y
,
Wednesday, Decembe; 11, 1963
Hush! It's A Secret
Panhellenic finally did something. They came up with
a plan that would matfe the organization more of a work
ing group, that could really make it a benefit to the sor
orities. But hush, don't tell anybody about it. Everything that
was discussed about it was completely "off the record."
It seems the exec council is afraid that there will be
some adverse criticism because the plan it presented was
not completely mapped out and formulated but rather of
fered many alternatives. They seem to be afraid that if
any rumor gets out about it, their chances of passing it
will be lessened.
This writer feels the plan is a good one, that it will
serve to make the Panhellenic group a working organiza
tion, that is of benefit not only to the sororities but to the
whole campus. Hats off to President Susie Walburn and
her crew. Let's hope now that they will follow through with
a good sound foundation on which to base their organiza
tion. However, as representatives of other sorority mem
bers they have no right to keep this thing a big dark se
cret. The women they represent have a right to know what
is going on in those little chit-chats they have every Mon
day afternoon.
One of the leaders said that it would put Panhellenic
in a bad light if the information got out before it was
completely crystallized and would look like the Panhellen
ic Council members didn't know what was going on. Did
it ever occur to them that maybe the persons they repre
sent will appreciate the fact that they are taking time to
look into all aspects of the situation rather than rushing
into something?
Also did it ever occur to them that maybe, just may
be, one of the other sorority members may have an idea
that could make their plan even more effective.
01 SUSAN SMITHBERGER
FOR ADULTS ONLY
wifsh
By Arnie Garson
I think they did us all a
favor. I don't think they in
tended for it to work out
that way. But thanks to Dr.
E. Cayler Hammond of the
American Cancer Society,
the decision of cigarette
manufacturers not to adver
tise in college newspapers
may be the biggest serv
ice they could have done
for American youth.
Last week, Dr. Hammond,
speaking to the American
Medical Association in Port
land, Ore., revealed the re
sults of a long range study
of cigarette smokers. Al
most 37,000 male smokers
in 25 states were matched
by 17 different char
teristics to 36,795 male
nonsmokers- All were
over age 30. Matched
characteristics included
race, height, age, exercise,
sleeping habits, nervous
ness, marital status and al
cohol consumption. During
the 35 month period of the
study, more than twice as
many of the smokers (1,385)
than nonsmokers (662) died.
Although BiCilibcfS (A the
AMA refused to yet draw
any definite conclusions
they did decide to establish
their own research program
to see if a link exists be-.
tweeen cigarette smok
ing and cancer and heart
disease. Dr. Hammond, on
the other hand, said, "It is
hard to ESCAPE the con
clusion that this difference
in number of deaths was
due to the difference in
smoking habits!"
In recent years, one
fourth of the revenue from
national advertising re
ceived by the Daily Nebras
kan was from cigarette
manufacturers. This sum
mer, hidden under the guise
of a new approach to ad
vertising, the cigarette men
agreed to discontinue ad
vertising in the college
press. Accompanying this
decree was an agreement
to remove from future
advertisements, references
to youth, vigor and other at
tributes associated with the
younger generation.
Their aim, they said, was
to appeal to the established
smoker. A large cash sav
ings to the manufacturers
(in the neighborhood of
$5,000 at Nebraska alone)
resulted. Also, such absurd
resultant campaigns such
as "Luckies separate the
men from the boys, but not
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To Gum
from the girls" were almost
itself enough to make me
stop smoking Luckies.
Yes, I know, there is still
no conclusive proof that
lung cancer or any other
specific disease is caused
by smoking, but the fact re
mains that twice as many
smokers DIED as the identi
cally matched nonsmokers.
The specific cause of dis
ease is not important to me.
I have long respected the
facts of science. There
seems to be absolutely no
other conclusion to draw
from Dr. Hammond's re
port. Each smoking partici
p a n t in the study was
matched as closely as possi
ble with a nonsmoker. Dr.
Hammond was the first to
link cigarette smoking and
lung cancer in the early
1950's. But now for the first
time, he has eliminated the
"third factor" argument.
Those who have defended
smoking (this author in
cluded) have cited, willingly
the statistics linking cancer
and smoking. But also, we
have argued that both could
be caused by a "third fac
tor" such as heredity, diet
or nervousness. These ar
guments are no longer val
id. I can't deny scientific
proof; I challenge anyone
to do so.
Again, maybe the ciga
rette advertisers have saved
measurable amounts of
money with their "adults
only policy." Also, it is
probable that until now they
haven't lost a measurable
amount of college smokers.
