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Thursday, May 7, 1964
AS USUAL:
A Sad Affair
This year's general election disregarding any value
the Student Council might have in the true tradition of
this school was an accurate, though somewhat mawkish
reflection of the Student Body, campus elections in gener
al and the state of the University. No reference to the
candidates.
Some astute office mathematician figured that since
2,209 ballots were cast that about 19 per cent of the
Student Body voted (bet the majority were Greeks).
Though there were more voters than before, the per cent
total dropped.
It doesn't speak well for the Student Body, but there
are reasons other than complacency for not voting.
One student asked this editor's opinion of people who
didn't vote and a few adjectives were quickly dispensed
with. But then he gave his reasons for not voting.
In his college, Business Administration, there were on
ly two candidates for two positions. His vote there would
logically have made little difference. In addition, he might
not have liked the two candidates. Besides that, he doesn't
like the present system of representation. Also, he doesn't
think much of Student Council. The last reason is the only
one invalid on its face.
He felt he could best express his sentiments by not
voting. But, that's an isolated case.
More light was shed on the election in discussion with
another student. And with his information one gained more
insight into the average student voter.
A candidate who decided he should get his name be
fore the students approached him last week and asked
how to best do it. The subject was posters. The advice
given him was to put up lots of posters. The candidate
didn't post very many, but they were all in color. And
he was elected. Here's the kick, his posters were first
sighted last Saturday, two days before the Monday election!
Nevertheless, Council leadership the past year has done
much to re-enact the prestige a Council deserves. It has
debated and acted admirably on several important and
delicate issues. The DAILY NEBRASKAN no longer can
speak with the detachment that the 1963 PINK RAG did
when it called the Council, in jest, the "Stupid Council."
The election was bad and only the students will pay
unless the newly elected people have the will to organize
into an efficient, informed and courageous body. And the
students should pay. Probably only a small minority of
students who did not vote put as much thought into their
action as the one noted above.
While isolated students can rationalize their failure to
vote, the group as a whole cannot. One can only pray
that the new Council officers are qualified. They cer
tainly have their work cut out for them in leading this
Student Body.
Any Council ills can be remedied by the Student Body
at the polls. But, it doesn't seem to understand this be
cause it just passed up another chance. So don't feel of
fended or make hot, hasty replies if in the future the
phrase is altered a bit, this time not in jest, to "Stupid
Student.
NO LAUGHING MATTER:
Sex On Campus
According to a story from UPI in yesterday's WORLD
HERALD, Wolf Metzger, the editor of the Oakland Uni
versity newspaper, the OBSERVOR, was relieved of his
office recently by University officials because he had tab
ulated the results of a poll originated by the editor before
him.
The poll concerned the sex lives of men and women,
women especially, at Oakland College. The Chancellor
there called the endeavor "irresponsible journalism," and
in addition to firing Metzger, suspended publication and
ordered the last issue of the paper destroyed.
The action was precipitated by irate parents who
claimed that publication of the poll would scar the repu
tation of every girl attending the school (guilt complex
anyone?).
The fired Metzger reported that about 80 per cent of
the questionnaires were answered and they remain in his
apartment. The questionnaire asked about family back
ground, sexual experiences before and after attending Oak
land and whether the experience, if any, took place on
the campus.
Metzger is understandably bitter. Students have rallied
to support him and "freedom of the press."
Oakland college officials indicated in their action fear
of the truth as it might have appeared in the question
naires. There is a suspicion that apprehension of the outcome
of such a poll, not unlike that found at Oakland, exists
here, both in faculty and students.
Recently the DAILY NEBRASKAN carried a three-part
series concerning sex and the campus that was spurned
by an article in NEWSWEEK.
Faculty members who made their attitudes known on
the subject treated it lightly. "How long is this thing going
to run?"
"It's rather an old topic."
"You should hear the jokes arising from this thing."
Members of the student body who wrote the editor
acted as if inviolable personal rights had been offended
and in banal displays of courage and self-sacrifice admit
ted the loss of their own viginity and concluded that it
really wasn't that bad a deal.
Well, it is an old subject. And it is widespread. And
whether it is right or wrong, it is a problem that must
be solved. We must discard our false and defending face
of cynicism and consider it in all its aspects.
Contrary to some, release of sexual standards en
masse, especially on the campus, is not a laughing matter.
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'WEUoME A6oARt. !l'CK.
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Form Tip:
there's no
speculation on
those running
near the rail
The ponies were off, but it rained Tuesday night.
With a wet track, and new Council officers,
your picks were probably not right.
To beat the game good with picks that are deft,
Read tomorrow's form for tips on the horses . . ,
that are left!
