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GUEST EDITORIAL:
Lookout World
KU, in the eyes of some of the campus high intelli
gentsia, is a version of Jonathan Swift's floating island of
Laputa, disconnected and uncommunicating with the Real
World.
It is the place where the college scholar comes to
exist for four or five or seven years, while the University
prepares him for jobs.
It is the place where our intellectual takes 21 hours
a semester, goes to summer school, and tries to get out
as soon as possible.
Then, armed with his diploma, a portfolio of term
papers, and a 2.87 grade average, the learing-lover de
parts for the Outside, ready to go to work. His time for
service to society has arrived. Look out world here he
comes!
In the past several years he has not: read a news
paper, voted in an election, attended a symphony concert,
or gone to a baseball game.
Swift describes well the citizen of Laputa:
"The minds of these people are so taken up with
intense speculations that they neither can speak, nor at
tend to the discourses of others, without being roused
by some external taction upon the organs of speech and
hearing . . ."
"In the common actions and behaviors of life, I have
not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy people,
nor so slow and perplexed in their conceptions upon all
other subjects ..."
The Laputians were out in force this week at a dinner
of Summerfield and Watkins scholars, the group with the
highest grade average per capita on campus.
In a debate and discussion on the merits of working
experiences for the college student, the Truth came out:
KU scholars are too busy pursuing academic learning to
have time for living.
A number of the scholars do value a job during
college: "It develops moral character." "Working puts
you in contact with the common man. It helps you get
a job in the Real World."
Swift's description of the Laputian seems to fit: a
semi-conscious person existing on an island floating miles
above the clouds.
The topic for the March meeting of the Summerfield
and Watkins scholars: "Are We Heading Toward Absurdi
ty?" Obviously, they have arrived a month ahead of time.
University Dally Kansan
EDITOR'S NOTE: Don't feel bad, KU, the Summerfield
and Watkins scholars are found everywhere.
FlRETRUCK:
School's Response Varies;
Men Deserved Convocation
By Arnie Garson
The only logical conclu
sion would be that students
at the University aren't as
interested in their own rep
resentative as they are in
Senator Paul Douglas, (D.
111.). Perhaps it is true that
the grass is greener, for
Senator Roman Hruska (R.
Nebr.) did draw 900 at Pur
due while he didn't fill the
Union Small Auditorium
here. Douglas on the other
hand, packed the Union
Ball Room.
Perhaps also, the re
sponse to the two senators,
whose political philosophies
are at opposite ends of the
senatorial spectrum, reflect
the overall attitudes of the
.student body. But that is
till no excuse and it is al
so unlikely, as the student
body has backed Seaton ov
er Morrison and Nixon ov
er Kennedy.
But the crowd -which
received Douglas was wild
ly enthusiastic, greeting
him with a standing ova
tion, applauding spontane
ously at several points in
his presentation, and laugh
ing vigorously at his satire
and quips. (Maybe Demo
crats are just that way.)
Conversely, Hruska's audi
ence did not bother with
standing ovations, spontan
eous applause or any of
the other indications of en
thusiasm. (Maybe Republi
cans are just that way.)
Douglas' news forum was
probably just, as canned as
Hruska's dissertation on pa
triotism. Douglas admitted
ly reaps in the neighbor
hood of $10,000 a year from
his lectures. Neal Stanford
(Christian Science Monitor)
is one of the same corres
pondents who accompanied
Douglas to NU a few years
ago for a similar program.
But even more discourag
ing is the fact that the Uni
versity did not recognize
either of the two prominent
guests with an All-University
Convocation. Is either
ne so mach less distin
guished than Senator Bar
ry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), for
whom a convocation was
Wednesday, February 19, 1964
called two years ago? Or
has Administration become
afraid to recognize political
ly controversial figures with
a convocation?
Both Hruska and Doug
las spoke at 10:30 prob
ably the most popular class
hour of the day. And al
though some of the politic
al science classes were
called off, many other stu
dents who have 10:30's were
deprived of the opportunity
to hear the senators.
Educationally, the value
of hearing either or both
of the two congressmen can
not be disputed. Yet the
University, which openly
and rightfully holds educa
tion as its dedicated goal
felt that professors could
not be deprived of then
students for two hours dur
ing the semester.
