after the German G.S. Ohm (17SW854), wait after the Soot James Watt (1736-1819), and bmb after the Amerioan Fnd a Brib (1843-1912). There is, incidentally, quite a poignant fitfe story about Mr. Bulb. Until Bulb's invention, all Sktminataon was po vided by gas, which was named after its inventor MattonT. Gas fk IWa ".awiitnt,. . fas' -aw who, strange to tell, had been Bulb's Rxnanate at Cat ltodhf In fact, strange to tell, the third man sharing the room with Bulb and Gas was also one whose name burns bright in. tfart annals of illumination Walter Candlet The three roommates were inseparable eocipaniofas in al lege. After graduation all three did research in the ptoblems of artificial light, which at this time did not exist. Ail America used to go to bed with the chickens, and many fine dtisens were, alas, severely injured falling off the roost. Well sir, the three comrades Bulb, Gas, aad QMrxfle promised to be friends forever when they left school, bat success, alas, spoiled all ttai. First Candle invented the can dle, got rich, and forgot his old friends. Then Gas invented gas, got rich, bankrupted Candle, and forgot his old friends. Thea Bulb invented the bulb, got rich, bankrupted Gas, and abtnot bis old friends. Candle and Gas, bitter and rmpoveriahed art the ages HBpes tively of 75 and 71, went to sea as respectively the wntidSt oldest and second oldest cabin boy. Bulb, rich and gaod, afca went to sea, but he went in style as a first-daes iiaSaHajrr trsj luxury liners. Well sir, strange to ton, al three wen aboard thrPdatnJ Lufiitania when she was sunk in the North Atianfis. And strange to tell, when they were swimming for their fam after the shipwreck, all three clambered aboard the bkm tfinift' Well sir, chastened and made wiser by their brash with per2 they fell into each other's arms and wept and en&aagad fcs giveness and became fast friends all over again. For three years they drifted m the dinghy, shaking Wwia and singing the Cal Tech rouser all the while. Then, at lone last, they spied a passing liner and were taken aboard. They remained fast friends for the rest of their days, which, I regret to report, were not many, because the lioerwiMQ picked them up was the Titanic. What a pity that Marlboros were not invented during tha lifetimes of Bulb, Gas, and Candle. Had there been Marlboros, these three friends never would have grown apart because they would have realized how much, despite their differences, they still had in common. I mean to say that Marlboros can be lit by candle, by gas, and by electricity, and no matter how you light them, you always get a lot to like-a filter, a flavor, a pack or box that makes anyone including Bulb, Gas, and Candle-settle back and forswear pettiness and smile the sweet smile of friendship on all who passl IWII af a fJaalaiaa Etymology ie not the buelneee of the maker of Marlboro Clgdrettei, who eponior thie column. We deal in rich to bacco and fine Rlter. Try a pack toon. By Bob Weaver a few brief opening re marks, the speaker would open the floor for ques tions and discussion. What ' followed was a penetrat ing give and take con cerning the processes of government and current issues which confront the nation. Naturally, Senator Bar ry Goldwater was a popu lar figure from the stand point of interns seeking his views on various is sues including civil rights and the nuclear test ban treaty. There was a re peated effort to discover just for what Senator Goldwater did stand. Sev eral students were con cerned with his position in the recent turmoil at the University of Colorado which ended in the resig nation of President New ton. Unhappily for the questioners, they never could figure out what that position was or why the Senator felt that Newton was an incompetent ad ministrator. Kentucky's Senator Thruston Morton and New York's Senators Kenneth Keating and Jacob Javits were featured several times in Capitol Hill per formances. The "neutral" branch of government contributed Associate Jus tices Arthur Goldberg and Potter Stewert. The New Frontier sent the Vice President, United States Information Agency Ad ministrator Ed Murrow, John Glenn, and Senator Hubert Humphrey. Also getting into the act in his glass palace across the Con't on Page Four "SaHf Somd tm Hag, Apr "Barefoot Bef Wm Cheek." CAUSE AND num. ' -'-:" f 'NT.;'