'Queenships' Too Dominant
In a recent study entitled
KINGS, QUEENS, AND
KORN1IUSKERS, Professor
Goosepimple has revealed
some startling facts about
royal blood at the Univer
sity of Nebraska. He points
out that the percentage of
regal females graduating
from this university has
more than doubled in the
past four years, while the
percentage of males with
.oyal blood has actually
declined. According to
Goosepimple, if the trend
continues, by 1978 every fe
male graduate will hold
some form of queenship.
These statistics speak
for themselves. There is a
conspiracy under way on the
part of the administration
the gap in male and female
regality is the direct result
of a malicious and discrim
inatory policy. In the past
three years 2,700 queenships
have been created, with a
piddling increase of only 452
kingships.
The significance of this
conspiracy is best under
stood with respect to a re
cent book written by Ne
braska's anthropological ex
pert, Dr. Dungheap. In his
prize winning study, RE
1 CALITY RATES IN COM
PARAT I V E CULTURES.
Dungheap points out that
excessive royal domination
by either sex is a most dan
gerous cultural phenomen
on. Furthermore, Dungheap
agrees with Goosepimple
that the current regality
rate at Nebraska w ill result
in complete 4'femalariza
tion" by 2,IKHi A D. He ako
notes that many of the fe
males will be multi-regal
(holding two or more
crowns;, and that royal
males will be subject to
their rule.
His frightening conclusion
is that Nebraska might ap
proach the condition which
was common in the Pea Pea
Islands during the eighteen
th century. On that small
group of islands, female
domination was complete,
and males were kept in
small collectives where they
performed simple tasks
serving as work-animali
for the female society.
More frightening than this,
however, was the fact that
all propagation was the re
sult of artificial insemina
tion. (For an interesting ac
count of the psychological
problems which arise under
such conditions, see Dung
heap's latest article: "The
Virgin Father.")
Is it necessary to say
more? The Nebraska male
is in danger! And this uni
versity's goal to People
the Plains with Royalty-
is also in danger! In light
of this distressing and hein
ous conspiracy I hereby pe
tition the administration to
create 833 new kingships
for the academic year 1964
65. "Pravda"
By Dick Recker
If the news media ever
stops congratulating Presi
dent Johnson on his suc
cess in evading a railroad
strike, the nation might get
down to trying to under
stand just what it is that
happened. Since Congress
seems likely to be too busy
yakking it up on Civil Rights,
the Republican Party might
be advised to take steps to
set the matter straight in
the public mind before the
election.
It is hard to get concrete
information; neither the
unions nor the railroads
seem to want to discuss the
subject. What seems to have
happened is that railroad
management surrendered
not only on economically
disastrous wage and fringe
demands but on matters of
principle the right to
change work rules, the fan
tastic pay rules by which
100 miles equal a day's
work. They had reason to
despair; though manage
ment had stated its readi
ness at each stage to accept
the settlements given by
two blue ribbon Presidential
commissions, thr.ee hearings
before federal courts in
cluding Uncle Earl's Court,
and a congressional law
providing for two years'
compulsory arbitration, the
President had declined to
use the authority of the of
fice to curb the union's con
tinued defiance.
Both Mr. Kennedy and
Mr. Johnson kept procras
tinating and suggesting that
justice somehow lay in still
more concessions by the
railroads: both refused to
remake the essential dis
parity in the disputants' stra
tegic positions: the unions
can act collectively even to
paralyze the economy be
cause they are not subject
to anti-m o n o p o I y laws;
whereas the railroads can
not, even to uphold a law
ful award.
. Lyndon Johnson in this
case proved a great nego
tiator in exactly the sense
that Neville Chamberlain so
qualified when he averted a
clash between Czechoslovak
ia and Germany by induc
ing Czechslovakia to give up
a part of her territory. But
Mr. Chamberlain's popular
triumph was illusory, as
history now recognizes,
there being general agree
ment on the proposition that
appeasement of injustice at
the expense of justice is not
very often a prudent way
to promote the general wel
fare. Mr. Johnsons's procedure
which he hailed as "a tri
umph of collective bargain-
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ing" was in truth a heavy
blow at the whole bargain
ing process, since it encour
ages every union to believe
that it will get the best pos
sible deal by rejecting all
proposals at every stage
lower than the White House.
And who will convincingly
say the nay. After this dem
onstration? Mr. Johnson's
victory is another defeat
for the system of free enter
prise, whose rule is based
on the sovereignty of the
consumer. The railraods
will now continue their
long decline, under heavy
and unjustifiable economic
burdens, and the result will
be, for the consumer, de
creased service at an in
creased price.
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stands for Putting Hubby
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cisely what Beverly
Schaefer is helping to do
put her hubby through
Hofstra University!
Hempstead, N. Y. She's a
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dealer.demonstratingand
selling those fine plastic
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parties. It's profitable. It's
enjoyable. It's easy.'
Whether you're a PHT
wife yourself or a stu
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about it, and call your A
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