Review
'One Potato, Two Potato'
Disappointing Picture
Frank Partsch, editor
Mike Jeffrey, business manager
Page 2 Friday, April 2, 1955
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The
Bottom
Up
Thus far we have written three edi
torials on the Student Council senators
program. With so much to occupy our
pages, it seems a little trite to b e g i n a
fourth. Nevertheless, we feel that a few
words on our views of the program's pro
gress are very much in order at t h i s
time.
Wednesday night the program w a s
brought into Cather Hall for the most ef
fective session that we have yet witnessed.
Nearly one-fourth of the total population
of Cather spent nearly two hours in dis
cussion with Sen. Richard Marvel, Terry
Carpenter, Harold Bauer and H. C. Cran
dall. Issues ranged from national to state
to local politics, the liberty amendment
and taxation problems all the way to the
personal lives and feelings of the senators
on the educational set-up of the s t a t e.
The senators program has justified itself
in this and other past and future meetings,
and we owe a commendation to those who
are making this program possible to us.
But Wednesday (the same day these
four senators visited the University) sena:
tors committee chairman John K e n a g y
told Student Council that Senator Marvel
would not be able to visit the University
until after Easter. This leads us to wonder
exactly who is running the program. Ap
parently a very great breakdown in com
munications exists somewhere in the
chain of command.
We are convinced that the prob
lem lies in the basic organization of the
committee and its workers. Two years
ago, the founders of the program ran it
themselves, rather than appointing a
Greek for the coordination of Greeks and
a dormie for the coordination of residence
halls; thus the program was unified and
carried on without duplication.
This year, with several parts of the
program working nearly independent of
one another, it is possible for the chair
man to make such an announcement as
Kenagy made Wednesdav.
We have been shown that the program
can be run quite effectively on this basis,
and we therefore feel that the time is
past when we need Student Council's help
in running the senators program. We sug
gest that after this year that these duties
either be given to a special activity, re
vert to Interfraternity Council and the
living unit coordinating bodies, or become
a perogative of each individual living
unit.
WE HAVE ALSO COMMENTED sev
eral times on the complete waste of time
involved in writing letters to the editor
without signing them. Two such letters
was received yesterday, which we would
very much like to print. If the authors,
who signed their letters B.M. and T.C.B.
would visit the Daily Nebraskan office and
sign their work, we could do so.
CONFUSION HAS RESULTED, as it
does every year, around the, differences
between various parts of the paper. We
oiler these guidelines for your conveni
ence: an editorial, which appears at the
unper left of Page 2, is our expression
of our official policy. It may be written
bv the editor, any staff member or any
guest writer.
A column, which also appears on Page
2. expresses the views of the writer and
should not be construed as part of our
policy. Columnists are not part of our paid
staff and may write on any subject.
Pages 1 and 3 contain objective reports
of the campus news for the day.
We hope there will be no further con
fusion regarding these topics.
Responsibility To Education
The budget committee has recom
mended tuition raises for all students
at the University. Overlooking our per
sonal feelings on the subject, we should
consider some of the problerr i which
would be dropped in Nebraska's lap if
such a plan were adopted.
Gov. Frank Morrison and Sen. Terry
Carpenter have both protested the com
mittee's recommendation, saying that
tuition hikes would cut down on the
number of Nebraskans who would be able
to afford a college education.
Arguments in favor of the raise say
that the students and parents should be
able to "carry their share of the 1 o a d"
along with the taxpayers. Well, we'll see.
Assuming the measure is passed, al
lowing a greater part of the University's
operating expense to come from tuition,
and assuming that this does cause the
lower income group to look elsewhere aft
er high school, what would this mean?
Not wanting to spend the rest of their
lives in the shoestore or picking corn,
these people would begin grabbing up
every available plot of ground in t h e
state's trade schools, or thronging to the
four junior colleges.
They would leave the state, perhaps
to find jobs that would pay for an educa
tion elsewhere. They would create un
necessary burdens in the Nebraska labor
supply and HELP TO STRENGTHEN NE
BRASKA'S POSITION AS -A LOW-INCOME
STATE. ........
These problems, especially the migra
tions to trade schools, are going to be felt
right back in the budget committee which
had a hand in recommending them.
We feel that it is noble and righteous
to consider the plight of the taxpayer when
making out the University's budget. We
also feel, however, that this state and its
taxpayers have a responsibility to educa
tion, and that if this responsibility is not
met immediately it must be met later
when the price will be greater, in money,
votes and tempers.
FRANK PARTSCH
K6CUTIVG sQSSions
Dear editor,
In answer to your editorial concerning
Monday's meeting of PanHellenic, I
would like to make a few clarifying state
ments. First of all, I did call an "executive
session," but, as the last item of business.
The Daily Nebraskan reporter remained
in the meeting, taking notes, until this
time.
I talked to your reporter prior to the
meeting explaining the situation to her.
I felt that an "executive session" as the
last item of business would be the most
convenient and considerate means of
handling it.
Your reporter was very gracious and
cooperative in understanding our position.
I explained that had she been a sorority
member she would be welcome to stay,
as our discussion concerned only Sorority
members.
And, for the sake of clarification, any
sorority member could have ben present
at this "executive session." The PanHell
enic members were repeatedly urged
to take the discussion back to their houses
and present it in its entirety as nearly
as possible.
Consequently, I do not feel that I am
"managing the news." All concerned were
informed as to the business of the "execu
tive session."
As far as an executive session is con
cerned, I'm sure that you're aware that
public groups such as the Board of Re
gents and the legislature hold "executive
sessions" so it would certainly seem to
be within the realm of PanHellenic to do
so and we will continue this policy when
ever necessary.