I noticed many adminis
trators who made time in
their own schedules to hear
the speeches, yet students
were not officially excused
for the same purpose. If
it was felt that many stu
dents would have utilized
the hours for less noble
activities than speech listen
ing, why could not the Uni
versity have issued an of
ficial statement excusing
only students who made ar
rangements with their in
structors? But regardless of the en
thusiasm with which the
student body received the
gentlemen and aside from
the lack of recognition by
the University, I am grate
ful to the Union who brought
the refreshingly witty and
admirably intelligent Doug
las to Nebraska. I am also
grateful to the Honorable
Senator Hruska who made
time in his schedule to visit
his home state University.
The educational atmos
phere at NU was undoubt
edly enhanced by the
speeches. I can only plead
with the Union committee
to bring more distinguished
visitors to the campus; ,
plead with the administra
tion to recognize them prop
erly; and plead with the
student body to join me in
my pleas.
Winter Scrip Review-
Student
One Of
For this reader, the winter
issue of Scrip ranks among
the finest of collections of
student creative writing.
Short-story contest win
ner Jessie Griggs Wood
ward is a wow. The inside
front cover says that she's a
grandmother from Beat
rice, and her story, "I
Hardly Ever ' Write About
Sex," may not be entirely
fiction. It is a delightful,
well-written account of her
experiences in New York
City as a young girl in the
1930's, including a descrip
tion of the weekend she
stood in as a Ziegfeld girl
for her roommate. The best
thing about it is this: it is
funny, it ain't " artsy Tcraf t-sy-stuffsy,"
and it is totally
enjoyable.
The peotry of contest win
ner Gay Ihms, a junior
English and French major
from Lincoln, is uneven. At
its best, it's excellent, and
at its worst, it is not so
good. Particularly effective
is the first of her peoms
printed in the Scrip collec
tion, delineating he plight of
the American Negro. The
third poem .which refers to
Our Great White Teachers
as "the gaunt tweed proph
ets . . . Intoning the high
mass of Existentialism," is
very good. "Kaffeklatch"
and "L'homme '63" are less
well done. But to those of us
who are hypercritical
what did we turn in that
was better?
Showing real originality
and promise as a poet, Den
nis Fritzinger is a real sur
prisehe's a freshman phy
sics major, of all things!
At times he is sardonically
humorous, and it is then
when he is at his best, as
with "hs." "A Christmas
Card" and "Circe" are al
so excellent. He does, how
ever, seem too much bound
by the limitations of his
form, which is Ferlenghetti- '
ish no capitals, punctua
tion, or rhymes.
A beautifully polished
pearl of a story is Scrip
staff member Barbara
Jackson's "Friendship."
Read it, and you'll see what
. I mean in a few well
chosen words, she manapps
to accomplish what Satur- j
nay evening Fost hacks
have been trying to do for
years.
Speaking of the Satnrdav
evening Post. Bess Eileen
Day's "A Christmas Lamb"
seems to be out of place in
a student literary tome. I
didn't like it but yon
might.
Steve Wilson rides again
with "The Collingwood
Wood Wagon," a cartoon
feature in the center color
spread of the winter Scrip.
He's weird, wild, and funny,
as those of you who say "Do
Not Pass Go, Do Not Col
lect $200" in last spring's
issue can attest.
Remember "Gallery," the
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literary magazine which be
gan last year and failed
financially? Its editor, se
nior Greek major Roy
Scheele, has a story, "Var
ious and Changing Light" in
the current Scrip, an it's a
good one. Although the tone
is often forced, it is highly
effective.
Michael Keedy's "City
View" is what the movie
reviewers call "good of
kind." After reading his Sal
inger satire, "Little Red
Hunting Hat" in the last is
sue, it seemed a disap
pointing attempt at some
thing he doesn't do so well.
"Just Like That," the is
sue's only essay, deals
with death, and does so
powerfully. The strange
thing about Stuart Wylie,
Jr.'s, piece is that it begins
and ends on a much weaker
note than it strikes in the
main content.
The poetry of both fresh
man Tom Seymour, and
sophomore Terry Tice was
a welcome relief from the
often over-serious, I-don't-want
- to-die-or-join-a-f rater-nity-or-stuff
-like-that s u b
ject matter of the typical
student writer. Freshman
poet Carla Rethwisch has a
good start let's see some
more of her stuff. "Wins
tn Blue Napier" (are you
kidding?) is to be com
mended for his poetic view
of a "Party." An intense
young poet, Charles Row
botham, has an interesting
poem, "Trees" included. I
loved Dawn Richardson
Barnet's "Walks With Jez
bel," without anazlying the
reasons.