But at least now, the pos
sibility exists.that the
"thinking man" college
students included, will
switch from Viceroys to
Wrigley's Spearment.
As ad campaigns stand
now, Luckies' Dr. Froog
and crazy questions are no
more. Also, Salems can re
fresh your taste if you're
over 40 and 21 peat tobac
cos (Chesterfields) make 20
wonderful smokes for mom
and dad. A cigarette (L&M)
no longer means a lot when
you're studying at 4 a.m.
and the Pall Mall girl
watchers' guide will
probably soon feature an of
fice secretary series rather
than the campus types.
But I think they just may
have done us a favor.
Yes, I've quit smoking
cigarettes!
Nebraskan
That onsarnei wnpoh jhowep up with a
College Problem Is Not Sex, Booze;
The Difficulty Is Student Selfishness
By Collegiate Press Service
There is a crisis in the
morality of the college gen
eration today; but it is a
crisis far different from the
"sex-booze-parties" attack
to which college students
are always subject. The im
morality of our generation
is selfishness.
Our society has spawned
the new breed of youngsters
the Taker. He is every
where on campus, and his
total devotion to himself ex
tends to his "friends," his
social life, his studies, and
pervades his whole outlook.
The world is his oyster
and no one else's: it is sim
ply discourteous to ask him
to exert some effort and
pry it open he wants you
to do it for him.
He can be seen all over
campus. In the dorms he
enters your room when he
feels like it, interrupts you
if it suits him, Indignantly
demands his own privacy.
He borrows your notes for
class and returns them
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WHAT MAtfSVOU THINK
I 60T NERVOUS?
Joo tied your pekmut
Butter sanpwich in A knot:
when he feels like it. He ex
pects your favors as his
right; he looks on your re
quests with the contempt
they obviously deserve for
asking him to give of him
self. He dates people who he
can show off, and cata
logues his amorous exploits
(real or feigned) to anyone
who will listen to them, be
cause they increase his
stature. The other person's
feelings in the matter are
irrelevant, because they do
not deal with his town self
glorification. His courses are to be
avoided, not taken. His task
is to get away with as
much as possible, and still
maintain a respectable
grade. He looks upon any
deadline as a challenge to
skip; the professor's ap
proach to subjects is to be
ignored if it conflicts with
his own interests.
Obligation is a word un
known to the Taker; be
cause it means he may be
bound to do something he
may not feel like doing at
the moment. Responsibility
is a word meaning blame;
and the taker always makes
sure he's never blamed for
anything.
His friends are contacts,
or sources of advantage.
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wjot of hajeas ww?
His goal in life is to be free
from the nagging sense of
self-doubt which haunts
him, and the feeling of
lonliness which comes with
a view of life that is bound
by the limits of the self.
Fellow men are his ene
mies, for they may have
what the Taker wants. Love,
charity, kindness are alien
to him; and so, inevitably,
is the sense of communion
with his brothers on this
earth.
It is this generation's
tragedy that the philosophy
of the Taker is prevailing.
It will be this generation's
doom if it is allowed to
flourish.
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Open
Dear Editor:
It is obviously impossible
for the administration to
outwardly and publicly
admit that they sanctioned
the "open campus." The
administration was faced
with the possibility of stu
dent accidents, and proper
ty damage, or allowing an
appropriate celebra
tion which insured the safe
ty of the majority of the
students.
Apparently Mr. Moore
feels that the administra
tion does not possess the
intellectual ability to pass
restrictive judgment on the
student body; however, in
contrast to his immature
observation the administra
tion did impose restrictions
on the students by refusing
to let the students become
subject to disastrous physi
cal and proprietal destruc
tion. Therefore considering
that Mr. Moore is repre
senting an apparently bi
ased student body which is
composed of nonconform
ed, we personally challenge
Read
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Mr. Moore to discuss the
H. Goree
issue with a team composed
of people who actually do
strive to represent the opin
ion of the majority of t h e
student body.
Ron Muhleisen
Gary Edgar
Chas. Flansburg
Dean Conlay
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jim
Moore is a columnist for
the Daily Nebraskan and
is expressing his own
opinion concerning cam
pus activities. His opin
ions are not necessarily
those of the Daily Nebras
kan. The Sceptic
Dear Editor:
Why is the group which
broadcasts from the Stu
dent Union on Wednesdays
called the Sceptic's Corner?
It ought to be called some
thing like the "Back to Re
ligion Half Hour." After at
tending one of its sessions
and listening to several of
its broadcasts, the program
seems to me to be mainly a
vehicle for the moderator's
ideas. When a rarely heard
critical question is raised, it
is quickly buried.
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