YES, I do care. That is why the
meeting was conducted in the manner in
which it was and concerning what it did.
Diannc Michel,
PanHellenic President
Editor's note: We must first remind Mins
Michel that many representatives of the
journalistic field are protesting the closed
sessions of the Legislature and the Board
of Regents, just as we protest the closed
sessions of PanHellenic and Interfraterni
ty Council.
Then we must urge that all sorority
members who are really interested In the
topics discussed attend these sessions.
And then we might say (drawing much
disagreement from many quarters) that
discussions "which concerned only sorori
ty members" really concern the whole
University community of which these
members are a part.
Finally, we must thank Miss Michel
fur her cooperation and comments. She is
exercising ber perogative as Panllel
President; we exercise ours as editor of
the Daily Nebraskan. Difference of opinion
is likely as we work for our respective
goals, but w hen this disagreement can be
discussed with mutual understanding, as
we discussed it yesterday, most problems
can be solved, or at least neutralized.
This is a crucial time for many
campus institutions and ways of life a
greater Interest in these problems is es
sential to further democratic solutions.
By Diaper Sandoe
One Potato, Two Potato
is supposed to be a very fine
motion picture. It has been
widely hai'od for its cour
age in presenting unusual
subject material, and Barb
ara Barrie has been award
ed the best actress award
in the Cannes Film Festi
val. Frankly, I found t h e
picture quite dissappointing.
The plot centers around
the courtship and subse
quent marriage of a young,
pretty white divorcee, and
Nsgro man, and the prob
lems they encounter be
cause of th3ir inter-racial
marriage.
The picture has a point
that has been made over
and over and deserves to be
made again and again, but
a number of little things
hamper its effectiveness.
A great many of the film's
faults are the responsibili
ty of Rapheal Hayes and
Orville Hampton who com
bined to write the story and
the screenplay. These men
have been nominated for an
Academy Award for t h e i r
work, but I fail to see the
grounds for the nomination
except on the grounds of
their courage.
The script is sentimental,
cliche-filled, and baldly thin
in many instances. It re
fuses to delve deeply enough
into the personalities of the
hero and heroine, and is apt
to present almost too sym
pathetic a view of them.
When we do see a possible
motivation of their charact
er, there is no follow-up,
and our interest in that
flicker of personality is al
lowed to die.
Moreover, the plot itself
lacks probability in some of
the most important dramat
ic features of the motion pic
ture. Miss Barrie does a fair
job of acting perhaps an
admirable one but her
acting is not of superlative
quality. Bernie Hamilton,
who plays the part of the
Negro husband, is too stoic,
and does not have complete
control of an admittedly dif
ficult role.
The sound track of this
low-budget picture sounds as
if it were picked up from
a microphone located in a
rainbarrel, but one is apt to
get accustomed to this.
The picture does have
many good points. Among
them are the divorcee's lit
tle girl by a previous mar
riage; the fact that such a
subject is produced for mo
tion pictures in the first
place; and occasional mo
ments of spontenaity.
This picture is well worth
seeing because of its valu
able social message that is
if one can wade through the
melodrama, incongruity and
sentimentalism.
How Do Vou Like It?
Dear Frank,
Well, it's been nearly half
a semester now; how do
you like the job of editor of
the Daily Nebraskan? Be
ing the f o r w a r d-looking
campusite that you are, who
scorns snowball fights be
tween living units and
works for their cessation,
you are no doubt respon
sive to well-directed criti
cism. I have none to offer, but
I do want to say you've
convinced me: I'll never
hate another colored per
son in my life. With my lit
tle mind reeling under the
daily impact of vital news
of the Negro revolution on
half of the front page, of
piercing arguments .for
Negro equality on three
fourths of the editorial
page, and of disarm
ingly quaint reasons for go
ing to Alabama in 90 per
cent of the Campus Opin
ion, what can I way? I'll do
anything where do I sign?
To whom do I contribute?
What Negro can I equate?
Oh, Frank, as one of those
narrow-minded little bigots
who curses Catholics and
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Communist diplomats say
our State Department is
rude when it complains
about raids on U.S. em
bassies. They say it's un
couth to use form letters.
fish on Friday, who catches
colored people and cooks
them on Saturday, and who
sleeps 'till noon on Sunday,
chuckling inwardly at the
religion jocks struggling
through the snow outside
my window, I can only say
"Hold; enough; all of your
talk about the equality of
man is undermining mv
morals!"
So much so, in fact, that
the first warm day of spring
I'm throwing a big party at
Pioneer Park, and all of
campus is invited, including
Negroes, Friends of SNCC,
beatniks, H. Michael Rood,
et al. We'll take off all of
our clothes, and trip merr
ily over the grass, up and
down hillsides, in and out
amongst the trees, plucking
rosebuds and singing "We
Shall Overcome" and "It's
A Treat to Beat Your Feet
on the Mississippi Mud." I
love the whole world now.
And, Frank, I'm not alone.
Many others have seen the
light, too, and we beg for
a letup in your relentless
attack; we surrender. Your
war is won; or at least as
won as it will ever be from
the frail fortress of a col
lege nswspaper; so please
PLEASE try to find some
thing else to print. Maybe
we could devote a page to
comics and features, or give
us some skin pictures or
something. But, whatever
it is, I know it will be bet
ter than what we're getting
now.
Mike Brooks
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I KNOW IT, BUT VOL) LOOK
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I DON'T WANT TO
LOOK CUTE.'.'
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