Other student poets in
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I have here an editorial
comment claiming that you
can prove you are neither
conservative nor liberal.
This seems like an oppor
tune time to challenge you
to do just that.
I suggest that your proof
take into account your new
ultra-liberal syndicated col
umnist, Eric Sevareid. Read
the last sentence of Sevar
eid's editorial. Notice the
word "claque"? My diction
ary gives two definitions of
that term, neither of which
fits the sense of the sen
tence. Too bad, Eric; your
Thesaurus led you astray
again. This is by no means
to only stylistic error; in
an earlier paragraph, there
is an unpunctuated mon
strosity which, after thor
ough dissection, turns out
not even to be a sentence.
Someone would teach him
how to write before he goes
nationwide. Now, if you
want an excellent writer,
one with a satiric bent,
try Morrie Ryskind if
you don't really care
which side you print.
I also wonder why you
only seem to get one side
of political cartoons.. Surely
there must be someone
somewhere (obscure, fanat
ic, though he may be) who
draws cartoons for the
other side.
Last week Mr. Hall wrote
you a lettter; in my opin
ion, a better letter than the
one I sent, which because
it made a few wounds, you
did not condescent to print.
Why not? Your columns are
crowded, but the letter was
short. Unless you are on the
defensive and afraid of cri
ticism. So how about it, DAILY
NEBRASKAN? Just a few
solid facts to prove your
point, please.
A Stone-Age Statesman
EDITOR'S NOTE: First,
Webster's New World Dic
tionary gives one definition
of the word "claque."
That is, one or a group who
is paid to go to a play, op
era, etc., and applaud. The
word is from the French.
Webster probably loses less
in translation of words than
most dictionaries. So, with
that definition, considering
Sevareid's simile, and that
words not only have defini
tions, but connotations, and
that the nature of applaud
need not be complementary,
and that applauding may
well be to rattle a perform
er, Sevareid's comments not
only make sense, but are
well structured and are
poignant. At any rate, that
criticism is rather trivial,
isn't it?
If it need be explained,
there is nothing sacred
about a sentence or that
suit into which it is sup
posed to fit, sentence struc
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ture. Some of the most
clever and effective writing
is done outside that tradi
tional concept. It does not
mean that Mr. Sevareid does
not know the English Lan
guage. It should be n o t e d
that Mr. Sevareid has been
nationwide for some time
now. As a matter of fact,
he has been on the nation
al and international scene
longer than you have lived,
Stone-Age. By virtue of the
fact that he is still prom
inent among news analy
ists, it can be reasonably
concluded that he has been
successful. It seems strange
that one who has not even
finished his schooling yet,
would attempt to criticize
a columnist of the experi
ence, stature and prestige
of Mr. Sevareid. It also
seems strange that said
student would not read Mr.
Sevareid's column for all
the knowledge and fact and
insight he could get out of
it.
Second, Mauldin Cartoons
are, in the opinion of this
paper, the Editorial staff of
.which has read most prom
inent cartoonists, simply the
best available. Mauldin's
record and stature and the
regard in which others hold
him is certainly proof of his
ability. It is too bad that
political bias in readers
shades the true nature of
some of those who offer
their work to the public.
Not only are many of Maul
din's cartoons non-political,,
many do represent Your,
or the Other, side. Note
today's cartoon. Ultra
liberal and ultra conserva
tive columnists and car
.toonists do not usually last
long.
Third, the letter men
tioned is in file, but will
not be published. For what
ever reason, that is the edi
tor's perogative.
Fourth I suggest other col
umns on the editorial page
be read. It will be found
that two people, who at
least lean to the conserva
tive viewpoint, if not on
your side completely, write
regular columns. A third
regular columnist, specializ
ing on Barry Goldwater, is
under consideration. He will
become a part of the edi
torial page of this newspa
per if in the editor's opin
ion he presents a clear and
fair image of Senator Gold
water, rather than hurting
him.
Fifth, again, it is not the
purpose of the DAIL YNE
BRASKAN to take sides. It
is the purpose, however, at
least of the editorial page to
criticize and praise where
justified. If the DAILY NE
BRASKAN took Your Side
editorially, the editor doubts
there would be any gripe.
If it took the Other Side,
it would be dismissed as a
liberal scandal sheet! It is
most content to observe
both sides and comment
fairly on each. You see,
it is more effective that
way.
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